Unification of the Shinobi World (4)

Despite the rapidly approaching flaming spear, Issui, he concentrated a large amount of ice-attribute Chakra in his hand, and gradually a small ice arrow appeared in Issui hand. But don't underestimate this small ice arrow; its power is terrifying. It refracted a dazzling array of colors under the sunlight.

"Ice— The Ice Piercing Arrow!!"

Issui's hand and flew towards the target. As it traveled, the ice arrow grew larger and larger, eventually becoming as large as a flaming spear, and traveled at great speed, reflecting off the trajectory of the flaming spear.

"Bang..."

The massive flaming spear and the frost arrow collided with a deafening roar. The frost arrow pierced the flaming spear in two and continued flying towards Ban at a reduced speed. The flaming spear, now split in two, veered off its original trajectory and slammed into the land on either side of the Issui, creating two enormous bowl-shaped craters in the earth.

"Hmph, a mere trick! Shinra Tensei!!" Madara was extremely disdainful of the enormous ice arrow that had already flown in front of him. He gently raised his right hand and released a huge repulsive force at the ice arrow. The enormous repulsive force instantly shattered the ice arrow into several pieces, which fell to the ground and lay motionless, having lost their energy support and become lifeless objects.

"Ice— The Thousand Falling Cherry Blossoms Technique!!"

Issui pressed her hands to the ground, but was suddenly knocked to the ground by Ban. The ice arrow, which shattered into several pieces, quickly melted and took root in the ground, gradually growing into a huge cherry Standing Ice Tree. The ice tree was covered with ice crystal cherry blossoms of different sizes, which looked extremely beautiful and colorful. Under the sunlight, it shone brightly and was full of colors.

Lin saw the Issui of Ice Release and couldn't help but exclaim, "It's so beautiful! The pinnacle of art! How wonderful it would be to bring this ice crystal cherry blossom tree home to admire it!"

Kakashi disagreed, saying, "What you see is only the surface. This ice tree contains a surge of Chakra energy, comparable to that of Tailed Beast. I really don't know how Issui got that enormous amount of Chakra. The Chakra is even more than that of Tailed Beast; it's unimaginable. Just based on the amount of Chakra, he's enough to become a great ninja."

"Watch closely, the attack is about to begin. The moment the cherry blossoms fall will be the moment the attack arrives..." Obito warned.

Ban looked up at the huge ice crystal cherry blossom tree in front of him. His intuition told him that this ice tree could not be defeated by simple attacks. He had to think of other ways to defeat it.

The icy petals on the cherry blossom ice tree began to fall and dance downwards, gradually enveloping the entire area where Ban was. More and more petals fell from the cherry blossom ice tree, dancing aimlessly in the air, yet not a single icy petal touched the ground. It was truly unimaginable what kind of power supported them as they continued to dance in the air.

Issui, pale-faced, looked at Madara and said with a faint smile, "This is a new Ice Release Secret Technique I recently invented. In terms of Ninjutsu, I'm quite skilled in Ice Release, so I focused on researching Ice Release. I dare say that no one can surpass me in this Ice Release technique. Although it consumed a lot of Chakra, don't underestimate this Ice Tree. Are you ready? My attack is about to begin! Reprise, Chapter One, Scattering Cherry Blossom Dance!!"

Issui controlled all the ice crystal cherry blossoms falling from the ice tree, causing them to clump together. Then, a large number of ice crystal cherry blossoms swept towards Ban like a long silver river, with each ice crystal petal revealing a sharp light, as if it could shatter everything in the world.

"Hmph, it's just some stunts. Watch me deflect your attack without a trace! Shinra Tensei!!" Madara stretched out his right hand and repelled the flying ice crystal cherry blossoms.

"Boom..." As expected, the large number of ice crystal cherry blossoms could not withstand Madara's Shinra Tensei. The Shinra Tensei used by Madara was much more powerful than that used by Nagato. After all, Nagato did not grow his own Rinnegan, but Madara transplanted it to him. Madara was different. He climbed the ladder step by step. He was definitely not comparable to someone like Nagato. The two were like heaven and earth, not even in the same league.

But is the new technique that Issui painstakingly created really that simple? Although a large number of ice crystal cherry blossoms were repelled back by the repulsive force of Shinra Tensei, they only paused for a moment before rushing forward again.

Madara's expression changed slightly. He couldn't use his Shinra Tensei now. What to do? Maybe he should try its power first.

"Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation!!" Madara used Great Fire Annihilation again, and a huge fireball with a radius of more than 20 meters spewed out of Madara's mouth, meeting the massive onslaught of Issui crystal cherry blossoms.

"Sizzle..." The ice crystal cherry blossoms flying in front collided with the giant fireball of the stalk. However, the large number of ice crystal cherry blossoms were not evaporated by the fireball. Only a few scattered ice crystal cherry blossoms were burned away. The remaining ice crystal cherry blossoms quickly formed a huge hand-shaped ice flower wall. The dense ice crystal cherry blossoms blocked the entire fireball's momentum and gradually wore down the energy of the giant fireball.

Ban stared intently at the ice crystal wall formed by the ice crystal cherry blossoms. It was actually spreading out the power of the Great Fire Annihilation, gradually wearing it down. Moreover, the power of these ice crystal cherry blossoms was inexhaustible, and the energy they obtained actually came from the ice crystal cherry blossom tree on the ground. It seemed that as long as this tree was destroyed, these ice crystal cherry blossoms would not stop.

"Fire Style: Majestic Demolisher Flame!!" Madara changed direction and spat out a huge ball of fire spear towards the Ice Crystal Cherry Blossom Tree, attempting to gradually eliminate the source of the Ice Crystal Cherry Blossom Tree's power by ending its growth.

Issui chuckled dismissively. "Hmph, what you can think of, I can naturally think of as well. I've been preparing for this for a long time. The Ice Cherry Blossom Tree wasn't so easily broken; it consumed a huge amount of my Chakra energy. What I created is no useless thing. As long as it doesn't leave the earth, its energy will not cease, and it will become stronger with the passage of time. Of course, it has its own weakness, and that weakness is me. Although it doesn't require the control and injection of Chakra energy, it does require a large amount of mental energy to control it, and without a highly concentrated mind, it's impossible to fully unleash its power."

Although Issui is unable to unleash her full potential, the Ice Cherry Blossom is both a powerful weapon and a high-defense shield, capable of blocking most of Issui's attacks and damage.

"Clang..." Just as Ban's giant flaming spear struck the ice crystal cherry blossom tree, a white light shield suddenly rose up outside the ice crystal cherry blossom tree. The flaming spear struck the white light shield outside the ice tree at a swift speed, and both produced a sound like striking metal. The light shield did not crack, but the flaming spear was blocked by the light shield and fell down, blasting a huge crater in the ground.

"Huh...?"

Madara looked at the ice tree curiously. Suddenly, it could automatically defend itself. The light shield was condensed from ice-attribute energy, but its density reached an extreme, which was why it emitted light. Its sturdiness was such that it could actually withstand his advanced Fire Style, which could be considered a rather powerful defensive ability.

However, Madara remained silent. He said calmly to the ice tree, "Heavenly Meteor Descent!!!"

A powerful impact and a sense of destruction emanated from above the ice tree. Two enormous meteorites plummeted from the sky, their descent so rapid that they created intense friction with the air, sending sparks flying and accompanied by the sounds of air exploding.

Although the Ice Tree possessed decent self-defense capabilities, it was still in grave danger under Madara's powerful attack. Issui quickly formed hand Hand Seals and shouted, "Reprise, Chapter Three, Fire Trees and Silver Flowers!!"

As Issui Hand Seals, a large number of ice crystal cherry blossoms flew into the air above the cherry blossom ice tree. Then, suddenly, pale white flames ignited on the ice tree. Rather than flames, it was more like a surge of energy. A large amount of ice-attribute energy poured out from the ice tree, making it look as if the ice tree was on fire. This shows the extent to which the energy flow had reached.

As the ice crystal cherry blossoms were impacted by the energy of the ice tree, each ice crystal petal burst forth with dazzling white light, like a sun, bathing the entire area in a white glow.

Just then, two huge meteorites fell from the sky and collided violently with the numerous ice crystal cherry blossoms on the top of the ice tree. However, the two seemed to have met their match, neither giving way to the other, and both trying to squeeze the other out of their own side.

"Squeak... Ugh..."

However, the ice crystal cherry blossoms, infused with a large amount of energy, pressed even more fiercely upwards against the massive meteorite. The meteorite's immense inertia from its descent gave it a slight advantage, but only a tiny one. Moreover, the ice crystal cherry blossoms were constantly offsetting the meteorite's power and were also gradually chipping away at the rock and soil at the meteorite's base, causing it to crumble bit by bit.

Of course, the Secret Technique of the Rinnegan are not that simple. After the first rock fell, the second one followed closely behind. The power of the second meteorite struck the first meteorite, doubling the attack power once again.

If it were just a single meteorite, perhaps a large number of ice crystal cherry blossoms could stop it. But with another one added, they were running out of steam. The ice crystal cherry blossoms were being pressed down hard by the two meteorites, about to touch the crown of the ice tree.

However, Issui wasn't worried at all. Although he had used a lot of mental energy to manipulate the Ice Tree, he was still excitedly watching it because the Ice Tree's power was gradually increasing.

The ice tree's overall outline suddenly swelled, and a large number of ice flowers bloomed from it again. Then, these already blooming cherry blossoms fell one after another, joining the existing ice crystal cherry blossom grove. The total number of ice crystal cherry blossoms more than doubled. With these subsequent ice crystal cherry blossoms, the ice crystal cherry blossom grove completely withstood the meteorite's attack, and they were gradually disintegrating the two enormous meteorites...