Crystal-clear ice crystals crashed forward like waves battering a coastline.
Layer upon layer piled up, one wave after another, radiating biting cold as they rapidly closed in on Yorii Tsugikuni.
Once they surrounded him and came into contact with his body,
even Yorii Tsugikuni would be frozen, completely sealed within the ice crystals.
The power of Demon's Extract was no joke. In an icy, snow-covered environment, the range and power of Esdeath's move were even greater.
Otherwise, why would the war against the Northern Foreign Tribes, which should have taken at least a year to end,
have been pacified so quickly after Esdeath went there?
In that brutally cold weather, it had been entirely Esdeath's home ground, where her abilities had been enhanced tremendously.
In the current environment,
Esdeath did not let down her guard. No powerhouse would lose their vigilance before their enemy had died.
With a lift of her hand,
hundreds more ice lances appeared in the air and shot toward Yorii Tsugikuni.
With sharp whistles and frost rapidly spreading across the ground, Yorii Tsugikuni was blocked in place by Esdeath's attacks in the blink of an eye.
If he had been fighting anyone else,
he only needed to dodge this kind of attack. But now, the ground all around him was covered in ice. He could not maintain his balance on it, much less evade and counterattack.
So, faced with this fierce assault, he could only take it head-on.
One hand resting on his Nichirin Blade, Yorii Tsugikuni stood still without the slightest tension, quietly watching the overwhelming ice crystals rush toward him.
The instant those ice crystals closed in, the Nichirin Blade in his hand abruptly vanished from Esdeath's sight.
Boom!
A thunderous explosion suddenly rang out across the snowy world.
The overwhelming ice crystals and