Ice Release: Freezing Fist!
The Sand Shinobi Jonin only felt a bone-chilling cold that pierced his soul surge from his fist, and his right hand immediately went numb. Under his horrified gaze, the fist that had collided with Duke's froze into a block of ice. Cold Qi spread up his arm, freezing half his body. Unexpectedly, the cold came quickly and left just as quickly. Immediately afterward, the numb half of his body became as hot as if it were being roasted in a furnace.
The alternating pain of cold and heat made the Sand Shinobi cry out involuntarily. He knew that the heat was an illusion caused by his limb nerves nearing death. Only extreme frostbite could create such a sensation.
Even an elite Jonin like Zixiao did not dare exchange punches with Duke. The Sand Shinobi had fallen into the trap through a moment of carelessness and had half his body frozen beyond repair. Even if he were simply left alone now, he would still freeze to death.
Ice Release: Freezing Fist!
Duke naturally would not leave behind a potential threat. He was not arrogant enough to leave an enemy with a final breath and let them counterattack. Especially on the battlefield, only dead enemies were safe. They might very well be hiding Explosive Tags in their clothes, intending to take someone down with them at the moment of death. Thus, the Sand Shinobi's final sight was a fist wreathed in Cold Qi striking him in the face, followed by darkness.
Crack!
The fist struck the Sand Shinobi's forehead, freezing his head first before a tremendous force shattered the block of ice. The headless Sand Shinobi twitched twice, then fell stiffly to the ground.
Lives vanished at any moment on the battlefield, so Duke's little corner of the