The cold air freezing its way in from where sea met sky swept past Hizashi and the others, spreading behind them until it reached the limits of sight. The thunderous roar of the waves stopped, and the clamorous world fell so silent that a pin dropping could be heard. The vast sea that had been surging just a moment ago froze into an icy plain in the blink of an eye. Only those who witnessed it firsthand could understand the terror of such a shocking sight.
In the middle of the icy plain, Konoha ninja stood atop the water of a shallow pond, all of them staring wide-eyed in disbelief.
The boundless forest had solidified into frozen earth like a forbidden land of death, stretching endlessly beneath a world of ice and snow. Such a spectacle could only be seen in the Shinobi World in the Land of Snow. But that was a natural climate and landscape formed over countless years through nature's changes, not a ninjutsu created by human hands. Changing the geographical environment through one person's power alone was something they had never seen or even heard of.
"No matter how many times I see it, it still doesn't feel real... Is this really ninjutsu?" Kurenai covered her small mouth and shivered in the cold wind. She had seen Duke's Ice Release before, but its range seemed even greater this time.
"It's like the whole world has been covered in ice and snow!" The frozen sea extended beyond the Byakugan's maximum range. Hizashi looked around, feeling as if he stood at the edge of the world, with no end in sight.
"What a terrifying Kekkei Genkai. You wouldn't even be able to run away... I heard we're at war with Hidden Mist. I really feel for the guys