Lava Release vs. Ice Release, Complete Tailed Beast Transformation

Blinding white mist instantly billowed up, caused by ice crystals being vaporized by the intense heat.

Yet the result was astonishingly similar to before. Even though Roshi had entered Half-Tailed Beast Transformation, even though he had used a more powerful Lava Release ninjutsu, he still fell short before Minamoto Takuya's Sage Art Ice Release infused with Natural Energy!

Roshi's massive body seemed to have been struck head-on by a battering ram. Once again, without any suspense, he turned into a crimson streak of light and flew backward even faster than he had come, crashing heavily into a distant rock wall.

But this time, Minamoto Takuya gave his opponent no chance to catch his breath or regroup.

He had roughly finished testing the power of Sage Mode. It was time to end this battle.

"Ice Release: Ice Rain!"

Minamoto Takuya rapidly formed hand seals, his voice cold. In an instant, the temperature within dozens of meters of him plummeted!

The moisture in the air froze under an invisible force of ice, condensing into countless sharp ice crystals that glinted with deadly cold light.

In an instant, those overwhelming ice crystals descended with bone-chilling killing intent, pouring down with perfect accuracy toward where Roshi was flying and falling!

A deafening boom rang out as the ice spikes struck their target.

A surging cloud of white frost mist erupted. The thick fog churned and rose, instantly swallowing Roshi's figure completely and turning everything in sight into chaos.

Minamoto Takuya stood still. Although his vision was blocked by the sudden wall of icy mist, his powerful sensory ninjutsu, Mind's Eye of the Kagura, was like an invisible radar, piercing through layers of fog and accurately capturing every trace of Chakra flowing within Roshi's body, as well as the slightest changes in his movements.

"Lava