In Yakumo and Ido's eyes, what should have been an evenly matched battle had ended after only a few minutes.
That was with Haku holding back. If Haku went all out, Yakumo and Ido would likely lose even faster.
"Impossible!?"
Yakumo panted heavily, her face filled with confusion.
Ido was even more agitated, flying around in the air in a fit of exasperation.
Haku said, "Yakumo, are you hurt?"
"Not at all!" Yakumo shook her head, then asked, "Haku, how did your Ice Release become so powerful?"
During their exchange just now, the moment Yakumo's Blood Blade touched Haku's Ice Release, it had been frozen solid and torn from her control, leaving Yakumo utterly dumbfounded.
After all, the two of them often sparred at the Research Institute, and Yakumo knew Haku's Ice Release very well.
Under normal circumstances, Haku's Ice Release could not possibly freeze the Blood Blade she had empowered with her Red Dragon Eye's Dojutsu. It could barely even withstand it, often collapsing at the first touch. That was why, during their spars, Haku usually relied on Sage Mode and Breathing Technique to fight her.
Haku pointed around them. "This environment has enhanced my Ice Release. Actually, I still wasn't using my full strength just now. If I had, the effect should have improved by another fifty percent!"
"This..."
Yakumo was both surprised and delighted.
She was surprised that a special environment could enhance one's strength so terrifyingly, and delighted because if Haku could benefit from it, then she should be able to as well!
Shinji walked over at that moment and said, "According to the plan, a Divine Tree will be planted at the core node, and Infinite Tsukuyomi will be cast with the Divine Tree as its center, radiating across the entire Shinobi World. By then,