After using Wind Style to temporarily slow the acid mist's advance, Hua Bing rapidly changed her hand seals. A moment later, she flipped backward and landed on the sea's surface, shouting, "Ice Release: Ice Dragon Bullet!"
Roar!
A dragon's cry seemed to rise from the abyssal sea. The water before Hua Bing churned, forming a vortex three meters across, and a massive white dragon, crystalline and radiating frigid air, silently emerged.
Then, with a ferocious roar, it burst from the sea, opened its maw of jagged fangs, and lunged at Mei Terumi, who stood concealed behind the acid mist.
Having sparred with Mei Terumi many times, Hua Bing knew very well that smaller ice crystals might be corroded away before they could even reach their target.
Only a large construct of ice like the Ice Dragon could truly threaten her.
That judgment was entirely correct.
The Ice Dragon descended from the sky and plunged headfirst into the hazy acid mist. Its body hissed with "sizzle, sizzle" sounds, but compared to its enormous size, the mist's corrosion was not enough to affect its movements in such a short time.
Enduring the acid mist's damage, the Ice Dragon, now visibly reduced in size, charged fiercely into the brown-haired girl at the edge of the fog!
As the Ice Dragon was about to reach her, not a trace of panic appeared in Mei Terumi's emerald eyes. She formed hand seals, opened her mouth again, and spat out a stream of thick, pale-green liquid.
[Lava Release: Corrosive Monster Technique]!
This was her second Kekkei Genkai. Its effect was similar to the acid mist's, but its potency was several times greater. The viscous acid splashed directly onto the approaching Ice Dragon!
Hiss—
It was as though ice and snow had been exposed beneath the blazing