In the field.
The vast, illusory icy mist gradually dissipated, and the blood-red hues flowing beneath the icy glimmer slowly faded away as well.
Ryōken and the Iwagakure Squad Leader stood facing each other.
The difference was—
Ryōken's expression beneath his mask remained utterly unchanged. His gaze was calm, and he appeared full of energy, showing no signs of exhaustion whatsoever.
After killing three jonin within the Frozen Domain, the domain had actually returned some vitality to Ryōken. In that short time, the stamina he had expended had basically been completely restored.
Ryōken could not help showing a trace of surprise. This was even stronger than that Troll King's skill from his original world.
Still, it was a good ability. It meant that human-wave tactics were almost useless against Ryōken. As long as no jonin-level or stronger experts were mixed in, he could keep killing until the end of time without ever running out of stamina.
He would not end up like the Third Raikage in the original story, who fought more than ten thousand ninja only to die from exhaustion.
The Iwagakure Squad Leader was slightly out of breath, his face terribly grim. An ambush that had been certain to succeed had been overturned by Ryōken just like that.
It greatly enraged him.
"If Senju Gen hadn't been instantly killed by that terrifying beam of lightning, how could we have ended up in this situation?"
At that thought, the Iwagakure Squad Leader's expression became even uglier. Senju Gen had been an elite jonin in their team, especially skilled in genjutsu. With a Kage-level captain like him, their squad had previously been unstoppable in nearly every mission they undertook.
Yet not only had the Earth Prison Killing Formation been broken, but they had also lost a capable comrade.
It left