The blue-black tattoos stood out strikingly amid the silver-white tide of snow. A Tailed Beast Blast erupted, and Mingye flashed away from where he stood. A whirlwind formed beneath his feet as a foothold, suspending Mingye in midair. Two blue-black tails shot out from the snow tide and stabbed straight toward him, while the whirlwinds around Mingye continuously spun and condensed into shields.
Bang
The massive blast tore through the sky. Mingye was smashed into the snow tide like a baseball, but a gale that swept away leaves in autumn cleared an open space through the churning snow. Mingye stood bare-chested on the ground, with Ara coiled around his arm.
"Five minutes!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ara sank its two venomous fangs into Mingye's arm. An aura colder than the snowstorm radiated from his entire body. Scales rose across Mingye's body as he entered Sage Mode, and a wicked smile curled at his lips as he charged at the Two-Tails.
"Sage Method: Wind Howling Dragon Turn!"
The powerful avalanche had no ability whatsoever to resist Mingye in Sage Mode. Whirlwinds isolated all the snow within a hundred-meter radius around him, while the Two-Tails simultaneously condensed another Tailed Beast Blast, intending to kill Mingye in one strike.
"Not even one-tenth as powerful as the Nine-Tails, and its Tailed Beast Ball is only as strong as an S-rank ninjutsu. Compared to the Nine-Tails' power, the Two-Tails is nothing more than a dish waiting to be carved up!"
The Tailed Beast Ball shot out. A wind spiral formed before Mingye and collided with it. The Tailed Beast Ball instantly collapsed, pierced through by the Wind Release. The Wind Release continued without losing momentum and slammed into the Two-Tails' body. The Two-Tails let out a shriek and turned to flee.
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