Crack! Crack! As Xiaoxue's blade stabbed head-on, the moment it came within three feet of Xueji, the edge began to freeze.
With a crisp crack, Xue withdrew and looked at Fine Snow in her hand. Only the gemstone-studded hilt and half of the blade, now completely turned to ice, remained.
"She changed the metal composition of my sword and turned it into ice..."
Xiaoxue raised her head and stared solemnly ahead.
Xueji emerged from Yomotsu Hirasaka, draped in a sky-blue cloak that made her look incomparably holy.
Xueji said, "This is the Heavenly Winter Garment, a defensive treasure of my clan. It can freeze anything that comes near me into ice!"
Xue thought, It works on the same principle as Haku's Ice Release Chakra Mode, but it's far more terrifying!
At that moment, Yamashiro Ryūfū formed hand seals. Those invisible ninjutsu all froze into blocks of ice and fell to the ground as they approached Xueji.
"Even ninjutsu won't work..." Ryūfū lowered his hands.
"I refuse to believe this!"
Crackle! Mirojin erupted with a Lightning Release Chakra Mode even stronger than that of the Fourth Raikage A and prepared to force his way in with taijutsu!
But a tree trunk suddenly appeared and wrapped around Mirojin's body. He looked at Xue in confusion. "Princess!"
Xue shook her head. "It's best not to get close!"
Xueji floated in midair, drifting forward eerily.
The cold air drifting from afar froze the Lightning Release Armor around Mirojin's body. He shuddered violently, cold sweat soaking his back. "You've got to be kidding me?"
Ignoring everyone else, Xueji stared fixedly with all three eyes at Xue's flawless face and asked inexplicably, "Would you... be my little sister?"
Xue replied coldly, "Are you joking?"
Xueji's expression was complicated. "No. I don't know why... ever since I