Wood Release Shows Its Might

"Impossible!!"

The king's eyes were filled with shock.

"Buried beneath a hundred-foot layer of ice, there was absolutely no chance they could still be alive."

Xue Ji noticed it as well. Hope suddenly burst forth in her once-desperate eyes.

"Could it be... the two of them aren't dead?"

The moment she muttered those words, the cracks in the icy ground began to split and spread again.

Suddenly!

Boom!

The ice layer exploded, and two enormous arms burst out.

The arms were made of wood. Each hand was as large as a door, and one wooden hand, clenched into a fist, punched through the hundred-foot-thick ice and broke out of the ground.

"W-What kind of ninjutsu is this?!"

Both the king and Xue Ji were stunned by the two massive wooden hands.

It was Long Ye's Wood Release: Hotei Technique.

With their lives on the line, he could no longer worry about exposing the secret of his Wood Release. The instant they were buried beneath the snow, he had unleashed it.

The two wooden hands had wrapped around them, allowing them to survive the ensuing ice seal without a scratch.

The wooden hands rose above the ice and opened in midair, revealing the two of them within.

"Lightning Water Dragon Bullet!"

Long Ye suddenly roared.

Mei Terumi immediately understood. Her hands rapidly formed seals as she unleashed the Water Dragon Bullet Technique.

In the icy, snow-covered environment filled with moisture, the Water Dragon Bullet Art was nearly as powerful as when used at sea. The water dragon it formed was several times larger than usual.

At the same time, Long Ye released a pillar of electricity as thick as a water bucket. The instant the water dragon formed, it merged into the Water Dragon Bullet Art.

The Lightning Water Dragon Bullet