Nanoscale Disintegration

They had found the source, but the situation was still far from promising.

The slugs had divided until they were too small to see with the naked eye. Packed densely across the surface of the skin, they were like specks of dust. Peeling them off would be no easy task.

And clearly, physical methods were unlikely to work.

"Rin, try your Ice Release. See if it works on these slugs."

Long Ye had suddenly thought of Rin's Kekkei Genkai.

Rin's Kekkei Genkai was Ice Release. Years ago, he had traveled all the way to the Land of Snow to obtain Blood-Origin Cells, then used Cell Transplantation to give her the ability.

Without the Three-Tails, her Ice Release had lost much of its power. But those Blood-Origin Cells had been refined over generations in the Land of Snow, and Ice Release itself ranked among the stronger Kekkei Genkai.

Rin immediately did as he asked.

She performed the Ice Release technique Cold Moon Frostflower.

The technique was meant to attack an opponent. It could seal someone in ice, even turn that ice into a tomb. All the caster had to do was shout "Shatter," and both victim and ice would break into fragments.

This time, however, Rin used it on herself.

She first encased herself in ice. Then layers of ice peeled away from her body until she stood revealed once more.

Long Ye watched in surprise.

He had not expected Rin's control over Ice Release to be so refined. She had used one of its killing techniques on herself with microscopic precision and emerged completely unharmed.

Even the Tsuchikage Ōnoki had been unable to do that.

Once, to survive the black flames of Long Ye's Amaterasu, the Tsuchikage had used Dust Release on himself in an attempt to strip away the