Ice Release Kekkei Genkai

"Look! What was that?"

Someone pointed at the sky and screamed in terror.

Everyone looked up.

A colossal figure had appeared in the sky. It was a humanoid monster with two black wings on its back and an absurdly oversized katana at its waist.

"M-Monster!!"

The ignorant villagers saw the thing descend from the air like a dark cloud blotting out the sky. The daylight dimmed, and they were scared out of their wits, scrambling away in every direction.

"This is..."

The girl still tied to the execution rack stared wide-eyed at the monster descending from the sky.

Only when it drew close enough did she see clearly that it was no monster at all, but a chakra beast formed entirely from chakra.

"How much chakra would it take to create something this enormous?"

Amid the woman's shock, the over-five-meter-tall Tengu flapped its massive wings and descended over her head, its huge hand reaching down to seize her.

The woman had long been prepared to die, but faced with such a thing, she could not help feeling afraid.

Then, her vision went dark. A force swept her up, lifting her feet from the ground and carrying her into the air.

"I thought my progress over the past half year had already been astonishing, but I never expected your improvement to be just as unbelievable."

In her transformed state, Mei Terumi stared at the chakra beast descending from the sky, utterly shocked.

Long Ye had said he wanted to scout Snow Curtain Village. She had not thought much of it at first, but once he actually released the chakra beast, she finally understood how terrifying it was.

From its aura alone, she had a feeling that even an ordinary Near-Kage Level expert would have a hard time defeating this chakra