Cui Zhi was not as optimistic as his clansmen. Although bluish cold air shrouded Takahashi Yū's head, the hand gripping his calf remained immovable!
Crack~
Cui Zhi stared in horror at the ice greave remaining around his calf!
Fine cracks kept spreading through it.
One of his clansmen noticed something was wrong and charged at Takahashi Yū, trying to rescue the Clan Head while the cold wind blocked Takahashi Yū's vision.
Bang~
Unable to withstand the immense force, the ice greave shattered into ice crystals in Takahashi Yū's hand!
Cui Zhi felt a stab of agony in his calf, then his body grew light as he was lifted uncontrollably off the ground!
Thud!
"Argh!"
Takahashi Yū swung Cui Zhi around, turning his body into a weapon to swat away the man he had sensed charging toward him through his killing intent!
He had intended to slam Cui Zhi into the ground, but inexplicably felt his grip slip. He lost his hold entirely, losing this handy "weapon."
Raising a hand to sweep away the dense cold air that Chakra kept shrouding his head, Takahashi Yū's expression darkened. He ignored the Yuki clansmen surrounding him within arm's reach.
In a flash, he went straight after Cui Zhi, who had flown from his grasp!
Bang!
Cui Zhi crashed into a thick tree. The searing pain in his back and the blood spraying from his mouth forced him to consider retreating!
The thin ice he had formed on his leg to escape had yet to dissipate.
His calf now felt as though thousands upon thousands of tiny insects were gnawing at it, or as though waves of aching, prickling pain were washing through it, making him want to scrape away the layer of skin causing it.
As the Yuki Clan's Clan Head, he naturally