Under normal circumstances, water would turn to ice below zero degrees. Yet the cold energy flowing into Anyo's body was far colder than that. It had long since fallen below zero, surpassing ice in the ordinary sense.
As the cold entered his body, the water's temperature dropped, yet it remained fluid rather than becoming solid. Within this supercooled water, even Anyo's blood and cells began to experience a slight obstruction, seemingly unable to resist or absorb it.
At that moment, Ryūchi Cave Senjutsu was the first to come into play: Inorganic Reincarnation.
This was a reincarnation Senjutsu that could grant life to lifeless inorganic matter and control it. Its practical applications were absurdly extensive, and it was precisely because he possessed this Senjutsu that Anyo dared to absorb cold energy so recklessly.
Anyo soon brought the chaotic cold energy under control. Under his direction, vast amounts of cold flowed in an orderly stream toward the place where his chakra was most concentrated. Upon reaching that region inside his body, it was quickly confined completely, as though a massive water prison had formed. Countless streams of cold continued pouring through his body into this water prison.
As the cold accumulated, the water prison began to solidify, forming ice crystals and becoming completely stable. At the same time, Haku, who had been helping Anyo share the burden of the cold energy, sensed the changes in his body. Haku's own chakra likewise turned into ice crystals and began storing cold energy.
With an entirely new Senjutsu inside him, Anyo suddenly had an idea and felt a new impulse.
Since cold energy could become ice crystals stored within his body for combat, could the other three types of Senjutsu do the same?
At this thought, Anyo activated all three types of Senjutsu at once.