On the other side, as the target of the Fire Release: Toad Oil Flame Bullet, Setsugetsu showed no fear in the face of the boundless, surging sea of fire.
She remained calm, first clasping her hands together, then slamming them onto the ground.
In an instant, a thick, pure white ice wall, radiating a chilling aura, rose from the ground.
He stood directly in front of Setsugetsu.
This ice wall was as solid as a barrier, perfectly separating the endless sea of fire, which radiated intense heat, from the Setsugetsu and Setsugetsu, protecting them from the flames.
Sizzle sizzle
Soon, the terrifyingly hot sea of fire collided with the frigid, snow-white ice wall, producing a piercing sound. The ice melted into water, and the water extinguished the fire. The most fundamental law of nature, the law of mutual generation and restraint, was vividly displayed at this moment.
At the same time, the high-temperature flames would heat the liquid water into steam, stirring up white smoke that would turn the battlefield into a vast expanse of white.
Even someone with excellent eyesight can't see everything clearly on the battlefield.
Setsugetsu, who was in the center of the white smoke, was severely hampered by the thick fog and could not see Jiraiya's situation clearly. However, she was confident that her ice wall could completely block the sea of fire released by Jiraiya.
But strangely, some faint, eerie sounds, like ice cracking, came from the ice wall in front of her. This gave her a bad feeling.
"Gala gala"
Gradually, the strange noise grew louder and louder, so loud that even the ninjas watching from some distance could hear it clearly. This made Setsugetsu frown, thinking: Could it be that even an ice wall of this strength couldn't stop Jiraiya's powerful Fire Style?
And so, as the sound of the ice cracking grew louder, a tiny crack appeared on the once smooth, white ice wall.
Before long, the cracks on the ice wall grew larger and larger, spreading outwards, and the number of cracks also increased. In the blink of an eye, the ice wall in front of Setsugetsu was covered with dense cracks like a spider web, so dense that it seemed as if countless spider webs were superimposed on each other.
The next second, there was a "whoosh".
The sound of a mirror shattering rang in Setsugetsu's ears, and the ice wall she thought could stop Jiraiya was broken.
In an instant, countless ice blocks of varying sizes flew out before Setsugetsu's eyes, shimmering like Fire Fly in the dim light of the surroundings, giving Setsugetsu a strange and beautiful feeling.
Immediately afterwards, a large hand suddenly emerged from the shattered ice wall, with a ball of Chakra glowing with a pale blue light in its palm, and pressed it hard against Xueyue's body, despite Setsugetsu's calm and unperturbed gaze.
The user of the Rasengan was Jiraiya than Jiraiya, who was behind the ice wall. He was already thinking about how to defeat his enemy when he saw the ice wall blocking his Fire Release: Toad Oil Flame Bullet.
Through careful observation, Setsugetsu discovered that the ice wall created by Setsukatsuki was incredibly thick and extremely cold, making it unlikely that the Fire Release: Toad Oil Flame Bullet alone could break through it. However, Jiraiya then noticed that the ground burned by Setsukatsuki's Fire Style was slightly thinner than the unburned areas. He then realized that since he couldn't burn the entire ice wall with Fire Style, he could concentrate on burning a portion of it. Once he had thinned a small section of the ice wall, he could launch a surprise attack on Setsugetsu using other methods.
Moreover, the thick white fog in the environment provided excellent cover for his actions.
As Jiraiya had predicted, even the thickest ice wall would thin under the impact of flames.
And so, as the ice wall thinned, Jiraiya leaped down from Gamabunta's head, found the weakest point in the ice wall, and condensed Rasengan in his hand to smash it against the ice wall.
Thus, the situation that Setsugetsu was in came to be.
Even when faced with the perilous situation of being hit by the Rasengan, Setsugetsu showed no panic, her eyes remaining calm. This was because she possessed the ability to transform into an element, and as long as this ability remained unbroken, she would be invincible.
Thus, a scene appeared that made Jiraiya's expression show surprise.
His powerful Rasengan struck Setsugetsu's body directly. But the scene he had imagined —Setsugetsu being sent flying and severely injured by the Rasengan —did not appear. Instead, he saw his Rasengan pass straight through Setsugetsu's icy body. No, it wasn't just like an ice block; it was an ice block. His Rasengan had actually passed right through Setsugetsu, who had turned into an ice block.
This extraordinary scene caused Jiraiya's eyes to widen. He couldn't comprehend how such Ice Release could exist. He was certain that the Setsugetsu that he had just pierced through with his Rasengan was definitely not Ice Release clone, but the real Snow Moon. However, he had never seen an Ice Release with such power before.
"Who exactly are you? What you're using is definitely not Ice Release."
Upon seeing such a bizarre sight, Jiraiya, who knew nothing about it, understood that his opponent's ability was definitely not Ice Release, but a completely new Kekkei Genkai disguised as Ice Release.
He had fought against Kirigakure Ninja with the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai, and the abilities he displayed were not only vastly different from those displayed by Setsugetsu, but completely different.
Both the power and range of the technique were ridiculously large, completely unlike what Ice Release should possess. Now he believed that Setsugetsu's record of fighting Yuki to Kōki was indeed worthy of comparison with Wood Release. Such a unique ability truly had the potential to rival Wood Release.
Faced with Jiraiya's questioning, Setsugetsu responded calmly, "I'm just an insignificant nobody belonging to the Light Organization."
Setsugetsu did not explain whether she had used Ice Release or not.
"A nobody?" Jiraiya looked at the battlefield, now a frozen wasteland, and said with a wry smile, "If someone with this kind of strength is considered a nobody, then I think there are no great figures in the Shinobi World."
At the same time Jiraiya was a little puzzled as to why such a powerful ninja had no reputation in the Shinobi World, as if he had suddenly sprung out of a rock.
There's also this mysterious organization called "Light," whose members are all extraordinary individuals. One is on par with Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique in Taijutsu, another possesses a powerful Kekkei Genkai that differs from ordinary Ice Release, and yet another, though not yet making a move, exudes an air of mystery and unpredictability.
These three mysterious ninjas easily brought Roshi out of their Konoha camp of thousands, and firmly blocked their pursuing forces. Moreover, judging from the current situation, they might really have to watch helplessly as this organization takes Roshi away.
At this moment, Jiraiya missed Kōki terribly. If Kōki were here, Roshi would definitely not have had any problems.
"Even so, don't even think about taking Roshi away so easily." Even though Jiraiya felt the situation wasn't good, he wouldn't give up easily. Konoha ninjas never had the thought of admitting defeat.