"My lord!"
Seeing Kirito bound, Shirayuki's typically cold face changed abruptly.
Clang!
Asuma's twin blades pressed against Shirayuki's sword. He growled, "In a battle of this level, there's no room for distraction."
Clang-clang!
Catching her moment of emotional turbulence, Asuma launched a powerful Wind Blade technique through his chakra blades. Although it couldn't scratch Shirayuki's flawless katana, the force behind the technique pushed her back several paces.
At the same time, Hiashi attacked from the side.
"Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm!"
Shirayuki formed an icy shield with a single graceful motion, deflecting the palm strike.
But just as she steadied herself, a new threat surged from behind, Aburame Shibi's swarm of destructive kikaichū bugs.
"Secret Technique: Insect Feast!"
The bugs closed in from all sides, seeking to swarm and devour her chakra.
"Haah!"
With a piercing shout, Shirayuki swept her blade into a dazzling arc, the surrounding cold erupting violently and freezing everything within a meter, bugs included.
"What...?"
She frowned. Even under extreme cold, the insects twitched, still alive.
Crack!
The frozen bugs began shattering the ice encasing them, crawling out one by one.
"Kikaichū evolve quickly," Shibi said calmly. "Out of the hundred thousand that first encountered your ice, only a dozen survived, but they carried the gene for cold resistance. I used my secret techniques to accelerate their growth. This generation already resists sub-zero conditions."
"I see."
Shirayuki narrowed her eyes and pointed her sword forward.
"Let's see if they can survive beyond sub-zero."
"Negative 50 degrees."
She slashed again. This time, the entire swarm instantly froze solid, encased in glistening frost. None escaped.
"So... even colder than before," Shibi muttered, grim-faced.
Meanwhile, Kirito struggled. Despite all his strength, he couldn't break free from the Nara Clan's Shadow Bind or the massive grip of Choza's super-sized hands.
Sensing her master in peril, Shirayuki's concentration faltered. The tide turned.
"Second Dance: White Ripple" [Tsugi no mai: Hakuren]
"Eight Trigrams: Mountain-Crushing Palm!"
Hiashi released one of the Hyuga Clan's most powerful techniques. Chakra surged from every tenketsu in his body, condensing into his palms and blasting forward with mountain-shattering force.
The snowy torrent of Shirayuki's White Ripple was obliterated, carving a direct path through her defense.
"There's an opening!"
Asuma dashed in through the opening like a flash of light. Distracted and overwhelmed, Shirayuki couldn't recover in time. His high-density chakra blade slashed toward her slender, pale neck.
Bound, unable to move, Kirito's cold blue-and-white pupils suddenly flickered.
And time... stopped.
A heartbeat of stillness fell across the battlefield.
Choza's massive hands trembled. Between his clenched fingers, space opened ever so slightly, his crushing grip inexplicably weakening.
"Wha-?!"
Choza couldn't react. His hands were being forced open by a mysterious, irresistible force.
Shikaku let out a grunt. Blood seeped from his nose and mouth as he stared in disbelief.
"My Shadow Bind... was broken?!"
"Impossible..."
Kakashi's voice trembled as he witnessed Kirito burst free from both the Akimichi and Nara techniques.
"Even Choza's superhuman strength couldn't hold him... Nara Clan's strongest jutsu failed... Hyuga Kirito... just what are you?!"
"This has to be a joke..."
Inuzuka's voice was hushed with dread. Kirito now hovered in midair, his robes billowing without wind, his figure radiant and ethereal, like a phantom deity.
"Everyone, be alert!"
Yamanaka Inoichi shouted,
"The target's chakra levels just spiked, massively!"
"My lord!"
Shirayuki turned again toward Kirito, alarmed. Her split attention nearly cost her. Asuma's chakra blade had grazed her neck, leaving a faint red mark.
"Didn't I tell you..."
Asuma growled, forming a complex new stance with his palms.
"You can't afford to be distracted in battle!"
"Secret Art: Thousand-Hand Guardian!"
A radiant golden statue manifested behind him, its colossal palms bearing down like a divine judgment.
But before the blow could land,
"Whoosh!"
Both Kirito and Shirayuki vanished, reappearing elsewhere in the field.
Shirayuki glanced at Kirito beside her. Her expression didn't change, but beneath her sleeve, her fist clenched tightly. She lowered her head slightly.
"Forgive me, my lord," she murmured.
"To think a Zanpakutō would need her master to save her..."
Kirito's gaze lingered on the faint mark at her neck. He didn't speak.
Yet for a fleeting instant, the alien gleam in his cold, glowing eyes softened, something resembling clarity shimmered within them.
But only for a moment.
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