I'm in Konoha, and I have ten skill slots.

The next second, after Shigure dodged Gaara's attacks multiple times, Shigure suddenly slammed his hands on the ground.

'Frozen Moment!'

Kaka!

Visible frost spread out from under Shigure's feet, rapidly expanding throughout the entire area.

Within a few breaths, the entire arena was covered with a thick layer of ice crystals; all the ground and walls were frozen.

The ice crystals stretched all the way to the edge of the stands.

Seeing this scene, countless ninjas gasped in shock.

"Is this his Ice Release Kekkei Genkai?"

"Such powerful force! It can freeze this place in the blink of an eye."

At this moment, Kakashi smiled. Shigure was not only strong, but also very smart. He saw that Gaara was using sand to make sand, so he froze the ground, so that Gaara could not continue to make more sand.

"Ice Release...it really is Ice Release...there's no mistake!"

Mei Terumi stared intently at Shigure in the arena, her eyes wide.

Ice Release is a bloodline limit belonging to Kirigakure.

"Hmph! You think that just because the ground is frozen, I can't continue making sand?"

Crack!

A ball of sand, under Gaara's control, hurtled towards the ground, instantly shattering the ice. Gaara then used the soil beneath to create even more sand.

The rain froze the ground, and Gaara broke through the ice crystals.

4.4 Both of them immediately thought of the best solution.

but!

Gaara seems to have misunderstood something: Shigure froze the entire arena, not to prevent Gaara from creating sand.

He did it so that it would be easier for him to make ice and snow!

Shigure watched with a smile as Gaara manipulated a large amount of sand to swirl towards him.

At that moment, all the ninjas were waiting to see what Shigure would do next.

However, Shigure stood still and did not intend to dodge.

The ice wall did not rise.

Instead, snowflakes inexplicably appeared in the sky!

The falling snowflakes seemed to form directly from the sky above the field...

"Snowing?"

Sakura looked at the sky with great confusion. The sky was clear and cloudless, and the sunlight was warm. It didn't seem like snowy weather at all!

Chapter 152 Ice and Snow Control: The Collision of Sand and Snow

Snowflakes are falling!

At that moment, countless people looked up at the sky.

Snowflakes fell one after another, and in the blink of an eye, it seemed as if a blizzard had formed.

moment!

Gaara's eyes narrowed suddenly, and a bead of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

Crack!

A roar erupted at that moment, and the sand he released toward Shigure was blocked.

But what blocked the sand from him was... snow!

The snowflakes that came from all directions gathered like sand, blocking his path.

A collision of white and yellow snow and sand.

Even Hiruzen Sarutobi was stunned at that moment.

Ice Release!

Can it still be used like this?

Looking at Shigure in the arena, snowflakes gathered around her, seemingly protecting her. The actual amount of snow falling from the sky was not much; these snowflakes seemed to have suddenly condensed in an instant.

Gaara's sand slowly receded, and at that moment, Shigure's snowflakes scattered to both sides, returning to Shigure's side.

Gaara was staring intently in Shigure's direction, looking at him with an incredulous expression.

'How could this be...? This guy can actually control snowflakes to block my sand?'

At this moment, countless ninjas were stunned.

Kankuro: "What is this 12? This guy actually blocked Gaara's attack with snow?"

Temari: "Shouldn't the more important thing be that this guy can control the snow in this way?"

Shiyu gently waved her arm, and snowflakes swirled around her arm, gathering frantically on her fingertips.

In the blink of an eye, icicles formed one after another.

As Shigure smiled, these ice spikes shot out instantly, hurtling rapidly toward Gaara.

Gaara immediately controlled the sand to form a sand wall defense.

The attack of the ice spikes was blocked, but then the snowflakes on both sides of Shigure condensed into fists, and the huge white fists floated in the air.

As Shigure pointed at Gaara, two white snowflake fists slammed directly towards him.

Gaara immediately controlled the sand to block the impact of the two fists from the left and right.

Dull crashing sounds sounded one after another.

Gaara was completely stunned. Shigure's control over the snowflakes was exactly the same as his Sand Technique.

snow!

It must be fragile!

However, Shigure's snowflakes possess an incredibly high hardness, which means that Shigure increased the hardness of these snowflakes by injecting chakra.

Snowflakes are just the surface; ultimately, they are ice crystals, only formed by the condensation of very small ice crystals.

Injecting chakra can indeed increase hardness, just like his sand.

Can!

How could Shigure possess such skills?

This is a secret technique belonging to Sunagakure.

As Gaara was pondering, Shigure began to move his hands, and with Shigure's movements, the surrounding ice and snow became even more frenzied.

The number of snowflakes that suddenly appeared out of thin air increased several times over. The white snow waves surging behind Shigure were visible to the naked eye, and in the blink of an eye, they surpassed Gaara's sand.

Seeing this, Gaara quickly controlled the sand to shrink, but at that moment Shigure seemed to know in advance what Gaara was going to do.

A snowflake suddenly shot up from below and appeared directly in front of Gaara.

The sand that had gathered directly in front of Gaara was instantly dispersed.

Of course, this only slows down Gaara's speed of gathering sand.

Immediately afterwards, Shigure closed her eyes slightly and simultaneously accelerated her thinking.

The power that can be best demonstrated by controlling snowflakes in this form is the precise control of chakra.

Gaara's ability to use sand to envelop a large area is simply because he couldn't control his chakra to the fullest extent.

However, Shigure is different; Shigure's control over chakra has reached a terrifying level.

The moment I opened my eyes, the snowflakes that had been gathered together instantly split into hundreds of snowflake impacts.

It was as if a large group of white snakes suddenly lunged and bit towards Gaara.

The moment this attack appeared, Gaara was completely stunned.

'Such terrifying control!'

'This guy……'

Gaara immediately gathered the sand, forming a sand ball that enveloped him.

The next second, countless white snakes formed from ice and snow swarmed towards the sand sphere.

The roaring sound continued.

Countless ninjas in the audience suddenly stood up, staring in disbelief at the scene before them.

Mei Terumi couldn't help but stand up slightly, staring at Shigure below.

'What amazing control!'

Previously, Mei Terumi was surprised that Shigure used a method similar to the secret techniques of Sunagakure to unleash Ice Release, which made her wonder if such a method could truly unleash the power of Ice Release.