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Chapter 360 The Destroyed Icefield Space

Upon hearing Xia Zuo's words, Kaguya Otsutsuki shuddered, as if she had been targeted by a deadly natural enemy.

Without a second thought, she instinctively circulated her chakra and activated [Amenominaka] again, transferring herself to another space and leaving Xia Zuo in the supergravity space.

Kaguya's actions stunned Black Zetsu. He looked at his mother through his sleeve in disbelief and asked, "Mother—you, how could you—"

Before the unfortunate boy could even utter the word "escape," Kaguya abruptly rolled up her sleeve, trapping him inside.

This move does have a similar feel to "Hidden Universe in a Sleeve," but the level is far inferior.

Unlike her eldest and second sons, Kaguya, despite valuing her, truly had no feelings for Black Zetsu, her third son.

After all, Black Zetsu was a backup plan and tool created before Kaguya Otsutsuki was sealed away, and was never treated as a son from the beginning.

Black Zetsu and Kaguya Otsutsuki spent less than fifteen minutes together from the moment the seal was broken. How much affection could Kaguya possibly have for him?

Yes, Black Zetsu's loyalty and filial piety are beyond question. He fought for over a thousand years to save his mother, making him arguably the most filial son in the ninja world.

He plotted everywhere, deceiving the Ashuras and Indras of all ages. Countless members of the Uchiha and Senju clans were fooled by him, but compared to the filial sons of the entire ninja world, Black Zetsu was a true moral saint.

But from Kaguya Otsutsuki's perspective, she had been sealed away for a full thousand years before being freed and had suffered for a full thousand years. How could she not feel any resentment?

Fortunately, Kaguya Otsutsuki is a goddess, not an XXN. She fully understands that Black Zetsu has done a good job, but she is slightly cold towards him instead of questioning him with harsh words like "Why didn't you come to save me sooner?"

In fact, Kaguya had already planned it all out. Once she calmed down, she would reshape Black Zetsu's body and give him power and authority far exceeding that of Hagoromo.

But now, she really has no patience to explain to Black Zetsu, saying that she is not confident that she can take down Xia Zuo in one fell swoop, so she needs time to prepare.

Instead of wasting time explaining, it's better to seize the opportunity to fully master your body and readjust to the massive amount of chakra.

Once we've defeated Xia Zuo, then we can show Black Zetsu what he's made of.

But Kaguya Otsutsuki didn't expect that as soon as she stood firm in the icy space, a dark, circular portal would open up opposite her.

Kaguya was startled, feeling as if the hairs on her entire body stood on end.

She hadn't seen the shape of this portal in thousands of years, but she could still recognize it at a glance because it was a spatial ability unique to Isshiki Otsutsuki.

Otsutsuki Isshiki's talent lies in combat, but not in spatial abilities. Therefore, he specifically asked the Otsutsuki King for a reward and obtained this somewhat clumsy but omnipresent spatial technique.

Kaguya Otsutsuki suddenly sneered, shaking her head and muttering to herself, "Honestly, after being sealed away for so long, I've really become a coward."

"Would I be afraid of Otsutsuki Isshiki now?"

"Since Otsutsuki Isshiki dares to come, he must be out of his mind and looking for death. He actually thinks that I, who have just broken free from the seal, will be weaker than him."

"Good, it's good that he's here. We can kill him and eliminate this long-standing threat that has plagued us for thousands of years."

Kaguya Otsutsuki is indeed no longer afraid of Isshiki Otsutsuki, but he is still her former superior and her most terrifying enemy, so she values ​​him far more than anything else.

Disregarding the need to stabilize chakra, he raised his hands high, and gray [All-Killing Ash Bones] emerged from his palms, aiming at the black portal.

When the portal started to fluctuate, Kaguya Otsutsuki, who was ready for battle, immediately launched [All-Killing Ash Bones] and continued to launch it.

Xia Zuo emerged from the portal. In fact, he didn't walk out directly, but only stuck his head out to take a look. What he saw was a dense mass of All-Killing Ash Bones, so he immediately shrank back.

【All-Killing Ash Bones】possesses absolute rule-based destructive power, but it cannot attack space itself; otherwise, its existence would be a paradox.

Furthermore, the destructive nature of the [Co-killing Ash Bones] also results in a relatively weak strength. When these gray bones collide with the space gate, they not only fail to penetrate the spacetime membrane, but also shatter into pieces.

Upon seeing that the person who came was Xia Zuo, Kaguya Otsutsuki felt a sense of relief, but then her heart pounded even higher.

The circular black portal split into two, then into four, then eight, and finally sixteen.

Not only were there many portals, but they also overlapped and covered each other, which allowed Xia Zuo to pass through them steadily and step into the icy world.

Kaguya Otsutsuki asked warily, "Did you kill Isshiki Otsutsuki?"

Xia Zuo sensed Kaguya Otsutsuki's chakra fluctuations, and his greed intensified.

He raised his left hand, displaying the diamond-shaped wedge: "Yes, I accidentally caught him a few days ago using my Rinnegan, so I killed him and obtained this wedge."

Kaguya Otsutsuki became even more wary: "So, are you Natsume or Isshiki Otsutsuki?"

Xia Zuo replied, "For now, I am still Xia Zuo. If I devour you, I will always be Xia Zuo."

Kaguya's anger erupted: "How dare a mere human attempt to kill a god! How arrogant!"

Xia Zuo sneered, "I even killed Otsutsuki Isshiki, why can't I take you down?"

"In my eyes, your bloodline limit, achieved by eating chakra fruits, is not even as threatening as Madara Uchiha."

"court death!!"

Kaguya Otsutsuki's hair spread out completely, with each strand breaking off and turning into a thousand raindrops that splashed towards Natsume.

Rabbit hair needle

With Byakugan's help, these seven-inch-long senbon needles, like swimming fish, drew wondrous arcs in the air, aiming at Xia Zuo's pressure points.

Although he hadn't been hit yet, Xia Zuo felt a needle-like sensation in all the acupoints on his body because his Qi was locked in place.

Xia Zuo stepped forward unhurriedly.

[Instant Flash]

He arrived behind Kaguya Otsutsuki in a single step, without wasting any time in the process.

Having successfully escaped the white eye's lock, the rabbit-hair needles lost their target and could only helplessly pierce the hard, permafrost layer.

Xia Zuo naturally wouldn't just stand there and take the beating without fighting back. He clapped his hands together and used the most suitable ninjutsu based on the situation.

[Ice Release: One-Horned White Whale]

[Ice Release: One-Horned White Whale]

[Ice Release: One-Horned White Whale]

Terrifying ice-style chakra was injected into the ice field, and the flat, permafrost layer churned like a sea. Three giant unicorn whales, each a hundred meters long, leaped high from beneath the surface.

The enormous size of the white whale was so great that even the tailed beasts could hardly match it, and its oppressive aura was comparable to Madara Uchiha's complete Susanoo.

The three enormous unicorn whales are arranged in an equilateral triangle, with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki at the center of the triangle.

The enormous white whales crashed into the ice field, colliding with each other in mid-air and shattering into countless huge ice blocks, which then fell as terrifying ice explosions.

The entire icy wasteland trembled under the terrifying impact.

The beluga whale's destructive power relies on its enormous size and mass; it's a technique that uses sheer force to overwhelm its prey, employing a straightforward and blatant method of crushing its opponents.

Even Kaguya Otsutsuki could only dodge with space-time ninjutsu when faced with the crushing force of three ice behemoths over a hundred meters tall.

【Yomiharazaka】

Before being covered by ice, Kaguya entered the grid-like spatial passage beside her, her figure disappearing into an unknown space, thus avoiding being crushed by tens of thousands of tons of ice.

Kaguya Otsutsuki opened a passage that could directly enter the void, but within the Ame no Michi she controlled, she could only travel between six different spaces.

Xia Zuo's Tenseigan did not lose sight of Kaguya. He clearly saw the connection and distortion of space, so he unleashed Ice Release chakra, creating a storm towards the location where Kaguya was about to appear.

Suddenly, he heard a chilling voice: "All the chakra belongs to me! Xia Zuo, you want to devour me, but I want to devour you too!"

Xia Zuo did not notice the abnormal chakra fluctuations, nor did he panic when he heard Kaguya's murderous words. He continued to launch a steady attack on the intended target.

Kaguya Otsutsuki was caught in the crossfire; she was hit squarely by an extremely cold storm, which even included dry ice and hail.

Feeling pain and numbness in her body, Kaguya was greatly alarmed and enraged, unleashing a terrifying burst of chakra that merged into the entire icy world.

[Natural Integration]

Suddenly, the icy world moved. Following the will of Kaguya, the creator, the temperature of the entire world plummeted, and the frigid air brought a bone-chilling cold.

Heavy snowflakes, accompanied by ice pellets, fell and were accelerated by the cold wind to turn into icy blades, slicing into Xia Zuo's body piece by piece.

Kaguya Otsutsuki and Shazam used the same strategy, attacking each other in the icy world with freezing temperatures as weapons, hoping to be more resistant to freezing than the other.

Xia Zuo's entire body was covered in white ice flowers, but he did not back down and activated his strongest ice release.

【Ice Release: Ice Age】

Click—click—ding-a-ling—

The near-absolute-zero cold air spread wildly, freezing the permafrost into ice powder. The air condensed into snowflakes and ice shards, which fell softly onto the powdery ice field.

In just a few breaths, the icy world turned into a vacuum, and even the cold wind disappeared.

All the air components were stratified and frozen to the ground, using oxygen as a binder, condensing into new, transparent icebergs.

But Kaguya Otsutsuki was still able to speak: "Coldness is also my power. Since you want to freeze me, then do it right here. I will freeze you into eternal ice and slowly devour your chakra."

Kaguya Otsutsuki's voice came from all over the world. Her originally soft voice became exceptionally loud as it was transmitted through the vibrations of the earth, filling the entire frozen space.

【Heavenly Ice Chamber】

Obeying its master's command, the icy world, building upon Xia Zuo's extreme cold, is pushing even more recklessly towards absolute zero.

In the extreme cold of the world, everything was under Kaguya's control. She believed that with her home-field advantage, she would never lose to Natsumi in terms of freezing.

However, she miscalculated.

A chilling aura, so cold it seemed to freeze light, emanated from Xia Zuo, and the surrounding world suddenly seemed to drop a degree.

But this was a world of difference. A cold, desolate light appeared between Xia Zuo's hands, a spacetime annihilation phenomenon caused by the complete end of the movement of matter.

Ice Release: Absolute Zero Light

A cold, eerie blue light spread out, turning everything in its path to dust, even the frozen icebergs.

This is absolute destruction caused by extreme low temperatures.

In fact, Xia Zuo could not reach absolute zero on his own.

His most powerful low-temperature method is based on the collision of matter with the "anti-ghost" principle, which completely cancels out the movement of the other matter during the collision, achieving the lowest possible temperature.

However, matter is too reactive at the microscopic level, making precise collisions extremely difficult; it falls into the category of something that is desirable but impossible to achieve.

But just now, thanks to the combined efforts of Xia Zuo and Kaguya Otsutsuki in cooling down the ice world, the temperature dropped to 1K, and the movement of matter at the microscopic level became almost static, giving Xia Zuo the possibility to continue his operation.

Thus, the cold, silent light of absolute zero appeared.

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was a woman of insight; the moment she saw the cold, desolate light, she activated [Yomotsu Hirasaka] again and left the icy world.

Xia Zuo didn't hesitate any longer and opened the black portal, following in Kaguya Otsutsuki's footsteps.

The Icefield World has become an absolute zero hell, and for the next ten years, or even longer, it will remain a forbidden zone that no one can set foot in.

Even Xia Zuo and Kaguya Otsutsuki couldn't do it.

Stepping out of the spatial gate, Xia Zuo immediately felt the familiar gravitational pressure; they had returned to the supergravity space!

However, the gravity here has increased by at least ten times compared to when we left, reaching the level of 50 times the gravity in the ninja world. Xia Zuo even saw that Kaguya Otsutsuki was standing obediently on the ground this time, instead of floating in the air like a show-off.

Kaguya Otsutsuki adjusted the supergravity space to her limit, focusing intently on Xia Zuo, ready to activate [Yomi Hirasaka] at any moment, appear behind Xia Zuo, pounce on him to the ground, and then slowly drain his chakra.

But Kaguya was surprised to find that Xia Zuo actually stood up with a smile, and he seemed to be in a gravity environment 50 times stronger than her.

"That's impossible!"

Kaguya Otsutsuki blurted out, her small mouth so wide open that her little tongue could even be seen.

Xia Zuo laughed and suddenly stomped his feet, creating a huge crater in the ground, and charged straight at Kaguya.

[Instant Flash]

In a high-gravity environment, the most suitable fighting style is physical combat, specifically Saiyan physical combat techniques.

Xia Zuo approached Kaguya, crouched slightly, then pushed off the ground with one foot and raised the other high, kicking Kaguya directly in the chin, sending the beautiful and aloof woman flying high into the air.

Xia Zuo activated [Instant Flash] again, moving at high speed behind Kaguya. His muscles tensed, and his power was gathered in his knees. He slammed his knees into Kaguya's lower back, sending her crashing straight to the ground from the air.

boom-!

This was a gravity environment of 50 times the normal gravity. The fall even caused Kaguya Otsutsuki to lose consciousness briefly, and made her realize that she couldn't stay in a supergravity space!

【Yomiharazaka】

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