Esdeath stood in the underground hall, permeated by a cold atmosphere. Around her, masked figures appeared out of nowhere, surrounding her. All of these people were members of Root, but at that moment, they felt an aura emanating from Esdeath's body, at the same time, they became serious.
Esdeath's power comes from the blood of an ultimate beast. This blood gives her the ability to use ice, which is similar to the Yuki clan's kekkei genkai, except that she does not need to use chakra to activate it.
As for the principle, it is similar to how Kaguya possessed the Byakugan even before she came to earth, and she could use the Byakugan ability even before she swallowed the fruit of the sacred tree. It is more of a personal power that relies only on the blood flowing in your veins.
Seeing more and more Root members around her, Esdeath became more and more excited, the fighting spirit in her heart flaring up even more.
Katz!
The ground beneath her feet suddenly turned into ice and cracked. Seeing this scene, the pupils of the Root members narrowed.
"Is this Hyoton? Are you from the Yuki clan?" an old voice slowly rang out.
An old man came forward, holding a cane in his hand, half of his body was wrapped in bandages, and he slowly walked towards Esdeath. This man was none other than Danzo.
"Are you Shimura Danzo?" Esdeath chuckled, "I have no idea about any Yuki clan or anything like that. I heard that you are very strong. I hope you can entertain me a little!"
Danzo frowned when he heard these words, and his face became slightly gloomy, "Esdeath, who gave you the courage to be so arrogant in front of me? Once you're here, you'll only have one choice! Tell me everything about your origins! And then calmly and without unnecessary movements, surrender!"
Danzo had been watching Esdeath for some time. When she first appeared in the village and caused a stir with her beauty and special temperament, he had people follow her discreetly. It was only later that he discovered that the Third had contacted her and she wanted to become a Konoha shinobi, prompting him to thoroughly investigate her past.
During the subsequent investigation, Danzo discovered that Esdeath did indeed possess some kind of power: she did not emit chakra fluctuations, but she could use ice-elemental powers. This piqued his interest, and he wanted to bring her to him for further investigation.
Of course, Danzo's methods won't be as gentle as Hiruzen's.
"It seems I have no choice." After hearing the old man's proposal, Esdeath wasn't nervous at all, but became even more excited.
"Come on, let me see what's so special about your power!" Esdeath said, waving her hand and a monstrous cold instantly descended upon the surrounding area.
"Defend yourself!" Danzo shouted and immediately retreated. At the same time, the Root members formed a formation and used water-elemental ninjutsu to block the flow of cold.
In an instant, the walls of water turned to ice!
In a split second, a stream of cold froze all released techniques!
However, these Root members were well-trained and experienced ninja. They took advantage of this opportunity and immediately threw various weapons at Esdeath. And each of the thrown kunai had an explosive tag attached to it.
Esdeath waved her slender arm again and drew her rapier. The light swing of the blade sent a wave of cold rushing towards the weapon in the air.
The next moment, before everyone's eyes, the surfaces of the kunai and shuriken were instantly encased in ice, and powerlessly fell down. Even the explosive seals were frozen and extinguished.
"This woman's ice release is terrifying! And she doesn't even need to form seals! Is there such a strong shinobi in the Yuki clan?" Danzo, who was standing nearby but hadn't taken a step yet, looked at this scene with a look full of shock and muttered to himself.
"Is that all? Is that all the so-called shinobi can do?! Come on, attack!" Esdeath shouted coldly.
Her power can even freeze time and space if she uses her trump card. Even without her trump card, her normal power is enough to freeze a large river or lake in an instant. Normal shinobi, even jonin-level ones, would be helpless against her power. None of the Root members knew what to do.
"Hmph! Move away!" At this time, Danzo quietly shouted and quickly folded the seals: "Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere!"
At that very moment, tiny streams of wind, compressed to the limit, rushed towards Esdeath's body at an extremely high speed…