Hundreds of kilometers from the northern coastline of the Frost Country, towering icebergs can be seen drifting slowly southward. The sea surface is blown by the cold wind, and waves with broken ice are rising. It seems that the sea water will freeze in a few days.

Mizuki used the Sage Mode for the first time in a while, and at the same time used the power of the Seven-Tails' Chakra to fly in the air, waiting for the physical clone team to bring Lao Zi here.

At the same time, Mizuki extended a giant red chakra hand from his body and held up Xiaochun and her physical clone. The three of them were fully prepared, always alert to the appearance of Lao Zi and guarding against possible accidents.

“It’s so cold here!”

If it weren't for the ninja's outstanding physical fitness and the protection of chakra, he would have been frozen to death long ago. Moreover, Mizuki was now flying in the air, and the wind was much stronger than below.

Although the Ninja World is not very large, the diversity of climate change is very high. Coming from the warm Land of Fire to this haunted place close to the Far North, even a Ninja has to be prepared, otherwise it would be really unbearable.

"It shouldn't be a mistake. With so many people surrounding us, there shouldn't be any problem no matter how you think about it!"

It's not Uzumaki Naruto and Killer Bee. With Mizuki's strength, it would be hard to believe if he couldn't even catch a single Jinchūriki.

Just as Mizuki and Xiaochun were waiting, Mizuki suddenly had an idea, and another giant chakra hand stretched out to catch the suddenly appearing physical clone and the crystal ball wrapped around Lao Zi.

“It’s finally here.”

All six physical clones were present and none of them seemed to have suffered any serious injuries. Everything went very smoothly.

Shuimu grabbed the crystal ball and could clearly feel the temperature on its surface getting higher and higher. Through the translucent surface, he could see that the crystal inside had begun to melt, and it was not long before Lao Zi could escape.

"The method is still effective, it just isolates the lava temporarily!"

Mizuki nodded in satisfaction.

“Proceed to the next step as planned.”

Although Lao Zi is quite powerful, his qualifications as a Jinchūriki are not very good. He cannot completely transform into a tailed beast. It is impossible for him to let the Four Tails in his body help him escape.

Now that they were caught here, even if the Four-Tails appeared again, it was too late. And the White Zetsu was watching, and it was impossible for them to take care of this deserted Arctic Ocean.

Mizuki released his giant chakra hand, and the crystal ball wrapped around Lao Zi fell from the sky into the deep sea below, causing a wave and then disappeared without a trace.

"Begin preparing the barrier!"

Following Mizuki's original command, four physical clones landed on the sea below, and the light of the four-sided sealing formation began to flicker. The ultimate killer weapon that bound Mizuki himself a few months ago, this time the enemy to be dealt with was the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.

"It's about time."

It was estimated that it was almost time for Lao Zi to escape, when a red figure suddenly rushed out from under the sea.

"Finally, he showed up!"

The original one-tailed lava monster has turned into four tails, and the human form it still maintained has completely disappeared. At the critical moment, Lao Zi entered the two-tailed beast state.

The surface of the hot magma was stained by water, the cold sea water was quickly evaporated, and the water vapor met the cold air and instantly turned into small floating ice crystals. Together with the smoky water vapor, Lao Zi looked a little hazy.

Old Zi, who was a little confused and trying to jump out of the encirclement, was knocked down into the sea again by Shuimu's giant fist.

"I spent so much effort to catch you, and you still want to run away? How naive!"

The barrier began to cover Lao Zi, and chakra ropes were wrapped around his lava shell. Each chakra rope could not hold out for long before being burned by the molten escape, but there were enough of them, and there was no possibility of escape before the chakra of Shui Mu's physical clone was completely consumed.

Seeing Lao Zi struggling in vain, Shui Mu's two remaining physical clones and Xiao Chun's original body stepped forward and performed the Water Prison Technique, completely wrapping him in the cold sea water.

After the sea water touched the lava armor, it began to heat up continuously, and more and more boiling bubbles rolled in the water prison. Even if the two Mizuki clones plus Xiaochun's original body continued to replenish sea water and consume chakra, it was not enough. If they wanted the lava armor to collapse quickly, ordinary means seemed to be useless.

In the last step, Xiaochun's physical clone began to walk forward, holding down the water prison that was about to boil with both hands. Ice escape chakra was continuously injected, and the water prison gradually began to stabilize. After a while, the originally trembling water prison technique turned into a crystal clear ice prison technique.

"The tactic was successful!"

Seeing that Lao Zi was completely subdued, Mizuki began to approach and prepare to extract the chakra of the tailed beast.

Lava Release will be restrained by Water Release, and will be even more severely restrained by Ice Release, which is also a Bloodline Limit. As the power of chakra manifestation, when Lava Release cannot maintain the high temperature of the surface, its power will be greatly reduced.

Under the constant restriction of Ice Escape, although Lao Zi was still struggling hard, he was becoming increasingly powerless under the combined pressure of the Four-Directional Sealing Array and Ice Escape. Coupled with his difficulty breathing, he was already showing signs of exhaustion.

The high-temperature lava on Lao Zi's body surface has lost its color and turned into a layer of gray rock armor. Due to the rapid cooling, this layer of rock armor is hard but also more brittle and easy to break.

"Almost there, Tsubaki!"

In fact, Shuimu can do it himself, but it is better to use a more powerful escape technique.

Xiao Chun nodded upon hearing this, clasped his hands together, and when he opened them again, a bright energy ball appeared in the palm of his right hand. The ball trembled with a certain rhythm, changing its shape in Xiao Chun's hand, and then he pressed it on the ice prison. The cold ice block, which was as hard as steel, disappeared silently, and did not stop until the lava nodule fragments in Lao Zi's abdomen were pierced.

"This thing is really powerful!"

The destructive power of this unknown fusion jutsu, Kekkei Genkai, is even more exaggerated than Uzumaki Naruto's Wind Style - Rasenshuriken. If we only talk about the lethality of jutsu, only Ōnoki's Dust Style is stronger than this.

Now that Lao Zi's defenses had been destroyed and it seemed that he had little ability to resist, Mizuki stepped forward with confidence, condensed the chakra in his right hand, and a layer of sealing runes swirled in the palm of his hand, then sank into Lao Zi's abdomen. A ball of red tailed beast chakra was then dragged out. As if aware of the danger, Lao Zi's face became more painful and his unconscious struggle became more intense.

"Shuimu, be polite to the old man!"

"knew."

He cleanly cut off a piece of the tailed beast's chakra and sealed it up. The thing he had been pursuing for a long time was finally in his hands!