[Sage Art: Hayate Ball]
In an instant, Ashura—who had remained on high alert—also unleashed a technique formed from Sage Chakra. Two yellow, rapidly spinning spheres shot forward.
Suddenly, Ushiki's Byakugan eyes turned blank and cold, staring at the two incoming spheres.
Too impure in composition to be absorbed directly!
The moment he reached this conclusion, his Byakugan transformed into the red Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.
He glanced at Mineo, and in the next moment, his body transformed into several red paper cranes, vanishing from sight.
In the blink of an eye, he reappeared far away, holding the Red Light Fishing Rod and Red Light Basket.
Whoosh…
The hook silently sliced through Indra's Susano'o, drawing a large amount of chakra into the basket.
Damn it.
Realizing he had become nothing more than a power source, Indra grew furious.
He immediately dispersed his Susano'o, landing on the ground while gripping a long sword created using Yin–Yang Release.
Floating midair, Ushiki stood arrogantly and gave a cold snort, looking down on the three men as he disdainfully remarked, "Tch, seems like the God Tree's growth time can be shortened even further."
Behind him, a black portal suddenly tore open. In this Six-Tomoe Rinnegan state, he could use Otsutsuki Teleportation much faster.
Ushiki leaned back and fell into it.
Mineo rushed inside right after.
"Indra, hurry!"
Seeing the gate about to close, Ashura shouted desperately, hoping Indra would take him along.
[Universal Pull!]
A powerful gravitational force yanked him backward, increasing the distance between him and the spatial portal.
Indra pulled him close and met Ashura's frantic stare with a calm tone. "Even if we go in, we won't be able to come back out. Better to wait here."
Suddenly, another black portal appeared.
Indra slashed forward and stepped inside.
"Why are you here?"
At the familiar voice, Indra and Ashura relaxed their tense nerves.
Hei and Kaguya walked out together.
They had already prepared for battle but hadn't hidden in ambush on the island. Instead, they'd been hiding in the Another Dimension controlled by Mineo.
Meanwhile, within an unknown space, Ushiki cast a mocking glance at Mineo, who had followed him inside.
"Senior," Ushiki sneered, "now that I think about it, I've never seen you use any special techniques before—are you telling me you don't know how?"
"That's because I forgot," the man replied indifferently.
Ushiki burst into laughter. "So tell me—what made you think you could ever beat me?"
"What? You didn't bring those two lackeys with you—don't tell me you actually need them?"
"You sure I didn't bring anyone else?"
Ushiki's expression shifted slightly. His gaze dropped to the spot where he had been injured moments ago—it was faintly emitting demonic energy (yōkai).
He quickly looked up and shot his gaze sharply toward Mineo's side.
Kaguya and Hei suddenly appeared from nowhere, revealing themselves.
"I see. You used demonic energy to mark my body, embedding a spatial tag onto me?"
Ushiki licked his lips and fixed his gaze on Kaguya. "You… you've turned against your own clan?"
"Her name is Kaguya Otsutsuki?" His voice became increasingly monotone.
"I don't recall crossing paths with you," Kaguya said.
"You don't need to know. Just like it's none of your people's concern how our clan plans to deal with you."
Ushiki stretched lazily, cracking his joints. "What a fruitful day."
Suddenly, Kaguya unleashed her ultimate technique.
[Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball]
The black sphere expanded rapidly, nearly filling the entire space.
Hiroki and Mineo froze in shock—this energy was meant for the God Tree!
Yet Ushiki remained expressionless. He possessed time reversal abilities—one could rewind himself from the current moment back to a few seconds earlier.
Even if an attack couldn't instantly kill him, Ushiki could activate his ability at any moment, essentially rendering him nearly invincible.
Outside, three black portals suddenly appeared.
Ushiki and his group stood at three different locations.
Indra exchanged a puzzled glance with Ashura.
"Why did they come out so quickly after entering?"
Mineo, Hiroki, and Kaguya, who had been closely tracking Ushiki, also felt confused.
Why had Ushiki retreated into Another Dimension initially, only to reappear so suddenly?
Observing everyone's expressions, Ushiki inwardly smirked.
He now completely understood Hiroki's and their techniques.
He'd used his time reversal ability numerous times already.
Kaguya's Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball, Hiroki's Spatial Contraction, the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion combining Sage Art and Chakra, the Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion—all had been tested.
Since he lacked comparably powerful techniques for direct confrontation, whenever unavoidable, Ushiki decisively activated time reversal, thus escaping injury almost entirely.
At that moment—
"Holy Arrows!"
"Hiraikotsu!"
Kikyo's Holy Arrows and Kagarubi's Hiraikotsu struck simultaneously, targeting the newly emerged Ushiki and Mineo.
Luckily, the two with wide field vision sensed the ambush just in time and dodged gracefully.
Hiroki instinctively exhaled in relief—if Ushiki were hit by the Holy Arrow, his Demonic Energy would be purified, rendering everything pointless.
Kikyo, Inuyasha, and Kagarubi led the main force charging forward, with Suzuhime and others bringing up the rear.
"Suzuhime told me everything—you two are occupying this island and enslaving its people," Inuyasha accused.
"What kind of interdimensional cops are you? Always arriving late," Hiroki remarked emotionlessly. "Don't let them interfere."
"I'll handle it," Indra volunteered, stepping forward to block Inuyasha and his group.
He had realized his usefulness in battle was limited, feeling somewhat disheartened.
Suddenly, something prickled through his body—he stiffened immediately. He could sense his Chakra rapidly draining away.
Beside him, Ushiki chuckled softly, fishing out a massive chunk of Chakra and swallowing both the energy and its container whole.
Hearing that sound, Indra burned with humiliation and rage.
Damn it, why again?
At that moment, Ushiki's body began undergoing dramatic changes.
"...Now tell me—who exactly is the yokai (monster) here?"
Down below in the crowd, someone stared in shock, muttering quietly to himself.
In an instant, Ushiki's Byakugan transformed into golden eyes, and a golden Rinnegan opened on his forehead.
Black stripes emerged across his face, while massive horn-like wings sprouted from his head. His feet transformed into black sharp talons, and his arms morphed into massive wings.
He resembled a pale avian demon.
"Die already, inferior creature."
While the earlier Ushiki had merely been arrogant, now he was nothing but brutal and savage—fully embodying his monstrous form.
In this state, his strength and mobility reached peak levels, darting through the air like a rocket.
"Kaguya, why did you share your chakra with them? Have you truly become their willing slave?"
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