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The blossoming fire current flowed like an overflowing waterfall, its scorching heat so intense that it instantly annihilated every trace of Chakra from the Ōtsutsuki in front of him, from his skin to his innermost core, scattering him into the air like ashes, turning into endless dust; even pure energy could not remain for a single moment under such a blade.
A slash that transcends worlds.
Otsutsuki Momoshiki remained half-crouched in place, his white eyes clearly reflecting every moment of the opponent's annihilation.
Beyond that, there was the oppressive feeling that was all too familiar, and all too terrifying, to him.
Under such a blade, they had no chance whatsoever!
At this moment, the frantic thought of escape once again surfaced from the depths of his heart.
However, in just this brief moment of pause, Sawara Kiri had already withdrawn his hand, and his long leg, which had been stepping on the Chakra short staff in the opponent's hand, suddenly lifted upwards, the surging airflow under this abrupt burst spreading out in floating ripples, carrying immense power as if it could collapse mountains in an instant.
"Boom—"
Otsutsuki Momoshiki's momentary distraction caused him to take this blow head-on, his pale chin seeming to indent deep into his skull under the immense force, a faint sound of bone shattering even audible, his entire body floating into the air with this terrifying force, accompanied by a piercing shriek.
However, after these two blows, Urashiki and Kinshiki had already climbed out of the previous pit, fine blood vessels covering their originally pure white eyes, flying towards Sawara Kiri's direction with all their might.
Yet, all their movements seemed so slow in Sawara Kiri's eyes at this moment.
Step back, twist body.
The leg that had flown out landed on the ground, sinking into the scorched earth, creating a pit, while the other long leg, like a giant axe, kicked forward with the force of the push-off.
The speed was so fast that sound could not keep up; in the visible line of sight, only a pure white lotus blossomed from the high-temperature distorted air—that was how a sonic boom manifested to ordinary people.
"Bang!"
First, a kick landed on Otsutsuki Kinshiki's chest, who had rushed directly in front, his entire calf sinking deep into his body, the heavy force making his body from abdomen to spine feel like it would explode, and a gush of blood burst from his mouth with a 'puff', splattering into dots of crimson peach blossoms.
However, the Ōtsutsuki Clan are not purely physical bodies, but a Chakra race based on Chakra, capable of existing in an energy-like form even in near-death situations.
Although his entire body seemed to be pierced by this kick, Otsutsuki Kinshiki still risked it all, releasing the giant axe he had condensed in his hand, and stretched his hands forward, attempting to grab his calf.
But how could Sawara Kiri, temporarily infused with the power of three blades, be matched by his reaction, even if his application of 'Zanka no Tachi' was not yet proficient?
Leverage, spring kick.
The calf that was embedded in his body a moment ago tore open the opponent's body from the side, bursting out a blurred mist of blood and bone fragments, and with a speed too rapid for ordinary people to see, kicked his left arm, letting out a piercing shriek.
"Snap—"
That terrifying force actually carried Kinshiki's body, causing him to fall sideways, completely losing his balance.
However, in just this fleeting moment of pause, Ōtsutsuki Urashiki had already appeared beside him from the other side, crossing through a dark spatial gate, vigorously casting his fishing rod forward, drawing a cherry-colored arc in the air.
In his eye sockets, his original Byakugan had already transformed into a pair of crimson six-tomoe Rinnegan.
「Amenosubaruboshi no Mikoto: Mitama」
On the originally bent fishing rod, purple light points, like bullets, suddenly condensed and flew towards Sawara Kiri's torso.
Desperation, they had the advantage!
No matter how strong Sawara Kiri was, as long as he hadn't reached the level seen in the future, his body would still be his fatal weakness.
Bursting attacks, closing in on his body in one breath.
Hit!
Ōtsutsuki Urashiki's eyes widened, the blood-red light in his crimson six-tomoe Rinnegan almost overflowing from his eye sockets.
The next moment, tiny purple light points touched Sawara Kiri's body.
However, almost at the instant they touched his body, the originally invisible extreme temperature airflow suddenly blossomed, erupting with unprecedented light and fire, easily engulfing the fragile brilliance like a tsunami, burning into nothingness.
Urashiki's originally ferocious expression suddenly froze.
Momoshiki's body was still suspended in the air, Kinshiki's partially shattered form remained tilted sideways, and the brilliant fire that had swallowed True Form was still gushing.
Under this almost static, super-high-speed battle, Sawara Kiri's movement of even turning to look at him seemed so 'slow'.
However, the killing intent contained in those azure eyes was so clear.
A strong, uncontrollable sense of crisis suddenly rose in Urashiki's heart.
Almost at the instant he felt this, the crimson six-tomoe Rinnegan in his eye sockets suddenly distorted, changing from red to blue.
「Amenochikara: Time Reversal」
At the same moment this ocular jutsu was activated, Sawara Kiri, who had been maintaining a distance from him just a moment ago, suddenly appeared in front of him as if flickering, and at Sawara Kiri's feet, the light blue Chakra aftershock from the compressed space of 「Technique Lapse: Blue」 still remained, yet his palm had already touched his body.
「Hollow Technique: Purple (200%)」
"Thump."
A dull sound, like a drumbeat, rang out.
Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, who had been in an attacking stance a second ago, suddenly expanded a clear 'void' centered on his body, as if his entire torso had been devoured by virtual mass, and his entire being flew backward with this immense force.
"Whoosh—"
His inverted figure rolled out with the pushing force, tearing a gully tens of meters long on the ground.
However, the Ōtsutsuki's ocular jutsu immediately took effect, causing his body, which had been spraying outwards, to suddenly freeze, rapidly piecing itself together as if time had been reversed, reassembling into its state from 0.5 seconds ago.
In those blue six-tomoe Rinnegan, a strong, unerasable fear still lingered.
In just an instant, the trio's encirclement was easily shattered.
However, Sawara Kiri was not so optimistic in his heart.
The power he possessed was still too weak, and the Ōtsutsuki's 'density' was indeed too high; even the close-range attack just now only barely took out half of the opponent's life.
The power of the future's arrival, two more slashes remained.
But there were three people.
His gaze shifted, lingering for an instant on Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, who had re-healed but whose face was as pale as paper.
An Ōtsutsuki specializing in space-time ninjutsu?
Difficult to deal with.
Must gather them and kill them all at once.
If not possible... then deterrence first.
As he thought this, the fire current on his body, originally condensed to an extreme under the 'Rising Sun Blade', gradually enveloped his entire body, as if draped in a blazing cloak, further increasing the already heaven-and-earth-igniting high temperature, his aura and will condensing to the extreme, locking onto the three individuals in front of him.
Just by looking at his gaze, the three immediately realized something, and the surface of their skin, under this intense killing intent, rarely broke out in fine goosebumps, even their souls seemed to be trembling.
Otsutsuki Momoshiki reacted the quickest, his face even twisting, and he suddenly shrieked and roared:
"Flee separately!!!"
"He won't last much longer—"
Almost at the instant he roared this, his own body surface suddenly changed, his originally slender body abruptly swelling by a large circle, black patterns spreading from his glabella towards both eye sockets, two horns extruding from his originally smooth head, gradually extending and curving backward, all his muscles tensing, and the total amount of Chakra originally suppressed within his body surged, though not increasing out of thin air, but burning the essence of his life, even tearing his loose robes.
With a 'bang', he pushed off the ground with his foot.
The power he hadn't even displayed during his desperate struggle now proved greatly useful in his escape.
His entire being suddenly shot out like an afterimage, darting towards the breach torn open by Sawara Kiri in the golden wall of the 'Cage'.
Upon hearing his warning, Ōtsutsuki Urashiki and Kinshiki immediately reacted.
Sawara Kiri in his current state was simply not someone of their caliber that they could deal with, but his power would eventually dissipate, as long as they seized the opportunity again...
At their current level, an Ōtsutsuki team that had lost one member in an instant no longer had any reason to continue fighting, not to mention there was now a sufficiently compelling reason; they fled without hesitation.
Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, who had looked pale just now, immediately bit and shattered the small fishing basket he had been carrying at his waist, and his body also swelled up like Otsutsuki Momoshiki, and not only that, his hands transformed into wings, and while his body expanded, his agility did not diminish in the slightest, and he soared into the sky with a flap of his wings.
Only the most miserable Otsutsuki Kinshiki could only stagger and crouch low, burying his entire body in the earth, and with his innate Earth Release power, burrowing towards the direction where the barrier had been torn open.
It must be said that to have survived the previous 'encirclement and suppression of Sawara Kiri', whether it was any of the three of them, or even Ōtsutsuki True Style, who was killed with a single strike earlier, they all likely possessed their own unique escape skills.
But, could they escape?
Sawara Kiri took a sudden step forward. The space that had been sealed by 'Cage' already had a gap, which simply couldn't stop his advance.
His figure flickered, suddenly appearing in front of the frantically fleeing Otsutsuki Momoshiki.
A sweeping kick.
"Boom—"
Otsutsuki Momoshiki, who was already moving at an extreme speed, was sent flying back at several times the speed he arrived, under this unimaginably heavy blow. Before he could even clearly see Sawara Kiri's appearance, his body was on the verge of shattering.
Sawara Kiri, however, showed no lingering hesitation. With another step, he shot towards the high heavens.
Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, who had just been about to fly away from the sky, hadn't even had time to clearly see Sawara Kiri's appearance when his constantly extending head and neck seemed to be struck by a heavy hammer, pressing down heavily.
"Whoosh!"
Like a falling bird, he slammed heavily into the position Otsutsuki Momoshiki had occupied earlier, piling on top of him.
The most troublesome was Kinshiki, who had burrowed underground.
Even with his enormous body and slightly slower Earth Release, he was about to touch the edge of the 'Cage'.
However, before he could break through the path in front of him, his massive body deep underground suddenly felt a clear vibration.
It was as if a giant had lifted its foot and stomped heavily in front of him.
The entire scorched earth consequently caved in several meters deep.
Before he could react at all, a seemingly slender arm plunged deep underground with a 'thud"The terrifying force left no room for any reaction, and Otsutsuki Kinshiki's massive body was pulled out by the scruff of its neck like a young kitten.
Then, with a whoosh, he was swept towards the two Ōtsutsuki piled together.
"Bang!"
A muffled explosion sounded.
Amidst the swirling dust, the three of them were already filled with despair.
Sawara Kiri stood quietly at the gap in the 'Cage', looking at them with a profound gaze.
The flames entwined around the surface of the blade in his hand grew more intense.
"Damn it!"
Otsutsuki Momoshiki struggled to his feet from the ground. The moment he shouted this, even his face was distorted, and from the depths of his eyes, fear and despair were faintly visible.
At this moment, they no longer had any chance of escape.
Under this terrifying despair, there was only one thing they could do.
Resist!
Resist with all their might.
The flames on Sawara Kiri's body surface became calmer, but the blade in his hand grew even darker, as he slowly raised his sword.
Although this power was not yet proficient, if it was just to force out this one strike, it should be enough.
As if he had seen through his intention, or perhaps had witnessed it firsthand.
Otsutsuki Momoshiki no longer had any thought of desperately escaping as before. Instead, like a praying mantis trying to stop a chariot, he raised both hands high, his eyes filled with ferocity.
"Urashiki, I can only buy you one second!"
"Quick!"
At the same time, without anyone needing to instruct him, Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, with blood still on his mouth, took out a small pink turtle from his waist. Completely disregarding Momoshiki's commanding tone towards someone of his equal rank, he quickly whispered something.
"Buzz—"
The eyeball in Momoshiki's palm suddenly opened, streaked with blood. The golden Rinnegan erupted with supreme ocular power, pushing his body to its absolute limit.
「Takamimusubi」
Even the weakest among them, Otsutsuki Kinshiki, extended his hand, firmly blocking Urashiki behind them.
Then, Sawara Kiri was seen raising his blade.
He swung his sword.
「Zanka no Tachi: North: Heaven and Earth Ash」
The next moment.
That familiar darkness, like ink, permeated all of their vision. Even with the 360-degree range of the Byakugan and Rinnegan, they could no longer see any other matter.
All their eyes could perceive was this single blade before them.
The speed at which the pitch-black blade of the end descended was so slow, yet the terrifying power it unleashed was beyond the reach of all of them.
That was the domain unique to a god, belonging to Ōtsutsuki Shibai.
"Hoo."
The sound of the blade descending was so light.
"Rumble—!"
However, the unrestrained burst of flames destroyed all the tranquility of this final scene.
The entire scorched black earth seemed to be swept by a swirling hurricane. The temperature, completely beyond what the planet could withstand, directly obliterated all matter within several hundred meters in front of it. The explosively bursting firelight filled the entire area covered by the 'Cage"The Chakra, which had fractured due to the inability to precisely control its power, impacted the surrounding golden barrier as it shattered.
One, two...
Countless cracks suddenly climbed across the surface of the 'Cage', then rapidly melted and dissipated like ice scorched by a candle.
"Snap!"
Completely shattered.
And Otsutsuki Momoshiki, who was at the direct front of this flame pressure, desperately unleashed his unique ocular technique.
「Takamimusubi」, in an overloaded state, absorbed as much of the spreading flames as possible, quickly restoring them to basic Chakra and ingesting it into his body.
However, how could he withstand such a level of power?
After absorbing for less than 0.1 seconds, his body rapidly expanded and swelled. His originally pale skin turned crimson under the influence of the power—it was unclear whether it was due to overexertion or simply being scorched by the high temperature—and then his stomach also bulged. His body grew from its initial 1.9 meters to 2 meters, 3 meters...
Until half a second later, the surface of his entire skin ruptured as if it could no longer bear the strain, like a water balloon pricked with countless holes, leaking streams of fire capable of burning humans to ashes. His entire body turned scorched black.
His promise of one second was simply impossible to fulfill.
Following his incineration into fragments was Otsutsuki Kinshiki, who had barely managed to resist behind him with Earth Release hardening.
His seemingly massive body was even less resilient than Momoshiki's.
In just a moment of spreading aftershock, he was instantly scorched into charred bones.
Watching his two companions being burned to such a state in front of him, Otsutsuki Urashiki's originally scarlet eyes looked as if they were about to be torn apart by blood vessels.
However, even with such urgency, there was no hope of escape.
With a ruthless resolve, he immediately spun around, directly using the space-time properties of 「Plow」 to forcibly tear open a pitch-black passage in this space.
At the same time, he fiercely reached out with both hands towards the two charred bodies.
"Clang!"
The pitch-black blade finally landed on him, severing him at the waist into two sections, and along with the rushing flames, swept him entirely into the depths of the boundless passage before him.
Even with such a result, Urashiki, whose face was scorched black, couldn't help but struggle to curl his lips.
The next moment.
A roaring torrent of fire pierced through the entire passage, like a mighty flood, suddenly engulfing the forest within dozens of kilometers ahead.
The caravan and Kono, dozens of kilometers away, also seemed to sense something, suddenly looking up into the distance.
Then, they immediately froze in place, staring in astonishment at the single strike that, like a fire dragon, directly swallowed their entire field of vision, tearing open a scorched black trail of flames on the distant horizon.
Everyone gaped in stunned silence.
"Is this Lord Sawara's power?"
Looking down from the sky.
The originally intact forest was directly split in two by this full-power strike. Even the clouds in the sky, compressed by the high temperature, were divided into two sections, creating a small part.
Sawara Kiri quietly looked at the empty land in the distance, with only a several-hundred-meter-wide, countless-kilometer-long scorched trace cutting through everything before him.
However, there was no hint of triumph on his face; instead, he frowned slightly.
"One is missing."
Sawara Kiri keenly noticed this.
Ōtsutsuki are energy beings; if even a trace remains, they might be able to revive.
He raised his head, sensing the spatial ripples that suddenly appeared thousands of kilometers away, and sighed deeply, looking down at the scorched black blade in his hand.
"This power doesn't belong to me after all; my control is still too poor."
Sawara Kiri thought to himself, then suddenly gathered all the surging power within his body, compressing it entirely into the black blade in his hand, and slowly inserting it back into its sheath.
In an instant, the aura floating around his body returned to a more peaceful state.
Only his burnt-out upper clothing remained, proof that he had just experienced a battle of life and death.
This strike, for now, is saved.
Not only for Otsutsuki Urashiki, who wasn't completely dead yet.
But also for other transmigrators from other world-lines who might appear from who knows when or where.
This world only needs one transmigrator, and that's him.
Sawara Kiri thought this, his sense of vigilance growing stronger.
He took two strikes and still wasn't completely killed.
The power of the Ōtsutsuki is truly too dangerous.
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