In the night sky, a brilliant meteor streaked across the heavens, trailing a long tail of flames, like a blade tearing through the curtain of night.
The light grew closer and closer, finally falling into a forest, stirring up earth-shaking waves.
Violent winds swept through, sand filled the sky, and the entire forest seemed to tremble.
The smoke and dust gradually dispersed, and a tall, slender figure slowly emerged.
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki hovered in midair, looking down from above at this unfamiliar land.
He wore white robes, his garments fluttering gently in the wind, the collar embroidered with patterns unique to the Ōtsutsuki Clan, gleaming with a cold luster in the moonlight.
His skin was pale as snow, and a short horn grew from his forehead.
His pupils flowed with cold arrogance, as if all things in the world were mere ants in his eyes.
"This is the burial ground Kaguya chose?"
Isshiki's voice was deep and magnetic, yet it carried a chilling contempt.
A plunderer from beyond the stars, he had previously plundered countless planets.
Now, this burial ground of Kaguya's.
In his eyes, it was no different from the planets before.
He raised his hand slightly, condensing a wisp of chakra at his fingertip, which coiled and twisted in the air like a serpent.
"What a barren world."
His gaze swept across, finally settling on the distant horizon, where the outline of an oasis could faintly be seen.
The corner of Isshiki's mouth curved into a cold smile.
His figure flashed and vanished instantly, leaving only a faint spatial fluctuation.
At the edge of the oasis.
Chiya's pair of crimson Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan gleamed brilliantly in the darkness.
He looked at Kaguya beside him and said in a low voice.
"Has he come?"
Kaguya nodded, a trace of solemnity flashing through her white eyes.
"Yes, he's here. I can sense his aura... He's even stronger than before."
"Proceed according to plan."
Kaguya nodded.
The two exchanged a glance.
Kaguya quickly turned around, her silver hair cascading down like a waterfall.
In her eyes, concern for Chiya was added.
But in the current situation, the time had come when choices had to be made.
For this plan, they had been preparing for a long time...
The two coordinated and split up.
Kaguya finally came to stand atop a cliff, her white eyes coldly watching ahead.
Before long.
A black vortex appeared, and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki walked out from within.
He clasped his hands behind his back, floating in midair.
His eyes looked directly at Kaguya, his mouth carrying a mocking smile.
"Kaguya, it's been a while. You've learned to hide."
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki glanced around.
"The energy here is quite active!"
Kaguya's face was expressionless, her voice so calm it lacked even a ripple.
Before this Isshiki, who possessed the special sensory abilities of the Ōtsutsuki, any chakra would attract his attention.
"Isshiki, you shouldn't have come here."
"Shouldn't?"
Isshiki laughed softly.
"You privately stole the power of the God Tree and still fantasize about escaping punishment?
How naive. Since I have already come here.
You should also know your ending, right?"
The night wind of the desert stirred up fine sand. Under the moonlight.
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki hovered in midair, his pupils flickering with dangerous light.
Seeing Kaguya's silence, Isshiki snorted coldly.
"Kaguya, you must recognize reality."
Kaguya's silver hair hung down, her white eyes mixing fear and resignation in just the right measure.
"This is my fate, I am willing to sacrifice myself."
Her voice trembled slightly, her fingertips unconsciously clutching at her clothes.
This detail was caught by Isshiki's eyes, and the corner of his mouth curved into a cold smile.
At the same time, he relaxed his vigilance considerably.
Kaguya was still the same.
"Very good."
Isshiki raised his hand and formed seals.
The earth shook violently, and the Ten-Tails burst from the ground.
But the instant it appeared.
"Roar!!!"
The Ten-Tails suddenly thrashed its tail violently, its single eye flashing with abnormal red light.
Isshiki frowned.
"What's going on?"
This Ten-Tails seemed rather unstable?
Could Kaguya have done something?
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki couldn't help but raise his hand, beginning to channel chakra to the Ten-Tails, attempting to forcefully control it.
Just as Isshiki was distracted suppressing the Ten-Tails!
A black figure moved at high speed, appearing behind him.
This person was Chiya.
His Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan was spinning madly.
In his left hand was a kunai crackling with lightning, while his right fist was wrapped in lava.
"Ant!"
Isshiki sensed the abnormality and immediately activated his state.
His right eye instantly changed color.
It displayed a wheel-shaped pattern with a golden base, surrounded by eight black stripes around the pupil.
He created a chakra rod from thin air with his hand.
He turned around furiously and thrust it directly into Chiya's body.
But Chiya's mouth curved into a strange smile.
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was stunned.
"Bang!"
The Chiya who had just been struck dropped the kunai in his hand and disappeared in white smoke.
Just as the white smoke filled the air.
That kunai transformed with a bang.
Into Chiya's form.
"Kagatsuchi!"
Five special red flames formed at his fingertips.
This was precisely the reward Chiya had obtained from intercepting Kaguya!
Divine Art, Kagatsuchi!
The scorching flames, combined with Chiya who was poised to strike at close range, gave Ōtsutsuki Isshiki no chance to react.
It directly struck his body.
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had not expected that in this instant, this "native" would have such varied killing techniques.
Anger overflowed in his eyes.
"Damn it!!"
The chakra rod in his hand thrust into Chiya's body again.
But what followed was once again a puff of smoke.
Shadow Clone Jutsu!
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki landed on the ground with a darkened face, looking toward where Kaguya had been.
There was no longer any trace of Kaguya at that spot.
At this moment, Kaguya had already used unity with nature.
Following the surrounding environment to one side of the cliff, she came beneath Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's feet.
Silently raising her hand, she aimed at Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
In the center of her palms, two gray bones appeared.
All-Killing Ash Bones!
Gray-white bone spikes flew out, aimed directly at Isshiki's throat.
Isshiki's gaze turned cold as he looked down at Kaguya, filled with killing intent.
His body instinctively leaped upward.
But suddenly he heard Chiya's voice ring out above him.
"Divine Art, Kagatsuchi!!"
The scorching flames brought explosive chakra, five fingers instantly grasping the horn atop Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's head.
This technique.
Never mind Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, even Kaguya who had consumed the Chakra Fruit wouldn't dare take it head-on.
"Crack!"
The horn on his head was forcibly broken off, and veins bulged on Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's face.
A mere... ant!
Isshiki shattered the lava, chakra transforming into blades slashing toward Chiya!
Chiya barely evaded, still being slashed with a wound deep enough to see bone.
Isshiki teleported before Chiya, his palm going straight for his heart!
Chiya's Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan spun madly.
But his injuries made his movements a half-beat too slow.
"Bang!"
It hit!
Chiya's body fell from the sky like a kite.
The smile on Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's face became crazed for a moment.
"Ants are ants, still fantasizing about killing a god!"
Suddenly.
The smile on Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's face froze.
His arm and chest suddenly burst open.
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki forcibly clutched his chest and spat out a mouthful of blood.
His aura instantly weakened.
And the figure of Chiya he had just struck slowly disappeared, as if it had never existed at all.
This technique was precisely Chiya's Cycle of Cause and Effect!
"Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack!"
Kaguya emerged from within the cliff.
Her Byakugan activated, locking onto Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
Countless chakra fists bombarded from all directions.
Rabbit Hair Needles!
Silver-white chakra needles blocked all of Isshiki's escape routes.
Not giving him even a moment to catch his breath.
The two's continuous coordinated attacks flowed like water.
Without the slightest drag.
Seeing he couldn't dodge, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's golden pupils surged with chakra.
"Sukunahikona!"
The chakra-condensed attacks reaching him instantly became minuscule.
And seeing this technique!
Kaguya and Chiya's spirits shook.
Finally, they had waited for the opportunity!!
The two began synchronized movements.
The red flames on Chiya's hands instantly ignited, while Kaguya raised her palm.
"Yomotsu Hirasaka!!"
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