"We finally meet!"
Shinji thought to himself.
The black light bug seemed able to read Shinji's thoughts, emitting a strange laugh using organs vastly different from humans.
Anyone else certainly wouldn't be able to tell this was laughter, but Shinji could feel the other party was laughing, and it was a very contemptuous laugh, as if everything about Shinji was not worth mentioning in front of it.
However, Shinji didn't get angry, and even his emotions didn't fluctuate.
Because there was one thing he was very certain of: the Bewitching Hegemon wasn't powerful enough to despise him. At least before the spatial barrier of World No. 6 completely shattered, the Bewitching Hegemon didn't have such strength. So any performance of the Bewitching Hegemon at this moment wasn't worthy of trust; it was all a deliberately created illusion.
Thus, he beckoned to the black light bug, signaling the other party to come and try if it had the ability.
The black light bug didn't hesitate, arriving in front of Shinji with a 'whoosh'.
Bang...
Shinji, in 'Divine Sovereign Mode', struck with full force, colliding with the incoming black light bug, emitting a burst of low-frequency muffled sound.
Accompanying this low-frequency sound wave were ripples of aftershocks, which were hard to describe as shockwaves or something else, rapidly sweeping towards the surroundings. Everything along the way, whether it was the swarm or the 'Amaterasu' black flames, was turned into powder!
Neither side cared about the impact of the aftershocks on the surroundings. It seemed only the other existed in their eyes as they engaged in a fierce battle in the air!
Shinji in 'Divine Sovereign Mode' possessed the power of a nuclear explosion with every strike. And the black light bug's strength was not weaker than Shinji's at all, even making Shinji feel immense pressure, as if he were fighting some monster that couldn't be defeated at all.
"Tch!"
Soon, Shinji realized he was affected by the Bewitching Hegemon again.
The opponent's manipulation of the mind had reached a level of subtleness where it moistened things silently. Unknowingly, the target would fall for it.
Shinji quickly suppressed various thoughts in his heart, cleared his mind, and focused all his attention on fighting the Bewitching Hegemon.
In just a moment, the two sides fought until the sky collapsed and the earth split!
This was not a metaphor, but a literal 'sky collapsing and earth splitting'. The already precarious spatial barrier of World No. 6 accelerated its shattering under the fierce battle between Shinji and the Bewitching Hegemon. From some angles, one could even directly see the deep universe outside from World No. 6.
As for the ground, several abysses with no visible bottom appeared, as if leading straight to the core of the earth.
Undoubtedly.
World No. 6 was accelerating towards collapse!
The accelerated collapse of the world was not a bad thing for Shinji because the absorption efficiency of the God Trees was highest at this stage. However, as the world gradually collapsed, the spatial barrier's blocking effect on the Hegemon would weaken rapidly, and the power the Bewitching Hegemon infiltrated would strengthen rapidly along with it.
Time was on the Bewitching Hegemon's side. However, Shinji disregarded everything, still fighting the Bewitching Hegemon with all his might, causing the heavens and earth to change color. The surroundings gradually became empty and silent. The previously sky-filling swarm and boundless sea of fire were all destroyed by the aftershocks of his and the Bewitching Hegemon's power.
Rumble...
Suddenly, a thunderclap exploded in the distant sky, as if something shattered amidst this thunder!
Shinji knew this was the sound of the spatial barrier shattering, but he still turned a deaf ear to it, exploding his chakra with full force to fight the Bewitching Hegemon.
And the Bewitching Hegemon naturally couldn't ask for more, cooperating very well to fight fiercer and fiercer with Shinji, who had activated 'Divine Sovereign Mode', as if fighting with real fire.
Time passed drop by drop. Signs of chaos had appeared in World No. 6. The boundary between heaven and earth began to blur. Space, time, and even the matter serving as the foundation of the world all became chaotic.
This was the precursor to the world falling into complete collapse, and also Shinji's last chance to escape. But for some reason, Shinji was still willfully fighting the Bewitching Hegemon.
Bang!
Another low muffled sound, and both sides colliding retreated separately.
"Huff huff..."
Shinji panted heavily, but the corners of his mouth hooked up high.
Opposite him, the black light on the black light bug still flowed ceaselessly, seemingly unaffected by the successive fierce battles just now.
But just as the black light bug prepared to pounce on Shinji again, the black light flowing ceaselessly on its body suddenly flickered. Then with a pfft, the black light dissipated.
"Heh!"
Shinji chuckled lightly.
His 'Divine Sovereign Mode' was born from Naruto's 'Baryon Mode' in the original timeline, so it was exactly the same in characteristics. 'Divine Sovereign Mode' not only 'burned' his own chakra but, with the fierce battle, also affected the Bewitching Hegemon, 'burning' the Bewitching Hegemon as well.
This consumption was asymmetrical because Shinji, activating 'Kamimusubi', had extremely strong control over chakra. Even using chakra fission reaction, he could precisely control the amount consumed. As the passively affected party, the Bewitching Hegemon had no way to precisely control the consumption. So unknowingly, it had been drained of a massive amount of energy by Shinji's 'Divine Sovereign Mode'.
If Shinji were just a small character, no matter what the consumption ratio was, he couldn't possibly exhaust a Hegemon to death. But Shinji was no longer what he used to be. Although his strength was still weaker than a Hegemon, he was no longer an opponent a Hegemon could easily ignore.
Of course.
At the Hegemon's level, fission reaction was not some extraordinary means. Under normal circumstances, Shinji couldn't hide it from the Bewitching Hegemon. But the Bewitching Hegemon made a fatal mistake: it constantly bewitched and shook Shinji during the battle, establishing an impression of its own invincibility in Shinji's mind.
Shinji took advantage of this point and quietly activated 'Omota' on the Bewitching Hegemon!
He had tried; his genjutsu was ineffective against a Hegemon. But 'Omota' was not an ordinary genjutsu. It was a pupil technique in Hiruko's Mangekyō Sharingan. Its ability was merely to amplify the target's emotions and make them extreme.
To shake Shinji, the Bewitching Hegemon created a false impression of its own invincibility. 'Omota' happened to amplify this false impression, deceiving even the Bewitching Hegemon itself, confusing it with this illusion and trapping it in the emotion of its own invincibility.
In other words, Shinji used the Bewitching Hegemon's power to briefly blind the Bewitching Hegemon, making the opponent fall into a state of severe consumption without realizing it.
Swish...
The moment the black light on the black light bug dissipated, a dazzling golden sword appeared between heaven and earth, illuminating the entire chaotic world!
In the next instant, the golden sword thrust out, piercing through the black light bug that had lost its black light!
Instantly, an incredibly sharp insect cry emitted from the black light bug, making everything around become sluggish, as if frames were dropping.
"Hmph!"
Shinji was unmoved, twisting the golden sword in his hand forcefully, completely shredding the struggling black light bug...