Chapter 415: The Super Brawl
Uchiha Dali's move was nothing short of a complete surprise.
No one could have imagined that he would strike to kill the instant the fight began, giving his enemies no time at all to react.
By the time Ōtsutsuki Aoshe and the Ōtsutsuki King realized they had fallen for his trick, it was already too late.
Under the power of his Divine Devour and Refine Technique, Uchiha Dali instantly plundered more than half of the energy from nearly half of all Ōtsutsuki elites present.
The amount of energy he had taken far surpassed what he had absorbed when battling Shoushi and Hishiki.
This immediately triggered a new round of evolution within Uchiha Dali.
However, the energy was simply too vast—so much that he couldn't completely absorb it all at once.
At that very moment, sensing a mortal threat, the thousands upon thousands of elite Ōtsutsuki began to panic.
Without so much as a word, they all activated the Divine Demon Fusion Technique.
None of them had any desire to die here.
Once activated, the targets of their fusion were, of course, not Uchiha Dali—they didn't have that kind of ability.
Their targets were their own companions.
They began devouring one another's energy, hoping to evolve into higher forms and gain enough power to stand against Uchiha Dali.
Since Dali had absorbed so much energy that he was momentarily "overloaded," they had a brief window of opportunity.
Many of the Ōtsutsuki elites who failed to react quickly enough became the first sacrifices—devoured by those sharper and faster to act.
As one after another was consumed and merged, waves of powerful new auras erupted across the battlefield.
Each of these gods from the Heavenly Faction saw their strength soar dozens of times over.
Some even grew hundreds of times stronger.
Sensing the surge of these terrifying auras, the warriors from Aoshe's faction were instantly stirred into action as well.
They too began activating the Divine Demon Fusion Technique.
But things went differently on their side.
Although they had witnessed Dali's devastating energy plunder, they themselves hadn't been attacked directly.
And because everyone had the same idea—to use this art—the result was chaos.
Tens of thousands of elites tried to fuse at once, and no one succeeded in absorbing energy from those beside them.
Every effect simply canceled out the others.
Ōtsutsuki Aoshe and the Ōtsutsuki King's faces darkened to the extreme when they saw this.
With no other choice, they too struck out, using the Divine Demon Fusion Technique on their own loyal clansmen.
The reason was simple—they could already feel the rising threat from Uchiha Dali.
As Dali continued to devour more and more energy, his evolution accelerated; his power was skyrocketing.
From a nobody they had once dismissed, he had now grown into an opponent strong enough to stand against them as an equal.
Such a transformation made both top-tier Ōtsutsuki realize that if they didn't evolve as well, they wouldn't be able to defeat him.
Of course, each harbored his own selfish motives.
After all, the two faction leaders had always been mortal enemies. Their current cooperation was only born of necessity.
Who wouldn't want to remain the ruler of the Ōtsutsuki Clan after defeating Uchiha Dali?
So now, both Aoshe and the Ōtsutsuki King targeted not only their own factions but also the other's followers.
They struck simultaneously, seizing energy from countless warriors at once.
Both were startled by the other's speed, locking eyes briefly in mutual understanding.
Without a word, they acted in perfect unspoken accord and unleashed the Divine Demon Fusion Technique once more.
Their power already far surpassed that of any other Ōtsutsuki elite here.
Caught completely off guard, hundreds of clansmen were drained of energy in an instant.
This second round of devouring was just as devastating.
After absorbing such immense, nearly terrifying energy, both Aoshe and the Ōtsutsuki King began to evolve.
"My apologies, everyone," said the Ōtsutsuki King as he greedily absorbed his clansmen's energy. "I'll avenge you later. If you must blame someone, blame Uchiha Dali!"
Beside him, Ōtsutsuki Aoshe said nothing—his body transformed into a streak of seven-colored light overlaid with gold, streaking through the battlefield as he began a new wave of plunder.
At that moment, Uchiha Dali finally finished refining all the energy he had absorbed.
Watching the two powerful enemies' actions, he was briefly stunned—then smirked coldly.
"So in the end, you turn your blades on your own kind, huh?"
"Well, I can't fall behind, can I?"
With that, he plunged into the ranks of the remaining Ōtsutsuki elites.
Naturally, those elites wouldn't just stand there and let themselves be devoured.
Especially those who had already consumed others and evolved—they now possessed the strength to resist.
In an instant, the entire Divine Realm erupted into chaos.
Warriors from the Aoshe faction, the Heavenly faction, and Uchiha Dali himself—all three forces collided in an all-out, frenzied battle.
...
Meanwhile, in the dimensional void—
A dim shadow sat cross-legged before a glowing screen.
On that massive screen was the battle unfolding within the Divine Realm.
Watching the once-proud Ōtsutsuki race turn on one another in such madness, the shadow sighed helplessly.
"Utterly foolish and absurd," he muttered.
"No wonder no one has ascended to godhood for so many years. This is exactly why."
If anyone had been present, they would have been deeply curious about this mysterious figure's identity.
In truth, this phantom was also an Ōtsutsuki—
The very man said to have absorbed the energy of a Chakra Fruit and ascended to the ultimate divine realm: Ōtsutsuki Shibai.
It was said that Ōtsutsuki Shibai had transcended to a higher dimension.
In reality, he had not.
He had indeed ascended—his body separated from his soul—but he never truly left.
A barrier existed between this plane and the lower realm, but it wasn't impassable.
The true barrier was the one leading to the upper dimension.
Thus, for countless years, Ōtsutsuki Shibai had been trapped here, waiting.
He had long hoped one of his kin would evolve to his level and reach this space, so that together they could shatter the barrier.
But all these years, he had waited in vain—no one had come.
Now, at last, it seemed… an opportunity had appeared.