Otsutsuki Zeroshiki's third slash was unleashed, its sharp blade light instantly tearing apart the entire expanse of heaven and earth before him.
The force, capable of splitting stars, acted upon Ryun, immediately tearing his already severed upper and lower body sections into four pieces.
This was an attack that even Kamui intangibility could not evade. Neither the Susanoo armor Ryun had clad himself in, nor the Truth-Seeking Ball shield, could withstand Otsutsuki Zeroshiki's desperate three slashes.
This was the true strength of the third strongest member of the Otsutsuki clan.
"It's over."
Looking at the four bloody body pieces drifting in mid-air, Otsutsuki Zeroshiki could not help but heave a heavy sigh of relief.
Having expended all three slashes, the chakra within his body was almost completely burnt out. Even his body was rapidly aging at a visible pace.
"I must change bodies. Otherwise, I might not even live another hundred years." Touching his aged face, Otsutsuki Zeroshiki thought to himself.
At that moment, the torso carrying the head in the distance was staring coldly at him. Seeing this, Otsutsuki Zeroshiki could not help but let out a laugh.
"Heh. So you really aren't that easy to kill."
As a consumer of the supreme-grade divine fruit, his vitality was undoubtedly tenacious to the extreme. Otsutsuki Zeroshiki did not believe conventional physical force could eliminate him, as that was an impossibility.
His three slashes could, at most, temporarily deprive Ryun of his ability to move, allowing him to be subdued and taken away.
Otsutsuki Zeroshiki still needed to take these four pieces of the sage body back to fulfill his duty. The clan's World-Creating Divine Tree was hungry and waiting. Ryun's body could not be offered to the 'god' as a substitute for the supreme-grade divine fruit, but it could completely satisfy the appetite of the World-Creating Divine Tree, preventing it from rampage for tens of thousands of years.
Boom.
The spherical planet, far larger than the world of Naruto, gradually split apart. Terrifying magma and infernal fires instantly poured out, completely igniting the bisected celestial body.
Ignoring the world-ending spectacle beneath his feet, Otsutsuki Zeroshiki径直 (directly) arrived beside Ryun and reached out his hand towards him.
However, before his hand could touch those bloody corpse pieces, an earth-shattering bestial roar suddenly erupted from within the corpse chunks.
"This is."
Because Ryun's body was severed, the Ten-Tails was about to break out.
But its emergence was more to protect its host than to devour him.
Just like when Kaguya Otsutsuki consumed the divine fruit long ago, the Divine Tree had come to regard Ryun as part of its own body. He could even be said to be the consciousness avatar of the Divine Tree. Therefore, it instinctively wanted to emerge to help Ryun reassemble his body.
However, Ryun did not need its help. Before the Divine Tree could even break through the seal, Ryun's body instantly became blurred. This familiar sight caused Otsutsuki Zeroshiki's expression to turn to one of horror.
Ryun's four body pieces suddenly manifested a bizarre, illusory phenomenon. Then, under the gaze of the Byakugan, they directly vanished.
"Genjutsu? That's impossible."
Witnessing this scene that defied common sense, Otsutsuki Zeroshiki could not help but cry out in shock. His Byakugan could perceive that this seemed to be an illusion, yet this very illusion could forcibly rewrite reality, 'erasing' and then 'recreating' a supreme divine realm expert.
This ultimate genjutsu rendered all of Otsutsuki Zeroshiki's previous efforts utterly futile, because Ryun's body had already walked out from the illusion realm and, like a ghost, stood silently behind him.
"It resembles Kamikyo's genjutsu, yet also resembles Mitoshi's time ability. Just how did this guy manage this."
The moment Otsutsuki Zeroshiki's bewildered inner voice surfaced, he felt an intense pain pierce his chest in the next instant. His heart was violently pierced by a jet-black Truth-Seeking Ball longsword.
Looking down at the longsword that had stabbed straight through from his back to his front, the expression on Otsutsuki Zeroshiki's face swiftly shifted from shock to despair.
"What a terrifying human."
In the next moment, the sickening sounds of swords piercing flesh rang out incessantly. Otsutsuki Zeroshiki's hands, feet, and body core were all ruthlessly pierced by one jet-black Truth-Seeking Ball sword after another.
A terrifying suppressive force instantly took shape. Otsutsuki Zeroshiki could not even manage to turn his head to look at the person behind him.
He who had been hovering mid-air stiffly began to fall. But just as he started to plummet, Ryun raised a hand and once again held his body suspended in mid-air.
"What a pity. In the end, I won this battle."
Wiping away the crimson blood that had flowed onto his left cheek with his hand, Ryun looked down at Otsutsuki Zeroshiki lying at his feet and declared.
"Yes, you won. If possible, please kill me." Otsutsuki Zeroshiki said, accepting his fate.
"Why so eager to die? Did you leave a 'Kāma' somewhere else?" Ryun asked with a smile.
Hearing these words, Otsutsuki Zeroshiki's face showed not the slightest ripple. It was as if he could not understand human speech.
But Ryun could not be bothered to waste more words on him. He simply raised his hand, used gravitational force to lift Otsutsuki Zeroshiki's body, and then directly plucked out both of his eyes.
Having severely weakened Otsutsuki Zeroshiki's power, Ryun directly grasped his head and activated a soul-searching ocular technique.
"Human Path."
Sensing Ryun invading his mind, Otsutsuki Zeroshiki instantly flew into a rage.
"Do not even think of searching my memories."
Otsutsuki Zeroshiki's face twisted ferociously. He expended all his strength to resist Ryun's consciousness invasion. Even under the suppression of the Truth-Seeking Ball black swords, he could still rely on his powerful personal will to forcibly distort his own consciousness and memories.
Countless memories were scrambled by him. Otsutsuki Zeroshiki's brain even began to exhibit formatting phenomena. To prevent his own consciousness from being affected, Ryun had no choice but to interrupt the Human Path's soul-searching work.
"Damn bastard."
Watching as Otsutsuki Zeroshiki began to become imbecilic, Ryun could not help but curse under his breath.
Now, Otsutsuki Zeroshiki was not only imbecilic but also looked extremely aged, as if he would not live for more than a few years. Ryun pondered how to deal with him.
After a moment of contemplation, Ryun once again employed the ability of the Human Path, attempting to extract his soul from his body.
Unfortunately, he tried several times but could not accomplish it. The soul of a supreme divine realm expert was incredibly stable. Even with Otsutsuki Zeroshiki's consciousness in chaos, Ryun could not forcibly extract the other's soul while he was still alive.
"Forget it. I'll go check the situation over there first. I'll deal with this guy later."
Ryun placed another seal on Otsutsuki Zeroshiki and then directly sucked him into the Kamui dimension.
After doing this, Ryun took one last look at the completely ruined planet beneath his feet, then closed his eyes to sense the location of the barren dimension.
The moment he opened his eyes, the Flying Thunder God Technique activated silently. Ryun suddenly appeared beside his daughter, Nanaise.
At that moment, Nanaise was using sealing chains to firmly restrain the body of a young Otsutsuki man. Her father's sudden appearance startled her, and her delicate fist instinctively shot out. Ryun hurriedly raised his hand to catch her monstrous strength punch.
"Dad." Nanaise exclaimed joyfully.
She had been somewhat worried about Ryun's situation earlier. Now it seemed her old father was indeed invincible under the heavens. Even enemies from the skies above, her dad could still fight and defeat them.
Ryun gave a soft hum of acknowledgment, then shifted his gaze back to the distant battlefield.
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