If Otsutsuki Zeroshiki completely lacked the possibility to break through beyond the God-tier, then regarding the human cultivator before their eyes, Otsutsuki Yagara did not dare to make a rash judgment.
Because this guy had consumed the supreme-grade Chakra Divine Fruit, he already possessed the potential to become a true god.
The most crucial point was that this human was still very young. Youth represented limitless possibilities.
"You are playing with fire. I gave you the status of branch family head, gave you resources, gave you respect. Yet you are still not satisfied." Otsutsuki Yagara spoke coldly.
"I only wish to glimpse the realm beyond the God-tier. I do not wish to rebel. Since the Clan Leader has given me so much, why can you not grant me another thousand years?" Otsutsuki Zeroshiki spoke, his face still expressionless, but his tone exceptionally firm.
"Hah." Otsutsuki Yagara had several terrifying veins bulge on his forehead. At this moment, he was amused again.
"You know, no one can defy me. No one can threaten me."
Although he could not understand why Otsutsuki Zeroshiki would suddenly betray him, Otsutsuki Yagara would not allow anyone to challenge his authority.
"If that is what you think, then I have no choice."
Otsutsuki Zeroshiki used a universal reply. These words, once spoken, instantly made several more veins bulge on Otsutsuki Yagara's forehead out of anger.
The suffocating atmosphere lasted a long time. For a while, neither side on the communication mirror spoke.
Inside the palace, Otsutsuki Yoshiki was so frightened his whole body went weak. He sensed a fatal crisis and wanted to secretly escape, but in the next moment, Meishiki blocked his path of retreat.
As the saying goes, 'Distant water cannot quench a nearby thirst.' The Clan Leader and the First Elder were in the clan territory. Saving him was already impossible. Next, Otsutsuki Yoshiki could only try to save himself.
He did not dare to try to suddenly resist, because that would only lead to death. The only possible way to survive was to submit. Even if Otsutsuki Zeroshiki rebelled, he would still need helpers. Yoshiki thought that as long as he obediently complied, Zeroshiki, as the family head, would probably not kill him.
"Give the Divine Tree to Yoshiki. I can give you a thousand years." After a long silence, Otsutsuki Yagara actually chose to compromise.
Seeing that threats were ineffective, he simply stopped demanding that Otsutsuki Zeroshiki hand over Ryun. In his view, the most important thing was still that Divine Tree.
It was just a pity that Otsutsuki Zeroshiki, controlled by Ryun, would not comply with him.
"I still have use for the Divine Tree. I cannot hand it over." With one sentence, Otsutsuki Zeroshiki completely ended the conversation.
"You." Otsutsuki Yagara's expression instantly changed.
"Fine. Very well."
After uttering these last words, Otsutsuki Yagara directly cut off the communication.
"Zeroshiki."
Otsutsuki Yagara was furious beyond control. A roar exploded within the main hall. Terrifying power instantly erupted from his body, even forcefully blowing open the entire dome of the palace.
A horrifying aura shot straight into the sky, instantly triggering terrifying abnormal changes in the heavens and earth. Fierce winds howled. Blood-red lightning roared. The sky above the clan territory clearly presented a scene like the end of the world.
In less than three seconds, five Supreme God-tier experts, Otsutsuki Karura, Otsutsuki Kagutsuchi, Otsutsuki Karashi, Otsutsuki Kamikyo, and Otsutsuki Mitoshi, instantly appeared before Otsutsuki Yagara.
"Please calm your anger, Clan Leader."
The five Supreme God-tier experts spoke in unison. They did not understand why the Clan Leader was so furious. The last time the Clan Leader lost his composure like this was ten thousand years ago.
"Zeroshiki has rebelled. I want him dead." Otsutsuki Yagara spoke through gritted teeth.
"What."
All five Supreme God-tier experts showed stunned expressions on their faces.
"It's true. He wants to seize the body of that God-tier human. He also forcibly took possession of that high-grade Divine Tree."
The First Elder hurriedly explained. Then he even sent a surge of chakra into the communication mirror, allowing the five Supreme God-tier experts to watch the previous scene.
The communication mirror of the Otsutsuki clan had the function of recording images and sound. Under the First Elder's control, the entire dialogue and scene from just now replayed.
"That guy Zeroshiki has truly gone mad." Otsutsuki Kamikyo could not help but exclaim.
"This is impossible. Zeroshiki would not rebel. This person doesn't even seem like Zeroshiki." Even after seeing the contents in the mirror, Otsutsuki Karura did not believe Otsutsuki Zeroshiki would rebel.
"Impossible to rebel? Then, elder brother, tell us who the father and son pair in the mirror are? That bastard Zeroshiki is not satisfied even after becoming a branch family head. He truly deserves death." Otsutsuki Kagutsuchi snorted coldly.
"Guards. Capture all blood relatives of Zeroshiki's line." Otsutsuki Yagara issued the order to the clan soldiers.
"Yes." The clan soldiers gathered in the distance immediately turned and went to execute the Clan Leader's order.
"Clan Leader, wait. Zeroshiki, he."
"Hmm."
Otsutsuki Karura wanted to plead for mercy, but in the next moment, he met Otsutsuki Yagara's terrifying, devouring gaze.
Seeing this, Otsutsuki Karashi quickly pulled Karura's sleeve, stopping him from continuing to persuade. Instead, he himself took the initiative to speak.
"Father, Zeroshiki's situation is a bit off. Personally, I also believe he could not possibly have such great ambition. I request that after confirming the facts, then proceed to purge the people of Zeroshiki's line."
Otsutsuki Karashi was from the main family. He was Yagara's biological son. He had more right to speak than Karura and would not be implicated just for speaking more.
"I don't see what's off. Zeroshiki's reason for rebelling is perfectly logical. Moreover, that guy Meishiki is arrogant and unyielding. He has never placed main family members in his eyes. I think 'like father, like son.' This father and son pair both have rebellious bones. They should both be killed." Otsutsuki Mitoshi gave her evaluation.
She was also a member of the main family. She was Yagara's granddaughter and also the elder sister of Otsutsuki Momoshiki.
As a younger generation member, Otsutsuki Mitoshi possessed cultivation talent far surpassing her peers. She was the youngest God-tier among the five Venerables, and possessed the world's most supreme, top-tier ocular technique.
Otsutsuki Karura and Karashi believed Zeroshiki would not dare to rebel. Otsutsuki Kagutsuchi and Mitoshi believed Zeroshiki had rebelled. Otsutsuki Kamikyo did not actively participate in the criticism. Because he was not very familiar with or knowledgeable about Zeroshiki, he did not prepare to offer an opinion.
At present, the matter was not yet conclusively decided. But Otsutsuki Yagara, the Clan Leader, leaned more towards the belief that Zeroshiki had betrayed him.
"Zeroshiki's reason for betrayal is too far-fetched. A Supreme God-tier expert is not so simple to seize. Zeroshiki's thinking seems too simplistic. I feel he shouldn't be that naive. To actually set his sights on another God-tier being."
Otsutsuki Karashi stated what he found off.
"It is indeed not easy to seize a God-tier being, because every God-tier possesses a powerful divine soul. But if Zeroshiki adds a Meishiki to that, then successfully seizing a God-tier being is not impossible." Otsutsuki Yagara spoke in a deep voice, his face gloomy.
"Meishiki."
Everyone subconsciously frowned upon hearing this name. They did not understand why the Clan Leader mentioned Meishiki now.
"Father, are you referring to Meishiki's God-Slaying ocular technique."
Otsutsuki Karashi could not help but exclaim. He immediately understood the meaning in Otsutsuki Yagara's words.
Meishiki possessed an ocular technique that could erase divine souls. And 'Karma' was capable of seizing another's body. If the two were combined, then seizing a Supreme God-tier expert would not be impossible.
Even Ryun himself had not thought of this point. He brought Meishiki along purely to release a signal that 'the ninja world is already empty of people.' Who would have thought that this kind of coincidental happenstance would make Otsutsuki Yagara suspicious and ultimately conclude that Zeroshiki had indeed betrayed him.
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