Ōtsutsuki Isshiki let out another cold laugh, a glint of greed and desire in his eyes, and said, "Just obediently become my vessel."
In his view, no matter how mysterious Roy was, he was confident he could subdue him, take Roy's body for himself, and make it his vessel.
However, Roy merely smiled faintly.
The next moment, the entire world seemed to descend into madness.
A cataclysmic roar echoed as an incredibly violent surge of Conqueror's Haki erupted from Roy's body.
The intensity of that Haki actually tore the sky apart, leaving cracks in its wake.
At the same time, Roy's chakra exploded forth. Golden chakra flooded the heavens and the earth like a tidal wave, dyeing everything it touched a dazzling gold.
"This amount of chakra…" Orochimaru muttered in shock.
As someone who craved and studied power, he had never seen such a terrifying volume of chakra.
But what shocked everyone even more was that Roy's eyes began to change. His originally black pupils instantly transformed into the Sharingan.
Then, the Sharingan rapidly evolved into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
Yet this was not the end. Roy's body trembled slightly, and the surrounding air rippled violently.
Suddenly, a brilliant purple light burst from his eyes. When the light faded, a pair of purple Rinnegan appeared in his sockets.
The patterns of the Rinnegan slowly rotated, each rotation causing ripples in space.
It turned out that during this time, nourishment from the Divine Tree's remnant branches in the giants' world had caused a marvelous change in Roy's body.
The powerful energy contained in those Divine Tree remnants had saturated his body and soul.
Under the effect of this energy, he had not only successfully awakened the Rinnegan, but had also gone into seclusion to completely integrate Haki and chakra.
The two powerful forces now coexisted harmoniously within him, blending together.
"The Rinnegan? Hmph." Seeing Roy's transformation, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki actually sighed in relief.
The corner of his mouth curled into a contemptuous smile.
In his eyes, while the Rinnegan was powerful, it was nothing special, at most causing him a bit of trouble.
"So, you're also a descendant of that traitorous wretch Kaguya. It's an honor for you to become my vessel."
He roared, the sound making the surrounding air hum.
He charged at Roy, as fast as lightning, instantly appearing before him.
But the next moment, his expression changed dramatically. Roy's gaze had turned ice cold.
'"The Moment of Finality."'
As his words fell, a wave of immense time-based power erupted from his body.
The flow of time slowed to a crawl. Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's body halted instantly, his expression filled with shock and terror.
He tried to struggle, to resist, but found his body seemingly bound by an invisible force, able to move only slowly.
"How… is this possible." Ōtsutsuki Isshiki could not believe that this man before him possessed such formidable time-based power.
"Oh? You can still move? And it won't hold for long."
Roy was also somewhat surprised to see that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki could still move slowly.
He knew the Ōtsutsuki clan was powerful, but had not expected his opponent to be able to resist his time-based power to this extent.
"As expected of the Ōtsutsuki clan, able to resist even my ability."
He marveled inwardly.
But the next moment, he sneered. His Rinnegan flashed again with a blinding light, and the Rinnegan's ability activated.
The entire area where Ōtsutsuki Isshiki stood suddenly shattered like glass.
Countless cracks spread through space, as if the whole world was collapsing.
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's body teetered within this shattered space, his expression filled with terror.
He knew he had encountered an opponent more powerful than any he had faced before.
In the space that Roy had frozen, fragments of shattered space drifted about, and the entire region fell into chaos and darkness.
Time slowed in that moment.
No one knew how long passed before that space slowly began to recover.
Suddenly, a deafening roar erupted from that just-recovered space.
Then, a dark red circular portal opened in the air, radiating an eerie glow.
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki walked out of it, covered in blood. His clothes were tattered, his body covered in wounds, blood streaming from the injuries.
In the final instant, he had pushed his power to the limit, barely managing to escape from the nearly completely shattered space, but even so, he had been caught in the spatial shockwave.
His face was filled with fury and reluctance, his eyes wide with rage.
"Damn you." He roared, his voice full of hatred for Roy.
He had not expected Roy to possess such a troublesome ability, to control time and easily shatter space, nearly burying him within it.
But then, a gleam of greed flashed in his eyes.
He looked at Roy, a powerful desire surging within him.
"I will definitely make you into my vessel." He ground out.
If he could make Roy his vessel, his own power would increase like never before.
To prevent Roy from using that terrifying ability again, he quickly leaped far away, his body tracing a black arc through the air.
The next moment, countless enormous black cubes appeared in the sky, raining down like meteors toward Roy.
At the same time, countless chakra rods shot from his hands.
He would kill Roy with ranged attacks, making this person who had caused him so much suffering pay the price.
Roy narrowed his eyes, quickly assessing the situation, and thought to himself, "Too many…"
If he used the Rinnegan's power to deal with these attacks now, it would be somewhat counterproductive and wasteful.
After all, although the Rinnegan's power was immense, each use consumed a great deal of ocular power.
"Perfect Susanoo." Roy whispered.
In an instant, endless golden chakra exploded from within him, like a golden sun rising.
The golden chakra furiously condensed and swirled in the air, gradually forming a colossal giant.
This Perfect Susanoo was as tall as a mountain, radiating a terrifying presence.
Its body was made of golden chakra, its lines sharp and smooth, full of power.
But this was not the end.
Roy quickly clapped his hands together, and in an instant, endless natural energy surged forth as he entered Sage Mode.
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