'Hum!'
Dōjutsu could be disrupted by sufficiently powerful ocular force. The blade formed from Seiryū's Truth-Seeking Ball struck Isshiki and left a deep wound across his body. At the same moment, just as Isshiki attempted to activate Time Reversal, the tomoe Rinnegan in Seiryū's left eye released a surge of ocular power and interfered with the technique. Isshiki failed to fully reverse his own time, leaving the wound only partially restored.
'Swish!'
Seiryū activated Amenotejikara again and appeared directly in front of Isshiki. He threw a fierce punch, and dragon-shaped fist force erupted from his hand, striking Isshiki squarely in the chest. Isshiki was blasted backward like a cannonball, crashing through several mountains before finally coming to a stop.
"Hadō #99: Goryūtenmetsu!"
Seiryū immediately pressed the advantage, unleashing the highest-level Hadō he had prepared. Chakra of five different natures transformed into enormous dragons and descended toward Isshiki from multiple directions.
"Aaaah!"
Isshiki roared, his face twisted with fury and a trace of fear. Ever since Seiryū obtained that Rinnegan, he had become even harder to deal with.
Isshiki activated his Chakra-absorption ability and began devouring Goryūtenmetsu. However, the amount of Chakra contained within the technique was enormous, and even he needed a second or two to absorb it completely.
In a battle at their level, one or two seconds was an enormous opening.
Yet Isshiki had no choice. Goryūtenmetsu was so powerful that it distorted the surrounding space, interfering with his Space-Time Dōjutsu and preventing him from escaping into another dimension. He had to stop the attack somehow, and there was no time to prepare a sufficiently powerful counterattack. Absorbing it was his only option.
"It's time to end this, Isshiki."
This was exactly the situation Seiryū had been waiting for, and he naturally would not waste the opportunity. Amenotejikara activated once more, placing him directly beside Isshiki as a cold smile appeared on his face.
They had been fighting for long enough.
It was time to finish this.
"Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack: Tenketsu!"
Six Paths Power flowed into Seiryū's hands. Vollständig: Heavenly Eye possessed the visual abilities of the Byakugan, allowing him to clearly see the chakra points throughout Isshiki's body. As a Medical-nin, Seiryū also understood how to disrupt Chakra circulation by striking those points.
He had sparred with Kaguya many times, and with his exceptional talent, he had gradually understood the principles behind her Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack. By combining that technique with precise strikes to the chakra points, he could produce an entirely different effect.
Kaguya herself had once used a similar method when she ambushed Isshiki in the distant past, disrupting his Chakra and leaving him vulnerable enough to be used as a sacrifice for the Ten-Tails.
That alone proved that chakra-point strikes could work against members of the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
'Bang! Bang, bang, bang!'
Seiryū's hands moved rapidly, striking one chakra point after another across Isshiki's body. With every blow, he left a portion of his own Six Paths Power behind.
That foreign power interfered with Isshiki's Chakra pathways, making it increasingly difficult for him to circulate Chakra through his body.
"Aaaah!"
Isshiki's furious roar turned into a scream. His pupils widened as memories of Kaguya's ancient ambush flashed through his mind.
But this time was even worse.
Back then, Kaguya had failed to finish him off, giving him a chance to escape. The monster in front of him would never make the same mistake.
His fate was already becoming clear.
"Damn you! Aaaah! Don't think killing me will be that easy. If I'm going down, you're coming with me!"
Isshiki's expression became completely ferocious.
If defeat was inevitable, then he would drag his enemy down with him.
The Ōtsutsuki Clan were beings closely tied to Chakra itself, and Chakra was ultimately a form of energy. While he could still move even a portion of his power, Isshiki ignited all of his Chakra at once and transformed it into one final attack.
He burned his own life.
Self-destruction!
An ordinary shinobi could not truly do something like this. At most, they could expend all of their Chakra on one final technique and die from exhaustion afterward. An Ōtsutsuki, however, could turn their own existence into fuel for the explosion.
If all of Isshiki's Kekkei Mōra-level Chakra detonated at once, even the moon could be blown apart.
Determined to take Seiryū and everyone else with him, Isshiki released every last bit of power he possessed.
"Trying to self-destruct in front of me? Do you really think my Bakudō and Sealing Jutsu are just for show?"
Seiryū's expression remained calm.
"I already promised Kaguya I'd bring your Chakra back to her."
He formed a series of hand seals.
"Bakudō #99: Bankin!"
"First Song: Shiryū! Second Song: Hyakurensan! Final Song: Bankin Taihō!"
As the final seal was completed, Seiryū unleashed his strongest Bakudō.
Bakudō #99 was the most powerful sealing technique in his arsenal, capable of completely suppressing a target's Chakra. Even someone at Kaguya's level could be bound by it and prevented from breaking free.
In some respects, its sealing ability was even more absolute than Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei.
Its only major weakness was the lengthy activation process, which normally made it too easy for a powerful opponent to evade.
But Isshiki could no longer dodge.
'Hum, hum, hum!'
Six Paths Power transformed into golden bindings that wrapped tightly around Isshiki and stopped his movement. Dozens of golden spikes then pierced into his body, fixing him completely in place.
Finally, an enormous golden monument bearing the symbol '卍' descended from above and slammed down over him.
The full power of Bakudō #99: Bankin erupted.
Isshiki could feel the Chakra he had already ignited being forcibly suppressed within his body. Bit by bit, the violent energy was driven back under control.
Two seconds later, everything became still.
"You."
Despair appeared on Isshiki's face.
Even the self-destruction of a Kekkei Mōra-level existence had been suppressed.
What kind of monster was this man?
His final trump card had been neutralized, and he had completely lost the ability to resist. All he could do now was wait for whatever Seiryū intended to do with him.
A dignified Kekkei Mōra-level existence had actually been reduced to this state.
If Isshiki had known from the beginning just how terrifying Seiryū truly was, he would have transmitted this planet's location to the Ōtsutsuki Clan and gathered enough forces to eliminate him immediately.
But it was too late for regrets.
He had overestimated himself and underestimated his opponent.
Seiryū had not even reached Kekkei Mōra yet, so how could he already possess such terrifying power?
"You did pretty well."
Looking at the completely restrained Isshiki, Seiryū grinned.
"I, Seiryū, am willing to call you the strongest opponent I've faced so far. Losing to me doesn't disgrace your status as Kekkei Mōra. At least you're stronger than Urashiki."
Isshiki gritted his teeth, his voice filled with rage and unwillingness.
"You... monster."
"Thanks for the compliment."
Seiryū formed a one-handed seal and smiled pleasantly.
"Now experience Kurohitsugi and En'goku one more time. I'm worried you might still have another trick hidden somewhere, so I can't afford to be careless."
"Aaaah!"
Isshiki's screams echoed across the battlefield as fully incanted Kurohitsugi and En'goku struck him in succession.
The two techniques directly damaged both body and soul, and this time Seiryū deliberately focused on destroying his ability to resist.
Even a Kekkei Mōra-level soul could not endure that kind of punishment indefinitely.
The battle was finally over.
Isshiki had been defeated and captured alive!
(To be continued.)