Chapter 362 – The Mad Ōtsutsuki Tenshiki
Because the consumption of dōjutsu power in his right eye was so immense, the light within it had faded. Tenshiki kept the eye closed to recover, but instead of weakening, he seemed to grow even more formidable.
"Severance of Causality... what a terrifying eye technique. If I can obtain this power, not only will my Causality Fruit awaken, but combined with my own dōjutsu power, then..." For the first time, Yusuke felt a burning desire for a specific power.
Suddenly, Ōtsutsuki Tenshiki's left eye snapped open. A terrifying shockwave of power slammed toward Yusuke.
Yusuke immediately switched to his Mangekyō Sharingan. His dōjutsu power exploded outward, and with a force even greater than Tenshiki's, he pulverized the incoming attack instantly.
Ōtsutsuki Tenshiki stared at Hatake Yusuke's eyes in shock. However, he did not lose his composure.
"Time Freeze."
Yusuke's eye power surged again. Tenshiki, who was about to move, was instantly frozen in place. However, Tenshiki's body began to tremble violently as he forced himself to shatter the shackles of time.
"It's useless," Ōtsutsuki Tenshiki sneered, then blurred forward toward Yusuke.
"I didn't think that after severing causality, you'd even be able to resist the universe's control over you," a sharp glint flashed in Yusuke's eyes. He wanted this power more than ever.
Then, Hatake Yusuke's body began to radiate an unbearable heat. Ōtsutsuki Tenshiki immediately retreated, coating his body in Ice Style chakra to compensate.
"Do you know where the true danger of the sun lies?" Yusuke asked calmly.
Ōtsutsuki Tenshiki didn't answer; he only glared at him.
"What do you mean?" the fat man muttered from afar, his face full of confusion.
Hatake Yusuke ignored their reactions entirely.
"The surface temperature of the sun can reach five hundred billion degrees Celsius, while the core can soar to fifteen quadrillion degrees," Hatake Yusuke said.
(In reality, it wasn't quite that high, but this was a cross-world tale—a little exaggeration didn't hurt.)
The fat man grew even more baffled. "Bro, how on earth does he know things like that?"
"However, none of that is the most dangerous part. Within the sun, a reaction called nuclear fusion occurs at every moment, and that energy is radiated throughout the universe in the form of light."
At that moment, the heat radiating from Hatake Yusuke's body made even the fat man—a God of Death—feel incredibly uncomfortable.
If not for the protection Yusuke had left on him, he would have fled long ago. Seeing the surrounding air seemingly boiling and remembering what Yusuke had just said, the fat man's eyes filled with shock.
"Heat-Heat Fruit, Glint-Glint Fruit, Flame-Flame Fruit—Awakening."
Hatake Yusuke's aura skyrocketed to a level that was nothing short of frightening.
"So, can you look directly at the sun?" Yusuke asked slowly.
"Fifty Quadrillion Degrees—Artificial Sun."
Using the Flame-Flame Fruit as a base, with the Heat-Heat Fruit and Glint-Glint Fruit as the framework, Hatake Yusuke created a sun that looked like a shimmering illusion.
The space around them turned a burning crimson. The horrific heat caused the ground itself to begin liquefying. If someone were standing in outer space at that moment, they would see the planet melting at a speed visible to the naked eye. The giant sun was held aloft in Hatake Yusuke's hand, making his own figure look miniscule by comparison.
Ōtsutsuki Tenshiki's eyes were filled with absolute shock and dread.
"Is this man truly human? Even for a god, this is too much..."
Tenshiki's gaze suddenly turned resolute.
Hatake Yusuke saw the killing intent in his eyes. He knew that, no matter what, one of them had to die. Finally, Ōtsutsuki Tenshiki decided to gamble everything.
A Truth-Seeking Orb appeared in Ōtsutsuki Tenshiki's hand. He poured his entire being into it, including every ounce of his dōjutsu power.
"Not enough... still not enough!"
Tenshiki forced his right eye to work, squeezing out dōjutsu power that hadn't fully recovered. Under normal circumstances, he would never have dared to use this technique.
The consumption was far beyond his maximum capacity. Every time he used it, he required an incredibly long rest. This time, he was betting on permanent blindness just to force that power out.
"Great Divine Heavenly Sword!"
A blood-red sword appeared in Ōtsutsuki Tenshiki's hand, growing larger by the second.
Because the drain on his eyes was so massive, Tenshiki could no longer suppress the power of the Ten-Tails within him.
A monstrous, bizarre creature rose from his body. The beast possessed eight heads and let out a roar that shook the very void of space.
The creature gripped the Heavenly Sword in its hand and swung it downward toward the descending sun.
The sun emitted a blinding white light. The Heavenly Sword began to melt, but the massive chakra from Tenshiki's Ten-Tails form held it together, preventing it from vanishing completely.
"Extreme, Tailed Beast Bomb!"
The eight heads of the Ten-Tails opened their maws. Their combined strength converged, forming a gargantuan chakra sphere.
The attack soared toward the sun. Once again, the blinding light forced everyone to shut their eyes.
When the light finally cleared, the three of them were drifting in the vacuum of the cosmos. The surrounding planets had been completely obliterated.
"Still not dead?" Yusuke said with a playful tone.
However, Ōtsutsuki Tenshiki was now in a wretched state. His right eye was nearly blind. If not for the extraordinary regenerative abilities of the Ten-Tails form, he would have been dead long ago.
"Hatake Yusuke, who exactly are you?! It's impossible... how can this world produce a being like you!" Ōtsutsuki Tenshiki roared, his face masked in madness. Not a shred of his former arrogance remained.
"Who knows. Perhaps I'm not from this world after all," Yusuke said calmly.
"Well then. Thank you. I've truly enjoyed myself today. It's been a long time since I felt this happy. However, you still have to die," Yusuke said coldly.
The fat man in the distance could only maintain a dark, weary expression.
Playing? Bro, I'm the King of Death. I nearly died just from the aftershocks of your battle, and you're saying this was just playing? Still, thinking about it, he was only alive because of Hatake Yusuke's protection. Otherwise, he would have died a dozen times over.
"Hahahahaha! Kill me? Try it! Even if I have to die, I'll drag someone down to the grave with me!" Ōtsutsuki Tenshiki howled, spiraling into total insanity.
Tenshiki's body reverted to his human form. A cold, dark purple aura began to burn around him.
"Ten-Tails, Baryon Mode!!!"
Hatake Yusuke immediately realized that Tenshiki had truly lost his mind. The power radiating from him was so intense that even Hatake Yusuke felt a genuine sense of threat.
The full power of the Ten-Tails, combined with Tenshiki's own original strength—it was no longer something that could be taken lightly.
"Not enough... still not enough!"
Tenshiki suddenly reached up, plucked out both of his eyes, and swallowed them whole.
"Still not enough! Let everything become my power! Hahahahaha!"
Cracks began to spider-web across Tenshiki's entire body. From those gaps, one by one, fruits began to emerge.
"What is this?" Yusuke frowned. He heard a voice crying out from within.
"Lord Tenshiki, please don't!"
Hatake Yusuke realized that Ōtsutsuki Tenshiki had completely snapped. He intended to refine the entire Ōtsutsuki clan, turning them all into fruits to reach a higher plane of power.
After devouring all the fruits, Tenshiki's aura became even more horrific. Even the fat man, standing still under Yusuke's protection, began to tremble violently.
No—even with a sliver of the Heavenly Laws' power within him, he couldn't stop shaking.
"Hahahahaha! Still not enough!"
Tenshiki raised both hands and slammed them against the void.
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