"Damn it!"
Isshiki's face was gloomy, and he became more and more frightened as he fought.
He thought his Taijutsu was already extremely strong.
Originally, among his kind, his physical abilities were outstanding.
After being attacked by Kaguya and being unable to reincarnate immediately, he further improved upon his Taijutsu.
For this reason, he even learned the techniques of the lower creatures in this world.
With his current skillset, his strength and speed alone should have far surpassed his former self from a thousand years ago.
However—
In front of this human, his physical prowess was completely suppressed.
The strength and speed that he was once proud of held no advantage against Yuta.
And in terms of skill, he was completely inferior.
As the battle intensified, Isshiki's eyes flashed. He quickly leaped backward, creating distance.
Seeing that Yuta didn't pursue immediately, Isshiki sneered internally, and his golden Kokugan flashed.
The sound of black rods piercing flesh rang out one after another.
"What?!"
Isshiki was completely dumbfounded.
He stared at the black rods that had impaled his body and limbs in surprise.
What was happening?
This shouldn't have happened.
During the previous exchange, when he had come into contact with Yuta, he had secretly planted shrunken black rods using Sukunahikona.
The rods had been reduced to a size even smaller than a single cell.
While clashing physically, he had discreetly attached them to Yuta, ensuring that he wouldn't notice.
According to his plans, once he retreated, he would enlarge them back to their original size, impaling Yuta and restricting his chakra.
At that point, Yuta's power would be greatly diminished, shifting the battle in Isshiki's favor.
However, how were the black rods now embedded in his own body?
Yuya smirked and said, "Did you really think I wouldn't notice your little trick?"
"I know your right eye can shrink objects and store them, then restore them to their original size at will."
"Even if I didn't know your ability, I could easily tell that you were trying to plant those rods on me during our fight."
"And you may not have realized it but I picked up the rods you placed on me and returned them to you."
"Surprised?"
Isshiki's face darkened, his heart filled with shock.
This damn bastard!
The entire fight had been a game to him.
Rather than simply removing the black rods, Yuta had played along, allowing him to activate his ability—only for it to backfire.
Isshiki had no idea when Yuta had returned these black rods.
To someone as skilled in combat as Isshiki, this could only mean one thing.
Yuta's physical ability and insight far surpassed his own.
Tsk!
His mind raced as he reached to pull the rods from his body.
But before he could, Yuta vanished.
Isshiki's pupils shrank and he roared, "Ten Tails, stop him!"
But the Ten Tails couldn't react in time.
Bang!
A devastating punch slammed into Isshiki's abdomen, nearly splitting his body in half.
The impact sent him flying like a cannonball. He tried to regain control of his body in midair but Yuta disappeared again.
Bang!
Before he could react, another brutal strike crashed into his back, slamming him into the ground with immense force.
"Damn… his speed is unreal!"
Isshiki, who was embedded in the crater was filled with dread.
Though he hadn't fully removed the black rods yet, which slightly weakened him, the fact that Yuta could pummel him this easily was proof of his overwhelming strength.
During their earlier fight, Yuta had been holding back.
At last, after Isshiki suffered two consecutive heavy blows, Ten Tails finally responded, lunging toward Yuta.
"Hmm? A Ten Tails larva? It's so small." Yuta mused.
While dodging its attacks effortlessly, he activated the Rinnegan.
With a summoning jutsu, he called forth the Ten Tails he had left in the Land of Rain.
This Ten Tails, having been drained of chakra by Yuta to advance his bloodline, looked weak and sluggish.
It had lost its previous destructive power.
However, in terms of sheer size, it vastly dwarfed Isshiki's Ten Tails, which was barely larger than an ordinary tailed beast.
"Go, devour it."
The Rinnesharingan on Yuta's forehead gleamed, and the once-wild Ten Tails immediately obeyed his command.
With bloodthirsty eyes, it fixated it's gaze on the smaller Ten Tails.
Then, it opened its massive maw, and lunged.
Roar!
The two beasts, despite their size difference, tore into each other.
Neither of them was at full strength.
Both of them had been weakened through chakra depletion.
So, their battle resembled a feral brawl rather than an awe-inspiring clash of titans.
Suddenly—
Swoosh!
A sharp sound sliced through the air as dozens of tiny black cubes shot toward Yuta.
As they neared him, they expanded, transforming into massive cubes, each spanning tens of meters.
"Another trick? Looks like this is all you've got." Yuta said with a chuckle, unfazed.
The gravitational force from the cubes distorted the surrounding space, attempting to imprison Yuta within their pull.
Buzz!
The Rinnesharingan on Yuta's forehead radiated energy, shattering the warped space instantly.
"Godly Chibaku Tensei!"
Yuta clapped his hands together, unleashing a technique far stronger than the one he had used against the Sage of Six Paths.
A tiny black sphere floated into the sky, pulsating.
Its gravitational pull surpassed even Isshiki's cubes, dragging them upwards, compacting them into an enormous mass.
Below, Isshiki, who had finally removed the black rods from his body, watched on with growing dread.
His heart sank.
Without hesitation, he opened a spatial portal, stepped through, and fled.