As usual, the cautious Shinji did not return directly to the shinobi world, but first came to World No. 2 and began a comprehensive purification of himself.
This is the advantage of a 'Lampbearer'!
If it were other Otsutsuki snatching food from the tiger's mouth like this with a Hegemon, it wouldn't take many times before the accumulated pollution would be enough for the Otsutsuki to suffer, even for an Otsutsuki at the 'Kekkei Mora' level. This is because the Hegemon's pollution is all-encompassing; from the body to chakra, and then to the spirit body, any corner could potentially be polluted by the Hegemon's power.
And this kind of pollution is often fatal.
The Hegemon can track the pollution to find the world where the target is located, or it can directly detonate the pollution, causing the target to mutate and turn into a monster.
Sizzle...
Gentle light shone repeatedly on Shinji's body, and as the light shone, wisps of black smoke rose from Shinji's body, making sizzling sounds.
"Hmph!"
Shinji snorted lightly.
Undoubtedly, this black smoke hidden on his body was the pollution from the Hegemon. He was aware of some pollution, but some pollution he only realized in hindsight after being illuminated by the 'Lamp', realizing he had been hit.
Shinji was, after all, a 'Kekkei Mora' who had consumed two 'Chakra Fruits', yet it was still impossible to defend effectively, showing that the Hegemon's pollution was simply pervasive!
After illuminating himself repeatedly with the 'Lamp' several times and confirming there was no pollution that slipped through the net, Shinji then summoned the Little Ten-Tails from 'Daikokuten'.
Shinji is the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. The 'Lamp's purification on him just now also purified the big Ten-Tails inside his body incidentally. But the Little Ten-Tails was in 'Daikokuten', so it had to be purified separately to ensure safety.
Soon, the gentle light shone on the Little Ten-Tails.
Roar!
The Little Ten-Tails immediately roared, seemingly very repulsed by being illuminated by the 'Lamp'.
Shinji didn't indulge it; he backhanded a slap, sending it flying fiercely. Amidst a rumbling loud noise, it crashed into a distant mountain.
Whoosh.
In the next instant, Shinji flashed to the top of the Little Ten-Tails' head, and with another heavy punch, smashed onto the Little Ten-Tails' head, smashing it into the ground.
The consecutive two strikes were just the prelude. Then Shinji launched another round of offensive, beating the Little Ten-Tails until it was barely breathing, then used black rods to pin the Little Ten-Tails to the ground.
Looking at the Little Ten-Tails pinned to the ground by black rods, unable to move, Shinji landed on top of the opponent's head, his gaze shifting downward, his eyes cold!
The Little Ten-Tails no longer had the arrogance from just now. It lowered its head, like a pet that had made a mistake, seeking the owner's forgiveness.
Shinji's gaze remained cold, seemingly harboring some kind of killing intent.
Sensing the killing intent overflowing from Shinji's body, the Little Ten-Tails began to tremble, letting out whimpering cries.
"Hmph!"
Shinji snorted coldly again.
The Ten-Tails is a monster with a very wild nature. Although the Little Ten-Tails in front of him was not an adult, it was full of wildness, occasionally showing aggression towards Shinji.
...
Shinji had already sealed the big Ten-Tails, so he had no way to control the Little Ten-Tails as a Jinchuriki anymore. This meant he had to teach the Little Ten-Tails what awe is!
Otherwise, once the Little Ten-Tails went berserk while he was away, it could cause very severe consequences.
As for why the Little Ten-Tails was repulsed by the 'Lamp's purification just now, he was actually very clear. Because the Hegemon's pollution is also a type of energy, and a very high-level energy at that. The Ten-Tails was created by the Otsutsuki to collect energy, so it instinctively loathes any loss of energy, and the 'Lamp's purification of pollution is essentially a neutralization and removal of foreign energy!
So the Little Ten-Tails' resistance just now was a kind of 'food guarding' behavior.
Shinji taking direct action was to tell the Little Ten-Tails that what he can give, he can also take back, and his will is above everything!
In order to verify if the Little Ten-Tails was tamed, Shinji summoned the 'Lamp' again to perform a purification on the Little Ten-Tails.
Sizzle...
Accompanied by the sound, wisps of black smoke rose from the Little Ten-Tails' body, then dissipated without a trace in the air, completely annihilated.
And during this process, although the Little Ten-Tails was still somewhat resistant, it no longer dared to bare its fangs at Shinji!
Standing on top of the Little Ten-Tails' head, Shinji slowly squatted down: "If you dare to bare your fangs at me again, I will drain your chakra dry, then dry you into a specimen and throw you into the starry sky!"
The Little Ten-Tails whimpered.
"Remember, what I give you is yours!"
After giving the Little Ten-Tails one last lecture, Shinji began to take inventory of the gains in World No. 4 this time.
Different from before, this time Shinji not only planted a God Tree, but planted two at once, so the extraction of energy from World No. 4 was very exaggerated.
This was also the reason why the Hegemon was so angry in the end.
Because in the Hegemon's view, the six worlds of the 'World Annihilation Society' were already its meal on the plate, its forbidden meat! Yet Shinji went overboard time after time. In World No. 1, he only snatched less than 30% of its energy, but in World No. 4, he directly snatched 50% of its energy, causing the profit from swallowing a world to be directly halved!
And with almost half of World No. 4's energy, naturally, Shinji's two God Trees ate until they were full.
Shinji's own Big God Tree, after nurturing the second 'Chakra Fruit', had its stored energy completely emptied. But after the absorption in World No. 4, it stored half the energy needed to nurture a 'Chakra Fruit' again.
In other words, if this happens one more time, it can accumulate enough energy to nurture a 'Chakra Fruit'.
As for the Small God Tree, this wave of absorption was enough to match several hundred years of absorption under normal circumstances. So just from its volume, one could see how full it ate this time. Shinji felt that with one more time, it might become an adult form.
Such a harvest was undoubtedly inspiring.
Shinji even had the idea of immediately planting trees in the other four remaining worlds of the 'World Annihilation Society'. After all, as World No. 1 and World No. 4 fell successively, he could already confirm that all six worlds of the 'World Annihilation Society' were targeted by the Hegemon, without any luck involved.
But soon he dismissed this idea.
First, he had already set a rule for himself to only plant trees in worlds invaded by the Hegemon, and not touch normal worlds at all. Second, if there is no Hegemon eroding the world's spatial barrier and breaking the balance inside the world, his efficiency in planting trees couldn't be that high.
Just like in World No. 4, if not for the Hegemon destroying the stability of World No. 4 from the outside, his God Tree would need at least a hundred years to absorb so much energy! So planting trees in worlds invaded by the Hegemon was both for principle and for efficiency.