Boom.
Accompanied by a low muffled sound, Momoshiki, with his hands and feet entangled by golden chains, fell heavily to the ground, creating a large crater!
"Damn it!"
Momoshiki propped himself up furiously. Through the dust, he saw the other end of the chain.
Undoubtedly, the other end of this golden chain was connected to Karin, who had just been hit by several of Momoshiki's black rods.
"Huff huff..."
Karin panted lightly, her face full of exhaustion.
After a fierce battle, her chakra consumption was huge. Especially to counter the interference of Momoshiki's black rods on the chakra inside her body, she consumed dozens of times more chakra than normal to barely execute the 'Adamantine Sealing Chains', retaliating against Momoshiki.
Opposite side.
Momoshiki's condition was not much better. His consumption was not less than Karin's, but he just used 'Cinnabar Panacea' to recycle part of Karin's chakra left on the 'Wood Dragon Susanoo', slightly replenishing some deficit.
Climbing up from the large crater, Momoshiki first tried to pull the golden chains on his body, then let out a light sound of surprise, his expression becoming solemn.
Only then did he realize that the golden chains binding him should possess some kind of sealing ability, actually suppressing his chakra just like the black rods.
Taking advantage of the time Momoshiki pulled at the 'Adamantine Sealing Chains', Karin endured severe pain and began to pull out the black rods stuck in her body one by one.
Now whoever broke free first could seize the initiative!
Clang...
Clang...
Seeing Karin pulling out the black rods one by one and throwing them on the ground, Momoshiki panicked and snorted coldly: "This little trick, you think you can trap me? Forget it, I will make you lose convincingly!"
Disregarding everything else, Momoshiki spread his hands and exploded his whole body's chakra.
Boom!
Instantly, a huge wave of air surged from Momoshiki's body. Not only did his chakra skyrocket, but even his appearance underwent a huge change. The most conspicuous was that the horns representing his Otsutsuki identity became thicker and larger, and many areas on his face and body were stained with ink-colored markings, as if 'Karma' was liberated.
And what made Karin most apprehensive was that a crack opened on Momoshiki's forehead, and then a Rinnegan opened in this crack!
"Go... golden Rinnegan!?"
Karin's expression changed greatly.
She had seen quite a few Rinnegan; she herself had a pair of 'Six Tomoe Rinnegan'. But a golden Rinnegan, it was her first time seeing one.
"Hahaha..."
Opposite her, Momoshiki looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, only there was an added trace of malice in his laughter.
Undoubtedly, he entered a transformation state.
Transformation could greatly improve his speed, strength, reaction, etc., having an unparalleled amplification effect on combat power.
But such an improvement did not come without a price.
Under normal circumstances, it requires consuming a massive amount of chakra to complete the transformation. This was also why in the original timeline, Kinshiki, realizing Momoshiki fell into a disadvantage when facing the combined forces of Naruto and Sasuke, resolutely offered all his chakra to Momoshiki.
Because Kinshiki knew clearly that Momoshiki's transformation required a large amount of chakra!
Currently, Kinshiki was not around. Forced to activate the transformation state, Momoshiki could only consume the precious chakra stored in his body. And this chakra was his precious storage for assaulting the 'Kekkei Mora'. So although he completed the transformation, he was extremely annoyed.
With just a casual pull, the transformed Momoshiki snapped the 'Adamantine Sealing Chains' binding his whole body one by one.
Karin's face froze: "So strong!"
No one knew the strength of the 'Adamantine Sealing Chains' better than herself. Although not indestructible, a situation like Momoshiki snapping them with a light pull was something she had never encountered before.
...
Having snapped the bindings, Momoshiki strode towards Karin: "Causing me to consume so much chakra, it seems I can only swallow you whole without leaving a drop!"
At this time, there was still one last black rod on Karin's body that hadn't been removed, making her movements somewhat inconvenient.
Whoosh...
Just as Karin sped up, preparing to pull out the last black rod from her body, the transformed Momoshiki arrived in front of Karin with a Body Flicker. Before Karin could react, he kicked Karin flying with one kick!
Slowly retracting his leg, Momoshiki grinned: "Tell me where Isshiki is, and I can let you die a bit easier!"
Karin, kicked flying, struggled to stand up, gritted her teeth, and slowly pulled the last black rod out from her body.
Momoshiki sneered: "Stupid lowly creature! Until now, don't you still know the gap between us?"
Clang...
Finally, Karin pulled out the last black rod from her body.
"Futile struggle!" Curling his lips, Momoshiki laughed: "Transformed, I am invincible. Even that guy Urashiki isn't my opponent, so give up. I'm worried I might accidentally tear you apart!"
Karin said: "Despicable, you indeed deliberately showed weakness just now!"
"Uh..."
Momoshiki was momentarily speechless.
He had never shown weakness; from beginning to end, he was going all out, he just didn't expect Karin to be so tricky.
Karin thought to herself: "Is it still not enough with just me alone?"
She originally thought she had a chance to defeat this Otsutsuki in front of her one-on-one, but now it seemed her winning chance was very low. Because apart from the trump card 'Tamatsukuri no Hoko', she had basically used all other killer moves, while the opponent seemed to have just started getting serious.
Shaking her head, she threw the depressed emotions behind her. Now was not the time to dwell on whether she could defeat the opponent one-on-one. The opponent was obviously a powerful Otsutsuki not inferior to Isshiki Otsutsuki. Like dealing with Isshiki Otsutsuki last time, doing her best to consume the opponent with 'Tamatsukuri no Hoko' and create an opportunity for her partner to defeat the opponent was the top priority!
Thus, Karin restrained her emotions and slowly stood up.
Momoshiki said: "Have you thought it through? Speak quickly, where exactly is Isshiki hiding!"
At this time, Karin slowly closed her eyes.
Momoshiki muttered: "Under my absolute power, choosing to give up?"
Just then, Karin suddenly opened her eyes, her gaze focused on Momoshiki, activating her final dojutsu 'Tamatsukuri no Hoko'.
"You..."
Momoshiki instantly felt something was wrong.
However, before he could react, he felt a burning pain in his abdomen, his whole body was weak and limp, and his originally abundant chakra was running low.
"What happened!?"
He looked down at himself, his face full of astonishment.
If it were some top shinobi in the shinobi world, such as the Fourth Hokage or Itachi, geniuses with excellent combat talent, they might be able to deduce what exactly happened to them from the sudden appearance of wounds on their bodies. But Momoshiki, with little combat experience and average combat talent, obviously lacked this kind of reaction and awareness.
This has nothing to do with physical stats, purely combat awareness!
And just as Momoshiki was astonished, Karin, who had swapped states with the transformed Momoshiki, flashed in front of Momoshiki with a whoosh, smashing a fist ruthlessly onto Momoshiki's face...