Chapter 240: Power of the Advanced Law
After taking two heavy blows from Uchiha Dali in succession, anyone else would probably have already lost the ability to fight—if not been instantly killed.
However, Jigen leapt out of the crater in an instant as if nothing had happened.
This time, he dodged Uchiha Dali's new wave of attacks, flashing to appear behind him.
"I didn't expect your strength to be this great. I really underestimated you."
"But how will you deal with this move?"
As he spoke, he suddenly raised a hand, and three black chakra rods shot toward Uchiha Dali.
But this was only a feint.
In the blink of an eye, Jigen opened a portal to a different dimension and vanished without a trace.
The next second, he reappeared behind Uchiha Dali, and with a wave of his hand, a large number of black chakra rods pierced through Uchiha Dali's body at a speed invisible to the naked eye.
It was the same move as before—but clearly still effective.
Once again, Uchiha Dali's chakra flow was thrown into chaos, preventing it from functioning normally.
Yet Uchiha Dali only gave a disdainful smile. "Didn't I already break this technique just now? You want to see it fail a second time?"
The moment the words left his mouth, a terrifying, invisible repulsive force erupted from his body, instantly forcing out every single black chakra rod lodged within him.
At the same time, that overwhelming repulsion crashed into Jigen once more.
With a deafening boom, Jigen was blasted away yet again.
This time, he clearly felt that the power Uchiha Dali had unleashed was far stronger than before. The heavy impact left his body on the verge of collapse, his strength draining away.
Jigen's heart sank.
"You shouldn't be able to break this move… It's supposed to seal off your chakra flow entirely!"
He couldn't comprehend how Uchiha Dali could still use jutsu to counterattack while having his chakra flow blocked.
It made no sense!
"There are plenty of things you don't understand!"
"Since you've made your move, I won't be polite either!"
"Again!"
In an instant, Uchiha Dali unleashed another wave of terrifying repulsion.
The shockwave hit Jigen head-on yet again, blasting him back more than a kilometer.
Watching from the side, Uchiha Madara's expression turned thoughtful.
Neither Jigen nor Madara knew that Uchiha Dali's mastery of the Repulsion Law didn't require chakra to activate at all.
This was true Law power.
It was the key reason why Uchiha Dali could still attack freely even when his chakra flow was sealed by the black rods.
The Jigen who had been sent flying a kilometer suddenly vanished from Uchiha Dali's sight.
He hadn't truly disappeared—nor had he moved at high speed to change position.
In reality, he was still there.
His body had simply shrunk countless times over, making it appear as if he had vanished into thin air.
This was one of Jigen's—or rather, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's—divine techniques: "Sukunahikona."
It allowed him to enlarge or shrink himself, as well as any non-living object, countless times in an instant—excluding other living beings.
A move truly impossible to guard against.
Now, in his minuscule form, Jigen was rapidly closing in on Uchiha Dali, planning to take advantage of this to launch a surprise attack.
What he didn't know was that Uchiha Dali had already locked onto his every move with Observation Haki, pinpointing his exact location with absolute precision.
He even knew exactly when, from which angle, and with what technique Jigen would strike.
Without betraying anything, Uchiha Dali quietly began gathering strength.
The power of the Repulsion Law reached its peak within him.
When Jigen flew right up to him and was about to deliver a fatal blow, Uchiha Dali suddenly erupted with an overwhelming repulsive force.
Boom!
A full 360-degree, no-blind-spot, saturation strike sent the shrunken, invisible-to-the-eye Jigen hurtling away.
"Ugh…"
The moment he was struck, Jigen reverted to his normal size, coughing up blood as he was blasted back another kilometer.
Seeing this, Uchiha Madara finally understood. "That guy… was invisible just now?"
Muttering to himself, he cast a doubtful, almost shaken look at Uchiha Dali.
He had been completely unable to sense Jigen's presence or figure out where he was hiding. Yet judging from Uchiha Dali's calm, almost casual demeanor, he had clearly known everything from the start.
"Is the gap between me and him… really that big?"
Madara couldn't help but question himself.
After blasting Jigen away for the fourth time, a system notification suddenly rang in Uchiha Dali's mind.
[Ding! Your use of the Law Power—Repulsion Law—has reached mastery. Your understanding of the Law Power has advanced to a higher level. You have comprehended the Advanced Law Power—Space Shift!]
[Space Shift: As long as you will it, you can, by consuming a certain amount of stamina or chakra, transfer yourself and any target from the current space to any alternate space. The transfer is instantaneous. The stamina and chakra cost depends on the type of alternate space and the number of targets being transferred.]
"Space Shift?"
"A space-time ninjutsu type of ability… interesting."
The corners of Uchiha Dali's mouth curved upward.
Although he already possessed the power of Kamui, at the end of the day, Kamui could only transfer him within its own Kamui dimension.
It also had a prerequisite—Obito, the owner of that dimension, had to be inside it for Dali to enter.
If Obito wasn't there, Dali couldn't go in himself.
But now, this Space Shift Law Power seemed to have no such limitation—and was clearly far superior.
It only required chakra, and if chakra was unavailable, stamina could be used instead.
He could transfer himself or any target to any alternate space, with no restriction on the type of space.
The only limiting factors were two things: first, his chakra reserves; second, his stamina.
"So… can you give me even more surprises next?"
Uchiha Dali looked toward the distant Jigen.
At the same time, he began consciously reviewing and analyzing the battle that had just taken place, deducing the abilities Jigen had used and considering whether his own techniques had room for further improvement.
He hoped to take advantage of this opportunity—and his heaven-defying comprehension—to push his strength to yet another level.
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