Chapter 333: Comprehension! Ultra Instinct
Seeing Uchiha Dali open his eyes again, Ōtsutsuki Kyōshiki quickly came back to his senses and let out a scornful sneer.
"Kid, you're indeed impressive—actually using that move to guard against my ability."
"But tell me, can you defend for a moment… or for a lifetime?"
Just as he finished speaking, Ōtsutsuki Kyōshiki suddenly noticed something unusual about Uchiha Dali in front of him.
Looking more closely, he realized—it wasn't that Uchiha Dali had opened his eyes at all.
In reality, what appeared at that moment was a layer of bright radiance covering his pupils.
That faint white halo wrapped around the glow, creating the illusion of eyes opening.
Ōtsutsuki Kyōshiki had never seen such a strange phenomenon before.
His expression grew stern, his gaze cold as he fixed on Uchiha Dali.
And as the bizarre changes took place in his eyes, Uchiha Dali's body also began to undergo transformations.
Ōtsutsuki Kyōshiki saw a pale white aura appear on the surface of Uchiha Dali's body.
At a glance, the aura didn't look like anything particularly special.
It wasn't chakra, nor was it any other kind of energy.
Though he couldn't sense any threat from the transformation, Ōtsutsuki Kyōshiki still grew wary.
He slowly released Dali's fist, giving a cold snort. "Playing tricks? No matter what game you're trying to play, you won't succeed!"
"I'll see what kind of flower you think you can bloom into!"
With that, he stepped back some distance.
Then he suddenly raised his hand, instantly summoning a pillar of light that enclosed Uchiha Dali.
This was no ordinary light pillar—it was a powerful barrier.
Sealed within it, Uchiha Dali still remained in the same unmoving stance as before.
After securing his target, Ōtsutsuki Kyōshiki stood to the side at ease, waiting.
He frowned as he observed the changes on Uchiha Dali's body. The glow was growing brighter and brighter, yet there was still no chakra fluctuation, no energy leakage.
Seeing this, Ōtsutsuki Kyōshiki didn't take it seriously.
What he didn't know was that, at that very moment, countless streams of information were flooding into Uchiha Dali's mind.
These were insights—born as he comprehended new abilities.
At the same time, the system notifications echoed in his mind one after another.
[Ding! Your desire for taijutsu has reached its peak. You have comprehended the Kaiō-ken!]
[Kaiō-ken: Upon use, your power increases exponentially. The higher the multiplier, the greater the strain on the body!]
[Ding! Your desire for taijutsu has reached its peak. You have comprehended the Kamehameha!]
[Kamehameha: A powerful shockwave unleashed through mastery of ki control. It is purely physical energy, unable to be absorbed or directly converted!]
[...]
[Ding! Your desire for taijutsu has reached its ultimate extreme. You have comprehended Ultra Instinct!]
[Ultra Instinct: A state where each part of the body reacts automatically to attack and defense without the brain's command. It separates body and consciousness, allowing the body to sense danger beyond instinct.]
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When Uchiha Dali finished digesting all the new knowledge in his mind, the corners of his mouth slowly curved upward into a playful smile.
Who would have thought that facing such a monstrous opponent would allow him to awaken this kind of power?
Ultra Instinct!
Ōtsutsuki Kyōshiki's ability was akin to Observation Haki, able to foresee his attacks and even glimpse into his thoughts.
If that was the case, then he simply wouldn't let him read his thoughts—or better yet, he would sever his thoughts from his body's actions completely.
That way, even if he was thinking of ways to kill him, his body could continue to fight independently.
Ōtsutsuki Kyōshiki would no longer be able to rely on that power to dodge his attacks.
And more importantly—
Ultra Instinct was purely physical taijutsu.
That meant Ōtsutsuki Kyōshiki's Reflection without Signs would no longer work against it.
Let's see what else he's got.
Outside the barrier, Ōtsutsuki Kyōshiki immediately noticed the smirk tugging at Uchiha Dali's lips.
His eyes narrowed sharply. "You still have the mood to smile? Seems you don't understand your situation at all."
At that, Uchiha Dali slowly opened his eyes.
"You think you can trap me in this barrier? That's not so certain."
The moment his words fell, he suddenly struck out.
His speed was so fast that it was invisible to the naked eye. He drove a fist straight into the barrier wall before him.
And at the instant of contact, Uchiha Dali suddenly felt a strange familiarity from the barrier.
The overwhelming shockwave of his punch struck the wall.
But instead of the expected explosion of the barrier shattering in one blow, countless ripples surged across its surface.
The ripples spread, drastically reducing the damage inflicted.
As a result, his strike retained barely a tenth of its full power, making it impossible to destroy the barrier outright.
But at that moment, Uchiha Dali wasn't focused on that.
He carefully observed the barrier as it calmed.
Very quickly, he confirmed his suspicion.
This barrier wasn't just familiar—he had seen it before.
"This is… the very same barrier that sealed the Shinobi World!"
No sooner had the thought crossed his mind than Ōtsutsuki Kyōshiki outside the barrier froze slightly. "The Shinobi World?"
His eyes shifted.
"You mean that planet?"
"Many years ago, I once visited a world like that. Its energy was far from satisfying to me… and more importantly, there was an annoying fellow active there."
"So, I erected a barrier on that world—so that fellow couldn't fully devour the planet's energy. So that's it—you came from there."
His words made Uchiha Dali's eyes tighten slightly.
"So it was you."
He had once thought that the mysterious and overwhelmingly powerful barrier on the edge of the Shinobi World was the work of the legendary Ōtsutsuki Shibai.
No one could have imagined that the one who created it wasn't Shibai at all—but Ōtsutsuki Kyōshiki.
Since it was Kyōshiki who set up that barrier…
Then the one who had made him wary, the one who stopped him from daring to attack the Shinobi World outright—was likely none other than Ōtsutsuki Shibai.
Just as that thought surfaced in Uchiha Dali's heart, Ōtsutsuki Kyōshiki spoke again.