Kaguya's eyes narrowed. Relying on her keen perception of space, she instantly captured Murata's movement trajectory.
Without hesitation, she instantly blocked Shun's front, her arm swinging up as she slashed at the air.
Shinjutsu: Spatial Annihilation!
A spatial force as thin as a hair formed instantly, slashing toward Murata.
Murata, in his Void State, had thought he could ignore all physical attacks and appeared behind Shun without any defense.
But just as he was about to strike, the spatial blade had already arrived, tearing through his void barrier.
Shhhkk—
The Spatial Annihilation left a bone-deep wound on Murata's shoulder. The flesh at the wound was even being continuously annihilated under the effect of spatial laws, making it impossible to even stop the bleeding.
"Argh!"
Murata's figure was forced out of the Void State, and he stumbled back several steps.
He looked at his wound in disbelief, then looked up at Kaguya, his eyes filled with terror and confusion. "You can actually penetrate my Void State? This is impossible! The Void State is supposed to be immune to all energy attacks! What kind of Shinjutsu are you using?"
Murata could not understand how his life-saving Void State could be so easily broken.
"How could the spatial laws controlled by Amenominaka be understood by someone of your level?" Kaguya's eyes were cold, her tone carrying a thick sense of disdain.
Another spatial blade condensed in her hand. Its light was even more dazzling than before, and the surrounding space distorted slightly because of it.
"If you want to hurt Shun, you'll have to get past me first. Today, none of you shall harm him in the slightest."
The spatial Chakra around Kaguya surged again, forming an invisible spatial barrier that protected her and Shun within it.
"You're looking for death!"
Seeing Murata injured, a look of ruthlessness flashed in Yojin's eyes, though he secretly rejoiced. 'Murata being injured is perfect for weakening the others. Once these two are dealt with, I'll take care of the rest of them.'
The countless green energy threads that Yojin had originally extended toward the Six Paths Shadow Clones suddenly turned. Like countless hungry venomous snakes, they shot frantically toward Kaguya with a hissing sound. These energy threads were extremely fast, leaving green afterimages in the air as they accurately coiled toward Kaguya's limbs and neck.
Yojin knew very well that Kaguya's spatial Shinjutsu was extremely troublesome. As long as he could entangle Kaguya, he could forcibly plunder her vitality. This would not only weaken the enemy but also replenish his own consumption, killing two birds with one stone.
Yojin licked his lips, his eyes full of greedy light, as if he could already see the scene of Kaguya's vitality being completely plundered by him.
Shun naturally wouldn't let Kaguya face this alone. His figure flashed, blocking the way beside Kaguya, without any delay.
His Divine Eye operated at high speed, his golden pupils flashing with a mysterious light, capturing the trajectory of every energy thread clearly, even seeing the energy fluctuations flowing on the threads.
He tapped lightly toward the green energy threads, and pale purple Mental Energy instantly surged out.
Mental Barrier!
Several semi-transparent pale purple light walls formed instantly like solid shields, accurately blocking the front of the two and firmly stopping all the green energy threads.
These light walls contained a powerful counter-shock force. When the green energy threads coiled around them, they not only failed to break through but were also shaken by the counter-shock force, with several threads even snapping and dissipating into green energy.
Shun turned to look at Kaguya and asked softly, "Are you alright?"
Seeing Kaguya shake her head, Shun turned his gaze back to Yojin, a trace of coldness flashing in his eyes.
The other high-ranking Otsutsuki nearby felt their hearts sink even further upon seeing this.
They simply assumed that this mental-type Shinjutsu was Shun's own ability. After all, Kaguya had many Shinjutsu, so it wasn't surprising that someone standing beside her would possess such means.
'Another mental-type Shinjutsu. So the reason Satsuki died was because he encountered a powerhouse of the same type.' Seirin's brow furrowed tightly, his shock growing stronger as his hands subconsciously clenched.
Seirin looked up at Kaguya with an extremely complex gaze.
All five of them knew Kaguya, but none of them expected that after only a thousand years, her strength would have improved to such an extent, let alone that she would have Shun, who also knew Shinjutsu, by her side.
'Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki were ordered to go to that planet to collect the Chakra Fruit. Until now, they haven't returned. It seems they most likely died at the hands of these two.'
This thought suddenly flashed through Seirin's mind, and a chill instantly spread through his entire body.
But he dared not be negligent in the slightest. Golden runes continuously poured from his hands, the runes flowing with ancient energy and emitting a heavy aura.
Sealing Shackles!
He gave a low shout, and countless golden runes intertwined to form the shape of chains, coiling toward the two.
These runes could not only seal the flow of Chakra but also interfere with the normal operation of energy. Once entangled, one's strength would be greatly reduced, and they might even be directly sealed.
Seirin calculated in his mind. 'As long as we can seal their energy, we can easily deal with them.'
"Trivial tricks."
A look of disdain flashed in Shun's calm eyes.
Soul Storm!
He pushed his hands forward, and pale purple Mental Energy rotated frantically in front of him, forming a huge energy vortex that forcibly sucked in all the incoming Sealing Shackles.
The Sealing Shackles continuously rotated and collided within the vortex, making 'clanging' sounds. In just a moment, they were completely crushed, turning into bits of golden light dust that dissipated in the air.
Immediately after, as Shun's fingers moved, the fire Chakra had already finished gathering.
Sage Art: Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!
Raging flames erupted from Shun's mouth, forming a massive fire dragon that let out a deafening roar. Carrying a towering wave of heat, it swept toward Seirin.
This Great Fire Annihilation, amplified by Senjutsu Chakra, had power far exceeding ordinary Fire Release. Wherever it passed, the air was scorched and distorted, and the floor tiles on the ground were melted into pools of hot lava.
Seirin's expression changed drastically as a strong sense of crisis surged in his heart, his back instantly drenched in cold sweat.
He hurriedly mobilized the remaining Chakra in his body, and countless golden runes quickly condensed to form a thick defensive barrier in front of him, attempting to block the fire dragon's attack.
But the power of Shun's Great Fire Annihilation was simply too terrifying. The defensive barrier only held for a moment before making a cracking sound and then completely collapsing.
Crack!
The black robe cloaking Seirin ignited in an instant. Flames raced along the fabric, releasing a pungent, scorched stench.
He frantically cycled Chakra to extinguish the blaze, only to discover the flames carried unique Natural Energy and would not be smothered.
"Damn it! Why is this man so powerful?"
Seeing Seirin swallowed by fire, Migaki roared, his face twisting in alarm.
Once Seirin fell, their five-man formation would crack, leaving the rest in an even graver plight.
What unsettled Migaki more was Kaguya's might. Her earlier spatial annihilation had torn through Murata's void form with ease. Her grasp of space laws now far exceeded what it had been a thousand years ago.
In a mere thousand years, how has she become this strong?
Migaki had no time to ponder. He wrapped himself in a gravity field and crushed down on the fire dragon, hoping to smother the flames with sheer weight. But Shun had read his intent and casually flicked his finger.
Dread Demon Eye!
Countless warped, horrific illusions flooded straight into Migaki's mind.
The visions showed every planet whose people he had drained of Chakra. They became vengeful ghosts clamoring for his life, thousands of hateful eyes fixed on him.
Migaki froze mid-stride, terror eclipsing his gaze, body quaking uncontrollably, the power of his gravity field plummeting.
Kugen seized the opening, thinking inwardly, 'My chance!'
Space energy surged around him and razor-edged spatial shards burst toward Shun like a storm.
Spatial Severing!
Forged from pure spatial force, the shards could slice through any Chakra defense. Their wide spread sealed every evasion route, leaving no room to dodge.
A cruel grin curved Kugen's lips. "Even if you have some power, you'll die beneath my spatial cuts. Let's see who saves you now."
He had deliberately thickened the barrage, certain even Kaguya could not block it easily.
"I'll handle this."
Kaguya stepped in front of Shun. Spatial Chakra spiraled into a warped Domain where light itself bent and direction lost meaning.
She swept her hand through the air and the Domain's energy erupted, dragging every shard inside.
Dimensional Banishment!
A black rift yawned within the twisted space, hurling the fragments into an unknown dimension.
Kugen, startled by her speed, had no time to react. Hw hastily layered a dense spatial barrier of black energy before him. He poured more force into the barrier, its surface swirling with spatial light, striving to repel Kaguya's strike.
But Kaguya's space blades carried the law of Amenominaka. They ignored his barrier and sliced through as easily as tofu.
A wet tear sounded as a blade carved a deep gash across Kugen's chest. Spatial energy gnawed at the wound, black blood spurting to the ground.
Staggering back several steps, Kugen clutched his ravaged chest.
He had known Kaguya for ages. A millennium ago, her power had been formidable, yet she had not so overwhelmingly dominated space techniques.
He rasped, eyes blazing with unwillingness, "Why… why is your spatial jutsu this strong? Could it be… you've already killed Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki?"
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