"Thank me. Hehe..."
Ryun, feeling slighted, simply laughed.
"You, a coward who didn't even dare to face Kaguya, a parasite who only survives by leaching off humans, I don't know where you get the courage to boast so brazenly to me?"
As soon as Ryun said this, Isshiki's smiling face instantly stiffened and rapidly turned ashen.
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, having his secret exposed with a single sentence, was both shocked and furious.
He was shocked that someone could see his current condition at a glance, and even knew he was hiding from Kaguya a thousand years ago. How were these secrets known? The key was he was completely unaware of this, which was truly frightening!
He was furious because these past events were very shameful. The word 'parasite' was a naked, malicious insult to him. The key was that this descriptor even felt apt to himself...
A thousand years ago, he was ambushed by Kaguya and offered to the Divine Tree. At the last moment, he used 'Sukunahikona' (Minimization Technique) to narrowly escape. Severely wounded and dying, he hid inside the body of an unlucky wandering monk named Jigen. By consuming the other's flesh and blood, he gradually recovered some of his injuries. Later, he even used the 'Kāma' to seize this human shell and lingered on until now...
Ryun calling him a parasite insulted him and insulted his divine technique. At this moment, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was instantly enraged.
"Lowly creature with a foul mouth. I don't care how you know these things. Today, you cannot escape death. I will not spare any of the lowly beings related to you!"
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki viciously cursed. The next moment, he directly activated his Kāma Stage Two state, and a curved single horn grew from the top of his head.
Before coming, he had voraciously absorbed a large wave of Ten-Tails chakra. His current condition was very good. He was confident he could defeat any enemy on this planet. Afterward, he only needed to consume the Divine Tree's fruit in time, and then he wouldn't have to worry about his body collapsing later.
"Parasitic trash that survives by leaching off lowly beings, come at me!"
Ryun smiled and beckoned to him with a wave of his hand. This provocative action instantly ignited Isshiki's fury.
Whoosh!
Three thin black rods shot towards Ryun's face at an astonishing speed. However, before the six black rods could enlarge and hit his head, Ryun raised his hand and precisely grabbed the three lethal rods in an instant!
"What!!!"
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's eyes widened in disbelief. He didn't expect the other's Rinnegan to be able to see these minimized rods. What was even more terrifying was that the other could react to them!
'Sukunahikona' was almost an instant-cast ocular technique. Objects suddenly enlarging had almost no warning signs. Ryun's body could even react to this kind of ability, which proved from the side that the other's strength was absolutely terrifying!
'This guy's strength might rival Kaguya at her peak...' Ōtsutsuki Isshiki thought darkly.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Ryun first flung the black rods he was holding in his hand back towards Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. Then, his entire person directly vanished from the spot.
Just as Isshiki used the black staff in his hand to knock away the incoming rods, the next moment Ryun used an extreme Body Flicker Technique to kill before him.
'So fast!'
Ryun's speed made Ōtsutsuki Isshiki feel horror. The next moment, he hastily raised his black staff to block the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword. The entire person was also forced to retreat several steps by that terrifying force.
One strike unsuccessful, Ryun flipped the long sword in his hand and then slid it along the black staff, straight towards the fingers of Isshiki holding the staff.
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki decisively released that palm and scattered those black rods, sharpened and minimized to the extreme, towards Ryun.
The moment the black rods left his hand, they suddenly enlarged. However, in the instant Ōtsutsuki Isshiki activated his ability, Ryun also seized this fleeting opportunity and fiercely kicked towards Isshiki's crotch!
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Three black rods almost instantly enlarged the moment Isshiki was kicked. The sharp black rods directly stabbed into Ryun's hand, foot, and abdomen in three places.
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was fiercely kicked flying away. Ryun also instantly endured three instances of damage in a flash.
"Ah!!!"
Isshiki, kicked flying away, clutched his pants, wailing in pain. That mournful scream made the Akatsuki members' scalps go numb. The men watching the battle on the scene unconsciously sucked in a cold breath.
"Damn, Boss's attack methods are becoming more and more... vicious..." Hidan couldn't help but exclaim in astonishment.
Previously, using a headbutt against the Sage of Six Paths. Now, using a kick to the crotch against Ōtsutsuki Isshiki...
With such unforeseen and insidious taijutsu being used, the Akatsuki members already didn't know how to evaluate their boss anymore. They could only say that becoming Ryun's opponent was definitely a very bad thing, because this person, the stronger he got, the less he adhered to martial virtue...
"Ryun-kun... is a practical person..." Konan racked her brains and could only give such a decent evaluation in the end...
"Judging by the force just now, it seems they might have been crushed... mhmm!" Deidara speculated while also nodding to himself.
"Shouting that loudly, it's probably crushed. But Boss got injured because of it too!" Kisame Hoshigaki said with a grave expression.
Hearing the two's remarks, Konan, being a woman, couldn't help but blush...
"Less idle talk. Setting up the barrier is crucial!" Nagato reminded.
"Right, right, right. Let's take care of business first!"
Everyone reacted and quickly dispersed in all directions.
"Relying on the inertia of sudden enlargement to injure the enemy. This ability is indeed not bad. Unfortunately, the power is lacking a bit..."
Ryun reached out and pulled out the sharp black rods embedded in his flesh. These rods pierced the flesh but didn't go deep. In battle, such injuries fundamentally couldn't affect Ryun's movements.
As the black rods were removed, the three bleeding wounds healed almost instantly. Meanwhile, a certain kind of dense and extremely hard black dragon scales quietly grew on his body surface.
Just as Ryun picked up his long sword wanting to continue fighting, he discovered the seven Akatsuki members had already begun to take up dispersed positions.
"Kamui!"
As the Kamui ability activated, the next moment, the Deva Path puppet, Ōtsutsuki Toneri, was instantly teleported out.
The Deva Path, having just appeared, immediately sped towards a certain direction. The eight outsiders also vaguely showed a trend of encircling Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
Ryun no longer paid attention to these eight people. Pulling the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword from the ground, he directly charged towards Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
"Despicable, shameless lowly creature! Die!!!" Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's eyes were bloodshot, clearly furious to the extreme. The next moment, he decisively grabbed his black iron staff and crashed head-on with Ryun.
The speed of the two reached the extreme. The Akatsuki members could only see two streams of light continuously colliding. Besides the metallic clashing sounds of metal meeting metal, their naked eyes couldn't even capture the complete figures of the two anymore!
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