In fact, Otsutsuki Isshiki's guess was correct. The reason Ryun could succeed with a single strike was indeed thanks to the Flying Thunder God Technique's ability.
The three black rods from earlier had only been shrunk, but the Flying Thunder God seals on them were still there, so this did not affect Ryun's ability to perform spatial teleportation.
Otsutsuki Isshiki endured the pain and threw a punch at Ryun's head. At the same time, the Ame no Murakumo Sword in Ryun's hand was also shrunk to its extreme under the influence of 'Sukunahikona'.
The long sword piercing his chest suddenly disappeared. Ryun's grasping hand closed on empty air. Otsutsuki Isshiki's fist instantly smashed into Ryun's face.
Unfortunately, when the fist made contact with the head, there was no sense of impact at all. Otsutsuki Isshiki's heavy punch felt like it had hit cotton.
'Phasing through.'
Otsutsuki Isshiki's eyes widened in disbelief. He simply could not understand what kind of ability this was.
Not giving Otsutsuki Isshiki time to be shocked or think, the moment their bodies completely separated from overlap, Ryun performed a spinning back kick that accurately hit Otsutsuki Isshiki's side. In the next moment, he was once again sent flying out by the explosive kick.
While the two were fighting fiercely, the seven Akatsuki members and the Deva Path puppet also took up their respective positions at this time.
"Barrier, Eight Desolations God Trapping Formation."
The eight of them almost simultaneously formed over a dozen hand seals. Four golden barriers instantly erected, just in time to trap the two battling figures in the center of the battlefield.
The seven Akatsuki members only formed a dozen or so seals before stopping. The Deva Path puppet, acting as the core of the barrier formation, formed a full thirty hand seals in one go.
"It's done."
Seeing the barrier successfully activate, looks of joy could not help but appear on the faces of the Akatsuki members.
"Now we just need to maintain the chakra output. We'll leave the rest to the boss to handle."
In terms of defensive strength alone, the Eight Desolations God Trapping Formation is even more powerful than the Six Red Yang Formation. However, defensive capability is not the most outstanding feature of this barrier. The most abnormal ability of this barrier is that it can, through the hand seals of the person at the formation's core, temporarily imprison space at any time.
This is a space time barrier that can seal space. As long as the chakra of the person controlling the barrier's core is not exhausted, no one can use spatial abilities to escape this barrier, unless you can shatter the entire barrier through sheer brute force.
"Bastard."
Otsutsuki Isshiki clutched his chest and struggled to stand up, his entire face frighteningly gloomy. Seeing the tall golden barrier rise around him, an extremely bad feeling also arose in his heart.
"If you have no other abilities, then your fate can only be the same as that madwoman Otsutsuki Kaguya, to become nourishment for the Divine Tree, helping me obtain an even more powerful Chakra Fruit."
As Ryun spoke, he strode towards his opponent. The terrifying sense of oppression brought by his confident steps instantly caused Otsutsuki Isshiki's face to contort fiercely.
"Inferior being. How dare you look down on us, the Otsutsuki clan."
Otsutsuki Isshiki raised his hand in rage. Countless Six Paths black rods immediately condensed above his head. These black rods gathered together, looking at first glance like a super giant black sea urchin.
"Ah."
As Otsutsuki Isshiki let out a roar, his golden cross shaped eye widened sharply. The super giant sea urchin above his head instantly exploded apart. The entire sky was covered by countless black iron rods in an instant.
"Go."
Otsutsuki Isshiki waved both hands. Countless iron rods transformed into a metallic river that crashed directly towards Ryun.
Ryun's pupils contracted slightly for a moment. To be honest, this attack truly surprised him. Unfortunately, 'Kamui' perfectly countered this type of physical attack. Facing a terrifying assault like a storm, Ryun made no defense or evasion at all, allowing that river of black rods to completely engulf him.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh.
Black rods as dense as a torrential downpour struck Ryun's location incessantly. The ground beneath his feet was pounded into a shattered, ruined powder.
Thick dust instantly billowed out, though this dust was limited to drifting within the barrier. Almost all matter found it difficult to escape that golden barrier.
"Damn it."
Seeing the figure whose footsteps had not stopped within the dust, a look of fear rarely seen appeared in Otsutsuki Isshiki's Byakugan.
"What kind of monster is this guy."
Under such a powerful attack, that human was actually completely unharmed. Moreover, an even more terrifying energy suddenly erupted from the area of his body core.
Seeing this scene, Otsutsuki Isshiki averted his gaze and looked towards the Divine Tree again. He wanted to use the cover of the smoke to abandon his opponent and go seize that Divine Tree fruit.
However, when he attempted to use his spatial ability, he discovered that the surrounding space had been completely immobilized.
"Space. How could these inferior beings possibly master such a high level ability. This is impossible." Otsutsuki Isshiki could not help but exclaim in shock.
Barrier techniques capable of imprisoning space were considered first class, powerful divine arts even on their Otsutsuki clan's home planet. After all, this ability could almost counter all ocular technique masters possessing spatial abilities. Otsutsuki Isshiki never imagined in his wildest dreams that a native of this ninja world would use such an ability today.
The escape route was directly blocked. A look of panic could not help but appear on Otsutsuki Isshiki's face. In the next moment, he decisively used the Body Flicker Technique, approached the barrier, and slammed a fierce punch onto the golden barrier.
Boom.
A deafening impact sound reverberated from within the Eight Desolations God Trapping Formation. The Akatsuki members outside the barrier trembled slightly. Several of them immediately channeled more chakra into the barrier. The four golden barriers immediately brightened by another three tenths.
Otsutsuki Isshiki struck over a dozen times in succession but failed to break the golden barrier. Ryun's voice appropriately sounded in the next moment.
"It's useless. With your power, you cannot break my God Trapping Barrier in a short time."
As Ryun spoke, he extended his hand to the side. One of the Truth Seeking Balls floating behind him instantly changed shape, transforming into a pitch black Truth Seeking Black Rod that he grasped in his hand.
At the same time, the Deva Path Toneri puppet outside the barrier also, in the next moment, used the Tenseigan's ability to condense a tiny golden steel needle.
"Damn you. Do you think you have me cornered." Otsutsuki Isshiki said with a cold glare, his face dark. His actions of attacking the barrier also involuntarily stopped.
Within this golden barrier where space was sealed, Otsutsuki Isshiki felt his chances of victory had instead increased somewhat.
'Daikokuten is unusable. But I still have Sukunahikona.'
Otsutsuki Isshiki thought that if his spatial abilities were unusable, then Ryun's spatial abilities must be the same. The shrinking ocular technique Sukunahikona did not belong to spatial abilities, so on the surface he was not at a disadvantage. On the contrary, it was Ryun who was at a loss.
Unfortunately, what Otsutsuki Isshiki did not know was that, as the core of the Eight Desolations God Trapping Formation, the Deva Path puppet possessed the ability to imprison space at will, and also the ability to release space at will.
As a Deva Path puppet, he also had the ability of visual sharing with Ryun. In essence, he was Ryun. As long as the main body wanted to use spatial abilities, he could release the spatial through hand seals. As long as Ryun did not use spatial abilities, he could change his hand seal posture to imprison space, preventing the enemy from using them as well.
This shady and cunning autonomous switching function was the most outstanding aspect of the Eight Desolations God Trapping Formation.
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