"You're courting death!"
Seeing that Hawking actually dared to stand in his way, Otsutsuki Isshiki flew into a rage and attacked with all his strength.
If he had used less than half his power against Six Paths Madara earlier, mostly just to toy with him, then now he was truly going all out.
He wanted to kill Hawking instantly, then stop Six Paths Madara from unsealing Kaguya Otsutsuki.
Yet, to his surprise, Hawking effortlessly blocked every one of his full-power attacks.
"Impossible!"
Otsutsuki Isshiki's eyes were filled with disbelief.
Based on the strength Hawking had displayed when Six Paths Madara suppressed him earlier, Isshiki believed he would not even need thirty percent of his power to kill Hawking.
But now, despite using all his strength, Hawking felt like an immovable mountain that could not be shaken.
"He hid his strength!"
Only then did he realize that Hawking might never have gone all out from beginning to end. He had been holding back throughout the previous battles.
"Who exactly are you?"
Unable to break through Hawking's blockade at all, Otsutsuki Isshiki asked with a grim expression.
From the moment Hawking saw him, he seemed to know his identity. That was already abnormal enough, but now Hawking was stopping him from dealing with his former enemy, which Isshiki found even harder to understand.
"What's going on?"
On the other side, Six Paths Madara was equally baffled.
Hawking's earlier shout had already confused him, and now Hawking was actually fighting the helper Madara had summoned.
More importantly, Hawking, whom Madara had previously suppressed with a single eye, was now unleashing power formidable enough to make even him wary.
Just as he had yet to figure out what was happening, his eyes suddenly widened in disbelief.
He felt a hand pierce through his chest