Why Wasn't He Dead?

It was like knowing a baby would become the king of the world in the future, then simply stomping that baby to death, ending the future world king's life—utterly decisive and despicable.

With Uchiha Yue's death, for some reason, the Dead Silence Domain still did not dissipate. Ōtsutsuki Isshiki raised his hand and looked at the pair of Mangekyō Sharingan in his palm with utter fascination, as though they were not eyeballs, but some supreme treasure.

"Oh, such miraculous power. Now, you belong to me! Hahaha!!!"

As he looked at the pair of eyes in his hand, the traits belonging to the Ōtsutsuki Clan gradually began to fade from his body. Looking over the Dead Silence Domain around him and sensing the Chakra that had been continuously draining from his body ever since he entered, he understood.

All of Uchiha Yue's power resided within these eyes. As long as they were not destroyed, the Dead Silence Domain would not vanish.

After suppressing the power within his body, Jigen's physical constitution would not be able to endure for long within this Dead Silence Domain. But it did not matter. He had already obtained these eyes.

He immediately raised his hand, intending to gouge out Jigen's eyes and implant Uchiha Yue's pair in their place.

He was already certain that these eyes possessed astonishing potential for growth. They could strengthen an ordinary person's body to the point where it could offer him some degree of resistance. It was simply unbelievable!

If Uchiha Wado had been allowed to continue growing for a while longer, then even if Isshiki unleashed all his power, he might still not have been Uchiha Yue's match. Fortunately, he had killed this infant god ahead of time.

And seized this god's divine spark!

His Karma had long since finished upgrading. However, Jigen's body was not strong enough and was utterly unfit to serve as his vessel. Even now, he had still been searching for a new vessel in which to resurrect. But now, the opportunity had finally arrived. Once Jigen implanted these eyes and his physical strength increased, Isshiki could directly use Jigen's body to resurrect.

However, at the instant he was about to gouge out Jigen's eyes, he suddenly sensed that something was wrong. The Sharingan that had just been in his hand vanished, as if they had never existed at all.

"Die!"

The instant he reacted, a figure abruptly appeared before him as though it had refreshed into existence. Raising his hand, Uchiha Yue blasted a sphere of Dust Release toward his chest.

"How is this possible!!!!"

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was startled. The next moment, Jigen's power exploded from his body. He seized Uchiha Yue's wrist, and with a violent burst of strength, crushed it as though crushing foam. At the same time, a heavy punch smashed fiercely into Uchiha Yue's head.

Bang!

The crown of Uchiha Yue's head exploded and flew apart. His grayish-white brain matter was beaten into a mush, and half his head burst open beneath that blow. Under the violent impact, Uchiha Yue's body flew away and crashed heavily into the distant ground, leaving behind a crater.

"Genjutsu? No, impossible! Could it be some kind of resurrection technique?"

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki stared darkly at the distant ground, casually tossing aside the crushed flesh in his hand. His figure flashed, and he appeared within the crater.

He was absolutely certain that his earlier strike had blown Uchiha Yue's head apart. What had just happened could not possibly have been genjutsu. Yet Uchiha Yue, who now appeared before him, was completely unharmed, as though Isshiki's previous attack had merely been an illusion.

Boom!

Before Uchiha Yue could react, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki stomped on his chest, directly crushing it. Ignoring Uchiha Yue's resistance, he blew up his head once more.

Over the next few seconds, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki killed Uchiha Yue dozens of times. Yet every single time, Uchiha Yue reappeared before him completely unharmed.

Moreover, because he was so close to Uchiha Yue, he could feel the Chakra within his body draining faster and faster. He could also sense that Uchiha Yue's power, rather than weakening with time, was constantly growing stronger.

It had only been twenty-one seconds since he first blew Uchiha Yue apart.

"Why... why can you still resurrect!"

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki clutched Uchiha Yue's throat tightly, utterly unable to understand. No matter what kind of resurrection ninjutsu it was, after suffering so many fatal attacks, it should have failed by now. Why... why was this monster still completely fine?

"Heh... you can't kill me!"

Uchiha Yue looked at Ōtsutsuki Isshiki with an indifferent expression. As long as someone knew that he would not truly die or truly be injured, then so-called pain, even so-called torture, was nothing more than passing clouds. Uchiha Yue clearly understood that the reason some beings begged for mercy under extreme pain was, at its core, because it awakened the most desperate desire for life within their instincts.

And because extreme pain made the body believe it had suffered irreversible damage. In order to preserve the integrity of the body's functions, they begged for mercy.

However, once he clearly understood that no matter how great the pain or damage was, it was all merely passing clouds, that so-called pain became insignificant.

He truly was not Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's match right now, but that was only temporary. As Ōtsutsuki Isshiki remained within his domain and the energy in his body was continuously absorbed, Uchiha Yue's power kept growing stronger, while Ōtsutsuki Isshiki steadily grew weaker.

Unfortunately, there had simply not been enough time. Only forty seconds had passed since his first death, not even a full minute.

"How can that be possible! I refuse to believe you're truly immortal!"

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki gripped Uchiha Yue's throat tightly and began devouring the energy within him. Yet the instant Uchiha Yue's energy entered his body, Isshiki's expression changed. He abruptly released him and threw Uchiha Yue away.

Then he expelled all the Chakra he had just absorbed.

He stared at the mass of Chakra that was continuously dissipating, his expression extremely ugly. He had never imagined that the Ōtsutsuki Clan, who fed on Chakra, would encounter Chakra that could not be absorbed.

Uchiha Yue...