Under Ming Jing's gaze, the aura of "humanity" around Jigen gradually weakened. A horn slowly grew from his head. Then Chakra covered his entire body like a cocoon. Before Ming Jing could make a move, the Chakra cocoon broke open on its own, and Jigen appeared in a drastically altered form!
He wore a white robe with a vertical row of magatama patterns on his chest. His hair hung in long strips, a beard grew from his chin, and he only had one eyebrow. The horn on his head was far more curved than before. Jigen's left eye had become a Byakugan, while the pattern in his right eye resembled a rice character—something Ming Jing had never seen before.
Sensing the aura around him, Ming Jing smiled and said, "This aura is truly fascinating! Over the past half year, I've killed around a dozen of them, haven't I?"
"I can sense the wails of Otsutsuki Clan spirits from you." Jigen looked up at Ming Jing and said coldly, "After all these years, the Otsutsuki Clan has gained quite a few more pieces of trash."
"How do you know those people I killed weren't stronger than you? Wait, are you Jigen now, or someone else?" Ming Jing asked curiously.
"My name is Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. I was one of those who came to this world with Kaguya," Isshiki said slowly.
"Then why did Kaguya barely mention you?" Ming Jing sized up Isshiki's neither-human-nor-ghostly appearance and seemed to understand something.
"A great many things happened, naturally, but I have no need to tell a dead man too much." As soon as Isshiki finished speaking, he appeared directly behind Ming Jing and chopped down with a Hand Blade.
Ming Jing instantly shifted sideways, dodging Isshiki's Hand Blade. However, the Chakra Blade formed by that