"An agreement?" Isshiki laughed. "That was only a reprieve for you. I never said I'd keep my word."
"Coward!"
"Coward?" Isshiki shook his head. "That's called strategy. You lowly creatures will never understand how to overcome the strong when you're weak."
Before he could finish speaking, a purple figure appeared behind him.
Susanoo's sword slashed toward his back.
"Heavenly Power!"
Sasuke activated his Dojutsu, switching places with a rock behind Isshiki and closing the distance in an instant.
"Pathetic trick."
Isshiki didn't even turn around. He reached back with his right hand.
His palm turned pitch-black, strange markings appearing across its surface.
That hand caught Susanoo's sword with perfect precision.
"What?" Sasuke's pupils contracted.
Susanoo's sword was made purely of Chakra. Ordinary people couldn't even touch it, much less catch it with their bare hands.
"What kind of ability is that?"
"Curious?" Isshiki crushed the sword. "Then I'll be generous and tell you. It's called Karma."
"Karma?"
"That's right." Isshiki raised his right hand, revealing a black diamond-shaped mark on its back. "It's an ability unique to the Ōtsutsuki Clan. It can absorb Chakra in any form and convert it into its own power."
The mark on his hand lit up, and a powerful pull burst forth.
Susanoo became visibly translucent as its Chakra was forcibly drained away.
"Damn it!" Sasuke gritted his teeth and forcibly dispelled Susanoo.
"A wise choice," Isshiki said. "One second later, and I would have drained Susanoo completely."
"Then how about this!"
Naruto charged in from the side, swinging all nine tails at once. Each tail struck with enough force to cleave a mountain.
"Useless."
Isshiki raised his hand again, activating Karma.
The instant the nine tails hit him, their Chakra began to be absorbed.
"What?" Naruto cried in shock. "It can absorb Kurama's Chakra