Isshiki stared into Obito's eyes.
In that eye, the six-pointed star pattern had stopped rotating and turned into a complex geometric figure.
"You think you can trap me like this?"
"You'll know if you try it."
As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding scene suddenly changed.
Isshiki found himself standing on the ruins of Konoha, with the scene of the battle just before his eyes.
"Again?" He frowned.
The next second, the figure of Obito appeared in front of him.
"Kamui!"
Isshiki raised his hand to block, and the black cube shot out.
But the attack failed.
Obito disappeared.
Then, the surrounding scene changed again.
Isshiki returned to the ruins, and in front of him was Obito.
"Kamui!"
Same attack, same action.
Isshiki responded in a different way this time and directly used a wedge to absorb Obito's attack.
But the results haven't changed.
The scene resets again.
"Is this Izanami?" Isshiki sneered, "Nothing more than that."
He began to try various methods to break the cycle.
Destroy space with the power of the wedge.
Pollute reality with Source Power of the Divine Tree.
Even attempted suicide to see if he could reset the cycle.
But no matter what he did, the result was the same.
Every time the cycle ends, he will return to the original starting point.
ten times.
Hundreds of times.
Thousands of times.
Time loses its meaning in cycles.
Isshiki I don't know how many times I have experienced the same scene, I only know that every time I will end in failure.
"Damn."
He stopped and stood in the middle of the ruins.
"What is the principle of this technique?"
As Otsutsuki, who has lived for thousands of years, Isshiki's wisdom is far beyond that of ordinary people.
He began to analyze the nature of Izanami.
"Not a time loop."
"It's not a space reset either."
"But... fate?"
He suddenly understood.
Izanami is not about letting people repeat time, but letting people repeat their fate.
As long as he doesn't change his choice, he will never be able to escape the cycle.
"So, the way to crack it is..."
Isshiki looked at Obito in front of him.
"Admit defeat?"
He smiled.
"Uchiha is so naive."
"Do you think Otsutsuki would give up just because of a mere illusion?"
He raised his hand.
But this time, he didn't attack Obito.
Instead, he aimed it at his chest.
"Since this technique requires me to accept my destiny, then I will create a new destiny."
The power of the wedge exploded in full force.
Isshiki's body began to collapse and turned into pure Chakra.
"What are you doing?" Obito's voice sounded, with a hint of panic.
"I'm betting." Isshiki's voice came from Chakra, "I'm betting on whether your Izanami can trap me without a body."
His body completely dissipated and turned into a ball of black energy.
Then, this ball of energy suddenly shot into the sky and directly crashed into the circulation space built by Izanami.
Click.
In the real world, Obito's left eye exploded, and blood mixed with debris flowed out.
"How is it possible..."
He fell to his knees and covered his eyes.
"Izanami has been cracked?"
"To be precise, it was bypassed." Isshiki's voice sounded in the air.
The black energy condensed in the air and transformed into a human form again.
But this time Isshiki is different from before.
His body became translucent, like a ghost made of energy.
"Without the restraints of the body, I am stronger." Isshiki moved his fingers, "This is an unexpected surprise."
"Damn..." Obito wanted to stand up, but his body had reached its limit.
The price of Eye of Sacrifice is starting to show.
His skin began to crack and his vitality was rapidly draining away.
"How long can you last?" Isshiki looked at him condescendingly, "Five minutes? Or three minutes?"
"That's enough."
"What's enough?"
"Enough to delay time." Obito raised his head and showed a bloody smile, "Do you think I really want to use Izanami to trap you?"
"That's false."
"My real purpose is to get you to voluntarily give up your body."
Isshiki's expression changed.
"What do you mean?"
"Without a body, you can't plant a wedge." Obito said, "And without a wedge, you can't be reincarnated."
"You will definitely lose this battle."
Isshiki was stunned.
He looked down at his translucent body and suddenly understood Obito's plan.
"Have you been plotting against me from the beginning?"
"Yes." Obito coughed up a mouthful of blood, "What Uchiha is best at is using illusions to play with people's hearts."
"You think you will win if you crack Izanami, but in fact that is the real trap."
Isshiki was silent for a few seconds.
Then, he laughed.
"Awesome."
"It's really awesome."
"Uchiha Clan, it really lives up to its reputation."
He looked at Obito with a hint of appreciation in his eyes.
"It's a pity that you missed a little bit."
"What?"
"I said, the wedge is not only a tool for reincarnation." Isshiki raised his hand, "It is also a container for storing power."
"And I have already stored part of my strength in the wedge."
His body suddenly began to glow.
Not black light, but pure white.
"This is..." Obito's pupils contracted.
"Source Power of the Divine Tree." Isshiki said, "What I use the wedge to store is not Chakra, but God Tree itself."
"As long as God Tree is here, I can reshape my body."
As soon as he finished speaking, the ground shook again.
A thick tree root emerged from the ground and wrapped around Isshiki's energy body.
Then, the tree roots began to shrink and condense.
In just a few seconds, Isshiki regained his body.
And this time, the body is more perfect than before.
Her skin is as fair as jade, without any blemishes.
The horns on his forehead became longer, exuding divine brilliance.
"This is the perfect body given by God Tree." Isshiki moved his body, "It feels good."
He looked at Obito.
"Your plan is perfect, but unfortunately, you don't understand Otsutsuki."
"We have existed for tens of thousands of years and have seen many traps."
"You thought you could plot against me, but in fact it was just me who made you think you could plot against me."
Obito's face turned completely pale.
"How could..."
"Because you are too weak." Isshiki said, "So weak that you have never even seen my true strength."
He raised his hand and pointed it at Obito.
"Now, the game is truly over."
"Sukunahikona."
Black cube shot.
Obito wants to hide, but his body can no longer move.
He could only watch as the cube got closer and closer.
At this moment, a golden light suddenly fell from the sky and blocked Obito.
Boom!
The cube was ejected.
"Who?" Isshiki frowned.
The smoke dispersed, and a familiar figure appeared on the battlefield.
Blonde hair, blue eyes, body wrapped in gold Red Chakra.
"Naruto?" Obito's eyes widened, "Didn't you blow yourself up?"
"Self-destruction means self-destruction." Naruto grinned, "But Kurama said that as long as there is a little bit of Chakra left, you can be reborn."
"In the explosion just now, I deliberately left a little Chakra underground."
"Then I used this little bit of Chakra to reunite my body."