"But all the planets chose to perish together."
Uchiha Itachi remained calm, his gaze toward Ōtsutsuki Ryushiki cold and rejecting.
"Because in our eyes—"
"A meaningful death is far more valuable than a meaningless existence!"
"And—"
The corners of his mouth rose in mockery. "In my opinion, compared to us short-lived species, you long-lived members of the Ōtsutsuki Clan are the truly pitiable ones."
"Unable to improve your own strength, unable even to cultivate."
"The only way for you to grow stronger is to devour the life energy of others, to devour other people's planets."
"Forever rushing about in pursuit of the God of Ōtsutsuki's power."
"But beyond that... what else do you have?"
His gaze was firm and calm.
There was no pretense in the way he looked at Ōtsutsuki Ryushiki, only the contempt born of his convictions.
In his eyes, the Ōtsutsuki Clan truly was an even more pitiful race!
Yet faced with Uchiha Itachi's mockery,
Ōtsutsuki Ryushiki did not get angry in the slightest. He merely shook his head helplessly. "You people are all the same."
"Looks like there's nothing left to discuss. In that case, the two of you will die here!"
"Just in time—the power of the golden crowns on you has already vanished."
Buzz—!
A chilling glint flashed through his eyes.
With a wave of his hand, hundreds of white longswords appeared before him in an instant!
Just as before, every one of those longswords carried the effect of Yinmie. Touch even one, and you would be destroyed in an instant!
Hundreds of white longswords shot forth like a torrential rain of pear blossoms!
Uchiha Itachi and Hyuga Neji's expressions changed.
So that was it. Ōtsutsuki Ryushiki had not only been trying to recruit them earlier—he had also been stalling for time!
He had