Akira's soul was collapsing, and he was on the verge of death.
Seeing the shattered Ōtsutsuki Homeworld and Uchiha Akira closing in on Akira, Shibai Ōtsutsuki instantly understood everything. Uchiha Akira had been deceiving him all along!
"But unfortunately, Uchiha Akira, you are disastrously wrong."
Shibai Ōtsutsuki looked down coldly from above.
"If I were you, I would not have been so eager for quick success."
"Instead, I would have disguised myself as a member of the Otsutsuki Clan, entered the Upper Realm, joined the Holy War, and only revealed myself once I had the power to turn things around. But now, your only fate is death."
With a wave of his hand, golden life energy surged toward Akira.
This was his healing power. Akira's hopeless, certain death could be instantly restored to normal with it.
But in the next instant—
His pupils suddenly constricted. The golden life energy scattered like a storm, and his body gradually began to dissipate along with it!
"How is this possible?!"
Shibai Ōtsutsuki stared at his body in astonishment as it gradually turned into red threads and condensed into a Chakra Fruit in Uchiha Akira's hand.
"How could you condense my power into a Chakra Fruit? You... what kind of monster are you?"
Only now did he realize he had been wrong.
Uchiha Akira had not been overly arrogant. He simply had absolute confidence in his own strength, confident that even against Shibai Ōtsutsuki, who had undergone thousands of years of Holy War, he could still defeat him!
"If your true body had come, I might have been somewhat wary. But you sent only a mere clone?"
Uchiha Akira sneered. "Nothing but an ant."
Buzz—!
He clenched his hand.
All the power of Shibai Ōtsutsuki's clones condensed into a Chakra Fruit, leaving behind only