Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's wails were nothing but noise to Shinji. He ignored him and directly activated the bud atop the Divine Tree, sending Isshiki flying toward it.
Sensing the Ōtsutsuki bloodline, the enormous bud atop the Divine Tree immediately opened a small gap and swallowed the cursing Isshiki.
Thump, thump.
Right after that, a sound like a heartbeat came from inside the enormous bud.
Shinji stared intently, his expression utterly solemn.
After days of observation and study, he had more or less figured out how the Divine Tree absorbed a planet's energy. But he was still completely clueless about how it condensed a Chakra Fruit. So this time, in addition to wanting a Chakra Fruit to raise his level, he also wanted to understand how the Divine Tree produced one.
Especially why producing a Chakra Fruit required sacrificing an Ōtsutsuki!
Thump, thump.
The sound coming from the bud grew louder and closer.
Shinji frowned slightly. For a moment, he could hardly tell whether the thumping was coming from the bud atop the Divine Tree or from inside his own chest!
Roar.
Roar.
Roar.
Suddenly, a series of roars like rolling thunder came from the ground.
Shinji looked toward the sound. The Flesh Puppets surging toward the Divine Tree from every direction were all howling at the sky, roaring!
"Oh no!"
Shinji's heart tightened.
Without a doubt, the Breeding Overlord had sensed that the Divine Tree was cultivating a Chakra Fruit. The Flesh Puppets that had invaded T33 were all going berserk at once!
Then Shinji abruptly looked up.
The "lamp" hanging at his waist was giving off a faint warning. It was telling him that not only had the Flesh Puppets gone mad, but the Breeding Overlord outside, blocked by the spatial barrier, had gone mad too.
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