In the Land of Spirits in the far west, Shinji chose a secluded valley where few people ever ventured and released the Divine Tree inside him.
Then he flew to the top of the Divine Tree and gently touched the unopened bud at its crown. The corners of his mouth lifted slightly.
Shinji had reaped a great harvest in World No. 2 this time.
After absorbing energy this time, his own Divine Tree had stored enough to form its next Chakra Fruit. All it lacked was an Otsutsuki sacrifice to begin producing one.
That was why, when Shinji had first encountered Owl, the Divine Tree inside him had stirred restlessly, overcome by the urge to devour Owl!
As for the small Ten-Tails he had taken from Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, after being nourished by the energies of World No. 4 and World No. 2, it had also matured and reached the stage where it could produce a Chakra Fruit.
His great gains were due not only to the Overlord shattering the worlds' spatial barriers and breaking down their resistance, allowing the Divine Trees to absorb energy from the planets' cores more easily, but also to Shinji's growing knowledge and experience in cultivating Divine Trees, which had further improved their efficiency at absorbing planetary energy.
At present, both Divine Trees in Shinji's possession had matured, and one had already stored enough energy to produce a Chakra Fruit. The only thing he lacked was an Otsutsuki sacrifice.
"A sacrifice."
Shinji murmured the word.
At the moment, he had two people he could offer as sacrifices: Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, locked in a temporary cell aboard the Flying Fortress, and Owl, imprisoned in a separate dimension.
Of the two candidates, one possessed Kekkei Mōra, while the other wielded the divine art of Transformation. It would be a