The smile on "Otsutsuki Shibai's" face froze instantly.
Everything in his field of vision began to blur. With his terrifying mastery of Kekkei Sōra, he instinctively realized that this "blurring" wasn't merely a visual distortion of light and shadow. Space itself was warping!
"H-How could this be!?"
His mind raced for an explanation.
But he quickly ruled out the possibility that he had fallen victim to genjutsu or a Space-Time Dojutsu. At his current level, ordinary genjutsu was nothing to him. Even Kotoamatsukami and Tsukuyomi, genjutsu that could vie for the title of strongest, were ineffective against him.
As for Space-Time Dojutsu, that was even less likely. He possessed the shinjutsu Claw Mark, which gave him far greater control over space than ordinary people, and his shinjutsu Premonition would warn him of danger. No one could catch him off guard with Space-Time Dojutsu.
"Damn it!"
Everything around him grew blurrier and blurrier. The once-clear scenery had now warped completely into lines and mottled patches of color.
Standing amid it all, he began to panic.
He realized it wasn't just his vision—his hearing seemed to have been blocked as well. At some point, everything around him had gone silent. The stillness was so profound that all he could hear was his own heartbeat, growing faster and faster.
His expression changed drastically as he realized this, finally understanding what was happening.
This wasn't a problem with his vision or hearing. It was as if all his senses had been obscured by something. Apart from his own body, he had completely lost all interaction with his surroundings, as though an invisible hand had plucked him from the real world and cast him into nothingness.
"No! This can't be real! It's all fake, all of it! I am Kekkei Sōra! I am the strongest