"Takemikazuchi countered evil spirits. It could absorb the energy of spirits it killed and replenish Yin Release."
"Ra, the power of the Sun God. Its suppression of negative entities goes without saying."
"Entering a ghost-horror movie like Ju-On, I'm practically their strictest father."
Though thunder raged in his heart, Uchiha Xiu kept his expression calm. A layer of golden sunlight enveloped his body as he carefully sensed how the new eye between his brows enhanced his existing abilities.
At the most basic level, it could see through things. It wasn't like the Byakugan's radar-like perception or the Sharingan's ability to copy and replicate. Was it like the Fiery Eyes of the Great Sage, Sun Wukong?
It saw through illusions, curses, seals, and the mist of the dead, ignoring all concealment by evil forces.
Whatever his gaze fell upon, low-level undead rotted away and evil spirits scattered. The eye carried the purifying pressure of the Sun God's divinity.
"Golden pupils. Tsk, at least they're not the kind of golden eyes the Dragon Clan could claim. And there aren't any lions hidden in my eyes—"
"Wait!"
The Cat Goddess was also the Lion God, and its divinity carried traces of authority over war and slaughter.
So, after a little contemplation, Uchiha Xiu realized that he didn't need to learn the Eight Inner Gates to gain explosive speed and strength in close combat.
Between stillness and motion, he could switch at will between a mage's lazy elegance and a Berserker's domineering destruction.
"Lastly, there's the protection from death. Nine Lives of the Cat—stories about cats' astonishing vitality appear, in one form or another, in the myths of many nations."
"It can automatically block one otherwise fatal injury for me, but...I have too many Resurrection Coins. I only used Izanami once, when I fought