Kāma: State Two.
Horns sprouted from his head as he further unleashed the power of his true body.
Isshiki had lived in this body for a thousand years. Though he had spent that time hiding and barely surviving, in the turbulent Ninja World, it was impossible for him to have never fought.
Yet after all these years, this was the first time he had entered State Two in battle.
He had no choice.
Only the immense power of State Two could temporarily suppress his body's injuries.
And then...
He would show this human before him what a true god was!
Isshiki opened his palm. A black rod appeared out of thin air in his hand, spun once, and smashed toward Lin Qing. At the same time—
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Dozens of incredibly sharp, tiny black rods—too small to be seen with the naked eye—were summoned from the void and shot toward Lin Qing.
These were Isshiki's two strongest abilities:
Sukunahikona, which could shrink any nonliving object within his sight. As for living beings, only Isshiki himself could be shrunk.
The shrinking and restoration were so fast that they could practically be considered instantaneous.
Its complementary ability was "Daikokuten," which could store shrunken objects in a separate dimension where time stood still, then summon them at any time to use as weapons.
Isshiki's most common combo was exactly this: summoning black rods shrunk to their limit from Daikokuten and throwing them at his enemy. The instant they touched skin, he would enlarge them, piercing straight through the target's body.
Instantaneous, impossible to detect, and combined with the black rods' indestructibility and chakra-absorbing properties, it was overwhelmingly powerful.
Isshiki swung the long rod in his hand in a feint, waiting for the shrunken black rods to pierce Lin Qing's body.
Clack! Clack!