Ōtsutsuki Isshiki floated in space, silently watching the slowly rotating planet below.
His physical body was indeed on an entirely different level. Trying to kill Isshiki through external wounds such as piercing his heart was practically impossible.
In this regard, Isshiki was very similar to Lin Qing.
Killing them was basically impossible.
The only option was to wear down their life force through relentless attacks.
In the original story, even when Naruto entered Baryon Mode, burning the Nine-Tails' life force, he could only suppress Isshiki and continuously deplete what remained of his life.
In the end, rather than saying Isshiki was beaten to death by Baryon Mode Naruto, it would be more accurate to say that he was worn to death.
That was exactly what was happening today.
After being swallowed by the black hole, Isshiki used Sukunahikona to shrink himself, minimizing the extent of his injuries as much as possible.
Just as the black hole shrank again, about to become smaller than the Planck length and slip into the quantum realm to be consumed by quantum tides, Isshiki used spatial teleportation to escape.
He had only escaped.
After taking a Ball Breaker, genetic contamination, and the tearing force of the black hole's gravity... Isshiki hovered in space, quietly gazing at the Ninja World below as he waited for his life's countdown to end.
Yes, he had given up.
There was no longer any chance. He could hardly hope to find, in the final minutes of his life, a suitable vessel for reincarnation that he had failed to find for a thousand years.
"That would be too... absurd..."
As Isshiki spoke, his words gradually slowed. He stared blankly at the moon in the distance.
On the moon, several people were each using Fire Release. Streams of flame formed words across