For the first time, Uchiha Yue lacked absolute confidence that he could defeat his opponent in close combat.
There was only one reason Uchiha Yue had lost his complete confidence in defeating Kaguya Tong: the Kaguya Clan's Kekkei Genkai that Kaguya Tong possessed—the Shikotsumyaku!
One had to know that, throughout the entire Kaguya Clan, there were exceedingly few shinobi capable of awakening the Shikotsumyaku. Unlike the Hyuga Clan, where eighty percent of its members could awaken their Kekkei Genkai, those within the Kaguya Clan who could awaken one were one in ten thousand. Thus, Kaguya Tong, who had awakened the Shikotsumyaku, naturally became one of the elite of the Kaguya Clan's new generation.
Because he was that one-in-ten-thousand existence within the Kaguya Clan. He was the master of the Shikotsumyaku!
Based on his knowledge of the original plot, Uchiha Yue knew that the Shikotsumyaku Kekkei Genkai primarily controlled the quantity and composition of bone cells, allowing its user to freely alter the number and form of their bones for offense or defense. In the original plot, Kaguya Kimimaro had been the sole surviving powerhouse within the clan to possess the Shikotsumyaku Kekkei Genkai.
Unfortunately, Kaguya Kimimaro in the original plot had suffered from a bloodline disease and had never truly trained the Shikotsumyaku Kekkei Genkai to its peak. However, Kaguya Tong, who now stood before Uchiha Yue, was someone who had truly brought the Shikotsumyaku Kekkei Genkai to its utmost limits. With his half-step quasi-Kage-level strength combined with the terrifying power of the Shikotsumyaku, Kaguya Tong was already capable of defeating quasi-Kage-level powerhouses or even fighting true Kage-level opponents.
Therefore, as Uchiha Yue fought Kaguya Tong, he was troubled over how to deal with him on one hand. On the other, he secretly marveled that he had finally fulfilled a