The Pope's mighty power at the middle stage of the True God Realm instantly destroyed the spatial transport passage. Space slowly closed, but just as everyone thought the spatial passage would seal shut, something unexpected happened. A suffocatingly powerful aura suddenly surged out of it, forcibly holding the nearly closed passage in place. Then a hand reached through and pried it open again, followed by an eerie-looking man whose entire body radiated an aura of ruin.
Only after the man emerged from the spatial passage did the powerful aura around him slowly retreat into his body. The passage then gradually closed. Yet even with it gone, the man before them was clearly the greatest threat in this disaster.
Faced with the man's unfathomable strength, even the Pope had to abandon any thought of attacking. He asked slowly, "Who are you?"
The man did not answer the Pope. Instead, he reached out and dragged over a guard who had not yet fully transformed into a Taboo creature, then pressed his palm against the top of the guard's head. The guard screamed in agony. After a short while, the man released him and looked up at the Pope. "My name is Destruction. I was formed from a sliver of the Ruin Overlord's power of ruin. I came here for one reason: to destroy this world. It's that simple. There, I've answered your question. Now you can die without regrets."
With that, Destruction suddenly extended a hand. A black energy ball condensed in his palm before shooting toward the Pope. It moved so fast that Naruto and Sasuke caught only a fleeting blur. Only Hinata's Tenseigan could truly make out its trajectory.
"Watch out!" Hinata shouted. She appeared in front of the Pope, held both arms out level, and spun. "Rotation!"
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