Heroes Never Strike from Behind

Just as the Thoughtless Blade was about to touch Urashiki Otsutsuki, the entire world turned black and white. Only Urashiki himself remained in color.

Xuanye, Hashirama, Hikari, Sasuke, Fugaku, Orochimaru underground, and the blade of that thoughtless strike all froze in place.

This was Urashiki's last-resort technique. It could freeze space and time completely.

Urashiki Otsutsuki had once used it to seal Otsutsuki Toneri away for ten thousand years.

And that was only because Toneri's bloodline had returned to its ancestral roots, making him worthy of the name Otsutsuki.

That alone showed how terrifying the technique was. Its power had long since surpassed the Ninja World's chakra system.

But a technique this powerful could not be without limits.

The cooldown for Space-Time Freeze was measured in centuries.

Using it also exacted a heavy price from Urashiki, especially when he froze an area this vast.

If he had not truly been at death's door, with both of his life-saving ocular techniques still on cooldown, he never would have made this choice.

Now, even if he recovered all the Tailed Beast Chakra, this trip to the planet would barely break even.

What he found hardest to accept was that these people's scheme had nearly brought him down.

Urashiki seethed inwardly, but Xuanye was completely under his control. He leisurely walked around the arc of the Thoughtless Blade and came to a stop before him.

Xuanye still held the final pose of his swing, unaware that his time had stopped.

At the sight of Musō Isshin, now drained to gray and white as well, greed flashed in Urashiki's eyes.

A divine weapon like this belonged in the hands of the noble Ōtsutsuki Clan!

"You natives of this planet will never understand the true power of the Otsutsuki."

"Take your regrets and confusion to