Before Meishiki descended, Natsume had deliberately used the divine artifact [Heart of Daofu] to lock away all the chakra within his body.
He had even concealed his pair of [Rinnegan], as well as the [Nine-Tomoe Sharingan] on his forehead.
Thus, to outsiders, he only possessed intense life-force and soul fluctuations.
There was no chakra aura at all.
Otherwise, Elder Meishiki across from him would have been even more astonished, perhaps even doubting himself.
The reason for deliberately concealing his chakra was simple.
Natsume knew far too little about Elder Meishiki.
He only knew that, on the surface, Meishiki wielded the divine art authorities of [Space] and [Fluid].
As for his hidden abilities and authorities, Natsume knew nothing.
Under such circumstances, Natsume was not one hundred percent certain he could completely erase Meishiki.
Defeating him would be easy.
But killing him completely would not be simple!
What if he realized he was no match for Natsume and activated some special ability to escape...
Or simply killed himself, triggering the resurrection contingency he had left behind in the [Shiki Origin Realm].
That would be troublesome!
Moreover, if Natsume exposed his chakra during the battle, revealing himself as a [Demigod] of the chakra system—and quite possibly a demigod spy lurking within the [Otsutsuki Clan]!
If Meishiki survived and brought that information back to the main family, then perhaps
some [King Zhenruo] or [Grand Elder Xushiki] would immediately set out to kill him.
Even if those two came, Natsume might not necessarily lose.
But it would naturally be best if he could delay things a little longer, allowing his side to more thoroughly devour the remaining Otsutsuki.
That was why Natsume had deliberately concealed his chakra and hidden his identity.
Natsume raised his hand.
A soul secret technique—Ten Directions Karma Fire—activated instantly!
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