"What are the weaknesses of such [Artificial Demigods]?"
Although Xushiki's methods were astonishing.
They had actually managed to create such alien demigods.
But Natsume was certain there had to be severe limitations.
Either their production was low;
Or they had some other drawback;
Otherwise, the Council would have long relied on an "army of demigods" to sweep aside the Royal Family and the Maha Clan.
Kuramitsuha paused for a moment, then quickly found the answer among the intelligence provided by Sophon:
"The use of any divine art or ocular technique requires an energy supply."
"Hm? But those three alien demigods aren't giving off any chakra or natural energy signatures."
"They are burning their own life force and souls."
"Or rather, the [Reverse Life Eye] is devouring their lives and souls. Using those as its source of power and the [Reverse Life Eye] as its vessel, it forcibly unleashes the power of a specific divine art authority."
Natsume understood.
In a sense, it was very similar to the [Eight Inner Gates].
Both burned and compressed life in exchange for power beyond one's limits.
If the ultimate extent of taijutsu was strength and speed, then opening the [Eight Inner Gates] with his [Demigod Body] could be considered reaching the level of the [Authority of Strength].
It would even be enough to crush ordinary demigods with a single authority.
Of course.
That was only an analogy.
Fundamentally, the two were still vastly different.
One was active, while the other was passive.
One was a legitimate physical technique, while the other was a cruel forbidden art.
The core of the Eight Inner Gates was a powerful body, whereas the core of these [Artificial Demigods] was the [Reverse Life Eye].
Those three alien lifeforms were probably nothing more than parasites of the [Reverse Life Eye].