The Tenseigan was far more efficient at utilizing chakra, but it only had a handful of applications, and even fewer that could be used directly for offense.
Absorbing chakra from extreme range was especially effective against powerful enemies.
The added effect of absorbing ninjutsu and reflecting it back was actually less practical.
"Attacking so carelessly? The Tenseigan's chakra absorption ability can't be used often. For a while now, you'll be down one card!"
Though temporarily trapped in a predicament, Hope did not feel particularly endangered.
The Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki and the bearing of a true god were his greatest sources of confidence.
As for his temporary shortage of chakra, what was that? Once the effects of the ninjutsu wore off, he would recover before long.
"Your strength has improved too quickly, and your combat wisdom has declined just as fast?"
Mizuki shook his head disdainfully.
"This isn't a one-on-one fight between you and me. You have many opponents!"
As Mizuki spoke, an arrow crackling with purple-black lightning arrived in an instant.
The moment it struck, the arrow exploded, blasting a huge hole through Hope's chest. Purple-black electric light burrowed relentlessly into his body like maggots clinging to bone, sending a chill through even the previously confident Hope.
"Takemikazuchi... the power to shatter souls. What a nuisance."
Hope had only recently fused the powers of the Evil God and the Ten-Tails into his body, and had not yet balanced those powers very well.
His mind and soul in particular had already been left impure by corrosion. Without enough time to settle and stabilize, there were simply too many hidden dangers.
Hope was not without weaknesses. It was just that few could break through the external defenses of the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki and the Evil God to harm his spirit and soul.
There were