"Oh, nature certainly can't speak, but I can understand its will, so I processed it a little. If it makes you uncomfortable, then I... won't apologize."
Facing Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's ugly expression, Wuye calmly spoke those mocking words.
"Your relationship with nature..."
With a crack, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki crushed his beloved wineglass. "It exceeds my expectations..."
"I'll give you one more chance. Hand over the power within you willingly, or I'll kill you right now!"
The women's faces paled.
Yet Wuye remained unfazed by his threat. "You can try."
"Do you think I don't know what you're doing?"
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki suddenly sneered. "You've been luring me into talking, stalling for time. Do you really think I wouldn't notice what you're doing?"
"Oh? What am I doing?" Wuye asked.
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki pointed at the ground. "You're absorbing this planet's natural energy and storing it all in your body. You should be close to exploding by now, shouldn't you?"
"If you know that, why let me continue?"
Wuye was indeed absorbing natural energy with all his might. Since Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was not stopping him, he had no reason to stop.
"Because you will never understand the gap between who you are now and me..."
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki paused, then finally rose to his feet and slowly floated into the air.
"Because the me here is not yet complete."
Wuye's gaze grew solemn.
Everything that had happened had long exceeded his memories and understanding of this world. Even the level of power had risen by an entire tier.
By all rights, his current strength should have been enough to sweep aside every Otsutsuki Clan member.
Yet the Ōtsutsuki Isshiki before him still felt unfathomable.
It was not that this body of his was impossibly powerful, but rather something hidden behind it.
"You can't move right now,