There was no sound.
When the golden lightsaber condensed with the power of the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion slashed into that dark-purple Spatial Collapse capable of devouring all things, the entire world fell into absolute silence.
There was no earth-shattering explosion, no deafening roar.
There was only the ultimate collision of light and darkness, the silent struggle at the forefront between two utterly opposing forces: creation and destruction.
"Sizzle—"
Like a red-hot dinner knife cutting through cold butter, the golden lightsaber carried an indisputable, utterly natural dominance as it forcibly cleaved open the edge of that twisted void.
The terrifying suction generated by the Spatial Collapse frantically tugged at the blade, trying to break it down and swallow it. Dark-purple destructive energy clung to the sword like billions of starving venomous snakes, seeking to drag its wielder into the abyss of annihilation.
Yet Hyuga Xiao's gaze did not waver in the slightest.
His right hand gripping the hilt was as steady as a rock, and not even the slightest tremor ran through the muscles in his arm.
"Not enough."
He spat out the two words coldly.
The Tenseigan Chakra within him surged like a breached flood, pouring without reserve into the lightsaber in his palm!
Buzz—!!!
The golden lightsaber abruptly extended three feet. The radiance flowing across its blade reached an extreme brilliance, and the aura of creation and Cycle Rotation erupted with a crash, forcibly "assimilating" the dark-purple energy clinging to it in reverse, crushing it, then transforming it into its own light!
Feeding on destruction! Using annihilation as nourishment!
This was the rank suppression that placed the Tenseigan above the Rinnegan!
Crack!
A crisp sound, like shattering glass, finally broke the silence.
At its core, the Spatial Collapse formed by the self-destruction of hundreds of Defective Rinnegan—enough to