Naruto froze. Standing inside the core of the heavenly order, he stared at the two balls of light, speechless for a long while.
The power of destruction: conceptual destruction, with no cost and no activation requirements.
Ultra Instinct: conceptual evasion, capable of dodging even the Root Algorithm.
What did those two things combined mean? He had the sharpest spear and the strongest shield, and neither cost him a thing.
"Damn system." He suddenly smiled. "Even after dying, you left me such a huge gift."
He remembered the system's last words when it unbound itself. "You no longer need me." But the system had known perfectly well that these two things were what he needed most. It had said nothing, simply leaving them inside the core of the heavenly order for him to discover.
"Before you died, before you returned to the heavenly order, you were still thinking about leaving something for me." Naruto's voice was slightly hoarse. "You bastard. You had more of a conscience than a lot of living people."
He took a deep breath and absorbed both balls of light into his body at once.
The power of destruction merged into his right fist, and Ultra Instinct merged into his perception.
His heavenly heart beat, and his great thousand world spun. His World Lord cultivation climbed.
"Come on." He opened his eyes and looked at the Ōtsutsuki God.
The Ōtsutsuki God was still kneeling in the void, still dazed, still mired in his terror of Fire Cloud Cave.
But his heavenly heart suddenly jolted. He sensed it. An extremely dangerous aura surged out of Naruto.
That aura was more than twice as strong as before, and within it was something that felt familiar.
"That's..." The Ōtsutsuki God abruptly raised his head. "The God of Destruction's power? How do