At least judging from the strength he displayed in Boruto, Isshiki Otsutsuki was not that powerful.
Of course, it was also possible that his current body could not bear the full power of an Ōtsutsuki.
After his battle with Kaguya, Isshiki had only half a body left. Yet Kaguya had not finished him off. The plot really did not hold up under close scrutiny.
With the Shinobi World in such chaos, he had still managed to hide for thousands of years. Perhaps after Kaguya's sneak attack, he had possessed Jigen, weakening his strength considerably. He could only wait until the people of the Shinobi World were at their weakest and find a vessel capable of bearing his power before daring to reveal himself.
Whether Isshiki Otsutsuki had always been this weak or had been weakened by Kaguya's sneak attack, the current Isshiki was no match for Whitebeard.
After exchanging blows, Isshiki was covered in wounds and was being driven into a corner by Whitebeard.
Whitebeard had not even used his full strength. He knew that Konoha's requirement for these enemies was not to kill them, but to capture and seal them.
At the very least, they needed to leave behind a corpse for Impure World Reincarnation later.
Gritting his teeth, Isshiki wanted to flee. But his spatial teleportation was not instantaneous. If it had been Flying Thunder God, he could have escaped in an instant. Having just seen Obito's miserable state, he knew his own ability was even more dangerous.
The spatial passage he opened was more unstable than Kamui. If Whitebeard shattered it directly, the entire space would collapse.
Spatial abilities were convenient, but they were also the most dangerous. Shattered time and space posed an incomparably great threat to everything.
Though he was unwilling to admit it, Isshiki