As everyone knew, force was mutual, but the more fragile side often bore the greater impact.
That was exactly the case now. Utaka acted as if nothing had happened and continued opening spatial passages to pursue him.
Uchiha Gen was in far worse shape. Not only had he lost an arm, but he had not been sent flying very far either.
"Damn it!"
Blood scattered through the cosmos, once again nourishing who knew how many planets.
He spread out his senses and discovered that he had somehow arrived in the Zerg star system. With no time to worry about anything else, he immediately began devouring.
Uchiha Gen had already lost nearly half his power. His consumption had been far greater than Utaka's. If he did not replenish his energy, he likely would not withstand the next exchange.
Moreover, he had a premonition. Just as he could lock onto others, Utaka had surely locked onto him as well.
—Inhale!
Centered on Uchiha Gen, a stellar tempest instantly erupted. Every planet within tens of thousands of light-years was swept into it. The vortex continued expanding, and the planets drawn in gradually had their outer layers stripped away, exposing their cores.
Uchiha Gen refused nothing. This time, he did not care whether there was life on them or not, devouring everything indiscriminately.
On the other side, Ōtsutsuki Utaka sped through space in pursuit, and he too noticed that something was wrong with their location.
"The little mother bug's home?"
The so-called little mother bug was naturally the Insect Mother. Utaka had simply relied on his superior strength and age to give her such a nickname.
Utaka did not pause, breaking through the stellar boundary and entering the system.
Because Uchiha Gen had entered through magnetic-field displacement, he had triggered no alarms. But Utaka's