The instant the figure's terrifying aura locked onto him.
Obito's very soul began to tremble, and he could not muster the slightest thought of resistance.
Damn it, the gap is too vast! Obito roared inwardly.
Our strength isn't even in the same dimension!
Seeing this, the Root King sneered, just like most of the Ōtsutsuki present.
With the exalted immortal taking action himself, Isshiki, let's see how you turn things around this time.
But just as that thought crossed the Root King's mind.
The figure suddenly gave a soft exclamation, an intrigued look appearing on his face.
"This little fellow's soul doesn't seem to belong to this world.
"And he carries power left by another higher-tier (S-rank) world."
"Interesting, truly interesting. Let me take a good look..." the figure murmured.
The next moment, light blazed in his eyes, as though they held a burning star.
Mysterious laws of the Dao stirred silently, and the river of time began flowing backward.
Obito's past and future unfolded like painted scrolls within the figure's eyes.
"Oh? This boy's soul actually came from a foundational world subordinate to my Nine Provinces?"
The figure was somewhat surprised to discover that the boy before him actually had a connection to him.
The higher-tier world he came from, the Nine Provinces.
It governed hundreds of millions of middle-tier, lower-tier, and foundational worlds.
And Obito's soul had come from one of the foundational worlds subordinate to the Nine Provinces.
The figure suddenly found Obito much more pleasing to look at...
At least in this world subordinate to the Eastern Isles, Obito was the only person the figure did not find repulsive.
"Heh, so it's those fellows from the world of Order..."
"After detecting an anomaly in this world, they used this boy as a medium to plunder its