Using Chibaku Tensei to seal Otsutsuki Kaguya had been part of Hikaru's plan all along, but he had not expected her to be far stronger than before. He had been forced to wear down her strength first before seizing the chance to seal her away.
Watching the massive sealing stone slowly sink into the sea, Hikaru felt utterly exhausted.
After fighting for so long, Hikaru's consumption had been astonishing. Especially when Otsutsuki Kaguya had set the island ablaze with Amaterasu's flames—he had fought her while standing amid the fire and enduring its damage, draining an incredible amount of stamina.
"Whew!" Hikaru drifted down and landed on a reef that had not yet sunk. Panting heavily, he swept his gaze over the holy land, which had been resplendent only a day ago. He had never expected Mary Geoise, which had supported the World Government for over eight hundred years, to be destroyed by his own hands.
The entirety of Mary Geoise had been shattered beyond recognition. Countless fractured areas were gradually sinking, though several larger sections remained above water. A colossal tree reaching into the heavens had rooted itself across the ruins, binding them tightly together and preventing Mary Geoise from sinking completely.
Hikaru looked at the Divine Tree, which was capable of destroying the world no matter which world it existed in, and a trace of hostility surfaced in his eyes.
Something capable of altering the very rules of the world's power was itself a seed of disaster. To nurture it, Otsutsuki Kaguya had not hesitated to feed it hundreds of thousands of lives. If an even crazier person came along and sought greater power, using one million, ten million innocent lives to nourish this evil tree, would the order he had established not be trampled once again?
Hikaru stared