"The God Tree has broken through the seal..."
Abe Seimei watched the God Tree continue to grow the moment it broke free of the seal, murmuring to himself.
He had witnessed such a sight a thousand years ago.
Seeing it again now, he could not help trembling.
The God Tree's endless plundering of life force was nothing short of a disaster for the world.
All he could do now was turn his gaze toward Yuya.
And wait for his choice.
After all, Yuya was the only one who could stop this catastrophe now.
Abe Kiyuki and the Saintess did the same.
With complicated expressions, they both looked toward Yuya.
Yuya remained floating in the air, adjusting to the Chakra Fruit's power.
Power surged fiercely within him, seemingly inexhaustible. Merely sensing it for a moment almost left him lost in it.
After a long while, once he had fully adjusted, he saw that since breaking through the seal, the God Tree had,
in that brief span, grown almost an entire size larger, drawing in vast quantities of life force.
He said nothing more.
Instead, he floated straight to the center of the God Tree.
He took a step forward, walking directly into its trunk.
His body slowly vanished beneath the tree's grain, as though he had become one with the God Tree at that moment.
"Please succeed..."
Abe Seimei murmured.
A thousand years of sacrifices, a thousand years of waiting,
all for this one slim chance of survival today.
The Saintess's gaze was complicated as well.
The sight before her seemed to show her
every member of her clan feeding the God Tree with their own bodies.
Including herself...
She understood the despair and pain of being trapped deep within the God Tree.
It would drain every last trace of life