Meihui and Ōtsutsuki Mu-shiki waited for each other to make the first move, but ages passed without either of them budging.
Things got awkward. In perfect sync, they looked up, caught each other staring, and instantly lowered their heads again. It almost looked flirtatious.
Ōtsutsuki Mu-shiki had never expected this newly emerged Ōtsutsuki to see through his thoughts. Was he too old? Had tactics like this gone out of fashion?
He would feign weakness first to make his enemy lower his guard. It had always worked before, so why had it failed today?
Meihui rolled his eyes at Ōtsutsuki Mu-shiki. Do you think I'm blind? Or stupid? How could I miss such an obvious trick? You're just playing weak to catch me off guard. As if I've never done that myself.
For a while, neither made the first move. Both waited for the other to expose an opening so they could seize the right moment. The same thought ran through their minds.
Just as they were about to continue their standoff, something went wrong on Ōtsutsuki Mu-shiki's end: he sensed Ōtsutsuki Miao-shiki's call for help.
"Damn it, what's going on? He can't even deal with two ants? What a useless idiot."
Naturally, Meihui noticed Ōtsutsuki Mu-shiki's sudden change in behavior too.
Before Ōtsutsuki Mu-shiki could look up to check whether Meihui was still standing in the same spot, Meihui seized that brief moment of distraction and appeared beside him.
A gray-white bone grew from his palm, and he thrust it at Ōtsutsuki Mu-shiki.
"All-Killing Ash Bones."
Seeing Meihui use that technique, Ōtsutsuki Mu-shiki recoiled in alarm and immediately retreated.
If that attack landed, even surviving it would come at a terrible cost.
Ōtsutsuki Mu-shiki recognized Meihui's technique almost instantly. He had seen it before on the Ōtsutsuki Homeworld, and the