Just as Xing was about to mock Uchiha Akaba, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have lost contact with the clone beside him.
Moreover, intense chakra fluctuations lingered in the wounds left by the slashes.
"This..."
"Impossible! Why is there still energy left behind, constantly damaging my clone?!"
Xing was bewildered.
He had never anticipated anything like this.
After all, he could absorb anything as long as it was energy.
The slashes Uchiha Akaba had just unleashed were still a form of energy.
Besides, he had already tested it. He could absorb both Uchiha Kazama's Susanoo and his slashes.
Xing had even envisioned... what would happen after he escaped the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
But now...
"There's no need to be so confused."
"Take a moment to sense it properly, and you'll find your answer."
"There is no absolute power or absolute counter in this world."
"There is only our mastery of power and our refinement of it."
"And someone like you, who only thinks of devouring others' power to grow stronger, will never master power of your own."
A calm voice came from beside Xing.
Uchiha Akaba, who had been standing more than ten meters away, was now right beside him.
At the same time, he moved to slide the long blade in his hand back into its sheath.
"Die!"
"You..."
Slash, slash, slash...
Just as Xing prepared to attack, his raised forelimbs were severed instantly.
The moment they broke off, countless slash wounds appeared across his body.
And those wounds continued to spread and multiply.
Even though Uchiha Akaba had already sheathed his long blade, fresh slash wounds kept appearing on Xing's body.
"No!"
"Impossible! Why won't my wounds heal?"
"And why can your attack spread to my clones?"
At last, Xing panicked.
Indeed, he possessed the