Jigen rose unsteadily from the ruins, his gaze utterly dark. His demeanor had completely changed.
He should no longer have been called Jigen. Ōtsutsuki Isshiki suited him far better now!
When Kāma's second state activated, Isshiki's consciousness had completely occupied Jigen's body. It was entirely fair to say that Isshiki was fighting Xia Yan.
But Isshiki's expression was also grim, because he had discovered that this vessel of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was far stronger than he had imagined!
The man clearly had not used much power, and even the intensity of his chakra was roughly equal to his own, yet his methods were far more terrifying.
Those attacks that pierced space were truly chilling. If he had not activated Kāma's second stage and unleashed another burst of power...
Then Jigen's body would already have collapsed, and he would probably have entered automatic resurrection mode.
Indeed, Xia Yan had guessed correctly. This man did have a means of saving himself.
But Xia Yan had been wrong about one thing: this safeguard was not active, but passive!
Once Jigen died, Kāma would automatically release itself completely, ultimately allowing Ōtsutsuki Isshiki to fully descend upon this world.
But this was the option Jigen was least willing to accept. This body was simply too weak. Once he resurrected, he would definitely have very little time left to live.
As someone with almost limitless vitality, he truly could not accept his own death. Dying at the hands of his greatest enemy was even more unacceptable.
"Bzz!"
Just then, a black-hole-like Space Rift suddenly appeared before him. The next moment, Xia Yan emerged through it.
Jigen was not remotely surprised by what he saw. For an Ōtsutsuki, lacking such power would have been the truly strange thing.
"It seems your command of spatial power has improved considerably