Hearing this, Kaguya became even more reckless.
She raised both hands, a ghostly white light glowing in her palms.
"Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack!"
Invisible barrages of fist pressure poured down like a torrential rain.
Each strike was powerful enough to pulverize a small hill.
Xuandou had no choice but to dodge at top speed with Hanyu.
Flying Thunder God flashed repeatedly across the gray-white lunar surface, carrying the two from one patch of rock to another.
Behind them, wherever the fist pressure struck, deep craters several meters across exploded in the ground.
Shattered rocks flew everywhere like cannonballs.
"Princess Kaguya! Let's talk this out!"
Xuandou tried talking his way through as he dodged.
"We can absolutely work together!"
Kaguya paid him no heed.
Her white hair streamed in the wind, her eyes filled with coldness.
"Work together? You're merely after my power."
"If you want to work with me, first show me strength worthy of my regard!"
She raised her hands again, several pitch-black bone spikes forming at her fingertips.
All-Killing Ash Bones!
The bone spikes shot toward Xuandou like a torrential rain, cutting off every route of escape.
Watching those deadly bone spikes, Xuandou knew that unless he demonstrated enough martial strength to earn Kaguya's regard, any further cooperation would probably be difficult.
He gritted his teeth, a trace of resolve flashing in his eyes.
"Hanyu, get farther back!"
"Protect yourself and look for a chance to support me!"
Hanyu understood immediately and retreated several hundred meters, putting distance between them.
His Rinnegan rotated slightly, and he tightened his grip on his kunai, but did not rush to strike.
Xuandou took a deep breath and turned his right hand over. The Coiling Dragon Staff emerged from his palm.
On the great black iron staff, the golden dragon pattern gave