Kinshiki Otsutsuki reached out and grabbed Momoshiki Otsutsuki by the ankle, preparing to retreat together.
Ripples of distorted space spread between them.
This was a space-time teleportation ability unique to the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
They were fast, but Shihōin Naraku was faster!
He stepped forward, his entire body turning into a blurred black streak as he swept toward them.
Kurikara's blade carved a black arc through the air ahead, heading straight for Momoshiki's back.
Clang-!!!
Kinshiki abruptly twisted in midair, bringing the shaft of his Naginata across the path of Naraku's blade.
That block nearly exhausted the last of his strength. The Naginata's shaft was cleaved straight through, and a sharp crack of dislocating joints came from Kinshiki's arm, but he forced himself to withstand the strike.
The ripples of teleportation had already enveloped both their bodies. Space began to warp, their outlines gradually fading into a blur.
Naraku's blade had been held up for less than half a second.
But that half second seemed to have been enough.
As Momoshiki and Kinshiki were about to vanish into the ripples, Naraku's eyes shifted slightly.
"Trying to run?"
"It won't be that easy!"
"Life-Extending Feather of Misfortune!!!"
This was the Rinnegan Dōjutsu Shihōin Naraku had awakened himself.
It could freeze space-time in an instant. In that environment, only Naraku could move freely.
As Naraku's voice slowly faded, time itself seemed to grow sluggish.
The next second, a strange sight appeared within Momoshiki's Byakugan vision.
What did he see?
Countless black feathers drifted down from the void!
One, two, then countless feathers, black with a faint dark gleam, slowly descended without a sound.
It was like a heavy snowfall.
Momoshiki seemed utterly bewildered.
He wanted to enter the Space-Time Portal and retreat, but his body no longer obeyed him.
Now, all he could