Sōkyū Hatake neither dodged nor defended. Instead, he spread his arms!
"Just what I wanted!"
The power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit surged at full force within him! The lightning dancing around him was no longer blue, but gradually shifted toward a deeper, brilliant white closer to its primal source!
As the countless raging Storm Release lasers came within a certain range of Sōkyū Hatake's body, their trajectories abruptly swerved like iron filings meeting a magnet. They were no longer attacking, but... being forcibly drawn in and absorbed!
All the lightning flooded madly into Sōkyū Hatake's body like rivers flowing into the sea! His body seemed like a bottomless pit. Not only did he suffer no harm, but after absorbing so much Storm Release energy, his aura grew even deeper and more terrifying!
"How is that possible?!" Momoshiki cried out, losing his composure for the first time. "He... he can absorb it too?! And... more thoroughly and efficiently than my Rinnegan?!"
His Rinnegan needed contact to absorb ninjutsu, and there was a conversion process. But his opponent seemed to be the very master of lightning. Any lightning-nature energy attack was nourishment to him!
Sōkyū Hatake slowly lowered his arms. The brilliant white lightning surrounding his body gradually subsided, but the light in his eyes grew even more intimidating. He looked at Momoshiki in the air, the corners of his mouth curling mockingly:
"A thief who can only steal other people's power thinks he's worthy of showing off in front of me?"
"You!" Momoshiki trembled with fury, his handsome face twisting somewhat. One of his greatest assets had actually been so thoroughly scorned and countered by his opponent!
"Inferior creature! You've angered me!" Momoshiki flew into a complete rage. His hands formed a strange seal, and terrifying chakra fluctuations erupted from his