Rumble!!
Dark clouds instantly filled the sky-not the kind Momoshiki had summoned, but clouds condensed from pure, raging lightning energy! Thousands upon thousands of brilliant white lightning pillars, each as thick as a bucket, struck with unerring precision like spears of judgment acting on a divine decree!
Each lightning pillar struck a chakra weapon dead-on, instantly vaporizing it! Still more pillars formed a woven net of lightning, completely engulfing the charging Kinshiki!
"No!!!" Kinshiki barely managed a desperate roar before his enormous body shuddered violently, blackened, and disintegrated beneath the endless lightning...
Finally, at the center of the blinding lightning storm, he became a wisp of smoke and vanished completely from the world, along with the Futsunomitama behind him.
Kinshiki Otsutsuki was dead!
The lightning faded, and the sky cleared. Only the lingering smoke and scorched smell bore witness to everything that had just happened.
Sōkyū Hatake slowly descended from the sky and stood at the edge of the enormous crater.
At the bottom, Momoshiki Otsutsuki struggled to lift his head. Blood kept spilling from his mouth and nose, and his pure white eyes were filled with unprecedented fear, venomous hatred, and... a trace of bewilderment.
He could not understand why he had suffered such a complete defeat at the hands of a "lower life-form" he regarded as an ant.
Sōkyū Hatake looked down at him as though looking down at a dying insect.
"So much for a so-called god."
He raised his hand, aiming his palm at Momoshiki at the bottom of the crater. Brilliant white lightning of destruction began to gather.
"In your next life, remember to learn... respect for your master."
Just as he was about to deliver the finishing blow to Momoshiki, another sudden change occurred!
Strange black markings suddenly emerged across Momoshiki's broken body, writhing