Chapter 317: Otsutsuki Clan's Common Flaw
"Space ninjutsu isn't invincible either!"
Jigen coldly raised his hand. Barely visible black rods appeared on Obito's body like raindrops, restoring and enlarging before rapidly passing through Obito's intangible body, heavily bombarding the ground.
Boom boom boom...
Each black rod landing exploded spider-web cracks several meters in diameter. The ground behind Obito began fragmenting piece by piece—like being plowed by heavy artillery.
Under tremendous energy effects, earth and stone erupted like volcanic explosions. Massive dust shot skyward.
Dust pushed higher and higher by explosive air waves, gradually forming a sky-obscuring, sun-blocking grayish-yellow barrier.
Sunlight passing through dust became dim—only scattered light spots visible through smoke crevices.
"Useless. You cannot attack me."
Obito's indifferent voice transmitted from within the smoke. He hadn't attempted approaching Jigen for Wood Release or taijutsu victory.
Previously Susanoo being kicked and shattered made him deeply realize their strength disparity—knowing relying on Susanoo couldn't surpass Jigen. Wanting to defeat enemies could only rely on Kamui attacks.
"In this world, no invincible techniques exist. All techniques have flaws."
Jigen spoke expressionlessly. Attacks in his hands didn't stop momentarily. Flicking his hand, dozens more black rods shot out—using these Yin-Yang-containing creations to weave death nets around Obito.
He'd use continuous bombardment to probe Obito's space technique weaknesses.
First collapsing was ground beside Obito's feet.
Under black rods' violent bombardment, a funnel-shaped pit several meters in diameter formed beneath Obito. Collapse-edge soil continuously peeled off—as though earth opened greedy giant mouths. Shattered stones and sand slid down pit walls, emitting harsh "crash-crash" sounds.
Immediately afterward, second and third wave black rod aftermaths successively spread. Originally flat battlefield resembled being repeatedly kneaded by invisible giant hands.
Rising earth mounds exploded amid roaring sounds. Flying stones shot like cannonballs, smashing distant rocks while striking sparks.
Shockwaves advanced layer by layer in concentric circles. Wherever passed, even air twisted and refracted.
Obito knew his own situation—knowing he couldn't let black rods continuously bombard. So he could only rapidly run, wanting to escape black rods' attack range.
After charging left and right fruitlessly, Obito could only run toward Jigen's direction, wanting to use close combat disrupting Jigen's attacks while buying delay time for his skill cooldown.
But Jigen's speed proved faster than his. Before he could approach, Jigen rapidly distanced himself while continuing to pull apart and bombard.
The original battlefield had already transformed into chaotic ruins. Craters of varying depths distributed densely. The deepest pit bottoms revealed cold-gleaming rock layers. Black rods pierced pit bottoms—spikes pointing skyward like black tombstones.
Distant forests swept by shockwaves—entire tree trunks snapped at waist-level. Leaves and wood chips mixed in smoke and dust, slowly settling with air currents.
"Terrible—time's running out!"
Obito's heart grew extremely anxious. While hesitating whether to simply exit the battlefield entirely, completely hiding inside Kamui space, he heard a cold voice containing some anger.
"Chibaku Tensei!"
Following this voice, tremendous gravitational force suddenly appeared in midair, shrouding Jigen's body below.
Newly recovered Madara struck again with changed tactics.
Since Perfect Susanoo couldn't serve as support, simply use Rinnegan instead.
Instantly, ground beneath Jigen's feet began madly cracking. Shattered stones resembled being gripped by invisible giant hands—beginning to violate gravity while floating upward, gathering toward the void above his head.
"You think this level of sealing technique can seal me?"
Jigen roared furiously before heavily stomping. Chakra erupted tsunami-like, attempting to break free from gravitational restraints.
Chibaku Tensei's gravitational force continuously strengthened. Rocks beneath Jigen's feet already separated from the ground, gathering toward that sky's gravitational core. Even surrounding air became viscous.
But for Jigen who could fly freely, this attraction level still proved insufficient sucking him inside.
Wanting to seal him required positioning his body as the sealing core.
"Shatter for me!"
Jigen explosively shouted while raising his hand, sending something unknown into the sky's gravitational core.
Next moment, the forming meteorite's surface suddenly showed countless cracks before immediately exploding.
Boom!
Expanding fireballs illuminated the night sky like daylight. Explosion-produced ring-shaped clouds swept across the sky.
The massive meteorite thunderously shattered. Countless fragments smashed toward the ground.
Burning chunks dragged tail flames falling—like an upstream meteor shower sweeping the mortal world, raising skyborne smoke and dust.
Purely from combat power perspective, Otsutsuki Isshiki was simply overpowered.
He had numbers where numbers were needed, mechanisms where mechanisms were needed—completely no weak points.
However, truly deeply investigating revealed Otsutsuki Isshiki's technique mechanisms weren't actually that strong.
"Sukunahikona" merely arbitrarily shrinking and restoring objects—unable to enlarge objects, unable to shrink other living beings.
"Daikokuten" proved considerably more sophisticated—especially with time stopping inside space while only the technique operator could move. But how to get enemies into alternate space proved the most difficult matter.
Simply put, whether these two techniques' mechanisms proved strong depended on whether the user possessed rich imagination.
The same abilities—some could play them creatively; some could only rigidly apply them mechanically.
Clearly, regarding "Daikokuten" usage, Otsutsuki Isshiki—the original master—developed it less than Kawaki who later obtained the ability.
Actually this was all cosmic Otsutsuki clan members' problem.
They ran around the entire universe planting trees, basically relying on overwhelming numbers and mechanisms to forcefully suppress people. They rarely had same-level combat opportunities—naturally also lacking much self-ability development.
Like Otsutsuki Kaguya—such a powerful mechanism character—yet precisely because she couldn't utilize it well, she was first jointly sealed by her own two foolish sons, then many years later jointly sealed by two foolish grandsons Naruto and Sasuke again.
So when encountering enemies like Madara and Obito who couldn't be easily defeated, Otsutsuki Isshiki subconsciously wanted to further enhance his own "numbers"—namely unsealing Karma's power on Jigen.
As long as power proved sufficiently strong, no enemies couldn't be defeated!
As further "unsealing" progressed, chakra fluctuations on Jigen's body grew increasingly powerful. Surrounding air also began twisting and trembling from violent energy fluctuations.