Chapter 332: He Can Read Minds Too
After releasing the restraints that had been suppressing his power, Ōtsutsuki Kyōshiki's combat strength soared to a terrifying level.
His speed became so fast it was impossible to track.
Not even a second after Uchiha Dali was sent flying, he immediately took another two punches and a kick.
If it had been an ordinary person, they would have collapsed long ago under such continuous heavy blows.
But Uchiha Dali was no ordinary person.
First, his Seal-less Rebound automatically activated its defensive effect. Although it could not directly absorb physical attacks, it still provided him with a certain degree of protection.
This drastically reduced the damage Kyōshiki's attacks dealt to him.
Secondly, with the shield of energy from Seal-less Rebound blocking the brunt of the force, Uchiha Dali gained precious reaction time.
At this moment, his body was completely covered in Armament Haki.
His top-tier Armament Haki further strengthened his defense, making him even harder to bring down.
The dual layers of defense also gave him more time to respond.
He began quickly adapting to his opponent's attack speed.
Gradually, the high-speed movements of Ōtsutsuki Kyōshiki—whose speed rivaled the Flying Thunder God—started to become clearer in his vision.
Once he had tracked his opponent's movements, Uchiha Dali immediately unleashed his Observation Domain.
In an instant, his opponent's attack trajectories, the timing of their strikes, and more—all of it was vividly mapped out in his mind, providing him with ways to counter.
Faced with such a powerful opponent, Uchiha Dali was now growing at a speed ordinary people could never imagine.
This time, he barely managed to dodge Kyōshiki's strike.
That surprised Kyōshiki greatly.
He stopped and stared at Uchiha Dali in disbelief.
"This guy… he actually managed to keep up with my speed?"
Kyōshiki's heart was filled with doubt and unease.
And at that moment, Uchiha Dali counterattacked: "What's wrong? Not attacking anymore? Then it's my turn!"
In a flash, Uchiha Dali activated advanced Flying Thunder God and vanished from sight.
The next moment, imitating Kyōshiki's earlier tactic, he unleashed a storm of physical strikes on his opponent.
With Seal-less Rebound, Kyōshiki could absorb energy-based attacks, amplify them, and reflect them back.
Which made physical attacks the best choice against him.
Determined to avenge himself, Uchiha Dali didn't hold back—every punch carried his full strength.
Blow after blow landed solidly, and this time it was Kyōshiki who was sent flying.
Though his Seal-less Rebound shield blocked the damage, and his own toughness allowed him to completely ignore the effects of the strikes,
his body was still forced back under the immense force. This made him feel as though he was being pushed toward defeat.
He grew furious.
"You brat, not bad! I really did underestimate you!"
"But… is this all you've got?"
With that, Kyōshiki suddenly stretched out his hand and caught Uchiha Dali's incoming fist.
In an instant, the torrent of strikes came to a halt.
Uchiha Dali was forced into full view.
He could feel his fist being gripped so tightly, the strength was enough to crush him at any moment.
No matter how much force he used, he could neither pull his hand back nor throw another punch.
The Kyōshiki before him was like an immovable mountain.
"Incredible… his power really is unfathomable!"
Dali was deeply shaken.
Just moments ago, he thought they were evenly matched.
But now he realized Kyōshiki had never taken him seriously—not even in that last exchange.
It seemed Kyōshiki had entered a second form, with greatly increased power.
But in truth, he was still treating this fight as nothing more than a game.
Realizing this ignited Dali's fighting spirit. His refusal to accept defeat and his burning frustration awakened hidden potential.
Suddenly, foreign information—knowledge that was not originally his—flashed through his mind.
At that very moment, Kyōshiki sneered: "So you do recognize my strength. At least you know your place."
Dali's heart jolted. He raised his eyes in shock.
"He… he knows what I'm thinking?"
The thought had only just formed when Kyōshiki sneered again: "Heh… that's right. I do know what's in your heart."
Hearing that sent a chill through Dali's entire body, as if he had fallen into an icy abyss.
Too strong!
Even though Kyōshiki likely didn't know what Observation Haki was, every ability he displayed was terrifying beyond measure.
He was an opponent almost impossible to defeat.
Unless Dali could somehow gain another leap in power—one far greater than before.
"Surprised? This is the power of a god."
"I can see right through your thoughts. Don't even dream of defeating me—you can't, and you never will."
Kyōshiki didn't rush to counterattack.
Instead, he seemed intent on savoring the thrill of holding his prey in the palm of his hand, controlling their fate, watching them struggle in vain.
But just as his mocking words rang out, Uchiha Dali slowly closed his eyes.
The action made Kyōshiki curious.
"Have you accepted your fate?"
At the same time, he was shocked.
Because in that instant, he could no longer read Uchiha Dali's thoughts.
More precisely, Dali wasn't thinking anything at all.
His mind was completely blank, entering a state of no self, no other.
This astonished Kyōshiki, because this state was very much like his own.
He knew that upon reaching this level of transcendence, one of the awakened abilities was the power to read the thoughts of others.
Which was why, over the years, Kyōshiki had trained himself to enter this state at will.
In battle, he would fight purely, without generating any distracting thoughts that could be used against him.
But this state had cost him years of hard training—suppressing the very instincts of thought itself.
Yet this brat, a newly evolved Ōtsutsuki with nothing special about him, had somehow managed to do the same?
As Kyōshiki puzzled over this, caught between doubt and surprise, Uchiha Dali slowly opened his eyes again.