Under the astonished gazes of the Sage of Six Paths and the spectators in the Pure Land,
The Sora who was pierced by the Truth-Seeking Ball spears revealed an eerie smile to everyone before slowly dissipating like a dreamy bubble!
At the scene, aside from the Sage of Six Paths' Truth-Seeking Ball spears, there was nothing else!
"How can this be?"
Looking at the vanished Sora, the Sage of Six Paths' purple ringed eyes trembled uncontrollably.
In the Ninja World, Ninjutsu was mysterious, but there was actually an issue of 'authority' or 'privilege'.
Anything closer to the Otsutsuki Clan held greater authority.
Just like how the Sharingan's Genjutsu could easily control Tailed Beasts, the Hashirama's Wood Release could easily suppress them, and the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Technique was practically the Tailed Beasts' nemesis.
And the Rinnegan, the pinnacle of 'privileged' abilities, took this concept to the extreme.
Able to use any Ninjutsu, immune to Genjutsu, capable of reversing life and death, summoning things from outside the Ninja World.
Therefore, in the Sage of Six Paths' eyes, the world had always appeared in its truest form… he had never seen an illusion!!!
But today, Sora had actually deceived his eyes right before him!
'Is this the power of the Outsider?'
The Sage of Six Paths was deeply shaken inwardly.
Because this matter was so bizarre, the Sage of Six Paths even forgot for a moment that he was still in battle.
However, the next second, the Sage of Six Paths remembered.
Because within his heart, an intensely powerful sense of crisis suddenly erupted!
"Shinra Tensei!"
Sensing the direction from which the crisis came, the Sage of Six Paths abruptly turned around, unleashing a Shinra Tensei behind him!
The overwhelmingly powerful repulsive force struck the air, instantly tearing it apart, pushing out a vacuum zone that then sucked in everything around to fill it.
The Sage of Six Paths stared intently at the vacuum he had created, watching the air currents.
In his view, even if Sora was invisible, his body hadn't vanished from this world.
Therefore, by seeing where the air bent, he would know Sora's location.
Unfortunately, the Sage of Six Paths' idea was sound, but it was utterly useless.
Squelch!
Without any warning whatsoever, a clear, bright sword tip pierced through the Sage of Six Paths' chest!
Drops of red blood clung to the sword tip, falling with the wind, then transforming into a large amount of Reishi in the air!
"Oh, so your body isn't a true flesh-and-blood body, but something more similar to a spiritual entity?"
"And this highly condensed spiritual entity replicates the functions of a human body!"
Seeing the effect displayed by the pierced Sage of Six Paths, Sora seemed to understand somewhat.
However, the Sage of Six Paths at this moment did not share Sora's leisurely mood to study what his body was made of.
Looking at the Hyorinmaru piercing his heart, and at Sora standing casually behind him, holding Hyorinmaru, the Sage of Six Paths was filled with shock and terror.
"When did you get here!!?"
"How?"
The Sage of Six Paths couldn't comprehend it at all.
Because he simply didn't know, nor did he sense, when Sora had arrived.
The other party was like a true ghost, completely undetectable!
But if the other party appeared behind him, then what was that sense of crisis he felt from the front just now?
Ninjas were beings who trusted their instincts implicitly!
Through life-and-death trials time and again, their instincts had almost reverted from acquired to innate, a skill that could qualify as a [Mind's Eye (Fake)] in the Fate Series.
And as the founder of Ninshu, although the Sage of Six Paths wasn't a Ninja, he similarly trusted his instincts.
Therefore, the more he trusted his instincts, the more unbelievable he found the situation before Sora!
And at this moment, as if hearing the Sage of Six Paths' inner thoughts, Sora's voice drifted out eerily: "Shocked? Surprised?"
"But this is the gap between you and me, vast as light-years!"
"However, since I'm in the mood, I'll follow the Shinigami Combat Rules and explain it to you! So you can die with understanding!"
Sora began his explanation: "My profession is called Shinigami. It doesn't mean I am a god, though I am one now. It means the profession is named Soul Reaper… as the name implies, its duty is to manage souls!"
"In my world, the world is divided into three realms: the Living World where ordinary people reside, the Soul Society where souls live, and Hueco Mundo, where mutated human souls, known as Hollows, reside."
"Shinigami are the forces responsible for eliminating Hollows, protecting human souls, maintaining the cycle of reincarnation, and the balance of the three realms!"
"And the Shinigami's ability system is divided into four major categories: Zanjutsu, Hakuda, Hoho, and Kido!"
"That is Swordsmanship, Hand-to-Hand Combat, Flash Steps, and Demon Arts!"
"However, the Shinigami's way of fighting isn't like the foolish samurai of the Land of Iron, who only know how to roar and charge forward with their swords!"
"Every Shinigami possesses a Zanpakuto, a blade that nurtures both life and soul!"
"That is this very one piercing your chest. My Zanpakuto has a name: Hyorinmaru!"
"And since I specifically introduced the Zanpakuto, you should understand now, right?"