When a balloon filled with viscous glue is punctured, some of the viscous glue flows out, but not much.
And aside from what flowed out, the Sage of Six Paths himself suffered no loss at all!
It was just like the stab Sora delivered earlier… the Sage of Six Paths reacted as if bitten by a mosquito, showing no significant response!
The greatest damage was actually caused by the Sage of Six Paths forcibly pulling away from the blade, resulting in blood loss from the heart!
He was too shocked at that moment to consciously heal his wounds!
But now...
A faint green light shimmered on the Sage of Six Paths' hand. He gently wiped it over his chest, and the wound Sora had just inflicted vanished without a trace!
Looking naturally at Sora, the Sage of Six Paths gave a slight smile, within which lay his strong confidence.
"Haven't you already figured it out?" The Sage of Six Paths said. "My body, do I still need to explain? Shouldn't you have researched it thoroughly by now?"
"Hmm..." Sora's expression turned grave: "So, it really is as I guessed..."
"Correct!" the Sage of Six Paths nodded proudly. "Therefore, you cannot kill me! Outsider!"
As he spoke, a tremendous aura rippled out from within the Sage of Six Paths.
Everyone could feel his confidence!
Because of this, listening to the dialogue between the two, the spectators in the Pure Land below were dumbfounded!
"Kato Taka? Kato Taka? Do you know? Why can't the Sage of Six Paths be killed? What kind of riddle are they talking about? Can you speculate?"
Tobirama called out, looking towards a certain silver-haired man nearby.
This was the ancestor of the Kato Clan in the living world, the true creator of the Spirit Transformation Technique.
When it came to research on souls, Tobirama, who created the Edo Tensei, was one expert, and the other was definitely Kato Taka!
Hearing Tobirama's call, the people in the Pure Land also looked over.
They were also very curious about the Sage of Six Paths' condition.
After all, that was the Sage of Six Paths, the source of all Chakra!
Hearing Tobirama's question, Taka lowered his head in silent contemplation.
After a moment, Taka spoke: "I do have a guess!"
Taka scanned the crowd: "You all should know my Spirit Transformation Technique, right?"
"Correct!" Everyone nodded.
"Many of my clansmen died by your damned Spirit Transformation Technique!" A voice came from the crowd.
"Uh..." Taka looked embarrassed for a moment, then continued: "The Spirit Transformation Technique allows one's soul to leave the body, then possess or suppress others."
"But on the surface, its actual effect seems very similar to the Yamanaka Clan's Mind Body Switch Technique!"
Taka looked towards a member of the crowd.
The blonde Yamanaka ancestor nodded.
"However, the Spirit Transformation Technique and the Mind Body Switch Technique are two different things!"
Taka continued explaining: "The suppression and control of the Spirit Transformation Technique are far more lasting than the Mind Body Switch!"
"This isn't determined by the user's skill level, but by a fundamental, better control mechanism at its core!"
"Here, I must also reveal a big secret!" Taka paused for breath.
Hearing this, everyone perked up.
Then, Taka said: "Actually, the Spirit Transformation Technique doesn't truly separate one's soul from the body!"
"What!!!???" Hearing Taka's words, the crowd was shocked!
"But I've clearly seen your soul!"
A man with a flame fan emblem on his back shouted.
Everyone looked… this was a certain Uchiha Clan's head who had fought Taka.
And his eyes were… Mangekyo Sharingan!
The Mangekyo explains it!
Only someone with such powerful eyes could see the Spirit Transformation Technique!
"Correct, you did see it! It was a blue spiritual body!"
Taka nodded, his expression unchanged. He countered: "But how can you be sure that what you saw was truly my soul, and not something else?"
"Ah, this..." That Uchiha Clan's head was stunned.
He seemed unable to believe it: "But if that wasn't your spiritual body, what did I kill?"
"..." This time, the silence belonged to Taka.
Hearing this, the crowd's gazes also became strange.
Seeing this, Taka felt he couldn't protect his dignity!
"Cough, cough!" He coughed twice, pulling everyone's attention back!
"What you killed was my soul, but only a part of it!" Taka looked at that Uchiha Clan's head: "Uchiha Hitomizu! Didn't you gather intelligence?"
"After you shattered my spiritual body, my physical body didn't die… it became a vegetable!"
"Hmm!!?" Hearing Taka's words, Hitomizu was taken aback, recalling: "It seems... indeed, it really was like that!"
"Right!" Hitomizu reacted: "I killed your soul, so why didn't you die?"
"Could it be?" Hitomizu had a guess!
"Correct!" Taka nodded: "My Spirit Transformation Technique is precisely..."
"A human body can actually survive without a soul!"
Hitomizu's words interrupted Taka.
"..." The other's words left Taka with a speechless expression.
He looked towards the Uchiha group, his gaze filled with a trace of confusion.