Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

Although I was prepared to die at Sasuke's hands, I was also sincerely gratified by Sasuke's strength at this moment.

But Itachi still wanted to see just how much Sasuke had grown.

He wanted to see for himself just how far his younger brother, who had completely slipped out of his control, could go in the future.

With this thought in mind, Itachi raised his head, his eyes sharpening once more.

"Then let me show you clearly, Sasuke."

His voice deepened, “The legendary…Third Force.”

The moment the words fell, a powerful burst of crimson chakra erupted from Itachi's body!

"Susanoo?"

The chakra seemed to have a life of its own, growing wildly on his body.

First, a huge, crimson skull enveloped his entire body.

Immediately afterwards, on that grim skeleton, veins and flesh grew and covered rapidly, eventually building a more complete half-giant!

Its enormous body almost pierced through the ceiling of the main hall.

"Tsk..."

Sasuke looked at the giant before him, who exuded a powerful aura of oppression, and a mocking sneer appeared on his face.

"I was underestimated after all," he muttered to himself, his voice filled with disdain. "It's just a second-stage Susanoo?"

He raised his head and looked up at the enormous crimson giant, his voice returning to its usual calm.

"Let's go somewhere else, Itachi."

"I don't want to fight here, and I don't want to destroy this place because of you."

Itachi stood inside the enormous Susanoo and shook his head.

Your suggestion is meaningless.

His voice, resonating through the chakra, echoed throughout the main hall, "If you still harbor any attachment to this place, if you are still bound by these meaningless emotions..."

"Then you will never become a true strong person."

Having said that, he didn't waste any more words.

Susanoo suddenly raised its massive arm, and three enormous tomoe made of crimson chakra spun rapidly in its palm.

The moment it was fully formed, it was hurled fiercely at Sasuke below.

"Yasaka no Magatama."

Faced with this fierce attack, Sasuke instead curled up a cold smile.

Emotional constraints?

He raised the "Indra" in his hand, and black flames surged from the jet-black blade.

"Ha... What right do you have to talk about emotions when you've already given up everything?"

The moment the words left his mouth, Sasuke charged headlong into the massive tomoe hurtling towards him.

The black knife in his hand drew three jet-black arcs in the air.

Immediately afterwards, three condensed black crescent flames shot out and met the crimson chakra tomoe.

"Boom—Boom—Boom—!!!"

A series of deafening explosions rang out.

Black flames and crimson chakra clashed violently, and the thick white smoke from the explosion instantly enveloped the entire battlefield.

"..."

Jue looked down at the thick smoke and dust below and let out a sigh of admiration that was hard to decipher.

"Wow, what a spectacular sight! This is what a fight between brothers should look like."

"The battle is far from over." Obito remained fixated on the center of the smoke and dust.

Sure enough, a dark figure emerged from the smoke and dust in an instant, its movements so swift that even he could barely detect it.

But Itachi seemed to have anticipated all of this, standing quietly in the center of Susanoo, his expression unmoved.

This is the power of Susanoo; it is an absolute domain that combines offense and defense.

No matter how fast Sasuke is, all attacks are meaningless if he cannot break through this barrier formed by divine power.

However, things did not turn out as he had hoped.

The dark figure that was approaching Susanoo at an astonishing speed suddenly blurred just before it was about to touch the crimson chakra shell.

It's like disappearing into thin air and then reappearing in the next instant.

Without any warning, the black figure pierced through the crimson chakra shell and arrived at the core of Susanoo.

"boom!"

A dull sound rang out.

A hand wreathed in black flames grabbed Itachi's face and pressed it forward violently.

"Snap—!!!"

Susanoo's ribs shattered instantly, followed by its spine, sternum...

The crimson chakra giant began to crumble inch by inch from its chest under the violent impact originating from within.

Sasuke gripped Itachi's face tightly. As Itachi plummeted from mid-air, Sasuke slammed him to the ground with all his might, then flew close to the ground, crushing the hard bluestone slab and carving out a jagged trench.

At the same time, a pitch-black rift appeared out of nowhere directly in front of Sasuke's flight path, and slowly closed as they entered it.

The empty main hall was left only with Sasuke's whispers.

"I said, let's go somewhere else."

Chapter 196 Susanoo, Bankai!

Outside the shrine, a cold wind howled.

Yoruichi, Orochimaru, and Kabuto Yakushi sat idly on a treetop, quietly waiting for Sasuke's battle to end.

Suddenly, her eyes narrowed sharply.

"Ok?"

"What's wrong, Yoruichi?" Orochimaru, who was standing nearby, noticed something and asked instinctively.

Yoruichi did not answer, her gaze fixed on the ancient shrine, her brows furrowed.

Sasuke's spiritual pressure has disappeared?!

A chill ran through her, and she left a blurry purple afterimage in place.

"--call out!"

A piercing sound rang out, and Yoruichi instantly traversed a distance of a hundred meters, appearing inside the main hall.

She looked around; the hall was in complete disarray.

Apart from the jagged trench in the ground and the mess all around, Sasuke and Itachi were nowhere to be seen.

However, two strange auras still lingered on the roof beams.

Yoruichi looked up and saw a man wearing an orange spiral mask, revealing only one Sharingan eye.

And a pitcher plant that is half black and half white, full of eeriness.

"Oh dear?" Bai Jue's light voice rang out first, "It seems we've been discovered."

He curiously sized up the woman who had suddenly barged in below. "Another guest, huh? She looks pretty strong, doesn't she?"

"Is he an accomplice of that brat?" Black Zetsu's voice hissed, full of vigilance.

Obito Uchiha didn't speak, but his inner thoughts were clearly far from as calm as they appeared.

It wasn't because of Yoruichi's sudden appearance, but because of the battle between Sasuke and Itachi Uchiha earlier.

He had witnessed the entire battle from beginning to end.

The collapse of Susanoo, Itachi's defeat, and finally Sasuke's departure...

All of this happened too fast and too strangely.

He couldn't see clearly what method that brat used to be able to ignore Susanoo's defense.

He didn't even know how the brat tore through space and left.

This unknown force made him instinctively feel a strong sense of unease.

The Eye of the Moon project has likely encountered a major variable.

Just as he was pondering, a terrifying gust of wind swept past his ear!

Obito's pupils contracted sharply, and the hairs on his body stood on end.

The body's instincts couldn't react to such a rapid attack, but fortunately, the Kaleidoscope's eye technique could be triggered passively.

Yoruichi's hand, enveloped in platinum-gold lightning, brushed past his earlobe and passed right through his ethereal head.

"Ok?"

Her attack missed, and Yoruichi landed nimbly several meters away. "Your reaction was pretty quick."

"..."

Obito's breathing became rapid, and a bead of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

So fast!

That speed...

He quickly created some distance, staring intently at Yoruichi with a serious expression.

"Who are you?" Obito asked in a wary, cold voice.

In that brief moment, I didn't even see her movements clearly.