Chapter 251: Two-Finger Thrust! Illusion: Reversal!
Have you ever seen an Ultraman in the Ninja World?
On this day, Uchiha Ci did!
As he lifted the Ultimate Blade—Eight Million Divine Might—an inexplicable sense of foreboding suddenly surged through his heart. In an instant, a chilling sensation shot up from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, instantly cooling his overheated mind.
Uchiha Ci's expression hardened as he abruptly looked up—
The clouds in the sky had unknowingly spiraled together, forming a thick, oppressive mass. The swirling storm loomed above like the faces of demons from hell, gazing down from the heights.
Then—
The sky roared in fury:
"—CRACK!"
A bolt of lightning, piercing through the dense clouds, instantly traversed thousands of miles, streaking down with a terrifying momentum—carrying an old man within it!
And he descended in an awe-inspiring pose—
One arm raised, four fingers pressed together, the other hand resting against his heart.
He looked exactly like an Ultraman making an entrance!
In Uchiha Ci's horrified gaze, the old man let out a thunderous roar, his four fingers like a blade, stabbing downward with unstoppable force!
"—Hell Stab: Four-Finger Nukite!!"
As the roar echoed, concentrated black lightning surged at his fingertips, crashing into the blazing greatsword.
Then—
Thunder exploded across the sky, scattering like a vast spiderweb.
Layers of air were crushed and detonated, and the overwhelming pressure spread through the sword, slamming down on Uchiha Ci's body. He couldn't help but groan, spewing a mouthful of fresh blood.
"Cough… PFFT!"
"What the hell?!"
Uchiha Ci's face twisted in a snarl as he twisted his waist and stomped down hard!
The impact was so immense that even Matatabi's head was forced aside, causing the Tailed Beast to instinctively roar in anger.
But as the core linking the Tailed Beast's power to the Blazing Greatsword, Uchiha Ci endured the excruciating pain—the cracking of his skin, the blood oozing from his body, and the sharp, grating creaks of his bones—just to forcibly alter the trajectory of the falling sword and slash it skyward in fury!
Sensing the immense power transmitted through the sword—enough to crush a human into pulp—the burly old man descending within the black lightning raised an eyebrow in surprise.
This Uchiha kid… his body is this strong?!
But he quickly concealed his astonishment, his fierce gaze returning to calm indifference.
In the next moment—
The four fingers pressing against the sword suddenly retracted two!
With this motion—
The raging black lightning in the air surged wildly, becoming even larger, more domineering, and overwhelming!
ZZZZZ!!
From a single sharp point, the black lightning expanded more than tenfold, unleashing a terrifying piercing force far beyond human limits!
Two fingers suddenly thrust forward!
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
A sharp explosion rang out as dense cracks spread at the point where fingers met the sword.
Then—
"—BOOM!!"
With an earth-shattering explosion, the sixty-meter-long Blazing Greatsword was completely pierced from tip to hilt by those two fingers!
Shattered into countless embers, the massive blade collapsed, burning pieces raining down!
Yet, the black lightning didn't stop—it tore through the air, smashing into the surrounding canyon walls!
Instantly—
A shockwave erupted, pushing away smoke and dust in all directions, forming a rapidly expanding ring of fire!
The sheer force was so overwhelming that even Matatabi, a Tailed Beast, couldn't stay standing and was thrown to the ground!
"PFFT! URGH!"
Slammed into the ground, Uchiha Ci immediately struggled to rise, wiping the blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
With his sword shattered, eighty percent of his chakra was instantly drained from his body. Combined with the devastating recoil of the impact, his organs were dislocated, and internal bleeding spread throughout his body.
A normal person would've dropped dead on the spot.
But fortunately, he had the Forbidden Jutsu: Body Revival and an undying body, allowing him to endure this inhuman level of damage.
Shaking his head to clear away the dust, he had no time to process what had just happened before an intense sense of danger made the hairs on his neck stand on end!
His head snapped up, eyes locked onto the wall of flames and dust—
"He's coming!"
With a sharp glare, his crimson Sharingan could only capture a rapidly approaching shadow—not leaping, but shooting toward him at terrifying speed!
The figure weaved through the dust and flames—
And in an instant, pierced through the fire!
The pitch-black lightning streaked straight for the back of his head!
At this moment—
The elbow strike, perfectly positioned to crush his skull, was mere centimeters from his neck!
But at that instant—
Uchiha Ci's eyes suddenly widened, veins bulging around his sockets—
"Now!!"
His crimson Sharingan morphed into eerie serpent-like pupils!
A full 360-degree field of vision erupted in an instant!
And within that perfect sphere of sight, he released a vision-based technique that affected everything in its range!
"Sage Art: Sharingan—White Flash Illusion: Reversal!"
Theoretically, Uchiha Ci's eyes could simultaneously perceive everything within a five-meter radius.
And the White Flash Illusion: Reversal—true to its name—was an indiscriminate ocular genjutsu that affected any heat-emitting lifeform within that perfect, all-encompassing sight!
This was a sage-level genjutsu technique Uchiha Ci had developed himself—
A technique he was certain no one could avoid!
And at that moment, with his enhanced vision, he finally saw his attacker's full form—
This man—
With explosive, battle-hardened muscles, a Cloud Village half-shoulder vest that fit like a skintight shirt, a thick straw-colored rope tied around his waist, and wild white hair flaring behind him like a demon's mane—
Was none other than the man Uchiha Ci had seen in the original story—
The Third Raikage, A, himself!
Seeing this absolute monster standing before him, Uchiha Ci's heart sank.
The more you don't want to face something, the more likely it is to appear!
But—
Fortunately, his undodgeable ocular genjutsu had already activated!
Now, all he had to do was—
Yet—
Before he could even fantasize about recreating Naruto's victory against the Third Raikage—controlling him under genjutsu and making him impale himself with Hell Stab: One-Finger Nukite—
A sudden gust of wind roared against his face!
His vision blurred for an instant—
And he saw it.
A muscular arm, its iron-hard biceps etched with a green 雷 (Lightning) tattoo, lunging for his throat—
Then lifting him like a ragdoll and slamming him into the ground for a merciless beating!
Uchiha Ci's heart pounded violently—alarms blaring in his mind!
He couldn't see anything. He couldn't sense anything. Even the blurred image was just his instinct predicting what was about to happen!
But—
In that moment, he instinctively made the only correct move—
A desperate sideways roll, followed by a frantic tumble away from danger!
When he looked up, his eyes widened in shock, his entire body trembling uncontrollably!
Just as his instincts had predicted—
A massive, battle-scarred arm tore through the fire and smoke—
And reached straight for the spot where he had just been standing!
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