Chapter 108: Genjutsu? (2/10)
Although Ranmaru's Red Eye ability had no resistance to withstand genjutsu, it could identify that the Uchiha Itachi before his eyes was a fake.
Ranmaru, who had originally appeared in front of Itachi at great speed, violently twisted his body, forcing it to turn at a ninety-degree arc.
The Explosive Blade: Splashes in his hand chopped down toward the left side, at a place that was empty.
Accompanying Ranmaru's movement, Itachi's body slowly materialized in the empty space on the left.
However, looking at the great sword attacking him, Itachi's face remained as calm as ever, as if Ranmaru were not attacking him.
Whoosh!
A sound of breaking air came from the other side.
A great sword wrapped in white cloth blocked itself in front of Itachi.
Hoshigaki Kisame revealed a look of surprise and excitement on his face, looking at Ranmaru and saying:
"I didn't expect that a little brat like you would be the wielder of the Explosive Blade: Splashes; that truly surprises me a bit."
Ranmaru wasted no words, swinging the Explosive Blade down directly in the air, producing a heavy dull sound against the Samehada in Kisame's hand.
At the instant the two swords collided, Kisame, who was originally holding his sword with one hand, his expression sank, and instantly gripped the hilt with both hands forcefully.
Such great strength!
Feeling the terrifying power transmitted through the Samehada, as well as the slight numbness in the area between his thumb and index finger, Kisame's face could not help but change several times in succession.
Thinking of his somewhat arrogant behavior earlier, a trace of cold sweat flowed from Kisame's forehead.
He had nearly embarrassed himself greatly!
Due to the contact of the two weapons, the Samehada's ability automatically activated, beginning to absorb the chakra within Ranmaru's body along the weapons.
In Kisame's view, the Samehada's ability was a rather concealed one; unless the opponent lost a large amount of chakra, otherwise, at the start, an ordinary ninja would simply not discover their chakra draining away.
However, under the ability of the Red Eye, he could so clearly see the chakra flowing inside the great sword Samehada.
"What a wondrous ability, but, the opponent is the enemy!"
Ranmaru's eyes lit up as he spoke in a low voice.
Each ninja sword had an ability unique to itself; Ranmaru had seen the other six ninja swords, and now facing the ability of this new ninja sword, Ranmaru naturally could not help but reveal a look of interest.
However, although Ranmaru was interested, he also knew that he was currently in the midst of battle.
"Explode!"
Ranmaru gripped the Explosive Blade: Splashes tightly, chanting silently in his heart.
Boom!
An explosion without any warning suddenly erupted between Ranmaru and Kisame.
Kisame was directly forced back several steps by the power of the explosion, looking somewhat dazed at Ranmaru opposite him; at such a close distance, even he was within the explosion's range.
If he had not reacted a bit faster, he likely would have been injured by the opponent.
As the smoke and dust produced by the explosion dissipated, Ranmaru appeared before Kisame's eyes without a single hair harmed, causing Kisame's eyes to involuntarily widen a fraction.
"Interesting, truly too interesting; it has been a long time since I encountered such an opponent."
Kisame could not help but grin, saying with an excited face.
After repelling Kisame, Ranmaru wanted to continue attacking in Itachi's direction.
Unfortunately, Kisame, whose fighting spirit had been aroused by Ranmaru, how could he let this opportunity pass.
Grabbing the Samehada, he charged toward Ranmaru, once again blocking in front of Itachi, and under their mutual gaze, the two began to fight again.
Itachi walked step by step to a position not far from Yuto, his originally black pupils directly turning blood-red, as three tomoe slowly began to rotate, gradually transforming into the shape of a rapidly spinning pinwheel.
Looking at Yuto, who was still sitting there, Itachi said in a cold voice: "Does Your Excellency intend to surrender without a fight?"
"Surrender without a fight? I am merely watching the Hidden Leaf, which even a rogue ninja wishes to protect. In a situation nearly that of a great war, there are actually still people hiding, unwilling to consume their own power."
As if he had heard some funny joke, Yuto laughed loudly while looking down at the Hidden Leaf below, his tone carrying a trace of mockery.
Itachi's expression was slightly silent; he naturally understood the meaning behind Yuto's words.
"Although I am now a rogue ninja, no matter how dark the village is, or how many contradictions there are, I am still the Hidden Leaf's Uchiha Itachi."
Itachi spoke, his tone remaining cold.
"You are indeed loyal, but it is a pity that there are only two or three Uchiha left now."
Yuto turned his head to look at Itachi, his voice carrying unmasked regret.
Regardless of whether the Uchiha clan members were all killed by Itachi, Itachi's coldness could not be denied.
"Truly a pair of beautiful eyes."
Yuto looked directly into Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingan, a look of nostalgia flashing through his eyes.
In a situation where both sides were hostile, to dare to look directly into his eyes, Yuto was the first so far.
Without the slightest hesitation, Itachi directly cast a genjutsu.
Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes!
Following the activation of Itachi's genjutsu, Yuto only felt his vision blur, and his entire person felt as though he had appeared in a special space.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Sounds of breaking air rang out beside Yuto's ears, followed immediately by four thick iron pillars piercing through Yuto's four limbs, pinning him in place.
Even at the wound sites where the iron pillars pierced, waves of pain were clearly transmitted!
Yuto looked at all this with an indifferent expression:
"Not a bad genjutsu, but it is merely an ordinary genjutsu after all; if this is all there is, then shatter."
As Yuto's voice fell, a layer of densely packed cracks appeared in the space around the genjutsu, and in the next moment, it all collapsed.
Yuto's consciousness recovered at the same time, without even needing to use the power of the Three-Tails.
Seeing his illusion technique so easily broken, a look of surprise flashed through Itachi's eyes.
Even if his genjutsu was just an ordinary one, with the augmentation of the Mangekyo Sharingan, even an ordinary genjutsu could unleash the power of a high-level genjutsu.
It was even slightly stronger than a high-level genjutsu!
Itachi frowned slightly; when did such a strong person appear in the Mist Village?
He originally thought he could easily resolve the opponent with genjutsu, but now it seemed it would not be that easy.
Itachi rapidly formed seals with one hand, completing them in the blink of an eye, while letting out a loud shout:
"Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Technique!"
A fire dragon dozens of meters long instantly appeared before everyone's eyes, carrying scorching high temperatures as it pounced toward Yuto's direction.
There was no explosion sound, and even less of a so-called loud noise; when this giant fire dragon crashed onto Yuto's body.
Itachi discovered that the fire dragon was actually disappearing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye; to be precise, the ninjutsu was being devoured by Yuto.
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