Staring at the giant black-flame dragon in front of him, feeling the suffocating heat, Uchiha Itachi suddenly had a thought—this was the flame of Amaterasu! But he quickly denied it, because the flame of Amaterasu was purely black, and he himself had already mastered that power.
The flame used by Yuhara in front of him wasn't entirely black, but rather had a touch of white in it.
However, this black-and-white flame didn't feel nearly as powerful as the flame of Amaterasu!
"Dōjutsu? This flame is definitely dōjutsu, and he can also control his own flame."
Uchiha Itachi was practically gritting his teeth thinking this. His condition was really bad now; he had used both Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi in succession, and one of his eyes had been gouged out.
But what puzzled him was that Yuhara had managed to resist his Amaterasu with Susanoo, and had broken through his Tsukuyomi with the strength of his Mangekyō.
Two attacks, two uses of Mangekyō, yet Yuhara seemed completely unfazed. What was going on?
He had no way of knowing that Yuhara's defense against him wasn't due to his Mangekyō at all.
The only power Yuhara had actually used so far was 'Dōhan,' a dōjutsu that strengthened himself. And at this moment, he realized that his consumption seemed especially low.
No, to be precise, his rate of consumption couldn't keep up with his recovery, and to his shock, even the dōjutsu energy he had already spent seemed to come back!
"Is this the effect of Steadfast Will, the technique that clears all negative states, and transforms losses into recoveries?"
Yuhara himself had noticed that something seemed off. Normally, Mangekyō's consumption was irreversible, yet he now found himself experiencing just that.
The only explanation left was that his Bull-headed Secret Technique had this kind of effect.
If that was really the case, then Yuhara could completely unleash all the power of his Mangekyō within the eight seconds of Steadfast Will's duration! But unfortunately, Steadfast Will placed a heavy burden on Yuhara's mental strength.
Theoretically, he could seamlessly chain it, but Yuhara didn't dare to guarantee what the aftereffects might be.
"But with this technique, it means that in these eight seconds my power will be magnified without limit. Although there will still be consumption, the value of this technique is far beyond my imagination."
At first, Yuhara had only regarded Steadfast Will as a 'cleanse'—especially useful against illusions like Tsukuyomi.
But now it seemed that this technique wasn't just a cleanse, but also a launching pad for an all-out burst of power, letting Yuhara go all in for a short period without any worries! "In that case…"
Yuhara's right eye began to spin rapidly, and the power of Dōhan was unleashed at full force.
In that instant, Yuhara felt a massive drain of his dōjutsu energy, and his eye started to throb with pain.
However, the pain vanished as quickly as it appeared, replaced by an unprecedented sense of coolness, and at that moment, the dōjutsu energy he had lost began to flow back.
With his control, the terrifying black-flame dragon grew even larger, and its chakra density became even thicker!
The scorching black-flame dragon forced the Uchiha shinobi surrounding Uchiha Itachi and Obito to instinctively retreat.
This technique was terrifying to them—not just them, even Uchiha Itachi's body froze at the sight.
Facing this terrifying flame dragon, which was clearly aimed solely at him, he could feel the threat of death looming over him!
Death itself wasn't scary; it was the process of waiting for death that was. That feeling of helplessness and despair was something no one liked.
Everywhere the scorching black-flame dragon passed, everything was ignited; the air around the black-flame dragon seemed to distort.
This kind of terrifying heat seemed capable of burning through space itself! Uchiha Itachi gritted his teeth; with both eyes overused, he was in terrible condition.
Even though he could still use ninjutsu, against this kind of flame, even Suiton would be useless.
"Have I failed in my mission…"
Uchiha Itachi trembled all over, staring at the blazing flames, seeing Yuhara in the distance with a mocking smile on his lips, and his chakra gathered frantically.
As for Yuhara's claim that he was disloyal and unjust, he didn't care at all. To him, it was nothing more than an excuse Yuhara had come up with.
He didn't think he had done anything wrong. Konoha was Konoha, the Hokage was the Hokage—Konoha was the village controlled by the Hokage, and only the Hokage could lead Konoha to strength!
He saw himself from the Hokage's perspective and didn't think he was wrong; he was preventing a potential rebellion between the clan and the village.
This was to protect Konoha, because if the clan and the village fought, the already shaky Konoha would be unable to withstand the pressure!
He had experienced the pain of war before; if Konoha and the clan went to war again, the village would become weak, and the other villages would take advantage of it, plunging the world into war once more!
He deeply regretted that he hadn't known Yuhara had the Mangekyō, or that his father also possessed the Mangekyō.
He regretted even more that his own strength was still far from enough.
"I must hold on, I must complete my mission!"
Uchiha Itachi was screaming in his heart, and at that moment, a figure hidden deep within him slowly emerged.
At the same time, an orange-red chakra cloak appeared on his body. But with its emergence—
His eye turned blood red, and more blood began to flow from the corner of his eye.
Yuhara's brows rose slightly at this sight; he recognized this technique instantly—this was Uchiha Itachi's Susanoo.
"Activating Susanoo with only one eye? But with that level, do you think you can resist my black flame?"
Yuhara drew his ninja blade, thinking silently. But at that moment, his expression shifted slightly.
He clearly sensed a spatial fluctuation, and the destination of that fluctuation was precisely where Uchiha Itachi stood!
Without hesitation, chakra surged explosively within Yuhara, and in the blink of an eye, his figure vanished from where he stood.
With a flash of azure chakra, he appeared at Uchiha Itachi's side!
Void Walk displayed its charm in that instant; the ninja blade thrust out swiftly, a sharp wind blade forming at its tip.
But Uchiha Itachi's body began to twist, and a hand had already grabbed him!
The ninja blade fell, blood spurted out, and at the same time, an arm dropped to the ground.
(end of this chapter)