In the blink of an eye!
The moon-white Cero, like a laser cannon, flew at extreme speed and instantly reached Itachi!
With no other choice, Itachi gritted his teeth and quickly used the Body Replacement Jutsu!
Poof!
Then, he instantly leaped into the air, looking at Kyo ahead, his gaze focusing.
Sharingan, activate!
Invisible Chakra instantly surged towards Kyo ahead!
And just at that moment, the moon-white Cero in Kyo's hand just happened to pass under Itachi and strike a gray stone pillar.
Boom!!!
The moment the pillar touched the Cero, it instantly shattered, but not into rocks, but... into fragments and dust!
As if annihilated by a force far exceeding its limit.
Seeing this,
Itachi's mind stirred.
'This guy, even a casually released technique had such powerful destructive force... truly astonishing.'
'But,'
'This was as far as he went.'
Itachi landed on the ground, looked at Kyo ahead who had suddenly stopped moving, and his expression returned to calm.
In the moment he leaped just now,
The Sharingan's Genjutsu had successfully activated.
He had won.
Seeing this, the masked man on the sidelines also let out a low laugh and spoke:
"Ho..."
"No matter how much big talk he spouted, he's helpless against the Sharingan. Is his strength only this much?"
"Finish him, Itachi."
Hearing this,
Itachi raised the long blade in his hand, walked straight up to Kyo, looked at the vacant expression beneath Kyo's mask, and said flatly:
"Farewell."
As the words fell, Itachi instantly raised his hand at high speed, his gaze cold, and directly slashed down at Kyo.
Although he bore no hatred for the masked person before him, based on his position, he had no choice but to act.
Just like when he killed the entire Uchiha Clan.
There was no justice in it.
Shing!
The blade swiftly swept across, the cold light of the moonlight reflecting off it.
However,
Just then, a sudden change occurred!
Kyo, who had been still and unmoving just a moment ago, at this moment, unexpectedly and directly vanished from the spot!
Itachi's sharp slash instantly cut through empty air!
"?!"
'What's going on?!'
Itachi instantly felt a chill down his spine!
However,
Before he could react,
Suddenly, he directly felt a storm-like pressure coming from behind him!
Boom!!
Unnoticed,
Kyo, like an afterimage, had directly appeared behind Itachi!
Then, with the fox-like ogre smiling, he slashed down!
Boom!!
The wild Hollow Spiritual Power instantly condensed into a crescent shape, burst forth from the blade, and directly blasted towards Itachi's back!!
The terrifying pressure seemed to tear space itself, hitting Itachi accurately!
Pfft!!!
Itachi's expression abruptly changed, and he spat out a mouthful of blood!
Then, his entire body was instantly sent flying by an invisible tremendous force, like a kite with a broken string, directly crashing into the shrine wall, creating a deep crater!
Bam!!!
Amidst the flying dust, he spat out another mouthful of blood!
Itachi struggled to lift his head, his gaze unbelievable as he looked towards the man under the moonlight ahead.
'This... how is this possible?!'
'How did he dispel the Sharingan's Genjutsu?!'
'And how did he reach behind me in the instant of my slash?!'
For the first time, shock appeared in Itachi's eyes.
In his understanding,
Since childhood, he had been the unparalleled number one genius of Konoha, top-tier in every aspect.
No one had ever been able to suppress him to this extent in body flicker speed...
Except for one person—
Itachi's senior, Uchiha Shisui.
'But Shisui was long dead...'
'This guy...'
'What was going on?!'
Blood seeped from the corner of Itachi's mouth as he fixedly stared at the person before him.
He realized—
The wearer of this fox-like ogre mask... was a true demonic existence!
At the same time,
The masked man, watching from the sidelines, also froze.
That speed of Kyo's just now, let alone Itachi, even he, as an observer, hadn't clearly seen the trajectory of the movement!
This terrifying feeling... unexpectedly reminded him of his former teacher!
Konoha's Yellow Flash · Namikaze Minato!
But,
'Minato-sensei had long since died on the night of the Nine-Tails Rampage...'
'What was going on with this guy?!'
'A new Space-Time Ninjutsu?'
And at that moment when Kyo struck,
The masked man almost doubted whether his own eyes were Mangekyo Sharingan, or Mangekyo Presbyopia...