"You bastard, don't you dare look down on me!"
Uchiha Sasuke had finally awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and obtained such immense power, yet he was still being looked down upon.
Humiliation and rage overwhelmed his reason.
"Susanoo!"
Bone-like ribs instantly surfaced, followed by muscles and meridians wrapping over them as chakra gathered madly.
A purple giant with only its upper body, holding a bow and arrow, took shape.
The oppressive presence brought by that enormous chakra construct made the remaining samurai and ninja around them feel slightly suffocated.
"So this is the power of the Uchiha Mangekyō Sharingan…?"
The Fifth Kazekage, Gaara, who had just arrived, couldn't help but murmur softly upon seeing this.
He hadn't expected Sasuke to have become this powerful already.
The Fourth Raikage clenched his fists and said coldly,
"So this is where his confidence comes from."
"I'll let you see the true power of the Uchiha!"
Standing within Susanoo, Uchiha Sasuke spoke with a confident expression.
Although the samurai before him had shown formidable strength, in the end he would still fall before these eyes of his.
These eyes symbolized absolute power—the key reason he dared to seek revenge against Konoha!
"Before these eyes, you are nothing."
Uchiha Sasuke stared intently at Renya, making no attempt to conceal the killing intent in his heart.
"Die!"
He controlled Susanoo as the massive arm spread open. A long bow formed instantly from condensed chakra, the bowstring drawn fully, and a purple arrow imbued with terrifying aura aimed straight at Renya.
Renya looked at the half-body Susanoo, the expression beneath his helmet somewhat helpless.
"Still unwilling to give up? Such obsession… how deeply tragic."
The current second pillar was nothing more than an arrogant brat intoxicated with power and ignorant of the vastness of heaven and earth. Words were useless against someone like this—only a brutal beating could wake him up and make him face reality.
That evaluation once again enraged the second pillar.
"Swoosh!"
The purple chakra arrow tore through the air, carrying a piercing shriek as it shot toward Renya with terrifying kinetic energy beyond the speed of sound.
The power of this arrow was enough to easily destroy a small mountain!
Renya could have avoided this attack without taking it head-on—he could have simply used Flying Thunder God to dodge.
But when he saw Danzō standing behind him…
If he ran, what would happen to his good friend?
So he couldn't dodge!
Blocking it with his body was obviously unrealistic. This arrow, condensed with Mangekyō ocular power, was no trivial force.
At the critical moment, Renya let out a helpless sigh.
"Why bother… why force my hand?"
As he spoke, beneath the shadow of his helmet, a pair of vivid, demonic crimson eyes suddenly lit up!
Three black tomoe spun rapidly and fused, outlining the intricate pattern of the Mangekyō Sharingan.
"Susanoo."
No roar, no charging up—just a calm, quiet whisper.
Boom!
Vast chakra surged wildly from Renya's body like a volcanic eruption, instantly forming a massive energy barrier before him, covered in dark crimson armor, rapidly extending upward and taking shape.
In the blink of an eye, a dark crimson Susanoo, no smaller than the purple one and even more solid, stood before everyone.
Bang!
The purple chakra arrow slammed violently into the dark crimson Susanoo, producing a deafening roar and blinding light.
The energy shockwave spread outward in rings, peeling the ground layer by layer; nearby samurai were blown straight away.
Yet in the face of such a powerful attack, the dark crimson Susanoo merely showed faint ripples of energy on its surface, suffering no real damage at all.
Like an unmovable mountain, it stood firm, tightly protecting Renya and Danzō behind it.
Time seemed to freeze at that moment.
Everyone who witnessed this scene—whether it was the three members of Team Taka, or the Fourth Raikage A and the Fifth Kazekage Gaara, along with their guards—were all frozen in place as if struck by a paralysis technique, faces filled with shock and terror!
"W-What?!"
The Fourth Raikage A widened his eyes. His burly body leaned forward slightly from shock, fists clenched as Lightning Release chakra instinctively erupted.
"Susanoo?! Another Susanoo?! That guy… that guy is from the Uchiha clan?!"
Gaara's turquoise eyes were locked onto the dark crimson giant as he spoke in a deep voice.
"Uchiha… besides Sasuke, there are actually other survivors? And one who also possesses the Mangekyō Sharingan…"
Hidden in another dimension and observing the situation, Uchiha Obito felt his mind shake violently, nearly unable to maintain his intangibility.
"Impossible!"
The Uchiha clan had long since been wiped out by him and Itachi. Aside from Sasuke, how could anyone else still be alive?!
And this guy had even awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan!
Just where did he come from…?
The frustration of having his plans disrupted, along with wariness toward the emergence of an unknown powerful enemy, filled Uchiha Obito's heart.
Damn it—why did that guy appear at such a critical moment!
At the center of the battlefield, the dark crimson Susanoo slowly dissipated.
Renya still stood there. His samurai armor was spotless, yet beneath his helmet, those Mangekyō Sharingan eyes were clearly reflected in the eyes of every powerhouse present.
Uchiha Sasuke stared intensely at Renya's Mangekyō Sharingan, waves of turmoil surging through his heart.
A clansman?
Besides his brother, himself, and that masked man, were there actually other Uchiha survivors?
And one who had also awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan!
For an instant, a bloodline resonance unique to those of the same clan emerged in his heart.
But it was quickly buried beneath humiliation and rage.
Regardless of whether the other party was from his clan or what kind of eyes he possessed, standing in his way now made him an enemy!
"You bastard…"
Uchiha Sasuke suppressed the weakness caused by excessive ocular power consumption, struggling to straighten his body as the Kusanagi Sword once again pointed at Renya.
"Who the hell are you?! An Uchiha's wraith?!"
Though he felt clan ties were irrelevant, the sudden appearance of a clansman made him want to hear Renya admit his identity.
"Clinging to names and bloodlines, yet unable to see your true enemy—or yourself."
Renya looked at him calmly and gently shook his head.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you, Uchiha Sasuke, but I am not a member of the Uchiha clan."
Renya wasn't lying—he had long since been removed from the Uchiha clan.
"What kind of joke is that?!"
Uchiha Sasuke clearly didn't believe Renya's words. How could someone who wasn't from the Uchiha clan possibly possess the Mangekyō Sharingan?
Let alone use Susanoo!
He believed Renya was just being stubborn and refusing to admit it.
If things were really as he said, and he wasn't an Uchiha clansman, then it would be impossible for him to open and close the Sharingan at will.
Just like Hatake Kakashi…
Since you won't admit it, then I'll beat it out of you!
Ignoring the burden on his body, Uchiha Sasuke charged at Renya once more, the Kusanagi Sword wrapped in crackling lightning.
At the instant Sasuke's attack was about to land, Renya moved after but arrived first. As he dodged the strike, the tachi in his hand stabbed straight into Sasuke's abdomen.
"Splurt!"
The sound of flesh being pierced rang out as Uchiha Sasuke's forward-charging body abruptly stiffened.
"Do you see the gap between our strength now?"