The pulsating Lightning Release transformed into a brilliant blue long rainbow, pushing aside layers of air currents in mid-air.
It streaked towards Itachi's chest with terrifying speed.
Lightning Release, Chidori Sharp Spear!
Whoosh!
Gazing at the rapidly approaching long rainbow of lightning,
Itachi's expression was calm, his voice low: "To die by your hand?"
"Then..."
Before Itachi could finish his sentence, his body was pierced by the long rainbow of lightning.
Sasuke, seeing this, showed no joy.
Instead, he quickly drew his Kunai and swung it backward.
Clang!
Two Kunai clashed together.
Along with the sound of the collision, came the half-finished sentence Itachi hadn't completed.
"Then how will you kill me?"
"Naturally, with the strength I painstakingly acquired! I'll sever your limbs, break your spine, and finally slit your throat!"
As he spoke, Sasuke's figure instantly vanished from his original spot.
He reappeared where Itachi had just been standing.
At the same time, scarlet three-tomoe emerged from Sasuke's eyes.
The scene before him abruptly shifted.
The Itachi who had just attacked Sasuke dissipated like smoke.
And in the spot where he had originally stood, Itachi's figure quickly materialized.
"Chidori Stream!"
Sasuke's entire body was enveloped in electricity, then transformed into countless tiny electric lights that covered Itachi's body.
Itachi, realizing too late, turned around, his face filled with disbelief.
As if he hadn't expected Sasuke to see through his genjutsu.
Zzzzzzt!
The electric lights descended, and the tingling current filled Itachi's entire body, paralyzing him and restricting his movements.
Sasuke's lips curved into a smile.
The Chidori in his hand reformed, transforming into a lightning longsword that directly pierced Itachi's paralyzed body.
Lightning Release, Chidori Lightning Sword!
Swish!
The lightning blade instantly pierced Itachi's chest, pinning him firmly to the ground.
"To have seen through my illusion so easily..."
Itachi, pinned to the ground, coughed up blood, yet his tone remained calm.
"Your eyes have finally grown, Sasuke..."
"Heh heh..." Hearing Itachi's praise, Sasuke scoffed disdainfully.
"Still this boring genjutsu charade."
"Itachi, it's you who should be growing more!"
As Sasuke spoke, an unharmed Itachi appeared behind Sasuke.
"Was it seen through again?"
"It seems your eyes are almost ready to awaken, very good... Ugh?!"
As the newly appeared Itachi was speaking, a Kunai was already pressed against his bobbing Adam's apple.
Sasuke's voice came from behind the new Itachi.
"I truly, truly dislike your tone."
"So shut up from now on. I'll ask one question, and you'll answer one!"
Just as the new Itachi and new Sasuke appeared,
Caw! Caw! Caw!
The Itachi who was impaled on the ground dispersed into crows.
Zzzzt! Zzzzt! Zzzzt!
And Sasuke, who was also there, transformed into lightning and electric light, dissipating into the air.
Clearly, this was the first clash between genjutsu and Shadow Clone.
"You've truly become stronger..."
Seeing Sasuke consecutively break through two layers of genjutsu, Itachi's tone carried a hint of emotion.
But Sasuke, hearing Itachi's sentiment, tightened his grip slightly.
The Kunai also sliced through the skin at the Adam's apple.
A trickle of blood flowed down the tip of the Kunai's blade.
"I won't say it a second time. I ask one question, you answer one."
"Talk nonsense again, and I'll just kill you!"
Hearing this, Itachi glanced at Sasuke behind him out of the corner of his eye, making no struggle or further speech.
Sasuke, after a moment of silence, spoke.
"When you massacred the clan, you once said there was another Uchiha who had awakened his Sharingan and wasn't killed by you."
"That means he was your accomplice, one of the culprits in the Uchiha Clan's demise."
"After all, you alone couldn't have wiped out the Police Force and the clan members in such a short time!"
"Sasuke, your analysis is very good..." Itachi's face and tone carried the kind of gratification a senior would feel.
This gratified tone made Sasuke's eyes harden, and his other hand directly pulled out a Kunai and pierced Itachi's right chest.
"Next time you interrupt me, I'll aim for your left heart!"
"Tell me, who is that person?"
"Is he the one who called himself Uchiha Madara, wore a spiral mask, and could use Space-Time Ninjutsu?"
Although Sasuke wasn't present when Obito invaded Four Stars Village and fought Feng Xu,
He later gradually learned about Obito from Minato.
This also made Sasuke instantly connect him to the other awakened Uchiha Itachi mentioned during the night of the massacre.
Hearing Sasuke's description,
Itachi's originally calm expression finally changed, and his brows furrowed.
"I didn't expect you to know this person and his name. Feng must have told you, right?"
Without waiting for Sasuke to get angry at his question, Itachi continued.
"It seems I don't need to waste my breath explaining anything more."
"The person who was with me that day was indeed him."
"So, are you planning to kill me first, and then go eliminate him?"
Hearing this, Sasuke suddenly released his hands.
The next second, his left hand lit up with Chidori, and his right hand manifested a Rasengan.
"That's right, I won't spare anyone involved with that night."
"You, Uchiha Madara, I will personally kill each and every one of you!"
Itachi, released, turned around, his expression returning to calm.
"You still like to boast as much as ever."
"But I told you, if you want to kill me, you must first possess the same eyes as me, and you don't seem to have met that requirement yet."
"In that case, can you really see through my illu..."
Before Itachi could finish his sentence, all the surrounding scenery suddenly cracked like a mirror struck by a heavy blow.
And these cracks grew faster and larger, until they finally shattered completely!
The surrounding scene returned to the initial moment of the two silently facing each other!
The only slight difference was that Itachi was clutching his left eye, his face filled with disbelief.
Sasuke, on the other hand, stood before Itachi with a triumphant smile, holding a Spiral Chidori Ball.
Then he slammed it down fiercely.
"I saw through your Tsukuyomi from the very beginning."
"Just now, I was merely acting to gather information from you."
"So... goodbye, Uchiha Itachi!"
Chapter 207: A Hollywood-level Battle!
Rumble!!!
A violent explosion echoed through the air.
As the Spiral Chidori Ball in Sasuke's hand descended,
A terrifying explosion, mixed with endless lightning, instantly enveloped the large open space.
Lightning raged, electric light shot into the sky!
Rings of air currents spread outwards in layers, stirring up a sky full of dust!
Even the air became tingly, with a faint smell of scorching.
The fusion of two A-rank Ninjutsu had truly shocking power!
After the explosion, Sasuke leaped out of the smoke, landing outside.
Looking at the shattered earth and the constantly flickering and jumping electric arcs in the dust,
Sasuke's face was filled with triumph and pleasure.
He seemed quite satisfied with the power of this move.
"This is my strongest Ninjutsu, besides Lightning Release: Kirin."
"Itachi, it's your honor to die by this move..."
No sooner had Sasuke finished his self-satisfied words than a gust of wind blew out from the center of the dust.
In the blink of an eye, it dispersed all the surrounding smoke.
Revealing Itachi, half-kneeling on the ground, clutching his eye, his clothes tattered and his body covered in wounds.
"He's truly tenacious, to have survived even that..."
The triumphant expression on Sasuke's face instantly dropped.
It was replaced by a ruthless smile.
"That's good then. If you died too quickly, it wouldn't make up for the torment and suffering I've endured all these years!"
As he spoke, Sasuke once again charged forward at high speed.
Chidori instantly condensed in his hand, then transformed into a silver long rainbow that shot out, directly piercing towards Itachi, who was half-kneeling on the ground.
Itachi also raised his head just in time.