Seeing his attack blocked, Kisame didn't show any disappointment; instead, he flashed a ferocious grin.
Suddenly, the bandages that originally wrapped the blade burst open, revealing the ferocious true form of Samehada, covered in shark-like spikes.
Kisame twisted his wrist, and Samehada instantly shot out several sharp bone spikes. With a sharp whistle of tearing air, it lashed out violently.
Aoki Yoru was caught off guard. His shoulder was brutally scraped by Samehada's spikes, and blood sprayed out instantly, splashing a crimson stain on the water's surface.
Aoki Yoru clutched his shoulder, looking at the spiked Samehada with regret. It had been too long; the plot was a bit blurry, and he had forgotten Samehada's form and abilities.
"The Chakra in my body has decreased a bit. Did it absorb it?" Sensing the decrease in Chakra, Aoki Yoru immediately knew the reason.
The reason Kisame became the Tailed Beast without a Tail was due to Samehada. It can absorb the enemy's Chakra and feed it back to the wielder. Even if severely injured, Samehada can use the Chakra to feed back and heal them.
At this moment, Samehada in Kisame's hand suddenly moved, pressing against his body affectionately, as if telling him something.
"Is that so? His Chakra tastes good, and you want more?" Kisame understood Samehada's thoughts.
Looking up at Aoki Yoru, who was clutching his shoulder, "It seems Samehada is very satisfied with you. I can't let you escape."
Aoki Yoru laughed out of anger at his arrogant posture. Lightning Release erupted from his hand, wrapping around yerun, and he pointed the blade at him.
"If you want it, then come and take it yourself. Let me see if your Samehada can absorb anything."
He then charged at Kisame.
Kisame raised Samehada to block with a smile, sneering inwardly, 'In the end, he's just a kid. He lost his mind so easily. I'll take your Chakra.'
Clang—
yerun and Samehada collided, sending sparks flying.
At this point, Samehada moved again. The Lightning Release Chakra on yerun was instantly absorbed, and even the Chakra on Aoki Yoru's body was gradually draining away.
At this moment, Aoki Yoru's face showed no panic; instead, he wore a mysterious smile.
Kisame looked at Aoki Yoru's expression with confusion, a bad feeling suddenly arising in his heart.
Just as he wanted to break contact, an unexpected change occurred.
Samehada suddenly opened its mouth wide, let out a painful roar, and its whole body stiffened, gradually petrifying from the head down.
Seeing this, Kisame was shocked. He wanted to pull back to create distance, but his arm was tightly wrapped with Samehada's tail, and he missed the optimal time to escape.
"Argh!!"
A cold light flashed, and Kisame's right arm, along with Samehada, slammed onto the ground.
Kisame took the opportunity to pull away from Aoki Yoru, clutching his shoulder in Pain as blood sprayed out, dyeing the water red.
"What a pity!"
Aoki Yoru sighed in disappointment. He had intended to take his life, but he didn't expect a ruthless man like Kisame to twist his own arm at the critical moment, causing the strike to veer off course and only cut off one arm.
"How could this be?"
Kisame found it hard to accept. Samehada could even absorb Tailed Beast Chakra, so why did it petrify after absorbing Aoki Yoru's Chakra?
Aoki Yoru naturally wouldn't tell him that he had added Natural Energy to the Lightning Release. Even Pain's Preta Path would petrify after absorbing Natural Energy, let alone Samehada.
Then, Aoki Yoru took an attacking stance, preparing to press the advantage and see if he could finish him off.
Another part of the battlefield.
When Aoki Yoru and Kisame first engaged, Kakashi had already arrived. The two stood in the middle of the river, staring with their Three-Tomoe Sharingan, engaging in a visual prowess duel of 'What are you looking at?' 'What's it to you?' 'Look again and see!' 'Try me!'
As for Asuma and Kurenai, to avoid eye contact with the Sharingan, they closed their eyes and temporarily withdrew from the battlefield.
Suddenly, a massive surge of water rushed into the river, sweeping toward them.
Uchiha Itachi turned his head to look at Kisame and frowned. The commotion of his battle was too great and had already alerted other Konoha ninja; he had to end this quickly.
"Mr. Kakashi, you've seen my Mangekyo Sharingan before. Your Three-Tomoe Sharingan is no match for me. You'd better step down. We only heard about the major changes in Konoha and came to see; we have no intention of causing trouble."
As he spoke, the three tomoe in Uchiha Itachi's pupils spun rapidly, twisting and intertwining, instantly condensing into the three-bladed pinwheel-shaped Mangekyo Sharingan.
Seeing the change in his eyes, Kakashi did not panic.
He suddenly widened his left eye. The three tomoe in the crimson pupil spun frantically, twisted, and retracted inward, finally intertwining and reorganizing into a pair of four-pointed pinwheel-shaped Mangekyo Sharingan with spiral patterns.
Seeing the change in Kakashi's eyes, Uchiha Itachi was stunned, a look of horror appearing on his face.
An outsider like Kakashi actually awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan? How could such an absurd thing happen?
One must know that since the village's founding, the number of Uchiha Clan members who awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan could be counted on one hand.
An outsider without Uchiha blood had actually forcibly developed a Two-Tomoe Sharingan all the way to a Mangekyo.
This would make those clansmen who yearned for the Mangekyo feel ashamed.
Taking a deep breath to calm down, he looked at Kakashi and praised, "As expected of a senior, truly remarkable talent."
As he spoke, the three-bladed pinwheel in his eyes began to spin, and he shouted in a low voice: "Tsukuyomi."
Kakashi felt his vision go dark, and then he appeared in a red world, nailed to a cross.
Uchiha Itachi held a small knife and stared at him coldly. "It seems my visual prowess is still a bit stronger."
Kakashi looked at Itachi calmly. Unlike last time, there was no sign of panic on his face as he looked around curiously:
"Oh my, the scenery here is still so cold and oppressive. Staying here for too long would make one depressed."
Seeing Kakashi still in the mood for banter, Itachi frowned, unable to figure out where his confidence came from.
He then stepped forward. Regardless of what confidence he had, once caught in Tsukuyomi, he would have to obediently accept the punishment of a thousand cuts.
Suddenly, Kakashi on the cross widened his left eye, and the ocular power of the Mangekyo Sharingan poured out desperately.
Crack—
A crisp sound exploded, and the crimson sky of the Tsukuyomi space instantly burst with several pitch-black cracks.
The cracks spread frantically like a spider web. The cross beneath his feet and the surrounding blood-colored earth shattered. The entire mental world collapsed inch by inch under the ocular power of Kamui!
The next second, a blinding white light flashed. Kakashi suddenly snapped back to reality on the battlefield, the blood-colored illusion around him completely vanished.
"Hmph—"
Uchiha Itachi let out a muffled groan. Due to the backlash, blood flowed from his left eye, running down his tear troughs and dripping onto the ground.
"Although my Mangekyo Sharingan is not the genjutsu type, as long as my instantaneous spiritual energy and ocular power are stronger than yours, your Tsukuyomi will be broken," Kakashi said, looking at Itachi who was clutching his left eye.