"Feel… the Uchiha's… despair!"

Following Itachi Uchiha's whisper, which sounded as if it had been dredged up from the depths of hell, a dark, blood-red chakra gushed out from his eyes and the wounds all over his body like boiling volcanic lava. It instantly condensed and took shape in front of him.

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!

The teeth-grinding sounds of bones growing and armor solidifying rang out in succession. A huge, half-skeletal figure, made of pure, dark-red energy, suddenly rose from the ground like a demon crawling out of the abyss. The demonic construct wrapped Itachi's weak body within its spectral ribcage. Its skeleton was more than ten meters tall, and two flames burned in its eye sockets, scarlet and more violent than the Mangekyo Sharingan itself. Its mere existence emanated a terrifying pressure that made the surrounding air groan under the weight, and the falling rain evaporated the moment it approached the ethereal skeleton.

"Susanoo!"

The ultimate, cursed power of the Uchiha clan, a weapon of destruction fueled by life and ocular power, had arrived.

"What… what kind of monster is that?" Sage Shima's voice trembled.

"A materialized armor made of pure Yin-Release chakra and ocular power… is this is the legendary Susanoo?" Sage Fukasaku's tone was extremely solemn.

There was no longer any contempt in Jiraiya's eyes, only the grave solemnity of facing a truly world-destroying beast. He forcibly mobilized the remaining sage chakra in his body, and the light golden halo lit up on his body's surface once again, though it was much dimmer than before.

"ROAR!"

Susanoo's huge skull suddenly tilted back and let out a silent but soul-shaking roar. The dark-red energy wrapped around the skeleton was like boiling plasma, surging and condensing wildly. In an instant, an incomparably huge sword, wrapped in an ominous, dark-red energy, condensed and took shape on Susanoo's right arm. The body of the sword burned with a substantial, dark-red flame, emitting a fierce heat that seemed capable of burning the very soul.

There was no hesitation, no words.

The Mangekyo Sharingan in Itachi Uchiha's eyes were fixed on Jiraiya. The huge Susanoo followed his will and swung the burning giant sword in its hand as if a mountain were collapsing.

"Totsuka Blade!"

According to legend, this is a giant sword that can seal any soul it pierces.

VMMMMMMMM!!!

The dark-red giant sword tore through the rain curtain, slashing down toward Jiraiya with a sharp scream that seemed to cut through space itself. The attack's speed seemed slow, but the terrifying pressure it exuded locked down all space for dodging. Before the sword even arrived, the ground below was already cracking inch by inch under its immense pressure.

"He actually has the Totsuka Blade? Little Jiraiya! You cannot get hit by this sword!"

"I understand, my lords!"

Even without the two toad sages' reminder, Jiraiya knew that the weapon Itachi wielded was no simple blade the moment the Totsuka Blade appeared. "I'm going to try a defensive ninjutsu first."

"Sage Art: Needle Jizo!"

CLANG!

The piercing metallic hum echoed through the canyon once more. His long, silver-white hair instantly stood upright and hardened, erupting in a dazzling golden light and once again enveloping him in a giant, golden ball of thorns. This time, every strand of Jiraiya's hair was infused with all of his remaining sage chakra, and the golden light was more condensed and brilliant than ever before.

BOOM! CRACK!

The burning Totsuka Blade slashed fiercely against the golden thorn ball. The deafening roar was like the collapse of the sky and the splitting of the earth as the dark-red and golden light collided violently. The terrifying shockwave exploded in a circular shape, lifting u the very ground within a radius of several meters. This update is available on novel·fire·net

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