As the lightning arrow in Sasuke's hand was released, in an instant the heavens and earth changed color. Power beyond imagination twisted the air itself.
Along with wave after wave of shockwaves came a piercing screech that shook the ears.
Aside from its guaranteed hit effect, the sheer strength of Sasuke's attack was nothing to scoff at.
"So strong!"
As early as when Sasuke drew his bow and nocked the arrow, hearing the birdlike cry that rang through the sky,
Mui and Ryuzetsu instinctively covered their ears, yet still felt their heads buzzing violently.
Just a few days ago, Mui had felt that the other side was roughly on par with him. Now the gap was like heaven and earth.
Of course, that was only how they felt.
In front of Aoba, the power of this attack might be decent, but what surprised him more was that invisible sense of being locked on.
Aoba tried to dodge. At the instant the attack fell, he used the Flying Thunder God Technique and appeared at the location of the farthest Flying Thunder God kunai.
But it was completely useless. The moment he vanished, that lightning-release arrow did not pause at all, changing direction smoothly and still carrying overwhelming force as it flew toward him.
Moreover, the arrow's speed was astonishing, even surpassing Aoba's swift movement technique.
Aoba had no intention of using his body to tank it. Although blocking this strike with his Sage Body wouldn't be difficult, it would still hurt, and hurt for real.
He didn't like suffering for no reason.
He used the Flying Thunder God again, his body disappearing from the spot.
And the lightning arrow that had been aimed at him once more shot off toward another direction at a speed the naked eye could hardly follow.
Sasuke landed on the ground, a look of disdain on his face.
'There is no way Aoba can avoid this arrow.'
Because the "effect" of being hit had already appeared before the arrow was even fired.
The shooting of the arrow was merely to fulfill the "cause".
Just as Sasuke had thought—
Not long after Aoba landed, he saw the lightning in the distance continuously surging toward him.
Countless trees along the way were destroyed by it.
At this distance, there was no longer any need for him to use the Flying Thunder God to dodge again.
The pattern in his eyes changed as well.
A sealing-nullification space spread outward from him, extending toward the incoming lightning.
At the moment the two collided, the lightning clearly stalled for an instant, but soon forcibly pierced through the sealing-nullification space and continued surging toward Aoba.
Only its speed had clearly slowed down a lot.
Even so, it was already enough to amaze Aoba.
One had to know that Aoba's sealing-nullification space carried a time-stop effect.
And the inner and outer spaces were completely isolated.
It seemed that Sasuke's attack also possessed the ability to pierce through time and space. Still, it was affected by the time-stop effect, its speed slowed considerably.
With this kind of ability, even Kamui would end up as just another roadside corpse.
Having basically understood Sasuke's Mangekyo Sharingan ability, there was no longer any need for this fight to continue.
Maintaining the sealing-nullification space, the lightning arrow advanced toward Aoba at a sluggish pace.
He simply raised his hand toward the lightning arrow, his eyes instantly turning azure blue.
A black orb appeared in his palm and drifted toward Sasuke's attack.
When the two collided, everything vanished into nothingness.
It had to be said that the Mangekyo Sharingan really was like turning on cheats, but Aoba was cheating too.
And his parameters were higher than Sasuke's.
After casually resolving the attack, Aoba began sensing the Flying Thunder God mark on Sasuke.
His figure flashed, and he once again appeared behind Sasuke, who was feeling smug at that very moment.
"H-how is that possible?"
The peripheral vision of Sasuke's Mangekyo Sharingan immediately caught Aoba's appearance, but it was already too late to dodge. In an instant, his eyes were filled with disbelief.
Then, the next moment, a familiar pushing impact struck his back again, like he'd hit the jackpot, and he was smashed back into the crater.
Although Sasuke quickly used his dojutsu to recover again, this time Aoba didn't give him another chance to keep fighting.
Clap!
Endless vines burst out from beneath Sasuke's feet, rapidly climbing upward from his ankles, binding him tightly.
At first, Sasuke used Lightning Release to try to destroy the vines, but after destroying one layer, even more vines surged out behind it.
He tried to jump away, but immediately another vine would yank him back to the ground.
"Ahhhhhhh!"
"Bastard!"
Sasuke struggled desperately, but it was all in vain.
Because for some reason, the chakra inside his body was also continuously draining away.
'These vines can absorb chakra too?'
"Aoba!"
Sasuke stared at Aoba with unwilling eyes, but his consciousness drifted farther and farther away.
He wanted to use his dojutsu to restore chakra, but the scene before his eyes blurred for an instant.
This was from using dojutsu several times in a row, consuming too much pupil power all at once.
On top of that, with most of his chakra being drained in one go, his body trembled, his head tilted, and he lost consciousness.
Seeing this scene, Ryuzetsu finally let out a breath of relief. After all, during the earlier fight between those two, just watching from the sidelines as a weakling made her feel like she could barely breathe.
But she hadn't even finished relaxing when another roar rang out.
The three of them all looked once more toward the source of the sound, the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
This time, what emerged from that abyss-like maw was no longer purple-black mist.
Instead, it was a monster's sharp claw, which then grabbed the edge of the maw and pulled its entire body completely out.
Then it flapped its massive wings and flew into the sky.
Its body was extremely grotesque. Aside from a pair of enormous black wings, it had thin, long arms and claws, but no head. Only at its abdomen was there a ferocious, gigantic mouth filled with huge fangs.
"Are you afraid?"
The instant Satori appeared, it did not launch an attack, instead asking mockingly.
At the same time, it spread its mouth wide, making its appearance even more terrifying.
To be honest, it was very dissatisfied with this appearance.
Because there were simply too few people around, nowhere near enough for it to have its fill.
It was just that the one who made the wish was too weak, getting dealt with so easily.
"Hm?"
Satori seemed to sense something, its massive body giving a slight tremble.
Immediately after, like a hunting raptor, its gaze continuously swept over Aoba and the other two.
'What is going on?'
'Clearly there are three people…'
'But only Ryuzetsu and Mui are afraid. The other one…'
"You should be pretty confused, right?"
Aoba looked at it with the same mocking expression and said, "Why you can't sense my thoughts?"
"..."
Satori remained silent.
"Because I…"
Aoba paused slightly, then said with a smile, "Don't feel even the slightest fear toward something like you."
BOOM!
Terrifying chakra surged out from Aoba's body, forming a layer of chakra armor around him, making the surrounding air churn violently.
"This guy…"
The once extremely arrogant Satori instantly reacted like a beast encountering its natural enemy, flapping its wings and flying higher without hesitation.
But before it could even react properly, a dull, heavy boom sounded.
A ring-shaped shockwave rippled out from beneath Aoba's feet, and he chased after the ascending Satori at an even faster speed.
In the blink of an eye, his figure appeared directly behind Satori.
Unable to sense fear, Satori could not predict the attack.
"Don't worry, it won't take too long. The fight will be over very soon."
BANG!
Along with those words, a punch that seemed to traverse space itself fell upon Satori's head like divine punishment.
Visibly, as if collapsing inward, Satori's entire head caved in, and faint cracking sounds of shattering bones could be heard.
That massive body over ten meters tall was smashed back down to the ground by the tremendous force.
"So… so terrifying."
Ryuzetsu and Mui were both stunned.
The earlier fight with Sasuke hadn't been nearly this visually direct.
But it still wasn't over.
Before Satori's injuries could recover, Aoba's body fell again at an even faster speed.
Smashing down once more on Satori's head.
The entire isolated island trembled, and Satori's body was completely embedded into the ground.
With these two consecutive blows, even with its constant regeneration, it would be hard for Satori's head to regain clarity right away.
Seizing this opportunity, Aoba stood atop Satori's head, several golden chains shooting out behind him and wrapping around it completely.
Then he slowly stuffed it into… Sasuke's stomach.
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