Chapter 57: The Kamui Gambit
"Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!"
He immediately spat out a series of fireballs from his sealed hands, besieging Uchiha Naoki from all directions, giving him no room to breathe. And these flames were extremely flexible under Uchiha Obito's control.
Even though Uchiha Naoki stopped retreating and swiftly dodged, he was still struck by the main body during the evasion and was blasted away again.
"Do you realize how wrong you were to close your eyes now, brat!"
Before Uchiha Naoki could land and steady himself, another crisis emerged from behind him. "Get in there!"
Uchiha Obito focused his right eye and opened the Kamui dimension. The majestic spatial vortex gave Uchiha Naoki no chance to resist, swallowing him whole. From a distance, it looked more like Uchiha Naoki had crashed into the spatial vortex.
The moment he entered the Kamui dimension, Uchiha Naoki immediately sensed a severe crisis. A large cluster of explosive tags swooped in as if homing, densely covering Uchiha Naoki's body.
"Detonate!" Uchiha Obito formed a seal and set off all the explosive tags.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Deafening explosions filled the entire space, flames soared, and the vibrations continued. But Uchiha Naoki immediately elementalized to avoid damage. Though magma splashed from the explosions, he remained unharmed.
"Hmph, do you think I'll let you stay in that state forever?" Seeing Uchiha Naoki's elementalization nullify the damage, Uchiha Obito's sinister voice rang out. "Dream on, brat!"
"Sealing Technique: Spirit Seal!"
Uchiha Obito quickly formed seals and struck the ground. Large swathes of curse seals spread out again, covering the entire explosion range before rapidly contracting into an impenetrable net meant to bind Uchiha Naoki.
But!
Swoosh!
The next moment, before the curse net could close, Uchiha Naoki transformed into a stream of slender lava and charged straight out.
"Hmph, fooled you, brat!" But seeing this, Uchiha Obito couldn't help but grin, proud and ferocious. He directly blocked Uchiha Naoki's path with his own body.
Thud!
Uchiha Obito's chest was pierced directly, and globs of lava fell to the ground behind him. But completely disregarding his fatal wound, he grabbed the scorching lava and laughed triumphantly. "I've got you now!" His eyes turned icy cold. "Spirit Seal!"
A large black curse seal instantly erupted from Uchiha Obito's body, winding around Uchiha Naoki's entire body along his arm.
Immediately!
Uchiha Naoki was forcibly withdrawn from his elemental state, his real body revealed before Uchiha Obito.
"Hmph, it's over!" A spike shot from Uchiha Obito's sleeve, piercing Uchiha Naoki's chest.
But before Uchiha Obito could rejoice!
The Uchiha Naoki whose body was pierced immediately turned into smoke with a bang.
"Shadow Clone?!" Uchiha Obito was shocked. "How?! When?!"
At that moment, the previously fallen lava transformed into Uchiha Naoki.
"Magma Style: Dark Hound!" A powerful blow through the chest made Uchiha Obito scream again.
But strangely!
After delivering this blow, Uchiha Naoki didn't press his advantage. Instead, he abruptly retreated.
The Uchiha Obito with a pierced chest disappeared again.
Then reappeared before Uchiha Naoki!
Uchiha Obito's face was extremely grim as he looked at Uchiha Naoki. "You seem to know I won't die?"
Looking at Uchiha Naoki, whose eyes were still closed, Uchiha Obito gritted his teeth. His trump card, genjutsu, was useless. And his other trump cards seemed to be known to Uchiha Naoki as well. This made him, originally so confident, suddenly feel uncertain.
Hearing this, Uchiha Naoki laughed mockingly. "Oh? I don't understand what you're talking about! But I still have to thank you for providing me with an excellent battlefield!"
Lava surged all over his body, transforming into a slender dog's head that charged at Uchiha Obito.
"Here, you shouldn't be able to phase anymore. In other words, all the physical damage I inflict is real!"
Hearing this, Uchiha Obito's expression changed sharply. "Where did you get this information?!" Another piece of intelligence about his Kamui had been analyzed. This deepened his sense of crisis.
Facing the incoming lava hound, he naturally retreated quickly. But what surprised Uchiha Obito again was that, under Uchiha Naoki's control, this dog head was extremely agile, no less sensitive than the Sharingan's penetrating ability. It actually put him in danger several times, even predicting his movements in advance and driving him into desperate situations.
"This is impossible!" Uchiha Obito shouted again. "Without the Sharingan's insight, how can your perception ability lock onto the target so accurately?! No sensor-type ninja can do such a thing!"
His eyes were now filled with fear. This Uchiha Naoki was simply shrouded in mystery; he couldn't figure him out at all.
"Heh, Mr. Masked Man, you must be joking..." Uchiha Naoki laughed. "Did I ever say I was a sensor-type ninja?" Without waiting for Uchiha Obito to answer, Uchiha Naoki continued, "Seems not! You've always thought of me as one."
This answer made Uchiha Obito's heart tremble. Then, as if suddenly understanding, he clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. "So, earlier, when you let me blow you away outside, when you awkwardly dodged my attacks, and finally when I brought you into this space... it was all intentional? Just so you could enter this place where I can no longer phase to avoid attacks?"
Uchiha Naoki raised an eyebrow and snorted lightly. "Oh, you figured it out. How clever!" But this made Uchiha Obito so angry his eyes nearly burst into flames.
"You bastard... you've been playing me like a monkey!" His lungs were about to explode! He, who claimed to be the mastermind behind the shinobi world, manipulating everything, had now been played by a 13-year-old kid? The hunter who hunted eagles all day had been pecked by an eagle? What a joke!
Uchiha Naoki remained indifferent. "Now, now, don't be so angry. It's bad for your health." Then his expression turned serious. "But stop pretending, Mr. Masked Man. You're obviously immune to my fatal attacks at any time, yet you still act like you're struggling to avoid them. Aren't you tired? Honestly, it looks pretty tiring to me!"
Facing Uchiha Naoki's words, Uchiha Obito's eyes narrowed again. Though his heart was in turmoil, he tried to keep his tone calm. "What do you mean? I don't understand what you're talking about!"