Chapter 60: The Susano'o Emerges
"Not good!"
The face under Uchiha Obito's mask suddenly paled, but before he could react, the violent bombardment had already begun.
BOOM!!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
This torrential rain of attacks seamlessly submerged Uchiha Obito completely. Dust plumed, the earth shook!
After a full six minutes of bombardment, the area was completely reduced to ruins. The river beneath the waterfall had dried up.
Huff...
Huff...
Two ragged breaths sounded, one after the other.
Uchiha Naoki, as if sensing something extraordinary, quickly retreated and swallowed two more soldier pills.
In the bombed-out area ahead, a thick chakra skeleton arm tore through the smoke and dust, revealing the scene inside.
A blue-green skeletal warrior enveloped Uchiha Obito. Its eyes blazed like torches, its chakra form flickering like flames, exuding an unparalleled evil aura. Uchiha Obito's clothes, protected within, were tattered, revealing half his face and body. He covered his right eye in obvious pain, scarlet blood streaming from it. Clearly, this technique placed a great burden on him.
"Uchiha... Naoki, you are something else!" Uchiha Obito covered his painful right eye, staring at the distant Uchiha Naoki through his fingers, his gaze filled with hatred. "To force me to use this technique... you should be honored, even in death! I will always remember your name, remember the shame you brought me today, so I never underestimate anyone again!!"
As he spoke, a strange pattern appeared on the skeletal warrior's fist. Uchiha Naoki recognized it as the pattern of the Spirit Seal.
Gush!
But maintaining this state seemed to push Uchiha Obito beyond his limits, making him immediately vomit a mouthful of blood. His ragged breathing intensified.
"Susano'o..."
Looking at this majestic skeletal warrior, Uchiha Naoki's eyes narrowed, and he immediately closed them. "What an incredible ability!"
But thinking about it, it wasn't surprising. In the original story, Uchiha Obito could eventually manifest the complete Susano'o. It wasn't shocking that he could manifest the first form here.
And Uchiha Obito was no longer surprised that Uchiha Naoki even knew about Susano'o. He had only one thought now: Kill Uchiha Naoki! All other unreasonable things became reasonable.
"With only one Mangekyō left, are you going all out?" Observation Haki fully deployed, Uchiha Naoki sensed Uchiha Obito's state. Only the right eye's Mangekyō fluctuation remained. The cost of using 'Izanagi' again was too high; the probability of Uchiha Obito doing so was low. Therefore, Uchiha Obito must be going all out.
"If that's the case, then bring it on!" Uchiha Naoki took a deep breath, stomped the ground, and shouted, "Lava Burst Shot!"
Let's test this Susano'o's strength first!
BOOM!
Facing the ground-shattering attack aimed directly at his only undefended foot, Uchiha Obito gritted his teeth and activated his phasing ability, avoiding the blow.
"He can still use the phasing ability while controlling Susano'o?" Seeing this, Uchiha Naoki's heart trembled. "In that case, let's see how long you can last!"
Facing the mystical phasing ability, Uchiha Naoki naturally wouldn't take it lightly. Even if he had caused Uchiha Obito so much suffering, who knew if Uchiha Obito had other tricks? A single misstep could lead to disaster.
"You think I'll let you keep attacking me?!" Uchiha Obito saw through Uchiha Naoki's plan and roared. Susano'o almost immediately began attacking actively.
"Yasaka Magatama!"
As Susano'o raised its right hand, a string of chakra orbs condensed and shot forth. But what shocked Uchiha Naoki was... these magatama weren't shot straight and extremely fast like Uchiha Madara's or Uchiha Itachi's. Instead, just as they were about to reach him, they suddenly sank into a spatial vortex and vanished with a bang.
"What?!" Uchiha Naoki was greatly surprised. He pushed his Observation Haki to the limit, capturing the spatial movements around him.
The next second, the enormous Yasaka Magatama appeared right beside him without any warning.
Hiss!!!
Uchiha Naoki was horrified. In such a confined space, it was impossible to react in time. The Yasaka Magatama were even covered with the 'Spirit Seal' patterns, making him dare not touch them even in his elemental state.
"Armament! Harden!!!"
He pushed beyond his limits, immediately covering the attacked area with Armament Haki. Then he felt as if he'd been sent flying by a galloping Tailed Beast! The sound of breaking bones from his back was clearly audible. His internal organs felt as if trampled, agonizingly painful. Blood sprayed from his mouth as he was smashed into the mountain wall beside the waterfall like a kite with a broken string.
"Go to hell!!!" Seeing this, Uchiha Obito roared ferociously. "Yasaka Magatama, scatter!"
Like a Fūma Shuriken disassembling, a series of jade-like energy cannons vented madly, blasting toward Uchiha Naoki's location.
Too fast! Simply no chance to dodge.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The entire mountain wall seemed about to be blasted through. After the smoke cleared, a massive cave had appeared.
But Uchiha Obito suddenly stared, utterly disbelieving. "Gone? Where did he go?!"
His Mangekyō scanned the surroundings at high speed, alert to all directions, especially paying attention to his feet, never giving Uchiha Naoki a chance to ambush.
"Lava... Hell!"
Suddenly, Uchiha Naoki's voice came from underground. Uchiha Obito felt the ground suddenly scalding hot, a pungent sulfur smell spreading. He immediately leaped upward! He had a deep psychological shadow regarding attacks from underground.
However, no lava shot skyward to attack him. Instead, the earth grew hotter and hotter, finally seeming to melt, slowly turning into flowing lava.
"The earth... melted?" Seeing this, Uchiha Obito was shocked. "What kind of ability is this?!"
Facing the lava constantly devouring Susano'o, Uchiha Obito instinctively felt this was bad and immediately prepared to warp away.
"Lava Burst Shot!"
But the moment he took action, the land, now completely turned to lava, suddenly spewed an extremely thick lava column, interrupting his warp attempt.
"Yasaka Magatama!"
Interrupted mid-air, Uchiha Obito naturally suffered backlash. But against this surging attack, he had no choice but to counter.
BOOM!
When the enormous Magatama collided with the massive lava, it truly shook heaven and earth, startling ghosts and gods. Even the dark clouds in the sky seemed blown apart, rumbling with thunder.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Large amounts of lava splattered in all directions, causing terrifying damage.
But the next moment, several pairs of giant lava hounds surged forth from the lava land again.