Fierce Battle, Purple Lightning!

Bang—

Biwa Juzo brought his blade down, landing a clean hit on Kitagawa Gen.

But at some point, the Kitagawa Gen before his eyes had already turned into a puddle of mud and collapsed to the ground!

"Earth Clone?"

Biwa Juzo frowned. He truly had not noticed when this brat had cast the technique.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

Just then, countless senbon and Kunai attacked him from every direction!

"Tch, petty tricks."

Biwa Juzo gave a cold snort. In the next instant, the Kubikiribōchō in his hand danced through a series of dazzling arcs!

Amid the grating clash of metal, he actually blocked every last one of the incoming senbon and Kunai.

He was a member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen after all. With swordsmanship alone, he could deal with the vast majority of enemies!

Moreover, while blocking those hidden weapons, he also locked onto Kitagawa Gen's position.

"Found you, brat."

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

Kitagawa Gen showed no hesitation either. He formed hand seals without delay, and a massive fireball was already hurtling toward Biwa Juzo.

"Water Release: Water Formation Wall!"

Biwa Juzo did not dare get cocky either. A ninja could not afford the slightest carelessness.

Even when a jonin faced a genin, one slip could still get him sent off.

What was more, he was still somewhat worried about the Anbu reinforcements Kitagawa Gen had mentioned, so he was even less likely to hold back!

Hiss—

The surging fireball crashed into the rising Water Formation Wall, instantly sending up boundless steam.

For a moment, the scalding mist spread all around, blocking everyone's vision!

Facing this situation, Kitagawa Gen seemed somewhat troubled. He quickly formed hand seals.

"Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!"

Following his seals, several earthen walls immediately rose from the ground and surrounded him, seemingly forming an effective protection.

"That sealing speed is rather fast."

Within the mist, Biwa Juzo could see clearly. He had long since grown used to the thick fog of the Land of Water. This sort of situation did not count for anything to him at all.

Very quickly, he shook his head disdainfully, then also began forming hand seals at speed.

"How foolish, actually trying to fight a Mist Ninja in water mist. In that case..."

Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!

Biwa Juzo's Chakra swiftly thickened, and a colossal creature raised its head and broke through the mist. The huge water dragon pounced toward those earthen walls!

Boom—

In an instant, Kitagawa Gen's Earth Flow Wall was smashed to pieces by the soaring water dragon, while the dragon itself scattered into water droplets across the sky.

Almost at the same time, Biwa Juzo's figure flashed, and he charged over in an instant.

The defense had already been destroyed, so naturally he would not miss such a good opportunity.

"Hm?"

However, just as he avoided the flying rubble and water droplets and rushed in, he suddenly sensed something wrong!

A very special Chakra was constantly rising at this moment, giving even him an inexplicable, hair-raising feeling.

"What... is going on?"

Looking closely, amid the rubble and water droplets, Kitagawa Gen had his eyes tightly closed.

And on his body, a kind of purple lightning Biwa Juzo had never seen before, carrying an eerie aura, was flashing!

The bewitching purple lightning gleamed with brilliant arcs. In the mist, it was like neon, refracting dazzling, multicolored light.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time."

At that moment, Kitagawa Gen suddenly opened his eyes and raised his head, a smile even appearing on his face.

"Also, thank you for creating an even better environment for me."

As soon as the words fell, the purple arcs around Kitagawa Gen instantly unfurled, surging and raging like a flood bursting through a dam!

Biwa Juzo's face turned a little pale. He watched helplessly as those arcs followed the water droplets filling the sky, roaring toward him.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

"Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!"

On the other side, the battle between Kakashi and Itachi Uchiha had already begun.

Itachi Uchiha's hand-seal speed was so fast it left people dumbstruck. Even Kakashi found it strenuous.

But this was normal too. After all, strictly speaking, Itachi Uchiha could be considered an all-rounder!

Whether ninjutsu, taijutsu, or Genjutsu, he was proficient in every area, which also made his fighting style extremely varied.

And Kakashi knew that this guy's battle IQ was also extremely high. No matter whether his opponent was strong or weak, he liked to carefully and cautiously break down the enemy's techniques, adopting a fighting style of countering after the opponent moved.

On this point, the two of them were truly quite similar.

"I have to find a way to make him expose an opening on his own. Only then can I go reinforce him."

Kakashi's mind raced, but in that instant of distraction, Itachi Uchiha had already appeared behind him!

"Senior Kakashi, you cannot lose focus during battle."

Itachi Uchiha's voice was extremely indifferent, and the Kunai in his hand had already stabbed into Kakashi's back!

"As expected of you, Itachi."

Kakashi turned his head slightly, and arcs of electricity suddenly emerged from his body.

"But you seem to have mistaken me for someone else!"

Hiss, hiss, hiss—

The Kakashi stabbed by Itachi Uchiha instantly turned into electric plasma. The plasma spread onto Itachi Uchiha's body, leaving him unable to move.

And in that instant, the real Kakashi suddenly burst out from underground, with the lightning of Chidori blooming in his hand!

"Is that so?"

But Itachi Uchiha's expression remained indifferent, and his voice was calm to the extreme.

"Then what about you, Senior Kakashi?"

"Hm?"

At this moment, Kakashi's expression changed somewhat. He had already realized that the one before him was a Shadow Clone.

The most fatal thing was that the Chakra inside this Shadow Clone was running irregularly!

Boom—

With a loud explosion, the Shadow Clone blew up directly at this moment!

The powerful blast wave snapped the surrounding trees, and an invisible shock wave slammed fiercely toward Kakashi.

Kakashi's reaction was also lightning-fast. He almost immediately pulled back, narrowly avoiding the impact from such close range.

Although he was still swept into a somewhat sorry state by the explosion, at least he was not injured.

"This guy is too dangerous."

The Sharingan in Kakashi's left eye slowly spun. While searching for Itachi Uchiha's position, he also could not help wanting to check on Kitagawa Gen's situation.

The rumbling and the burst of Chakra from that side left him restless, but with Itachi Uchiha blocking him, he truly had no chance.

"Senior Kakashi, that eye still doesn't seem very suited to you."

Just then, Itachi Uchiha had already taken the initiative to walk out of the thick smoke, standing calmly before Kakashi.

"You don't seem to have much Chakra left."

"That's true."

Kakashi shook his head. Naturally, he knew his own situation.

"But holding you back is enough. As long as we wait for the Anbu reinforcements to arrive, none of you will be going anywhere."

"Is that so?"

Itachi Uchiha replied indifferently, and his mind was also thinking quickly. Only after a moment did he speak in a deep voice.

"But you've made one mistake. You simply don't know how to use the Sharingan, nor can you bring out its power. Today..."

As he spoke, his eyes closed slightly. In the next instant, when they opened again, his eyes had already turned into the Mangekyō Sharingan!

"I'll let you witness the true power of the Sharingan!"

In an instant, an eerie Chakra bloomed beneath those eyes.

"Oh no!"

Kakashi only felt his breath catch, and the whole world had already begun to twist.

When he saw everything clearly again, the entire world had become an interweaving of black and white, and he had already been bound to a cross!

"This is the world of Tsukuyomi. In this world, whether space, time, or mass, all of it is controlled by me."

Itachi Uchiha held a ninja blade and had already paced over in front of him. The ninja blade was unsheathed in an instant and stabbed fiercely into his abdomen, the intense pain making his eyes widen!

"And don't think this is Genjutsu. The injuries suffered here are the same as those in the outside world. For the next seventy-two hours, I will keep stabbing you with my blade."

Pshk—

Pshk—

Two more grating sounds rang out, and that extreme agony once again swept through Kakashi's nerves!

"This Genjutsu..."

Kakashi gritted his teeth and endured, but at this moment, the Itachi Uchiha before his eyes seemed to become endless. Countless ninja blades emitted a terrifying cold gleam as they stabbed toward him once more!

Kakashi's eyes were filled with bloodshot veins. He also tried to undo the Genjutsu, but he discovered that he could not do anything at all.

"Don't rush. We still have a very long time."

Itachi Uchiha's voice rang out again, that layered, overlapping sound chilling to the bone.

"Now then, let us continue..."

He raised his blade again, but at this moment, his figure suddenly paused. Even Kakashi noticed such a change.

And within this world of Genjutsu, he seemed to see an eerie purple light flickering.