Battle of Brothers

Cloud Layer, and the wind and thunder roared, as if the sky itself was emitting an angry roar.

"This technique is originally lightning falling from the sky; I merely redirected that power toward you!" Sasuke proudly raised his right hand amidst the Raiu, electric snakes dancing and coiling around it, as if he held the lightning in his hand.

"The technique is called... Kirin!"

Under the horrified gazes of Uchiha Itachi and the secretly watching White Zetsu, a sea of lightning crashed down from the sky. In less than a thousandth of a second, the lightning exploded, the earth collapsed, rocks flew everywhere, and bolts of lightning shot straight to the center of the sky, illuminating the surrounding area with silvery-white light.

"Whoa... Ugh! I didn't expect Sasuke to have such a powerful technique!" The White Zetsu, hidden in the earth, were also blown away by the explosive shockwave. They let out a series of strange cries, and looking at Uchiha Itachi lying on the ground, his life hanging in the balance, after the light faded, they muttered to themselves, "Itachi, is he dead?"

"It's all... over!" Sasuke sat helplessly on the ruins; the battle had taken a tremendous toll on his body and mind.

However, just when the two thought Itachi's soul had returned to the underworld, they heard a weak voice sound again.

"Is this the death you wanted to recreate for me?"

Sasuke looked on in disbelief and saw a layer of scarlet, blood-red skull armor covering Itachi's body, which actually blocked the Lightning Release: Kirin that used the power of heaven.

"Hateful!"

"Sasuke, you've really gotten stronger. If it weren't for this final Susanoo, I'm afraid I would have really lost this time..."

"Is this the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan?" Sasuke looked at everything with resentment, then struggled to his feet and used the last of his Chakra to form hand seals. "However, I haven't lost yet, and your Chakra is also running low. Let's use this last bit of power to settle this once and for all, Summoning Technique!"

A colossal serpentine body suddenly appeared on the battlefield, like a continuous mountain range stretching between the two.

"Manda, kill him for me, and I'll give you something afterwards..." Sasuke stared at Itachi, but found that the other's eyes were unusually dull. In addition, the usually cruel and tyrannical Manda had not responded to his call yet, which made Sasuke but look at the huge body.

The enormous body of the Manda had been broken in two, its eyes dim. It had only survived by virtue of the powerful vitality of snakes. But judging from the sharp sword light that lingered around its wounds, it was clear that its self-healing speed could not keep up with the speed of the Sword Qi's destruction. It was likely that it would soon fall into eternal slumber.

"Uchiha Clan brat... heal my injuries right now, or I'll eat you!" Upon seeing Sasuke, a glimmer of hope rekindled in Manda's despairing eyes.

"... Pfft!" The thought that his last bit of Chakra had summoned such a terrible thing Uchiha Sasuke to lose control of his boiling aura and spit out a mouthful of blood.

Manda then realized that the little bug that summoned it was in no better condition than it was. It was furious. Then it looked at Itachi, who was in a daze, and after sensing its powerful aura, it was overjoyed and started to promote it. "Human, save me! If you save me, I will help you eat that stupid bug."

Of course, for a brother-obsessed person to say such things, its ending is destined to be tragic. After saying those words, Manda felt that the person opposite it was looking at it very strangely.

Seeing that Manda had simply defected to the enemy, Uchiha Sasuke filled with impotent rage. His breathing became disordered, and he collapsed against the ruins.

Then, a voice rang out inside Sasuke's body.

"I'm lending you my power. You must really need it, Sasuke!"

"You want revenge against Itachi, don't you? Come on, unleash my power, and then... you can achieve your long-cherished wish!"

The next moment, a continuous stream of power surged from Sasuke's cursed seal, instantly transforming into the Eight-Headed Serpent, whose body was even larger than Manda. Orochimaru's disgusting body emerged from the mouth of one of the snake heads, covered in disgusting slime.

If Naruto's "Talk -Talk no Jutsu, Sasuke's " Pretentiousness Jutsu" is his Acting Style, then Orochimaru's is clearly his disgusting ability.

"Orochimaru, is this your Eight-Headed Technique?" Itachi ignored Manda and stared directly at the creature that should have appeared in mythology.

"Hahaha, I've finally waited for this moment! Thanks to you, the Chakra that was suppressing me in Sasuke's body has disappeared. Now, this child's body is mine!"

Upon seeing the familiar figure, Manda, who was sensing his life force rapidly waning, was almost moved to tears and cried out excitedly, "Orochimaru, save me! Save me!"

Noticing Manda's body, severed in two and with an incredibly smooth cut, Orochimaru was somewhat bewildered. He frowned and asked, "Manda, how did you get yourself into this state? Also, I don't have time to deal with your affairs right now. Go back to Ryuchi Cave and ask the White Snake Sage for help."

"Idiot, if I could go back to Ryuchi Cave, I would have gone back long ago, but..." At this point, Manda's cruel and tyrannical vertical pupils revealed a human-like fear. "Ryuchi Cave has been destroyed, and even the White Snake Sage was cut in two by the enemy. That guy... he wasn't human at all, he was a devil in human skin, a devil!"

Seeing Manda scream in excitement and fear, a chill ran through everyone. What kind of experience could have turned such a powerful and tyrannical spirit beast like Manda into this state?

Furthermore, although Uchiha Itachi companions couldn't use Sage Mode, they were already at the pinnacle of the Shinobi World and had heard of the legends of Ryuchi Cave and the White Snake Sage. However, the fact that such powerful mythical beasts that had survived for thousands of years and such a terrifying force had been wiped out in a single day filled them with fear.

Orochimaru, who knew Ryuchi Cave and the White Snake Sage best, even temporarily forgot about the current battle and asked in a deep voice, "Who is it? Could it be that the summoning beasts from Mount Myoboku and Shikkotsu Forest are attacking Ryuchi Cave at the same time?"

"No, the other party was just one person!" Manda's eyes widened in fear, as if he were recalling the bloody massacre. His vertical pupils stared intently at Uchiha Itachi: "That's right, it was you, it was the clothes you were wearing. I could never forget it. It was someone wearing clothes like yours, wielding a longsword burning with ghostly flames, taking away one of his kind with every strike. Oh, and I heard that traitor call him Lord Roy. His name is Roy!"

"Roy? When did Akatsuki get such a person?" Orochimaru frowned slightly; he really didn't know anything about Roy.

Upon hearing this name, Sasuke, who was possessed and controlled by him, was overcome with obsession and nearly regained control of his body.

Uchiha Itachi and White Zetsu and White were even more surprised. Although Konan mentioned that this new member was very strong, it was a bit too much that he destroyed Ryuchi Cave, one of the three great sacred sites of sage techniques that had been passed down in the Shinobi World for thousands of years!