"Since you're so strong, let this old man test you!"
Seeing Mahito suffer a devastating blow the moment he made contact, and from flames no less, Jogo—the special grade intelligent cursed spirit with a volcano-like head—charged forward and expanded his domain.
"Domain Expansion: Coffin of the Iron Mountain!"
A sea of fire spread wildly, about to forcibly swallow Itachi into the domain after Mahito had delayed him for a second.
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
Knowing escape would be difficult, Itachi did not panic. He immediately created a shadow clone and had it take Iguchi and Sasaki as they continued fleeing toward the edge of the forest, while his true body turned around and activated his complete Susanoo.
As long as the shadow clone got them out and successfully called for help, even if he could not win, he could stall until Satoru Gojo arrived.
Although Satoru Gojo had gone to Kyoto, Itachi knew that Gojo possessed a spatial ability similar to Obito's among his Sorcerer techniques.
As long as Satoru Gojo received the call, he could use Blue to teleport directly back to Tokyo and rush here quickly.
"Susanoo!"
As Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingan spun, an orange-red Susanoo over two hundred meters tall rose swiftly from the forest, bearing the Yata Mirror in its left hand and the Totsuka Blade in its right.
The instant the Susanoo took shape, it immediately raised the Yata Mirror and blocked the incoming sea of flames before it.
As the spiritual weapon naturally carried by Susanoo, the Yata Mirror possessed the ability to nullify the attributes of all attacks.
Thus, when it collided with Jogo's flaming domain, it forcibly stopped it.
"How can this be?!"
Jogo's single eye widened when he saw that his domain had activated successfully, yet failed to pull his opponent inside.
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