Boom!
In midair, amid a series of cracking sounds, the inverted Black Flames dragged a trail of black Chakra fragments through the air, continuously shattering and dissipating. It became a streak of black light and slammed viciously into the ground.
Crack... boom!
The instant that streak of black light struck the ground, the earth split and shattered. In the blink of an eye, a web-like field of cracks formed around the point of impact.
Boom!
Then, just an instant later, under the crushing force, dust erupted from the cracks and surged upward along them toward the city walls, spreading outward with the widening fissures in the ground.
Like countless walls of dust, they formed in an instant.
Did he do that on purpose?
That Taki Chiba had been waiting for me to take that step back! A mere Earth Style: Earth Pit Technique—he actually used such a trivial Earth Style: Earth Pit Technique!
Even after gaining greater power, that Taki Chiba hadn't forgotten what he was best at! Damn it!
I actually... I was actually scared into this state!
Within those countless walls of dust, Uchiha Nobuhiko, buried deep at their center, clenched his teeth lightly. Amid cracking sounds, the Susanoo armor covering his back had completely peeled away, and beneath his black robe, a faint fist mark was slowly emerging.
That single blow had utterly shattered the defenses of his Susanoo state!
He chose to retreat? That Uchiha Nobuhiko! Above those countless walls of dust, Chiba's upward momentum had halted, and he was beginning to fall. Still holding the pose of throwing a downward punch in midair, a grave look flashed across his face.
Hiss, hiss, hiss!
At that moment, white vapor like steam suddenly rose from his body, where the lightning had just vanished. In an instant, those