This was...
Water Release?
Not... Wood Release? What was he trying to do? Within the perception of his Stage One Susanoo, as his body spun through the air, Uchiha Nobuhiko continuously felt impacts powerful enough to nearly shatter the Stage One Susanoo. He realized that this was Water Release.
Not Wood Release!
Not the Wood Release he had imagined! He could still use the Stage One Susanoo, and Taki Chiba could not possibly have failed to see that. Now, the safest and most effective way to deal with Susanoo was Wood Release—using its binding, entangling, and Chakra-absorbing properties to steadily weaken him until he could no longer maintain the Stage One Susanoo.
For Taki Chiba, simply binding him with a Wood Release technique would have guaranteed victory.
Because of the Amaterasu form, he could not use the Perfect Susanoo right now. The ocular power required for Susanoo also seemed to have entered a period of fatigue, leaving him barely able to use only the first stage. As long as Chiba kept weakening him and absorbing his Chakra during this time, once most of his Chakra had been drained...
There would be no way for him to turn the tables.
Even if he regained the ability to use the Perfect Susanoo.
Taki Chiba had definitely seen through that.
Moreover, even without using Wood Release to absorb his Chakra, Chiba could still break through the protection of the Stage One Susanoo and crush him to death with Wood Release.
It would just...
Consume more Chakra!
Hmm? As that thought occurred to him, Uchiha Nobuhiko, whose body was still spinning uncontrollably as he instinctively increased the Chakra output of the Stage One Susanoo, suddenly brightened.
Chakra? Could he be nearing his limit already?
*Is his Chakra about to run out? No! Impossible. With