"Whoosh!"
The Water Wall spiraled up and closed around him, sealing off every blind spot and cutting away the scorching heat.
That was close.
As expected, it was the giant sword of Susanoo—Uchiha Nobuhiko's Perfect Susanoo giant sword!
Feeling the moisture rush over him, Chiba glanced slightly at his left shoulder and slowly let out a breath of relief.
Then, he slowly released his clasped hands.
For him, forming a Water Wall with just a single hand seal was no longer anything remarkable. In a place with water like this, he could even unleash fairly powerful jutsu without forming seals.
But the reason he was relieved now was not because he had formed the Water Wall and gained sufficient protection. It was because his judgment just now had been correct, and he had escaped disaster.
That was right. He had escaped disaster.
Although the previous attack had seemed simple, and he had noticed it in time, if he had moved even a fraction faster while evading, that strike might have burned him to ashes.
The reason was that Uchiha Nobuhiko's attack had been a Susanoo attack. The giant blade looked slow and clumsy, but it was actually incredibly fast and highly flexible. It only appeared somewhat slow to the eye because it was simply too enormous.
In truth, that sword strike had been extremely fast.
And not only fast, but also highly flexible. If he had dodged a little earlier, then given the giant sword's size and attack speed, a slight turn would have rendered the dozens of meters he had covered with the Water Body Flicker Technique no different from not moving at all.
If he had fled even a little earlier just now, he would probably already be bathed in those Black Flames.
By now, he would likely