"Close combat puts me at a disadvantage, but I still have a way—"
Sasuke leaped backward, widening the distance between them.
At this point, Amano-Iwato had been released, and Itachi's Yata Mirror had also been "confiscated."
The area where it had stood had now become an open space.
"Foolish. You actually gave up your own advantage—Yasaka Magatama!"
Itachi immediately switched to a ranged attack. The orange Susanoo hurled magatama-shaped energy projectiles at Sasuke.
"My Futsunomitama isn't only for close combat!"
An eerie light suddenly glimmered across the purple Susanoo's twin blades.
The longsword swept horizontally. As its edge cut through the air, it flung out a blade of energy crackling with Red Lightning.
"Was that Amaterasu?! No!"
The blade-shaped attack resembled Amaterasu, but Itachi knew it was more than just Amaterasu. It also contained lightning.
A slash of black flames and Red Lightning followed.
The Yasaka Magatama was sliced apart, and the slash continued toward Itachi.
But Itachi raised the Totsuka Blade again to block it.
"Bang—!"
A small notch seemed to have been cut into the intangible Totsuka Blade.
[Wait, doesn't it feel like Uchiha Itachi is throwing the fight? He just gave up his absolutely invincible shield like that?]
[Of course he had to give it up, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to get out.]
[This Uchiha Itachi is basically Susanoo, the Totsuka Blade, Yata Mirror, Yasakani no Magatama—and now even the notch in the Totsuka Blade has been perfectly recreated.]
[Meanwhile, Sasuke's got Takemikazuchi 233]
[No acting involved.]
[And there's Karasu Tengu too.]
[I can see it now. Ninja Path is mainly based on Japanese mythology, mixed with some Indian mythology. I wouldn't even be surprised if Brahma showed up someday.]
[I still think it looks like a fixed match. One of these two is definitely