"Rumble—" Like a dragon's roar, a thunderous boom that shook heaven and earth came from the rain clouds. The silent stillness of the world was shattered as frenzied lightning, like an uncontrollable giant python, surged down from the sky thousands of miles above. Its target was Sasuke's current position.
Lightning cast the surrounding world in stark black and white. Standing beneath this "Falling Dragon," Sasuke's entire body was being struck by the lightning dragon. He could not withstand such power alone; lightning was also a form of Nature Energy.
"Seal!" Sasuke gritted his teeth and held on. His skin began to char, yet he still forced himself to complete the technique in his hands.
Countless tiny currents shot out from the tips of the iron rods around him. Upon meeting the enormous Falling Dragon, those miniature bolts pulled at the dragon's head before it had fully descended. Drawn by the threads of lightning, the lightning dragon plunged straight toward Itachi below.
These steps looked numerous, but Sasuke had completed them almost instantly. Lightning could not last long, but all its power had been gathered into one strike. Let Itachi have a proper taste of its might.
"Itachi, I told you. These eyes have already seen the way you'll die, haven't they?" Sasuke's cold words left his lips. He waved a small hand downward like a general commanding lightning, looking down upon the dying Itachi below.
"Rumble, rumble—" Lightning crashed into Itachi. Sasuke saw only a sheet of white light before his eyes fell temporarily blind from staring directly at the intense glare. The explosive roar of the strike temporarily robbed Sasuke, at the center of the blast, of his hearing. He only felt an overwhelmingly powerful impact strike his chest as heat and radiation relentlessly assaulted his skin. Facing mortal