Despair

After easily shaking off Amaterasu, Otsutsuki Kinshiki smiled contemptuously, shifted targets again, and charged straight toward Sasuke.

Seeing this, Itachi and Sasuke—brothers with bloody tears streaming from both eyes—both changed expression. At the critical moment, Itachi suddenly shoved Sasuke away with all his strength.

The next second, a giant with a crimson body rose from the ground and met Kinshiki's collision head-on.

Facing an enemy like Otsutsuki Kinshiki, Itachi did not dare hold back. Ignoring the backlash from his Mangekyo Sharingan, he directly used the limit of what he could currently unleash: Susanoo's third form, the half-bodied armored giant.

However, the third-form Susanoo, which had been unstoppable in this era, had now run into a being from the Otsutsuki clan, an existence several versions beyond the Ninja World. After all, even the complete-body Susanoo Sasuke awakened later had been shattered by a single strike from Otsutsuki Isshiki, let alone this third form, which was far inferior to the complete body.

Crack!!

The crimson Susanoo shattered outright under Otsutsuki Kinshiki's impact. Itachi did not even get the chance to manipulate Susanoo and use the Totsuka Blade. Already severely drained, he took another wave of backlash from Susanoo being violently smashed apart and collapsed to the ground in agony.

"Itachi!!!"

Sasuke, who had not yet fully let go of the grudge in his heart, still called Itachi by name, but when he saw Itachi in imminent danger, he rushed back at once, burning with anxiety.

Under the intense mental shock, Sasuke's Mangekyo Sharingan ocular power erupted. A purple skeletal giant appeared around him—it was Susanoo's first form.

To Otsutsuki Kinshiki, Susanoo at this stage was laughable at best. He merely swung the red-glowing broadsword in his hand at random and easily smashed Sasuke's Susanoo to pieces.

With a thud, Sasuke fell right