But it was enough!
Asuma smiled. Kurenai behind him moved her hands like phantoms, instantly completing her hand seals before her entire body vanished like an illusion.
"This is..."
Itachi's eyes widened, revealing his blood-red Three Tomoe Sharingan. Using Genjutsu before the Sharingan—wasn't that a little too arrogant?
Compared to the Genjutsu battle between the two, Kisame and Asuma's clash was far more straightforward.
Asuma said, "You actually suppressed me with just the tip of your blade. What incredible strength!"
"Heh!"
Kisame grinned, and the bandages wrapped around the tip of his blade burst apart, exposing sharp spikes. Asuma's pupils contracted as he felt a stab of pain.
"My great sword Samehada isn't meant for cutting people... it's meant for shaving them down!"
Whoosh!
A large chunk of flesh was torn straight from Asuma's arm, blood spraying through the air.
"Damn it!"
Asuma cursed under his breath, clutching his arm as he looked at the two of them, cold sweat beginning to form.
At that moment, Kurenai's Genjutsu took effect. A massive tree bound Itachi against it, while Kurenai slowly emerged from the trunk, kunai in hand and aimed at him.
"It's all over!"
Itachi remained expressionless as he looked at Kurenai before him. In an instant, the situation reversed, and Kurenai was bound to the tree, utterly unable to resist.
"Genjutsu of this level has no effect on me."
Itachi's words changed Kurenai's expression. Had her Genjutsu been reflected back at her?
Just as a blade emerged from Itachi's sleeve, Kurenai bit down hard on her lip, blood slowly trickling out. She immediately broke free of her own Genjutsu.
As she dropped down, the blade swept past her, cutting off several strands of her hair. Just as she breathed a sigh of relief, a foot had somehow already appeared