Under the moonlight, like a silver waterfall, two Susanoo—one red and one purple—manifested at the same time, startling countless birds and beasts in the forest and making the entire grove seem to come alive.
Sasuke, clutched in Hyuga Kagami's Susanoo, stood there utterly dumbfounded.
He had never expected that, despite being the first to activate Susanoo, his opponent would strike later yet seize the initiative and subdue him so easily. He had also never expected Susanoo to be able to attack while it was still forming.
Unwilling to admit defeat so easily, he immediately began struggling with all his strength.
Yet even when he exerted every ounce of strength he had, veins bulging in his neck and his face flushed red, he could not move the Susanoo gripping his body in the slightest.
Hyuga Kagami glanced at Sasuke's futile efforts and said blandly, "There may truly be people in this world who can tear apart a Susanoo with their bare hands, but you are not one of them."
Sasuke stopped struggling, his face filled with shame and anger.
Hyuga Kagami then had his Susanoo slam Sasuke brutally into the ground and reprimanded him in a cold tone, "Don't wait until you're humiliated and enraged every time before remembering to use the Mangekyō Sharingan's ocular techniques."
Sasuke was left utterly dazed by the impact, and his Susanoo dissipated soon afterward.
Hyuga Kagami continued, "Cherishing your ocular power is important, of course, but you cannot let that make you hesitate and overthink everything. The battlefield does not allow distractions. If you lose your life, what use is it to save your ocular power?"
Sasuke looked astonished and confused.
He did not understand how Flame Demon had guessed what he was thinking. Just now, because of his ocular power, he had wanted to