Whoosh...
In an instant, Itachi's Susanoo swung the divine weapon in its hand, the Totsuka Blade, and viciously thrust it at the motionless Obito.
Yet before the blade could strike Obito, Itachi's Susanoo abruptly collapsed, and the Totsuka Blade, which had been attached to the Susanoo in the form of a spirit weapon, vanished along with it.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Immediately afterward, Itachi crouched halfway to the ground and began coughing violently.
The backlash from having his Susanoo shattered several times, combined with the loss of one Mangekyō Sharingan from using the forbidden technique Izanami, had placed an enormous burden on his body.
He could no longer bear it for the moment and was unable to sustain his Susanoo.
But he knew this was their only chance to turn defeat into victory. He could not afford to waste even a second, so despite his nearly exhausted ocular power, he took a deep breath and activated Susanoo once more.
Rustle...
A red phantom projected itself from his body again.
However, with only one Mangekyō Sharingan remaining, even though he had been implanted with First Hokage Cells and possessed the yin-yang unified Power of All Creation, activating Susanoo was still extremely difficult. Its phantom wavered back and forth between its skeletal form and armored form, unable to advance any further.
Itachi, blood tears streaming from his eye, knew he had only one chance. Enduring the severe backlash to his ocular power, he forced the divine weapon held in Susanoo's hand—the Totsuka Blade—into motion!
From the very beginning, Itachi had never expected the Totsuka Blade to strike Obito.
His repeated assaults earlier, as well as Shisui and Shinichi's life-risking cooperation, had all been meant to draw Obito's attention to the Totsuka Blade in his hand.
He knew that Obito had suffered at the