Sage (Part 2)

Black Flame appeared out of nowhere, clinging tightly to the lizard's long tongue like a maggot burrowing into bone.

A searing pain immediately shot into the mind of the Summoned Giant Lizard.

Hiss—

It let out a sharp cry of agony, hurriedly dispelled the entanglement of its tongue, and released Susanoo's left hand. It desperately slapped the ground with its own tongue, hoping to extinguish the Black Flame covering it.

Unfortunately, the defining trait of Amaterasu Fire was that nothing could resist burning. Ordinary methods were utterly useless against it.

All its struggles were in vain.

In the blink of an eye, the scorching Black Flame burned through its tongue and quickly spread upward along it.

Seeing that it was about to be devoured by the Black Flame, the Summoned Giant Lizard, unable to endure the agony any longer, had no choice but to cancel the summoning and vanish into a cloud of white smoke.

At the same time, Susanoo's left hand broke free. Itachi immediately controlled the half-body giant, swinging the Crimson Yata Mirror in its left hand at the Three-Headed Dog on the right.

Bang!

The heavy shield smashed into the monster dog's head, leaving it dazed and disoriented, but it still clamped down hard on Susanoo's right hand without letting go.

Bang, bang, bang!

Itachi's expression did not change. He controlled Susanoo and smashed the Yata Mirror against it seven or eight times in succession, only stopping after shattering the Three-Headed Dog's fangs. Then he pulled Susanoo's right hand from its mouth.

With the sword-wielding right hand free, he immediately controlled Susanoo to swing the Totsuka Blade backward, slicing off all three dog heads at once. The enormous canine body crashed to the ground.

Then, from the severed neck, red tendrils of flesh began to intertwine and