The mist cleared completely.
Visibility opened up across the sea, revealing a murderous tension heavier than the thick fog had been.
Shisui Uchiha controlled his crimson Susanoo, steadily holding back the pale Chimera Beast's frenzied lunges. The monster's claws and fangs scraped against the energy armor with piercing shrieks, unable to breach it at all.
In that instant of stalemate—
"Kirin."
A cool voice devoid of emotion sounded beside Shisui.
Then, deep within the rain clouds, lightning gathered at a frantic, visible pace, taking shape!
RUMBLE!!!
Thunder that shook heaven and earth took physical form. A blue kirin made entirely of raging lightning thrust its head out of the clouds and plunged ferociously toward the Chimera Beast below!
Before the lightning even reached it, the sea had already been lit a ghastly white, countless fine currents of electricity racing through the water!
ROAR!!!
The Chimera Beast let out a deafening roar of agony as Kirin tore into its enormous body without resistance! Blinding blue-white plasma erupted at every joint and between every patch of stitched flesh, and the stench of burning flesh instantly filled the air.
"Vanish with the thunder."
The Chimera Beast abruptly stopped struggling. Its huge body convulsed a few times, then crashed onto the rolling sea, sending towering sprays of water into the air. White smoke appeared and quickly enveloped it. Its Summoning Contract forcibly terminated, the monster dissolved into smoke and vanished.
"Stay out of my way."
Uchiha Satsuki, wearing a Fox Mask similar in style to Menma's, glanced at Shisui beside her. Her voice was icy.
Beneath his mask, Shisui's expression briefly froze. He looked at Satsuki with complicated feelings—that familiar Dojutsu, made deeper and stronger by the evolution of her Mangekyo, was unmistakable.
After the initial probing attacks, the situation on the battlefield had