"Yeah, Ye Fan. You're right. If things had kept going like before, Kisame and I would both have been killed by you."
The skeleton surrounding Uchiha Itachi gradually grew larger. Tendon-like strands sprouted between its bones and rapidly wound around them.
In an instant, a colossal figure glowing orange-red appeared, holding a shield in its left hand and a sword in its right.
A terrifying pressure filled the air, making everyone's heart pound.
Kisame Hoshigaki stared at the enormous figure before him and sucked in a breath, exclaiming, "Mr. Itachi, is this your true power?"
This was his first time seeing Uchiha Itachi use this technique. He was so astonished he could barely believe his eyes.
He had lived alongside Uchiha Itachi for so long, yet had never imagined Itachi had hidden power of this caliber.
All this time, he had thought Uchiha Itachi's strength lay in Genjutsu, and that he didn't have any powerful offensive techniques.
Now he saw that he'd been thinking far too narrowly.
On a distant mountain, Zetsu was also stunned by the technique. He had always believed Itachi's body simply couldn't withstand using it!
"Uchiha Itachi, you've been hiding your strength awfully well!"
Zetsu watched the battle with complete focus, then turned his attention to Ye Fan.
Ye Fan's performance had far exceeded his expectations.
Before this, he hadn't given Ye Fan a second glance, thinking he was nothing more than an ant.
Now, Zetsu felt as if everything he knew was crumbling.
In all his thousand years of life, he had never encountered anyone with no Chakra in his body who was still this powerful.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed such a thing was possible, even if someone killed him for it!
Zetsu's expression was extremely