Ōnoki, the Third Kazekage, and Hatake Sakumo were all bewildered. What was going on with Uchiha Mai?
Dust Release had forced him to withdraw the killing blow aimed at the Third Kazekage, and he had mounted no effective counterattack after dodging it. Why was he so arrogant, so exhilarated?
Was it simply because he had dodged Dust Release?
That seemed unlikely. For an ordinary ninja, dodging Dust Release would indeed be something to boast about for the rest of their life. But Uchiha Mai was clearly no ordinary ninja.
"Shikotsumyaku, Dust Release, and the Mangekyō Sharingan. With all three bloodline abilities in one body, no one can surpass me, Uchiha Mai!"
Uchiha Mai raised both hands in the pose Tien Shinhan used for his Tri-Beam and laughed. "Then allow me to show you, Ōnoki—the kekkei tōta that lets you look down on the entire Ninja World.
Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!"
Dust Release?
"Impossible!"
Ōnoki blurted it out, his expression incredulous and his eyes wide with shock. Dust Release was a kekkei tōta formed by combining three chakra natures. In the entire Ninja World, only he and his teacher could use it.
The Mangekyō pattern rotated, its three-colored lines flashing. Chakra surged out of Uchiha Mai's body and gathered between his hands, forming a translucent cubic barrier.
It was precisely the Dust Release Barrier used to contain Dust Release.
The power of Dust Release, capable of annihilating and disintegrating everything, slowly brewed inside the barrier. The aura leaking from it forced Ōnoki to believe that this really was Dust Release.
Uchiha Mai narrowed his eyes slightly and sent the Dust Release Barrier flying toward Ōnoki. The barrier, initially the size of a Rubik's cube, swelled as it flew, eventually becoming a cube nearly three meters on each