The next instant, the longsword in Susanoo's hand pierced the Third Kazekage through the chest, unleashing enough power to kill and destroy him dozens of times over.
Without any warning, the Third Kazekage turned to ash, then dust. There was no scream, no wail, no pain.
The life force and spiritual power within him were also absorbed by Deathfire, passing through the longsword and Susanoo before merging into Uchiha Mai's body.
With a buzz.
Susanoo dispersed into chakra and vanished between heaven and earth. The time-stop barrier of Innate Time Control disappeared. Uchiha Mai coughed up a mouthful of blood and used the Body Flicker Technique to dart aside, avoiding the Dust Release Ōnoki had just fired.
Pain.
His eyes, his brain, his chest... every part of his body hurt. This attack had nearly exhausted more than half of Uchiha Mai's chakra and spiritual power.
Susanoo possessed the power to use and amplify ninjutsu. Using Susanoo as a medium and platform, Uchiha Mai had integrated all his abilities to develop Annihilate Heaven and Earth: Sword Twenty-Three, the strongest move he had ever been able to use.
There were many ways to kill the Third Kazekage, but in pursuit of Style Points—and to test this newly developed move—Uchiha Mai had chosen this one.
Now, it seemed that using this technique was still too much of a strain. Even with Susanoo bearing the Corrective Force of the world, Uchiha Mai had still suffered internal injuries from the backlash.
This was a move that should not exist in the human world. Without Susanoo as a platform, and without the Sun Wheel Armor weakening the damage, it would have been impossible to forcibly fuse so many abilities together.
Fortunately, after killing the Third Kazekage, he had absorbed a vast amount of life force and