"A blade like yours cannot kill me!"
Flames rushed in and intense heat hit, but Shinji neither dodged nor parried, and even the earlier panic stopped at this moment.
Rengoku Kyojuro's expression remained the same.
Without a moment of hesitation on account of Shinji's words, the blade cut toward Shinji with decisive and resolute force.
In the distance.
"No!"
Sasuke instinctively closed his eyes, seeming unable to bear watching a fellow clansman possessing the Mangekyō Sharingan be sliced into two by this orange-haired swordsman.
Swish!
In just an instant, the blade swung by Rengoku Kyojuro swept across Shinji's body, cutting in from Shinji's left shoulder and out through his right waist, slicing Shinji into two halves!
Poof.
Yet at that very moment, Shinji's body, which had been cut into two pieces, turned into a burst of smoke and vanished without a trace.
Clearly, this Shinji—cut in half by Rengoku Kyojuro beneath Susanoo—was nothing more than a shadow clone!
Rengoku Kyojuro only paused slightly before vigilantly raising his blade to look around.
Then, he suddenly discovered that the damage on the Susanoo he had broken earlier had instantly repaired itself.
Not only that, the arms spread by Susanoo plunged fiercely into the yellow sand beneath it, blocking the gap underneath.
As a result, Susanoo, which had originally served merely to protect Shinji, instantly turned into a cage trapping Rengoku Kyojuro inside!
Without a doubt, Rengoku Kyojuro had fallen into Shinji's trap.
Given Shinji's caution, the one entering the dust storm was obviously not his true body, and for someone possessing the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, using a shadow clone to activate Susanoo was not a particularly burdensome task.
Throughout the subsequent battle, Shinji still did not easily reveal his true body, instead using shadow clones to test Rengoku Kyojuro's strength.
Upon discovering