Genjutsu!

"Come out! Righteous Thunder Angry Thunder Axe!"

A leaped high into the air and brought down another devastating Downward Chop Leg!

With a thunderous boom, the ground within dozens of meters beneath A's foot cracked apart, and Uchiha Jin sprang out from the rubble!

"Lightning Battle Ninja Meet Need Spit Li Blade!"

A pushed his Lightning Release Chakra Mode to its limit. His figure flashed away, giving Uchiha Jin no time to react. In the blink of an eye, he was before Uchiha Jin, his fist smashing forward!

"Body Flicker Technique!"

Uchiha Jin's expression turned grave. Flames erupted beneath his feet, sending him soaring upward!

Now!

A bright light flashed through A's eyes. He abruptly pulled back the fist he had thrown halfway and changed his move at the last moment!

"Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop!"

A also leaped high into the air, lightning flickering and gathering in his hand to form a thunder blade!

Uchiha Jin's Body Flicker Technique was limited to straight-line movement. As long as A caught the instant after he took one step but before his second foot landed, he would be unable to alter his trajectory!

That brief interval between two steps was the key to deciding victory or defeat!

Bang!

A's lightning-wreathed palm chopped into Uchiha Jin's waist, yet there was no spray of blood as he had imagined!

Uchiha Jin's body burst apart into a mass of flames again!

"A Fire Clone?!" A froze for a moment, then immediately denied it himself. "Impossible! That was definitely the real body!"

Although Uchiha Jin had once again exploded into flames, the feeling this time was completely different from the Fire Clone just now!

Moreover, while Uchiha Jin's body had burst into flames this time, the flames showed no signs of dispersing. Instead, they trapped A's hand within them!

A trusted his judgment!

Could it be Genjutsu?

A thought of Uchiha Jin's identity.

The Uchiha Clan was exceptionally skilled in Genjutsu. Those Sharinga eyes could drag someone into an illusion with a single glance!

This bug-like ability had even given rise to a saying throughout the Ninja World: "When encountering an Uchiha Clan ninja, flee if it is one-on-one!"

Though the saying was not absolute, it was enough to demonstrate the strength of Uchiha Clan ninjas!

After all, in battle, it was unavoidable for one's gaze to meet an opponent's!

In a one-on-one fight, a single misstep could land someone in Genjutsu, helplessly at another's mercy!

But in a many-against-one situation, Uchiha Clan ninjas could not trap everyone in Genjutsu at the same time. Their opponents could help one another break free, giving them chances of winning!

This was also one reason Uchiha Jin had handed the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Killer B, over to Minato Namikaze!

Although the Uchiha Clan's Sharinga was the Nemesis of Tailed Beasts, Killer B was a Perfect Jinchuriki. He counted as a two-man squad, leaving Uchiha Jin's Genjutsu with little room to be effective!

A had never lowered his guard against Uchiha Jin's Genjutsu. From the very start of the battle, he had avoided looking directly into Uchiha Jin's eyes, relying only on Uchiha Jin's body movements to track him!

If so, when did I fall under Genjutsu?

But if it was not Genjutsu, how could he explain the scene before him?

"This is Elementalization."

Just as thoughts raced through A's mind, Uchiha Jin's slightly magnetic voice sounded beside his ears!

A instinctively turned his head and met a pair of scarlet eyes!

Damn!

A inwardly cursed. In the next instant, his body stiffened, and his consciousness appeared within a black-and-red space. Several massive iron stakes pinned him firmly in mid-air, leaving him unable to move!

"Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique!"

In the Real World, Uchiha Jin's body slowly re-formed. One hand pressed against A's head, strengthening the restraints of the Genjutsu!

Sure enough, when it came to capturing an enemy alive, Genjutsu was still the most useful!

Uchiha Jin had realized that A had seen through part of his Fire Release Chakra Mode when A first converted the power of "Righteous Thunder Angry Thunder Axe" into speed!

From the beginning, Uchiha Jin had never intended to kill A in this battle. He only wanted to capture him alive.

So, taking advantage of the moment A believed he had seen through his abilities and let down his guard, Uchiha Jin used Elementalization to disrupt A's thoughts and seized the chance to cast Genjutsu!

Elementalization meant transforming one's body into a natural element, thereby becoming immune to attacks!

This was an ability the Flame-Flame Fruit had given Uchiha Jin.

In the One Piece World, the Elementalization of Logia-type Devil Fruits was an extremely unsolvable ability!

Only those who had learned Haki could touch the true bodies of Logia-type Devil Fruit users! Those without Haki were not even qualified to become enemies of Logia-type Devil Fruit users! (PS: Excluding the protagonist!)

Yet even when facing a Haki expert, Logia-type Devil Fruit users could Elementalize their bodies in advance, altering their shape to evade incoming attacks!

Perhaps because both Haki and chakra originated from bodily power, Uchiha Jin discovered that his Elementalization could not immunize him against the damage caused by attacks containing chakra!

But using Elementalization to evade attacks in advance was still possible!

If used well, such an ability could be enough to decide the victory or defeat of a battle!

Just like now!

Uchiha Jin let out a long breath of turbid air, deactivated the Three-Tomoe Sharingan in his eyes, and hoisted the unconscious A onto his shoulder.

After several flickers, Uchiha Jin returned with A to where the Minato Squad was.

The battle here had long since ended!

Without A, the high-speed ninja, to keep him in check, Minato Namikaze had been able to fully unleash his abilities!

Among the entire Kumogakure Squad, only Killer B could exchange a few moves with Minato Namikaze. The other Cloud Ninja were no match for him at all!

Not to mention that Inuzuka Agito, Akamichi Chodo, and the others in the Minato Squad were all Konoha Jonin!

With their assistance, Killer B had been sealed by Minato Namikaze before he even had the chance to fully undergo Tailed Beast Transformation!

"Jin!"

Minato Namikaze and the others spotted the approaching Uchiha Jin immediately.

"I've temporarily controlled him with Genjutsu, but to be safe, you should seal his Chakra," Uchiha Jin said to Minato Namikaze as he tossed A onto the ground.

"Understood!"

Minato Namikaze nodded and rapidly formed seals. Five clusters of Chakra flames ignited in turn on his fingertips!

"Five Elements Seal!"

Minato Namikaze crouched down and struck A's navel with his palm, leaving five tomoe-shaped runes on A's lower abdomen that sealed the Chakra within him!

Wiping away his sweat, Minato Namikaze rose and said, "I used too much Chakra just now sealing the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. Right now, I can only use the Five Elements Seal to disrupt his Chakra flow!"

"Although the Five Elements Seal cannot completely sever his connection to the Chakra inside him, he can no longer use any jutsu!"

"That's enough." Uchiha Jin nodded. "Once we return to the village, we can put restraints on him!"

"With this, the war can finally end!"

As Uchiha Jin spoke, a faint smile appeared on his face, and the expressions on Minato Namikaze and the others' faces relaxed as well!

This war had lasted nearly eight years. At last, it was coming to an end!