Phantom Flicker Technique

"Too brilliant..."

Itachi murmured to himself, his Sharingan darting back and forth between Dan and Shisui, unwilling to miss any detail of the battle.

Beside him, Izumi was even more shocked, because even with her Sharingan activated, she still couldn't see the movements of either combatant clearly.

Too fast.

There were many clan members like Izumi.

Shisui's flamboyant swordsmanship, imbued with flames, and his elusive Body Flicker Technique were breathtaking.

Dan remained as unmoving as a mountain. Although his movement speed couldn't match Shisui's, the speed of his punches was by no means slow.

His muscles were not only filled with immense power and exaggerated defense, but the Ghost Face on his back made anyone who looked at it feel as if they were being stared at by a demon from hell.

A sense of terror arose.

This battle.

From one attacking and one defending, to the switch between offense and defense, Dan executed a beautiful defensive counter-attack, successfully suppressing Shisui's momentum and destroying his Ninja Sword.

Currently, Dan had a slight edge.

"Dan, teach that traitor Shisui a good lesson!"

Yashiro shouted excitedly, his expression fervent.

Inohi and Tekka beside him also looked fanatical. Although they had both been beaten by Dan, at this moment, they couldn't help but cheer him on.

In front of the crowd.

Fugaku watched with his arms crossed, a look of approval on his face as he praised his brother-in-law:

"Amazing, truly amazing."

Mikoto still looked worried, praying in her heart that her younger brother wouldn't be careless, as the battle didn't seem to be over yet.

In the distance, on top of a tree.

Kakashi's entire body was hidden within the dense leaves, with only one Sharingan exposed, watching everything in the open space below.

He knew that the exchange between Dan and Shisui just now was merely a warm-up.

The real show was yet to come.

As expected.

Shisui stared intently at Dan and said:

"Dan, your muscles are too powerful. Your physical body has been cultivated to the peak. But I don't believe this body of yours truly has no weaknesses."

Before he finished speaking, he rapidly formed hand seals.

In an instant.

More than a dozen clones identical to Shisui appeared around Dan.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh.

They ran around Dan at a speed so fast it left afterimages, forming a large circle and tightly surrounding him.

It appeared, Shisui's signature technique.

Phantom Flicker Technique.

Compared to being in a secret room, this technique was clearly easier to use outdoors. Shisui conjured more than a dozen clones at once, dazzling the eyes.

Swish swish swish.

These clones quickly swarmed forward, launching a storm of attacks at Dan.

Crack!

Dan stepped forward, one arm sweeping out like a great dragon, creating a sonic boom as it struck three of Shisui's clones.

All illusions.

He then slapped backward, sweeping at two clones attacking from behind.

Still illusions.

The most troublesome aspect of Shisui's phantom clones was that they didn't disappear after being attacked.

A opening.

Shisui's true body, mixed in with the clones, seized Dan's momentary lapse and launched a sneak attack from the flank and rear.

Swish.

A vicious leg sweep, carrying a sharp gust of wind, aimed directly at Dan's groin.

Facing the sneak attack.

Dan showed no panic. He directly leaned backward, his massive body collapsing like a falling mountain, pressing down on Shisui.

If Shisui's attack landed, he would also be pinned beneath Dan, unable to move.

Shisui frowned.

This mutually destructive fighting style was something he couldn't afford.

So he abandoned this sneak attack, his main body instantly transferring to another clone, leaving only an afterimage in its place.

Both sides' attacks missed.

But Shisui quickly attacked again.

He used the feigned attacks of his clones to distract Dan, while his main body hid among them, specifically targeting Dan's eyes, temples, groin, and even the area between his buttocks...

striking these vital spots.

He didn't believe Dan could train his body's weak points to be as hard as steel.

It had to be said.

Shisui was very clever and indeed discovered the weak points of Dan's body, but in this process--

Dan also discovered Shisui's weakness.

The so-called Phantom Flicker Technique was actually a combination of the Body Flicker Technique and the Clone Technique, forming a single jutsu.

The clones Shisui split off were not Shadow Clones, so they lacked physical substance and wouldn't dissipate even if attacked.

However, his speed was too great, so fast that he could flicker to any of his clones, overlapping with the main body to attack the enemy.

From this perspective.

Each of Shisui's clones was, in a way, real.

On the battlefield.

Enemy attacks were ineffective against Shisui's clones, and they couldn't predict from which direction he would appear next, on which clone to launch a sneak attack, making it naturally difficult to defend.

However.

Dan was different from others.

He realized that he didn't need to predict which direction Shisui would attack from; he just needed to protect his own vital areas.

Because Shisui could only choose to attack those few spots.

As for other areas, even if they were left wide open for Shisui to punch and kick, they wouldn't break his defense. Instead, it would expose openings for Dan to seize the main body.

Huh?

Shisui soon discovered this as well.

He attacked repeatedly but couldn't break through Dan's defense to strike his vital points.

Bang bang bang.

For a moment, the open space echoed with the sound of fists meeting flesh, but the two were locked in a stalemate, neither able to overcome the other.

So, for Dan, how should he break this deadlock?

If he were to summon his stand, "Za Warudo," and activate its five-second time stop—

Then, finding Shisui's true body and defeating him during that time would not be difficult.

But Dan had already made up his mind.

He would not summon his stand again unless it was absolutely critical, nor would he easily use "Za Warudo."

He did this, on one hand, to keep his own information secret. More importantly, he did not want to become too reliant on the power of time-stopping.

Once one develops a dependency on the power of their stand, they become lazy in their thinking, fall into complacency, and over time, this evolves into stagnation.

Dan would never forget.

The strong one is the person, not the stand.

Even if his stand were to disappear now, he would still walk this world with his own strength and carve out a place for himself.

Now, he would first try to break through Shisui's Phantom Flicker Technique.

He had an idea.

A flash of lightning struck Dan's mind.

Since he couldn't distinguish Shisui's true body from his illusions, then...

He would just punch them all.

"Roar!"

Dan's eyes suddenly gleamed, and he let out a roar. His entire body's muscles, skin, and fascia were filled with Yang Release Chakra, swelling up.

Crack crack crack.

Accompanied by the strange sounds of his joints, his body grew a full size larger, making him resemble a giant even more.

Thick veins appeared, covering the muscles all over his body like pythons, intertwined with each other.

At this moment.

The potential of Dan's physical body was completely unleashed.

What was he going to do?

Shisui's heart leaped at Dan's action, but his attack didn't cease. Instead, it grew fiercer.

This was because Dan had exposed a weakness, no longer guarding his vital points.

To Shisui, this was a golden opportunity.

Was it truly so?

The next second, the answer was revealed.

"Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda!"