A blade flashed.
Despair.
That was Itachi Uchiha's true feeling when he saw Lin Qing swing a blade that severed the heavens.
Faced with that strike, Itachi could think of no path other than waiting for death.
This world, this time and space—every path available to him had been sealed off.
Yet Lin Qing was not satisfied. After cutting him in half, he had no intention of waiting for Itachi to die naturally. With a flick of his wrist, he reversed the blade and brought it crashing down at Itachi from above.
"Forgive me, Father, Mother. I failed to atone for my sins. I failed to bring you back to life."
Itachi Uchiha closed his eyes, waiting for his consciousness to fade as he walked toward death with the regrets in his heart.
Then—
His left eye opened against his will!
Ame-no-Futodama-no-Mikoto activated on its own. The Mangekyo spun beyond its limit, blood streaming from his eye socket as scene after scene appeared before Itachi.
Itachi Uchiha saw it!
A narrow path, leading he knew not where, nor to whom.
But no matter where it led, he would walk it.
"Thank you... Father..."
The despair in Itachi's eyes faded.
With only his upper body remaining, his body being destroyed by ripples, and no more than two or three seconds from death, Itachi Uchiha felt his father's love and rekindled his fighting spirit.
Itachi stared at Lin Qing.
In order to shatter the Susanoo, Lin Qing had already used that bizarre space-time ability.
According to Itachi Uchiha's intelligence, that ability required a brief period of rest.
In other words, no one could stop him.
Lin Qing's blade drew closer.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Itachi Uchiha exploded.
The Moon Power threads exploded.
The Dragon Vein seal exploded as well.
Explosions roared everywhere,