Dark red chakra, almost solid, erupted from his ravaged body.
It rapidly gathered and took shape, forming the enormous dark red silhouette of a giant's skeletal upper body around him.
Susanoo, first stage.
It was only the initial skeletal form.
Yet the savage, ominous chakra radiating from the giant, laden with destruction, still terrified the Konoha ninja watching from afar.
"Oh? Finally willing to use this?" Obito stopped his pursuit and studied the dark red skeleton with interest.
"One of the Uchiha's ultimate powers, Susanoo. Unfortunately..."
He shook his head, his voice full of regret.
"It's too weak."
Before his words had faded, the Mangekyō pattern in Obito's right eye spun wildly!
"Kamui: Distortion!"
Bzzzz-!!!
Centered on the shoulder joint of Susanoo's skeletal right arm, space began to violently warp, collapse, and twist.
This was not the effect of a ninjutsu. It was the breakdown of matter caused by forcibly rewriting the structure of space itself.
Crack, crack, crunch-!!!
Amid the grating sounds of splintering and twisting, Susanoo's dark red skeletal right arm, as tough as tempered steel, was forcibly wrung into a spiral by invisible spatial force, starting at the shoulder.
The bones broke inch by inch, and the chakra structure disintegrated.
Finally, with a bang, the entire right arm burst apart, scattering dark red specks of light through the air!
"Ugh-!" Itachi let out a pained groan as the damage to Susanoo fed directly back into his body.
His already grievous injuries worsened, and blood poured from the torn corners of his eyes.
Obito had already opened his mouth.
Deep in his throat, a point of blinding crimson light began to gather, compress, and swell-
It was not a Tailed Beast Bomb, but an attack of highly concentrated reiatsu mixed with the power of the Void.
"Cero."
Bzzzz-!!!