Amaterasu was said to be the strongest physical attack, and it certainly lived up to that reputation. But once one knew how to deal with it, it was not impossible to counter.
In the Ten-Tails Eyed Beast's utterly mindless state, choosing one solution from several ways to shake off Amaterasu was basically impossible. It could only rely on instinct and luck.
The scorching black flames of Amaterasu brought incomparable pain, leaving the Ten-Tails Eyed Beast in agony as its miserable howls echoed in every direction.
Bound by Sakura Haruno's senjutsu and unable to move, the massive creature could only struggle within Amaterasu's black flames. Realizing instinctively that futile struggling would not get it out of danger, it began attempting to use the power of the Rinne Sharingan.
A pitch-black sphere appeared, slowly at first and then faster, gradually absorbing the black flames of Amaterasu. Before long, the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan's rampant ocular technique had vanished completely. Not only that, but the black sphere suddenly erupted, firing Amaterasu's black flames back at Team 7 with even greater and more terrifying force.
"This is trouble!"
Even without having experienced it firsthand, one could tell with the naked eye that the Rinnegan's unique ability, Takamimusubinokami, was no simple matter.
"More than half of the ninjutsu capable of harming this big guy are gone now."
No one had expected that, driven by instinct at a critical moment, even a mindless monster could learn to use the Rinnegan's ocular techniques.
The Ten-Tails already possessed astonishing resistance to the Five Elements Release. Unless it was a powerful secret technique, it would have no effect at all. If the enemy learned to wield the Rinnegan's unique abilities, they could not even imagine how they were supposed to deal with this huge creature.
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