Sosuke, standing before Tokino, slowly raised his right hand.
His slender, pale palm was held upright like a blade, aimed at Tokino. Then, in a flash, he thrust it toward him!
"Bang!!"
Tokino, standing in front of Sosuke, barely had time to widen his eyes!
In an instant, he was blasted into the distance!
Rumble—
The dark, rocky earth behind him was smashed apart as a massive black skeleton crashed into it!
Sparks scattered in every direction, and rocks and soil burst outward!
A thick cloud of dust quickly shrouded the massive skeleton!
Protected within the enormous black bones, Tokino still looked shaken. His eyes flicked toward the front, and he was stunned all over again!
Several thick bones in the spot where Sosuke had struck were shattered!
The broken bones clung together amid the dense chakra. Sosuke had come within a hair's breadth of breaking through Futsu-no-Mitama's defenses and hitting Tokino inside!
Tokino drew in a sharp breath, utterly shocked!
He had shattered Futsu-no-Mitama with just one strike...!!
Not far ahead of him, Sosuke wore a faint smile, his expression relaxed as he casually flicked the blood from his hand.
He glanced at Tokino in the distance and chuckled.
"You were protected completely... Futsu-no-Mitama, was it? That's quite an impressive ability..."
Could it perfectly block physical attacks of sufficient strength?
It seemed that the damage suffered by someone inside that skeleton was practically negligible...
So this was one of the abilities granted by the Mangekyō Sharingan...
This bloodline was becoming more and more interesting to him...
At the thought, his eyes lowered slightly, and he murmured,
"Then... how many more times can you block me?"
Almost the instant the words left his mouth, his figure seemed to vanish into thin air!
Without a sound!
In the distance, Tokino's expression