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The instant the rock pillar pierced through Susanoo's right arm, Lie Yang had already completed his next jutsu.

He gave Shisui no chance to catch his breath!

"Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld!"

Rumble!

The ground within dozens of meters beneath Susanoo's feet softened at once.

The hard plain became a thick swamp in the blink of an eye, and the enormous green body rapidly began to sink. Countless waves of mud surged up, clinging to Susanoo's legs as a terrifying pulling force continuously dragged from below.

Shisui's expression changed sharply.

Susanoo was too large.

Its immense body granted it unparalleled strength and defense, but it also meant far greater weight.

The Swamp of the Underworld could only restrict an ordinary ninja's movements, but when used against Susanoo, its effects were amplified severalfold!

"Up!"

Shisui shouted softly as Mangekyō Sharingan power surged forth wildly.

Susanoo's left leg forcibly lifted.

The Wind Release Cloak covering its body spun at high speed, slicing the surrounding mud apart layer by layer.

Yet before the left leg had risen even half a meter, the right leg sank even deeper. Thick mud crawled up past its knees, nearly swallowing Susanoo's entire lower body.

"Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet!"

A gigantic earthen dragon rose from the Swamp of the Underworld.

Its jaws opened.

A dense barrage of earth bullets erupted forth!

Bang bang bang bang!

Each earth bullet was half the size of a person, smashing into Susanoo's chest one after another with tremendous force. The Wind Release Cloak continuously sliced them apart, shattering much of their surfaces, but some of the force still passed through the wind blades and slammed heavily into the green muscles and fascia.

Susanoo's massive body shuddered repeatedly under the bombardment.

Standing inside its chest cavity, Shisui's internal organs churned violently from the impacts as well.

Just as he was about to control Susanoo to smash the earth dragon with a punch, Lie Yang had completed his third jutsu.

"Earth Release: Rock Pillar Prison!"

The ground exploded in succession!

Thick rock pillars burst out of the Swamp of the Underworld.

Rather than blindly attacking Susanoo from the front, those pillars wedged themselves between its arms, shoulders, waist, abdomen, and knees from different angles.

The first rock pillar jammed its left elbow joint.

The second thrust upward at an angle from beneath its right arm, propping Susanoo's arm in midair.

The third ran across its waist and abdomen, pressing firmly against its spine.

Then more rock pillars shot up from the ground.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Ten!

Twenty!

Thirty!

The dense rock pillars crisscrossed each other like a gigantic cage rapidly closing shut, locking down every joint Susanoo could move.

Shisui controlled Susanoo and suddenly exerted force.

Crack!

The outermost two rock pillars shattered on the spot.

Before its arm could move again, new pillars filled the gaps, overlapping from front to back and reinforcing the prison layer upon layer!

Below was the Swamp of the Underworld, constantly swallowing its legs.

Around it was the Rock Pillar Prison, locking down its joints.

And from the front, Earth Dragon Bullets continued to bombard it.

No matter how strong Susanoo was, it could not break free from every restraint after losing room to exert its strength!

"This guy..."

Shisui gritted his teeth, the Mangekyō Sharingan in his eyes spinning at high speed.

Lie Yang had not tried to compete with Susanoo in brute force at all.

Using only the most basic Earth Release jutsu, he had thoroughly magnified the weaknesses brought by Susanoo's massive body.

First, he restricted its lower body with the Swamp of the Underworld.

Then, he wedged rock pillars into its joints.

Finally, he used Earth Dragon Bullets to continuously create impacts.

None of those jutsu could truly threaten Susanoo on their own.

But linked together, they formed shackles upon shackles!

"Break!"

Blood suddenly streamed from Shisui's eyes.

The Wind Release Cloak over Susanoo's body swelled explosively.

Countless fine wind blades frantically sliced through the surrounding rock pillars.

Crack! Crack!

Large numbers of fissures split across the rocks' surfaces.

The green giant arm began to rise slowly.

Lie Yang raised a hand and formed seals.

More rock pillars burst from the ground, precisely wedging themselves into the gaps that had just appeared.

Susanoo's arm had only risen half a foot before it was jammed firmly in place again.

Boom!

The Earth Dragon Bullet crashed head-on into Susanoo's chest.

This time, it was no longer a scattered barrage of earth bullets.

The entire earthen dragon charged forward with its massive body in tow, its head smashing viciously into Susanoo's green chest!

The violent force knocked Susanoo and Shisui back together.

Two deep trenches were carved through the Swamp of the Underworld.

Rock pillars shattered under the impact, only for Lie Yang to reform them with chakra.

A trace of blood seeped from the corner of Shisui's mouth.

As soon as Susanoo's chest was dented by the earth dragon, he had no choice but to continue pouring in ocular power to repair it.

Green chakra continuously filled its damaged muscles.

Its right arm, pierced through by rock pillars, was also healing with difficulty.

Every repair drained the Mangekyō Sharingan.

The edges of his vision grew increasingly blurred.

It felt as though his eyes were being pierced over and over by red-hot iron needles.

His stamina was also rapidly draining from the continuous battle.

Shisui forcibly steadied his breathing and had already made his decision.

He could not continue competing with Lie Yang in jutsu.

Nor could he keep maintaining the Wind Release Cloak.

Lie Yang's Lightning Release Kunai had already been destroyed. Continuing to use Wind Release to protect Susanoo would only accelerate his chakra consumption.

He had to conserve his ocular power.

As long as he caught a single opportunity to make eye contact, Kotoamatsukami could end this battle!

There was no need to defeat Lie Yang.

Nor was there any need to break through his defenses.

He only needed to alter his will, make Lie Yang recognize Konoha once more and obey his arrangements, and every problem would be resolved with ease.

The green Wind Release Cloak rapidly dispersed.

Shisui used all the chakra he had saved to repair Susanoo while searching for Lie Yang's position through the gaps between the rock pillars.

But the figure that had been standing directly in front of him moments ago had vanished.

White mist silently rolled in.

It first covered the Swamp of the Underworld.

Then it swallowed the Rock Pillar Prison.

Within only a few breaths, the entire battlefield had become a vast world of white.

"Hidden Mist Technique..."

Shisui's heart sank.

Lie Yang had seen through his plan!

For Mangekyō Sharingan genjutsu to reach its full potential, it had to lock onto its target.

The same was true for Kotoamatsukami.

Now that the thick fog obscured his sight, he could not even confirm Lie Yang's location, much less lock onto him with ocular jutsu.

Kakashi's Mangekyō Sharingan could observe chakra, but even it could only catch clusters of chaotic fluctuations through the fog.

"Shisui, be careful!"

Shisui did not respond.

He clenched both hands, controlling Susanoo's green chakra to gather in its right hand.

Bone and muscle rapidly extended.

A vast amount of chakra spiraled and coiled together, eventually forming a gigantic spiral lance.

Since he could not find him, he would blow all the fog away!

Susanoo's right arm suddenly exerted force.

The spiral lance swept out horizontally!

Boom!

A heavy wind pressure cut across the battlefield.

The white mist was forcibly torn apart by the lance, rolling away in sheets to both sides. Mud from the surface of the Swamp of the Underworld was also blown into the air, revealing vast stretches of shattered ground beneath.

Lie Yang reappeared dozens of meters away.

"Found you!"

Shisui controlled Susanoo to pull free its right arm, which had been locked down by the rock pillars.

Several rock pillars shattered at once.

The green giant gripped the spiral lance tightly and thrust it through the white mist, stabbing straight toward Lie Yang's chest!

Before the spear tip even arrived, the terrifying wind pressure had already crushed the nearby ground.

Lie Yang did not use Lightning Body Flicker.

His chest and abdomen rapidly expanded as scorching chakra surged along his meridians toward his throat.

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"

Boom!

A massive fireball erupted forth.

Flames over twenty meters in diameter instantly illuminated the thick mist, and the terrifying heat rapidly dried and cracked the nearby Swamp of the Underworld.

The fireball collided head-on with the spiral lance!

Shisui suddenly pressed both hands forward.

The spear tip spun at high speed, drilling directly into the Great Fireball.

The previously stable structure of the Fire Release was forcibly torn apart.

In the next instant, the flames compressed to their limit exploded violently!

Rumble!

The blazing flames surged back like a sea of fire.

The violent impact swept across dozens of meters, instantly engulfing Lie Yang in his own Great Fireball.

"Lie Yang!"

Shisui looked into the sea of fire through Susanoo, but his eyes did not relax.

An attack like that could not possibly take Lie Yang down so easily.

Sure enough.

Deep within the flames, a thick earthen wall rose with a roar!