Itachi Uchiha's Death!

Pointed at by Demon Eye,

Itachi Uchiha felt a prickling sensation on his back, his nerves stretched to the limit.

That sword gave him an extremely dangerous feeling.

"Why?"

Itachi Uchiha looked at Junichi and asked in confusion, "You possess such great power, so why have you hidden it all this time?"

He mistakenly believed that Junichi had been concealing his strength.

"What have you been plotting in secret?"

"Are you planning a rebellion?"

Itachi Uchiha stared deeply at Junichi and said in a low voice, "If so, then I'm sorry, but I'll stop you here!"

"Huh?"

Junichi could not help but laugh. He shook his head. "Where do you get the confidence to say you'll stop me?"

"That's ridiculous."

"What you should be considering is whether you'll even have the chance to leave any last words!"

Whoosh!

As soon as he spoke, Junichi's figure became ghostlike, instantly surging before Itachi Uchiha.

A series of footprints exploded across the floor in his wake.

It was as though the ground had been stepped on dozens of times in an instant.

This was Six Powers: Shave!

"What?"

Itachi Uchiha was horrified. Even his Mangekyō Sharingan had nearly failed to catch Junichi's movements.

Too fast.

He crossed more than twenty meters in an instant.

"Susanoo!!"

Itachi Uchiha only had time to unleash his ocular power. Vast amounts of it poured out desperately, mixing with chakra to construct a more solid body.

Muscles grew, armor emerged...

The Susanoo instantly entered its third stage, clad in Crow Tengu armor and wielding the Yata Mirror and Totsuka Blade.

Whoosh!

An invisible aura erupted, sending dust flying all around.

But the next moment—

Junichi swung his sword, Armament Haki wrapping around Demon Eye at the same time.

Cutting Steel!

Great Grade Blade!

Armament Haki!

Under the threefold enhancement, the power of this slash rose to an unimaginably terrifying level.

Riiip!

A straight cut appeared.

It stretched from the Susanoo's left shoulder all the way to its right abdomen.

Whether it was the Yata Mirror, the Crow Tengu armor, or the flesh it had grown... all of it was sliced cleanly in two as easily as paper.

The enormous Susanoo was torn apart outright.

Its newly erupted aura vanished in an instant.

"Impossible!!"

Inside the Susanoo, Itachi Uchiha's eyes widened in horror, his face filled with shock.

A line of blood emerged from his temple and spread down his body.

That slash had pierced through the third-stage Susanoo, its power reaching Itachi Uchiha himself within.

"What... kind of jutsu was that?"

He stared at Junichi in disbelief, and for the first time, fear arose in his heart.

It was fear of power!

Too strong!

Junichi's power was so great that it overturned everything he imagined, crushing all his techniques with utterly unreasonable force.

"Just swordsmanship."

Junichi calmly sheathed Demon Eye.

Under the perception of Observation Haki,

Itachi Uchiha's life was rapidly fading like a candle guttering in the wind.

"No..." Itachi Uchiha also sensed death approaching. Unwillingly, he widened his eyes and fixed them on Junichi.

The Mangekyō's ocular power erupted once more.

A streak of bloody tears flowed from the corner of his eye, but Itachi Uchiha no longer cared.

He desperately unleashed the ocular technique of his left eye.

"Tsuku...yomi..."

But his voice abruptly cut off.

A look of astonishment suddenly appeared on Itachi Uchiha's face.

He discovered in shock that Junichi had his eyes closed. From beginning to end, he had never looked at him.

Much less made eye contact.

Without eye contact, how could he cast [Tsukuyomi]?

Itachi Uchiha froze for a moment, then immediately changed his plan and instead activated the ocular technique of his right eye.

He had originally intended to stall for time in the Tsukuyomi space and probe Junichi for information.

He had not expected there to be no chance to use [Tsukuyomi].

Now, he could only...

[Amaterasu]!

The white of Itachi Uchiha's right eye instantly filled with blood vessels, like glass covered in cracks.

Blood streamed from the corner of his eye.

But the ocular technique was successfully activated.

Whoosh!

A mass of black flames ignited out of thin air on Junichi's body.

Crackle! Crackle!

The flames mixed with Yin Release possessed extreme heat and stubborn tenacity.

Ordinary methods could not extinguish them.

"I got him. He let his guard down..." A smile appeared at the corner of Itachi Uchiha's lips. "This move will definitely inflict severe damage on you."

I'm sorry, Lord Third.

And Sasuke...

This is all I can do.

Itachi Uchiha closed his eyes, prepared to die.

"Is that all?"

Junichi's voice suddenly rang out.

"What!?" Itachi Uchiha opened his eyes in horror.

Junichi's expression had not changed. Even with black flames covering his entire body, he appeared completely unaffected.

"I thought it would be something impressive. Turns out you're just setting fires." Junichi raised a hand and casually patted his body.

Under Itachi Uchiha's stunned gaze,

The black flames on Junichi's body were slapped to the ground in clumps, slowly extinguishing.

And Junichi himself was completely unharmed.

Not even his hair or clothes had suffered the slightest damage.

It was as though Amaterasu's flames had never touched him at all.

"A... strange power..."

Itachi Uchiha stared at Junichi.

At the end of his life, he vaguely sensed an invisible force covering Junichi like armor.

His Amaterasu flames had not burned Junichi at all.

They had all been blocked by that layer of armor.

Splash!

The next moment, divided by the bloodline spreading from his temple, Itachi Uchiha's entire body split in two.

The two halves of his corpse fell to the ground, blood gushing out.

In the air,

The enormous armored giant slowly dispersed as well, vanishing without a trace.

Within the clan grounds,

Every Root and Uchiha Clan member engaged in battle stopped moving.

Both sides stared in shock as the red giant dispersed.

"The Susanoo... disappeared?"

"The other side won, right?"

"Yeah, I saw the Susanoo get cut in half with a single slash."

"What terrifying swordsmanship. It actually broke through the Susanoo's defenses! And it was a third-stage Susanoo!"

"That man must be a Sword Saint, right?"

"More than a Sword Saint—I think he's a Sword God! A god in the realm of swordsmanship!"

Many on the Uchiha Clan's side were delighted.

The traitor was dead.

This meant that the collapsing situation had taken a massive turn for the better.

On the other side,

The Root members were in no mood to celebrate. Their expressions all turned grave.

This development was completely outside the plan.

Would they keep fighting?

The Uchiha Clan's core area.

Fugaku watched the Susanoo disappear, his face filled with both sorrow and joy.

He cried while laughing.

His expression was utterly strange.

"Dear, Itachi..." Mikoto trembled all over in grief, covering her mouth as she choked back sobs.

"It seems Itachi lost. He's most likely dead."

Fugaku took a deep breath, calmly turned around, and entered the house.

"Dear?" Mikoto looked at him in surprise.

"I'm sorry, Mikoto." Without looking back, Fugaku entered the room and changed into his combat gear. "I'm not only Itachi's father. I'm also the Uchiha Clan's patriarch!"

"Itachi's death has caused an unexpected turn of events."

"This is the Uchiha Clan's opportunity."

"I have to step forward!"

Fugaku quickly put on his equipment and left without looking back.

Mikoto was left alone, sitting helplessly on the ground and weeping in pain.

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