Several mountain ranges away, the fierce battle between Sasuke Uchiha and Kuangshi was also raging.
His opponent was Kuangshi Ōtsutsuki, ranked fifty-third in the Main Family!
Within Manifest World Soul, the Rinnegan in Kuangshi's left eye had already lost its sight after he activated Izanagi.
Boom! Boom!
Pillars of deep-blue lightning blasted down from the sky... leaving crater after crater in the ground.
The Complete Body Susanoo stood suspended in the air. Sasuke looked back at the mountains behind him, unable to hide the worry in his eyes. The sounds from Naruto's battlefield stopped a moment ago. Nothing's happened to him, has it?
Whoosh! Just then, Kuangshi rose from the bottom of a deep crater, using the Preta Path's ability to absorb the Amaterasu Black Flame scorching his body. His sole remaining right eye fixed Sasuke with a meaningful stare. "Those eyes of yours have spawned quite an assortment of ocular techniques. Seven-no, eight in all, I'd say..."
"Heh heh heh, what utter bullshit. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have believed it."
The Ōtsutsuki's Rinnegan generally spawned only one or two ocular techniques.
That was the drawback of taking shortcuts.
But for members of the Uchiha Clan, who possessed only a trace of Ōtsutsuki blood, awakening their eyes required enduring countless hardships, even walking the line between life and death. Every pair of eyes was precious beyond measure.
Steady, hard-earned growth brought rewards with every step.
That was why the Rinnegan that Madara, Sasuke, and Yu had poured their hearts and souls into awakening held greater possibilities.
Sasuke said coldly, "You're making a fuss over nothing. Shadow Uchiha Riu, the man you call the strongest in Mitsuki Country, has mastered even more ocular techniques than I have!"
"Heh heh." Kuangshi chuckled. "Sasuke Uchiha,