Split Open! One Sword Strike Shatters Planetary Devastation

Itachi controlled Susanoo, swinging its sword again and again.

Each arc of sword light shattered the rocks pulled toward him, but none could reach the black core suspended high above.

"Ordinary attacks are useless!"

A Konoha Jonin shouted.

"As long as the core remains intact, Planetary Devastation won't stop!"

"Itachi's being pulled up!"

"At this rate, those rocks will crush him!"

In the distance, Deva Path Pain held both hands aloft. The black sphere hovered overhead, sending terrifying gravitational force outward.

Boulders, trees, and the wreckage of buildings gathered around the sphere, rapidly forming a massive body.

The pull was strongest where Itachi stood.

The ground beneath Susanoo's feet cracked, and its enormous body was dragged into the air.

The Totsuka Blade struck again and again, but it could only break apart the surrounding earth and stone. It could not damage the core.

Deva Path Pain watched.

"Itachi Uchiha."

"Your divine weapons are powerful, but Planetary Devastation is no ordinary jutsu."

"Once the sphere finishes forming, your Susanoo will be sealed inside it."

Itachi did not answer.

He looked up, his Mangyō Sharingan fixed on the black sphere.

Ordinary attacks could not reach the core.

Then he would have to use more power.

The next moment, Itachi formed Hand Seals with both hands.

Immense visual power surged out like a tide and poured into Susanoo.

Boom!

Crimson Chakra erupted.

The towering Susanoo expanded, rising higher as legs emerged from its phantom Chakra form.

A lower body four hundred zhang tall slowly took shape.

Susanoo planted its feet on the heaving earth. Its immense form looked like a god of war rising from the wasteland.

This was already the fourth stage!

Unlike the third stage, Fourth-Stage Susanoo was no longer made entirely of intangible energy.

Parts of its body took on