"Shinra Tensei!"
Unlike Nagato, Sasuke had evolved his Rinnegan entirely on his own, so he was even better at adapting to and using it.
An enormous crater instantly formed around Susanoo, and the pyramid Gaara had tried to bury it in was blasted away by Sasuke's Susanoo: Shinra Tensei.
Sand fell from the sky like rain, revealing the Susanoo capable of destroying all creation before everyone's eyes.
Sasuke's Susanoo drew its long blade, and with a swing, sent a wave of sword aura hurtling toward Gaara.
Even from a thousand meters away, everyone from Sunagakure could feel the power of Sasuke's slash.
They looked toward Gaara in horror, while he immediately formed a shield in Shukaku's likeness.
The sword aura collided with Gaara's enormous shield. After a thunderous explosion, the Shukaku shield barely managed to block the remaining force of the sword aura.
But Sasuke's attack was far from that simple.
The next second, the enormous Susanoo appeared above Gaara's head as if it had teleported. Its long blade cleaved downward, striking right beside him.
The tremendous force of the strike sent Gaara flying.
Finally, with his chakra exhausted, Gaara slumped helplessly to the ground before Temari and the others.
"Gaara!"
Afraid something might happen to Gaara, Temari and the others hurried to help him up.
The enormous Susanoo approached Gaara step by step. Seeing that Sasuke still seemed intent on attacking, everyone from Sunagakure immediately gathered in front of Gaara.
"Everyone..."
As he watched the Sunagakure ninja risking their lives to protect him, Gaara's eyes grew slightly moist. At that moment, he also became certain of what truly mattered to him.
Susanoo slowly dissipated into the air, and at the same time, Sasuke floated down in front of everyone from Sunagakure.
"That's enough. Sasuke and I were just itching