The enormous manifested chakra construct loomed above them. Its heavy armor seemed to radiate an indestructible strength, while two faint lights resembling eyes flickered where its head should have been. Its face was impossible to make out, leaving the impression that something even more terrifying was imprisoned inside that armor.
"Is this the true power of the Mangekyō Sharingan?" Asuna stared at the chakra construct called Susanoo. Sweat faintly beaded on her face, despite the profound calm of Sage Mode.
Even someone unable to sense chakra could feel the pressure of that immense power. With her senses sharpened by Sage Mode, Asuna understood its strength all the more clearly.
"Yes. This is the power of the sage eye. Kazemori Asuna, Sage Mode is indeed a means for mortals to approach the realm of the Sage of Six Paths, but compared with those of us who truly inherited the sage bloodline, you still fall far short," Katsuya Uchiha said with a loud laugh.
Asuna knew she faced a difficult opponent. The chakra construct before her was enormous, and its outer defenses looked formidable. Her sage arts might be able to destroy parts of it, but destroying it completely seemed unlikely.
But how would a chakra construct this enormous attack?
Just as that thought crossed Asuna's mind, her opponent attacked. A fierce gust suddenly rose, followed by a sword-shaped beam of chakra hurtling toward her at an almost unimaginable speed.
Asuna immediately darted away, reaching Mizuki's side as swiftly as lightning. She wrapped an arm around Mizuki's waist and pulled her off the rooftop. Mizuki cried out as a powerful force yanked her away, painfully squeezing her waist, but she soon realized that pain was nothing.
Almost in the next instant, the chakra beam engulfed the spot where they had just stood.