Their battle was no different from what Zhou Cheng remembered.
With Itachi holding back so much, Sasuke grew more confident with every exchange.
Zhou Cheng noticed that most of Itachi's injuries came from Sasuke striking him when his bloodline disease suddenly flared up.
Most of the blood in his mouth came from coughing up blood because of that disease.
Zhou Cheng frowned. Itachi's body had truly reached its limit!
I need to watch his condition at all times and save him when necessary.
He activated his Byakugan, watched the chaotic chakra inside Itachi's body, and shook his head with a grimace.
Without a perfect Mangekyo Sharingan, the side effects are actually this severe.
It looks like Itachi's bloodline disease was already very serious when we last fought.
I knew it. The great Itachi couldn't possibly be that weak.
Zhou Cheng watched Sasuke unleash Fire Release techniques one after another.
He knew an S-Rank Lightning Release technique was about to make its debut!
But he did not stop him.
Itachi could never die to a technique like that.
Soon, the repeated Fire Release attacks filled the sky with dark clouds.
Rain began falling shortly afterward.
Zhou Cheng produced two umbrellas from somewhere.
He kept one for himself and gave the other to Naruto and Sakura.
He muttered, "It's almost over!"
Naruto and Sakura glanced back at him, then immediately turned toward Sasuke, who stood high above.
Almost over?
Will Sasuke's next technique decide the battle?
Both watched with rapt attention.
They did not want to miss a single second.
Sasuke raised his hand, gathering streaks of lightning.
He looked like a thunder god descending to earth.
Soon, a massive beast formed entirely from Lightning Release chakra broke through the dark clouds and appeared in the sky.
"Lightning Release: Kirin!"
The lightning