And yet!
Facing the two strongest fighters in the Shinobi World as they prepared to fight together, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki showed not the slightest ripple of emotion. He did not even bother raising his hands to form hand seals or activate a secret technique.
He lightly tapped his foot against the ground!
Vmmm!
Space warped in an instant!
His figure vanished from the spot!
His sheer speed surpassed what the naked eye could track, surpassed the Shinobi World's Body Flicker Technique, surpassed spatial movement itself!
No dazzling ninjutsu, no bizarre dōjutsu, no secret techniques to bolster him!
Only the purest, most terrifying physical strength, crushing everything on an entirely different level!
Isshiki kicked through the air, simply and casually, driving his foot straight into the center of Susanoo's torso!
BANG!!!
A terrifying crash erupted, loud enough to shatter eardrums!
The Susanoo armor Sasuke took such pride in, which could withstand a Tailed Beast Bomb and repel every attack in the Shinobi World, hailed as an absolute defense!
Under that single kick!
It cracked instantly! Shattered instantly! Collapsed instantly!
The incredibly tough, godlike armor exploded inch by inch, its skeletal layers crumbling as chakra fragments sprayed across the sky like shattered snow!
Susanoo!
One kick! Shattered!
"Pfft-!"
The brutal backlash struck Sasuke's body. He shuddered violently, tasted blood in his throat, and let out a muffled groan as a mouthful of blood sprayed from his lips!
He staggered back several steps, his face turning deathly pale!
His eyes filled with utter horror and disbelief!
"How is that possible...?!"
Susanoo's absolute defense had actually been shattered by a single kick delivered with nothing but physical strength!
Outside the office, before the Sky Screen, every viewer in the Shinobi World froze!
Before anyone could recover!
Naruto saw Sasuke suffer that devastating blow, and his