"Had Sasuke even tamed the power of heavenly lightning?"
Uchiha Senmon raised his head in astonishment to look at the enormous beast amid the thunderclouds, its fearsome scales and horns making it resemble a dragon, yet not quite. Having mastered Sage Mode, he could sense just how violent and vast the natural energy in the atmosphere over Turtle Island was.
"Itachi's Susanoo can't withstand Kirin!"
The three tomoe in his right eye coalesced into a three-petaled cherry blossom. Uchiha Senmon's gaze sharpened as though facing a formidable enemy.
He had promised Uchiha Itachi not to interfere in this fated battle between brothers, but that did not mean he would stand by idly. He was already prepared to act and freeze the instant that decided the outcome.
Turtle Island lay in the moisture-rich Pacific Ocean, where the weather changed unpredictably between clear skies and rain. Earlier, their Amaterasu and Fire Style Techniques had rapidly heated the air, creating an updraft that produced an extensive bank of thunderclouds.
Sasuke Uchiha used his Sharingan to track the flow of lightning, directing the immense thunderbolt toward his enemy like divine punishment.
Moreover, Kirin attacked at the speed of light. It was a strike that was absolutely impossible to dodge!
Rumble, rumble!
Like nothing less than Zeus's divine punishment, a great flash of destruction descended from the sky, nearly piercing through Turtle Island. Deafening thunder spread over a hundred miles away.
The ground ruptured and the mountains crumbled. Turtle Island's main peak had collapsed into heaps of rubble, leaving devastation everywhere. Even several nearby peaks had shifted to varying degrees.
"To think it had this much power!"
Uchiha Senmon, who had nearly been caught in the blast, raised his left arm before his face and said with an exceedingly grave expression:
"Sasuke won. Then I