For a moment, everything fell utterly silent. The members of the Akatsuki stared blankly at the ball of light gripped in Su Yu's hand, as though they had lost the ability to speak.
Su Yu glanced over the stunned members of the Akatsuki and tightened his fingers. Then, beneath their terrified gazes, he crushed the ball of light.
But the crushed ball of light did not explode. Instead, it actually cracked apart like a shattered crystal ball.
The energy, condensed into solid form, gradually scattered like shards of glass before vanishing into the air under everyone's incredulous gazes.
With that, Deidara's ultimate art had failed completely!
"...To think such a thing was possible!"
Kisame's fishlike eyes widened, a somewhat crazed smile on his face.
Seeing that the danger had passed, Itachi immediately dispelled his Susanoo.
Susanoo was a powerful ability that required two Mangekyō Sharingan to use, but the strain it placed on the body was directly proportional to its power.
After keeping it active for just those few seconds, Itachi felt an unbearable swelling in his eyes, while his brain felt as though it had been stabbed with steel needles.
After dispelling Susanoo, Itachi stepped forward to steady himself, then turned his gaze to Su Yu. Ripples stirred even in his usually placid eyes.
After their last meeting, he had already felt that Su Yu was no ordinary person, but he had never expected what Su Yu had just done to exceed his expectations yet again.
Itachi's gaze flickered. He could not understand how Su Yu had done it at all, because he had detected no use of chakra whatsoever. That meant Su Yu had not used Ninjutsu.
Could it have been an unknown kekkei genkai? Or perhaps... pure physical strength?!
But regardless of how Su Yu had done