Uchiha Shin could sense the intense heat released by the black flames burning on the shield formed from blades.
Of course he knew how terrifying Amaterasu was!
The black flames would never go out until they had burned their target to nothing.
He acted without hesitation, controlling the burning shield and flinging it away, hurling the black flames clinging to it into the distance along with it.
"That was dangerous..." Shin murmured, his eyes fixed on Sasuke. "You almost got me."
Boom!
Susanoo descended from the sky and crashed onto the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Sasuke's Mangekyō Sharingan slowly rotated, the overlapping six-pointed star and pinwheel patterns gleaming coldly.
Even the swirling dust could not block his vision.
Shin's breathing had grown slightly ragged, and the blades scattered around him had noticeably dwindled.
Repeatedly controlling them over such a wide area consumed considerable eye power, even with the Mangekyō Sharingan.
"I've seen through your ability completely!"
Sasuke finally spoke, his voice perfectly calm. "Controlling weapons you've marked is certainly a troublesome ability. But your weakness is obvious, too. You're too weak yourself!"
Sasuke was right.
Shin had only been able to fight him by relying entirely on his Mangekyō Sharingan ability to control vast numbers of weapons and keep him pinned down.
But once those weapons were breached, or Sasuke attacked him directly, Shin's reaction speed and taijutsu simply could not keep up with Sasuke.
The Amaterasu just now was the best proof.
Had he not anticipated it and blocked that attack with a shield of blades, the black flames would already have swallowed him.
"Stop talking big!" Shin gritted his teeth and swept both hands sharply.
The remaining blades rose again. This time, instead of scattering his attacks, he gathered every blade together into a massive