As Sasuke's Shadow Clone broke through the Water Prison Pot with lightning speed, the battle involving the real Sasuke at the other end of the village also reached a fever pitch.
Seeing their companion's Blood Demon Art broken, Sekido and Karaku's anger and agitation rose to their peak.
They knew full well that the man before them had to be dealt with immediately.
"You bastard, die!"
Sekido, who represented "anger," struck first. He raised his monk's staff high, and the rings at its head shook violently, drawing on the thunderclouds overhead.
Rumble!
A thick bolt of purple lightning descended from the sky with devastating power, striking straight at the top of Sasuke's head.
At the same time, Karaku, who represented "pleasure," revealed a savage grin and swung the enormous Gunbai in his hand with all his might.
Whoosh-!
The raging air compressed to its limit, forming an invisible yet terrifying wall of wind capable of tearing even steel to shreds, which bore down on Sasuke head-on.
"Mr. Uesugi! Watch out!"
Mitsuri Kanroji cried out from behind him. She could clearly sense that either of those forces alone was enough to severely injure her.
Now, the two forces intertwined, forming a small, destructive storm of wind and lightning that completely sealed off every route of retreat for Sasuke.
Faced with this seemingly lethal combined strike, Sasuke's face remained utterly expressionless.
He did not even shift his feet an inch, merely raising his head slowly. His scarlet Mangekyō Sharingan reflected the descending lightning and the wind pressure rushing toward him.
In his left eye, the pinwheel pattern formed by three tomoe began to rotate slowly.
An invisible, formless ocular power that seemed older than the abyss and colder than death instantly locked onto the immense storm of wind and lightning.
His lips