"Have you settled your final affairs?"
Kokushibo stood quietly where he was. He had not attacked while Sasuke spoke with his companion, as that seemed to go against his dignity as a Martial Artist.
His six eyes watched Sasuke calmly, as though admiring a piece of uncut jade about to be polished.
"As a parting gift for seeing your companion off, allow me to show you my full strength."
Sasuke did not answer, but the chakra he had held back to protect his companion surged skyward without restraint, like a flood bursting through a dam.
Purple lightning crackled around him, and the air warped under the immense energy.
"Oh?"
A flicker of surprise flashed through all six of Kokushibo's eyes.
"So you were still hiding your strength earlier."
"In that case..."
"Moon Breathing, Sixth Form: Perpetual Night, Lonely Moon-Incessant!"
Kokushibo moved.
He surged forward with ghostlike speed, swinging the demon blade in his hand. Countless small, densely packed moon blades appeared out of thin air from every direction, like an endless swarm of locusts, completely sealing off the space for hundreds of meters around Sasuke and forming a killing formation of blades like an inescapable hell.
Facing this unavoidable formation of blades, Sasuke's gaze did not waver in the slightest.
"Amaterasu!"
Black flames formed a wall of fire before him, burning the moon blades coming from the front.
"Kagutsuchi!"
Under his control, the black flames turned into several pitch-black spears and shot toward the moon blades coming from his sides and rear.
"Chidori!"
He gathered Lightning Release chakra in his right hand. Piercing birdsong rang through the night sky as he turned into a streak of lightning and charged straight at the center of the blade formation-Kokushibo himself!
"Good judgment."
Kokushibo offered his praise. Facing Sasuke's lightning thrust, powerful enough