Chidori's thunder was less than an inch from Kokushibo's back, right behind his heart. Its violent lightning had already charred the back of his kimono, and a burning sting spread across his skin.
No living being could possibly evade a lethal ambush launched from a blind spot in both vision and perception.
But Kokushibo was not "any living being."
In the thousandth of an instant before Chidori pierced his heart, his body, so composed and steady until then, twisted bizarrely in a way that utterly defied the structure of human muscles and bones. His upper body shifted several inches sideways as though it had no bones, while the Demon Blade in his hand swept back at an impossible angle, its edge heading straight for Sasuke's neck.
Shhk!
Sasuke's Chidori merely grazed Kokushibo's flank, leaving a deep, bloody gash without inflicting a fatal wound. The fierce rush of air from that backhand slash forced Sasuke to activate Amenotejikara immediately, switching places with a distant piece of rubble and scrambling to put distance between them.
"So that's how it works..."
Kokushibo stood where he was without pursuing. He slowly drew a deep breath, and when he opened his six eyes again, the entire world in his vision had changed completely.
Colors, shapes, light and shadow... everything vanished.
The world became a transparent, intricate blueprint composed of countless lines and structures. He could clearly see every bone in Sasuke's distant body, the fibers of every muscle, the blood coursing through every vessel, and every beat of his heart.
More importantly, he saw a strange purple energy flowing like a stream through Sasuke's body before finally gathering in his eyes.
Transparent World!
This was the state that swordsmen at the pinnacle of their craft could unlock after touching the supreme territory.
"So that's how