Chapter 471: Mirror Flower, Water Moon

As the words fell,

it was like a heavy hammer striking down, and the entire Tsukuyomi Space emitted a muffled sound.

Then, it shattered like a broken mirror.

Countless fine fragments of the illusion space reflected Aizen's unscathed, smiling face.

Like a predator teasing its prey, he wore a look of condescending pity and a faint mockery.

"The Tsukuyomi Space has been..."

Itachi Uchiha was stunned at first, then his eyes widened, revealing an expression of disbelief.

"You don't believe it?"

Aizen stood quietly in place, his smile never changing.

Clad in a white Haori, his warm and gentle expression was as if he were catching up with an old friend.

But Itachi Uchiha felt a chill run through his entire body, thinking to himself: "Those eyes..."

Indifferent, ruthless.

Others felt Itachi Uchiha was cold-blooded for slaughtering his clan and betraying the village, but only he knew that his cold-bloodedness was merely a disguise.

It was precisely because he craved peace and loved the world, possessing a will like fire, that he was willing to sacrifice himself and fall into the Abyss.

Although in the eyes of normal people, this love was particularly twisted, a form of extreme, deformed love.

Yet, it was the will that supported Itachi Uchiha to this day.

Therefore, he could read the coldness hidden beneath Aizen's gentle smile better than anyone else.

It was a gaze that transcended life, as if he regarded everyone as mere grass to be killed at will.

This kind of gaze,

he had seen it before on that madman, the scientific fanatic Orochimaru.

He never expected that Aizen, who was called as gentle as moonlight, would actually be a cold-blooded madman hidden so deep.

"Most people are like this; when they encounter power that exceeds their own understanding, they become lost and hesitant. That is not good, because... you will die!"

Pfft! A severed palm flew away.

Blood splattered.

Itachi Uchiha lowered his head, feeling the pain from his severed right hand wash over him like a tide only after the fact.

"Impossible, I clearly didn't move and was still standing in place!"

A flash of horror crossed Itachi Uchiha's eyes; he bent his legs, leaped onto the tree trunk behind him, and landed on a high branch.

Looking down from above, he stared at the man below with a grave expression.

Taijutsu?

Even a Taijutsu master like Might Guy could not strike without a sound and sever a palm before he could react.

Space ability, or some strange and peculiar means?

Neither is possible!

Although the abilities in the Samsara Game are strange and varied, as long as they are released, their energy fluctuations can be captured.

Even if the strike was hidden very well,

it would be impossible not to detect the residual energy aura after the attack ended.

However,

ignoring the pain, Itachi Uchiha plunged his fingers into the mangled wound, his Mangekyo Sharingan spinning wildly, yet he still could not perceive any residual energy from Aizen's attack.

Could it be... Genjutsu?

Itachi Uchiha frowned.

It was not that he was unwilling to consider Genjutsu, but that he himself was the top Genjutsu master in the Samsara Game.

For Aizen to play with Genjutsu in front of him without being discovered by him, the difficulty of that was imaginable.

According to the intelligence he had gathered,

Aizen had only been a player for a few months; even with extraordinary talent, it was impossible for him to be strong enough to defeat him.

Moreover, the aura the opponent emitted was merely 【Second Tier (Elite Level)】...

Suddenly, Itachi Uchiha realized something was wrong, but before he could react, his left arm was severed.

"Illusion Black Fire!"

Layers of transparent black flames wrapped around Itachi Uchiha to prevent him from being ambushed inexplicably again.

【Dark Caster Lv. 44】, Itachi Uchiha took a deep breath, his gaze not on Aizen but observing his surroundings, saying: "I have seen through your trick; it is a very special illusion. Although I dare not believe it, even I cannot see through it."

There were only two possibilities for a Genjutsu that even 【Second Tier (Mangekyo Sharingan)】 could not see through.

One was that the skill quality was very high, at least a Dark Gold level skill dropped by a Genjutsu-type dark boss after the new season started.

The other was that the opponent's spirit attribute far exceeded his own.

In the new season, although several dark boss maps had been conquered, they all seemed to be common energy and physical attribute monsters like 【Shuyao Laomu】 and 【Black Wind Mountain Bandit】...

Even the Daoguan of the 【Centipede Daoist】, a dark boss with dual 【Illusion Eye】 and 【Iron Skin】 attributes, had been conquered by the Navy Alliance.

Because the Navy Alliance had no players skilled in Genjutsu, the loot was thrown into the exchange.

But because the price was too high, it had not been sold to this day.

"However, although Dark Gold level Genjutsu abilities are powerful, their consumption is equally huge!"

Itachi Uchiha exhaled continuously; between his breaths, wisps of black soul energy currents coiled around the transparent black flames.

Finally, they condensed into a flame-shaped Mangekyo Sharingan, its Tomoe spinning wildly.

"Aizen has displayed Elite Level strength from beginning to end, but he was able to cut me without effort; he must be hiding his aura through some means."

"If it were a Dark Gold Genjutsu, it would be impossible to hide it for a long time, so... it must be that Aizen's spirit attribute is particularly powerful, allowing him to deceive even my Mangekyo Sharingan with ordinary Genjutsu!"

The black flames behind Itachi Uchiha, with rotating Tomoe, were like the palm of a God.

Bang.

The black flames struck down like a palm, the earth caved in, and the flames burned within the pit.

Aizen did not move, still standing quietly in place.

"This figure is a Genjutsu!"

As the words fell,

Itachi Uchiha's Soul Black Flame had already come crashing down, covering the sky and earth.

Aizen seemed to have been evaporated, not even leaving behind a corpse or bones.

"Is it really like this?"

Itachi Uchiha did not sense any fluctuation in aura, but he absolutely did not believe that Aizen had been burned to death by him just like that.

Then there was only one explanation: this figure was a Genjutsu, and even if killed, Aizen remained completely unharmed.

"I must say, in terms of combat talent and intuition alone, among all the ninja in the entire ninja world, you could stand at the very top."

Aizen's voice came from all directions.

Itachi Uchiha tried to capture it carefully, but could not find any clues or flaws.

His heart was heavy; having been a Reincarnation Game Player for only a few short months, it was absolutely impossible to have raised his spirit attribute to a level that could crush his own.

That Aizen could do it meant that when the other party received the Game Invitation, he already possessed powerful spiritual strength.

Such a guy had never appeared in the ninja world.

Yet he was willing to hide his strength and become the right-hand man beside the Hokage; Itachi Uchiha simply did not believe Aizen was doing it to inherit the Will of Fire.

The other party definitely had other motives.

"However... the flaw in your heart is too great, just like the sky pierced by the tip of a blade."

Pfft.

An ordinary Jiangji struck.

The Soul Black Flame all over Itachi Uchiha's body burned intensely, like a torch.

He knew very well that although the sound of the Jiangji breaking through the air came from behind, he was in a state of being interfered with by Aizen's Genjutsu.

The real Jiangji was very likely coming from somewhere else.

(End of this chapter)