Chapter 181

"Everything you have!"

Ishihara said calmly.

Itachi's face changed drastically, revealing a look of horror. He abruptly stood up, watching him warily.

Ishihara watched him at his leisure, even taking a sip of tea.

"Since you dare to come find me, you should be prepared. This time I won't hold back."

"You can use any means you want. As long as you can escape, I'll let you go!"

Before his words faded—

Itachi had already struck.

"Mangekyo Sharingan!"

"Tsukuyomi!"

Decisive enough!

Ishihara praised him endlessly in his heart.

Setting everything else aside, Itachi's battle IQ was indeed not something an ordinary ninja could compare to.

He knew other techniques had no chance of winning, so he used his strongest move right from the start!

Hum—

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The instant the two locked eyes, Ishihara discovered he had actually been pulled into the dark, blood-soaked Tsukuyomi space.

He had already been bound to a cross.

Looking at the crimson sky, the dim moon, and the blood flowing around him, Ishihara remained utterly calm.

"The Mangekyo ocular technique is impressive, but it's useless against me!"

Ishihara's genjutsu space was too powerful.

Not only did it have the augmentation of the Crystal Visualization Method, but also the Yin Release chakra he had recently made great progress researching.

Among the living in the ninja world, no one's genjutsu was stronger than his.

Even Itachi, who had awakened the Mangekyo, couldn't do it!

Itachi stared at Ishihara with a solemn expression, on full guard.

He didn't think Tsukuyomi could defeat Ishihara.

But what he needed was to use Tsukuyomi to buy a single instant of time, to make Ishihara fall into a daze and give him a chance to strike.

Moreover, he understood Ishihara's terrifying talent very well, so he had absolutely no intention of speaking.

He didn't want to reveal even a single bit of information about his ocular technique.

The instant he appeared in the Tsukuyomi space, he immediately launched his attack.

A large number of Itachi's figures appeared in the Tsukuyomi space, thrusting their long blades at Ishihara in silence.

"Genjutsu space!"

Whoosh!

The surrounding scene instantly changed, transforming into a pure white space, with only scattered traces of blood remaining.

The cross was gone, and Ishihara stood calmly on the pure white ground.

"Damn it!!!"

Itachi's face changed drastically, staring at him in horror.

"You used your own genjutsu to overwrite mine?!"

Ishihara smiled faintly. "That's right. If you have no other means, then fall here…!"

Crack!

Itachi bit through his lip. The intense pain, along with the drain of the Mangekyo's ocular power, allowed him to break free of the genjutsu space's restraints.

He vanished on the spot.

"Worthy of a genjutsu-type Mangekyo, as expected of such high genjutsu resistance!"

Ishihara was somewhat surprised; he hadn't held back.

The power of the genjutsu space had already reached its maximum, even though he hadn't activated any other genjutsu abilities.

But the fact that Itachi could break free was enough to surprise him.

Ishihara immediately dispelled the genjutsu.

In the real world.

Ishihara looked at Itachi opposite him, and his pupils suddenly contracted!

Flap flap.

A pitch-black crow appeared.

Right behind Itachi!

One of its eyes looked toward Ishihara!

"That's Shisui's Mangekyo?!"

Ishihara was shocked.

Itachi growled lowly: "It's over! Kotoamatsukami!"

Hum—

The Kotoamatsukami that had long been prepared activated immediately.

The Mangekyo in the crow's eye began spinning frantically.

"Hah!"

Ishihara suddenly laughed.

Instead of resisting, he even activated his Byakugan to observe the crow.

"What is going on?!"

Itachi had a sense of impending doom.

From the moment he decided to confront Ishihara, he had already prepared for battle.

Tsukuyomi was not his trump card.

Amaterasu was!

But now...

Itachi watched Ishihara, who stood motionless, his expression fluctuating between shock and doubt.

"Did Amaterasu take effect?"

He took a deep breath and said, "Ishihara?"

Ishihara did not respond; he stood in place with a face full of deep thought.

"No good, could Amaterasu have failed!? How is that possible?!"

Itachi's face changed, his heart filled with shock.

He knew the power of Amaterasu; it was something even the Mangekyō Sharingan could not resist!

Through their recent exchange, he had already judged that although Ishihara's genjutsu ability was stronger than his own Mangekyō, they were still on the same level.

He should have been unable to resist Amaterasu!

But reality had just dealt him a severe slap.

Putting aside his doubts and shock, Itachi hastily retreated, wanting to escape.

But!

"Where are you going?"

Before he could move, his shoulder grew heavy.

Ishihara was already standing beside him, one hand pressing down on his shoulder.

"Such fast speed!"

A chill ran through Itachi's heart, and he still wanted to struggle.

But!

Swish!

A vast number of jutsu formulas spread from Ishihara's palm onto his body; instantly, Itachi's body froze, unable to move anymore.

"Damn it, it's jutsu formulas!"

Itachi's heart sank to the bottom.