Chapter 944

She wasn't without the impulse to tell Kasan everything, but in reality, a thousand years of lying low and a thousand years of failure had taught her one truth—to succeed.

It takes not only willpower and conviction, but also resources and planning.

To succeed this time, she absolutely had to eliminate as many obstacles as possible; Hagane and Haneori were especially important.

Omutsu Hagane couldn't possibly have left no contingencies. Xiao Jue knew that this elder sister of hers had more patience and a longer view than she did, and Kasan's awakening this time made things even more complicated.

Hagane's actions would become more conspicuous, and the Uchiha clan, the direct inheritors of the Sage's Eye, had reached the point where they must exit the stage of history!

She had to root out every possibility that Hagane might once again stand in her way!

"It's okay, Sanai, it's all right now!"

Uchiha Itachi held tightly onto Sanai, who was still trembling. His Sharingan had already transformed into the Mangekyo state. Amaterasu still raged on, and the sea demon's tentacles writhed violently before finally turning into a charred black mark on the ground—all in just a few seconds.

"Ohhh, the knight who rescues the Princess! How truly moving." The strange, perverted man walked over unhurriedly, seemingly unbothered that the sea demons he had summoned had all been destroyed.

"Just call me 'Hu Zi,' brave knight. I look forward to seeing you hold on—yes, hold on until—" The book in his hand flipped rapidly, his lips muttering lowly, and soon several times more sea demons than before burst from the ground.

Uchiha Itachi tried to pull the opponent into a genjutsu, but a similar scene occurred—just like when dealing with that attacking shadow earlier, the genjutsu was completely ineffective.

"Damn it! If only I could drag them into the Tsukuyomi space..."

"Hmm? Some kind of illusion magic? I'm sorry, but my current manifestation isn't in the form of a SABER, but a CASTER, otherwise you might have actually gained something!" As if sensing Uchiha Itachi's intent, the man calling himself Hu Zi revealed a strange smile, even stopping the hand flipping the book's pages, and mocked Uchiha Itachi.

"What a pity; preparing it must have cost you a lot of time and effort, didn't it? Futile effort. Next, let me show you true art!"

Looking at the approaching enemy, then at Sanai in his arms, Uchiha Itachi seemed to make up his mind and raised his fist. He had to protect his sister—no matter what happened, he had to protect her!

Because viewed from outside the barrier, the Uchiha compound still appeared perfectly calm with no abnormal activity. Quite a few people passed by, yet none were aware of what was happening on the other side of that single wall.

"You seem to have come prepared?" Uchiha Itachi knew the person before him had not only prepared an isolating barrier, but also secrets better suited to dealing with the Uchiha than sea demons—but...

"Although using it now is somewhat Tang Tu, please accept it!" The stone dial in Uchiha Itachi's eyes was still turning, and she roused all the chakra in her body.

A pale purple, faintly red chakra quickly covered his entire body, and rows of ghastly white ribs floated out and grew behind him; together, they made the whole picture begin to look even more bizarre than the opponent's imposing aura.

Hu Zi snapped his spellbook shut with a "pa." The shadows beneath his feet no longer spawned the small sea demons that couldn't deal much damage—a much larger sea demon crawled out, and the moment it appeared, it swallowed Hu Zi whole in one bite. The next moment, this sea demon spoke in Hu Zi's voice.

"Come, knight who guards the Princess, let me enjoy the grace of tormenting you!"

The translucent body of "Susano'o" completely enveloped Uchiha Itachi and the Sanai in his arms. Though it looked like just a layer of chakra, its texture was actually extremely hard.