Black Thunder!
This kind of power instantly made Kimimaro realize who it was without needing further explanation.
He abruptly turned his head, and at that moment, he saw a figure covered in black thunder, like a demon walking out of hell.
As the black thunder engulfed him, Sasuke's hair unknowingly had grown to waist length.
Looking at Sasuke's current appearance, it seemed as if there was some kind of black eye shadow around his eyes.
He looked sinister and commanding, completely embodying the image of a devilish man.
Sasuke appeared behind Kimimaro.
With just one glance, the cursed seal marks on Kimimaro's body began to dissipate slowly.
Kimimaro was stunned for a moment and then slowly stood up, gazing at Sasuke, who now appeared taller.
He was almost the same height as himself.
"This… this… what's going on?"
The aura was undoubtedly Sasuke's, but… what was with this height?
No wonder it felt like Sasuke had changed. He had no idea it would turn out like this!
"Sasuke… Lord…"
Kimimaro cautiously called out.
Sasuke nodded slightly toward him. "Good job, Kimimaro, you gave me plenty of time."
As Sasuke spoke, Kimimaro felt an enormous pressure.
This unprecedented pressure made him feel as if his entire body was immobilized.
'Lord Sasuke's power… it seems to have become even…'
As Kimimaro was lost in his amazement, a voice came from the direction of the Cloud ninjas.
"Hey! What's going on with you all?"
"Lord Raikage and the others seem unable to move!"
The Cloud ninja, who had been casting the sealing jutsu earlier, was now crouched on the ground, maintaining a hand sign.
But his eyes were blank, and he looked dazed, with saliva dripping from his mouth.
Moments ago, they were fine how had things suddenly come to this?
An invisible aura spread out from Sasuke.
The Fourth Raikage stared at Sasuke in shock.
Those crimson Mangekyou Sharingan eyes swept over him, and in that instant, even the Raikage felt a chill slide down his back like a block of ice.
A bone-chilling sense of oppression descended abruptly.
'This man… is Sasuke Uchiha?'
'But isn't he… just a teenager?'
The Fourth Raikage couldn't make sense of it, and Killer Bee was even more shocked, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
'Is this the same brat from earlier? How did he suddenly grow up?'
'What on earth is happening?'
As the two of them stood frozen in disbelief, the surrounding Cloud ninjas frantically called out to the Raikage.
The Raikage snapped out of it, looking at the Cloud ninjas who had been performing the sealing jutsu.
At that moment, his heart skipped a beat!
Before he could say anything, Darui swallowed hard.
"This… this is… genjutsu… they've all been caught in a genjutsu…"
Genjutsu?
The other Cloud ninjas were taken aback.
Genjutsu? How could this be?
When had they fallen under genjutsu? And how could so many people be caught at once?
What kind of genjutsu could achieve this effect?
These were all elite jonin!
For a genjutsu to simultaneously incapacitate so many elite jonin… what kind of monster could cast such a technique?
The Raikage abruptly turned to look at Sasuke.
Those crimson eyes.
"It's Sharingan's visual genjutsu!"
"Don't look into this guy's eyes!"
The Fourth Raikage quickly averted his gaze while issuing the warning.
At the same time, he felt an overwhelming sense of shock.
The power this man wielded made him feel fear.
It was the first time he had ever experienced such an emotion.
Fear.
He was actually scared.
Kimimaro glanced at the elite jonin who had been instantly immobilized by Sasuke's genjutsu.
His heart trembled wildly.
'In just an instant, Lord Sasuke used genjutsu to paralyze so many people, and they're all elite jonin from the Hidden Cloud!'
'This level of genjutsu… it's hard to believe!'
Although genjutsu was notoriously troublesome, it wasn't easy to incapacitate elite jonin so quickly.
Disturbing the chakra within a jonin's body using genjutsu typically required time.
Yet Sasuke did it in an instant…
Suddenly, the sound of crackling lightning echoed.
In that moment, countless tiny black lightning threads flickered in the air.
The threads surged straight toward the Cloud ninjas.
Being so small, even the Fourth Raikage didn't immediately notice them.
It was only when he instinctively sensed danger that he noticed a black lightning thread whisk past him.
Almost simultaneously, the elite Cloud jonin behind him were struck by the lightning.
The sound of electricity coursing through them echoed.
Thud!
One elite Cloud jonin's eyes lost focus as he collapsed to the ground with a dull thud.
Then the second, third, fourth, and fifth followed…
Thud, thud, thud!
All the Cloud jonin, except for Darui, fell.
Darui had narrowly avoided the attack thanks to his quick reflexes.
But when he turned to look at the rocks struck by the black lightning threads, he saw they were almost instantly penetrated.
Such a threadlike lightning strike… with the power to pierce through rock?
Boom!
Countless cracks appeared on the rock before it suddenly shattered into pieces.
Seeing this, Darui broke into a cold sweat.
This… power…
It was far more than just penetration!
Looking back at Sasuke, Darui felt a chill run through his body.
It was as if his blood had frozen.
Swoosh.Sasuke stepped past Kimimaro and pulled out the Kusanagi sword embedded in the ground.
A black blade!
The blade of the Kusanagi sword had turned black.
It even emitted a faint, eerie glow.
As Sasuke's chakra coursed through the sword, black lightning erupted, transforming into sinister black lightning snakes that coiled around the blade.
The sheer force of the lightning caused visible ripples in the air around it.
Sasuke's lips curved into a faint smile.
A ninja blade!
At last, he had perfected it.
The Kusanagi sword had not only absorbed the power of lightning release but also seemed to have undergone an incredible transformation due to the awakening of yin-yang release.
It now resembled the legendary ninja tools created by the Sage of Six Paths.
Sasuke shifted his gaze from the Kusanagi sword to the three men in front of him.
The Fourth Raikage!
The Eight-Tails Jinchūriki!
And the future Fifth Raikage!
These three were considered the strongest in the Hidden Cloud.
For them to be his opponents now… it wasn't too bad.
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