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Chapter 80: Winged White Zetsu? Just Ice Lumps
In the air, Obito Uchiha was passively defending against Konan's fierce attacks. More and more ice crystals were clinging to his body. On the ground, Sasuke Uchiha was panting, trying to alleviate the sharp pain in his eyes. The burden and pain from using Susanoo were beyond his expectations. Dark red blood trickled from the corners of his eyes, dripping onto the ground.
"Is this the price for using divine power..."
He looked at the battle between the two in the sky, his double vision growing worse. "Hehehehe!" Another one of his signature wild laughs.
"You two! Don't look down on the Uchiha!!"
How could he just stand by and watch them fight!! He was the main character of this battlefield!! Sasuke controlled Susanoo, once again nocking an arrow to his bow. A giant purple arrow swooshed, piercing the air and arriving in an instant. Konan had been keeping an eye on Sasuke on the ground. The moment the bow was aimed at her, she stopped her attack and took a half-step to the side, narrowly avoiding the purple arrow. Obito, however, wasn't so lucky. He was barely managing to defend himself and had no extra capacity to observe the ground. The purple arrow pierced him straight through the back.
"Blech..."
Obito sprayed a large mouthful of blood, his expression as dark as it could possibly be.
"Dmn it! Dmn it!!"
It was unclear if this rage was directed at Konan or at the traitor Sasuke. Perhaps it was both. Konan dodged again, moving away from Obito. Because that traitor down below had his left eye practically bulging from its socket, locked firmly on the two in the air, a sheet of Amaterasu's black flames instantly engulfed the spot where Konan had just been. As for Obito, who was very close, he was naturally unlucky enough to be set ablaze by the black flames. Sasuke's cold gaze didn't care if he was caught in the crossfire. It would be best if he burned to death along with her. Obito's head lolled to the side. He was dead. His body was being burned by the heavy Amaterasu flames, but in the next second, it vanished like an illusion. Izanagi!
On the ground, Obito reappeared. He gave Sasuke, who was not far away, a cold, hard look. He really was a traitor. If he didn't still need him as a pawn, he would have killed him on the spot. In a single battle, he had been nearly killed twice by this brat! Sasuke ignored Obito's murderous glare. The enemy in the sky was more important. Konan dove down. With a wave of her hand, she and Alex used their chakra together. Countless white kunai, imbued with freezing properties, rained down like a heavy machine gun. There were also various giant Ice Release constructs that smashed down heavily, covering both Obito and Sasuke below. A thick layer of ice crystal instantly formed on the ground. Obito activated his intangibility, letting the kunai pass through his body. As for Sasuke, he had the absolute defense of Susanoo and wouldn't be harmed. It was just that the layer of ice on Susanoo's surface was getting thicker and thicker, and the burden on his body was growing. His blurred vision worsened.
Seeing the ice on the ground growing thicker, Obito immediately shouted to Sasuke: "Sasuke! We can't let this go on! This traitor is probably trying to freeze the entire hundred-meter area, including us, alive!!"
Susanoo was trembling from the impacts. Sasuke was in so much pain he spat up blood, half-kneeling on the ground. If he hadn't been so overconfident in Susanoo's absolute defense, he could have easily used his lightning-enhanced speed to escape the range of the Ice Release attack the moment Konan attacked. A pity. In the end, he was too arrogant.
Sasuke gritted his teeth, forced himself to stand up, and roared, "D*mn you! Don't look down on the Uchiha!"
Crack! The layer of ice on Susanoo's surface shattered. The giant purple hands swept upward. The various Ice Release constructs shooting down were instantly shattered into ice slag by the powerful blow.
"Hehehehe! Ice Release... it's nothing special!"
Sasuke laughed arrogantly, feeling he was on top of the world again. However, in the next second... "Why did the sky get dark..." His smile suddenly froze, unable to continue. A massive, towering iceberg traversed the sky! It emitted wisps of cold air. Its falling shadow enveloped his entire Susanoo. Sasuke's eyes widened. He had no time to do anything. The iceberg, with a sharp hum, fell rapidly. BOOM! A heavy blow. The iceberg smashed heavily onto the purple giant's back.
"Ahhh...!"
Sasuke let out a blood-curdling scream, spraying a mouthful of blood. Susanoo was directly smashed into a bent-over position. The muscles and sinews on its body disappeared, and it regressed to its skeletal first stage. The giant purple bow in its hand disappeared at the same time.
"Sasuke!!"
Seeing the hundred-meter iceberg pressing down on Susanoo, Obito was worried. This guy was a traitor, but he couldn't die. Not yet. Just as he was quickly thinking of how to rescue Sasuke, Sasuke was bent over, his body almost flat against the ground. He bit his thumb and slammed it onto the ground. A large, swirling black summoning formula spread from his palm across the ground.
"Summoning Technique!!"
Poof! White smoke rose, and a massive giant snake suddenly appeared. It was blue all over and dozens of meters long.
"Lord Sasuke!"
The blue snake saw that Sasuke was being crushed so badly he couldn't even speak. Its lantern-sized vertical pupils immediately locked onto the enemy in the sky. It opened its giant mouth and sprayed a large cloud of purple-black poison mist. A small bird happened to fly by. It merely touched a wisp of the mist, and its body immediately turned black and purple. It fell to the ground, leaving only a white skeleton, its flesh completely corroded. Seeing this, Konan quickly dodged the large cloud of poison mist rushing toward her. The blue snake seized the opportunity. It whipped its tail like a giant whip, smashing it into the iceberg that was pressing down on Susanoo. Then, it used its own head to ram it forcefully, finally managing to knock the iceberg askew, letting it slide off Susanoo's back.
The crisis was averted. Sasuke lay prone on the ground, gasping for air. His Susanoo had completely dissipated. Obito quickly jumped to his side and helped him up. He frowned at his dull eyes.
"Don't overuse your Mangekyō like that. If you keep this up, you'll go blind."
In his opinion, Sasuke's use of his Mangekyō in the battle just now was pure abuse. The Mangekyō was powerful, but this wasn't how you used it. Was he afraid he wouldn't go blind fast enough? The amount of visual prowess he had consumed in one battle was probably equivalent to ten years of Itachi's use. That man had adhered to the principle of "don't use it unless you have to," scrimping and saving. That was how he'd made his Mangekyō last so long without going blind. Who would have thought his little brother would be so extravagant, so wasteful, squandering his visual prowess and wantonly throwing around skills.
Sasuke pushed away Obito's supporting hand, panting, "Don't look down on the Uchiha!!"
Obito said: "You're just an arrow at the end of its flight. Your chakra and visual prowess are almost gone. You can't fight anymore. You and I will cooperate, just this once. We'll kill this traitor together!"
Sasuke hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded, unwilling. "Fine." His chakra was indeed almost depleted, and his vision was severely diminished. He was just putting on a strong front. If he continued to fight alone, it would be impossible to defeat the White Tiger. If he didn't want to run, his only choice was to cooperate with the masked man beside him.
Obito looked up at the sky, a dangerous light in his eye. "Wait for an opportunity. If it still doesn't work, we'll have to retreat!" Sasuke was badly injured, and he couldn't take down the White Tiger. If they kept dragging this out, nothing good would come of it.
In the sky, a large number of winged White Zetsu had surrounded Konan. The wings were pale and featherless. They looked disgusting. There were no fewer than a thousand of them, surrounding her so densely that no air could get through. But... that was all they were. A White Zetsu was a White Zetsu. Even with wings, it was still a White Zetsu. Its strength was, at best, at the chunin level. Konan's gaze was frosty. She raised both hands, and a massive amount of paper shot out from her in all directions, in a 360-degree-barrage. The speed was extremely fast, far faster than the White Zetsu could dodge. One by one, the sheets of paper pierced or grazed the White Zetsu, instantly freezing them into blocks of ice that fell from the sky. For a moment, it seemed to be hailing human-shaped ice.
"Now!!"
On the ground, Obito roared. He seized the opportunity when Konan revealed herself among the White Zetsu, right as she was attacking. His right hand suddenly thrust toward the sky, shooting out a large, twisted, and irregular giant tree branch.
"Wood Release: Hell's Upheaval!!"
"Susanoo!!"
At the same time, Sasuke gritted his teeth, squeezing out the last of his chakra and visual prowess, and once again activated the second stage of Susanoo.
"Don't look down on the Uchiha!!!"
The purple giant drew its bow and shot an arm-thick purple light arrow. The White Zetsu around Konan had all been frozen and were falling. Her field of vision was clear. She instantly saw the attacks shooting up from below. She flapped her wings, flying diagonally upward with agility, dodging the incoming attacks.
At this exact moment, even higher in the sky! A winged White Zetsu was carrying a figure with both hands. It released its grip, dropping the person toward Konan like a bomb. A cold shout echoed through the air:
"Water Release: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave!!"