The Third Raikage suddenly felt a dangerous sensation, as if something bad was going to happen within the range of sight of this Uchiha in front of him.
He forcefully twisted in midair and dodged to the side.
In the next moment, in the void where the Third Raikage had just been, a mass of black flames ignited.
But due to the lack of combustible medium, it extinguished quickly.
Because of this delay, Sasuke's figure fell heavily from midair to the ground, then slid a distance across the surface before coming to a stop.
With just one move, he felt pain all over his body. From the immense physical burden caused by activating Susanoo, from directly taking a hit of the Hell Stab and receiving a powerful shockwave, and from the recoil and friction injuries caused when he crashed onto the ground.
In short, he had already suffered no light injuries, and could only barely support his body to stand up, one hand covering his eye, staring hard at the position of the Third Raikage.
At this time, the Third Raikage A had already stopped attacking. Two consecutive Hell Stabs had consumed some of his strength as well, so he needed a breath.
Moreover, he was very interested in what had just happened and couldn't help but say, "That's Amaterasu, the legendary inextinguishable flame. And that purple giant just now… Kid, your eyes, are they the legendary Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan of the Uchiha?"
"Didn't expect the Akatsuki to be colluding with Konoha. You people from Konoha really do have black hearts!"
Sasuke gasped heavily and asked, "And who are you?"
A raised his fist, "I'm the Third Raikage, A, the one who's going to kill you!"
'Third Raikage? No wonder he's so strong, even able to break through my Susanoo, stronger than the Fourth.
Even though he was already like this, Sasuke couldn't help but mock, "Kill me? Can you do that?"
As he finished, his body emitted purple light again, and a Susanoo larger and more complete than before appeared around him.
This purple Susanoo raised its hand, drew an arrow, and aimed at the Third Raikage.
Sasuke roared, "Let you witness the might of the third power of these eyes."
As soon as he finished speaking, Susanoo fired an arrow toward the Third Raikage A.
A was also shocked. This arrow's speed was extremely fast, beyond his expectations.
But he could still dodge.
In the next moment, he moved sideways, and the massive arrow from Susanoo struck the spot where he had just dodged from.
BOOM!
After a loud explosion, dust floated up and the ground trembled violently.
When the dust cleared, where the Third Raikage A had just stood, there was now a massive pit.
A looked at the pit, then at Sasuke within Susanoo's protection, whose condition was clearly poor.
He mocked, "Impressive power, but useless if it doesn't hit. No meaning in that."
"So it seems, the legendary Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan of the Uchiha, which even made the First Raikage wary, is nothing special after all."
These words made Sasuke furious.
"Nothing special? Then come try! All you do is talk big!"
A replied indifferently, "Is that so?"
"This purple giant of yours looks sturdier than before, indeed has strong defense. Even my Four-Fingered Spear couldn't pierce it instantly."
"But what about this move? How will you block it?", As he finished, A raised his hand again, this time with only one finger instead of four.
"This is my strongest move, my strongest spear."
"Hell Stab, One-Fingered Nukite!"
As he finished, lightning flickered across A's body again, and in an instant, he appeared in front of Sasuke's Susanoo, stabbing toward Sasuke's location inside.
This move was even faster than before. From lifting his hand to charging and hitting, it took less than half a second.
In the next moment, A's finger jabbed into Susanoo and actually pierced through its immensely strong defense.
Sasuke, shocked, tears streaming from his eyes, roared, "Kagutsuchi!"
Instantly, black flames gathered in front of him.
Blocking the path of the Third Raikage's thrust.
The Third Raikage A sensed the danger of this move and didn't impulsively thrust forward. He felt that if he pierced through the flames and hit Sasuke, he might be able to take Sasuke's life, but he himself would be entangled by the eternal Amaterasu flame, and perhaps even lose an entire arm.
That would be too much of a loss, so he adjusted his angle slightly, avoided the Amaterasu flames, and from another direction completely pierced through Susanoo, passing by Sasuke's side.
Sasuke's heart instantly sank to rock bottom.
The strength of the Third Raikage exceeded his expectations, and while in appearance he looked more violent than the Fourth Raikage—
In actual combat, the Third Raikage wasn't as reckless as the Fourth Raikage, who would directly charge into his Amaterasu attacks.
Instead, he made the smartest choice, avoided the sharp edge.
With the Third Raikage's speed, his Amaterasu could only be used in the form of Kagutsuchi for defense, and couldn't actively hit the opponent.
His Susanoo, too, was entirely passive defense.
But maintaining Susanoo required a massive amount of chakra, and his vision, after a series of operations just now, had again declined. Almost to the point of blindness.
And his body was in increasing pain...
———
Off to the side, having missed with his strongest thrust, the Third Raikage temporarily halted his attack.
From the clash just now, he had already analyzed Sasuke's abilities.
One could say they were powerful, but none could hit him easily.
Sasuke's maintenance of Susanoo came at great cost, so as long as he maintained the status quo and didn't attack rashly, as time dragged on and Sasuke could no longer use Amaterasu or Susanoo, he would win.
At this moment, he wasn't in a hurry. Instead, he slightly admired and said, "Uchiha boy, to have such power at your young age, not bad."
"Though you're a member of Akatsuki and have killed many of my people, I can give you a chance. If you leave Akatsuki and join us, I can let the past go and even grant you many privileges."
"After all, we of Kumogakure are always thirsty for talent and most welcome promising youths like you."
Uchiha Sasuke gasped heavily, maintaining Susanoo, and said with a twisted smile, "Sounds like a good deal. Should I accept it?"
A, seeing hope, added enthusiastically, "Why not?"
"You see, though the Uchiha held the name of the top clan in Konoha, it seems you didn't live too well. Why not just leave Konoha and join us in Kumogakure? We'll treat you like a brother and treat your clan kindly."
"After all, your Uchiha ancestors had close ties with our Land of Lightning's Daimyo. A long time ago, we even invited your clan to suppress the Chinoike Clan."
Uchiha Sasuke frowned. He had never heard of such a thing.
And though this Third Raikage seemed rather sincere, and his words had a degree of credibility, Sasuke wouldn't easily trust an enemy. Moreover, he had clashed with Kumogakure in the future, and didn't hold any good feelings toward this village.
So he replied indifferently, "Your offer sounds good, but I'm not Konoha's Uchiha. I usually act alone, used to being carefree. So don't trouble yourself."
As he finished, Sasuke shouted loudly, "The one watching from the sidelines, come out now! Otherwise, I'll die right here!"
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