Chapter 71
Chapter 71
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 71
Chapter Title: A Beating from Great-Grandmother
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"Mangekyo..." Uchiha Hikari stared at the Mangekyo Sharingan blooming in Shisui's eyes, instantly grasping his reliance.
Even in the Warring States era she hailed from, Uchiha clansmen who could evolve the Mangekyo Sharingan were exceedingly rare, as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.
This was precisely why, when she had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan at just over a dozen years old, her clansmen had been both stunned and terrified.
Stunned that the Mangekyo Sharingan had appeared in a teenage girl, and terrified of the power she wielded.
"I'll hold her off in a bit. You find a way to rescue Senior Hakumo." Seizing a lull in the battle, Uchiha Shisui lowered his voice to the Hyuga Hidemon beside him. "Remember, once you've saved him, withdraw immediately!"
Though Shisui possessed the Mangekyo Sharingan, there was also a red-haired kunoichi not far off, restraining three Iwagakure ninja and observing their battlefield.
Shisui suspected that the mastermind behind the upheaval in the Land of the Bear and the Star Ninja Village's rebellion was no ordinary powerhouse—one capable of commanding the loyalty of Uchiha bloodline wielders.
Thus, he only wanted to relay the intelligence back to the village as swiftly as possible.
"What about you?!" Hyuga Hidemon clutched his profusely bleeding wound, hastily applying a hemostatic patch.
"I have my own way to escape. Your mission is to bring Senior Hakumo back!" Uchiha Shisui emphasized the word "mission" with added weight.
A deep gravity flickered in Hyuga Hidemon's Byakugan as he nodded gravely.
The reconnaissance mission on the Star Ninja Village had already failed. They hadn't even neared the village—merely entering the Land of the Bear had brought them up against these two mysterious foes.
Moreover, all three of them had been stalled by just one opponent. Even Hakumo Yayama, who boasted jonin-level taijutsu prowess, hadn't lasted a single exchange against her! His fate now unknown, alive or dead!
Having endured the brutal Third Great Ninja War, Hyuga Hidemon clearly recognized the vast gap in strength between himself and the enemy. He knew staying longer would only burden Shisui and tie his hands.
At this moment, the only thing he could do was seize the opportunity to rescue their unconscious comrade!
With the tactical plan set, Uchiha Shisui gave Hyuga Hidemon a slight nod before dissolving into an afterimage and charging toward Uchiha Hikari.
"Fire Release: Phoenix Claw Crimson!" Shisui swung his left hand, sending several shuriken wreathed in phoenix flames hurtling forth.
Uchiha Hikari calmly tossed out a few shuriken of her own, deflecting the flaming ones.
The crisp clang of metal echoed across the battlefield.
This strike was merely Shisui's feint.
The next instant, Shisui unleashed his Phantom Body Flicker Technique once more. Six flickering afterimages formed a triangular assault, launching a fierce attack on Uchiha Hikari.
"Show some real skill. If this is all you've got, I won't hold back." Uchiha Hikari had already pierced the secrets of the Phantom Body Flicker Technique. "You're Uchiha too—you know the same tricks won't work on another Uchiha!"
With three punches and two kicks, Uchiha Hikari shattered the charging afterimages, barreling straight toward Shisui's true body.
"Then behold the power of the Mangekyo!" With Shisui's shout, a green Susanoo erupted from the ground!
This upper-body-only green giant enveloped Shisui, its chest's four pairs of armored plates parting to reveal the orange magatama at its core.
"Susanoo: Ninety-Nine!"
In that instant, countless green chakra arrows poured from the magatama in the green giant's chest, raining down like a torrent!
"As I said—" Uchiha Hikari's scarlet three-tomoe Sharingan converged, blooming into Mangekyo patterns. Dark red chakra erupted like a volcano, coalescing into tangible form around her!
"If that's all you've got, I won't hold back!"
A pair of dark red wings blocked the front, deflecting the sky-full of arrows entirely.
"Impossible!" Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan stared in shock at the gradually forming Susanoo opposite him, his pupils quaking.
The girl's solemn eyes gleamed with twin Mangekyo Sharingan radiating brilliant light.
Uchiha Hikari stood within the helm of her complete-body Susanoo, borne aloft by the red giant as she commanded it to draw its chakra greatsword.
It cleaved down like thunder!
Uchiha Shisui hastily maneuvered his green giant to raise its spiral sword in a block.
Boom!
The two terrifying forces collided violently. The shockwave instantly swept the field, and amid the flying sand and stones, the forest across a hundred-meter radius was reduced to ruins in a heartbeat.
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