Chapter 48: The Power of God

"What is Mangekyou, Elder Shatan?" Hachidai and others asked, looking confused.

Elder Shatan looked at the crowd, his face serious as he explained, "The Mangekyou Sharingan is the next form after the evolution of the three-tomoe Sharingan. It's the ultimate power of the Uchiha! Uchiha Madara, in his time, possessed such eyes."

As a follower of Madara, Shatan had seen the latter's Mangekyou in his youth.

"Mangekyou..." The dozens of clan members present murmured the word. They had only learned today that the three-tomoe was not the final form of the Sharingan, and that there was a Mangekyou above it. Madara Uchiha also had the Mangekyou.

Even if they hadn't witnessed the power of the Mangekyou, who among them hadn't heard the legends of the old clan leader, Madara? He was a figure standing at the pinnacle of the ninja world, second only to the God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju.

Despite Madara's abandonment of the Uchiha, many clan members still admired him and saw him as a goal to strive for.

Because he was too strong.

And now, Elder Shatan said that Shisui possessed the same Mangekyou Sharingan as Madara.

Thinking of this, the clan members all looked at Shisui's eyes. Even though he hadn't shown any power of the Mangekyou yet, their gazes were filled with awe.

"So, I lost to the Mangekyou. It seems it's not that I'm too weak, but that Shisui is too strong," Hachidai muttered, trying to save some face.

No one paid him any mind.

Even Inabi and Teyaki, standing next to him, were staring at Shisui's eyes, their pupils filled with longing and desire.

The battle between Dan and Shisui had finally reached its most exciting moment.

"You're too strong, terrifyingly so," Shisui said slowly, looking at Dan. "The only way I can think of to defeat you now is to use that jutsu. I must stop you, Dan!"

His words conveyed his recognition and admiration for Dan's strength, but more than that, they conveyed his determination to defeat Dan.

For the sake of saving the Uchiha clan.

"Come on," Dan responded, his words as brief as ever.

He knew that Shisui's Mangekyou technique was Kotoamatsukami, which could permanently modify others' will, but this technique required a cooldown of over a decade after each use.

The "jutsu" Shisui mentioned was not Kotoamatsukami, as his goal was to defeat Dan in front of all the clan members.

So, it could only be Susanoo.

Was Dan afraid?

The answer was no.

With a whoosh, he stepped forward, his figure like a cannonball, charging towards Shisui and throwing a punch that stirred up a gust of wind.

Shisui's gaze hardened, his pupil power exploding.

The next second, a green hand about four to five meters long suddenly appeared behind Shisui, forming a fist and punching forward.

Bang!

The giant fist, taller than a person, collided head-on with Dan, pushing him back several meters.

Dan steadied himself, shook his hand, feeling a bit of numbness in his arm, but it was nothing serious.

He looked at Shisui again.

"Ha!" Shisui shouted, forming the tiger hand seal with both hands

. A massive, tangible chakra surged from his body.

Starting from the green hand, chakra flowed upwards from Shisui's body, morphing into several rows of ribs, a spine, a skull, until finally—

It formed a nearly seven-meter-tall, green, semi-transparent skeletal giant.

But it wasn't over yet.

Next, muscles and blood vessels appeared within the skeleton, the body was wrapped in a chakra armor forming a chest plate, and a spiral sword appeared in its right hand.

At this point, a majestic half-armored Susanoo appeared before Dan and all the Uchiha clan members.

"Is this the power of God that Shisui spoke of?" Itachi asked, his face filled with shock.

At this moment, in his Sharingan, the green giant, entirely formed of tangible chakra, shone like the sun, a power hard to imagine could be wielded by a ninja.

Elder Shatan, among the crowd, shouted out the name of the giant: "Susanoo, yes, it's Susanoo!"

The clan members, recovering from their shock, hurriedly asked Shatan what Susanoo was.

When Madara Uchiha left Konoha, he took many of the clan's scriptures and secret techniques with him.

Since then, the secrets of the Sharingan like "Mangekyou" and "Susanoo" were nearly lost, only known to the clan leader or elders like Shatan.

"Susanoo is the ultimate eye technique that can only be used by Uchiha ninjas who have awakened the Mangekyou.

Can you see it? Shisui has materialized his pupil power, summoning a guardian deity outside his body, possessing absolute defense and unparalleled attack power.

Uchiha Madara, in his time, used this Susanoo to fight against the First Hokage's Wood Release in the Valley of the End.

This is the power of God of the Uchiha, any enemy who has seen it on the battlefield is unlikely to escape death."

Shatan pointed at Shisui's Susanoo, excitedly explaining to the clan members.

Ultimate power, ultimate eye technique, power of God!

These words buzzed in everyone's heads.

In the distance, Kakashi, hiding in a tree, touched his left eye.

The eye that Obito gave him, it turned out, had such potential. It was hard to believe.

He suddenly felt that he had been wasting this eye for years, only using this Sharingan to copy ninjutsu and perform Raikiri.

If Obito were still alive, perhaps... he could also awaken this pair of eyes called Mangekyou.

After all, even though Obito was always called the tail-end charlie, only Kakashi, as a comrade, knew that Obito was actually a genius.

On the open ground, Shisui moved.

As he walked forward, the massive Susanoo also moved in sync with him, centered around him.

Susanoo has several forms, from the initial form to the first, second, third, fourth stages, and finally the complete Susanoo.

What Shisui currently controlled was the second form, the half-armored Susanoo. Although its power was not as great as the later forms, it had the best balance.

Including the height of Susanoo, which Shisui deliberately controlled to be seven meters, equivalent to four times his own height, it wasn't too tall or too short.

It was the most comfortable to control.

He had to defeat Dan as quickly as possible.

Shisui, having been punched by Dan, was not in good condition and couldn't maintain Susanoo for a long time. Fortunately, this divine power could allow him to end the fight quickly.

With this in mind, Shisui, controlling Susanoo, made his move. The spiral sword in its right hand began to spin rapidly, stabbing towards Dan like a giant drill.

Dan finally focused, not daring to take the attack head-on this time.

He pushed off the ground, dodging to the side, narrowly avoiding the thrust of the spiral sword.

Boom!

The spiral sword's attack missed, eventually hitting the ground and creating a hole several meters deep. The violent force spread dozens of meters underground.

Numerous fragments of rock flew up and scattered.

Seeing this astonishing destructive power, Fugaku, not far away, frowned and shouted to the surrounding clan members, "Spread out, be careful not to get caught in the crossfire."

Under the clan leader's command, the clan members quickly retreated twenty to thirty meters, only daring to watch from a distance.

Dan, having dodged Susanoo's sword, didn't continue to dodge or retreat. Instead, he charged directly towards Susanoo.

In his view, Shisui's speed was too fast earlier, making it hard for him to keep up. But now that Shisui had summoned Susanoo, his mobility had greatly decreased, becoming cumbersome.

Dan finally took the initiative and could attack freely.

Yes, he was going to attack.

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