Boom!!

  The fming sword pierced through Obito's body and stabbed into the grouing into a bze that scorched the area!

  Whoosh! Obito phased to the side, passing through the fiery bde unscathed.

  "It seems your sudden surge in ocur power has made you blindly overfident. Very well, Sasuke, let me teach you a lesson!"

  "Arrogant fool!" Sasuke retorted coldly.

  Whoosh!

  Obito darted forward, his body phasing through the protective yers of *Susano'o*.

  Sasuke remained calm and calg despite his arrogance. "Just as I thought. His body phase through any medium. But the momeacks, he must materialize!"

  Whoosh!

  As Obito closed in, his hand reached out toward Sasuke's face.

  "Now!" Sasuke's eyes gleamed with determination.

  "*Kagutsuchi!*"

  Boom!!

  Bck fmes erupted around Sasuke, f a protective wall of fire!

  Whoosh!

  Obito's hand phased through Sasuke's cheek, followed by his body.

  Emerging from the back of *Susano'o*, Obito turned with an indifferent expression. "I haven't even done anything, and you've already used *Kagutsuchi* twice."

  Swish!

  The bck-fme sword sshed toward Obito from behind, causing another deafening roar. Obito, once again, phased through it effortlessly.

  "Is phasing through everything the only thing yood at?!" Sasuke shouted angrily. "Do you even have any real jutsu?!"

  Obito's eyes narrowed slightly. "Jutsu, you say? Very well."

  Swish!

  Obito moved away from the area engulfed in bck fmes. Quickly f hand seals, he pressed his right palm to the ground.

  "*Wood Release: Thorn Bind Teique!*"

  Swish! Swish! Swish!

  Vine-like wooden tendrils shot up from beh Sasuke's feet, attempting to ensnare him!

  Sasuke's eyes flickered. "He's targeting *Susano'o*'s ot at the feet. But while he's casting a jutsu, he must be materialized!"

  Boom! The fming sword struck again, but Obito phased through it effortlessly.

  Obito remarked, "Even if I phase, the effey jutsu won't disappear."

  Crack! Crack! Crack!

  The wooden tendrils tio tighten around Sasuke's body.

  Sasuke sneered. "So this is *Wood Release*. Just like that Konoha ninja, Yamato. Hmph, nothing special."

  "*Chidori Stream!*"

  Zap!

  With the crag sound of lightning, the wooden tendrils binding Sasuke were severed!

  Whoosh!

  But Obito had already phased underground and unched a surprise attack from beh Sasuke's feet!

  Swish!

  Sasuke, along with *Susano'o*, leaped into the air. He looked down at Obito emerging from the ground and smirked. "Such petty tricks. You 't hide from these eyes of mine!"

  Swish!

  While airborne, Sasuke's hands formed seals rapidly.

  "*Fire Release: Great Fireball Teique!*"

  Boom!!

  A massive fireball surged forward with a wave of heat.

  "Fire Release, huh..." Obito muttered.

  This time, Obito didn't use *Kamui* to phase. Instead, he formed hand seals, and his right eye released a powerful distortion field, amplifying his own Fire Release teique.

  "*Fire Release: Storm Dance!*"

  Boom!!

  A spiraling storm of fmes instantly overpowered Sasuke's *Great Fireball Teique*!

  Sasuke gritted his teeth. "Damn it! His Fire Release, bined with his ocur power, is this strong? But *Amaterasu* burn eveo nothingness!"

  Drip.

  Blood trickled from the er of Sasuke's left eye as he focused on the ining fmes.

  "*Amaterasu!*"

  Boom!!

  Bck fmes erupted, ing the *Storm Dance* in an instant!

  However, the intense heat geed by the es created a powerful updraft, bsting Sasuke and his *Susano'o* through the roof of the hideout and into the open air!

  Obito followed, the two now standing atop a massive beast's skeletal remains.

  Obito rolled his shoulders. "Out here, I finally stretch my limbs a bit."

  Sasuke sneered arrogantly. "None of your jutsu have had any effee so far. The legendary Madara Uchiha is nothing more than this?"

  Beh his mask, Obito's eyes gleamed. "Is that so? The me show you something that will make you submit."

  Sasuke's voice turned icy. "Those are your words, but I'll returo you in full!"

  Boom!!

  The *Susano'o* jured its divine on, the *Yasaka Magatama Bow*. Bck fmes coalesced into an arrow, nocked on the b.

  Creak!

  The b was drawn tight, aimed at the sky.

  Whoosh!!

  The bck-fme arrow shot into the heavens, exploding in mid-air. The resulti burhe atmosphere, creating an updraft that formed thunderclouds!

  Boom! Rumble!

  Thunder rumbled as a massive lightni, *Kirin*, roared in the sky!

  Zap!

  Lightning crackled around Sasuke's hand, resonating with the thunder above. He smirked maniacally. "This is my stro Lightning Release teique—*Kirin*! Without *Susano'o*'s prote, no matter how powerful you are, you'll be obliterated in an instant!"

  Obito looked up at the sky, his tone indifferent. "This Lightning Release is indeed powerful, but it won't harm me in the slightest."

  Sasuke's lips curled into a dangerous smile. "It won't harm you, but it will destroy your hideout. And all those white creatures of yours—wiped out in one go. Are you okay with that?"

  Obito's gaze darkened. "You're overstepping, Sasuke."

  Sasuke ughed mogly. "So what if I am? If your power is beh mi proves that Akatsuki is nothing special! That puppet leader of yours, Nagato, is just as worthless! If he could destroy Konoha so easily, I do the same!"

  Swish!

  Obito raised his sleeve and said coldly, "Go ahead. But let me remind you, the red-haired woman who travels with you is still ihe hideout."

  A flicker of hesitation crossed Sasuke's eyes, but it quickly turned into cold resolve. "That kind of person... doesn't matter anymore!"

  Swish!

  Sasuke raised his hand high, anding *Susano'o* to leap from the skeletal remains. As he nded, his raised hand fell.

  "*Lightning Release: Kirin!*"

  Roar!!!

  *Kirin* desded with a deafening roar, unleashing a cataclysmic thuorm!

  Zap! Zap!

  Sasuke stood amidst the chaos, his gaze cold as he ched his fists. "Now, all the nuisances are gone. , it's your turn, Naruto."

  Whoosh! But as the lightning storm subsided, the se before Sasuke left him stunned!

  A magnifit barrier of purple fmes stood tall, perfectly shielding the hideout from *Kirin*'s devastation!

  "This... This 't be!" Sasuke excimed.

  Whoosh!

  Obito stepped through the barrier, his tone calm yet chilling. "The *Uchiha Fme Formation*—the pinnacle of Uchiha barrier teiques. Even as an Uchiha, you've never seen it, have you?"

  Swish!

  Sasuke quickly distanced himself from Obito, his mind rag. "His ocur power only works at cle. As long as I keep my distance, he 't touch me!"

  "Naive."

  A *Kamui* vortex appeared behind *Susano'o*, and Obito emerged from it.

  Sasuke remained posed. "Even if you get close, as long as I guard against the moment you try to touch me, you 't do anything!"

  Sizzle!

  Obitht eye glowed with bloodshot iy as he issued a and to the Eight-Tails trapped in his dimension.

  Whoosh! Within the *Kamui* space, the Eight-Tails formed a *Tailed Beast Bomb*!

  Whoosh! The *Tailed Beast Bomb* was released directly through Obitht eye, smming into *Susano'o*!

  Crack! Crack!

  The armor of *Susano'o* began to shatter!

  Sasuke was horrified. "That's a Tailed Beast's attack?! How is it ing from his eye?!"

  Obito's voice was calm yet menag. "I told you, Sasuke. This time, you'll submit."

  Whoosh! Obito immediately activated his phasing ability.

  Boom! Boom!!

  The *Tailed Beast Bomb* unleashed a massive explosion!

  Crash!!!

  "Argh!!"

  The fragments of *Susano'o* scattered as Sasuke was sent flying from the bst zone, battered aed.

  Whoosh!

  Obito appeared through a vortex, pg a hand on Sasuke's back. His right eye activated again, and Sasuke was sucked into the *Kamui* dimension!

  Snap!

  The vortex closed as Obito muttered, "You're still too inexperienced, Sasuke."

  Rustle, rustle.

  White Zetsu emerged from the side. "That ended quicker than I expected. When will you let him out?"

  Boom!

  The *Uchiha Fme Formation* dissipated.

  Obito gazed at the destroyed hideout and said coldly, "Until we find a new base, let him refle his as inside."

  White Zetsu shrugged. "Well, I suppose that's fine. Hopefully, this will take him down a notch."

  Whoosh!

  Obito flicked his cloak and turned decisively. Beh his mask, his right eye gleamed with an intimidating light.

  "It better. Because no matter ho a bde is, if it doesn't fit the wielder, it must be discarded. No one defy Akatsuki's will—not Sasuke, and not Naruto either..."

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