Naruto : Cruel Rebirth

Boom!! The flame sword pierced through Obito's body, stabbing into the ground, with intense flames erupting and burning the area!

Whoosh! But Obito side-stepped, passing through the flame sword.

"It seems that your sudden increase in eye power has made you blindly confident. Well, let me teach you a lesson, Sasuke!"

Sasuke coldly shouted, "You're just talking nonsense!" 

Whoosh! Obito charged forward, entering Susanoo's interior.

Sasuke, both arrogant and calm, thought: *Just as I expected. His body can pass through anything, but the moment he attacks, he must solidify!*

Whoosh! Approaching, Obito extended his palm toward Sasuke's face.

"Now!" 

Sasuke's eyes narrowed. 

Kagutsuchi! 

Boom!! 

Black flames surrounded him, forming a protective wall of fire! 

Whoosh! Obito's hand passed through Sasuke's cheek, then through his body. 

After exiting through Susanoo's back, Obito turned and said indifferently, "I haven't done anything, yet you've already used Kagutsuchi twice..." 

Swish! The black flame sword swung behind him, creating another deafening roar. Obito ignored it with his ability to phase through. Sasuke yelled, "Is that all you rely on, your ability to phase? I still haven't seen your Ninjutsu!"

Obito's eyes narrowed slightly. "Ninjutsu, huh? Fine..."

Whoosh! He flashed to the side, distancing himself from the black flames, and quickly formed hand seals, pressing his right palm to the ground!

—Wood Style: Thorn Trap!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Wood-like tendrils rose from the ground near Sasuke's feet, entangling and binding him! 

Sasuke's eyes flickered: *He's targeting the weak spot under Susanoo's feet, but since he's casting a technique, his body must be solid!*

Boom! The flame sword slashed again, but Obito passed through it as if it wasn't there.

Obito said, "Even if I phase, the effects of the techniques I've already used don't disappear."

Creak! Creak! Creak! The wood continued to wind around Sasuke, tightening with every moment! Sasuke grunted, "So this is Wood Style, just like that ninja named Yamato from Konoha. Hmph, it's not that impressive..."

—Chidori! 

Crack! 

With the crackling sound of lightning, the wood around Sasuke was sliced apart!

Whoosh! But Obito seized the opportunity to phase underground and launched a surprise attack from beneath Sasuke's feet! 

Whoosh! Sasuke, along with Susanoo, leaped into the air, looking down at Obito emerging from the ground, and sneered, "Small tricks like that won't work on me. With my eyes, nothing can escape!"

Whoosh! While in mid-air, Sasuke quickly formed hand seals.

—Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu! 

Boom!!

The fireball came roaring at Obito, sending heat waves through the air.

"Fire Release, huh..." 

This time, Obito didn't phase through. Instead, he formed hand seals, and his right eye unleashed a powerful Kamui distortion, combining it with Fire Release.

—Fire Release: Tempest Dance!

The fiery, spiral storm immediately suppressed Sasuke's Great Fireball Jutsu! Sasuke cursed, "Damn... using his eye technique combined with Fire Release to create this kind of power? But Amaterasu can burn even flames to nothing!" 

Drip...! Blood trickled from the corner of Sasuke's left eye, his focus locking onto the incoming flames!

—Amaterasu!!

Boom!! 

Black flames erupted, consuming the Tempest Dance! But the heat from the fire created a powerful thermal field, causing Sasuke's Susanoo to break through the ceiling and emerge outside!

Obito followed and stood outside, facing Sasuke as they both confronted each other atop a giant beast's bone.

Obito stretched his shoulders and said, "Here, I can finally start to loosen up a bit..."

Sasuke arrogantly replied, "Your techniques so far have been useless against me. The legendary Madara was nothing more than this!" 

Under Obito's mask, his eyes gleamed with light: 

"Is that so? Next, I'll make you acknowledge it..." 

Sasuke coldly replied: 

"I'll return that sentence to you, word for word!" 

Boom! Susano'o's divine weapon, the Heavenly Magatama Bow, was formed, black flames turning into arrows, placed on the string. 

Twang! The bowstring was pulled tight, aimed at the sky!! 

Whoosh!!!! 

The black flame arrow shot through the heavens, exploding in the sky before burning the atmosphere, creating an updraft that formed a raincloud! 

Thunder rumbled, turning into a Kirin that roared across the sky! 

Crack! 

Lightning wrapped around Sasuke's palm, responding to the thunder in the sky. He arrogantly said: 

"This is my strongest Lightning Release technique, Kirin. Without Susano'o's protection, no matter how powerful the being is, it will be obliterated in an instant!" 

Obito looked at the sky, indifferent: 

"This Lightning Release is powerful, but it won't harm me in the slightest..." 

But Sasuke smirked dangerously: 

"It can't hurt you, but this move is enough to destroy your hideout. Would it matter if those white creatures were wiped out in one go?" 

Obito's gaze darkened immediately: 

"You've gone too far, Sasuke..." 

Sasuke arrogantly responded: 

"So what if I've gone too far? If your power is beneath mine, then the Light Akatsuki is nothing! Even Nagato, the puppet leader of the Akatsuki who bowed to you, is nothing! He could easily destroy Konohagakure, and I can do the same!" 

Swoosh! Obito flicked his sleeve: 

"Then give it a try. But I must remind you, not only the White Zetsu, but the red-haired woman you're with, is also in my hideout!" 

"..." Sasuke's eyes showed a brief hesitation, but it quickly turned into cold resolution: 

"That person doesn't matter anymore!!" 

Swoosh! Sasuke raised his hand high, commanding Susano'o to leap from the giant beast's bones. As he landed, his raised hand came down. 

--Lightning Release: Kirin! 

"Roooar...!!" 

The Kirin screamed down, creating a thunderstorm of unimaginable scale! 

Crack! Crack! 

Sasuke looked coldly at the destruction in front of him, clenched his fists: 

"With this, those troublesome fools will be gone. Next is you, Naruto..." 

But as the storm subsided, the scene in front of Sasuke left him stunned! 

A massive purple fire barrier stood firm, blocking the Kirin perfectly! 

Sasuke: 

"How is this possible!?" 

Whoosh! 

Obito passed through the barrier and calmly spoke: 

"The Uchiha Fire Formation is the Uchiha clan's most advanced technique. You, born of the Uchiha, have never seen it before, right..." 

Swoosh! Sasuke hurriedly distanced himself from Obito, thinking quickly: 

"His ocular power only works up close. As long as I keep my distance, he can't do anything to me!" 

"Naive." 

Kamui triggered behind Susano'o, and Obito descended from it. 

Sasuke remained calm: 

"Even if he gets close, as long as I stay alert when he tries to touch me, he won't be able to do anything!" 

Zing! 

Obito's right eye burst with blood vessels, and he issued a Genjutsu command to the Eight-Tails in the space-time rift! 

Whoosh! 

From Kamui's space, the Eight-Tails condensed a Tailed Beast Ball! 

Whoosh! 

The Tailed Beast Ball shot directly from Obito's right eye, crushing Susano'o! 

Crack! Crack! 

Susano'o's armor began to crack! 

Sasuke was shocked: 

"Is this... a Tailed Beast's technique!? How can it come from his eye!?" 

Obito said softly: 

"I told you, Sasuke... this time, I'll make you acknowledge it..." 

Whoosh! He immediately activated his penetration mode.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The tailed beast bomb erupted with an earth-shattering explosion! Crack!

"Ugh...!!"

Fragments of Susano'o scattered as Sasuke was thrown out of the explosion zone, badly wounded...

Whoosh! Obito appeared alongside black vortex, pressing his palm against Sasuke's back. The second release of black vortex from his right eye sucked Sasuke into the time-space dimension...!

Snap! the black vortex closed up as Obito muttered, "Sasuke, you're still too inexperienced..." 

Rustle! White Zetsu appeared from the side, saying, "That ended faster than I expected. When will you let him out?"

Boom! The Uchiha Fire Formation vanished.

Obito gazed at the destroyed underground hideout and said in a deep voice, "Before we find a new base, let Sasuke reflect on himself inside."

White Zetsu shrugged and said, "Well, that's fine. Hopefully, this will humble him a bit."

Whoosh! Obito lifted his cloak and turned, his right eye under the mask glowing with a mesmerizing light. 

"It better be. Even the best sword can only destroy if it's not handled well. No one can surpass the will of Akatsuki, not Sasuke, and not Naruto..."

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