Chapter 58: Mirror Flower vs Time Reversal, Absolute Suppression of Pupil Technique
Uchiha Fugaku's hands completed 12 complex hand seals in an instant, moving so fast that they left a series of afterimages.
"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"
Fugaku inhaled sharply, his chest visibly swelling, and then he exhaled a massive amount of Chakra mixed with air forward.
[Boom—!]
A colossal flame, like a scorching tsunami, swept forth! The flame was over 10 meters high and covered half of the training ground. Wherever it passed, the hard ground was instantly charred into black obsidian, and the air, warped by the high temperature, shrieked under the strain.
The onlookers retreated in alarm; even from 100 meters away, the scorching heat wave still made their faces sting. This was the power of the Uchiha Clan Head—the Fire Release that stood at the pinnacle of the Ninja World!
Facing this terrifying Ninjutsu, capable of destroying an army, Uchiha Akira finally took his hand out of his pocket. He performed hand seals even faster than Uchiha Fugaku.
"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation."
Uchiha Akira softly uttered the same technique name as Fugaku. A more concentrated, darker, almost dark-red flame erupted from Uchiha Akira's mouth. The two flames collided with a roar in the center of the training ground. There was no violent explosion as imagined. Uchiha Akira's dark-red flame effortlessly tore through Fugaku's flame tsunami, splitting it in 2. The torrent of flames roared past Uchiha Akira's sides, slamming heavily into the wall far across the training ground, leaving 2 bottomless charred marks.
The entire area was dead silent. Using the same Ninjutsu, yet producing completely different results. This was no longer a difference in skill. This was an absolute crushing in Chakra nature and power level.
Fugaku's pupils suddenly constricted to pinprick size. He couldn't understand. Why did Uchiha Akira's flames possess such terrifying penetrative power and temperature?
"Again."
Uchiha Akira's voice rang out; this time, he initiated the attack. He quickly formed hand seals, his movements fluid and dazzlingly fast.
"Fire Release: Dragon Flame Release Song Technique!"
[Roar—!]
Several ferocious dragon heads roared out from Uchiha Akira's mouth. They were composed of extremely compressed dark-red flames, each carrying a terrifying high temperature capable of incinerating everything, and they lunged at Uchiha Fugaku from different angles.
Such immense power. Fugaku's expression changed drastically. He felt a great threat. He pushed his decades of combat instinct to the limit, constantly shifting and dodging.
[Boom! Boom! Rumble!]
The flame dragon heads flew past almost grazing his body, slamming heavily into the ground behind Uchiha Fugaku. A series of explosions erupted, and several bottomless craters appeared before everyone's eyes; the craters connected, turning most of the training ground into a scorched wasteland.
"Akira!"
[Buzz—!]
Uchiha Fugaku roared, his Mangekyō spinning rapidly in his eyes, and a vast and boundless ocular power instantly swept across the entire training ground.
Before Uchiha Akira's eyes, the entire world suddenly twisted and collapsed. The training ground disappeared. The surrounding clan members disappeared. The sky and the earth both turned into countless broken mirror shards, then reassembled in chaos.
Genjutsu: Mirror Flower!
This was Uchiha Fugaku's Mangekyō ocular technique. A top-tier Genjutsu capable of creating illusions infinitely close to reality, completely distorting the opponent's 5 senses, and manipulating their perception of reality.
Hundreds, even thousands, of Uchiha Fugaku appeared before Uchiha Akira's eyes. Every 1 of their expressions, every breath, every trace of Chakra flow was identical, making it impossible to distinguish the real from the fake.
["Boom!"]
Countless "Fugakus" simultaneously formed hand seals, and overwhelming shuriken and fireballs swept in from all directions, sealing off all of Uchiha Akira's evasion space.
Uchiha Akira stood calmly. The shuriken, capable of tearing through steel, passed through him silently, like phantoms cast into water, the moment they touched his body. The scorching fireballs engulfed him entirely, yet they didn't burn a single corner of his clothes.
Fugaku's voice seemed to come from all directions. "Before these eyes of mine, reality and illusion are defined by me. I can reverse the damage I receive into illusions, and I can turn the illusions you perceive into real pain!"
As his voice fell, the most real "Fugaku," holding a kunai, silently appeared behind Uchiha Akira and fiercely stabbed towards his back.
In the Genjutsu world, facing the strike aimed at his back, Uchiha Akira didn't even turn around. "Is that all? Fugaku, your capacity, your scope, is limited to this."
The next second, the Mangekyō in Uchiha Akira's eyes rotated.
[Buzz—!]
A terrifying power, more vast and boundless than Fugaku's ocular power, carrying a hint of "rule," soared into the sky.
Left Eye: Time Reversal!
Time, as if at this moment, had its rewind button pressed. The kunai, stabbing towards Uchiha Akira's back, suddenly froze 1 centimeter from his skin, then began to retreat in a bizarre manner. The "Fugaku" who had ambushed him flew backward uncontrollably. The sky full of fireballs and shuriken rolled back, transforming back into Chakra and dissipating into the air.
"This is impossible!" Fugaku roared in disbelief; he felt his control over this world being brutally stripped away by an irresistible force.
"Your Mangekyō sees a past that has long since decayed," Uchiha Akira's voice, carrying a hint of playfulness, echoed throughout the entire Genjutsu world. "While my eyes see a future that is destined to unfold. Now, the game is over."
[Crack… crack…]
Fugaku's proud Genjutsu world, "Mirror Flower," like a truly shattered mirror, let out a cry of unbearable strain before this power. Countless cracks appeared out of nowhere, spreading rapidly. Finally, it shattered with a crash.