Chapter 195: I Just Want to Live, Therefore, Absolute Defense—Divine Obstruction Barrier!
The Mangekyo Sharingan is a Sharingan that evolves from its three-tomoe state after intense stimulation.
Upon evolving into the Mangekyo Sharingan, this eye unlocks new abilities, depending primarily on the owner's previous inclinations.
For instance, Itachi's Fire Release and Genjutsu were top-tier during his three-tomoe Sharingan state, so he unlocked the advanced Fire Release ability—Amaterasu, and the advanced Genjutsu ability—Tsukuyomi.
Uchiha Shisui, who dedicated his life to preventing his clan's rebellion, unlocked Kotoamatsukami, an ability that alters thoughts.
Sasuke, who was obsessed with avenging himself on Itachi throughout his life, unlocked Kagutsuchi, the ability to control Amaterasu.
And every Uchiha, upon developing the three-tomoe Sharingan, unlocks an anomalous ability that distorts reality at the cost of blindness—Izanagi.
But whether it's Susanoo, Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Izanami, Kagutsuchi, Izanagi, or similar abilities, they all ultimately point to divine tales.
According to the Kojiki, when Ōkuninushi was troubled by the work of nation-building, a shining god appeared from across the sea, requesting to be worshipped at Mount Miwa in Yamato.
This god is Ōmononushi-no-Kami.
Also known as Miwa Myojin.
It is the god who presides over agriculture and bountiful harvests, with no desire for worldly strife, focused solely on planting and harvesting, and its power leans towards protection.
Uchiha Ren has no other desires since birth.
He just wants to live.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this that it chose Uchiha Ren.
Any uninvited entity in the world is forbidden from entering the range where its divine body resides, thereby maintaining its sacredness.
This is the source of the ability Uchiha Ren unleashed: [Miwa Myojin's Divine Obstruction Barrier]!
Itachi Uchiha looked at the transparent wall that steadily blocked Susanoo's Totsuka Blade attack, his expression instantly freezing, his face filled with bewilderment.
Although he hadn't activated Susanoo many times, relying on this powerful technique, he had been invincible in previous battles, yet he had never encountered such a bizarre situation.
That barrier, emanating a sacred glow, was like an insurmountable high mountain, towering between him and Uchiha Ren.
Each strike of Susanoo's Totsuka Blade carried terrifying power capable of tearing the earth apart, but when it struck this transparent wall, aside from emitting deafening roars and stirring up ripples in the air, it was unable to cause the slightest damage.
Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingan stared intently at the barrier, trying to find a weakness.
His eyes were filled with confusion and unwillingness, and tiny beads of sweat seeped from his forehead, trickling down his face.
"What kind of Jutsu is this?"
Susanoo also felt this immense resistance. Its colossal body roared continuously in place, wildly swinging its Totsuka Blade, attacking the barrier. Each attack caused the surrounding space to distort, but the barrier remained as solid as a rock, not moving in the slightest.
"Hee hee hee ha ha ha ha ha!"
Uchiha Ren suddenly laughed, clutching his bleeding eye: "You didn't expect the Uchiha Clan to be so difficult, did you? There's still a tough nut waiting for you that's even harder to crack!"
Uchiha Ren suddenly laughed even louder: "I forgot to tell you, Uchiha Fugaku's Mangekyo Sharingan far surpasses our abilities. He killed you so painfully purely because he wanted to protect your and Sasuke's lives. What a great father, what a ridiculous 'filial son'!"
"For the sake of the so-called peace of the Village, you chose to slaughter your entire clan. A guy like you is fundamentally unworthy of using the abilities of these eyes!"
Facing such heartbreaking provocation, Itachi could only continue to wield Susanoo with a blank expression, striking the Miwa Myojin's Divine Obstruction Barrier with the Totsuka Blade, sword after sword.
However, it was all in vain.
As Uchiha Ren and Itachi Uchiha reached a stalemate, the space next to Uchiha Ren seemed to be arbitrarily kneaded by an invisible hand, and suddenly, intense distortion appeared!
In the blink of an eye, the distorted space slowly flattened, and a figure appeared as if from a nightmare next to Uchiha Ren – it was Obito, wearing a Mask!
As soon as he appeared, his body enveloped in a mysterious and dangerous aura, he quickly raised his hand as soon as his feet landed steadily, preparing to activate Kamui.
However, just as he made a move, a thunderous roar suddenly resounded, and a dazzling golden light, centered on Uchiha Ren, burst outwards in a fan shape.
This golden light came with overwhelming force, like a surging golden tide, instantly submerging Obito.
Obito had no time to react and was viciously pushed out by this enormous force!
His body, like a kite with a broken string, drew a long arc in the air, flying a hundred meters away.
With a "bang," Obito fell heavily to the ground!
The stirred-up dust spread, and after a long while, Obito struggled to his feet, looking extremely disheveled.
His clothes were torn in many places, revealing shocking wounds, from which fresh blood continuously seeped.
Even more striking was that the Mask on his face had been shattered in half; the broken Mask hung on his face, swaying precariously.
Obito disregarded the pain in his body, frantically pulled out another Mask from his bosom, and quickly put it on.
He gasped for breath, his eyes filled with shock and unwillingness, as he reassessed Uchiha Ren, protected within the sacred barrier.
When his gaze fell upon the unique golden single-tomoe Mangekyo Sharingan in Uchiha Ren's eye, his entire being instantly froze, stunned in place.
The radiance emanating from those eyes seemed to contain a power that made even him feel a tremor in his heart.
Even more startling, Uchiha Ren's other eye didn't bear the pattern of a Mangekyo Sharingan, nor was it even a Sharingan. Instead, it was an eye completely devoid of white, entirely covered in black, with only a red dot in the center!
"What kind of eye is this?!"
After a moment of stunned silence, Obito seemed to suddenly come to his senses and loudly shouted to Itachi Uchiha, who was equally stunned nearby: "We can't deal with him! Let's go! The mission is over!"
His voice, tinged with urgency and helplessness, stood out on this battlefield reeking of blood and gunpowder. Where was his usual foolish, joking demeanor?
Obito's body moved like lightning, instantly flashing to Itachi's side. He extended his arm, intending to grab Itachi's arm, prepare to activate Kamui, and pull them both into the Kamui Dimension to escape this chaotic battlefield.
Just as he concentrated his Chakra and was about to activate Kamui, at that very moment!
A cold glint suddenly shot out from an oblique angle!
It was a feather, shining with a faint blue light, moving so fast that it was almost impossible for the naked eye to perceive. It carried a sharp whistling sound as it sliced directly between the two of them.
This sudden attack greatly startled Obito. He had no time for thought and instinctively activated his intangibility.
In an instant, his body became intangible, and the blue feather grazed the edge of his intangible form, carrying a dangerous gust of wind.
At the same time, Uchiha Ren's enraged roar, like rolling thunder, echoed throughout the entire Uchiha Clan Compound!
"Did I..."
"let you..."
"go..."
"yet?!"
(end of chapter)