Chapter 17: Huh?
"You've got guts."
Izayoi wasn't surprised by Sasuke Uchiha's choice.
However, on the surface, he still gave Sasuke Uchiha a thumbs up.
This choice was also a good thing for Izayoi.
A taijutsu duel couldn't bring out his full strength, and even if he won, the drop rate would be lower than a no-rules duel.
This was something Izayoi had confirmed.
When Hinata could not use her Gentle Fist to chakra-infuse his body, Izayoi beat her without losing any attributes at all.
The difference in power between her and Izayoi was too great.
Although an overwhelming win also drops attributes, Izayoi had not seen this very low possibility in a year.
When Hinata unleashed her Gentle Fist and was all out, Izayoi had lost two traits from her in a year, one of them being purple and the other blue.
These two traits were the Bloodline Limit: Byakugan (Purple) and Chakra Control (Blue).
It wasn't that Izayoi was better than Sasuke Uchiha, but that he, knowing the plot and having amazing talent, had started taking shortcuts at the age of three.
A cheater was dominating another cheater for three or four years.
Had Sasuke Uchiha not mastered the Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique, he would not have been a threat to Izayoi in any manner.
And the Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique might increase the drop rate of Sasuke Uchiha.
A no-rules battle was the best choice.
"Then let's start!"
Izayoi retreated a few steps, turned away from Sasuke Uchiha, and then raised his middle and index fingers.
When he saw this, Sasuke Uchiha too made the sign of confrontation.
Then the two moved towards each other.
Having taken a step forward, Sasuke Uchiha punched.
As Izayoi dodged to the side, he raised his leg and turned 180 degrees and kicked in the direction of Sasuke Uchiha's face. His flexibility was unbelievable.
Sasuke Uchiha was unable to dodge in time and could only raise his other arm to block with his forearm. His body was kicked a few steps away.
He was already in a very passive position before he was able to stabilize himself.
Izayoi moved in front of him, swinging his arms from left to right, stabbing Sasuke Uchiha's chest and face.
The force wasn't strong, but the speed of the attack was too fast for Sasuke Uchiha to move.
After blocking the first punch, the second punch caught a flaw and landed on his face.
After taking the first punch, Sasuke Uchiha completely lost his rhythm and became a mobile punching bag.
His raised arms were also used by Izayoi to grab, pull, and disrupt his body's balance.
On the other hand, Izayoi's combo attacks started out chaotic, but gradually became rhythmic.
It felt like the Eight Trigrams Palm of the Hyuga clan, which would never cause serious injury without chakra injection, yet the opponent was powerless to fight back when combined.
While repeatedly striking again and again, Izayoi finished his combo, spun around 360 degrees, and kicked Sasuke Uchiha off.
This kick was more agonizing in power than before, making it difficult for Sasuke Uchiha to breathe.
However, looking at Izayoi, who had retracted his leg, Sasuke Uchiha, who had been trapped in the illusion space for days and constantly watched the scene of his clan's destruction, suddenly saw Uchiha Itachi's reflection in Izayoi.
The other party's words of disdain for killing him echoed in his mind.
'You're too weak now. Live ugly in the future, and try your best to survive…'
Sasuke Uchiha's expression suddenly became distorted.
"Uchiha Itachi, I'll kill you! Fire Style… Great Fireball Technique!"
He treated Izayoi as Uchiha Itachi, and then did hand seals, spitting out a small wisp of fire from his mouth, which quickly grew into a high-temperature fireball, pounding down on Izayoi.
"Just in time, Wind Style… Wind Blade Technique!"
Izayoi was surprised, then pretended to do hand seals, exhaling a mouth breath, which suddenly shifted from invisible to visible, changing into a scythe-shaped transparent white wind blade, striking the flying fireball.
The next moment, the huge fireball was cut diagonally, and the energy of the wind blade, having dropped sharply, continued to fly forward, landing on Sasuke Uchiha's body.
Tear——
As the sound of tearing cloth resounded, blood burst out from Sasuke Uchiha's body.
Sasuke Uchiha, who landed on the ground, lost his movement right away.
Izayoi was not shaken at all and walked slowly.
Everyone could be slain now, except for Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki.
The truth that the Outer Path Gedo Statue was called forth from the moon should have been well known to the Sage of Six Paths.
The other party must know that the second generation of Rinnegan had been born.
To prevent his mother from coming back too early before Indra and Asura matured, the Sage of Six Paths would never let this generation's reincarnation of Indra and Asura die easily.
Besides, if he was killed by a C-rank Wind Blade with less strength, Sasuke Uchiha would not be worthy of being the male protagonist.
Heading towards Sasuke Uchiha's side, he sternly still had breath.
The wind blade tore only his clothes with a scratch on his body without any bones visible.
Izayoi crouched down and put simple medical ninjutsu on him.
Clap—
At this moment, Izayoi seemed to have an auditory hallucination and heard the sound that was even crisper than when a balloon bursts.
Looking towards the direction of the sound, his face was stern.
Bubbles that only Izayoi could perceive danced around Sasuke Uchiha.
Izayoi by accident caught a bubble that just burst and a… red beam flying his way.
"Huh?"
Looking at the red beam rapidly expanding in his line of sight, Izayoi rarely had a confused face.
Red… red?
How many reds did Sasuke Uchiha possess?
Was red the highest known level, or was purple?
But the message ringing in his mind immediately told Izayoi he was right.
He won the jackpot!
"Ding! You received the talent ability [Sage Eye (Red)], combine or dissolve?"
"…Combine!"
Izayoi loudly proclaimed in his heart, and as the same time, he was also too overjoyed that he could not help but twitch the edges of his mouth.
But not knowing if anyone was watching in the dark, Izayoi still suppressed this impulse, causing the corners of his mouth to twitch slightly, looking a bit comical.
At this moment, Izayoi's mood was beyond words.
With Hinata as an example, Izayoi thought it would take a long time to bring out Sasuke Uchiha's red attribute.
He had also been prepared to search for Sasuke Uchiha to fight when he was not busy for the next five years.
In case he could still not tap the red trait when in ninja school age, Izayoi would halt his progression and reduce his strength to be the same as that of Sasuke Uchiha and Hinata.
He never expected the first no-rules fight with Izayoi would elicit the appearance of Sasuke Uchiha's Sage Eye (Red).
This very unlikely thing actually fell to him.
It was at this moment that Izayoi also felt like the lucky ones.
(End of this chapter)
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