Two figures flashed past each other, and with the sound of a blade piercing flesh, Uchiha Naka was stabbed through the heart, his life hanging by a thread.
But... he wasn't defeated yet!
In the next moment, Naka's Mangekyo Sharingan glowed faintly, attempting to replicate the previous move and transfer all the damage from the blink of an eye to Zhi Li, but...
Zhi Li's right eye swirled slightly, and as blood flowed out, a layer of soft golden light instantly enveloped her entire body, making her look like a gilded Valkyrie statue, instantly immune to all negative effects.
The golden light only existed for a moment before dissipating inch by inch, but it successfully prevented Naka's damage transfer from working!
The root of fear is when things exceed one's expectations. Naka didn't expect his long-hidden Eye Technique to fail, and his expression changed drastically. Strength drained from his body bit by bit, and his consciousness was about to fade...
"No! I can win!"
Naka hardened his heart and decisively activated Izanagi!
In an instant, the Mangekyo Sharingan in his right eye lost all color, turning pale. He sacrificed his sight to turn the fact that his chest had been cut into a Genjutsu, changing his fate of death.
Zhi Li breathed slightly, and a voice trying to sound calm suddenly came from the side of the stone:
"To be able to successfully sneak attack me from behind, is it the Eye Technique of those eyes of yours? Not bad..."
Naka crossed his arms, showing off his red and white heterochromatic eyes. "However, as long as I have Izanagi, you will never be able to defeat me!"
He drew the short blade from his lower back, his eyes fierce. "The next move will directly kill you!"
A breeze blew, and Zhi Li's purple hair rippled like waves. To Naka's astonishment, she actually released her long sword again, the tip of the sword inserted into the ground, the crisp hum seeming to penetrate the soul.
Time changed, white clouds shifted, the sun advanced towards the east, and time seemed to be flowing backward rapidly, but the battle between the two continued until the world collapsed.
Cold sweat broke out on Naka's forehead, and an unusual sensation came from under his feet again. He looked down and saw that he had unknowingly stepped on those violets again, the petals flying like elves hovering in the air.
He subconsciously looked up, and a ghostly blue butterfly floated past his eyes again. Unknown fear spread in his heart, causing his heart to beat wildly.
Zhi Li tapped her toes on the ground and leaped high, her clothes fluttering like butterflies. Taking advantage of Naka's moment of distraction, she rushed in front of him.
She stretched out a hand, not to attack, nor to form a seal, but slowly extended it as if to hold his hand.
Naka stared at the figure that suddenly appeared in front of him, instinctively waving his knife. A burst of white smoke scattered, and Zhi Li used the Substitution Jutsu again, turning into two wooden stakes that fell to the ground with a "thump."
A familiar scene, a sensation that had just been experienced, completely stunned Naka!
His heart continued to pump, and intense panic made him pant heavily.
Because he discovered that his right eye, which had just been blinded by using Izanagi, had regained its light!
This also meant...
The sound of the wind in his ears was like a deadly note, and a slender beam of light struck from behind. He barely turned around before Zhi Li, who flashed past, cut open his chest.
He activated his Eye Power to try to transfer the damage, but this trick failed again in front of Zhi Li, who was protected by golden light.
"Not... not defeated yet!"
In order to avoid the fate of dying again, he gritted his teeth and activated Izanagi again, modifying the reality of death.
Zhi Li's clear voice floated past his ears:
"The Izanagi you rely on will not protect you..."
Facing Naka, Zhi Li slightly loosened her slender hand, letting the long sword plunge into the earth, the crisp hum almost driving Naka insane.
The faint sensation from beneath his feet told Naka, even without looking, that he had once again stepped on those few violets.
Blue butterflies danced gracefully, their beautiful wings shimmering with dreamlike light, all reflected in his intact eyes.
Zhi Li extended her palm, her expression still sincere, stepping forward as if waiting for him to grasp her jade hand.
"What is this! What exactly is this! I've experienced it three times! Three times!!!!"
He swung his sword madly, the butterfly wings shattering like a disturbed surface of water.
...
At this moment, in reality.
Uchiha Naka stood quietly to the side, his eyes closed, motionless like a scarecrow, his even breathing suggesting he was in a deep sleep.
Uchiha Zhi Li quietly gazed at him, her cherry lips slightly parted, letting out a soft sigh.
This was the ultimate Genjutsu she had created over a year, inspired by the Blood Pond Clan's Genjutsu, specifically designed to counter the existence of Izanagi. The name of the Eye Technique was... Izanami.
This was a powerful Eye Technique that didn't require eye contact at all, nor any visual contact; it only needed physical touch between two people to trap the target in a Genjutsu.
She had originally thought that the promising Uchiha Naka was the Clan Head's choice of destiny, but since he took office, the Uchiha Clan had not become a true ironclad entity, but instead, even more undercurrents surged.
Anyone who disagreed with him would be decisively eliminated, and his bloody rule made the atmosphere within the clan increasingly stagnant.
Zhi Li knew this was wrong, but her Younger Brother had died because of her past "benevolence," and Naka had used this reason many times to leave her speechless.
After much deliberation, she decided to start from the root, to make Naka, who was caught in the vortex of power, completely awaken and become a truly reliable and trustworthy Clan Head, rather than a ruler who used fear to seize people's hearts.
Killing him might be easier, but that would undoubtedly be repeating the same mistake, which was not what she wanted.
His unwillingness to face reality was just like the Izanagi he relied on, both were distortions of reality, an act of escaping from accepting true fate.
What Zhi Li had to do was not only to restrain him and completely defeat him, but also to make him realize his mistakes and accept his true self from the bottom of his heart.
Izanami arose spontaneously.
The "Five Rules Inn" of the Blood Dragon Eye Genjutsu in the Hell Valley Mission gave her a lot of inspiration, imposing marks on the spiritual world with certain fixed conditions. Once specific behaviors were performed and accumulated to a certain extent, they would act according to the caster's wishes.
Zhi Li optimized this condition, changing it to using Eye Power to record the physical touch between the two. Its principle was actually very simple, but it did require some preparation time to completely complete this technique.
First, start recording at any moment of action, recording the physical touch between herself and her opponent in her eyes like taking a photo. The moment Zhi Li initially threw the knife was the beginning of the recording, which could be set as A;
Secondly, as time passed, continue to record a scene that was deeply imprinted on both sides. The moment Naka stepped on the violet flower was set as B, and the scene of personally destroying the butterfly was C, recording them one after another in her eyes.
After accumulating a certain amount of moments, deliberately reproduce the same physical touch as scene A. Zhi Li released the hilt of the sword again in front of Naka, letting the long sword plunge into the ground, creating A'.
At this point, a closed loop appeared in the memory points. Izanami was activated. Zhi Li would lose sight in one eye as the price, sewing and connecting picture A and picture A' together, which could reproduce new B' and C' in the Genjutsu.
The same scene was staged again, so that the opponent's consciousness would be imprisoned in the three scenes of memory in the brain, repeating endlessly, infinitely looping, and could only wander along the established Genjutsu track within eternal time.
This was the forbidden technique she created, Izanami!
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