Itachi uood what that meant, and he didn't like it o. Before he could think of a ter to Kaida's pn, two of his es started attag him simultaneously.

  Both es attacked him at the same time from opposite sides, resulting in Itachi using Body Flicker Jutsu to evade. Then one e went for Kenjutsu attacks, while the other kept its distand attacked with wind bdes wheachi started to gain the upper hand.

  Itachi really had to give his all to dispel the e fighting him in cle by putting himself in a position where he was hidden from the other e. But once again, before he could take a breather, the e which was in a support role this whole time started attag with Kenjutsu.

  Kaida created four more es to take its pce as soon as it was defeated, which happened quite soon. When another e took its pce, Itachi felt a stark differen Kenjutsu style. Kaida's Kenjutsu was already very refined, using every opportunity to deal maximum damage while evading every attack.

  But this time, it was more like it was tailored to fight against Itachi. Itachi then once again looked toward Kaida, who was analyzing his every move with his Sharingan.

  'He is trying to find my ter style iweech,' Itachi thought, a cept so absurd that he didn't even want to believe it.

  No Uchiha had ever used Sharingan like that because it needed quite some time to analyze an oppo's style and create ters. If you could get your oppoo fight that long, and if he was strong enough that you had to do that, the amount of life you had to sacrifice for that analysis wasn't worth it.

  But Kaida, with his shadow es, didn't have to worry about the life cost. With his high chakra, he could do this for hours because every time Itachi dispersed a e, Kaida got some of his chakra along with his memories back.

  "If I give you more time, I am sure I will lose," Itachi said. Everyone was so silent while watg the match that his voice resounded iadium, and everyone uood that something was about to happen.

  As soon as he said that, he made various hand signs. Kaida, who had seen these hand signs multiple times by now, uood what they meant.

  The e went full throttle in attag Itachi to stop his hand signs, but before it could reach him, a fireball appeared in front of it, dispersing it in seds. Another went straight to the e Kaida had created as backup. Even though they tried to dodge and create earth walls to defend against the fireball, it just increased the amount of fireballs o disperse them. Itachi threw five fireballs at the same time, destroying the area where the es and Kaida were standing.

  Kaida quickly used Body Flicker Jutsu to evade, only suffering some minor burns, but all of his es were dispersed by now. Itachi still had many fireballs rotating around him, which he threw toward Kaida without a sed thought.

  This time, Kaida showed that Itachi was not the only Uchiha iadium. With the help of Sharingan, he predicted ead every possible path of the fireballs, evading those he could while attag the unavoidable ones with shuriken and wind bdes. In a span of couple of seds, tens of bsts happened all around the stadium. The crowd, which had been mesmerized by the beautiful and deadly Kenjutsu, jolted awake and started shouting, supp their favorite partits.

  When the dust settled, two figures became visible to the crowd. At one end of the stadium, Kaida was standing with his clothes dirty and burned in various pces, while the skin below was buro various degrees. Oher side was Itachi, uninjured but visibly exhausted. Even though the current attack was super effective, it was still an S-rank jutsu. The chakra requirement to perform this erversely high. This, coupled with all the other jutsu and coating of chakra he did for the st 10 minutes, really depleted Itachi's chakra reserves; he barely had 30-40 pert remaining.

  Seeing Kaida's state, most of the crowd thought that Itachi was going to win now - Kaida was obviously in no state to fight. But uhers, Itachi didn't have that same thought. So what if Kaida was injured? He knew full well that it didn't mean anything.

  As if Itachi's thoughts were a trigger, Kaida activated the Mitotic Regeion seal on his forehead. Many bck lines emerged from the seal, c him from head to toe. Due to using this seal many times during the in exam, it was only halfway full, taining chakra twice Kaida's own reserves. In the one and a half months after getting this seal, Kaida had diligently increased its capacity daily with help of Sharingan. The process was fast, but now he couldn't be from that progress.

  'Well, this is what I get for using it every time I get the ce,' Kaida thought as his injuries healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

  Even though Itachi wao attack, Kaida had already created a shadow e to hold him back. Instead of making himself more tired without gaining anything, Itachi decided to use this time to recover some of his strength.

  After a minute, Kaida said, "Ready for round 2?"

  "Always," Itachi replied.

  Both disappeared from their positions, leaving a dust trail behind. her used any jutsu; it was just sheer speed and force that made them difficult to follow with naked eyes. Kaida was using his 10th seal to boost his strength and speed, while Itachi had to do that manually. Without augmenting his strength with chakra, he would not be able to handle Kaida's attacks. Seeing the broad sword in his hand, Itachi was sure he had to give his all; otherwise, even blog Kaida's strike would result in breaking two or three bones.

  Both of them collided at the ter of the stadium with metal g against metal. For the audiehe csh was simple Kenjutsu moves exged between two ninjas. But for Kaida and Itachi, it was a battle of wits. Both were usisu asu in jun to get just one good hit. For Itachi, it would lead to further decreasing Kaida's chakra, and even a ce of winning. As for Kaida, a si would mean winning the match.

  But both were at a stalemate. Even though Itachi was able to strike a few times using his superienjutsu skills, Kaida was not weak in this field either, ing out of Genjutsu in fras of seds, dodging the attacks suffitly so that his seals would heal them in no time.

  After 5 minutes of stant exge of Genjutsu, Itachi's chakra reserves were bottoming out. Having no other choice, he decided to go for the st reserves he had.

  Demonic Illusion: Mirage Circle Teique, an S-rasu.

  This teique creates a wide-range mirage where the surroundings appear distorted, shifting terrain and altering distaargets trapped within this area find that their attaovements appear futile, as distaretfinitely or shrink uedly. And the most lethal thing about this is the brain bees disoriented, so the target will not e out of this Genjutsu even if they have the means to do so.

  Itachi created some distaween them once again using Fire Stream Jutsu and then started making hand signs.

  'What is he pnning this time?' Kaida thought, getting ready to tank any attack. Because of having a Sharingan himself, Kaida was looking toward Itaormally, not avoiding his Sharingan like others at all.

  Itachi utilized this opportunity fully, casting the Genjutsu with his Sharingan. Kaida felt something was wrong as soon as Itachi pleted his hand signs, but before he could do anything, the distaween Kaida and Itachi grew, and the surroundings of Kaida started to rotate.

  "What the f**k!"