Itachi has type 7 immortality.
It doesn't matter zeref immortality 7 can negate + regen up to mid godly can negate
So they would be stuck in an infinite loop of Itachi putting him under genjutsu, it getting rewinded, and Itachi putting him back in it?
If you think Zeref will just turn back time without attacking, you're wrong.
Now I'll tell you the reasons why Zeref won.
Looking at the rules, I see a distance of 10 metres, which is the perfect range for Zeref's death predator to work.
Zeref's death predation has 1 tier in vsb and can destroy mid god + immortality.
Zeref can recover from any genjutsu by rewinding time against any genjutsu, if you re-roll, as soon as the battle starts zeref's primary attack is death predation, which is death manipulation. So zeref will passively rewind time at most 1 time and get rid of it, and then the death manipulation will be ez gg wp.
Now let's get to the neo eclipse.
Zeref can delete/re-create the timeline
For Naruto fans who will ask what this is for, I have some things to tell you.
Zeref can completely erase the timeline where he fights Itachi, meaning that Zeref can directly erase Itachi and create a timeline 400 years before Itachi existed.
Zeref literally kicks Itachi's ass.
(everyone saying fra and voting is horrible)