Chapter 179: Chapter 178: Shikamaru's Analysis
With a swing of his thick arm, Suigetsu picked up the heavy great sword with one hand and slung it over his shoulder. He provocatively looked at Kakuzu, who remained standing in place.
"What? Not even a hint of shock on your face after your companion died. Are you scared stupid?"
Kakuzu closed his eyes, as if he'd heard the biggest joke.
"Stop this boring nonsense. If you can still move, get up quickly!"
Suigetsu rolled his eyes. Who was this guy talking to? Had he lost his mind?
"Ah~ I never thought there'd be someone as strange as me, not afraid of physical attacks. My moves might not work on this guy at all!"
A creepy voice came from behind. Goosebumps instantly covered Suigetsu's body. He instinctively stepped back into the crowd, trying to put as much distance between himself and Hidan as possible.
It was really him!
He wasn't dead!
The scene at this moment could only be described as eerie.
Hidan's body had been cut in two, but his upper body still had a troubled look on his face. Anyone would feel their scalp tingle at this sight.
"By the way, I can't move with Boss Kakuzu in this state. Can you sew me up with your threads?"
Sew up? Everyone looked at the wound. Was this something that could be solved with just the word "sew up"?
"Fine, but you'll have to pay me extra for this treatment."
The stitched part on Kakuzu's arm cracked open, revealing not flesh and blood, but black threads. He manipulated one of them to the part where Hidan had been cut in two and carefully sewed it up.
Secret Jutsu: Earth Grudge Fear
As the wound was sewn up, Hidan stood up again. Looking at the pale faces of the crowd, he boasted smugly.
"Sorry about that, but I have an Immortal Body."
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"An Immortal Body. Does such a thing really exist in the world?"
Hearing this, Asuma let out a sigh. The scene before him forced him to believe it.
"Ah~ Now it's the second round. Take this!"
This time, Hidan was smart enough not to target Suigetsu again. Based on the previous situation, this guy wasn't afraid of sharp weapon attacks at all.
Without blood, his ritual couldn't be completed. Instead, he might as well target someone else. Asuma, who had just spoken, was Hidan's next target.
The long Great Sword, connected by a rope, moves extremely flexibly. Even more terrifying was that according to Ebisu's description, as long as this sword got a drop of blood on it, Kakuzu could perform a ritual until the person died.
Except for Suigetsu, everyone was frantically dodging. Suigetsu, having failed once, wanted to try again.
"I don't believe that if I cut your body into pieces, you'll still be able to talk like this!"
When it came to an Immortal Body, he only respected Orochimaru. Thinking so, he rushed forward again. Suigetsu's Taijutsu was much better than Hidan's.
Moreover, Hidan's signature move was completely useless against Suigetsu. For a moment, Hidan was at a disadvantage.
Watching as Hidan was about to be hacked into pieces by Suigetsu once more, Kakuzu finally stepped in.
One of the four separated masks among them flashed with electric light, and a streak of blue lightning instantly chased after Suigetsu.
"Lightning Release: False Darkness"
Frightened, he raised his Great Sword to defend. The powerful penetrating force of the Lightning Release instantly split the thick sword in two. Suigetsu was forced to retreat helplessly, and the tingling sensation on his hands made his whole body tremble.
"I'll deal with this kid. You take care of the others."
Seeing Suigetsu, who had caused him so much trouble, being entangled by Kakuzu, Hidan happily agreed to this proposal.
He kept waving his Great Sword. The long tip of the blade was like the scythe of the Shinigami, killing anyone who touched it. They had been dodging like this for a long time.
It wasn't a good idea to keep dodging like this. Asuma's eyes flashed with determination, and he shouted at Shikamaru.
"Shikamaru, we can't go on like this. I'll fight him in close combat. You analyze his weaknesses."
"Teacher Asuma..."
Shikamaru frowned tightly and involuntarily tightened his fists. He wanted to stop Asuma's reckless behavior, but the current information was obviously insufficient. Finding the flaw in the rival's Ninjutsu as soon as possible during the fight was indeed the best way.
Asuma's figure clashed fiercely with Hidan's long - handled Great Sword in the air. After a shower of sparks,
"Ouch~"
Asuma felt a heavy pain on his cheek, which made his eyes close slightly. He gently stroked the wound with his finger, and it was already bleeding.
Hidan couldn't wait to retract his sword and excitedly licked the blood on the blade tip.
"Ah, it's so wonderful. This is how it should be!"
After saying these creepy words, Hidan started to act. He used his own blood to draw a circular ritual on the ground, and then his whole appearance began to change greatly.
His skin turned into a terrifying pattern of black and white. Being in the ritual circle was extremely chilling. The way he looked at Asuma was like looking at a lamb to be slaughtered.
He didn't attack again with his long - handled Great Sword. Instead, he gently sliced across his own arm. The expected scene of bleeding didn't appear on Hidan. Instead, Asuma knelt down covering his arm.
"Teacher Asuma!"
"Hehe, how about it? Isn't my ritual wonderful? Next, you'll have to watch your most respected teacher die right in front of you. Just imagining that scene makes me feel so touched!"
Shikamaru came to Asuma's side and helped him up. He didn't frown tightly anymore. Instead, he stared calmly at Hidan.
"I've found your weakness. Stop running your mouth!"
"Huh? Then tell me what the weakness is!"
Hidan had originally planned to take the next step to completely kill Asuma, but was inexplicably interrupted by Shikamaru's words.
Shikamaru gently shook his head and gestured with a few fingers.
"First of all, whether it was what we heard from Ebisu at the beginning or what happened later when you were dealing with Suigetsu and Teacher Asuma, as long as you want to kill someone through the sacrifice ritual, you must not leave the ritual circle under your feet!"
Hidan's smile remained on his face. The original ritual wasn't suitable to be repeated in front of so many people. After all, no one had ever survived it once.
For the second and third times, drawing a ritual circle for each sacrifice would definitely arouse suspicion.
"Point two, it's about your Great Sword. You scratched Suigetsu's cheek the first time, yet you didn't continue the ritual. Why? It's simple. Suigetsu can turn into liquid. You couldn't get his blood. So your second weakness is that you have to obtain the target's blood!"
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