Naruto: Set a goal, conquer the universe.

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"He actually managed to neutralize my quadruple combination ninjutsu head-on with that level of taijutsu!"

"I misspoke earlier. In terms of pure physical skills, you are indeed the best I have ever seen!"

"Damn it, even the Day Tiger can't hurt him?" Kai clenched his fists, his eyes fixed on Kakuzu.

At this point, perhaps only opening the Eighth Gate can truly kill him!

"Kai!" At that moment, Asuma and Kurenai leaped to Kai's side.

"You've worked hard. Now, let's go together from here on out." Asuma gripped the Flying Swallow tightly and looked at Kakuzu with a serious expression.

Kurenai gripped her kunai tightly, staring intently at Kakuzu.

Both of them witnessed the horrific scene on the field and understood the danger of the battle.

When Kai saw Asuma and Red arrive together, he breathed a sigh of relief and abandoned his plan to use the Death Gate.

"Your presence here proves that you killed Hidan?" Kakuzu said in a calm voice, seemingly unconcerned about the death of his comrade.

"Hmph, that guy, I beheaded him!" Asuma sneered, brandishing his Flying Swallow and shouting.

He wanted to strike a blow to Kakuzu's spirit.

"Is that so? Serves him right!" Kakuzu sneered, mocking him instead.

"You bastard!" Asuma felt a chill run down his spine. Did he not care at all about the death of his own comrade?

What a terrifying guy.

"Now that all three of you are here, let's all come together!"

The battle breaks out instantly!

"Make your move!" Hong shouted in a low voice, her hands rapidly forming hand seals.

As an outstanding genjutsu ninja of Konoha, Kurenai was confident that her genjutsu would not be so easily broken as it had been against Itachi Uchiha.

After all, not everyone has the Sharingan.

"Magic: Tree Binding Kill!" An invisible mental fluctuation attempted to erode Kakuzu's senses, while his body was entangled by trees.

However, Kakuzu merely shook his head slightly, a hint of mockery flashing in his dark green pupils.

"Illusion? A mere trifle!"

He had lived for so long, experienced countless battles, and possessed an incredibly resilient spirit.

Although Red's illusions are exquisite, it is almost impossible to completely control an old monster of this level, and the interference she produces is extremely limited.

And he's not just one person.

A masked creature with earth-feeling grievances beside him instantly injected chakra into his body, interrupting Kurenai's genjutsu!

"Wind Release: Vacuum Ball!" Asuma didn't hesitate. Seizing the slight opportunity created by Kurenai's interference, he took a deep breath, his chest bulging, and he blew out an extremely condensed wind ball.

"Fire Release: Head Hardening!" The Earth Grudge Masked Monster to Kakuzu's left immediately opened its mouth and spewed out a raging sea of ​​fire.

"Wind Release: Pressure Damage!" The masked monster on the right unleashed a violent compressed wind ball.

Fire borrows the power of wind, and wind aids fire!

The violent wind and fire ninjutsu instantly formed a roaring wall of flames, which slammed into Asuma's wind ball.

The powerful composite ninjutsu tore apart Asuma's ninjutsu attack and instead attacked him.

At the same time, Kai roared, "Youth is an inextinguishable flame! Towards the peacock!" dragging his injured left leg and enduring the excruciating pain, he once again unleashed astonishing speed!

His fist compressed the air again, forming a high-temperature shockwave that shot towards Kakuzu like countless fiery peacock feathers!

"Don't even think about it!" Kakuzu's main body reacted extremely quickly, slamming his hands on the ground! "Earth Release: Multiple Earth Walls!" Thick earthen walls instantly rose from the ground.

Although the earthen wall trembled violently, shattered, and collapsed under the raging wind of the morning peacock's punches, it successfully blocked Kai's punches.

"Lightning Release: False Darkness!" He launched an attack, heading towards Guy who was charging towards him.

Asuma wanted to provide support, but was blocked by the hard earth spikes formed by Kakuzu's "Earth Release: Earth Spear".

boom! boom! boom!

Kai had to use high-speed movement to avoid the fatal attack. The lightning spear grazed past him, but Kai was no longer able to get close enough to attack.

Just as Kakuzu said, a taijutsu ninja cannot fully utilize the advantages of taijutsu if he cannot get close to the enemy.

He was experienced and would never give Kai another chance to get close and attack.

Kakuzu stood surrounded by three Earth Grudge Masked Monsters, his ninjutsu working in perfect harmony, his defense and attack covering all three levels—long-range, mid-range, and close-range—leaving no gaps.

Red attempted to cast an even more powerful illusion, but Kakuzu was extremely vigilant and focused, making it difficult for her illusion to work.

Although the three worked well together, Kakuzu's rich combat experience and diverse ninjutsu allowed him to easily defuse every attack.

This can't go on. If these three guys can't defeat me and run away, I'll be at a huge loss!

After all, he lost a heart in this battle!

[At least one person needs to stay behind. Looks like I'll have to go to Hidan's place!]

Chapter 22 Hidan unleashes his curse again

"Hmph, is this all you've got?" Kakuzu's voice was cold and deep. Looking at the three who couldn't truly threaten him even with their desperate efforts and were being suppressed, a clear hint of annoyance flashed in his eyes. "This kind of pointless fighting is tiresome."

"I don't have time to play this boring game with you!" Kakuzu said coldly, his impatience undisguised.

Before he finished speaking, the black tentacles wrapped around his body suddenly erupted with resentment!

"Earth Release: Earth Release: Earth Land Returns!" Kakuzu slammed his hands on the ground!

The huge stone slab was lifted up and crashed down on Asma and his two companions like a collapsing wall.

He wasn't trying to kill, he just wanted to create chaos and obstruct the flow of power!

"Watch out!" Asuma shouted, and the three of them quickly retreated or defended themselves.

Gravel flew everywhere and smoke filled the air!

In that instant of chaos.

"Wind Release: Gale Run!" Kakuzu's main body and the three Earth Grudge Masked Monsters unleashed their power simultaneously!

A violent gale suddenly erupted from him, and the powerful wind pressure was not used to attack the enemy, but to provide a huge driving force!

With the help of the strong wind and the cover of the dust, Kakuzu's figure, along with the three Earth Grudge Masked Monsters, instantly left the center of the battlefield and sped off at an extremely fast speed, without looking back, towards the direction where Hidan had fallen and his head had rolled off.

"Why did he suddenly run away?" Kai was a little confused. Just now, Kakuzu clearly had the upper hand.

"That direction he's heading? That's where I beheaded that guy!" Asuma glanced at it and instantly figured out where Kakuzu was going.

"But aren't all his companions dead? What would he be doing going there now?" Hong asked, puzzled.

"I don't know, but we can't let him have his way. Let's chase after him!" Asuma had a bad feeling.

The three immediately gave chase to Kakuzu.

As Asuma ran, he thought of Hidan's skeletal body again. Damn it, I beheaded that guy, he can't possibly still be alive.

He's still alone, isn't he?

Asuma remembered Hidan, whose heart had been pierced by him, yet he was still alive and kicking.

Could this guy still be alive even after his head was chopped off?

The place where Hidan's body was separated from his body.

Shikamaru sat on the ground, panting and resting.

Neji and the others also came from their hiding place and looked around warily.

At this moment, Kakuzu rushed over.

Neji saw Kakuzu's terrifying amount of chakra through his Byakugan and was immediately shocked. He quickly helped Shikamaru up.

"Get out of here quickly, we're no match for him!"

Ya and his group weren't reckless. They had witnessed Asma and his group's battle from their hiding place and realized that it was a fight they couldn't participate in at the moment.

Although they didn't understand why the horns would all come here, they wisely left quickly.

As Shikamaru was helped away by Neji, he turned to look at Kakuzu, a sudden sense of unease creeping into his heart.

What is that guy trying to do?

Shikamaru suppressed his ominous premonition and hid himself once again.

"Neji, see what he's up to?" Shikamaru said to Neji.

"Hmm." Neji nodded, several veins popping out around his eyes. "Byakugan!"

Kakuzu naturally saw Shikamaru and the others leaving, but he didn't care at all.

Those little insects posed no threat to him whatsoever.

"What a sorry sight, Hidan." Kakuzu couldn't help but mock Hidan as he looked at the scene of Hidan's body being torn apart.

This guy keeps babbling in his ear all day long, constantly talking about the evil god, completely disregarding whether others can stand it or not.

If he weren't unkillable, Kakuzu would have killed him long ago.

Hidan, who had been pretending to be dead, finally stopped faking it when he saw Kakuzu arrive.

He shouted, "Tch, Kakuzu, hurry up and reattach my head and body. I'm going to curse that bearded man to death!"

"Is this how you ask for help?" Jiao didn't move.

Hidan immediately cowered, "Brother Kakuzu, Uncle Kakuzu, please have mercy and help me reconnect my head and body!"

He was genuinely worried that even the horn wouldn't help him.

"Hmph!" Kakuzu snorted, reached out and picked up Hidan's head, then put it back on his body. The earth grudge that emerged from his wrist helped Hidan sew his head back up.

Hidan stood up, stretched his head, and felt great.

"Thank you, Kakuzu!" Hidan said to Kakuzu.

“I’ve lost a heart, and you have to help me get it back,” Kakuzu said.

"Haha, leave it to me, take that bearded one!" Hidan grinned bloodthirstyly.

"Oh no!" Neji broke out in a cold sweat.

"What's going on?" Shikamaru asked, staring intently at Neji.

"That guy who was originally dismembered, his head was stitched back together by the guy who just arrived, and he actually came back to life!" Neji's tone was filled with shock.

This was the first time he had ever seen someone alive after their body had been dismembered.

Is this guy really immortal?

Shikamaru's expression changed drastically. This guy has come back to life, so the curse can continue to be activated, right?

"Kai-sensei and the others have also arrived!" Neji continued.

"Damn it, Asuma!" Shikamaru wanted to rush over to help and stop Hidan from launching his curse attack again, but he had already exhausted his chakra and was powerless to stop him.

"Damn it! If I had trained with Naruto and the others back then, I wouldn't be in this situation now!" Shikamaru angrily pounded the ground.

"Shall we go and help?" Neji couldn't help but say.

Kiba and Shino were already prepared.

"No! If we go over there, we'll only distract Asuma and the others!" Shikamaru waved his hand and stopped them without even thinking.

He saw it clearly: with their strength, they wouldn't even be qualified to affect Kakuzu and the others' battle if they rushed over.

He took out a specially designed kunai from his ninja tool bag: "Naruto and the others are also on a mission. I hope I didn't disturb them!"

He handed the kunai to Neji, saying, "Neji, could you please infuse this kunai with chakra? I really don't have any extra chakra right now."

"What's this?" Neji took the kunai from Shikamaru and asked curiously, looking at the kunai that was completely different from the others. "What?"

"Naruto taught me this. In life-or-death situations, as long as I inject chakra, he can sense it!"

"Naruto?" Neji was puzzled as to why Naruto could solve the current problem simply by sensing the kunai.

However, trusting his comrade, he didn't ask any questions and directly poured chakra into the kunai.

The words "I was here" on the Ku Wushang site glowed faintly.