Chapter 387: 365. Sasuke vs Hidan Part-2
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Sasuke notices the massive flow of chakra from all planetary cores to the giant formation.
He witnesses some cracks in the barrier around Konoha and the massive amount of rocks and sediments depositing around the barrier.
"I am afraid only Izuna Nii-san can counter something of this scale with his Fuinjutsu techniques."
He shakes his head and focuses his attention on the Hidan who just casually walked out of the dust and debris. The curse marks around his body have faded.
"That was one hell of a Fire Release jutsu. For a moment, I thought I might die for real this time."
Hidan cracks his neck and glares at Sasuke.
"Kid, that was a really cool technique. Now, it's my turn."
Sasuke claps his palm and enters Sage Mode. A purple pigmentation appears around his eyes.
"Lord Jashin, I pledge this offering to you."
Hidan removes his upper priest garment. The symbol of Jashinism is engraved on his chest.
Hidan pulls out the short dagger from earlier. Sasuke pays close attention to Hidan's every action.
'The curse techniques of this guy follow some weird and unknown principle and sharply deviate from the regular elemental as well as Yin-Yan release. It's like he using an entirely different type of energy.'
Sasuke notices the Jashinism symbol with the inverted triangle contained within a circle on the hilt of the short dagger.
"Lord Jashin!"
Hidan holds the dagger with both hands and brings it in front of him.
"Jujutsu: Seppuku Ultimate Blood Sacrifice Rite,"
Puchi…
Hidan stabs the blood demon dagger in the center of the triangle at the position of his heart.
Bleurgh…
He pukes out a mouthful of blood on the ground. Hidan's eyes turn white and his body turns limp. His blood vessels become visible as the dagger absorbs the entire blood in his body.
Chills run through Sasuke's spine as he has an ominous foreboding. A pupil appears in the center of the triangle on the blood demon dagger.
Swish…
Hidan's eyes turn red. He drags out the blood demon dagger from his heart.
Slosh… slosh…
A large amount of blood splashes out of his body and dyes the ground red.
Lubdub… lubdub…
A heart is still beating on the blade of the blood demon dagger. The heart melds into the blade and several blood vessels appear on the dagger. The size of the blade grows bigger as the blood vessels grow around the dagger and morph into a crimson blade. Blood red aura pulsates around the blood demon blade.
Hidan's entire body turns black. His hairs turn blood red and a giant eye appears in the center of his chest. A deep voice escapes from his mouth.
"Finally, I finally have a vessel of my own. Now, this world will be mine to rule. Haha…"
Sasuke is rooted on the spot as the sight of the blood demon instills fear in his body.
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High up in the sky,
The purple and black-cloaked figure silently stares at the ongoing battle in Konoha.
"A toddler can cause more destruction than these pathetic mortals. These mortals they are…" The purple-cloaked chuckles at the sight of their battle.
He stops midway after feeling an icy gaze on his back.
"Why are you so interested in the battle of such a scale?" The black-cloaked figure ignores him and turns his attention to the situation below.
"Woah… I didn't expect that. These guys raided a tomb or something. Why do they have these ancient Otsutsuki weapons with them? Wait, could these be the remains of the battle from the Numen Era?"
The purple cloaked seemingly answers his own question.
"Hmm… that seems to make sense. It was during the battle of the Numen era that the universe was fragmented into numerous worlds and dimensions. To think that this small-scale world has another of those old ruins. Now, these further pique my curiosity about this world. Oh! You also seem to—"
"SHUT UP!"
The purple figure turns silent and focuses his attention on the battle. After a while, he is completely immersed in the battle of the mortals.
"Tch… what a waste of such a large amount of energy? This is such a rough way to handle this formation. He can't even bring about ten percent power of this formation."
The purple-cloaked figure shakes his head in disgust when the Tai Chi symbols engulf the entire Konoha.
"Hmm… a protective barrier. This barrier is pretty decent for a world of this standard, but the use of Fuinjutsu seals is very coarse and there are multiple errors in it. Even a beginner wouldn't make many rookie mistakes. However, looking at the standard of this world, I will ignore such rough work for now."
The purple-cloaked figure has blatant disgust on his face.
"No one will think you are a mute if you didn't run your mouth for a while." The black-cloaked figure rebukes him.
"Haha… don't mind me. I am just stating facts." He chuckles and turns his attention to the battle between Jiraiya and Pain.
"A bearer of Otsutsuki bloodline! No… even a mosquito in the Otsutsuki household will have a thicker bloodline than this guy."
He turns his attention away from the Pain and stares in a distance.
"So, that's where you are hiding? Hmm… something is not right! The spiritual signals from his body and his eyes are different. These aren't his eyes. Now all of this makes sense. No wonder he has such pathetic control. Well, whatever, it's not my business, anyway." He shrugs his shoulder and turns his attention to the battle.
"Oh, Senjutsu! These animals can use Senjutsu."
The purple-cloaked figure is surprised by the toad's usage of Senjutsu.
"Well, Senjutsu wasn't originally created for such a purpose and these people are only scrapping the basics of it. So, it doesn't matter. However, I have to praise them for their creativity. Even I didn't think of such a method to use this energy. No wonder… no wonder those Otsutsuki are harvesting these small worlds. There is much to gain from them."
He turns his attention from Jiraiya and Pain's battle to Naruto and Kakuzu's battle.
"Oh, that's an interesting battle. One of them hosts sentimental nature energy with traces of Origin energy, while the other is using a flawed low-level puppet manipulation technique from the Astral Demon clan. Despite his claim of perfection, he is still missing about seventy percent of the original technique. And that technique too is obsolete after a certain level."
He chuckles and turns his attention to the battle between Sasuke and Hidan. When Hidan transforms into his reaper form.
"Hmm… I seem to have seen this symbol somewhere before. I can't seem to recall it, though."
Hidan performs Seppuku and pierces his heart with the blood demon dagger and transforms into a demon.
"This… this stench… no wonder… NO WONDER!"
For the first time, rage appears in the purple-cloaked figure's kaleidoscopic eyes.
"So, this filthy human was a vessel of that damn traitor!"
The purple-cloaked figure grits his teeth. The goofiness from earlier disappears.
Swoosh…
He disappears from his place and reappears in front of the transformed Hidan.
"This damn fool! Interfering in matters he should stay away from."
A similar kaleidoscopic pattern appears in the black figure's eyes.
"Ōkuninushi: Zettai no Jikan no Okure," (Authority of Time Lord: Absolute Time Dilation,)
[A/N: - I couldn't find a fitting Shinto god with the authority of the time, so I have to settle with this one.]
As soon as the purple-cloaked figure appears in front of the transformed Hidan, the time of the entire world comes to a pause.
"What's going on?" The blood demon stares around in curiosity. He turns towards the purple-cloaked figure and questions him.
"Are you the one responsible for this?
The purple-cloaked figure removes his hood to reveal his kaleidoscopic eyes.
The eyes of the blood demon narrow to the extreme.
"This… this pattern… you are a descendant of the Royal family of the Astral Demon clan. Wait, that face! You are the prince. What are you doing in such a backwater world?"
"So, you do recognize me; you a filthy traitor?" The face of the purple-cloaked figure hardens.
"I would like to pay you back a hundred times for the sin you committed back then. However, this body of yours is just a vessel that you can change anytime. However, that doesn't mean I can't harm your real body." The purple-cloaked figure clenches his fist.
The kaleidoscopic pattern in his eye flickers slightly.
"Authority of the Death Lord: Malevolent Curse of Osiris,"
Shiing…
A dark black Ankh brand appears in front of the purple-cloaked figure. The brand enters the body of the blood demon.
"What did you do to me?" The blood demon panics slightly.
"You will know soon." The purple-cloaked figure murmurs and turns to the black-cloaked figure.
Smoke rises from the blood demon's figure. The transformation comes undone, and a frozen Hidan with the blood demon dagger and a hole around his heart appears in front of them.
Fwoosh…
The black Jashin symbol on his chest fades away.
"Aren't you going to do something? You also hold a grudge against that bastard." The purple-cloaked man questions the black-cloaked man.
"I already did. I slightly modified your death god curse."
"You… you can even do that!" The eyes of the purple-cloaked figure narrow.
"Now, we can track his location and exact our vendetta." The black-cloaked figure replies with an unfriendly look.
Chapter 388: 366. Itachi Vs Deidara
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"Huh! What happened just now?" Sasuke blankly stares at Hidan.
'Did his ritual somehow fail?' Sasuke recalls the terrifying pressure he felt earlier.
The sense of dread and the feeling of powerlessness are still clear in his mind. It felt like his fate, his life, and his death aren't in his own hands anymore. His existence is as fragile as a soap bubble that the mere whims of that figure can extinguish it.
'Was that the god this guy prayed to?' Sasuke stares at Hidan's blank figure.
'But did he fail mid-way for some reason?'
Bleurgh…
Hidan spews out a mouthful of blood.
"What… what's going on? Why I can't sense the power of Lord Jashin anymore?
Bleurgh…
He spews out another mouthful of blood.
Crack…
Multiple cracks appear on the blood demon dagger in his hands.
Snap…
The drags break into multiple fragments and turn into dust.
"Lord Jashin… lord Jashin, have you forsaken your devout believer? Why can't I sense your presence anymore?"
Spurt…
Blood spurts out from the wound in Hidan's chest. Hidan's eye turns white as his life slowly drains out from his body.
"Lll… lord Jashin!" Hidan dies from excessive blood loss.
Sasuke blankly stares at Hidan's body for a while. His trembling legs give up as he falls to the ground from mental and spiritual exhaustion.
Snap…
The Akatsuki ring on Hidan's finger snaps in fragments and disappears.
Hmm…
Another Akatsuki member has fallen. Black Zetsu stares in the direction of Hidan.
'I wonder who is next!'
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BOOM…
A cloud of dust, smoke, and debris rises in the air as Deidara detonates the clay centipede.
Hmm…
Deidara frowns and inserts some chakra in his left mechanical eye. The entire world turns in a shade of red. He looks around and notices Itachi in a different place.
"So, you managed to escape from that explosion? Was it the substitution jutsu or the shadow clone jutsu?" He smirks.
Itachi glances at the glowing red eye of Deidara. He jumps out of the shadows and makes some hand signs.
"Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Jutsu,"
He spews out a giant fire dragon towards Deidara.
Roar…
The dragon roars and engulfs Deidara's body.
Hehe…
"C3"
Deidara smirks. His figure melts up in response to the heat from the fire jutsu. The yellow putty-like explosive clay hardens and glows with a bright light.
BOOM…
A bright flash of light engulfs the surrounding forest. An outward explosion of immense heat and light energy expands to form a sphere in the center of the explosion.
Bleurgh…
Itachi jumps out of the explosion with tattered clothes. He spits out a mouthful of blood and falls to the ground.
"I am just getting started and you are already acting like this!" Deidara smirks and claps his hands together.
"C4 Karura"
Gray clay appears in his hands. He opens his mouth and bites the clay. Soon, Deidara gobbles up the clay. His skin turns gray and balloons up to a massive scale. Deidara turns into a humongous giant, the size of a small hill.
Poof… Poof…
His body explodes into white smoke and covers a large amount of air.
Shiing…
Itachi activates his Mangekyo Sharingan and notices countless microscopic birds flooding the entire area like parasites.
"Now, die!"
Deidara, who has been floating on top of a giant clay dragon the entire time, makes a snake hand seal.
"Turn into dust and witness the grandness of my art. Haha…"
Itachi's body starts to slowly dissipate into the surroundings. There is a calm expression on his face as he speaks.
"Are you sure about this?"
As soon as Itachi speaks these words, the entire world around Deidara shatters like a glass fragment.
"How… how could it be? I should be immune to Genjutsu. How… how did you do it?" He stares into Itachi's red eyes with despair.
"Were you relying on this?"
Itachi opens his palm and reveals a red eyeball-like device.
"You… when did you?"
Deidara touches his left eye. He can still feel the glowing red device in his eyes.
"What… what's going on?" For the first time, fear overcomes Deidara.
"Sometimes the reality is an illusion and the illusion… REALITY!"
Shiing…
Itachi's eyes spin rapidly.
"Tsukuyomi,"
Crack… crack…
Deidara's left eye explodes, and a burst of blood leaks out from the empty eye socket.
"When… just when! I didn't even make eye contact with you." Deidara weakly questions Itachi.
"Genjutsu is an illusion technique that affects the target by controlling the flow of chakra in their cerebral nervous system. Uchihas are capable of casting a powerful genjutsu through mere eye contact with their Sharingan. But who said that only eye contact is the sole method to cast a genjutsu?"
Itachi slowly walks towards Deidara.
Tap… Tap… Tap…
His footsteps have a rhythm to them.
"The footsteps, sound… you fooled me!" Deidara's expression turns ugly.
"During that time, my Sharingan was just a distraction. You could prepare a counter for my Sharingan but didn't anticipate another method, did you?"
Itachi calmly stares into Deidara's eye.
"Damn you… those eyes… they are looking down on my art again! I will never forgive you."
Deidara rips apart his cloak to reveal a gigantic mouth near his heart. He undoes the stitches on the mouth.
"You shall witness my 'Ultimate Art', the ultimate creation of death. The supreme art of explosion! A never seen before explosion.
Deidara rips apart the mouths on his hand and feeds them to the mouth on his chest.
LUBDUB… lubdub…
Deidara's heart rate increases exponentially. A large amount of chakra gathers around his heart.
"I will paint this last piece of art with my life as the only color. Because 'ART IS AN EXPLOSION!'
LUBDUB…
The mouth near his heart kneads the chakra from his entire body. His flesh and blood turn into fuel for the explosion. Deidara's blood vessels and meridians dry up and wrap around the mouth to create a sphere.
The explosive chakra manifests within his heart and the sphere slowly cracks up and detonates the entire explosive chakra, composed of chakra and life force.
"Deidara, this bastard!"
The Black Zetsu clone, who has been hiding and monitoring the battle during this entire time, spews out profanities and tunnels through the ground.
BOOM…
A gigantic pillar of light spanning several hundred meters in height appears at ground zero.
The light pillar rapidly expands and engulfs the surrounding land and continues to move toward the giant planetary sphere of Konoha.
"At this rate, it will engulf the entire village in this terrifying explosion." Itachi, who has been shielding himself with Susanoo and Yata shield, stares at the explosion with worry.
"I will attempt to seal this explosion with my Totsuka blade."
He summons the Totsuka blade and pierces it through the light pillar. A gourd appears at the handle of the Totsuka blade. The gourd pulls the energy of the explosion towards itself. The fiery red blade slowly turns cyan. Some cracks appear on the gourd as it continues to absorb the explosion.
"I hope it will be able to last long enough to seal this explosion."
Soon, the entire Totsuka blade turns cyan. Itachi quickly seals the Totsuka blade in a scroll and deflects the rest of the explosion with his Yata shield.
Huff…
He dispels his Susanoo and falls to the ground.
Bleurgh…
Itachi spits out a mouthful of blood.
'Sealing that massive amount of uncontrollable energy took a toll on my body. I won't be able to move for a while.'
Itachi rests against a tree and closes his eyes.
'Shisui, Naruto, Sasuke… I will leave the rest to you.'
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