The moment Hidan appeared, Yugito Nii swiped at him with a claw, sending him flying dozens of meters away, crashing heavily into a wall.
The thick wall couldn't withstand Hidan's body, collapsing instantly.
"One down!"
"And the other one? Come out, you arrogant fool!"
Yugito Nii shouted angrily, her rage unsatisfied until she tore them to pieces.
Blue chakra, sharp as blades, filled the surroundings. Yugito Nii's killing intent flared like an unquenchable inferno.
"Hey, hey, hey! Lady, could you go easy? It really hurts!"
Hidan shook his neck and stood up again from the rubble.
"Hidan, be serious, stop playing around!" Kakuzu leapt to Hidan's side from nowhere and reminded him.
"Her entire body is covered in a Tailed Beast cloak. You only use Taijutsu, so the chances of drawing her blood are almost zero. Let's attack together!"
"Kakuzu! Do you think I have no pride? I said this cat is mine, don't interfere!"
Hidan gritted his teeth and said fiercely.
"You little brat, making me hurt like this! I'll make you suffer ten times more!"
"Haah!"
Hidan, nearly crazed, charged at Yugito Nii, with no tactics, no feints, no ninjutsu...
Just brute force!
"Smack!"
Another claw swipe sent him flying.
And once again, the same result.
Seeing Hidan rubbing his neck and walking out of the rubble again, Yugito Nii started to realize something.
"This guy, is he immortal?"
She had clearly struck to kill, yet Hidan kept coming back unscathed.
It seemed this opponent was not simple.
Yugito Nii gradually calmed down, knowing now was not the time to be blinded by anger.
Her opponent wasn't just an immortal man; he had a masked black demon-like companion watching closely. She couldn't afford to be careless.
"Yah-hoo!"
Hidan tightly gripped his scythe, lifting it over his head, and leapt high, landing above Yugito Nii.
The cat demon swiped, but missed this time.
"Hahaha, I've seen through your moves!" Hidan skillfully maneuvered in the air using the scythe's elastic steel wire.
With a neat spin, Hidan threw the scythe.
"Humph! A trivial trick!"
Yugito Nii didn't even bother to dodge; to her, the scythe was less than a toothpick.
Blue-black chakra gathered in front of the cat demon's mouth.
"Hey, hey, hey! Could this be the legendary Tailed Beast Ball?"
Hidan's eyes widened, curiously watching the blue-black chakra sphere grow.
"Take this! I don't believe you can withstand a Tailed Beast Ball!"
"Ugh!!"
Just as Yugito Nii was about to launch the Tailed Beast Ball, a black fist inexplicably pierced through her chest.
The sudden attack caught her completely off guard, a large mouthful of blood spewing from her mouth. The intense pain disrupted her chakra concentration, and the Tailed Beast Ball dissipated instantly.
"It's... it's you!"
Yugito Nii turned painfully, glaring at Kakuzu hiding among the rocks.
"Hey! Kakuzu, we agreed you wouldn't interfere! Damn it!"
"Humph, your fighting style is too drawn out. I don't have the patience to wait for you!"
Kakuzu extended the blood-stained black thread towards Hidan's mouth.
"Hurry up with your damned ritual. This injury is nothing to a Jinchuriki; she'll recover quickly!"
"Tch!"
Hidan glared at Kakuzu, but since the blood was already at his mouth, there was no point in arguing.
"Little cat, I'll show you what real pain is!"
"The ritual... begins!"
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