The Bloodthirsty Bead from Zhu Xian!

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"What's going on..." Kurogane stared intently at Shunren, then at Kakashi. "Did that brat's Water Release weaken the power of the Spear of Crucifixion? No! I see, he used a strange Lightning Release at the crucial moment, avoiding the vital point of the heart?"

However, despite using electromagnetic force to avoid a fatal wound, the sharp spear that pierced through the chest still inflicted a huge injury on the Shunren.

His face was as pale as paper, and his breathing was slightly rapid. Shunren pondered to himself, "The remaining Chakra is barely enough for one more Yin Release, but after the projection, there's no Chakra left to control it..."

"My Chakra is also exhausted," Kakashi said in a deep voice beside him.

"It seems this time they're not just pretending to be unable to move." Kurogane could see the impending doom of Shunren and Kakashi at a glance. He then placed his right palm on the empty left arm, and dark brown Chakra appeared, forming a metal cap over the severed arm, thus crudely sealing the wound.

Even with their combined efforts, Shunren and Kakashi could only severely injure one of their opponent's arms; the power of Jonin was simply far superior to theirs.

Kakashi gripped the White Fang Blade tightly, his eyes filled with intense resentment.

"Whoosh~" With two whooshing sounds, the other two Stone Ninja arrived.

"Where's that brat?" came a furious shout. The Iwa Stone Ninja was shirtless, and a gruesome knife wound that ran from his cheek to his abdomen was barely stitched up with surgical sutures.

"The battle hasn't ended after all this time, Captain Kurogane, your hand..." The Iwa Stone Ninja, carrying a medical kit, looked gravely at Kurogane's severed arm and said in a deep voice, "There are still traces of violent Lightning Release energy remaining in the wound. It seems you were hit head-on by a massive amount of energy."

It was only then that the Stone Ninja noticed Kurogane's injuries, and a look of surprise appeared on his face. If Kurogane had been careless and taken a direct hit from Shunren's Getsuga Tensho, and upon realizing what had happened, not only had he failed to quickly finish off his opponent, but he had also lost an arm. This made the ninja wonder if the enemy had some even more powerful trump card hidden behind that single strike.

"Clang~" Kakashi's sword fell limply to the ground. Even with his composure, he felt despair upon seeing the three Stone Ninja from Jonin. One of them alone was enough to give them a headache, and now that all three had been defeated, the scales of victory instantly tipped in their favor.

Shunren sighed slowly, then dragged his heavily injured body to his feet, his steps unsteady and he looked as if he were about to collapse.

"Boy! I'll avenge the shameful scars you left on me today!" With that, he clasped his hands together, gathering a large amount of Chakra, which then formed an incomparably sharp blade!

"..."

With a Kurogane gesture, the man blocked his way, saying calmly, "I'll handle this guy."

"Captain Kurogane?"

"That's an order!"

"Kurogane Stone Ninja were puzzled, because their familiar companions gave them a strange feeling. From giving the order to infiltrate the Land of Fire, leaving the main force to deal with Konoha's Yellow Flash, to sending them to detour and continue deeper into Konoha's territory, their various illogical actions were baffling.

Kurogane, as always, did not respond to them. He walked towards Shunren, twitched his fingers, and said calmly, "Make room in your eye sockets. Should I help you, or do you simply take matters into your own hands?"

"Gouging out your eyes hurts a lot." Shunren pressed his palm against the wound on his chest, letting the blood stain his hand, then gathered the last bit of Chakra in his body and muttered to himself.

"In the end, we still have to use this... There's no other way. If we fail, we're doomed anyway." "Yin Release: Projection!"

"What is he doing... huh?!" The three Stone Ninja were all Jonin, and their senses were extremely sharp. They saw that after Shunren used up the last bit of Chakra in his body, a scarlet mark appeared on his palm. Upon closer inspection, it was a pale purple mark, but it emitted a scarlet light like blood overflowing from it!

Shunren's face turned pale, and he dared not touch the bead directly. He simply held it in the air. However, even so, the strange, icy energy released by the bead still invaded his body, and within moments, half of Shunren's body became numb.

Shunren knew perfectly well that the seemingly ordinary bead in his hand was the infamous "Bloodthirsty Bead" from the novel "Zhu Xian"—a weapon renowned throughout the world for its extreme malevolence! This magical artifact devoured the essence and blood of living beings. If any living creature approached it, it would be devoured of its Bloodthirsty Bead and blood within a short time, leaving only a dried-up corpse. It was truly a terrifying weapon!

Shunren shouldn't have projected such a terrifying weapon of slaughter, or rather, with his current strength, he was simply not capable of controlling such a deadly weapon. But faced with an inevitable death situation, he couldn't care less about that now.

Shunren felt his blood boiling under the influence of the Bloodthirsty Bead, churning within him as if about to burst his blood vessels! At this moment, his depleted meridians were almost devoid of Chakra, making it impossible for him to regulate his breathing. His flesh was spasming and writhing in excruciating pain!

"Shunren, you!" Kakashi sensed something was wrong and immediately tried to back away, but he had only taken one step when he was stimulated by the Bloodthirsty Bead. His blood and qi boiled, and nausea spread throughout his body. In addition, he had no Chakra to resist, and he fainted.

"Captain Kurogane! That kid's suspicious, don't let your guard down!"

The Stone Ninja and the others noticed Shunren's unusual behavior and dared not approach rashly. Only Kurogane approached step by step. From his unsteady gait, it was clear that he was also under the intense influence of the Bloodthirsty Bead. His blood was boiling, blood was flowing from his seven orifices, and his face was distorted, but he did not stop. As expected, he was controlling a puppet body and there was no need to worry about physical injuries.

"Interesting~ Your ability is quite interesting. Yin Release is the power to create form from nothing, but throughout history, only the Sage of Six Paths has been able to use it to create true divine weapons and ninja tools."

Shunren had no time to listen to the other person's lament. He felt a strange nausea in his chest, as if his internal organs were turning inside out and rushing to his head. His vision blurred, and he opened his mouth wide but couldn't breathe. He felt a suffocating pain, and suddenly a sweet taste rose in his throat. He spat out a mouthful of blood, which landed right on the Bloodthirsty Bead in front of him.

After absorbing the blood of the Shunren, the Bloodthirsty Bead suddenly shone with a bright scarlet light!