Konoha.
Orochimaru's basement.
Senyo and Orochimaru watched helplessly as Amaterasu's flames continuously scorched Hidan's body.
Starting from Hidan's legs, everything burned black and charred, until it was eventually reduced to nothingness.
Hidan watched helplessly as Amaterasu's flames reached his waist.
Although the pain of Amaterasu's burning was excruciating, relief appeared on Hidan's face.
Clearly, he was relieved that being able to use Amaterasu to burn the other party to death and complete the sacrifice was what mattered most.
After all, the evil god was his faith. For him, incurring the evil god's wrath was even more painful.
But when Amaterasu's flames reached Hidan's chest, the black-and-white markings on his body actually began to flicker.
The formation on the ground flickered as well.
Clearly, something had gone wrong with the sacrifice again.
This time, the black-and-white markings on Hidan's body vanished completely, and the formation on the ground shattered entirely.
Hidan's face twisted with terror as he screamed madly:
"No! Lord of Evil Gods, please forgive me!"
"Lord of Evil Gods! I'll find you another sacrifice!"
"Lord of Evil Gods! Lord of Evil—!"
"Pfft!"
Hidan's entire body exploded, spraying out a great cloud of black blood mist.
Fortunately, Orochimaru reacted quickly and raised a Wind Release barrier in front of himself. Otherwise, both he and Senyo would have been sprayed in the face.
"Hmm? He died?"
Neither Senyo nor Orochimaru had expected such a turn of events.
"What happened?" Senyo looked at Orochimaru in confusion.
When in doubt, ask Orochimaru. He had researched enough things, after all.
Orochimaru formed hand seals and blew everything in the room into a pile.
Even the upper half of Hidan's body was nowhere to be found now. It had all been ground into powder.
"I have studied this evil god. Its intelligence is not very