This Menace Can't Be Left Alive!

Rui, caught in Shinji's Susanoo, wore a face of utter horror!

"Damn it! Damn it!"

He roared and struggled with all his might, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't shake Shinji's Susanoo in the slightest.

The threads that could easily sever kunai forged from refined steel could no longer cut any deeper once they bit into Susanoo's armor.

Susanoo's massive hand was like a cage, gripping him tightly.

Beneath Susanoo.

Shinji coldly stared at the Lower Rank Five before him and asked in a deep voice, "Talk. What is your purpose for invading this place?!"

Rui instinctively avoided Shinji's gaze.

Obviously.

After absorbing Mother Spider Demon's blood, Rui had also learned through it about how Mother Spider Demon had been controlled by Shinji's genjutsu.

That was the ability of demons.

They could obtain everything from blood, including intelligence and information!

So he knew Shinji's eyes possessed some unimaginable power. Even a brief glance could cause his mind to fall into ruin.

Thinking of such a terrifying outcome, Rui steeled himself and crossed his hands.

Slice! Slice!

In an instant, his own threads cut his body into countless pieces, which then scattered from between Susanoo's fingers.

Immediately afterward, the fragments strewn across the ground were linked by threads and rapidly fused back together.

"So he can do that too."

Shinji was somewhat speechless.

He hadn't expected the other party to use such a bizarre method of dismembering himself to escape his control.

Having broken free, Rui completely lost the courage to fight Shinji. His lower body, with eight spider-like legs, sprinted wildly as he fled into the distance.

Shinji's expression darkened. He dismissed Susanoo and gave chase.

He had shown mercy several times because he wanted to pry some useful intelligence from the other's mouth and avoid remaining passive.

But the other party seemed extremely afraid of leaking any information.

Under the night sky.

The frantic Rui raced blindly through the mountains and forest, smashing trees askew and kicking up clouds of dust along the way.

Whoosh.

Whoosh.

At that moment, accompanied by two piercing sounds, two Konoha ANBU landed in front of Rui and blocked his path. "Stop!"

"Get out of my way!"

Seeing people obstruct him, Rui roared and unleashed his Blood Demon Art.

In an instant, a giant net glowing with bloody light descended upon the two Konoha ANBU.

The two Konoha ANBU exchanged a glance, then formed hand seals in perfect unison.

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet!"

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

One of them used a Fire Release ninjutsu, while the other used a Wind Release ninjutsu.

Wind fed the flames!

Enhanced by the Wind Release ninjutsu, the Fire Dragon Bullet instantly transformed into a blazing dragon, charging straight at the blood net and Rui behind it.

Even as they completed their combined ninjutsu, the two experienced ANBU didn't foolishly wait for the result. They immediately began forming hand seals again, predicting Rui's evasive route and preparing to launch a second wave of attacks.

In their estimation, Rui's blood net would inevitably be burned to ashes by their combined ninjutsu, and Rui would surely evade the Fire Dragon Bullet.

The moment Rui stopped charging and began to dodge, they could take advantage of it to unleash their second wave of attacks.

Just as they had expected, the blood net was indeed destroyed by their powerful combined ninjutsu. But Rui behind it didn't dodge. Instead, he charged straight into the Fire Dragon Bullet.

"Is he trying to kill himself?!"

Both ANBU were stunned, their eyes filled with disbelief.

Yet what shocked them even more was that a gray figure covered in sparks shot out from the pillar of fire. With lightning speed, it pounced before the ANBU who had used Fire Release and bit down on his neck.

"Y-you..."

The ANBU whose neck had been bitten coughed blood from his mouth. The light in his eyes rapidly faded, and even at death, his face remained filled with disbelief.

"Why are you..."

The other ANBU was too horrified to speak.

With his extensive experience, he could naturally tell at a glance that this monster, covered in severe burns and even charred in some places, wasn't a clone.

But precisely because of that, he was horrified.

How had the other party dared to withstand the combined ninjutsu of both of them head-on? More importantly, why wasn't he dead?!

With injuries this severe, even having a Medical Ninja nearby might not have been enough to save him.

Yet the other party was gnawing on his companion as if nothing had happened, full of life and vigor.

"!?"

The ANBU jolted in alarm. This monster was eating a person!

Rui, his mouth full of blood, gave the remaining ANBU a savage look, then licked his lips. "The people of this world really are delicious!"

The ANBU faced him as though confronting a formidable enemy. "Y-you... what kind of monster are you?"

Rui directly shouted, "Blood Demon Art: Carved Line Prison!"

Though horrified, the ANBU's hands moved swiftly. Seeing the blood net rush toward him, he quickly formed hand seals and pressed both hands to the ground. "Earth Release: Earth Style Wall!"

Rumble!

An earthen wall rose from the ground, blocking the ANBU's path.

The ANBU had just begun to relax when he heard a series of cracking sounds. The earthen wall protecting him crumbled apart within the blood net.

Then, in the next instant, the blood net fell over him from above.

Even the earthen wall couldn't withstand the blood net, much less a body of flesh and blood. In a single instant, the ANBU was brutally dismembered by the blood net.

Looking at the flesh and blood scattered everywhere, a look of obsession flashed through Rui's eyes.

But he quickly regained his senses. Looking back at Shinji, who had already caught up, he gave the flesh on the ground one reluctant glance before continuing to flee into the distance.

And in that brief span of time, the burns on his body had already healed completely, not even leaving behind a scar.

Just as Rui escaped, Shinji arrived at the scene.

Sweeping his eyes over the devastated battlefield, Shinji's expression beneath his mask was grim.

Two Konoha ANBU had been slaughtered by Lower Rank Five in mere moments. Of course, he knew Rui had caught the two ANBU off guard by taking advantage of a demon's immortal body.

But even so, it was enough to send chills down one's spine.

Then he crouched down and touched the chunks of earth that had been sliced apart by the blood net.

The earthen wall created by that ANBU's Earth Release had been as thick as an adult's forearm, yet even such a sturdy wall had failed to withstand Lower Rank Five's Blood Demon Art.

"This demon can already skillfully use Chakra to strengthen his Blood Demon Art." Shinji's gaze sharpened as he thought, He must die!

If he passed his experience of using Chakra on to all demons, it would become an enormous disaster for the ninja world.

After all, demons' Blood Demon Arts were incredibly strange as well.

Some of them involved monstrous abilities such as manipulating dreams, minds, and even space.

If every demon learned how to use Chakra, no one could predict how far their strength would expand.

Therefore, this menace couldn't be left alive!

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