Incomplete Immortal Body?

"Th-That was amazing!"

Only after the sensory Evil God Cultists had been dead for quite a while did the fleeing villagers gradually realize what had happened.

"He clearly looked like just a child, yet he defeated those hateful people so easily."

"Stop shouting nonsense. Hurry up and thank our benefactor."

"Thank you, thank you, benefactor."

Still stunned, the villagers hurriedly expressed their gratitude to Chiba.

"You were lucky to happen upon me at this time."

"Next, get ready to return to your village."

Chiba calmly accepted the villagers' gratitude, then vanished with the Body Flicker Technique.

Since things had reached this point, he naturally did not mind taking care of the other Evil God Cultists while he was at it.

Then he could get the seasonings he needed from the surviving villagers.

After all, aside from that, there was basically nothing in a village like this that could interest him.

However, Chiba had better move quickly. Otherwise, those innately vile Evil God Cultists might accidentally destroy all the seasonings.

"Our benefactor just disappeared?"

One villager stared blankly at the spot where Chiba had vanished with the Body Flicker Technique.

He normally rarely even saw ninjas, and this was his first time witnessing one use the "Body Flicker Technique."

"But what did our benefactor mean by those last words?"

Another villager pondered Chiba's words. "There are people back in the village too... Could it be?"

The other villagers exchanged glances, as though they had all realized something. A trace of hope appeared in their eyes.

In the end, they chose to trust Chiba despite the risk that their guess was wrong, gritting their teeth as they hurried toward the village.

At the same time!

Inside the small village not far away!

Small houses had either been destroyed or set ablaze.

The streets, the walls... everywhere was stained with red blood.

Corpses of men, women, young, and old—and even living people—were dragged by more than a dozen black-robed men into strange patterns drawn in blood, where they carried out their so-called rituals and sacrifices.

Several other black-robed men roamed the village like death-bringing demons, searching everywhere for survivors in hiding.

"One, two... With so many offerings, the Evil God will surely be pleased."

"Aren't those guys just supposed to search for survivors outside the village? What are they doing? Why haven't they returned yet?"

"They must have started playing around again, right? They neglect the Sacrifice Ritual like that, yet they still want to gain the Evil God's power like Lord Hidan?"

"That's right. Among us, the only one most likely to obtain an Immortal Body and the ability of Curse Technique: Death Controlling Possessed Blood like Lord Hidan is Lord Blood Butcher."

"And I heard that through the cult's experiments and the Evil God's blessing, Lord Blood Butcher has already obtained an Imperfect Immortal Body..."

Several Evil God Cultists who had already completed one Sacrifice Ritual chatted among themselves.

Not one of them cared about the hell on earth they had created around them.

"Oh?"

"An Incomplete Immortal Body? I'd like to see it for myself."

At that moment, Chiba appeared before those Evil God Cultists like a ghost and spoke with interest.

"You!"

"An enemy... Agh!"

The pupils of those Evil God Cultists suddenly contracted. Just as they were about to do something, they felt a palm containing immense power strike their bodies.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

With several loud explosions, several more corpses appeared on the ground.

"Who is it?"

"You damned heretic! How dare you deceive and ambush us devout Evil God Cultists?"

"Boy, you'll become a sacrifice for the great Evil God too."

Seeing this, the remaining Evil God Cultists rushed toward Chiba from every direction, furious and shocked.

"Looks like you Evil God Cultists really are all brain-dead. Then again, Hidan doesn't look very smart either."

As Chiba casually mocked them, he effortlessly evaded every Evil God Cultist's attack.

And none of the Evil God Cultists could dodge or withstand any of his counterattacks.

"Mm, not only are you brain-dead, you're weak too."

After casually killing the last charging Evil God Cultist with a palm strike, Chiba reached his conclusion.

Sure enough, not every Evil God Cultist possessed Hidan's strength.

Most of them only had the strength of ordinary Genin or Chunin.

Their confidence and arrogance were built on nothing more than preying on the strong and bullying the weak.

They had bullied the weak for so long, and perhaps there truly was something wrong with the Evil God Cult's faith.

Other than the rare few who, like the sensory Evil God Cultists from before, realized something was wrong, the remaining cultists did not flee upon seeing Chiba, who was obviously no ordinary person. Instead, they actively rushed at him.

"Now, only you remain."

Chiba turned to look at the last Evil God Cultist in the village.

From the moment Chiba had appeared, this Evil God Cultist had stared at him without pause. Yet there was not a trace of fear in his eyes, only absolute confidence in his own strength.

Furthermore, Chiba's Byakugan could see that the black robe covering the Evil God Cultist's body was not simply black. It was more like the color formed after too much blood had stained it and dried naturally.

"Byakugan without the Caged Bird? Are you from the Main Family of the Konohagakure Hyuga Clan?"

Seeing Chiba's gaze turn toward him, the Evil God Cultist slowly spoke in a grating voice like metal scraping together. "I truly didn't expect the Hyuga Main Family to dare run around outside on their own now."

"Sacrificing those eyes of yours to the Evil God will surely make Him even happier."

"But if I gouge them out and put them in my own eye sockets, I should be able to offer even more sacrifices to the Evil God in the future, shouldn't I?"

Hearing this, Chiba frowned slightly. "Though there's nothing worth saying to a dead man like you, it still irritates me when you keep calling me Main Family."

"So remember this with what little life you have left: I'm from the Hyuga Clan's Branch Family, not the Main Family."

"You should be the Blood Butcher those idiots mentioned just now, right?"

"An Incomplete Immortal Body? It seems you'll never have a chance to make it complete."

After all, even without Chiba, Hidan had been the only Evil God Cultist in the original story to obtain an Immortal Body.

Not to mention that Chiba had no intention of letting Blood Butcher leave alive today.

"Heh, what arrogant nonsense!"

Blood Butcher sneered, his tone brimming with killing intent. "I'll let you, you Hyuga Brat who disrespects the Evil God, see exactly why I'm called the Blood Butcher."

Blood Release: Blood Arrow Rain Technique!

As Blood Butcher's voice fell, the surrounding blood rapidly rose into the air and condensed into arrows of blood that emitted an eerie, ghostly glow.

"Go!"

The next moment, at Blood Butcher's command, those blood arrows shot toward Chiba like a rain that covered the sky.