Blood Butcher

"Blood Escape?"

Watching the dense rain of blood arrows hurtling toward him, Chiba's expression shifted slightly.

He had long guessed that this world might contain Kekkei Genkai not mentioned in the original story.

He just hadn't expected to encounter someone using an unknown Kekkei Genkai so soon.

"Not bad. This might make the fight a little more interesting."

Chiba smiled, and then he was submerged by the countless blood arrows.

"Heh!"

"You little brat with the Byakugan from the Hyuga Clan, you're nothing but— Nani?"

Blood Butcher had just let out a mocking sneer when his expression suddenly changed.

In front of him, where Chiba should have been riddled with arrows, he vanished with a "Peng," replaced by a wooden log.

"Substitution Technique? Damn it!"

Blood Butcher realized something was wrong instantly and hurriedly scanned his surroundings with vigilance.

"Your reaction is too slow."

The next moment, Chiba's figure appeared behind Blood Butcher and kicked him flying.

"Peng!"

It wasn't until he had flown over fifty meters that Blood Butcher's body slammed heavily into the ground.

Furthermore, the combination of the Byakugan and the Hyuga Gentle Fist Style allowed Chiba to release Chakra from every single Tenketsu on his body.

Even with a kick, he was able to infuse his Chakra into Blood Butcher's internal meridians to cause deeper levels of destruction.

Of course, the standard Hyuga Gentle Fist Style primarily focused on sealing the target's Tenketsu and meridians rather than causing direct destruction, But...

"Cough, cough!"

In just a few seconds, the fallen Blood Butcher stood up like a twisted zombie. Amidst a series of "cracking" sounds, his dislocated joints and bones reset themselves one by one.

Not only that!

Through his Byakugan, Chiba could see that the meridians inside Blood Butcher's body, which should have been completely shattered by the Chakra infused during that kick, were also healing at an extremely rapid speed.

"So this is the Imperfect Undying Body you obtained? It can actually significantly boost your recovery capabilities?"

Chiba quickly understood the reason and analyzed, "This seems a bit different from Hidan's Immortal Body. He doesn't seem to possess such obvious self-healing abilities, does he?"

"However, since yours is an Incomplete Immortal Body, that means you aren't truly immortal."

"If I just inflict wounds severe enough that you cannot heal from them, you should truly die."

Blood Butcher, who had gradually recovered, felt his expression sink upon hearing Chiba's analysis. He then grinned and said, "I didn't expect that a brat like you would not only have seen Lord Hidan's Immortal Body but could also see through my ability so quickly."

"That's right, I can't achieve true immortality like Lord Hidan, but my self-healing ability is enough to give me countless chances for trial and error."

"And you, as long as I catch you once, you will surely die."

"Is that so?" Chiba extended a universally recognized gesture and crooked his middle finger at Blood Butcher, saying, "Then come and try it."

"This time, I won't use the Substitution Technique, and I won't dodge."

"Let me see if your methods match your arrogance."

"You detestable Byakugan brat!" Blood Butcher felt humiliated, the killing intent in his eyes intensifying. "Go to hell and regret provoking me."

"Blood Style: Blood Demon Claw!"

Before his words even faded, Blood Butcher condensed the surrounding blood onto his right hand, forming a massive, demonic-looking blood-red claw, and lunged straight at Chiba.

"Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"

Chiba had promised not to dodge, so he didn't. After performing a rapid sequence of hand seals, he spat out a fire dragon roughly twenty meters long from his mouth.

"Ah!"

With a shrill, miserable scream, Blood Butcher's Blood Demon Claw, along with the man himself, was swallowed by the fire dragon and burned mercilessly.

"Wind Style: Tornado Hurricane!"

Seeing the fire dragon beginning to dissipate, Chiba immediately followed up with a wind tornado.

With this, the wind fueled the fire, and the fire borrowed the wind's momentum. The fire dragon not only stopped dissipating but instead formed a massive, sky-piercing Fire Tornado, burning even more fiercely than before.

"Ah!"

"You... damn you..."

Inside the Fire Tornado, Blood Butcher's body was constantly being incinerated, only to quickly recover thanks to his self-healing ability.

The good news: he wasn't dead.

The bad news: he seemed to be wishing he were.

The worse news was that under the constant burning of the intense flames, Blood Butcher's self-healing ability was gradually failing to keep up with the rate of his injuries.

As the fire dragon gradually dissipated, he had become almost a humanoid piece of charcoal. There wasn't a single patch of intact skin on his entire body, and he emitted a foul, charred stench at every moment.

But his powerful self-healing ability allowed Blood Butcher to remain stubbornly alive.

If given an hour, two hours... a long enough period of time, perhaps he could eventually recover to his original state.

"Wind Style: Wind Cutter Jutsu!"

Without hesitation, Chiba backhanded a Wind Blade, severing Blood Butcher's arm on the spot.

"The severed limb is healing extremely slowly, but there are no signs of the arm growing back?"

Chiba used his Byakugan to carefully observe Blood Butcher's severed arm and the detailed conditions within his internal body, gaining a deeper understanding of his Incomplete Immortal Body: "As long as you don't lose your life instantly, you can slowly recover no matter how severe your injuries are."

"However, if an arm is severed, skin will grow over the stump, which means that even if the arm were put back on later, it wouldn't truly recover."

"This also means that if your head were to be cut off... you would likely just die outright?"

Facing Chiba's speculation, Blood Butcher offered no response.

More accurately, his self-healing ability was not yet sufficient to allow him to recover to the point of being able to respond in such a short time.

"As expected, it is merely an Incomplete Immortal Body. Once the flaws of your ability are understood, any Jonin would be enough to kill you."

Chiba shook his head, then flicked out another Wind Blade, slicing off Blood Butcher's head.

Just as he had expected, once the head was gone, the self-healing ability within the latter's internal body seemed to cease existing, instantly losing all effect.

And so, Blood Butcher ended his sinful life.

"What a pity. Your strength is too weak, and it wouldn't be convenient for me to keep you by my side. Otherwise, I might have considered controlling your mind and making you my slave."

Looking at Blood Butcher's corpse, Chiba shook his head again with some regret.

In fact, at an equivalent level, Blood Butcher's self-healing ability was quite advantageous.

But his own combat strength was too poor, failing to reach the Kage Level by any means.

Even if he used the power of the Tenseigan to control Blood Butcher, it would at most just give Chiba a super-soldier with a thick health bar to keep by his side.

"When I run into Hidan later, I could try controlling him."

Chiba's thoughts couldn't help but become active: "Once my strength is powerful enough, perhaps I could even research the Evil God behind this Evil God Cult."

"If I could find a way to mass-produce Hidan's Immortal Body, that would be even better."

Although Chiba himself had no need for any Immortal Body from the Evil God, if he could assemble an Undead Legion, that would seem quite satisfying, wouldn't it?