"Y-you... your body..." Haotian's voice trembled slightly, the shock still lingering in his eyes.
Meihui followed Haotian's gaze and looked down. Clumps of writhing white substance were continuously oozing from her arm.
The white substance was like squeezed putty, or countless tiny maggots, slowly wriggling across her smooth skin. The sight made her scalp crawl.
"What is this stuff?" Meihui's voice went shrill, fear and fury mingling as her usually calm face twisted.
She instinctively flailed her arm, trying to shake off the revolting stuff. But the white substance seemed to have grown onto her, showing no sign of coming loose.
"Bastard! Get off me!" Meihui roared and kicked hard at the White Zetsu that was taking shape on her arm.
"Thud!"
With a muffled impact, the newly formed white figure was sent flying by Meihui's solid kick. It slammed into the wall and then collapsed into a puddle of viscous liquid.
"Meihui! Stay calm!" Seeing things take a turn for the worse, Haotian immediately stepped forward and shielded Meihui behind him.
His gaze was sharp as a blade, fixed on the puddle of white liquid on the ground.
"What... is this thing...?" Meihui clutched her arm, her face full of alarm and her voice trembling.
"It's probably some kind of parasitic organism. It may have entered your body when you came into contact with my Chakra just now." Haotian's voice was low and grave as he quickly analyzed the situation.
From the puddle of white liquid, it was clear that the substance wasn't a living organism. It was some kind of unusual material that could attach itself to other creatures through parasitism.
"The cellular structure of this parasite is very strange. It's highly vulnerable to Chakra energy." Haotian had an idea and raised both hands. Faint silver light streamed from his fingertips—Ghidorah's energy, a kind of radiation-like energy.
As the silver light spread, the surrounding air seemed to distort slightly.
On the ground, the puddle of white liquid began to tremble violently the instant it touched the silver light. Its viscous texture grew thinner, as if it were about to melt.
"It works!" Haotian was delighted. He'd guessed that his radiation cloud could interfere with its cells, and he'd been right.
He could clearly sense the creature's pain under the effects of his power.
Haotian's expression darkened, his eyes as cold as ice. He slowly uttered a few words, each carrying unquestionable authority.
"Meihui, Guy, attack!"
At Haotian's command, Meihui and Guy moved without hesitation. They flashed to either side of the puddle, surrounding it.
Meihui's Sharingan was blood-red, its two Tomoe slowly spinning as she fixed her gaze on the liquid, as if trying to see right through it.
Guy clenched his fists, his knuckles cracking. His muscles were taut, ready to unleash a lethal attack at any moment.
"Ha!" Guy roared and swung a heavy punch, the force of it whipping the air as it slammed into the white liquid.
With a muffled thud, Guy's punch sent the white liquid splattering everywhere, like an exploding watermelon.
But then, a horrifying sight unfolded.
The scattered droplets of white liquid rapidly gathered in midair, reassembling into a number of small humanoid creatures. Their faces were hideous, their claws and teeth bared as they lunged at the three of them.
"Look out!" Haotian shouted. The Kunai in his hand flashed out like lightning, pinning a White Zetsu that had leaped at Meihui to the ground.
Meihui and Guy reacted quickly too. They attacked at the same time, using fists and feet to kill the White Zetsu lunging at them.
Although there were many of the small White Zetsu, the three of them quickly wiped them out with their combined attacks.
Holding his Kunai, Haotian walked over to the last puddle of white liquid and thrust the blade into it without hesitation, making sure it was completely dead.
"It's over." Haotian let out a long breath and turned to Meihui, only to find her face deathly pale, her body trembling slightly and beads of sweat dotting her forehead.
"Meihui, what's wrong?" Haotian asked with concern.
Meihui clutched her chest, her expression pained. "I... I'm fine..."
Just then, Meihui's Sharingan suddenly changed. A third Tomoe emerged from the two that had been there before, forming a Three-Tomoe Sharingan!
The breakthrough came so suddenly that Meihui's body couldn't handle it. A sharp wave of pain hit her, and she couldn't help letting out a muffled groan.
"Meihui!" Haotian's heart jolted. He hurriedly caught her as she began to collapse.
"I... I think..." Meihui leaned weakly against Haotian,
"Shh, don't talk. Just rest." Haotian gently patted her back and soothed her softly.
Suddenly, a hurried rush of footsteps broke the brief silence.
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