"Puff, puff, puff, puff!"
Accompanied by a scalp-crawling squelching sound, the four masks on Kakuzu's back, along with the black tentacles attached to them, suddenly burst out of his body!
In an instant, they transformed into four black monsters over five meters tall, standing on either side of Kakuzu.
Even more astonishingly, each of these vicious-looking monsters had nine Soul Rings floating around its body: two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red!
In stark contrast to Kakuzu's guarded stance, Hidan flew into a rage.
He withdrew from the Sacrificial Ritual state, veins bulging on his forehead as he pointed his scythe at Matatabi and cursed:
"Hey! Where did you stray cat come from?! The ritual was almost complete!"
Matatabi glanced at the furious Hidan and began drawing in the red Soul Power surrounding Dai Hao.
In the end, only a wisp of red Soul Power remained, carrying Dai Hao to the side of the unconscious White Tiger Duchess.
"Hmph."
Matatabi withdrew its gaze, its eyes filled with killing intent as it looked at Kakuzu and Hidan.
"From this 'mission target' you mentioned, it seems you already knew of my existence."
"However... now that you've encountered me, I'm afraid you'll die here today!"
Before the words had even faded, the ground beneath Matatabi's feet exploded apart!
It became a blue afterimage and charged directly at the foul-mouthed Hidan!
"Pfft!"
Hidan had been careless. The moment Matatabi attacked, he had not taken it seriously at all. By the time Matatabi lunged at him, it was already too late to dodge.
When he came to his senses, a piercing pain tore through his chest!
Hidan looked down and saw a bloody hole running straight through his chest!
With its terrifying speed, Matatabi had pierced his chest with a single claw!
"One