After the shock, a silent tide of longing rose within everyone.
Immortality meant being able to enjoy everything—an eternal lifespan!
The reason reaching level one hundred and becoming a god had become the ultimate pursuit of all soul masters in the world was fundamentally simple.
After becoming a god, one could live forever!
Du Busi and Jin Peng exchanged a glance, and the fervor they had felt when deciding to gamble on Shrek—abduct Xiao Xiao, unseal the Dragon Vein, and ultimately become gods—ignited in their eyes once more.
If they could capture Kakuzu and Hidan and torture the secret of their immortality out of them, then...
They were not afraid of powerful enemies. They were only afraid that their enemies did not possess what they wanted.
Recalling the scene on the Sky Screen where Kakuzu's upper body had rapidly recovered after being cut in half, even before his lower body had rejoined it—
Mu En unconsciously touched his already bent and hunched waist. With a self-mocking bitter smile, he slowly said,
"That one called Kakuzu personally said that he had lived for more than a thousand years."
He paused briefly, narrowed his eyes, and shook his head.
"I cannot see through his techniques either. But..."
Mu En abruptly shifted the subject, and his tone became far more grave.
"...that man named Hidan had kept the words 'Evil God' on his lips from beginning to end."
"Judging from Hidan's frenzied yet devout style of action, he was very likely the inheritor of this Evil God's godhood."
"His immortal body was most likely a gift bestowed upon him by a god."
When those words fell, the meeting room sank into a brief silence.
Godhood!
Other than Mu En, whose body was already utterly ruined and who fully understood that reaching level one