"My Giant Clam!"
As the enormous shell shattered, Hozuki Gengetsu's true form appeared somewhere twenty meters away. He looked heartbroken at the sight of his broken summoned beast, his distinctive little mustache twitching.
"If you have time to feel sorry for it, you'd be better off worrying about your current situation." Shin's calm voice rang out. Hozuki Gengetsu's heart jolted, and he hurriedly looked up.
The pitch-black Hollow Orb was whistling toward him. In fact, the black sphere was already extremely close; there was no longer enough time to react.
Yet Hozuki Gengetsu was worthy of being one of the strongest figures at the pinnacle of this era. Even in such circumstances, he was still able to save himself. At the critical moment, he shifted to the right, avoiding vital areas such as his heart, while a deep blue glow emerged from his left shoulder.
Pfft!
The sound of a heavy object striking water rang out. The black Hollow Orb pierced through the left side of Hozuki Gengetsu's body. His shoulder burst apart like water, clear water spraying everywhere.
"He could break that browless guy's genjutsu so easily?" In the sky, the Second Tsuchikage watched the scene unfold, his expression becoming increasingly grave. Ninjutsu attacks were reflected, and the other side had not even launched a proper counterattack, yet the two of them had already been beaten into a miserable state. Hozuki Gengetsu, hailed as a master of genjutsu, had his illusion seen through the instant he cast it, and even his summoned beast, the Giant Clam, had been killed outright. No matter how one looked at it, the gap between them was simply too vast.
And judging from that one attack just now, he had instantly slaughtered Iwagakure's most elite Shadow Kill Unit. The man was terrifying, like an