As soon as the words fell, Hidan's figure had disappeared.
Sasuke's Sharingan turned quickly and captured the figure rushing towards them dragging a sickle.
He didn't block it forcefully. He made a mistake in his steps and slid sideways. Kusanagi Sword was lying in front of him, ready to block.
"Qiang--!"
The blade of the sickle collided with Kusanagi Sword, causing sparks to fly.
Hidan's force was so amazing that Sasuke was shocked and took two steps back, his mouth numbing slightly.
Before he could stabilize his body, Hidan's second blow had already arrived.
The sickle was like a living thing in his hand, turning, sweeping, and lifting. Every blow was accompanied by a whistling sound, and the blade went straight to the vital point.
Sasuke Use Kusanagi Sword to block, dodge, and occasionally counterattack.
The sound of swords clashing was as dense as rain, and the two fought in the woods. The soil beneath their feet was kicked up, and deep knife marks were left on the tree trunks.
On the other side, Kakuzu stood there with his arms crossed and did not participate in the battle.
His eyes calmly watched the confrontation between Sasuke and Hidan.
"Taijutsu is good and the response is quick."
He whispered to himself, and the black stitches on his wrists swayed slightly, as if he was waiting for an opportunity.
Hidan struck out more than ten times in a row, but all of them were blocked or avoided by Sasuke.
The more he was beaten, the more irritated he became, and he cursed loudly.
"You can only hide? You kid!"
He exerted force suddenly and swept across with his sickle, forcing Sasuke back.
The strong wind brought by the blade cut the fallen leaves into two pieces.
And Kakuzu is waiting for this opportunity.
"Wind Release, Wind Pressure!"
A high-pressure wind ball erupted from the palm of Kakuzu's left hand, turning into a white air mass visible to the naked eye, roaring and flying towards Sasuke, who had not yet stood firm.
Sasuke turned his head sideways and saw the flying air mass, his pupils suddenly contracted.
"Bang!"
The wind ball exploded at the location of Sasuke, raising a large amount of smoke and dust.
Mud and gravel were scattered everywhere, and a hole nearly two meters in diameter was blasted on the ground, and the soil around the edge was still steaming.
After Hidan swung the sickle, he quickly jumped back to avoid being affected by Wind Pressure.
He landed not far in front of Kakuzu, carrying a bloody sickle, looking at the diffuse smoke and dust, and grinned.
"That's all. Itachi's younger brother is just that-"
Halfway through his words, he suddenly paused.
When the smoke and dust dissipated, there was no trace of Sasuke on the spot, leaving only a damaged piece of wood that had been blown apart by Wind Pressure.
"Substitution Technique."
Hidan was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed.
Kakuzu also frowned slightly, feeling something bad was coming.
But before they could make the next reaction, the ground suddenly rose up, and two huge white snakes suddenly sprang out from the soil, opened their bloody mouths, and wrapped their bodies and arms tightly together.
Hidan struggled for a few times and found that the strength of the snake body was amazing. Every time it moved, the snake body tightened a little.
Kakuzu did not struggle, but looked down at the white snake wrapped around his body, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
And the real Sasuke slowly walked out of the bushes on the side.
The eyes under the black hair were cold and sharp, and the scarlet Sharingan reflected the two people entangled by the white snake. Three Tomoe slowly rotated in the blood-colored pupils.
He walked up to the two of them and stopped, with a hint of provocation in his tone.
"Akatsuki, nothing more than that."
Hidan heard this, his face instantly turned red, and he began to curse.
Kakuzu remained expressionless, but his eyes were always staring at Sharingan from Sasuke without blinking.
Sasuke ignored Hidan's yelling, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his tone suddenly became cold.
"Tell me, where is Itachi?"
Kakuzu looked at the pair of Sharingan, was silent for a moment, and then suddenly snorted coldly.
"Illusion?"
Hearing that the other party directly guessed the answer, Sasuke was a little impatient. He raised Kusanagi Sword and his tone became even colder.
"I asked, where is Itachi!"
Seeing Sasuke's appearance, Kakuzu shook his head, his voice was low and hoarse.
"You are really the same as that person."
Sasuke frowned slightly.
"Same arrogant."
As soon as he finished speaking, the countless sutures on Kakuzu's wrist suddenly burst apart, and they were drawn towards Sasuke like restless tentacles at an alarming speed.
Sasuke's Sharingan caught the tracks of those tentacles, stepped on them, and quickly retreated.
But Kakuzu's attack was too sudden, and the attack range of those tentacles was too large. Although Sasuke avoided the vital point, his shoulder was still brushed by a tentacle, his clothes were torn, and a shallow blood mark was left on his skin.
The moment Kakuzu forced Sasuke back, the white snake wrapped around him also broke apart under the whipping of those tentacles.
The snake's body was cut into several sections, with blood and flesh flying everywhere. It twitched a few times on the ground and then died.
He walked out of the broken snake body calmly, moved his shoulders that were stiff due to the stranglehold, but his face remained expressionless.
Hidan The white snake on the other side was also cut off by Kakuzu. He was freed from the entanglement of the snake's body, twisted his neck, moved his painful arms, and exhaled a long breath.
"Ah... it finally came out, thank you."
He picked up the bloody sickle that fell on the ground and inserted it on the ground on his right hand side. His tone was so relaxed that it didn't sound like he was fighting.
Kakuzu ignored him.
He just lifted the tentacle that injured Sasuke and handed it to Hidan.
Hidan was stunned for a moment when he saw this, and then took a closer look.
At the end of the black tentacle, there was a crystal clear blood drop hanging.
It is very small, only the size of a grain of rice, but it is particularly conspicuous under the sunlight.
That's Sasuke's blood.
Hidan When he saw the blood bead, his whole face lit up instantly.
His eyes lit up, and he grinned from the corners of his mouth to his ears, revealing two rows of white teeth, as if he had acquired some rare treasure.
He didn't care about the image or even what it was. He stuck out his tongue and licked Kakuzu's tentacles.
A slippery and warm feeling came from the end of the tentacle, and Kakuzu's face instantly darkened.
He never expected that this idiot would lick her directly.
He wanted to cut off the tentacle from his wrist in disgust, and even considered replacing the entire arm.
But Hidan didn't care at all about Kakuzu's reaction.
He greedily licked the blood drop, and rolled the blood into his throat with the tip of his tongue, and his whole body instantly felt refreshed.
His body began to undergo visible changes.
The original skin gradually turned dark, and white skull lines slowly emerged from under the skin, spreading from the neck to the cheeks, and then from the cheeks to the whole body.
He raised the bloody sickle in his hand, the blade glowing coldly in the sunlight.
The pair of eyes that gradually became crazy stared at Sasuke, and the corners of his mouth opened in an exaggerated arc.
"Ready to start the ceremony, kid."
His voice was low and hoarse, with an almost crazy excitement.
"Next - it's time to send you to see Jashin."