Undying Body? Not Valid!

Squelch!

A punch carrying a scorching temperature of eight hundred degrees instantly shattered half of Hidan's torso.

Hidan's pupils constricted in disbelief before he let out a heart-wrenching, agonizing wail.

"Ah!!!"

He curled up on the ground, struggling incessantly as blood poured from his wounds, instantly staining the earth crimson.

"Is that it...?"

Sasori of the Red Sand watched Hidan, who had been severely wounded by Uchiha Ye in just a few moves. The tone emanating from within Hiruko was somewhat bewildered: "A weakling like this was able to cause so much slaughter in the Village Hidden in Hot Water?"

He felt as though he had been played!

"According to the intelligence, he possesses an immortal body. If that is true, then perhaps he is not to be underestimated!"

Hearing this, Uchiha Ye replied: "Besides, since Hidan was able to make the Village Hidden in Hot Water directly commission us to take him out, he must have some extraordinary qualities."

Sasori of the Red Sand agreed: "Then let us see what his standout abilities are!"

Just as they were speaking, Hidan, who had been screaming on the ground, suddenly stood up.

The fatal wounds on his body did not seem to affect him in the slightest.

"That hurts, you bastard!"

With a ferocious expression, he shouted: "I shall deliver divine judgment upon you!"

A sharp spike appeared in his hand, and he lunged forward with extreme speed, closing the distance to Uchiha Ye in an instant before slashing out.

"His speed is decent enough!"

Seeing this, Sasori remarked.

Uchiha Ye thought to himself: Of course it is. This guy will eventually be able to go toe-to-toe with experts like Asuma Sarutobi, so how could he not have a few tricks up his sleeve?

His body transformed into molten lava once more to evade the spike, and his eyes shifted into the Two-Tomoe Sharingan as he glared: "Body Freeze Technique!"

Hidan's eyes widened in shock: "Two-Tomoe Sharingan? Are you that Konoha missing-nin, Uchiha Ye?!"

Unable to move his body, he instantly became a lamb waiting for the slaughter.

"A mere trifle, not worth remembering."

Uchiha Ye stepped back, eyeing Hidan with a playful expression: "But if you are thinking of obtaining my blood to trigger your 'Jashin's Curse' ritual and severely wound me, I think you can save your breath."

"I won't give you that chance. After all, your ability is quite troublesome; I might even fall for it myself!"

Hidan's eyes widened in disbelief, and he shouted with extreme agitation: "Who exactly are you? How could you possibly know the core ability of my Jashin Cult?"

This was his ultimate weapon, the reason he could traverse the Ninja World without fearing any powerhouse.

He had never told a soul, yet here it was, being spoken of so casually.

How could this be!

How could he not be terrified of someone who understood his abilities so thoroughly?

Sasori of the Red Sand, hearing this, also looked at Uchiha Ye with a hint of surprise.

He was astonished that Uchiha Ye would know the trump card of someone he had never met before.

The image of Uchiha Ye in his mind became somewhat more mysterious.

"Don't worry about how I know!"

Uchiha Ye signaled for Sasori to restrain Hidan with poison.

Pfft, pfft, pfft!

As several poison needles pierced his skin, Hidan completely lost the ability to move; his lips turned purple, and his vision began to blur.

"You invited me to join the Jashin Cult earlier, so how about this—I am now extending an invitation to you..."

Uchiha Ye said playfully: "The Akatsuki organization is recruiting you. What do you think?"

Hidan immediately shouted: "Don't joke with me! I'd sooner die than join your so-called Akatsuki. You bastard, if you have the guts, just kill me!"

A Jashin cultist would never submit!

"You don't think that just because you have an immortal body, I can't kill you, do you?"

Uchiha Ye's lips curled upward. He walked up to the defiant Hidan, opened his palm, and searing lava began to drip down.

"Guess whether your immortal body can remain immortal inside my eight-hundred-degree molten lava?"

"When there isn't even a speck of you left, what meaning does your physical immortality have?"

As he spoke, a drop of lava landed on Hidan's chest, instantly dissolving a large patch of his flesh.

"Ah!!!"

Hidan's eyes bloodshot, he wailed in pain: "It hurts! You bastard!"

But what chilled him even more was that the dissolved flesh had truly vanished, unlike wounds from ordinary sharp weapons that had no lasting effect on him.

He might truly be dissolved by this lava until not even a trace remained.

Thinking that if he were to die just like this, there would be no one left to spread the teachings of the Jashin Cult, Hidan had no choice but to make a decision that went against Jashin.

"Stop!"

Looking at Uchiha Ye, who was like a demon, once again dripping molten lava to dissolve him, Hidan's vision blurred, but he opened his mouth with extreme trepidation: "Fine, I agree! I'll join your Akatsuki organization!"

Hearing this, Uchiha Ye immediately nodded with a smile, his body returning to normal as he said, "Mr. Hidan, that is the wise choice."

"Why must you always bring up life and death so easily?"

These words gave Hidan an immediate urge to curse.

Who was the one forcing him with life and death just a moment ago?

After being detoxified by Sasori of the Red Sand, Hidan looked at Uchiha Ye's excessively youthful face, his expression still full of lingering fear: "People from the Uchiha clan are truly not to be trifled with!"

Sasori of the Red Sand also asked with some curiosity: "Ye, what kind of ability is this 'Jashin's Curse' you mentioned? You seemed quite wary of it yourself."

Furthermore, when Hidan was told the name of this ability earlier, he had also appeared somewhat panicked.

Clearly, this ability was far from ordinary!

Hearing this, Hidan naturally had no intention of explaining.

He might submit to Uchiha Ye, but that didn't mean he submitted to this 'old man' Sasori.

Just because he asked, did he have to answer?

Did he not have his pride?

Uchiha Ye, however, gave Sasori a mysterious smile and kept him in suspense: "Brother Sasori, once we return, you will see this ability soon enough!"

This left Sasori puzzled. Why would he see it upon returning?

Could it be that it couldn't be used right now?

When Uchiha Ye, Sasori, and Hidan returned, it just so happened that Uchiha Itachi and his partner, Biwa Juzo, were also returning with a young man who had long, deep-gold hair and his left eye covered.

Both sides felt a hint of surprise at the other's arrival.

Their gazes swept over the people the others had brought back.

"Deidara from the Village Hidden in the Rocks? The youngest member of the organization has arrived!" Uchiha Ye glanced at Deidara, who was curious about everything behind Uchiha Itachi, and thought to himself.

"The Jashin cultist 'Hidan'? To be able to recruit such a strange character so quickly, Ye, your abilities are truly not to be underestimated." Uchiha Itachi thought heavily to himself: "I wonder if he will be detrimental to Sasuke in the future?"

He was very wary of Uchiha Ye's miraculous bloodline limit ability.

He had never heard of anyone in their Uchiha clan awakening such a strange power.

Ten minutes later!

At the organization's base, all members gathered once again!

Even Pain Deva Path felt a hint of surprise seeing both sides return from their missions at the same time.

And when the specific details were asked, it was even more of a coincidence.

Hidan had been subdued by Uchiha Ye.

Deidara had been invited by Uchiha Itachi.

Two unruly individuals had joined the Akatsuki organization because of two Uchiha ninjas.