Suicide to Atone

The Blood Threads that shot from Long Ye's body were bizarre beyond belief. Everyone present had already seen that they could transfer curses and absorb chakra. The ability was downright monstrous.

No one wanted to become fuel for him in battle.

But what they wanted and what happened were two different things.

Long Ye had known they would not stand still and let him drain their chakra, so he had activated the Ketsuryūgan at once.

The moment they saw the Blood Threads shooting toward them, they had already fallen under a genjutsu. They thought they were fleeing, but in reality, they had not moved.

More than a hundred people were caught, and their chakra was drained.

That meant the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was effectively drawing chakra from them instead. Long Ye was merely a conduit; he lost none of his own.

"That ability of his is too strange!"

If Kakuzu had not had his companions to rely on, he might have fled already. Faced with such power, he felt no confidence in his own safety.

"That's the damn thing!"

Hidan hurried to back him up.

"I cursed him, but he used those strange Blood Threads to transfer it to someone else. Now it looks like they can drain chakra too. That ability is a nightmare."

Worry showed on Konan's face. "Nagato..."

Nagato had also realized something was wrong. The chakra the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path devoured was being transferred to other people through the Blood Threads shooting from Long Ye's back.

"You're not the only one who can absorb chakra. Let's see how you like having your power drained."

Long Ye brought his hands together and summoned the Nine-Headed Snake Cypress.

Since fusing with Monster Blood, the chakra in his body had increased severalfold. His