"You!"
Hidan only managed to spit out a single word.
The sound of a blade slicing into flesh rang out clearly.
Severed by his own weapon, Hidan's head flew high into the air like a hurled watermelon.
Blood gushed like a fountain from the stump of his neck.
And almost at that same instant.
The Mangekyō Sharingan in Uchiha Hikari's eyes blazed.
Humm-!
Violent chakra surged into the sky, and energy as crimson as blood rapidly condensed.
In the blink of an eye, a red Susanoo consisting only of an upper body enveloped Hikari and Naruto.
Armor opened its gaping maw and encased the Susanoo, which had consisted of nothing but bones and flesh.
That was not the end.
Chakra churned wildly in the Susanoo's right hand, rapidly forming an enormous red energy sword wreathed in pitch-black flames.
A Susanoo sword coated in the flames of Amaterasu!
Without the slightest hesitation, Hikari commanded the Susanoo to raise the great sword burning with inextinguishable black flames and slash it down viciously toward the gathered members of the Akatsuki!
"The Shindo Sword?"
Obito's gaze suddenly sharpened as he recognized Hikari's weapon.
Like Itachi's Totsuka Blade, this weapon had quite a history.
He had no time to think, nor could he spare any attention for the decapitated Hidan. The Mangekyo Sharingan in his right eye spun wildly as his body instantly turned intangible, and he hurriedly retreated diagonally backward.
Sasori, Deidara, Kisame, and Kakuzu all paled, each using his own means to scatter as quickly as possible.
The demonic face on Hiruko's back opened, ejecting Sasori.
Deidara detonated the Clay Bird he had prepared beneath his feet, using the force of the explosion to launch himself into the sky.
Kisame let out a strange laugh and merged into Samehada, gliding dozens of meters