The scene suddenly fell silent.
Hidan's unexpected move left even the well-trained Anbu stunned for a second.
That single second allowed Hidan to break out of their encirclement and move off to the side.
The way he escaped shocked them again, because the movement caused the blades still embedded in him to slice his body into a mangled mess.
Blood flowed like a river-there was no more accurate description of Hidan at that moment.
Yet despite such severe wounds, Hidan did not scream, and his expression did not even change.
The Anbu were astonished. How could this man's willpower be so formidable?!
And his physique was far too powerful, wasn't it? Despite such severe injuries and such an outrageous amount of blood loss, he could still move freely.
Had they sustained injuries like those, staying conscious would have been out of the question. They would have been incredibly lucky not to die on the spot!
For a moment, these battle-hardened Anbu, who had taken countless lives, were actually cowed by his ferocity.
Hidan looked at them with a wicked grin, then raised his scythe and licked the blade, swallowing the blood of those three Anbu that remained on it.
The Anbu thought this was merely their enemy's perverse habit, but Kakashi knew he only wanted their blood to complete his ritual.
He hurriedly called out a warning. "Stop him! Don't let him finish the ritual!"
But his warning instead confused the Anbu, causing them to halt just as they were about to charge.
A ritual? What ritual? Why stop a ritual? Could it kill people?
Their second of hesitation allowed Hidan to finish drawing that simple yet sinister pattern with his own blood.
Standing atop the pattern, Hidan's skin rapidly turned black, while white, bone-like markings appeared across it.
Seeing