Even if their opponent used Ninjutsu, even the kind so powerful that a single shot could destroy a mountain, or used the more direct approach of Taijutsu, even with strength so astonishing that one punch could blast a mountain apart...
Mountain: What did I ever do wrong?
Even then, vicious outlaws like the members of the Akatsuki would not have been afraid. Instead, it would have roused their ferocity.
But the power Su Yu had just displayed was something they could not understand at all. Every movement he made seemed utterly devoid of force, yet he had ultimately neutralized all their attacks with effortless, understated ease.
For the first time, this unknown power made these villains feel uncertainty, hesitation, and fear.
The ability Su Yu had just used to compress the Hell Hound and Hell Crab into balls, for example, filled them with dread.
Without understanding how he had done it, they had no way to defend against it. And however arrogant they were, none of them believed their bodies were tougher than the Hell Crab's shell.
In other words, once they were hit, they were dead...
Although not one of those present feared death, just as Deidara had used that mutually destructive move without the slightest hesitation.
But they feared dying without even knowing how!
They truly could not accept being killed by him like that, without even knowing how they had died. That would have been far too humiliating.
Even Nagato had stopped attacking for the moment.
But their refusal to attack did not mean Su Yu would hold back. His purpose in coming this time had been to give the members of the Akatsuki a thorough beating.
Su Yu swept his gaze over them, and Kakuzu instinctively took a step back when he saw it.
When he