"Five hundred million ryo? So my head is worth only that much to you rats? Looks like those underground black market types still have far too narrow a view." Shengu Xuan gave an utterly bored yawn. His languid manner, which showed no regard whatsoever for the Immortal Duo, instantly enraged Hidan, who had just broken free of the crushing gravity.
"You little brat! Stop running your mouth! Whether you're worth five hundred million or a billion, you're becoming Lord Jashin's perfect sacrifice today!"
Hidan leaped out of the human-shaped crater. The terrifying pressure of hundredfold gravity had broken more than a dozen of his bones, but relying on his bizarre immortal body, he forcibly pushed them back into place. His black-and-white, skull-like face twisted to the extreme. Gripping the heavy, bloodstained Triple-Bladed Scythe tightly with both hands, he lunged madly at Shengu Xuan like a crazed beast!
"Die! Let my scythe slice you into chunks!"
Five meters from Shengu Xuan, Hidan leaped high into the air and sharply twisted his waist, swinging the enormous, bloodstained Triple-Bladed Scythe through an intensely crimson, death-laden crescent arc. Its sharp blades tore through the air with a scalp-prickling shriek, slashing viciously down at Shengu Xuan's unguarded neck!
"Shengu! Dodge! There's something strange about that scythe!" In the distance, Shikamaru saw Shengu Xuan standing completely still, without even taking his hands out of his pockets. Scared out of his wits, he shouted himself hoarse. He had seen firsthand how easily that scythe had torn through Asuma's defenses.
Yet faced with this lethal attack that could cleave a person in two, Shengu Xuan did not even blink an extra time. He merely raised his head slightly and looked at the airborne Hidan as though he were an idiot.
Clang!!!
An exceptionally clear metallic crash, like the