"Your strongest move is nothing more than that, right?" Ren asked calmly.
But Kakuzu, standing opposite him, suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, his eyes deepening with alarm. At this moment, Kakuzu had just mobilized the little chakra left in his body. As he was about to unleash his Lightning Style ninjutsu again, time seemed to stop.
Ren no longer intended to give him another chance to act.
"Gate of Joy – Open!"
"Gate of Shock – Open!"
In Kakuzu's suddenly widening eyes, he saw a blur of black, approaching the extreme, reaching a speed almost invisible to the naked eye, already rushing towards him.
In Kakuzu's terrified gaze, Ren's fists attacked incredibly fast in the air. The chakra attached to his fists rubbed against the air, even reaching a speed sufficient to create flames. There wasn't even time to take a breath as black chakra scattered from his fists like black feathers, raining down from the sky, pummeling Kakuzu on the ground like a machine gun!
"Night Phoenix!" Ren shouted loudly.
This technique was one Ren borrowed from Might Guy (Akai Sensei), a taijutsu he adapted after opening the Sixth Gate. However, after Ren opened the Sixth Gate, the color of his chakra changed slightly. It wasn't red like Might Guy's, but a black that looked even stranger!
At this moment, Ren was like Death itself, capable of bringing endless terror!
'Oops!' At this point, Kakuzu felt the screeching sound of sudden agitation in the air, and the hairs on his entire body stood on end! The countless threads of Earth Grudge Fear spreading from his body had greatly enhanced Kakuzu's perception. At this moment, he keenly realized that the ninjutsu the opponent was using this time was truly... extremely dangerous!
When he wanted to get up to dodge again, he found it was too late. All his escape routes had been blocked by the opponent's fists, wrapped in black chakra. He hadn't expected the opponent's speed to be so elusive. With his three masks, he could almost defend in all directions, but he couldn't escape!
The next second, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest, stomach, shoulders, arms, and thighs! Countless fists, each containing immensely powerful force, hammered him. Kakuzu suddenly felt as if he was being pulverized. Under the opponent's relentless assault, he was being smashed into a pile of mud!
With the final blow, after opening the Six Gates, Ren appeared beside him in a flash. With chakra attached to his foot, he fiercely stepped on Kakuzu's face.
Boom!
Kakuzu's head, connected by countless dark blood vessels, was instantly blasted by Ren. His entire body flew out like an arrow released from a fully drawn bow. Along the way, he smashed through more than a dozen large trees, dragging a long trajectory across the ground.
"Hateful..."
Kakuzu, his cheek crushed by Ren's kick, finally struggled to get up from the ground. The heart that originally controlled his Earth Style Ninjutsu chakra had long been destroyed by Ren, and Kakuzu, without the protection of Earth Style Ninjutsu, was now severely wounded by the successive taijutsu attacks.
But he didn't even have time to steady himself. Then his entire body seemed to slow down in mid-air. No, more accurately, it wasn't that Kakuzu's movements had slowed, but that Ren's speed had accelerated once more!
Like a black beam of light, Ren flashed through the air, as if he would cleave the entire space in half, instantly piercing the Lightning Style mask on Kakuzu's back.
Stab!
Before Kakuzu could react, before he could fully grasp the fact that his heart had just been pierced by Ren, Ren punched him again, suddenly opening another large hole in his body.
"Crack!"
Another heart, crushed by Ren's bare hands.
"Ahhhhh!!"
Countless dark blood vessel tentacles were severed by Ren. Even the firm-willed Kakuzu couldn't help but let out a roar. The raging desire to live burst forth from his green eyes like ghastly fire, as fierce as a wounded beast.
At this moment, Kakuzu, who had only one heart left, had completely lost the courage to continue fighting. In his mind at this moment, there was only one thought left: escape! He had to run away quickly. Because the opponent he faced was not a man at all, but a devil! A monster even more terrifying than his own!
"Want to run?" A smile appeared on Ren's mouth. It was like a hunter savoring the torment of the prey already at his fingertips.
"It's over."
"You, who always boasted of once fighting with the God of Shinobi, are still running away like a beaten dog. What's the use of living for so long? You're just a meaningless symbol that has been eliminated by the times."
Ren's eyes were locked on Kakuzu, who was rapidly fleeing into the distance, desperate to leave this battlefield. In his hand, a Grasscutter Sword appeared. He then held the hilt, and as if throwing a hidden weapon, he threw the Grasscutter Sword fiercely forward.
"Multiply!"
As the Grasscutter Sword continued to shoot through the air, it was constantly changing. One became two, two became four, four became eight... Thousands of long swords, reflecting cold light in the air, covered the entire world beneath their blades.
"Cut!" With a low voice from Ren, it seemed as if this very space would be shattered by Ren's long swords.
Boom!
Countless earth, rocks, and trees were pierced and smashed by the long swords flying from the sky, turning into dust and sawdust flying everywhere. Several sounds of tearing and smashing echoed simultaneously, deafeningly loud.
In the cold light of countless slashes, no matter how many threads of Earth Grudge Fear were on Kakuzu's body as resistance, it was useless; they were all cut off. The tentacle that was protected by the Earth Grudge Fear in the deepest part, along with the heart that contained Kakuzu's only hope for survival, was finally pierced by a sword amidst the turns of countless blades and arrows!
Kakuzu, dead!
"Ding! Earth Grudge Fear Entity detected. Do you wish to absorb it?"
In Ren's mind, a sound from the system came. He nodded and said softly, "Absorb."
Ren felt an invisible force seeping out of his body, moving towards the small black ball on the ground, which was being peeled off from Kakuzu's body and attempting to escape.
"Squeak!"
The small black entity seemed to let out a sharp scream, then suddenly disappeared from the air.
'God knows,' Ren thought, 'it has already been absorbed.'
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the quest: Absorb Earth Grudge Fear!]
[System Reward: Puppet Doll Forging Blueprint!]
The sound of the system issuing rewards came to his mind. But Ren didn't have time to check the blueprint, because at this moment, he had more important things to do. This battle was not over yet.
"Tsunade!" Ren's eyes were sharp, looking at the other battlefield in the distance.
Tsunade was still fighting Hidan, and the two were evenly matched. In terms of actual strength, Tsunade's combat effectiveness was actually stronger. But Tsunade had hemophobia. So she tried to avoid close-quarters combat with him, and in order not to see the blood, she was still blindfolded at this time, fighting only by her own perception. Tsunade's best taijutsu was restricted, and her vision was restricted. So for a while, she could only be equal to Hidan.
"The rest, leave it to me." Ren leaped, jumping onto the slug's head, and came to Tsunade's side.
Ren's appearance stunned the two who were engrossed in their battle.
"The battle's over on your side?" Tsunade asked in surprise. "You killed Kakuzu?"
Hidan couldn't hide the surprise in his eyes. As Kakuzu's companion, he knew how difficult an opponent Kakuzu was.
Ren did not speak. His presence here already explained everything.
But Tsunade still shook her head and sighed, "Let me handle it. You've just finished fighting, and your chakra is probably running low, right? The kid I'm fighting against is called Hidan... but he's quite a tough guy!"
"Chakra? I don't lack this thing." The corner of Ren's mouth curved into a confident smile. Flicking his wrist in the air, a dark blue mineral crystal appeared in his hand. He threw it into his mouth, biting it into pieces.
In an instant, blue light circulated in the air. In Tsunade, Hidan, and the surprised gazes of several sensing ninjas in the distance, the little chakra that remained in Ren's body quickly filled up like a rising tide!