Troubles came one after another; Kakuzu's resurrection was unexpected.
The severed legs and arms of him separated from Asakura Myojin's body and then formed his own body. However, he was still holding a pulsating heart.
The heart was dark purple, just like his Earth Grudge Fear, giving off a chilling aura of death.
After Kakuzu separated, Asakura Myojin became somewhat transparent, as if the stone statue's body had been hollowed out and was lacking energy. But he still stared at the appearing Kakuzu and roared, "This is my Bonded Demon Heart."
"No, this is not yours, it should be mine," Kakuzu replied coldly.
Yours, mine?
Watching two monster-level people argue over something, Inoyue's mind instantly jumped to a chewing gum commercial from his previous life.
"This is your Extra."
"No, this is not my Extra, it's your Extra!"
"Damn it! The mood is so similar, only the words are opposite."
Imagine Asakura Myojin and Kakuzu saying that again with the ambiguous tone of the young couple in the Extra commercial.
Ugh, eww... eww!
His teeth chattered, goosebumps rose, the scene was too beautiful, he really didn't dare to think further, and a large drop of sweat fell from Inoyue's forehead.
At this moment, the situation was quite strange, and Karura and Ryoko did not dare to act rashly.
Firstly, there was that chilling aura of death. Secondly, Kakuzu's Earth Grudge Fear was not to be trifled with. Moreover, Kakuzu's Water Release specifically countered Karura's sand.
Now, watching the two of them fight, the best outcome would be for both to suffer, without the three women having to intervene.
Facing Asakura Myojin's Night Parade of One Hundred Demons and the unsummoned Hell Shura earlier, the three women had consumed a lot of Chakra. If it had lasted longer, it wouldn't have been just Chakra consumed, but life force.
In short, it was very dangerous just now. If it weren't for the sudden calcified leg and the resurrected Kakuzu, the three women would have definitely perished here.
"Let's wait and see!" the three women thought in unison, their thoughts aligned, no communication needed.
...
Sometimes the trend of events is determined by what people think, especially women.
Women's sixth sense is not bad, and the power of their will is not weak.
Things eventually developed as the women had envisioned.
Two tigers fighting, both suffering. Asakura Myojin was enraged. "It's clearly my Extra, but you insist it's yours. I'll kill you, no more words. This demon heart is far more important than Extra."
At this moment, there were still tentacles connecting Kakuzu and Asakura Myojin. With connection comes sensation, and with sensation comes positioning.
"Five-Star Life Mist, Heavenly Thunder Descent." As Asakura Myojin uttered the incantation, a dark purple five-star mist suddenly flashed in the sky, and an evil lightning bolt struck down.
Lightning is usually a noun used to describe speed. Sure enough, as soon as the lightning struck, Asakura Myojin had already actively dispelled the remaining Earth Grudge Fear tentacles.
At this time, Kakuzu was holding the heart, feeling smug. When Asakura Myojin chanted the incantation, he quickly moved, trying to avoid the evil lightning.
However, this evil lightning had already locked onto Kakuzu, the moving target. No matter how he moved, he could not escape the fate of being struck by lightning. This felt very much like Sasuke guiding lightning to strike his brother, hitting the target with 100% accuracy.
Upon being struck, Kakuzu only grunted, but the Earth Grudge Fear on his body let out sharp roars. The tentacles rapidly contracted, and the charred parts immediately fell off, as if still connected, they would infect the rest of the main body.
Kakuzu was heavily injured by this strike and immediately fled into the distance. He instantly sank underground, and only a few flailing tentacles were seen in the distant sand before he disappeared without a trace.
After dealing with Kakuzu, Asakura Myojin's body became even more transparent, but he still said to himself dismissively, "Then it's time for you three damned women."
...
The three women ignored Asakura Myojin's words and gave him no chance to catch his breath. Especially Karura, she quickly formed hand seals and shouted, "Quicksand. Torrent!"
With that delicate shout, countless wild sands surged, forming a raging tide that rushed towards the transparent Asakura Myojin.
Asakura Myojin was visibly stunned, because these sand particles on the ground originally had his consciousness permeated into them. Although he couldn't control them, Karura couldn't either. Yet now, Karura could freely control these yellow sands, of course, golden sand was still excluded.
He had grown weaker, from the moment he became transparent, he was weaker than at the very beginning, so his consciousness could no longer extend to all the yellow sand of the earth.
The yellow sand giant wave, like a tsunami, instantly submerged Asakura Myojin, and even the terrain here was changed by this Ninjutsu.
Asakura Myojin was like a land beast falling into the waves, floundering a few times before being submerged, completely buried under the yellow sand.
"Sand Burial. Grand Funeral!" Karura pressed her hands to the ground, and the earth trembled. Streams of Chakra permeated underground, transmitting to every controlled grain of yellow sand.
This pressure was definitely in the hundreds of tons, otherwise, the earthquake would not have been of this magnitude.
Gulp, Inoyue swallowed hard, looking at Karura in awe, and secretly praised, "She truly lives up to her reputation as a Kage-level expert!"
This technique was used by Gaara against Kimimaro in the anime in his previous life, but the scale at that time simply couldn't compare to Karura's. Gaara's use of this technique was surprising, but Karura's current use of it was shocking.
The two were not yet on the same level.
"If I encountered her, I would definitely die. Unless I used that super large water vortex of twelve tons of water. But this technique requires too much Chakra, at least an eight-year-old me doesn't have that much Chakra. Perhaps I could use it after I grow up, but not now." Inoyue immediately thought of himself fighting Karura, and his heart sank for a moment.
Meeting Karura now, no matter how he calculated, he would die, there was no way out.
"Didn't succeed?" Karura muttered, seemingly dissatisfied with the effect just now.
Indeed, Asakura Myojin floated out, directly materializing from the bottom of the sand. He became ethereal, floated out of the buried sand pile, and then stood on the ground.
At this moment, he was even more transparent, appearing and disappearing like he was about to vanish. It seemed Karura's technique had a great effect, it just didn't kill him.
Although Asakura Myojin was transparent, he still had a physical form and had not become a soul, so Karura's technique was effective against him. In the end, to escape being killed, he finally materialized as a soul and floated out, but this time, the soul materialization seemed to consume a lot of his energy.
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"I underestimated you, woman. But, you will still die." Asakura Myojin roared and quickly rushed forward.
"Mind's Eye Second Stage!" Inoyue instantly activated his Second-Order Underworld Eyes. The mist around Asakura Myojin became as thin as fog, and the Mind's Eye Second Stage was definitely a suppression for him. At the very least, he had to maintain the mist around him from dissipating, which was no small burden for him now.
Asakura Myojin became very sharp, his movement speed increased, and if one wasn't careful, small five-star mists would constantly collide from strange angles in the air, making it impossible to guard against them.
Being hit by a small five-star mist first consumed Chakra and stamina. If both of these were depleted, then life force would definitely be next.
These small five-star mists felt very dangerous, like a two-hit kill, so the three women fought very carefully. If they were hit once, there absolutely could not be a second time.
For a time, the four fought inextricably.