"Are you ready to become a sacrifice for Lord Ghost King?"
Hidan wore a perverted grin, his eyes filled with madness.
Then, he spat out a mouthful of blood and began drawing a ritual diagram on the ground.
As the second person in Naruto to be killed by explosive tags (the first being Nawaki), Hidan's methods were actually quite flawed. With knowledge of his abilities, there were many ways to counter him.
For example, using Wind Style to blow people away, Earth Style to alter the terrain to prevent him from drawing, Fire Style to burn the ground with the diagram to ashes, Water Style to wash away the bloodstains, or simply keeping him at a distance could all render Hidan's most crucial means useless.
Unfortunately, in the original work, almost everyone who fought Hidan one-on-one was killed, primarily due to the element of surprise. Shikamaru's victory in his duel with Hidan later also precisely proved the many shortcomings of Hidan's abilities.
Unfortunately, the Xuan Gui boss, currently locked in a fierce battle with Hidan, was unaware of Hidan's specific abilities.
Seeing Hidan inexplicably start drawing, the Xuan Gui boss was a bit bewildered but vaguely felt an immense sense of crisis enveloping him.
And that sense of crisis grew with each passing moment as the diagram neared completion.
"Die!"
The Xuan Gui boss roared, swinging its forelimbs into a sky-obscuring hand, pressing down with world-shattering force. Instantly, the earth trembled, the void roared, and the terrifying attack pulverized dozens of meters around its location.
"How is this possible!"
Feeling the sense of crisis from the unseen grow more severe, a flicker of fear appeared in the Xuan Gui boss's eyes. It opened its massive maw, releasing its water and earth elemental power, transforming into countless water arrows and earth spears that shot towards Hidan's location like intercontinental missiles.
Boom boom boom!
The immense explosions reverberated across the land. The ground that bore the brunt of the attack formed a giant crater thousands of meters deep, and a fissure spread outwards from the point of impact, extending for thousands of meters in both north and south directions before stopping.
"Where are you aiming, you idiot!" a mocking howl sounded thousands of meters behind the Xuan Gui boss. The Xuan Gui boss spun around abruptly, only to find Hidan standing on a pattern composed of circles and triangles, tilting his head to look at him.
"How can this be! When did you..."
"This is all thanks to that man!" Hidan's mind flashed with the image of a certain detestable dead-fish-eyed pineapple head, and a hint of hatred appeared in his eyes.
After being defeated by Shikamaru multiple times, the brute-force, thick-headed Hidan finally realized that the process of drawing his ritual was too cumbersome. This was not the Naruto world; even if he obtained the enemy's blood, during the drawing of the circle, an enemy of similar level could blast him to smithereens.
Therefore, after a period of hunting sea beasts, Hidan cleverly learned the Shadow Clone Jutsu and the Flying Thunder God Jutsu. This way, even if his aptitude was dull and his use of the Flying Thunder God Jutsu and Shadow Clone Jutsu was not proficient, with proper preparation, he could greatly increase his success rate in defeating enemies.
Especially now, after partially transforming into a ghost, while using the Shadow Clone Jutsu, he infused a portion of his body with ghost energy, achieving a level of realism that was indistinguishable from the truth.
"You have been cursed by me. Let the ritual begin now!"
"Die! Hahaha~"
Amidst his wild laughter, Hidan raised his right hand, holding the short spear, pointing the tip towards his heart.
The next second~
*Poof!*
The sharp short spear pierced his heart, emanating a peculiar energy mixed with origin power and ghost energy, frantically destroying his bodily functions, ensuring that the Xuan Gui boss could not use origin power to heal itself when suffering equivalent damage.
The extreme pain spread throughout his body, originating from the pierced heart. Hidan's body trembled from the agony, but his face displayed an expression of immense enjoyment.
It was truly the epitome of twisted perversion.
At the same moment his heart was pierced by himself, the Xuan Gui a thousand meters away suddenly stiffened. A massive amount of blood flowed from its shell.
"It seems you're not in enough pain!"
Hidan laughed maniacally, pulled out the broken spear, drawing a spray of blood, and then thrust it back in without mercy.
Once,
Twice,
Thrice...
"This is truly intoxicating pleasure!"
Hidan moaned ecstatically as he personally turned his heart into a beehive.
Not far away, more and more blood flowed from the Xuan Gui boss's shell. Eventually, blood pooled into a bloody lake beneath its mountain-like body, and its pupils began to gradually become unfocused.
"Tch~ How boring!"
Hidan, with the spear still lodged in him, didn't bother to remove it. He glanced at the kill reward information from the system in his mind, "What the heck, only two hundred thousand energy points as a reward, not enough at all!!"
Pouting, Hidan retracted his scythe and was about to head off to slaughter the "turtle sons" and "turtle grandsons" who were fleeing in all directions after the death of the giant turtle boss, when suddenly a dark cloud appeared in the distance and instantly teleported to him, transforming into an ugly figure dripping with black water.
It was the Undying Ghost King.
The Undying Ghost King's ugly face showed a hint of displeasure: "Just a mere level 19 sea beast, killing it is killing it, but there's no need to celebrate naked. Don't have such thoughts next time."
Hidan was first stunned, then somewhat annoyed: "Naked what? Lord Ghost King, don't think you can slander me just because you're my idol. When did I ever say I wanted to run around naked?"
Just then, a system notification sounded in his mind:
[Detected that the host has a tendency to speak without restraint. System forced secrecy measures have been activated. During the activation period, all words spoken by the host that could potentially reveal the existence of the system and organization will be automatically translated as the host likes to run around naked.]
Hidan: "..."
"Damn it! Damn it!" Hidan shouted in anger.
After three days of interaction, the Undying Ghost King had grown accustomed to Hidan's neurotic behavior. However, it had to be said that Hidan possessed a certain aura of madness and perversion that it greatly admired, so these insignificant minor flaws were naturally tolerable.
Of course, the main reason was that Hidan was its first believer. Although it didn't know how he became a believer, it was clear that after Hidan killed enemies, its soul body would receive a certain enhancement.
Although these enhancements were somewhat negligible, as Hidan grew and killed stronger enemies, the feedback it provided might allow it to advance further.
In simple terms, Hidan was equivalent to its cheat. As long as the former continuously killed living beings, it could benefit. Therefore, it naturally poured all its efforts into cultivating Hidan.
As for Hidan's betrayal, it was not worried at all, because after being believed in, it felt that it could completely control Hidan's life and death. That kind of control was like an instinct.
Seeing Hidan still vehemently emphasizing his love for running around naked (actually cursing the system), the Undying Ghost King frowned and said, "Don't go around fighting for a while. I have an Undying Nether Pearl here. After you absorb it, your strength should reach another level. Prepare yourself, as the racial arena battles should begin in a while. You will be one of the main members of the under-level 50 arena fighters. Don't disappoint me."
Upon hearing this, Hidan, who was still angrily cursing the system, paused: "Arena battle?"
The Undying Ghost King nodded, and with a glance, transmitted the relevant information into his mind.
"Interesting!" Hidan tilted his head, digesting the information for a moment, a sinister grin spreading across his lips.
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Thanks to Ai Chi Tu Dou Dun Long Xia's Yun Shou for the two "chasing updates," and Xuan He for the Bobo Milk Tea.