"Hmm? I can't even sense his presence anymore..."
A hint of surprise appeared on Shinji's face.
Although he himself was not a master of ninjutsu, thanks to the memories of his previous life, he was able to recognize many things.
At this time, this guy in front of him suddenly disappeared invisibly, even erasing his presence. It was very similar to Hayate Gekkō's Transparent Escape.
"No wonder I didn't find anything on the way to the Land of Waves. Who would have thought that the Jashin religion leader Takitsubo had such a talented person under his command."
Shinji was slightly surprised, but he didn't take it seriously.
The strength of Transparent Escape lies in silently infiltrating and approaching, making it the first choice for obtaining information and carrying out tracking and assassinations.
But in a head-on battle, the user of Transparent Escape will undoubtedly be greatly restricted.
Just like now, the other party used Transparent Escape to hide in front of Shinji, obviously preparing to launch a sneak attack or simply take the opportunity to run away. With the premise of having preparations, unless Shinji's IQ was assimilated by Hidan, there was no way he would let the other party succeed.
It was the same concept as Hayate Gekkō in the original story, failing to sneak attack and being killed by Baki in one move.
So Shinji wasn't in a hurry at all. He just put down the Kubikiribōchō and directly rushed into the crowd, starting to mow the grass!
"I surrender, don't kill me... Ah!"
"Akagi Shinji, don't you want to be the leader? We can support you, don't..."
"I know many secrets of the Jashin religion, including the location of the leader's private vault, I'll take you there, it's all yours!"
"Traitors, you won't have a good end."
"Kill, kill, I'll be waiting for you in Jashin-sama's place, hahaha..."
...
Those who knew about the back door and escaped from it with the man with gloomy eyes were basically the middle and high-level members of the Jashin religion, or had some strength.
They knew many secrets about the Jashin religion, and Shinji wasn't surprised.
But this didn't affect the speed and frequency with which he swung his knife.
Because he didn't care!
All the temptations mentioned by these people, when added together, were not as good as the system's quest rewards.
Because he couldn't use them!
In this world, only things that could enhance his own strength were the way to go.
Unfortunately, he was a useless ninja and could only practice cursed techniques.
So from the beginning, these people had been begging in the wrong direction, and they didn't know what Shinji wanted at all.
Before long, all these people were killed.
From beginning to end, the man with gloomy eyes didn't show up.
Shinji knew that the other party should have escaped, and the posture he had made before was just to confuse him.
He had expected this result.
He took out four blood bags from his body and crushed them all.
"Blood Manipulation Technique: Blood Mist Traceless!"
With a large amount of cursed energy injected, all the blood floating around Shinji began to atomize at the same time, and then quickly spread around.
Part of Shinji's spiritual power was attached to these blood mists and spread outwards with them.
Ten meters, twenty meters, fifty meters, one hundred meters!
Until 150 meters, a transparent human figure was stained blood red.
"Got you."
Shinji immediately looked to his right rear. In his perception, the other party was still cautiously moving carefully.
After all, the invisibility effect of Transparent Escape didn't really make him disappear. It would still leave flaws during the movement, such as imprints, sounds, etc.
So a good lurker, even when escaping, would definitely pay attention to these things, causing his movement speed to slow down.
Bang!
Shinji stepped hard on the ground and rushed towards the perceived target while reducing the concentration of the blood mist.
Such a big movement naturally made the man with gloomy eyes aware of it. At this time, he noticed that his body was like it had been painted with a layer of red dye.
He immediately tried to make it transparent with Transparent Escape, but as long as he was still in these blood mists, he would continue to be stained.
More importantly, these blood mists also contained Shinji's cursed energy, which could be accurately sensed by him.
And this kind of perception was something that the man with gloomy eyes' Transparent Escape couldn't cover.
"I've been discovered!"
The man with gloomy eyes was shocked and immediately tried to rush out of the blood mist to hide again.
But in the blink of an eye, the distance between them was shortened to within a hundred meters.
"This distance... is enough."
The Seven Kill Lamps on the Kubikiribōchō suddenly surged with a strange special energy, instantly enveloping Shinji and the sword.
Akagi Shinji, who was still dozens of meters away in the previous moment, appeared eerily behind the man with gloomy eyes in the next moment.
Stealth Break Strike!
A dragging slash from bottom to top was unleashed, the sharp force seeming to split the other party in half from the middle!
The man with gloomy eyes was shocked, how could it be so fast?!
Although he knew that this Kubikiribōchō was snatched from Zabuza Momochi in the Land of Waves, he didn't know that this Kubikiribōchō had been converted into a cursed tool by Shinji later, and had the ability of Stealth Break Strike.
After all, those were things that happened after the Land of Waves mission, and he couldn't possibly follow Shinji and Hidan every day.
Seeing that he was about to be split in half, a look of madness suddenly appeared in the eyes of the man with gloomy eyes.
"Transparent Escape - Empty Hide!!"
Creak creak!!
An eyebrow-raising grinding sound suddenly rang out.
Shinji's sure-kill strike was actually blocked by something, and could only be dragged slowly in the 'quagmire'.
And the man with gloomy eyes took the opportunity to quickly escape Shinji's Kubikiribōchō's attack range.
Shinji frowned slightly at this time. You had to know that the destructive power of Stealth Break Strike was double!
But as a result, he couldn't cut through the air wall in front of him?
No, it shouldn't be called an air wall, but an air mannequin that perfectly reproduced the shape of the man with gloomy eyes.
And he didn't know if it was a problem with the internal and external pressure, but after he cut into it, it was difficult to continue.
Just as Shinji was preparing to withdraw his strength, he suddenly staggered.
Because the 'air mannequin' that was blocking his attack had disappeared, causing him to use too much force and almost sprain his waist.
Then he heard a scream.
Shinji's gaze had never left the other party, and at this time he saw a bloody and hideous wound suddenly split open on the back of the man with gloomy eyes.
Then the man with gloomy eyes, trembling in pain, disappeared invisibly again.
The man with gloomy eyes, hiding behind a tree, was now covered in sweat, not knowing if it was from pain or from being scared just now.
Transparent Escape - Empty Hide could be said to be the ninjutsu he used to save his life.
Leaving a presence similar to an invisible clone in place, with extremely strong defense and difficult to destroy, the main body could take the opportunity to escape quickly.
But this move had a very big flaw, which was that half of the damage suffered by the clone would eventually be shared by his main body.
This was the real reason why he was injured just now.
It was just that compared to these shortcomings, it was already very difficult for him to survive now.
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