Faced with Hidan's provocation, Black Zetsu spread his hands and said, "Hidan, we are comrades in the Akatsuki organization, there is no need—"
He stopped halfway through his sentence, because Hidan directly activated his Tailed Beast state, swinging his Three-bladed blood scythe to decapitate him.
"Just obediently let me sacrifice you to Lord Jashin!"
With a roar, Hidan instantly appeared in front of Black and White Zetsu, bringing his scythe down with a heavy strike.
Black Zetsu could only quickly submerge into the ground, re-emerging from another large tree in the blink of an eye.
Looking at the deep crater Hidan had carved into the ground, Black Zetsu could not help but curse, "You lunatics of the Jashin Religion!"
Furthermore, Hidan obviously did not care about being called that. He even curled his lips in satisfaction as the chakra around his body became more violent, launching an even more fierce assault.
As one tree after another was cut down, Black Zetsu finally lost his patience.
"Even though I don't know where this guy got Tailed Beast chakra from, let's teach him a lesson anyway."
Black Zetsu narrowed his eyes.
"Alright, I've been dying to drain Hidan dry anyway!"
White Zetsu cheered.
Hidan, who was venting his power wildly, suddenly froze. A large amount of white spores suddenly emerged from his body, continuously absorbing the Tailed Beast chakra wrapped around his skin to grow rapidly.
Perhaps because the nutrients were too abundant, these spores actually grew into several White Zetsu clones within a single second.
"What kind of ghost thing is this?"
Hidan looked at the White Zetsu clones growing out of his own body, feeling a wave of disgust.
He swung his scythe frantically, cutting these guys down one by one, but they seemed endless, continuously absorbing his chakra and splitting into new entities.
"It's useless, Hidan."
White Zetsu stared at the struggling Hidan, mocking him.
"These spores will continuously absorb your chakra to grow. As long as a single shred of chakra remains in your body, these spores will keep splitting and multiplying until death arrives!"
"Tch."
Hidan let out a disdainful sneer. The thing he feared least was death.
Simu, who was fighting Obito, also noticed the situation on the other side. He directly used his remote control to cut off the Tailed Beast chakra supply from the Husk to Hidan.
As the Tailed Beast chakra cloak around Hidan disappeared, the spores finally stopped splitting.
Despite this, Hidan was still trapped in a predicament, surrounded by hundreds of White Zetsu clones.
These clones had just multiplied by absorbing the Tailed Beast chakra, and they were now tightly surrounding Hidan.
Of course, Hidan did not care too much about this, raising his scythe to start fighting.
No matter how many of these White Zetsu clones there were, they did not possess the ability to kill Hidan, so there was no need to worry.
On the other side of the battlefield, Obito and Simu maintained their standstill for three to four minutes.
During this time, Simu continuously used Lightning Style to release electrical currents, preparing for Obito's attack.
Conversely, Obito maintained his intangible state to avoid giving Simu an opening.
Despite this, after three to four minutes passed, the intangible Obito discovered that Simu's chakra output was still exceptionally stable.
This meant the opponent probably had a massive amount of chakra left in his body!
Looking at himself, the intangibility limit of his Mangekyo Sharingan was already approaching its end. If he dragged this out any longer, the situation would likely become even worse.
Therefore, Obito had to make a decisive move to save himself.
"You will pay the price for your foolish decision today, Simu Kamizuki."
The harsh words Obito left behind did not intimidate Simu, but rather earned a sneer.
"I hope so, Senior Madara Uchiha."
Simu deliberately emphasized the name Madara Uchiha, sounding quite mocking.
But Obito could no longer care about this, as his intangibility time was running out.
Thus, he activated his ability. Along with a distortion in space, his figure rapidly vanished in front of Simu.
On the Tailed Beast battlefield, the two colossal entities locked in a fierce battle had completely altered the topography of the lake, destroying countless surrounding forests and houses.
Suddenly, Obito, who was supposed to have vanished, appeared atop the head of the Three-Tails.
"Before leaving, I will give you one more gift."
His gloomy voice echoed. Immediately after, the Three-Tails beneath his feet unleashed a roar, opening its mouth as Yin and Yang chakra rapidly gathered into a dark purple sphere.
The Tailed Beast Bomb!
Obito controlled the Three-Tails to condense a Tailed Beast Bomb once more, attempting to cause more trouble for Simu before his departure.
But Simu had already anticipated this. After Obito vanished, he also left Hidan behind and arrived atop the head of the Six-Tails.
The moment he noticed the opponent's intention, he made the exact same decision.
The massive, soft body of the Six-Tails quickly raised its six tails, condensing a vast amount of Yin and Yang chakra in the air, and a Tailed Beast Bomb of similar size to the Three-Tails' quickly took shape.
Obito's eyes turned icy upon seeing this, but he still launched the Tailed Beast Bomb without hesitation.
After all, he possessed a space-time Ninjutsu that could ignore all attacks, so he only needed to enter his intangible state at the moment the two Tailed Beast Bombs exploded.
Despite this, Simu would have to forcefully endure the terrifying shockwave from the simultaneous explosion of two Tailed Beast Bombs.
Yet, Simu's expression did not waver in the slightest.
The moment the Three-Tails released its Tailed Beast Bomb, the Six-Tails launched its own.
The two dark purple spheres collided right between the Three-Tails and the Six-Tails, blasting out countless strands of black lightning. Even the clouds in the sky were shattered, and the airflow generated by the collision uprooted trees in all directions, as the lake water formed massive waves that slammed wildly against the land.
An aura capable of destroying the world instantly enveloped the entire battlefield.
In the next second, accompanied by the black lightning, red flames surged into the sky like a colossal pillar of fire piercing the heavens.
It looked as if the sun had crashed into the ground, and the blinding light from the explosion was enough to cause blindness.
The terrifying heat instantly evaporated all the lake water, melting the rocky ground.
Furthermore, the erupting energy swept up dust, rocks, trees, and everything else, turning into a shockwave that swallowed the earth like ripples or a tsunami sweeping outward.
Nothing could stop it!
Even the Hidden Mist Village, located several kilometers away, could not escape this catastrophe.
The shockwave rolled over, destroying all the houses facing the battlefield and causing countless casualties.
When people looked from afar, flames and smoke surged into the sky, eventually blooming like a giant mushroom cloud, shrouding the entire Hidden Mist Village in darkness.
The lake chosen as the battlefield had been completely evaporated, and the epicenter of the explosion had turned into a massive crater.
The two Tailed Beasts were also severely injured under such a horrific explosion, their entire bodies covered in burns.
The shell of the Three-Tails turned pitch black, while the Six-Tails lay weakly on the ground like a slug, breathing its last.
If they were not Tailed Beasts possessing massive life force, they would probably be choosing a place to reincarnate by now.
Conversely, Obito, the instigator, actually stood at the center of the battlefield. Forget about being injured, there was not even a single scorch mark on his Akatsuki cloak.
This was the broken nature of his ocular Jutsu, Kamui. As long as he was in his intangible state, all attacks were useless against him.
"Simu Kamizuki, I told you, I will make you pay the price."
The corners of Obito's mouth beneath his mask curled up slightly. No matter what, seeing this major threat perish before him made him feel quite pleased.
But he could no longer smile in the next instant.
Because he saw with his own eyes that Simu, who had supposedly dissolved in the explosion, was slowly re-emerging inch by inch on the empty ground before him.
Furthermore, there were no injuries on his body, as if he had never experienced that terrifying explosion.
"It seems Senior Madara Uchiha was quite certain of his victory."
Simu gently pushed his glasses, the Mangekyo Sharingan in his eyes looking slightly dim.
To maintain his powerful persona as Madara Uchiha, Obito did not voice his inner confusion, but rather stared at Simu's Mangekyo Sharingan and said, "It seems you have obtained a quite extraordinary ocular Jutsu."
Simu smiled slightly. "You could say that."
Obito was right. During the explosion just now, Simu had indeed used Fugaku Uchiha's ocular Jutsu, the Ring of Time.
He had activated this Jutsu before the explosion, so although his body was completely destroyed by the blast, his physical state returned to the moment he cast the Jutsu once the time of the Ring of Time ended.
This Jutsu was practically broken to a certain extent.
Because it already involved the dimension of time, making it an enhanced version of Izanagi.
Of course, Simu could have also sacrificed a Sharingan to activate Izanagi to save his life just now, but he chose to test the practical effect of the Ring of Time in actual combat instead.
It looked quite good, though it was a bit straining on the eyes.
Feeling the stinging pain from his eyes, Simu deeply experienced the troubles brought by the Mangekyo Sharingan.
In comparison, Obito's mood on the opposite side was not as pleasant.
The Three-Tails behind him quickly shrank, its chakra sealed back into Yagura Karatachi's body.
Immediately after, he activated his space-time Ninjutsu, preparing to retreat from here with the Three-Tails.
As for the Hidden Mist Village?
He no longer had the time to care. Simu Kamizuki's strength had far exceeded his expectations. If he dragged this out, even the weakness of Kamui might be analyzed!
"The way you flee looks just like a pathetic rat, Senior Madara Uchiha."
Simu's eyes lifted slightly, and a terrifying sense of crisis locked onto Obito.
In the next second, countless lightning sparks dissipated from Simu's body, forming a dazzling blue-white tomoe before his Mangekyo Sharingan at the speed of light.
Lightning: Kotoamatsukami!
This blue-white tomoe, condensing a massive amount of Lightning Style chakra, shot out like a divine arrow capable of piercing everything!
The hairs on Obito's body stood on end. At the critical moment, he had to abandon his plan to absorb Yagura Karatachi into his pocket dimension, entering his intangible state first to vanish.
Meanwhile, the lightning tomoe released by Simu grazed past Yagura Karatachi, completely obliterating a broken mountain range over a thousand meters away!
A line of bloody tears flowed from Simu's eye.
Despite this, he did not relax, but continued to release a large amount of electrical currents to cover the surrounding battlefield to prevent Obito from appearing again.
At this moment, Obito, who was inside his pocket dimension, saw this scene and finally confirmed that he no longer had a single chance. He abandoned all illusions and vanished completely.
Simu stood in place, and the Six-Tails behind him also quickly shrank, reverting back into Utakata.
Two giant white insects emerged from underground, opening their mouths to swallow them whole, then vanished into smoke.
After ensuring the safety of the Jinchuriki, Simu finally dissolved the Lightning Style attached to the surroundings and walked toward the edge of the explosion crater.
Since the previous explosion had burned all the Black Beetles Simu had deployed around, he had to generate some new insects to scout for information.
Under the feedback of the insects, he quickly arrived at a ruin.
"It should be here."
Simu clapped his hands, executing a small-scale Earth Style: Earth Movement Core to raise the ground before him.
As the rocks rose, a familiar figure finally emerged.
"Cough, cough, cough!!!"
"I was almost suffocated to death!"
"Those damn Black Zetsu and White Zetsu, just wait until I return to the Land of Rain, I will definitely sacrifice them to Lord Jashin!"
Having just seen the light of day again, Hidan began to complain endlessly.
He had unfortunately been struck by a rock during the explosion generated by the collision of the Tailed Beast Bombs, and then he was dragged underground by the opportunistic White Zetsu, almost suffocating inside.
Of course, Hidan could not suffocate to death, but that feeling of suffocation was very real, which was why he was so enraged.
"Alright, it's already good enough that they didn't capture you," Simu said, gently pushing his glasses.
After successfully capturing the Three-Tails and the Six-Tails, Simu quietly left the place with Hidan.
But the storm generated by this incident would not settle down so easily.
First was the Hidden Mist Village. After losing Yagura Karatachi and numerous core members, the Blood Mist faction faced a complete purge.
The ninjas who had been oppressed in recent years began to launch a frantic revenge against the Blood Mist faction. If Mei Terumi and others had not stopped them in time, and if Elder Genji had not stepped forward to suppress the dispute, this liquidation might have eventually evolved into a civil war within the Hidden Mist Village.
It could have even become a civil war for the entire Land of Water!
This purge lasted for three full days before coming to an end.
It was not until three days later that Genji, one of the founders of the Hidden Mist Village, finally breathed a sigh of relief, confirming that the two mysterious men who could control Tailed Beasts to fight had truly departed.
Meanwhile, Mei Terumi and others also came before him to report the results of this operation.
"We purged a total of 324 core members of the Blood Mist faction. Most of the remaining ones only joined due to Yagura's intimidation and did not commit severe crimes, so we did not handle them immediately."
"In this battle, including the Blood Mist faction, the Hidden Mist Village lost a total of 867 ninjas. About one-fourth of the houses were damaged, and reconstruction work is actively underway."
"Furthermore, the two Tailed Beasts of the Hidden Mist Village, the Three-Tails Isobu and the Six-Tails Saiken, are currently missing, suspected to have been taken away by those two mysterious men."
Mei Terumi reported the general situation in one breath.
Genji was not surprised by the various data.
Even the disappearance of the two Tailed Beasts was nothing strange.
After all, from the moment that battle began, the two Tailed Beasts of the Hidden Mist Village were no longer under control, completely becoming someone else's weapons.
Even Yagura Karatachi, that perfect Jinchuriki, could not resist those terrifying eyes of the Uchiha.
This situation also caused Genji to reflect seriously—were Tailed Beasts truly qualified weapons for the Hidden Mist Village?
At least from the current perspective, the Three-Tails and the Six-Tails had not played a role in protecting the Hidden Mist Village, but had instead become weapons used by others to deal with it.