Starting with rogue ninjas, building the insect kingdom.

Chapter 498 Soul-Hooking Curse: A Deadly Kill Under Six Paths

Meanwhile, in Takigakure, Onoki and Hidan engaged in a chase in the sky. In the physical combat, Onoki was finally cut open by Sanxing, and a drop of blood was collected by someone.

Hidan spun his fan-shaped scythe, turning the blade towards himself, and stuck out his tongue to lick away the drop of blood.

Onoki looked disgusted and frowned slightly. "As expected of an evil organization, such young children are already so perverted."

However, Hidan chuckled and said, "Pervert, no, no, no, it's game over!"

Suddenly, a special sacrificial symbol appeared beneath Hidan's feet. It wasn't drawn with blood, but rather formed naturally by ninjutsu, making it impossible to break.

Then his body suddenly turned half black and half white, and on the black half, a skeleton appeared.

"What the hell?" Onoki felt that something was very wrong. He suddenly remembered the information that Black Zetsu had told him: there was a kind of evil god curse that could share damage as long as one obtained blood.

Before Hidan could harm him, he was already preparing to launch a preemptive attack and destroy the altar below.

But this time he misunderstood. He heard a thumping heartbeat and saw Hidan's true spirit form appear behind him. It was a huge phantom that looked about 60-70% like Hidan.

He held a sickle in his hand and had a faint smile on his face, but he seemed more like a spirit, no, a god, a colossal god.

"Then I'll accept your soul, old man!" Hidan swung his scythe forward, but it was so slow that it couldn't hit anyone, especially since they were so far apart.

However, Onoki's eyes went out of focus for a moment, and his body fell straight down from the sky.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a gigantic scythe that had ripped his soul from his body, which was then seized by a giant in the sky. Finally, the scythe was crushed into pieces and incorporated into the giant's rosary.

At this moment, the third member of the Akatsuki organization has fallen!

The Fourth Raikage, A, stared blankly at the enormous god in the sky, and for a moment began to ramble incoherently.

"How could this be? How could this be? This kind of power, how can a ninja withstand it?" At this moment, he lost all his pride. The ninja world had already quietly changed, it had become different. They really were just trash destined to be swept into the dustbin of history!

He laughed heartily, but his opponent, Bubble, thought he was crazy, shook his head, and blew out another string of bubbles, which contained dissolving liquid and burst upon landing on his body.

The acid corroded the Fourth Raikage's body, and the pain made him think of resisting and struggling.

How could I suddenly become so weak? Even if I die, I will take one person with me.

However, he was overthinking it. The scythe in the sky fell again, taking his soul into it, while his body was devoured clean by a bunch of insects that emerged from the ground.

At this moment, the group of people who had been hiding underground finally prepared to emerge. Now that everyone else had disappeared, they could go about their business as usual, live their lives as usual, set up their stalls as usual, and enjoy their entertainment as usual.

With this, the fourth member of the Akatsuki organization has fallen!

In the Land of Rain, Black Zetsu's face darkened even more upon receiving the message from White Zetsu.

Although he knew they were doomed to defeat, he never expected them to lose so utterly, without even inflicting the slightest damage. They could have at least destroyed some buildings. Useless, utterly useless!

"Gentlemen," Black Zetsu said, standing before the twenty-odd Reanimated bodies, "now, apart from Konoha, all four other great nations have been destroyed. The ninja villages you founded are now history. To put it bluntly, ninjas are being replaced by insects."

"And I just received news that the advance team I sent out has been completely wiped out!"

"Now, no matter what grudges you may have had before, no matter what conspiracies or schemes are behind it, in the face of a powerful enemy, all of this is meaningless to investigate further."

"That's right. The ninjas no longer exist. What was the point of all that we pursued before?" At this moment, the man with the small mustache stroked his mustache and looked at the Second Tsuchikage. "Old zombie, let's go and meet the strongmen of this new era."

The Second Tsuchikage, his body wrapped in bandages, sat huddled to the side with his arms crossed, saying, "Who wants to act with you?"

At this moment, the First and Second Raikage stood beside Kinkaku and Ginkaku. The four of them were originally at each other's throats, but upon hearing these words, they put aside their hatred.

The Land of Lightning no longer exists; what's the point of these dead people pursuing those things anymore?

The First Raikage said, "Alright, the four of us will take over from the so-called Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist."

Golden Horn mocked from the side, "She's just a witch. She used to be an unknown figure. I think your team members are just too useless."

At this moment, the Third Mizukage said, "I'll go with you, since I'm familiar with the Seven Ninja Swords."

Black Zetsu patiently reminded him, "Don't be careless. They are skilled at manipulating souls, and you only have souls left now. Generally speaking, they are more restrained."

Unfortunately, these words were not of much use to them, because the four of them simply responded and quickly set off.

They set off together, along with the first Mizukage, the first Tsuchikage, the first Kazekage, the second Kazekage, and the third Kazekage—a total of five people.

Their destination was Ghost Lantern Island, where they were supposedly going to destroy some kind of combustible ice, so being able to fly would make them faster.

The First Mizukage couldn't fly, so he was naturally carried by the First Tsuchikage.

However, no intelligence from that side has been transmitted back, mainly because the White Zetsu couldn't infiltrate, and the people there were dying too quickly.

Of course, Black Zetsu still gave them a slight reminder about their trip, but he thought there shouldn't be any major problems. Now, apart from the four witches who target souls, there shouldn't be anyone else who targets souls.

After the ten people left, the space suddenly felt much more spacious.

At that moment, Madara Uchiha suddenly spoke up, "Why aren't you leaving yet?"

Seeing the awkward atmosphere around him, the little mustache immediately said, "Don't worry, Master Ban, we'll go to support the front lines right away."

"Old zombie, and the third-generation Thunder brat, and the fourth-generation Wind brat, come with me, old man."

Upon hearing this, the other three also sensed that something was amiss, and immediately nodded, following the Second Mizukage to the battlefield in the Land of Fire.

As for the remaining experts, they were all a notch weaker and had no ability to act independently. A dozen or so of them were controlled and scattered together, probably to go out and do some casual things.

After everyone had left, Hashirama Senju, who had been laughing and joking, suddenly became serious: "Madara, tell me, where have you been all these years? What is this thing? And what are you plotting behind the scenes?"

Madara Uchiha said, "Hashirama and the others are already dead, what's the point of asking these questions?"