Caught in the grip of Uchiha Shinji's Susanoo, Rui's face was filled with terror!
"Damn it! Damn it!"
He shouted loudly, struggling with all his might. But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't shake the hold of Shinji's Susanoo.
The threads, which could easily cut through kunai forged from high-grade steel, could not penetrate the armor of the Susanoo once they were wrapped around it.
The giant hand of the Susanoo held him like an iron cage, tightly gripping him.
Under the Susanoo, Shinji stared coldly at the Lower Moon Five in front of him and asked in a deep voice, "Speak. What is your purpose in invading this place?"
Instinctively, Rui avoided Shinji's gaze.
Clearly, after absorbing the Mother Spider Demon's blood, Rui had also learned through the blood about her experience of being controlled by Shinji's genjutsu.
This was a power unique to demons.
They could obtain everything from blood, including intelligence and information!
Therefore, he knew Shinji's eyes held some sort of incomprehensible power. Even a brief glance at them might cause him to lose control of his mind.
Considering the terrible consequences of this, Rui made a desperate decision and crossed his hands.
Slash, slash!
In an instant, Rui's own body was sliced into countless pieces by his own threads and fell through the gaps in the fingers of Shinji's Susanoo.
Immediately after, the pieces scattered across the ground were connected by threads and quickly reassembled into a whole.
He can do that...
Shinji was somewhat speechless.
He hadn't expected Rui to use such a bizarre method, dismembering himself to escape from Shinji's control.
Once free, Rui lost all courage to face Shinji. His spider-like lower half, with its eight legs, started running frantically, fleeing into the distance.
Shinji's face darkened, and he deactivated his Susanoo before chasing after him.
He had held back several times, hoping to extract useful information from Rui to avoid remaining in the dark.
But Rui seemed utterly terrified of revealing anything.
Under the cover of night.
Rui, now in a panic, recklessly dashed through the forest, knocking over trees and kicking up clouds of dust along the way.
Swish, swish.
At that moment, two sounds of air being sliced echoed, and two Hidden Leaf ANBU appeared in front of Rui, blocking his path. "Stop right there!"
"Get out of my way!"
Seeing someone standing in his way, Rui roared angrily and unleashed his Blood Demon Art.
In an instant, a giant glowing red web shot toward the two ANBU members.
The two ANBU exchanged glances and, in perfect sync, formed hand seals.
"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet!"
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
One unleashed a Fire Release jutsu, and the other used Wind Release.
The wind fueled the flames!
Under the boost from the Wind Release jutsu, the Fire Dragon Bullet instantly turned into a blazing fire dragon, surging directly toward the red web and Rui behind it.
As soon as the combined jutsu was completed, the two experienced ANBU didn't wait to see the result. They immediately began forming more seals, anticipating Rui's evasion and preparing for a second round of attacks.
In their minds, the red web would undoubtedly be burned to ashes by their combined jutsu, and Rui would surely dodge the Fire Dragon Bullet.
And once Rui stopped charging and began to dodge, they could launch their second round of attacks.
As expected, the red web was indeed destroyed by their powerful combined jutsu, but to their surprise, Rui did not dodge. Instead, he rushed headfirst into the Fire Dragon Bullet.
"He's committing suicide!?"
The two ANBU were shocked, their eyes filled with disbelief.
However, what shocked them even more was the sight of a gray figure, covered in sparks, emerging from the column of flames and pouncing at the ANBU who had used Fire Release, biting him on the neck.
"You..."
The bitten ANBU coughed up blood, the light in his eyes quickly fading. Even in death, his face was full of disbelief.
"Why... why you..."
The remaining ANBU was too terrified to speak.
With his vast experience, he could immediately tell that the monster before him, severely burned with parts of its body charred, was not a clone.
But that only made him even more horrified.
How did this thing have the courage to take their combined jutsu head-on, and more importantly, why was it still alive!?
With such severe injuries, not even a medical shinobi could save someone in this condition.
Yet the demon was acting like nothing had happened, vigorously devouring his comrade.
"!?"
The ANBU realized in horror, "This monster is eating humans!"
With his mouth full of blood, Rui looked at the remaining ANBU with a grotesque grin and licked his lips. "The people of this world are so delicious!"
The ANBU, on high alert, shouted, "Wh-what kind of monster are you!?"
Rui yelled back, "Blood Demon Art: Cutting Thread Cage!"
Though terrified, the ANBU's hands moved swiftly. As the blood web flew toward him, he quickly formed hand seals and pressed his hands to the ground. "Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!"
Boom!
A solid earth wall rose up from the ground, standing between the ANBU and the incoming web.
Just as the ANBU was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard a cracking sound. The protective earth wall in front of him was crumbling under the blood web.
The next moment, the blood web descended upon him.
A wall of earth couldn't withstand the web; his flesh was even less of a match. In an instant, the ANBU was brutally dismembered by the blood web.
Staring at the scattered pieces of flesh on the ground, a look of fascination briefly flickered in Rui's eyes.
But he quickly regained his composure. Glancing back at Shinji, who had caught up to him, Rui reluctantly left behind the blood-soaked remains and continued to flee into the distance.
In the short time that had passed, his burn injuries had already completely healed, leaving no scars.
As Rui fled, Shinji arrived at the scene.
Taking in the sight of the chaotic battlefield, the face beneath his mask was grim.
Two Hidden Leaf ANBU had been slaughtered in moments by Lower Moon Five. Shinji was fully aware that Rui had taken advantage of the demons' immortality, catching the ANBU off guard.
But even so, it was still shocking.
Shinji crouched down and touched the chunks of earth that had been sliced apart by the blood web.
The earth wall created by the ANBU's Earth Release had been as thick as an adult's forearm, but even such a solid wall couldn't withstand Lower Moon Five's Blood Demon Art.
This demon can already use chakra to enhance his Blood Demon Art, Shinji's eyes grew cold as he thought to himself. He must die!
If this demon passed on his knowledge of using chakra to other demons, it would be a catastrophe for the shinobi world.
The Blood Demon Arts of demons were already incredibly strange.
Some could manipulate dreams, minds, or even space itself—terrifying abilities.
If all demons mastered the use of chakra, there would be no telling how much stronger they would become.
Therefore, this menace cannot be left alive!