"It's over!"
Amidst the raging flames, Hidan, whose body was burned black, picked up his scythe that had just flown out of his hand. Using the flames as cover, he quietly circled to Adam's side and launched a sneak attack.
To coordinate with Hidan's sneak attack, Kakuzu tacitly used his fastest Lightning Release again, forcing Adam to defend with a Shield Charm.
However, just as Hidan thought his sneak attack would succeed and he would get Adam's blood, a tail suddenly extended from behind Adam and pointed at him.
"Tarantallegra!"
A magic light hit Hidan, and Hidan immediately abandoned his attack, involuntarily starting to dance there.
"Why is this happening? Why is my body uncontrollably dancing?"
"Tail magic experiment successful."
Seeing this, Adam's face immediately broke into a satisfied smile.
Not long after the last great battle ended, his tail grew back.
However, given the lesson from that time, he had also been thinking of a solution.
A Saiyan's tail is a weakness; even after training, it won't cause him to lose strength if grabbed, but it can easily be cut off by sharp weapons.
Yet, the tail is crucial for a Saiyan to transform into a Great Ape. Once cut off, the transformation will be undone.
So he wondered how he could protect his tail, make it safer, and less likely to be targeted and cut off.
After gaining the Shinigami Bloodline and greatly increasing his soul power, he suddenly thought of a method.
Because his soul power had greatly increased, he could cast magic normally even without the aid of a magic ring and an Adamantium wand.
If that was the case, why could he only use his hands and not his tail instead?
His tail was incredibly flexible and was a Saiyan's vital organ. It actually had the same wonderful effect as the magical animal hair and organs used to make wands in the Wizarding World.
If he could adapt, perhaps he could also cast magic.
After repeated practice, he found that casting magic with his tail was indeed feasible, and the effect was no worse than casting with a magic ring.
His first real combat test today yielded excellent results.
In future battles, his hands could be freed up for close combat or to cast Ninjutsu and Qigong, while his tail could assist in casting magic.
If someone tried to sneak attack and cut off his tail again, he could quickly use his tail to cast defensive and counter-attacking magic, turning his tail from a weakness into a third hand for auxiliary offense.
"Hidan, what are you doing again? This enemy is very troublesome; be serious!"
As the Lightning Release ended, Kakuzu saw that Hidan was not attacking Adam but was dancing there, making him so angry he almost cursed out loud.
Fighting until now, he also felt the pressure. This enemy, summoned by the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, was much stronger than he had anticipated.
Not only was his taijutsu powerful, but his Ninjutsu was equally strong, and he could simultaneously use Ninjutsu with two nature transformations: Wind Release and Fire Release.
He and Hidan together had not managed to defeat the opponent yet, and if they dragged it out longer, it would be even more troublesome when reinforcements arrived.
Although he boasted that he had survived a battle with the First Hokage, that was just talk. The First Hokage had no intention of killing him at the time, which was why he managed to escape; otherwise, he would have been no match.
He still harbored some apprehension towards Konoha Ninja.
"It's not that I'm not serious; I've been hit by this guy's strange Ninjutsu, and now I can't control my body at all," Hidan shouted in response.
Just then, the figures of two Konoha Ninja squads appeared in the distance; clearly, they had received intelligence and were rushing to reinforce.
As soon as he spotted Hidan and Kakuzu, Kakashi immediately sent a message to the other four Ninja squads, telling them to rush over as quickly as possible.
"We can't wait any longer. Let's finish this in one go, then retreat with the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!"
Noticing the two Konoha squads approaching, Kakuzu finally stopped hesitating. He activated the Earth Grudge Fear technique, gathered most of the Chakra in his body, and began to fuse three masks, unleashing his strongest three-attribute Chakra nature transformation fusion Ninjutsu.
"Earth Grudge Fear: Final Shot!"
The Wind, Fire, and Lightning Chakra masks were all retracted and converged into his right arm. Lightning, flames, and a storm intertwined, forming a cannon that fired a blast at Adam.
"Not many in the Akatsuki can withstand this move. You can die now!"
"That's somewhat interesting."
Feeling the powerful energy fluctuations unleashed by the fusion of the three Chakra nature transformations, Adam's face finally showed a serious expression.
By his intuition, his Shield Charm really couldn't block an attack of this level.
"Forget it, let's end this."
Konoha's reinforcement squad was about to arrive, and Yamato also needed to be taken back to the Village for treatment as soon as possible, so he would no longer continue experimenting with magic effects.
He quickly assumed the Turtle Hermit Style attack stance, and the Ki within his body rapidly gathered in his hands.
"Ka-me-ha-me-ha!"
A powerful energy beam shot out, colliding head-on with Kakuzu's three-attribute Chakra cannon, entering a beam struggle.
However, this state lasted for less than three seconds. The Kamehameha's energy beam overwhelmingly shattered Kakuzu's Chakra cannon, completely engulfing his body.
"Boom!"
"What terrifying Ninjutsu!"
Shikamaru, Ino, and the other reinforcement squad members who had just arrived hadn't even had a chance to understand the situation from Kakashi when they were stunned by the energy of the Kamehameha unleashed by Adam.
As the terrifying explosion's energy dissipated, a horrifying giant crater appeared before everyone's eyes.
Fortunately, the exchange office was located at the very edge and a remote area of the town, otherwise, with that one strike, the entire town would have been obliterated.
In the deep pit, Kakuzu's Lightning Release Earth Grudge Fear mask shattered. The remaining Fire Release and Wind Release recombined, transforming back into Kakuzu.
However, as soon as he recovered, Kakuzu, without a word, immediately used the Body Flicker Technique to escape.
He had completely understood that he was no match for the opponent, and staying any longer would mean certain death.
As for Hidan, he could only say he was sorry.
However, as soon as his body moved, a hand was already on his shoulder.
"What's with running? It's not over yet."
"Pfft!"
A hand passed through his body from behind, directly grasping the mask formed by the Fire Release Chakra heart. With a squeeze, he lost another life.
"Stupefy!"
Seeing that Kakuzu had only one heart left and very little Chakra remaining, weakened to the level of an average Jonin, Adam gave him a final Stupefy, knocking him unconscious.
Carrying the unconscious Kakuzu back up, and then giving Hidan, who was still dancing, another Stupefy, Adam threw the two to Kakashi.
"Mission accomplished. Seal them first, then take them back for interrogation. We should be able to get some information about the Akatsuki."
"Alright... alright... alright..."
Kakashi took a deep breath and nodded.
He was a Ninja who had seen many grand scenes, but even so, he was somewhat scared by the strength Adam displayed today.
If it were just defeating Hidan and Kakuzu, he wouldn't be so surprised.
The main thing was the process; Adam performed too easily, so easily that Hidan and Kakuzu never even touched the hem of Adam's clothes throughout the entire battle.
What did this indicate? It indicated that Adam's strength far surpassed Hidan and Kakuzu, which was somewhat terrifying.
Of course, this was also a good thing; at least Naruto had an extremely powerful trump card.