Fujin and Mieko both had spent a lot of their chakra due to the jutsus they used earlier. So they attacked the Priest with Kenjutsu and Taijutsu. Due to the threat of Fujin's sword and Mieko's Sharingan, the Priest was having a tough time. Despite the advantages, Fujin or Mieko didn't manage to land any hits on him.
However, the Priest couldn't help but complain in his mind, 'What the fuck does Konoha teach in their academy? I spoke in such a hilarious tone. And I provoked them. But they kept attacking me without a single emotion on their face! I expected these brats to say at least something to give me some time to catch my breath and attack first!'
Some distance away from them, Akihiko and Masaru too had entered into fights. They successfully separated all the Jashinists. Akihiko took on Zankoku while Masaru took on the remaining Priest.
As soon as he was far away from Zankoku, Masaru attacked the Priest. He flickered in front of him and launched a fireball at him. However, the Priest created a Water Wall to defend himself and counter-attacked with sharp jets of water.
Masaru dodged while closing in on the distance between them. The Priest frowned while moving backwards as he thought, 'He is strong! I can't get into a Taijutsu fight with an Uchiha. And I have to avoid looking into his eyes. So annoying. I hope Zankoku-sama wins quickly and comes to aid me.'
As the Priest decided to stall and fight defensively, the fight entered into a stalemate. The Priest's Water jutsus completely shut down Masaru's Fire jutsus. Though Masaru resorted to Earth jutsus, they didn't have much effect on the Priest.
Some distance from them, Akihiko and Zankoku faced each other. Like all Uchihas, Akihiko launched a huge Fireball at his enemy. He launched shurikens into his fireball to double up. Zankoku waved his arm. A blood wall appeared in the path of the Fireball.
The fireball hit the blood wall and exploded. Though the explosion didn't reach Zankoku, it cleared the path for the shurikens. Zankoku's attention was entirely on Akihiko. So he didn't notice the shurikens until they were very close. He immediately moved out of the way, but a few shurikens left cuts on him.
Without giving him any respite, Akihiko pressed on the attack. He flickered in front of him and attacked with a tanto. Zankoku grabbed a retractable spear and used it to block the tanto. While he blocked, Akihiko's sharingans noticed the cut wounds on his body closing by themselves. He kept attacking, however, his expression grew grim.
Akihiko analyzed, 'His self-healing is off the charts! The only one I have heard about having such healing is the First Hokage. But how can this lunatic have such a healing ability? And what are its limits? If he can heal non-stop, then it wouldn't matter how many times we hit him. He will still keep healing.'
Zankoku looked at Akihiko's face and guessed his thoughts. He smirked and said, "That's right. No matter how many times you wound me, I will always heal. Your whole squad is doomed to die at my han..."
He suddenly stopped speaking and stood still. Akihiko smirked, 'It doesn't matter how much you can heal. Once you look in the eyes of an Uchiha, it's all over!'
While he was speaking, Zankoku looked into Akihiko's eyes. Akihiko didn't waste the opportunity and cast a Sharingan Genjutsu instantly. Akihiko stepped forward while thinking, 'Now let me see if you can heal yourself after being beheaded.'
He raised his arm and swung his tanto at Zankoku's neck. However, all of a sudden, Zankoku attacked. He swung his spear with all his might. Akihiko's sharingans noticed the movements and he immediately jumped backward. However, he couldn't dodge completely. The spear hit his right shoulder and left a deep cut up to his abdomen. He began bleeding profusely!
A sadistic grin appeared on Zankoku's face. In order to not alert Akihiko, he used no chakra in that attack. That is why Akihiko was caught off-guard.
Akihiko quickly moved back while inspecting his injury. He looked at Zankoku and asked, "How did you break my Genjutsu?"
Zankoku grinned and said, "I have been blessed by Lord Jashin! Do you think your pathetic eyes will be able to cast a Genjutsu on someone blessed by Lord Jashin?"
While he was speaking, Akihiko analyzed, 'While the cut is deep, he only managed to cut my flesh. None of my organs is hit. However, it hurts to move my right arm. I won't be able to fight with my right arm with my full strength or speed. What a shit situation to be in…'
Akihiko narrowed his eyes and replied, "The ones who worship Jashin can't be put under a genjutsu? Bullshit, I slaughtered all your forces with my Genjutsu."
Zankoku didn't reply and began attacking. He noticed that his words didn't have any demoralizing effect on Akihiko. Instead, Akihiko was just taking the opportunity to rest and stall for time.
Akihiko fought back while cursing in his mind, 'So he heals his wounds and is immune to Genjutsu. How the fuck should I fight him?'
The two engaged in an intense Taijutsu and Kenjutsu battle. Zankoku held the advantage, but Akihiko managed to hang on and didn't take any more damage. Seeing him not making any headways, Zankoku controlled his blood and attacked Akihiko with a blood needle rain once again!
Akihiko quickly flickered away while making hand signs.
'Fire Release: Fire Dragon jutsu'
A huge 50-meter-long fire dragon was formed. It headed straight at Zankoku. Zankoku once again defended himself with a blood dome. The Dragon hit the dome and exploded, but no harm was done to Zankoku.
While Zankoku was defending, Akihiko made hand signs and placed his left palm in front of the cut. A gentle chakra was released from his palm and he began healing the wound. He immediately stopped the bleeding. He wanted to heal more, but he was once again attacked. He stopped using Mystical Palm jutsu and defended himself.
As he defended, Akihiko analyzed, 'I can't defeat him. Though I know more jutsus, the blood he controls is very versatile. And his chakra is higher than mine as well. I guess I should just stall. Defeating him without Sora's Fuinjutsu wouldn't be possible.'
Seeing that he couldn't win, Akihiko fought with the intent of only stalling. Zankoku attacked very aggressively, but he couldn't get through Akihiko's defense again. He also tried to get away from Akihiko without any success.
The entire battlefield turned into a stalemate. Whoever won first would turn the scales in their favor.
Mieko and Fujin were extremely annoyed. They held the advantage for the majority of the time. And yet, they didn't manage to land a single hit on their opponent. And while Renjiro's training had taught them to ignore all enemy's words, his constant taunts and slurs were getting on their nerves.
Having fended off the latest round of attacks, the Priest said, "This one was born in the Land of Lightning. When this one fought in the Great Ninja wars, your parents hadn't even fucked each other! Run back to your academy, runts."
Finally, Mieko couldn't control her mouth. She attacked while yelling, "By the time I am done with you, you won't be capable of fucking anyone!"
The Priest blocked her kunai and dodged Fujin's sword and replied, "I serve Lord Jashin. I haven't fucked anyone for over a decade."
Fujin glanced at Mieko. He thought, 'She is about to lose her cool.'
He looked at his opponent and thought, 'I haven't engaged much in trash-talking. I should consider adding it to my skills. I can think of a bunch of strong opponents who would go berserk with a good trash talk.'
Not wanting Mieko to lose her control, Fujin commented casually, "I heard that you Jashinists have to sacrifice to your dumb god. Don't tell me that you have to sacrifice your private parts in order to be inducted into your little cult."
Mieko was surprised by Fujin's words. She wondered, 'When did he become so foul-mouthed?'
Even the Priest watched Fujin with surprise. He said, "Of course not, we have to con…"
Fujin interrupted him and said, "Considering that you are so proud about sacrificing them, I guess that they were very pathetic."
The Priest immediately yelled, "You little br…!"
However, Fujin instantly flickered in front of him and slashed with his sword horizontally! The Priest immediately moved backward and jumped out of the path of Fujin's attack. Seeing that his opponent was in the air, Fujin fired a dozen Air bullets at him. While attacking, he thought, 'What a pro! Even his anger was fake.'
The Priest immediately weaved a couple of hand signs and extended both his arms forward. Lightning arcs appeared between his palms.
'Lightning Release: Lightning Beam jutsu'
The Priest fired a Lightning Beam straight at Fujin. The beam was very wide and completely covered the priest. All the Air Bullets crashed into the beam. They hindered the lightning beam slightly, but couldn't pierce through.
Fujin watched the Lightning Beam coming at him. He didn't move. He focused chakra in his throat and converted it into Wind. When the beam was just a meter away from him, he opened his mouth and fired a Vacuum Bullet.
However, unlike Fujin's earlier Vacuum Bullets, this one was huge. It would be more appropriate to call it a Vacuum Canon instead! It pierced straight through the center of the enemy's lightning beam and dispersed most of it.
The Priest was shocked. He tried to use the force of his own jutsu to move out of the way while in the air. Mieko was surprised as well. Launching an attack in such a way meant that Fujin won't be able to dodge. However, realizing the risk Fujin took, Mieko flickered close to the Priest to attack him.
It looked like this fight would finally have a result soon.
