On the battlefield.
Chino holding the 'Lightning Blades' and Ryuzetsu holding 'Hiramekarei' blocked the Nichirin Sword in Tanjiro's hand, which had already turned into the 'Crimson Red Nichirin Blade' state, from the front.
Because ordinary ninja tools could not block the Nichirin Sword in the 'Crimson Red Nichirin Blade' state at all, they could only use Ameyuri Ringo and Chojuro's swords.
The Water Release and Lightning Release composite ninjutsu activated by Kakuzu and Darui attacked Tanjiro's back.
In the distance, Yakumo activated 'Wood Release', using tough vines to firmly bind Tanjiro's arms and legs, restricting his movements.
And further away, Hidan stabbed himself fiercely with a long blade on the ritual circle of 'Curse Technique: Death Controlling Possessed Blood'!
Such a lineup, let alone a 'Demon', even a Six Paths level powerhouse would probably suffer greatly.
But even so, Tanjiro still didn't lose his combat power.
Although physical attacks and ninjutsu attacks were effective against him and could cause certain damage, he recovered in an instant.
Even if Hidan used 'Curse Technique: Death Controlling Possessed Blood' to directly attack his internal organs, it couldn't cause truly effective damage to him.
"Hey hey hey, something is wrong!"
Fighting to this extent, even the coarse-nerved Hidan realized something was wrong.
Because many people present had dealt with 'Upper Rank Demons' and were not unfamiliar with 'Demons'. Not long ago, Muku was captured by Kakuzu and Hidan.
Because of this, they knew that although 'Upper Rank Demons' were somewhat weird, they absolutely couldn't be so difficult to deal with. Otherwise, the 'Upper Rank Demon' group wouldn't have been defeated in the Land of Grass battle last time, and Ubuyashiki Ryuhei as the 'Demon King' wouldn't have been defeated and fled.
Kakuzu said in a deep voice: "This guy is definitely not an ordinary Demon!"
Leaning against a broken wall, Ranmaru panted while saying: "I saw a very weird power on him, not flesh and blood power belonging to Demons, nor ordinary chakra!"
Because 'Transparent Release' was countered by the opponent's 'Transparent World', and 'Steel Release' was broken by the 'Crimson Red Nichirin Blade', Ranmaru was in very poor condition, having been stabbed several times, and the wounds were still worsening.
However, this didn't prevent his mutated Red Eye from perceiving that weird power lingering on Tanjiro.
"I noticed it too!"
Yakumo chimed in.
Her 'Ketsuryugan' in terms of insight ability was above Ranmaru's mutated Red Eye, so she naturally also noticed the weirdness on Tanjiro.
Hidan, who had already stabbed himself full of blood, asked: "Stop talking nonsense, what exactly did you see?"
Ranmaru shook his head: "Don't know!"
Yakumo said however: "Don't know if you noticed, not only is he very weird, we are also somewhat strange!"
Chino interrupted: "Mhm, I always feel somewhat unable to exert strength!"
Ryuzetsu was surprised: "You too? I thought I was the only one like this!"
Kurotsuchi in the distance breathed a sigh of relief: "So everyone is the same!"
When facing Tanjiro, Kurotsuchi always felt inexplicably guilty. She was somewhat embarrassed to mention it before, but hearing everyone had similar situations more or less now, she felt somewhat relieved instead.
At this time, Deidara, who just happened to rush over, asked: "What is the same?"
Kurotsuchi hurriedly asked: "Don't you feel guilty facing that guy?"
Deidara was stunned: "Guilty? Why guilty?"
Kakuzu and Ranmaru glanced at Deidara, both somewhat speechless.
Hearing this, Yakumo seemed to catch something in her mind and asked: "Didn't you feel something wrong with your body?"
Deidara curled his lip: "I feel you guys are very wrong!"
Hidan muttered: "Hey, bastard, what are you saying!"
Kakuzu also reacted at this time, saying in a deep voice: "I seem to know what's going on!"
Yakumo said: "Me too!"
During the fight just now, even if the situation was deadlocked, as time went on, they would rapidly fall into a disadvantage.
At first, Yakumo thought it was because their physical strength and chakra consumption were too great, causing a decline in combat power. Now she understood that fear had appeared in their hearts, so their own strength dropped significantly unknowingly, highlighting Tanjiro's terror.
This also explained why ordinary ninjas' morale collapsed so quickly when facing Tanjiro, and many capable elites were slaughtered by Tanjiro like cutting melons and vegetables.
Of course, this was also their good luck, having a pervert like Deidara who knew no fear in the team. Otherwise, they really might not be able to accurately judge what was wrong with themselves in such a short time.
Kakuzu said at this time: "Use sealing jutsu!"
Yakumo nodded and started forming hand seals: "Four Symbols Seal, Restrict!"
Soon, Yakumo, who completed the hand seals, pressed her right hand fiercely on the ground.
Ink-colored sealing formulas rushed out from between her fingers, crawling onto Tanjiro along the vines of 'Wood Release' as if possessing spirituality.
Her 'Wood Release' inherently had attributes of binding and sealing. Now with the 'Four Symbols Seal', logically speaking, even stronger figures shouldn't be able to resist.
Swish swish swish...
At this time, ninjas of the Ninja Village Alliance supporting from outside arrived at the periphery of the battlefield amidst the sounds of breaking wind.
And the few Akatsuki members supporting from outside also leaped onto the roof of a courtyard, overlooking the battlefield here.
When seeing the situation on the battlefield clearly, whether the Ninja Village Alliance side or the Akatsuki organization side, all were greatly shocked.
They never expected that the two sides fighting life and death outside just now were currently working together against 'Upper Rank One'. And judging from the mess on the battlefield, as well as the corpses and wounded everywhere, the battle seemed very fierce.
"How is this possible!?"
Hiruko looked shocked.
He really couldn't imagine that Ranmaru, whose strength was vaguely above his own, was actually injured so heavily, almost withdrawing from the frontal battle.
Juzo Biwa also looked surprised.
He first noticed the ninja swords in Ryuzetsu and Chino's hands, then discovered Ameyuri Ringo and Chojuro lying there, life or death unknown.
Sasori raised the corner of his mouth with interest: "It seems this Demon is not simple! I want this Demon, don't snatch it from me!"
Hiruko sneered: "Why give it to you?"
Ninja Village Alliance side.
Kakashi and others were also quite surprised after seeing the situation on the battlefield, but he quickly analyzed the current situation.
The two sides trapped in 'Infinity Castle' previously joining forces briefly to counter 'Upper Rank One' was understandable. However, at this moment 'Upper Rank One' had been doubly controlled by Yakumo using 'Wood Release' and 'Four Symbols Seal'.
With the threat removed, the basis for joining forces was gone, so now they had to guard against Akatsuki's attack...