Chapter 102: Defeating the Snake (Part 3)
"Then, try this move!" Orochimaru lay prone on the ground, opening his large mouth and rushing towards Kiyoshi's direction.
"Serpent Swarm Formation!"
Various kinds of pythons continuously rushed out from Orochimaru's mouth, densely covering the entire area of the battle. The snakes writhed their bodies, rapidly crawling on the ground. Their bodies intertwined, sometimes Entanglement each other, sometimes scattering, surging towards Kiyoshi. The ground trembled slightly and rustled wherever the snakes passed, as if it were the accompaniment to their movements.
Kiyoshi watched this scene, a trace of cold sweat involuntarily appearing on his forehead. The Orochimaru from his previous life's memories, although his moves were very bizarre, was only seen in videos. It was indeed not as creepy as seeing it in person. He really hadn't expected Orochimaru's moves to be so "disgusting."
"Earth Release: Earth Spike Spears!"
Kiyoshi touched the ground with both hands, and the ground began to tremble under the effect of his Chakra. Then, dozens of sharp earth spikes were generated on the ground where the snake swarm was crawling. Countless pythons were impaled by the earth spikes, and the stench of blood permeated the area.
However, the number of snakes was simply too large. A ninjutsu named after "ten thousand," although it didn't actually reach that number, still had thousands. Kiyoshi watched the swarm of snakes continuing to crawl towards him and frowned slightly, sighing helplessly. He originally didn't want to reveal too much personal information to Orochimaru and the Hidden Leaf. If he could kill Orochimaru, of course, there would be no problem, but who knew if Orochimaru, the most difficult person to kill in the ninja world, had any special life-saving measures, even though he hadn't developed the Cursed Seal and Impure World Reincarnation yet.
"Shikotsumyaku: Dance of the Seedling Fern!"
Kiyoshi still decided to go all out. Ordinary ninjutsu obviously wouldn't work against Orochimaru. Although he wasn't particularly confident, Kiyoshi still wanted to try if he could kill Orochimaru on the spot.
In the blink of an eye, a forest of snow-white bones formed, with the corpses of pierced pythons scattered everywhere. Orochimaru, who had enough knowledge of the Bone Pulse, interrupted the Serpent Swarm Formation's casting when he saw the bone spurs break out of the ground and began to retreat rapidly. He had already decided to leave.
In Orochimaru's eyes, Kiyoshi, who could instantly kill his six Jōnin subordinates, had strength above his own. Since this mission had mostly failed, what Orochimaru, who cherished his life, needed to do now was to use all means to save himself from Kiyoshi's hands and bring back the exact news of the Hidden Mist's appearance in the Land of Rain and Kiyoshi's relevant information.
Kiyoshi saw that the snake swarm had been completely slaughtered and cut off the Chakra maintaining the Dance of the Seedling Fern. Looking at Orochimaru, who had already escaped a certain distance, a sharp look flashed in Kiyoshi's Jōgan.
Forming the Tiger Seal with both hands, the ninjutsu activated directly.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
Then the hand seals continued to change: Boar-Serpent-Rat, "Lightning Release: Shockwave!"
Chakra fluctuated violently, and lightning continuously flashed out, finally merging into the water dragon.
"Combined Ninjutsu: Lightning Water Dragon Bullet!"
A ferocious water dragon crackling with electricity pierced through the air, rapidly chasing after the retreating Orochimaru.
Sensing the Chakra fluctuations of the Lightning Water Dragon Bullet behind him, which were enough to seriously injure or even kill him, Orochimaru couldn't help but look back. Looking at the incoming lightning water dragon, Orochimaru cursed inwardly and decisively stopped, preparing to defend.
While turning around, Orochimaru bit his right thumb and then smoothly swiped it across the summoning array carved on his left arm.
"Summoning Technique! Come, Rashōmon!"
A red gate carved with a demonic face, which Kiyoshi was very familiar with, rose from the ground, just blocking the incoming Lightning Water Dragon Bullet.
The Lightning Water Dragon Bullet slammed into the Rashōmon, emitting a huge roar. The two were locked in a stalemate for a moment, then the Rashōmon turned into white smoke and dissipated, and the Lightning Water Dragon Bullet also turned into clusters of water droplets, scattered on the ground, still containing flickering lightning.
Orochimaru was also ignited with anger. Good heavens, he was already preparing to retreat, yet they wouldn't let him go, insisting on a life-or-death struggle.
So, Orochimaru bit his left thumb and then swiped it across the summoning array carved on his left arm. Although he couldn't control this thing very well, he had no choice. If he didn't repel Kiyoshi, he was afraid he wouldn't be able to leave today.
"Summoning Technique!"
Huge white smoke rose up. Through the smoke, Kiyoshi clearly saw a giant purple serpent with black stripes, slightly larger than the Six-Tails he had seen before, appear at Orochimaru's previous location. It was Orochimaru's most powerful summoning beast, Manda.
"Hmm?" A violent voice came from the smoke, "Orochimaru! What did you call this great one out for? Be careful I don't eat you!!!"
"Oh?" Kiyoshi muttered to himself, "Orochimaru can't control this big guy?"
The smoke began to dissipate, and Orochimaru stood on top of Manda's head, staring at Kiyoshi's direction. "Manda, kill that Hidden Mist ninja!"
"Hey, Orochimaru!" Manda didn't move. His serpent's dangerous senses told him that Kiyoshi wasn't so easy to deal with. So, he made a deal with Orochimaru, "You must prepare two hundred living sacrifices for me afterwards!"
Orochimaru was speechless. He knew Manda was unreliable. "One hundred!" Orochimaru said calmly, counter-offering.
"Deal!" As soon as the words fell, Manda Rush towards Kiyoshi.
Hearing that Manda wanted to eat living people, Kiyoshi's face turned cold. This giant serpent and Orochimaru were truly birds of a feather! Very good, since you've come out, then don't go back!
"Takamagahara!"
The dōjutsu activated, and six huge black cubes slammed down towards the wriggling Manda. Although Daikokuten had the function of hindering perception, as the saying goes, a fool can sometimes overcome a master. Kiyoshi's preemptive attacks actually didn't hit Manda even once. Manda, without moving at all, perfectly avoided all the Daikokuten.
Kiyoshi saw this, and had no choice but to retreat, while his hands began to form hand seals. If his small body was grazed by the enormous Manda, although he wouldn't suffer serious injuries, he would be in a rather miserable state.
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