Obito was silent, like Orochimaru before him. A red flash appeared in his crimson eyes, and he simply disappeared into the swirling vortex.
A whirlwind rose, and when he reappeared, he was already a thousand meters away.
Unlike before, this time, Obito didn't stop.
He recklessly used his eye power, using 'Kamui' as a tool to hurry on his way, constantly jumping to distant places.
Repeating this ten times, he actually crossed dozens of miles in a short time.
Looking back in the direction of Konoha Village, Obito frowned, and a bloody tear streaked down the corner of his eye.
Konoha's strongest scouting method is the Byakugan. Ordinary Hyuga clan members can see things within one kilometer, elite Jonin can see three to five kilometers, and Orochimaru's sensing range could never be stronger than the Hyuga clan.
But out of caution, he had already moved two or three times farther than Orochimaru's range. If the other party had more ways to find him...
"Heh... you run pretty fast."
Only a dozen seconds later, Orochimaru flew in front of Obito, still with that hateful smile on his face.
"How did you do that?"
After a moment of silence, Obito's gaze wandered around Orochimaru's eye sockets, and he said in surprise, "Is this the power of Ryuchi Cave Senjutsu?"
After Orochimaru entered Sage Mode, his body's changes weren't obvious. He already had snake-like eyes with vertical pupils, and the lines at the corners of his eyes were hidden by eye shadow. Only now did Obito notice.
And it was Senjutsu Chakra that gave him extremely strong power and speed. If it were normal times, it would take several times longer to cross dozens of miles. By then, Obito would have run out of the genie's sensing range.
"...Who knows."
Orochimaru licked his lips, not giving Obito a chance to recover his eye power. He suddenly raised his palm and shot out a dozen white snakes.
With the addition of Senjutsu Chakra, the power and speed of 'Hidden Shadow Snake Hands' had increased several times, continuously biting towards Obito.
Obito's eyes darkened, realizing that Orochimaru wanted to use the snakes to test the duration of his intangible body. He immediately returned to the other dimension through the vortex.
This time, he didn't jump away directly, but sat cross-legged on a platform in the other dimension to recover his eye power.
Obito also realized that Orochimaru had completely locked onto his location. Perhaps it was Senjutsu, perhaps some other method... he could think about these later, but if he didn't fight, he wouldn't have a chance to escape.
...
"Not running away?"
Hearing the news from the genie, Orochimaru raised his eyebrows, took out a signal flare from a scroll, and shot it into the air.
Whoosh...
Boom...
In an instant, a red light lit up in the dark night sky.
Seeing this, nearly half of the shadow clones gathered towards the main body, searching the surrounding area.
A quarter of an hour later, Obito adjusted to perfect condition and returned from the other dimension to the real world. Seeing Orochimaru, who was waiting in full battle, he extinguished the last bit of luck in his heart.
--Orochimaru can indeed track my location.
Seeing Obito return to the real world, Orochimaru stopped talking and decisively attacked, stomping heavily on the tree trunk and flying directly over.
At this time, Orochimaru also realized the wonders of close combat. Against an enemy skilled in space-time ninjutsu, ordinary ninjutsu could only be used for distraction. His proud forbidden technique 'Yamata no Orochi' was also a bit clumsy and wouldn't cause any damage.
Only faster and fiercer fists, feet, swords, and blades could defeat the opponent.
Having anticipated Orochimaru's attack, Obito immediately began forming seals, "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
In an instant, a huge fireball rushed towards Orochimaru in the air.
"Heh..."
Orochimaru couldn't avoid it, but a smile appeared on his lips. He calmly drew a long sword from a scroll, forcefully twisted his waist and abdomen, and his body rotated like a wheel.
Ferocious waves surged on Kusanagi Sword, and Orochimaru's speed increased rather than decreased, colliding with the great fireball.
Sizzling sounds...
Fire and water collided, creating a cloud of white steam. The sword light split the fireball in two, and with remaining power, rushed straight at Obito.
Obito's expression changed, and a red light flashed in his eyes.
He never imagined that Orochimaru could use this method to directly break through the interference of the great fireball. The ninjutsu that could be contained in a sword was unheard of.
Whoosh...
In the sound of wind breaking, Orochimaru, carrying the waves, passed through Obito's body, slashing at the tall, thick tree, splitting it in two.
Rumble rumble...
The broken tree fell to the ground, stirring up dust.
Orochimaru stood on the ground, wiping the blade of Kusanagi Sword, a hint of satisfaction on his face.
He only had a slight understanding of swordsmanship. He collected several Kusanagi Swords, but it was only out of hobby.
But just by adding natural energy and breathing techniques, applying the swordsmanship taught by the genie to actual combat for the first time, it could have such power, which was really exciting for its potential.
But after only a moment of excitement, Orochimaru suppressed it.
He might practice close combat in the future, but that was only to develop his body's energy as much as possible. Like studying ninjutsu, the ultimate goal was immortality. Pure increase in combat power was not what he was pursuing. It was enough if it was usable.
On a tree trunk, Obito glanced at the fate of the big tree, feeling secretly shocked. He guessed that this was the swordsmanship Orochimaru used to hurt the Fourth Raikage, and immediately became highly alert.
However, just then, Orochimaru actually put away the Kusanagi Sword.
Obito was slightly stunned, then his expression changed drastically.
This Orochimaru actually dared to underestimate him so much.
But before he could get angry, a new round of attacks began.
"Hidden Shadow Snake Hands!"
Orochimaru raised his arm, and countless white snakes shot out like lightning, twisting and turning like swimming dragons through the treetops, pouncing on the prey on the branches.
At the same time, several shadow clones also joined in, using the same ninjutsu. The long snakes submerged this forest.
Obito was busy running for his life from the pursuit of the snakes. Unless he hid in the other dimension, 'Kamui' could only give him a moment of respite.
Annoyed, Obito used the other dimension to suddenly appear in front of Orochimaru, and immediately released the ninjutsu after charging up.
"Wood Release: Hell's Chaotic Bloom!"
With an angry roar, countless thorny spikes poured out from his body, just like Orochimaru's snakes.
Like whips and spears, they all shot at Orochimaru, who was close at hand.
Orochimaru frowned slightly. Under his control, the snake swarms rushed against the thorny torrent, straight at Obito.
Snake swarms and thorns collided, white scales and spikes stirred up sparks.
The thorns couldn't harm the snake scales, but they extended more slender branches, piercing into the flesh in the gaps between the scales, sprouting countless sharp branches from the inside out.
Many white snakes died under this method, but a small half still survived, having crossed the barrier of thorns and broken through to Obito's front.
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