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Chapter 96: Three Heroes Battle the Giant Serpent
Orochimaru was genuinely shocked by Akali's strength, something he hadn't done in a long time.
However, it's all fine for Akali.
After all, she got to where she is today entirely through her own hard work (laughs).
Therefore, after Akali locked Orochimaru's Kusanagi sword with the power boost provided by her shield strike, she continued to move.
With a flick of her fair wrist, several kunai were already in place in her palm.
Looking at the kunai that exuded a dangerous aura, Orochimaru frowned, clearly thinking of something.
She immediately relented, abandoning the Kusanagi sword. Her long, ramen-like neck danced in the air, its tip slicing through the air in an S and then a Z shape, dodging several of Akali's Cold Shadow attacks before returning to her body.
Then, Orochimaru turned his upper body 180° backward, and from his right sleeve, five or six colorful venomous snakes rushed out!
At the same time, Akali, wielding a ninja scythe, appears in the Flying Thunder God Technique!
Seeing the lurking snake hand appear and instantly reach her face, Akali had to change her mind and dodged the lurking snake hand with a back roll.
At the same time, as Akali rolled backward, a large shuriken wrapped in wind and lightning shot out, instantly tearing the attacking venomous snake to shreds.
Finally, the powerful shuriken, still undiminished in its momentum, grazed Orochimaru's long hair, taking away a few strands of hair that smelled strangely fishy!
"Crack..."
Orochimaru straightened his head, which he had forcibly tilted, and a few thoughts flashed through his mind.
Akali had just used Shadow Step to distract her, but her real killing move was a shuriken thrown at her.
Because there are no attachments, the shuriken travels at a normal speed.
However, for a battle of this level, being behind is normal.
Orochimaru had already suspected Akali's feigned attack while secretly plotting against her; she simply played along.
So, a preemptive Shadow Serpent Hand almost ambushed Akali, the user of Flying Thunder God Technique.
However, Akali was no pushover either. With a quick Falcon Dance, she adjusted her position, separated herself from Orochimaru, and even counterattacked.
In this exchange, Orochimaru had the advantage in experience, while Akali had the superior skill. The exchange of their small skills was evenly matched.
At the same time, because Akali possesses the Flying Thunder God Technique, Orochimaru's wide-range ninjutsu cannot cover her.
In other words, does this little girl in front of us already possess the ability to step into the Kage-level battlefield? She might even qualify as a Kage with her Flying Thunder God Technique!
A look of surprise appeared in Orochimaru's sinister golden eyes.
Because in the ninja world, the rating of Kage is actually quite vague.
The word "shadow" refers not only to power but also to status.
However, in terms of sheer strength, a Kage is someone who possesses the ability to unleash massive ninjutsu, so no matter how many ordinary ninjas come, it doesn't matter to him. A ninja who can single-handedly clear out an entire battlefield is a Kage.
A force with Kage-level ninjas is utterly crushed when facing a force without Kage-level ninjas.
Therefore, for every Kage-level opponent, there must be another Kage-level opponent, or multiple elite Jonin, to fight against and restrain each other, in order to prevent the opponent from inflicting large-scale casualties on one's own side.
In the midst of this confrontation, a new concept is born.
That is, unlike the group Kage-level who have the ability to kill large groups of ninjas, they are not able to kill ninjas on a large scale, but they can fight against or even kill individual Kage-level experts.
Those who can contend with Kage-level opponents are, of course, also Kage-level.
The most typical example is white teeth.
I don't need to be able to wipe out your entire army by myself; I just need to kill you.
Akali right now undoubtedly fits this assessment!
"Oh, Moses Roy!"
Looking at Akali, Orochimaru's eyes lit up, and he excitedly stuck out his long tongue and licked his lips.
After assessing Akali's strength, she became even more eager for Akali's body.
However, Snake Aunt's perversion is clearly not something everyone can accept.
"Tsk!" Orochimaru's aggressive gaze made Akali feel uncomfortable.
You could say it's fine if you swapped in Snake Aunt's face, but this old man's appearance is disgusting!
Akali looked towards Naruto and Sasuke in the distance.
She wasn't maintaining Naruto's Nine-Tails chakra just so he could watch a show.
Akali shouted, "What are you looking at? Forget about chivalry when dealing with these heretics, let's go side by side!"
"Yoshi!"
Naruto raised his fist and was the first to respond to the call.
Naruto, nearing his One-Tailed form, charged at Orochimaru.
Alongside Naruto was Sasuke's exquisite Uchiha shurikenjutsu.
Accompanied by a series of clanging sounds, a dense net of shuriken formed.
"Troublesome!" Orochimaru was annoyed.
A Kage-level expert is someone who can completely suppress those who are inferior to them.
However, there are exceptions, such as the Nine-Tails' chakra and the overly sophisticated Uchiha shurikenjutsu.
Even if neither of them is strong enough, there's still Akali, isn't there?
Even the most powerful can be outnumbered; even a shadow occasionally faces this problem.
Naturally, there will be corresponding countermeasures!
Completely ignoring Naruto and Sasuke, Orochimaru bit his finger, smeared the blood on his palm, and then slammed his hands on the ground.
"Summon the spirits, ten thousand snakes!"
"Oh!"
A massive amount of smoke is spreading!
Naruto stopped before the unknown smoke, and Sasuke's shuriken shot into the smoke, producing a crisp clanging sound.
The next second, with a chilling hiss of a long snake, the smoke was dispersed by the gale.
The Wanshe, a snake that can stand more than 30 meters tall when coiled up and whose actual length can reach nearly 100 meters, has appeared!
"This……"
Naruto and Sasuke were once again shocked when they saw the giant snake in front of them, which was far beyond their worldview and understanding.
Manda's voice rang out: "Orochimaru, you've fallen. You summoned me here just to deal with these little brats?"
"Heh heh, they're not some little brats, Manda. If you're not serious, you'll suffer!" Orochimaru said in a hoarse voice.
"Whatever, this time I'm going to eat a hundred people afterwards!"
Manda made his demands without any hesitation.
"No problem!"
"very good!"
The serpent's cold, serpentine eyes gleamed with a cruel light as it looked down at Akali and the other two below.
It has to be said that Orochimaru's turn to the dark side has its advantages; at least his job is much easier, and he's eating more and more people!
Just three kids...
The serpent straightened its body, raising its triangular, horned head high.
If you understand the habits of snakes, you'll know that this is a sign that the snake is about to attack!
So Akali also formed hand seals and slapped the ground.
"Oh!"
Smoke filled the air.
A small, chubby teddy bear appeared in her hand!
Both Manda and Orochimaru found it strange to see the little bear in Akali's hand.
The ninja world isn't the immortal world, why would you need a doll? Are you going to use it to nail people?
But soon, Orochimaru and Manda couldn't sit still any longer.
Akali's body surged with energy, as if tangible chakra was being poured into the teddy bear.
Akali then used all her strength to throw the bear high into the air!
"You're the one I've chosen. Come out, Tibbers!"
"Roar----"
It was accompanied by a deafening roar and a violent tremor of the earth!
Thirty meters tall, level with the serpents, Tibbers, his body ablaze with flames, stood on the earth!
Compared to these two colossal figures, the trees of the Death Forest appear incredibly small!
Then, holding up a bear paw burning with raging flames, Tibbers slammed it down heavily on Manda and Orochimaru on Manda's head!
The enormous bear paws compressed the air, and the heat from the flames distorted the view, making it seem as if a volcano was crashing down on us!
[Ding! Orochimaru's emotional value +999!]
[Ding! Emotional value from Wan She +9999!]
The scales on the head of the serpent tingled.
There are three sacred sites for summoning beasts in the world: Ryuchi Cave, Mt. Myoboku, and Shikkotsu Forest. They see each other all the time and, although they wish the others were all dead, they silently maintain the balance of power among the three sacred sites and try to support those in the same camp to avoid a deadly battle.
But where did this bear in front of us come from?
Under Tibbers' intimidation, Manda abandoned Orochimaru without hesitation and ran to the side.
What a joke! You only eat a hundred people in one fight? Why risk your life like that?
So the serpents fled, and Tibbers chased after them. The two spirit beasts ran off into the distance, never to be seen again.
"..."
Standing on the scorching hot ground where Tibbers had just run past, Orochimaru was speechless.
She really wanted to pick Akali up and shake her to see how much stuff she had in her pockets, otherwise how could she have a summoned beast that rivaled ten thousand snakes?
At twelve years old, with both Flying Thunder God and summoning beasts, such excellent resources...
Could it be!
"You wouldn't happen to be the teacher's illegitimate daughter, would you?"
Looking at Akali, Orochimaru asked somewhat uncertainly.
"Huh?" Orochimaru's sudden flirtatious behavior startled Akali.
She's naturally beautiful, so what makes that lecherous old monkey from the third generation worthy of being her father? That's such a vicious insult!
Akali didn't want to talk to the wildly imaginative Snake Lady, so she threw a Naruto at her.
"Hahaha, snake demon, you're out of tricks now, are you? Prepare to die!"
Naruto rushed forward excitedly.
Then, he scrambled back.
Because at this moment, Orochimaru was already lying on the ground, and from his mouth, which was large enough to fit an average person's thigh, the snakes reappeared!
This time, however, it wasn't just a minor skirmish like the snake swarms in the Forest of Death.
"Ninja Art: Ten Thousand Snake Formation!"
Thousands of jet-black snakes snaked and crawled, like giant waves on the sea, and a jet-black, world-destroying tide surged toward Akali and her two companions!
From their mouths, replicas of the Kusanagi sword emerged!
Upon seeing this, Sasuke and Naruto turned pale.
The previous Wind Release technique, and now this ninjutsu that summons snakes.
Orochimaru's slightest move already pushed them to their limits, far beyond their current capabilities.
Orochimaru is not in the same league as them at all!
"Akali, let's retreat! That snake and that bear have definitely alerted the examiners!"
“This person is not the enemy we should be dealing with right now!” the more rational Sasuke advised.
“Yeah, Akali! I think so too!” Naruto chimed in.
Moreover, he not only spoke, but also took action to cancel the Nine-Tails' chakra, and his crimson eyes returned to their azure blue.
"Alright!" Seeing that Naruto and Sasuke looked reluctant to leave, Akali shook her head regretfully, giving up on the idea of getting Naruto and Sasuke's help.
Akali originally thought that the protagonist is someone who can play a role regardless of their strength, even a genin can participate in battles at the Six Paths level, right?
But now it seems that her version was too ahead of its time. Shippuden is still alive, Shippuden hasn't even started, let alone Boruto.
“You two, retreat!” Akali said.
"We're retreating, what about you?" Naruto and Sasuke asked nervously.
"I still have a trump card!" Akali rubbed her two little hands together, and a dancing flame appeared in her hands!
Sasuke, who was very familiar with fire-style techniques, was very puzzled by the ball of fire in Akali's hand.
He felt, whether it was his imagination or not, that the flame in Akali's hand was alive!
But fire is fire, so how can it be considered alive?
Just as Sasuke was wondering, Akali threw the Flame Seed in her hand towards the Manda Rasengan in front of her.
The moment the fire seed left his hand, the fireball, which was originally only the size of a normal person's palm, suddenly expanded to the size of a small car and then crashed into Orochimaru's Ten Thousand Snakes Formation!
Then, something amazing happened.
In Orochimaru's Ten Thousand Snakes Formation, Akali threw out flames that leaped around like snakes scalding her feet.
As the fireballs leaped, swarms of snakes were engulfed by the blazing flames, turning into charred corpses.
In an instant, a quarter of the Thousand Serpent Formation, which covered an area of a thousand square meters, was charred black.
Meanwhile, a kind of unsettling energy is slowly accumulating!
"Back off!"
Sasuke pulled Naruto back.
"Huh, why?" Naruto didn't quite understand Sasuke's meaning.
Akali's flames have already started burning in the snake swarm, haven't they?
At this rate, even if all the snakes in Orochimaru's Manda Rasengan are fearless, as long as they are carbon-based life forms, they will be vulnerable in the face of flames!
"No!"
Sasuke pursed his lips, shook his head, and said nothing, but forcibly pulled Naruto back.
Meanwhile, gazing at the fiery storm raging through the snake swarm ahead, and feeling the increasingly violent and intense flames in her senses, Akali murmured softly, "That's about enough!"
Akali slammed her hands on the ground, and her newly restored chakra transformed into blazing flames once more.
Then, within the Thousand Serpent Formation, the charred snake corpses suddenly bulged up. The snakes that were lucky enough to survive looked down in confusion, and then, like a sign before a volcanic eruption, a violent tremor occurred.
The snake carcasses and the live snakes continued to fall downwards under such shaking.
In the pitch-black tide, fiery red cracks appeared, resembling shattered porcelain, and the uncontainable flames shot into the sky from the gaps!
Finally, the flames spread out, and a rocket-sized pillar of fire shot into the sky!
Sasuke's premonition came true.
Because this pillar of fire is a signal, a signal that the blazing flames are fully charged!
"Rumble, rumble—"
The raging flames spread throughout the entire Black Tide at that moment!