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His arms could extend like rubber, and his fingertips were coated with a paralyzing toxin;
His legs can rotate 360 degrees, and his kicks come from incredible angles;
The most terrifying thing is that his neck can stretch and contract like a snake, and his head could bite from any direction at any time!
Therefore, each of his attacks can take the lives of a large number of shadow clones.
One of Naruto's shadow clones was struck in the abdomen by a spinning kick and vanished into smoke.
Sizzle—!
A piercing shriek suddenly tore through the air, like the chorus of a thousand angry birds.
A dazzling bolt of lightning exploded in Sasuke's palm, blue and white arcs of electricity leaping wildly, casting pale outlines of the surrounding trees.
The Sound Ninja had barely turned their head when the crimson light of the Sharingan was already inches away—
The vacuum created by the tearing of air by the Lightning Release chakra left a distorted trail behind Sasuke.
The dead leaves on the ground were swept up by the strong wind and turned to ash before they even touched the lightning.
At almost the same moment, Naruto attacked from the flank.
The rapidly spinning chakra ball roared in his palm, stirring up the surrounding airflow to form a small whirlwind.
The azure Rasengan, intertwined with lightning, trapped the Sound Ninja in a deadly trap.
"Rasengan!"
"Hehe, not bad teamwork~"
A sticky exclamation of praise escaped from the throat of the Sound Ninja.
Just as the two deadly blows were about to hit, his body suddenly twisted as if it had lost its bones.
The cervical spine bends 180 degrees backward to avoid Chidori, but the lumbar spine curves forward in the opposite direction, allowing Rasengan to glide past the belly.
The clicking sound of a dislocated joint is teeth-grinding, like a puppet being manipulated by an invisible hand.
"It's not over yet!"
Just as the Sound Ninja was about to make a sarcastic remark, they suddenly realized that their limbs had been wrapped in transparent steel wires without them even noticing.
Naruto grinned, gripping the spool tightly: "Let's go, Sasuke!"
The Sharingan's two tomoe spun wildly. Sasuke smeared his bitten finger on the steel wire, and the blood instantly vaporized into a mist: "Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"
"boom--!"
A crimson fire dragon roared out along the steel wire, which glowed red-hot in the 1,000-degree heat.
Flames coiled around the Sound Ninja's entire body as if they were alive, the sizzling sound of charred flesh accompanied by inhuman screams.
The explosive flames engulfed the giant tree that took three people to encircle, and the shockwave uprooted the shrubs within a ten-meter radius. Burning wood fragments rained down like a meteor shower.
Naruto supported Sasuke, who had exhausted his chakra, as they retreated, panting as they looked towards the sea of fire.
"Did it succeed...?"
A crisp "crack" suddenly came from the flames.
A pale hand pierced through the curtain of fire, its fingertips tearing through the charred shell.
The charred human skin peeled off piece by piece like a snake shedding its skin, revealing the new skin underneath, which was as white as jade.
Golden vertical pupils gleamed in the fireworks, and a forked tongue swept across the fangs illuminated by the firelight.
"What a...warm welcome ceremony!"
The moment Orochimaru appeared in his entirety, the surrounding flames strangely twisted and dodged.
He stepped over the still-burning scorched earth, and with each step he took, the grass and trees beneath his feet quickly turned to ashes and withered.
"It actually forced me to shed my skin..."
He suddenly stretched his neck, his head snaking towards the two of them, their noses almost touching. "You might want to remember this name."
The decaying chakra rushed towards him, and Naruto saw fear appear in Sasuke's Sharingan for the first time.
"Orochimaru."
"One of the Legendary Sannin?"
Sasuke's eyes widened in surprise. Wasn't that a ninja on par with Jiraiya?
"Now..."
Orochimaru simply chuckled at his former title: "Just a scientist who pursues the truth."
Chapter 68 The Ultimate Finishing Move, Qilin
Orochimaru's golden vertical pupils flickered in the firelight as he slowly raised his pale arm.
Naruto struggled to his feet, blood still dripping from the corner of his mouth, but an indomitable flame burned in his blue eyes.
“Sasuke…this guy is even stronger than we thought…” Naruto wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, the memories of the shadow clones still churning in his mind.
The dozens of clones that had appeared earlier were all defeated by Orochimaru in an instant.
Sasuke's Sharingan had long been closed, and his entire body was in pain due to excessive chakra depletion.
However, when he looked up at the sky, he saw that the burning forest was generating huge updrafts, and dark clouds were gathering overhead, with flashes of lightning faintly visible.
Using Chidori should work...
Thinking this, Sasuke suddenly lowered his voice: "Naruto, help me set this forest on fire."
"Huh?" Naruto was stunned. "Are you crazy?"
"Believe me."
Sasuke ate a soldier's ration pill, forcibly extracting chakra from his body: "I have a ninjutsu... that requires this condition."
Naruto didn't think twice about Sasuke's words. He took a deep breath and quickly formed hand seals: "Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"
"Bang bang bang!"
Hundreds of shadow clones appeared instantly, surrounding Orochimaru.
"Heh, how many more times do you need to play this trick?" Orochimaru licked his lips with his long tongue, his eyes full of disdain.
"This time is different!" All of Naruto's simultaneously formed hand seals and took a deep breath—
"Fire Escape·The Great Fire Extinguishes!"
This is the Fire Release technique that Naruto learned from Madara during his time in the sealed space.
Although not as devastating as Madara's attack, the fire jutsu released by dozens of shadow clones simultaneously still created a terrifying wave of fire.
The blazing flames spread in a fan shape, instantly igniting the forest within a radius of a hundred meters.
Flames licked at the tree trunks, thick smoke billowed up, and the entire sky was tinged with blood red.
Orochimaru raised an eyebrow slightly: "Oh? This technique is..."
Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation is a technique that the Uchiha clan has long since lost. It is said that the last user of this technique was Uchiha Madara.
Inside the sealed space, Madara rarely showed a hint of approval: "You've learned it quite well."
Amidst the sea of fire, Orochimaru's figure moved like a ghost.
His skin began to melt and peel off, and a new body emerged from the charred shell.
"A good attempt, but..."
Orochimaru suddenly appeared behind Naruto, his cold fingers stroking the back of his neck. "You're still a long way off~"
As he spoke, Orochimaru's head rapidly elongated like a demon, and his gaping maw lunged at Naruto's neck.
Sasuke's Sharingan suddenly contracted, and he subconsciously attached Lightning Release to a kunai and threw it.
The kunai, crackling with electricity, directly blocked Orochimaru's attack.
However, Sasuke didn't realize that Orochimaru's target was always him.
Orochimaru, who had hidden himself using Earth Release, bit Sasuke hard on the shoulder.
The teeth pierced deep into Sasuke's neck, and the black cursed seal patterns spread out as if they were alive.
"Sasuke!!" Naruto sped back to Sasuke's side, picked him up, and quickly distanced himself from Orochimaru.
At this moment, Sasuke clutched his wound in pain, his whole body convulsing.
The excruciating pain from the cursed seal nearly made him lose consciousness.
But his Sharingan remained fixed on the sky—the lightning in the dark clouds grew increasingly intense.
Just a little bit more...
Sasuke only smiled when the sky suddenly became overcast with dark clouds and lightning.
Do you know what a lightning rod is?
With Naruto's help, Sasuke suddenly revealed a cold smile and forced himself to stand up.
Orochimaru looked at him with interest: "So what if you know?"
"This is the only way I can think of... to kill you."
Sasuke began forming hand seals, forcibly suppressing the cursed seal on his neck: "Use Chidori... as a catalyst... it doesn't require a massive amount of chakra..."
Blue lightning gathered wildly in his palm, more dazzling than ever before.
The chirping of a thousand birds echoed through the forest, even drowning out the roar of the flames.
"Do you want to..."
Orochimaru seemed to have figured out what Sasuke was planning, and his pupils flickered for the first time.
“That’s right!” Sasuke pointed Chidori straight to the sky, “I’m giving you the lightning of nature!”
Boom!!!
A blinding bolt of lightning struck down, connecting with the lightning of Chidori.
Immediately afterwards, Chidori's blue and white lightning, like slender silver needles, pierced into the rolling thunderclouds.