With their words, the two men sheathed their blades and began forming hand seals.
"Earth Escape, Yellow Spring Swamp!"
Under the influence of chakra, the ground around Uchiha Douhuan transformed into a liquid swamp in the blink of an eye. Within it, a dense swarm of venomous snakes loomed, converging towards Uchiha Douhuan at the center.
"Ten Thousand Snake Prison."
Facing tens of thousands of venomous snakes, Uchiha Douhuan remained calm as he completed his final hand seal.
Instantly, a raging sea of lightning reappeared. Thigh-thick lightning pillars danced like silver snakes, reducing the venomous snakes that rushed in to ash wherever they passed. Fear flickered in the eyes of the venomous snakes at the edge. Although Orochimaru's careful training had given these snakes considerable intelligence, facing this catastrophic scene, their instincts took over.
As the surviving venomous snake paused, silvery serpent-like lightning began to gather in the sea of thunder surrounding Uchiha Touhuan, and a furious-eyed Vajra, tens of meters tall, rose from the ground.
"Lightning Release, Acala!"
The lightning around Uchiha Touhuan began to converge and compress towards the Demon-Subduing Pestle held by Acala above him. The Pestle, formed from condensed chakra, now possessed a physical texture, revealing the terrifying power contained within.
"Back off a little!" Kakashi shouted, sensing the terrifying chakra fluctuations. During
the Nine-Tails Rebellion six years ago, the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball was probably only this powerful.
Uchiha Touhuan raised his hand, clenching his open palm into a fist. Acala above him hurled the Demon-Subduing Pestle toward Orochimaru.
Instantly, thunder roared. Orochimaru had intended to resist with his wind-style defensive ninjutsu, but the terrifying explosion enveloped the area within a radius of several hundred meters. The release of the compressed lightning, unleashing a pure burst of energy, reduced everything within the area to nothingness.
When all subsided, only the mutilated corpse of a giant snake remained.
Uchiha Touhan slowly approached the corpse. He had no doubts about Orochimaru's ability to survive the onslaught; he was the most formidable ninja in the ninja world.
As expected, the lifeless corpse on the ground suddenly began to wriggle. Orochimaru emerged from the charred snake's maw, his clothes intact, though his Akatsuki red cloud robes were soaked through with a sticky liquid.
"Is this the power of the Uchiha clan, Tou-hwan-kun?" Orochimaru licked the slime from his face with his tongue. "After unleashing that jutsu just now, I'm sure your chakra is pretty low."
"So?" Uchiha Tou-hwan frowned slightly. Even in this world, where killing was a habit, the sight before him still made him feel a little sick.
In the original timeline, it was Uchiha Itachi who ignited Orochimaru's lust for the bodies of the Uchiha clan. Now, Uchiha Tou-hwan had taken that role. A sickly smile crossed Orochimaru's face, and he couldn't wait to claim Uchiha Tou-hwan's body for himself.
Orochimaru's neck suddenly stretched, and his head soared towards Uchiha Tou-hwan.
"As long as I can plant the curse seal, this body will be mine."
But at that moment, a resounding eagle cry echoed through the sky.
Driven by a snake's genetic fear of birds of prey, Orochimaru suddenly looked upward, his gaze met the crimson eyes of the hawk descending from the sky.
[What's that? The Mangekyō Sharingan?]
The ultimate genjutsu, Kotoamatsukami, activates!
The surging power of his eyes and chakra etched a seal of eternal loyalty to Uchiha Touhan into Orochimaru's soul.
Orochimaru's gaze instantly cleared.
Uchiha Touhan drew his sword, decapitating Orochimaru's body with a single blow.
Meanwhile, Kakashi and the others arrived belatedly.
"Is it over?" Hinata Kenya sighed in relief as he gazed upon the severed head of Orochimaru.
"As expected of the Uchiha clan leader, even a renowned ninja like Orochimaru is no match," Nagai Seiichi sighed.
"No, I'm afraid it's not that simple." Kakashi frowned, glancing at Orochimaru's corpse. Orochimaru
's still relatively intact body, in the time it took them to speak, crumbled to ash, dissipated by the wind into the air.
"This..." Inuzuka Feng also frowned. "What's going on?"
"I'm afraid he's not dead yet," Uchiha Douhuan sheathed his sword and sighed. "Damn it, he got away."
"That's not to say. Orochimaru, to have survived the village's pursuit for so many years, he must have some skills," Kakashi said.
"Brother Feng, have Mowan search carefully. There should be a base nearby. Once I've recovered my chakra, we'll go together," Uchiha Douhuan said.
…
At this moment, twenty miles away, inside Orochimaru's base, a cursed figure suddenly opened its eyes within a large incubator.
The incubator shattered, and the figure within emerged, stepping onto the culture fluid. Their features gradually transformed into Orochimaru's.
The newly born Orochimaru, after getting dressed, immediately began renovating the laboratory.
…
Two hours later, Uchiha Touhan, whose chakra had been restored, and the others, led by Momaru, who had followed the scent, discovered the base.
"No one's inside," Hinata Keito said after surveying the area with his Byakugan.
"Looks like that guy's gone," Kakashi said. "Then let's go in and take a look. We might find something."
Deeper into Orochimaru's base, traces of human experimentation became apparent.
Even among the ninja, accustomed to the sight of blood, the sights inside made them physically ill. Uzuki Yugao, the only girl in the team, couldn't help but cover her mouth, wanting to vomit.
"That guy really has no humanity at all." Inuzuka Feng gritted his teeth.
"Let's look for clues first." Kakashi ordered.
Everyone then began to search the research institute.
Moonlight Hayate calmed his girlfriend's emotions while searching, and soon he found a pile of shuffled documents.
After picking it up and taking a look, Moonlight Hayate's pupils shrank instantly.
This document recorded in detail how Danzo's Root kidnapped some children of the village's young ninja clan with bloodline and sent them to Orochimaru as human experiment materials. In addition, there were some traces of the Utatane clan and the Mitomon clan. Moonlight Hayate suddenly thought of a 4-year-old cousin who suddenly disappeared in the village a few years ago, and he was suddenly a little horrified.
He was about to speak when Uchiha Douhuan appeared beside him, pressed his movements, motioned him to be silent, and shook his head at him.
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