Chapter 163: Earth Style: Earth Dragon Flip and Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin
Manda stared blankly at the One-Tails, Shukaku, whose body was nearly half-destroyed. Its mind spun for a moment, and it shivered with dread at the sheer power and presence of the combination Jutsu Orochimaru had just used.
It recalled the first time it met Orochimaru years ago when the summoning contract was signed. At that time, Orochimaru was just a small Chūnin who seemed weak enough to be blown away by a single breath. Yet, in just a few short years, he had grown to a point where he could critically wound a Tailed Beast.
Even if this was the weakest One-Tails, and even if it hadn't recovered its full strength, the presence of its three ultimate Jutsu was undeniable. The fact that the eighteen-year-old Orochimaru could gravely injure it made Manda's heart grow cold and simultaneously made it feel extremely fortunate that it had sworn allegiance early on.
It wasn't just Manda. Even Uchiha Kagami, standing not far behind Orochimaru, was filled with a mix of shock and dread. He compared the power of the Jutsu Orochimaru had just unleashed to his own strength and concluded that he would have been hard-pressed to resist it.
Ignoring the thoughts swirling in the minds of Manda and Uchiha Kagami, Orochimaru looked at the critically injured One-Tails. A flicker of ruthless determination flashed in his dark-golden snake eyes. He knew the optimal chance had arrived.
Under the influence of the three-headed, three-tailed golden Yamata Avatar, a powerful Chakra fluctuation rose from Orochimaru's body again, and his hands began rapidly weaving a sequence of hand signs.
Earth Style: Earth Dragon Flip and Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin!
The ground beneath Shukaku's feet, already fractured by the Earth-Shattering Meteorite Technique, was once again agitated by Orochimaru's massive Chakra. Blocks of stone and soil shattered and tore away, whistling as they shot high into the sky.
Rumble! From the deep, endless underground, nine thick Earth Dragons, yellowish-brown mixed with a metallic color, violently burst forth.
These thick Earth Dragons, whose surfaces faintly glistened with a metallic sheen, were each nearly a hundred meters long, exuding a massive aura that was solid, majestic, powerful, and utterly dominating.
The moment the nine thick, heavy Earth Dragons burst from the ground, they threw their heads back and let out a heaven-shaking roar.
The nine dragon roars, combined with the powerful aura from their bodies, converged to form an overwhelming sound wave ripple that instantly swept across the dense forest for several kilometers, creating huge gusts of wind and air currents.
Closer to the source, towering trees were violently uprooted and sent flying kilometers away.
After their roar, the nine Earth Dragons, which had emerged fully one hundred meters from the ground, violently opened their ferocious jaws and clamped down fiercely onto various parts of Shukaku's body, pinning it rigidly in place.
The Earth Dragons were inherently strong, and with nine of them biting down—their combined bite force capable of snapping steel pillars and crushing giant stones—the pain caused Shukaku to let out a ferocious roar mixed with anguish.
However, the nine Earth Dragons unleashed by Orochimaru's Jutsu paid no heed to Shukaku's agonizing screams. Under Orochimaru's control, they continued to unleash the powerful effect of this Earth Style technique.
After the yellowish-brown Earth Dragons secured Shukaku's colossal figure, their massive bodies suddenly bowed like taut hunting bows, as if their tails were desperately trying to drag something out.
Rumble! A tremendous roar came from underground again. However, this time, the booming was accompanied by the clatter, clank, clank of chains colliding and rattling.
The object the Earth Dragons were dragging seemed to be approaching the surface. The bodies of the nine Earth Dragons suddenly recoiled with force.
Bang! With a sharp explosive sound, countless chunks of earth and fragments of rock were shot out of the ground and into the sky, raining down dust and stones.
From within the blurry smoke and dust, an unbelievably massive stone coffin, so large it could contain the nine Earth Dragons with room to spare, rose with four massive lids slamming up from the ground around Shukaku.
Thud! With a single slam, under Shukaku's look of terror, the four lids merged, encasing its entire body.
Clatter, clatter! Massive, ink-black chains, each as thick as several people embracing, rapidly wrapped around the enormous coffin's body. Some even drilled into the coffin itself.
The thick, long, ink-black chains crisscrossed, covering the coffin in several layers.
Clang! With a final resounding crash, the massive stone coffin, bound tightly by inner and outer layers of thick chains, was completely sealed. It trapped the colossal Shukaku firmly inside, forming a coffin-mountain encircled by nine dragons.
Gazing at this gigantic stone coffin, Uchiha Kagami's pupils violently contracted, his surprise impossible to contain.
Having consecutively performed two Jutsu of this immense power, Orochimaru's face was paler than before, showing a subtle hint of weakness.
Had it not been for the energy infusion from the Yamata light cocoon, he would have been completely drained of Chakra. Even so, Orochimaru still felt a constant emptiness within his body; his Chakra was nearly exhausted.
Orochimaru forced himself to stay focused. He knew the most crucial step was next, and now was not the time to become lax.
He patted Manda's snake head. Manda, understanding immediately, quickly transferred a portion of its internal Chakra into Orochimaru's body through the summoning contract on his left arm.
After Orochimaru had recovered for a short while, Manda moved its massive body. Under Orochimaru's control, it slithered and coiled onto the terrifying stone coffin.
When Manda reached the area roughly corresponding to the heart of the sealed Shukaku, Orochimaru commanded it to stop.
Orochimaru, dressed in his moon-white kimono, approached the head of the serpent and placed his right hand on the lid of the stone coffin.
The yellowish-brown coffin lid, which was layered with ink-black chains, suddenly rippled like water, revealing an oval, man-sized opening.
Orochimaru's dark-golden snake eyes warily peered inside.
In the complete darkness, Orochimaru's powerful mental strength clearly sensed the massive Shukaku imprisoned within.
Shukaku, pinned by the nine Earth Dragons and trapped in the stone coffin, thrashed with rage upon sensing Orochimaru's aura, but it couldn't move at all. Even its ferocious tanuki-like mouth was sealed shut by the thick chains that had drilled into the coffin, muffling its angry sounds.
Seeing that everything was ready, Orochimaru hesitated no longer and proceeded with the final step.
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