Chapter 103: Hero... Arrives!
The White Phosphorus Great Snake seemed motionless.
Uehara Naraka frowned, his expression somewhat unpleasant. He kicked the White Phosphorus Great Snake's head with his foot, "It wouldn't have died just like that, right?"
The next second, Uehara Naraka's face instantly changed! He fiercely pulled out the purple chakra broadsword [Twilight Blade]; the White Phosphorus Great Snake was actually just an empty husk!
What kind of joke is this?
Orochimaru directly transformed into the White Phosphorus Great Snake, leaving such an empty husk—was it to escape?
A hand suddenly shot out from underground, tightly gripping Uehara Naraka's ankle, "Caught you, kid! Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique!"
"Too insidious!"
Caught off guard, Uehara Naraka was dragged underground by such a C-rank ninjutsu, leaving only his head above ground.
Damn it, such a thing actually happened.
He actually fell for the Double Suicide Decapitation Technique.
Uehara Naraka almost spat out a mouthful of blood. He had clearly seen an insidious genius ninja like Uchiha Itachi just a short while ago; how did he forget when fighting Orochimaru?
This guy was much more insidious than Uchiha Itachi.
"I wouldn't bear to kill you, kid!"
Orochimaru just chuckled lightly, licked his lips, then his entire body abruptly dissolved into countless small white snakes, swarming towards Uehara Naraka on the ground.
Orochimaru wanted to absorb Uehara Naraka then and there.
The next second, the white snakes swarmed over. Uehara Naraka on the ground was nowhere to be seen. The swarm of white snakes could only re-aggregate into Orochimaru's form.
Orochimaru's palm quickly slapped the ground, sensing the chakra in the earth. His brow couldn't help furrowing, "...What's going on? Can't sense that kid's chakra?"
A purple light suddenly reflected in Orochimaru's eyes!
A purple chakra broadsword fiercely shot out from the ground, slashing towards Orochimaru's neck! After he narrowly avoided it, it still cut a long, deep gash across his chest, blood practically gushing out!
An exploding tag was also stuck onto Orochimaru's wound by Uehara Naraka's hand; at first glance, it looked like a large band-aid.
"Boom!"
Uehara Naraka reappeared before Orochimaru, even opening his mouth to provide a sound effect for the exploding tag's detonation.
Boom!
The exploding tag instantly detonated!
Orochimaru's entire body was blasted away, blood and flesh flying everywhere!
However, after one exploding tag detonated, it actually summoned ten more exploding tags.
When Orochimaru saw the ten exploding tags appear, he widened his eyes in disbelief, a trace of fear flashing within, "This is... Infinite Multiplication Exploding Tags Technique?"
"I don't know any Infinite Multiplication Exploding Tags Technique, but this is a little trick of my own for playing with exploding tags."
Uehara Naraka spread his palms, looking very magnanimous, "Orochimaru-senpai gave me ten thousand exploding tags just now. We Akatsuki members never owe favors. Now I'll repay you tenfold; we're even."
Ten exploding tags then summoned a hundred more. In an instant, this area summoned one hundred thousand exploding tags, tightly sticking all around Orochimaru.
Orochimaru sighed somewhat helplessly, "I thought I had overestimated you enough, but unexpectedly..."
At this moment, even the Orochimaru-Style Body Replacement Technique couldn't protect him!
Then only the last absolutely unkillable technique remained!
"Eight Branches Technique!"
Orochimaru's figure instantly swelled up, transforming into an Eight-Branched Great Serpent tens of meters tall! Its eight enormous heads continuously swayed, hissing back and forth from one body!
This was Orochimaru's ultimate forbidden technique!
The power of the Eight Branches Technique was enough to rival a Tailed Beast. As long as one head remained, it wouldn't die. This was precisely the confidence Orochimaru had to resist the Infinite Multiplication Exploding Tags Technique.
At this moment, Orochimaru was the Eight-Branched Great Serpent.
After the sound of exploding tags echoed, one by one, the heads of the Eight-Branched Great Serpent fell to the ground. From one of the heads, Orochimaru's body was spat out.
But the current Orochimaru appeared somewhat weak; this life-saving ninjutsu had consumed a lot of his chakra and stamina.
Uehara Naraka said with considerable interest, "I thought Orochimaru-senpai would use such a powerful technique to attack me!"
"Hmph..."
Orochimaru just gritted his teeth without answering, brought his palms together, and began forming summoning seals, "Ninja Art: Summoning Technique!"
He couldn't skillfully use the Eight Branches Technique yet; it could easily lead to loss of bodily control and internal collapse. Rather than forcibly using the Eight Branches Technique, it was better to summon another big guy!
"Come out! Manda!"
Orochimaru coldly watched Uehara Naraka, slammed one palm onto the ground, and a huge summoning seal pattern appeared on the earth.
A behemoth sprang forth vividly from the summoning seal pattern!
The giant Manda flicked its tongue, surveying this battlefield. Its eyes held a trace of fierceness and cruelty, "Orochimaru, is there something you summoned me for? If you can't satisfy me, I'll kill you right now!"
Among Konoha's Sannin and their summoned beasts, only the relationship between Orochimaru and his summon Manda was extremely poor.
This was also related to the nature of snakes.
In themselves, they had no loyalty to speak of.
"Hahahahaha..."
Before Orochimaru could say anything, Uehara Naraka burst out laughing loudly, "Orochimaru-senpai, looks like your summoned beast isn't very obedient!"
"Hm?"
Manda slightly lowered its head, saw the tiny Uehara Naraka, flicked its tongue, "Kid, what are you? Daring to say such words in front of me..."
Uehara Naraka slowly flew into the air, watching Manda's contemptuous gaze. His palms slowly began to form hand seals, "And what do you count for!"
"Is this kid summoning Pain again?"
Orochimaru's expression was somewhat unpleasant. He hastily sat on Manda's head and began recovering his chakra, preparing for battle in his best state.
Uehara Naraka looked up, watching Orochimaru recovering chakra on Manda's head, his lips curling slightly, "No need to worry, Orochimaru-senpai. Since you choose a summoned beast duel, as an intern junior, I naturally must satisfy your wish."
Orochimaru frowned and muttered in a low voice, "Is it that soul-devouring shark again? Manda should be able to deal with that shark..."
"Ninja Art: Summoning Technique!"
Uehara Naraka completed his summoning hand seals.
A ray of light appeared from his hand, shooting dazzlingly towards the sky.
Uehara Naraka didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "How come this guy's entrance even comes with its own animation effects?"
Just as Orochimaru was somewhat surprised, he suddenly saw a seal pattern beyond imagination appear on the earth!
The range of this seal pattern was several kilometers! Then what kind of monster did this kid Uehara Naraka want to summon?
Does such a large summoned beast really exist in the world?
"Hero... Arrives!"
A muffled voice, like a clap of thunder, resounded in everyone's ears!
A tall figure flew over like a falling meteor! It didn't look exceptionally tall, but it gave people a feeling of immense power!
When it landed heavily in the center of the seal pattern, in an instant, several kilometers of the seal pattern shattered!
No, it wasn't the seal pattern that shattered, but the entire earth!
Across several kilometers of land, whether forests, trees, boulders, or fierce beasts, all were thrown into the air by the force of this tall humanoid creature impacting the ground!
The shattered earth turned into countless clods and was also sent flying by the shock!
Manda also couldn't escape being blasted away. It didn't even have time to make any move before its body was already out of control.
A trace of fear appeared in Manda's eyes. It cried out in panic, "Orochimaru, what on earth is that guy? What kind of monster did you provoke!"
"I don't know either..."
Orochimaru shook his head, his expression grave. However, when he saw Kabuto Yakushi's body also sent flying, he still extended his arm and rescued Kabuto.
Fortunately, Kabuto Yakushi had already been jolted awake by this tremor. But his expression held fear and terror, "Cough cough... Lord Orochimaru, what's going on?"
Orochimaru didn't answer, just watching Uehara Naraka's body fly towards the tall figure that had appeared on the ground, saying gravely, "That kid's summoned beast... what on earth is it?"
The dust from the ground tremors gradually dispersed.
Uehara Naraka's summoned beast also revealed its true face.
Uehara Naraka stood atop the head of his summoned beast, his smile somewhat brilliant, and announced loudly towards Orochimaru, the others, and Manda, "Allow me to introduce to everyone, its name is Galio."
(End of Chapter)
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