He had previously endured a repulsion attack, and the second one, delivered at extremely close range, dealt full damage.
Lord Orochimaru's aura became incredibly weak as he flew backward, making any attempt to transform into a snake and escape impossible.
Not to mention whether he could escape, Lord Orochimaru's special substitution jutsu required extensive preparation of summoned snakes beforehand and consumed most of his Chakra.
In his current state, Lord Orochimaru was simply unable to activate that jutsu.
Lord Orochimaru, flying backward, crashed heavily onto the ground and slid, but he didn't slide far before Toneri blocked him with a foot.
"How dare a lowly creature like you covet the Ōtsutsuki's ultimate treasure?"
Toneri sneered at Lord Orochimaru, then prepared to finish off the dying Lord Orochimaru.
"That's not necessarily true, and by the way, you must be the main body!"
Even as his life ebbed away, Lord Orochimaru looked at Toneri, whose eyes were now empty, and showed a wicked, charming smile, then opened his tightly clenched right hand.
In it, strikingly, was a Byakugan!
Toneri's hollow eye sockets widened, and he was momentarily stunned.
How could this be!
Lord Orochimaru was waiting for this moment; using his remaining Chakra, his right hand transformed into a python, swallowing the Byakugan whole.
At the same time, Lord Orochimaru opened his mouth wide and bit at Toneri's foot, which was right in front of him, not caring that he was still wearing shoes.
Two sharp teeth pierced the shoe and bit into Toneri's foot. He couldn't place a Cursed Seal, Lord Orochimaru just wanted to suck some blood.
The sudden turn of events made Toneri, who was still questioning reality, react. As he pulled back his left foot, his right fist smashed towards Lord Orochimaru's head.
Facing the incoming fist, Lord Orochimaru showed a final smile, then his entire body began to dissolve, turning into a puddle of pus.
Toneri's fist smashed into the pus, which had no trace of life.
Toneri, having been thoroughly outmaneuvered, raged helplessly alone in the Moon Palace.
Ninja World, Lord Orochimaru's underground base.
Haku was guarding an unconscious young man whose body was covered in dense black patterns.
Suddenly, these patterns emitted a dark red light, and then the man's body began to change its appearance, and his aura also shifted.
After a short while, Lord Orochimaru sat up.
At this moment, Lord Orochimaru's aura was incredibly weak; if he had to be compared, he was not much stronger than an ordinary person.
Lord Orochimaru's expression changed several times before finally settling down.
The person he had reincarnated into this time wasn't even a Ninja, just an ordinary person. Lord Orochimaru (Uchiha Un-chidori) only had core soul fragments from Lord Orochimaru.
If he tried to use the Living Corpse Reincarnation on a Ninja, he might be swallowed himself, and everything would be inherited by that person.
"Lord Orochimaru, did the mission fail?"
Although the Lord Orochimaru before him was incredibly weak, Haku remained respectful.
Lord Orochimaru shook his head.
"I don't know, Haku, use the summoning jutsu!"
Haku, hearing this, immediately took out a pre-prepared summoning scroll, and as Chakra was infused, three pythons appeared in the room.
After each python spat out a bottle, Haku dispelled the summoning jutsu.
Haku didn't mind the slime on the bottles, picked up the three bottles, placed them on a tray, and brought them to the bedside.
The three bottles contained different things: a Byakugan, a few drops of blood, and finally, a piece of flesh.
Only two things?
Lord Orochimaru didn't feel like he had lost out. Since these were things he would rather die than not obtain, Lord Orochimaru believed there must be other secrets within them.
Picking up the outermost bottle, he poured out the flesh within. Lord Orochimaru swallowed it without hesitation, then used the trace of Chakra he had just condensed to touch the flesh in his mouth.
Lord Orochimaru then closed his eyes, and the room fell into silence.
After a long time, Lord Orochimaru opened his eyes again, which were filled with ecstasy.
Clearly, Lord Orohimaru now understood what he had encountered and what he had done these past few days.
"Haku, take me to the lab!"
Hearing this, Haku lifted Lord Orochimaru from the bed, placed him in the wheelchair by the bed, and then pushed Lord Orochimaru out of the room.
Subsequently, in the laboratory, under Lord Orochimaru's guidance, Haku, like a tool, carried out various researches.
The first thing to begin with, naturally, was the Byakugan extracted from the large orb.
Originally, Lord Orochimaru only wanted to siphon some Chakra, but he didn't expect that the Chakra produced in the laboratory could not only envelop the overflowing Chakra of the large orb but also didn't trigger any defense mechanisms.
Lord Orochimaru, at that time, quickly reached in and scooped, and surprisingly, he really pulled something out.
Thinking of what he had witnessed during this experience, Lord Orochimaru's heart was filled with anticipation for the upcoming results.
Iwagakure.
Ōnoki was meeting with a Ninja.
Half a month later, the final round of the joint Chunin Exams was to be held in Konoha. Not only would he, the Tsuchikage, be present from the Land of Earth, but also the Daimyo.
Aside from the Daimyo, who was invited and would definitely attend, the Daimyo's entourage would be considerable, so many nobles would accompany him.
Similarly, such multi-national exchange events would not be without merchants.
And the Ninja standing before Ōnoki was the commander of the Iwagakure forces dispatched to protect the Land of Earth Daimyo, nobles, and merchants this time.
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