A giant figure with eight heads, needless to say, this must be Orochimaru.
Uchiha Nagi originally thought Orochimaru would summon Manda for battle, or use other signature techniques like Edo Tensei, but he didn't expect him to use this Jutsu.
Eight Branches Technique—
He transforms himself into a giant serpent with eight heads. It's useless to cut off any single head, as it's a form of immortality. Only by severing all eight heads simultaneously can he be defeated.
And even then, it's merely a defeat, because Orochimaru has too many trump cards for immortality. You can never predict how he will revive the next second after dying this second.
In mythology, each of the eight heads possesses different abilities, and clearly, the Jutsu developed by Orochimaru is also incredibly powerful.
Continuing to use Breathing Technique or Destructive Kill in battle was meaningless, because if one head was cut off, another would grow back the next second. Uchiha Nagi couldn't help but feel both admiration and jealousy; Orochimaru had far too many trump cards. This wasn't even his full power. If he fought with full power, Orochimaru would summon Manda, who is Kage-level, then summon the Edo Tensei of the First and Second Hokage, and also the Third Kazekage. That's a total of four Kage-level individuals, plus himself making five.
Five Kage-level individuals—four people and one Manda—attacking together, even if the Edo Tensei individuals couldn't exert 100% of their strength, it would still be a crushing defeat for him.
"Then, let's follow the timeline. I'll use your bane, Sword of Totsuka, against you."
Uchiha Nagi silently closed his eyes, then opened his Mangekyo the next second. Chakra surged forth, constructing a skeletal giant.
The Anbu Ninja from Hidden Mist Village, seeing this, silently retreated. They weren't going to play around; these two were playing with Mobile Suits now. Was their small squad supposed to go up and get slaughtered?
As Uchiha Nagi infused more Chakra into the skeletal giant, it grew flesh, then clothes, becoming a Susanoo giant with a human-like appearance.
Then, the giant waved its hand, and a spiritual longsword appeared directly.
"Oh, Sword of Totsuka? A weapon of the Uchiha Clan, quite surprising." Orochimaru, being well-informed, recognized the spiritual longsword at a glance.
"Orochimaru, let's begin the third round of our contest." Uchiha Nagi chuckled softly.
Then the Susanoo giant half-crouched, and a huge roar came from the ground, like two massive explosions. With a push of its legs, it vanished from its spot and leaped towards Orochimaru.
From one of the heads, a mouth opened, revealing half of Orochimaru's body inside. He was naturally wary of Sword of Totsuka, but it wouldn't stump him.
The eight great serpent heads—one spat out poisonous smoke, another Wind Release, and the last Fire Release. These three different Ninjutsu combined and surged towards Uchiha Nagi's Susanoo giant.
"Water Breathing, Sixth Form: Twisting Whirlpool ~" Uchiha Nagi took a deep breath, doing something he hadn't attempted before.
That was controlling the Susanoo to use the sword techniques of Breathing Technique. Breathing Technique enhances and amplifies the body through breathing, but since he was inside the Susanoo, only his own body was amplified, though his swordsmanship remained unchanged.
Twisting Whirlpool involves twisting the upper and lower body with force, continuously unleashing slashes with momentum, transforming the resulting whirlpool into sharp water blades that cut down everything around them.
When applied to Susanoo, it became a giant twisting whirlpool, constantly swinging its sword, guiding Orochimaru's Ninjutsu into a vortex using the principle of softness, and finally, with the sword, striking Orochimaru's eight great heads.
"Too bad, only five were cut." Uchiha Nagi regretted slightly.
Orochimaru, whose five giant serpent heads had been severed, quickly recovered to normal. Orochimaru then used another serpent head to spit out some pitch-black liquid.
The black liquid, scattered throughout the space, emitted a foul stench; it clearly wasn't anything good.
Uchiha Nagi quickly used his Breathing Technique. The Susanoo swung its sword, blocking most of it. Only a few drops landed on the Susanoo, emitting a corrosive effect like sulfuric acid.
"Water Breathing, Tenth Form: Constant Flux ~" Uchiha Nagi didn't want to drag this out any longer. Although he had a lot of Chakra now, with several cards up his sleeve, if he kept fighting Orochimaru like this, and the Hidden Mist Village's strong Ninja arrived, how would he escape? He needed to save some Chakra for escape.
He immediately used the strongest Tenth Form: Constant Flux, severing seven of Orochimaru's heads. Then, he fiercely stabbed the last head with Sword of Totsuka, which struck Orochimaru inside the giant serpent's mouth.
"Remarkable. I didn't expect you to be able to fight me to this extent. You now have the strength to speak with me as an equal." Orochimaru, pierced, remained perfectly calm, still smiling, as if it wasn't him who was dying.
And indeed, it was so. The next second, the pierced Orochimaru transformed into an Earth Clone, and from the giant serpent heads severed by Uchiha Nagi, a black shadow suddenly flew out, heading straight for Uchiha Nagi, who was in the middle of the Susanoo's body.
Unlike others, Uchiha Nagi, when activating Susanoo, placed himself in the middle of its body, not the head.
Orochimaru used a Jutsu Uchiha Nagi didn't recognize, combined with the kusanagi sword, to cut open the Susanoo, then used his long tongue to grab and drag him out.
His hoarse, magnetic voice revealed fanaticism, "Uchiha Nagi, I'll take your eyes."
Uchiha Nagi then realized that his Susanoo was immobile. Upon closer inspection with his Mangekyo vision, it turned out that the Orochimaru who was pierced was not just an Earth Clone. Orochimaru had also placed many cursed seals on it—dense Sealing Technique formulas were climbing from Sword of Totsuka onto the Susanoo's body.
[Ninja are truly a bunch of old schemers.]
Uchiha Nagi secretly cursed. Such a seal was nothing; he could just jump out of the Susanoo. The critical point was that Orochimaru's main body was fanatically pouncing over to gouge out his eyes at that very moment.
Uchiha Nagi's body was being dragged towards Orochimaru.
"Hmph, Orochimaru, you're asking for death—"
Just as Orochimaru's hands reached for his face, Uchiha Nagi's white left hand punched first.
Crack, crack—
The immense force of the punch shattered Orochimaru's hateful palm, pulverizing his entire arm into a comminuted fracture, and finally striking heavily on his head. His Soft Body Modification Jutsu was completely useless.
Super Strength Fist... As quickly as Orochimaru came, he went back just as quickly.
Then, with a heavy roar, Orochimaru crashed into the ground, creating a large crater. A Super Strength Fist that could shatter the earth would likely turn a human body into a puddle of flesh. It was only because his snake skin was tough; anyone else would probably have been scattered into a pile of minced meat in the air.
As the smoke cleared, Orochimaru's Eight Branches Technique was dispelled, and Uchiha Nagi's Susanoo also deactivated.
"Come out, Orochimaru, I know you can't die. I want to make a deal with you."
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