After using Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet, Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't stop to rest, instead rapidly throwing several shuriken.
Then he quickly formed hand seals.
"Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique!"
A sky full of shuriken flew towards Kakuzu.
Facing the shuriken flying towards him, Kakuzu didn't dodge, directly taking the hit.
"Earth Release: Hardening!"
The battle between Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kakuzu looked massive, with various Ninjutsu flying everywhere, creating a grand and back-and-forth spectacle.
However, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was already tasked with joining the Akatsuki Organization, wasn't fighting seriously.
Kakuzu, eyeing Hiruzen Sarutobi's bounty, and failing to ambush him, was also primarily using Ninjutsu to probe. Coupled with Orochimaru's interference, Kakuzu was unwilling to use his trump cards and escalate the battle's intensity.
The two individuals whose battle seemed the most intense were actually still probing each other, in the garbage-level stage of throwing Ninjutsu back and forth.
On the other side, facing Orochimaru's attack, Itachi, who was also tasked with joining the Akatsuki Organization, had no intention of using his trump cards.
Itachi directly used Sharingan Genjutsu on Orochimaru, intending to slightly delay the assault, and then widened the distance.
"Sharingan Genjutsu: Kanashibari Technique!"
Unexpectedly, Itachi, who had originally planned to buy some time, was surprised to find that the Kanashibari Technique had directly pinned Orochimaru in place!
As soon as he gained control, Itachi immediately intensified the Kanashibari Technique's hold on Orochimaru.
Controlled, Orochimaru once again experienced the Sharingan's suppression of him.
Why?
Why is it so strong?
After Jugo left, Orochimaru still found ways to obtain Natural Energy. At this point, Orochimaru was much stronger than when he first encountered Yuuki's Shadow Clone, in all aspects, including his soul, which had been torn to shreds by his experiments.
The strengthened Orochimaru still had no answer for Itachi's Genjutsu, which completely exceeded Orochimaru's expectations.
At this moment, Itachi, purely in terms of Sharingan and eye power, was undoubtedly stronger than Yuuki's previous Shadow Clone, and Itachi's talent in Genjutsu was also much greater than Yuuki's.
Orochimaru was easily handled by Itachi.
While everyone had their own agendas and held back.
The only one taking it seriously was unwilling to be ignored, making his presence known.
Hidan, ignored by Orochimaru, was utterly enraged. The moment he got his scythe, he threw it again with all his might.
The targets were Orochimaru's head and Itachi, who was not far from him.
Hidan wanted to kill two birds with one stone—a beautiful dream!
As the sound of rushing air approached, Itachi quickly jumped away, and the Genjutsu controlling Orochimaru was also released accordingly.
Orochimaru, struck by Itachi, was momentarily dazed upon leaving the Genjutsu, but he quickly retracted his neck, dodging the flying scythe.
Hidan pulled, and the scythe came back towards Orochimaru at an even faster speed.
Orochimaru twisted his snake-like neck in a bizarre manner, but he was still grazed, and traces of Kekkei appeared on his face.
"Itachi-kun, long time no see, you've given me a huge surprise!"
Orochimaru still didn't focus on Hidan, staring intently at Itachi, his possessiveness almost overflowing from his eyes.
Itachi felt very uncomfortable being stared at by Orochimaru like that, but unlike Orochimaru, who was only focused on him, Itachi's eyes moved rapidly, taking in everything on the Battlefield.
As for Orochimaru's exclamation, the quiet Itachi had no intention of responding.
From Itachi's perspective at that moment.
Orochimaru was staring at him like a lovesick resentful woman, seemingly wanting something to happen between them.
The Akatsuki member with the slicked-back hair was licking the barely visible Kekkei on his scythe like a pervert, drawing unknown symbols on the ground with his feet.
Sandaime-sama and the masked Akatsuki member were fighting back and forth, but it seemed the masked man's fighting desire was gradually decreasing.
Itachi's observation was very detailed.
Orochimaru didn't want to miss this opportunity and decided to get serious.
Hidan also became fanatic, ready to offer sacrifices to his great Jashin-sama.
Kakuzu found the situation tricky and didn't want to waste time, planning to go earn other side money.
Just a few breaths later.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
"Jashin-sama, accept the offerings from your devout follower!"
The situation on this Battlefield caused Kakuzu, who was already somewhat hesitant, to disengage after clashing with one Ninjutsu, directly jumping away.
Hiruzen Sarutobi also stopped, and when he turned to look.
The Akatsuki member with the slicked-back hair had turned black and white, and several coffins slowly rose in front of Orochimaru, with "First", "Second", and "Fourth" written on them respectively.
This scene made Hiruzen Sarutobi's pupils contract; he clearly recognized this Ninjutsu.
"Itachi, stop Orochimaru!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't hesitate, rapidly throwing shuriken towards Orochimaru. Itachi didn't know why but acted quickly, also throwing a large number of ninja tools with his exquisite ninja tool throwing technique.
"Thump, thump, thump...."
The coffins appeared noticeably faster, and countless ninja tools thrown at Orochimaru were blocked by the coffins, which soon fully emerged from the ground.
"It's already too late, Hiruzen..... Ugh~ !"
"Ah, haha! Ah, hahahaha ~!"
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