Orochimaru knew the prowess of the Strongest Shield and the Strongest Spear and had no intention of being forced onto the defensive. From the outset, he used Ninjutsu to launch his most powerful and aggressive attack.
Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Technique!
Within the space of dozens of meters around Orochimaru, specks of crimson fire suddenly lit up. These star-like flames gathered rapidly in front of Orochimaru in the blink of an eye, forming a massive, room-sized, perfectly detailed, fierce dragon head!
Its jagged horns pointed toward the sky, its scaly surface was engulfed in crimson flame, and its eyes, glowing like magma from the earth's core, glared viciously at Yotsuki A. The dragon opened its mouth and let out a furious roar: "Awrrooo—"
Under Orochimaru's control, the ferocious, room-sized fire dragon head rushed toward Yotsuki A with a roar.
Electric light flashed around Yotsuki A. Seeing this powerful Ninjutsu and facing the massive, scorching dragon head, his eyes widened, but they shone not with fear, but with intense, crazed fighting spirit.
He laughed loudly, charging forward instead of retreating. The tangible lightning cloak covering his body became more vivid and dazzling. In this moment, it seemed to sway in the wind, looking thin yet absolutely indestructible!
The several-centimeter-long electrical blade extending from his right hand suddenly surged to over ten centimeters. He brought it down fiercely onto the massive, raging dragon head that was hurtling toward him.
Rumble, rumble—
The strike was like lightning tearing through the sky and thunder crashing onto the earth. A blue-violet electric current as thick as a man's arm descended from the sky, adding power to Yotsuki A's right hand and his Four-Finger Hell Stab. This instantly split the massive, fierce flame dragon head in two, tearing it open down the middle.
Orochimaru was not surprised to see the flame dragon head destroyed. The last of a set of hand signs he had already begun weaving was completed simultaneously!
Pure, immense chakra flowed into the hand signs through his hands!
Wind Release: Great Wind Whirlwind Technique!
Yotsuki A suddenly realized that the surrounding air had become as sharp and keen as blades, and a towering, ground-to-sky whirlwind tornado, over ten meters high, was rapidly forming, completely encircling him!
The numerous long, razor-sharp wind blades, like scythes, sliced crimson gashes across his body!
The high-speed whirling tornado also violently destabilized Yotsuki A's center of gravity, which had been as steady as a mountain.
"Hoo-huff—" Orochimaru's breathing was growing slightly labored, but he knew this wasn't enough; this attack alone couldn't defeat Yotsuki A.
The focus in his dark-golden snake eyes sharpened. More chakra was refined and poured into the hand signs!
Combined Ninjutsu: Great Dragon Tornado, Activate!
The ground-to-sky hurricane drew the residual flames from the destroyed fire dragon head into the vortex. Wind fueled the fire, and fire enhanced the wind's power!
The entire hurricane became wrapped in blazing flames, its power surging. It consumed half the arena in a fiery vortex. Trees snapped, the turf was ripped up, and deafening blasts and explosions rang out incessantly.
Trapped within, Yotsuki A unleashed a roar of fury and rage toward the sky: "Roargh—!"
Three breaths later, the entire fiery tornado suddenly burst and exploded. "Boom—" A visible circle of terrifying air pressure, witnessed by the stunned audience, shook and ripped up the earth of the entire battleground, scraping away a layer several centimeters thick.
The sheer power of this Combined Ninjutsu caused even the Kage's platform to shake slightly.
The Second Tsuchikage, Mū, couldn't help but sigh: "This child named Orochimaru is truly formidable. The power of that Combined Ninjutsu seems to have inherited your true teaching, Sarutobi!" His words betrayed a touch of worry for his own student.
Sarutobi smiled. To be overly modest now would seem insincere. He said with satisfaction, "Orochimaru is a very hardworking child!" He is also a genius rarely seen, Sarutobi added inwardly.
Hōzuki Jōrō was also captivated by the fierce fighting and momentarily forgot his feud with the Tsuchikage, subconsciously saying, "It looks like Yotsuki A is in a bit of danger!"
Hearing Hōzuki Jōrō's comment, Yotsuki Manrō laughed heartily: "Haha, A's strength is far from over!"
The other Kage, hearing the information implied by Manrō's words, grew even more curious and fixed their attention back on the arena.
The air was thick with the smell of scorching and intense residual heat. The ground was littered with broken, still-burning wood and branches.
The swirling smoke, grass clippings, and wood ash cleared, slowly revealing the scene within, and the still-standing, strong, and imposing figure.
"Hoo-huff, hoo-huff—" The severe chakra drain left Orochimaru panting heavily as he gazed at Yotsuki A emerging from the dust.
Yotsuki A's lightning cloak, sliced to ribbons, was reduced to a mere faint blue-violet light. His body was covered in countless hideous, crisscrossing scars.
However, when Orochimaru scanned him with his powerful spiritual energy, he was surprised to find that Yotsuki A's fighting spirit and aura had not weakened; in fact, they had grown stronger!
Under Orochimaru's gaze, Yotsuki A, with fresh crimson blood running from his lips and a more intense fighting spirit surging from his eyes, slowly used his left hand to remove the Cloud ninja insignia from his right arm, and then undid a black strip of cloth bound beneath it.
The instant this unassuming black cloth began to be loosened and the restraint was eased, Orochimaru distinctly felt an overbearing and powerful aura of lightning erupt uncontrollably from the muscular arm concealed by the cloth.
As this dominant lightning aura emanated from Yotsuki A's hand, it caused streaks of blue-violet electrical light to flash in the air around his arm, blasting small craters into the ground again.
A shadow fell over Orochimaru's head. He looked up and saw that the clear, bright sky had suddenly sprouted a thick dark cloud. Lightning and thunder flickered within the cloud, resonating with the lightning aura emanating from Yotsuki A's right arm.
Orochimaru frowned slightly. Hmm? That cloth strip was actually a seal. What is it covering, to possess such astonishing power?
As the cloth strip was completely undone and pulled away by Yotsuki A, Orochimaru was astonished to see a blue-violet "Thunder" character seal, the size of a baby's palm, tattooed onto the muscular arm in ancient script.
That blue-violet lightning inscription exuded an incredibly powerful electrical fluctuation, as if it were not a character, but a dense thundercloud containing countless flashes of lightning.
Orochimaru controlled his ragged breathing, his dark-golden snake eyes slightly widened. He recognized the "Thunder" seal and couldn't help but mutter: "No wonder, no wonder he needed to seal it. This is getting more and more interesting, hehe. It's actually the Thunder God Seal!"
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