Chapter 154 Deadlock

Clang, clang, clang!

The sounds of metal collisions suddenly sounded in the night woods.

With the blessing of the wind escape coat, the wind blade in Shangguan Mo's hand was so fast that only an extremely blurry afterimage was left. The bright water-like light of the sword complemented the crescent moon in the sky, but what it brought to Orochimaru was a killing intent. A different view of the tide.

He only felt the cold and biting murderous intention in Shangguan Mo's sword light!

hum!

The wind blade in Shangguan Mo's hand was swung rapidly, forming a bright streak in front of him. An airtight wall of light and shadow.

After several collisions, Orochimaru's expression had changed somewhat, and he was no longer as careless as before.

Ever since he obtained the Kusanagi Sword, he had almost never been at a disadvantage in the Taijutsu clashes with other ninjas. The only time he had was when he fought with the leader of the Hidden Rain Village, Sanshouyu Hanzo, a few years ago. when.

At that time, he, Jiraiya and Tsunade worked together to fight against the demigod of the ninja world, but in the end they got a humiliating title of [Sannin], which he has always been bitter about.

But now, holding the extremely sharp Pheasant Sword, he was beaten so badly by a young junior that it was difficult for him to even fight back.

Although this is related to the mysterious escape technique he suffered from the big yellow dog before, which burned half of his body and greatly reduced his body function, it is enough to show that Shangguan Mo's own strength cannot be underestimated.

"wrong!"

As if he thought of something, Orochimaru's expression suddenly shook, and his eyes couldn't help but look towards the young man in front of him who was attacking crazily.

He had discovered before that Shangguan Mo's body had always been surrounded by this layer of gauze as thin as cicada's wings. In close contact, Orochimaru felt a gentleness like a mountain breeze blowing on his face many times.

But wrapped in this soft-looking gauze, Shangguan Mo not only became as fast as the wind, but even the ordinary standard kunai in his hand could not be cut off by his pheasant sword.

Orochimaru once again thought of the flash of dark fire on Shangguan Mo's body before he released his Fire Release and what he had said before.

"Is this the wishful insect..."

He gritted his teeth secretly.

That little bug that was revealed in the orange firelight could actually have such a big impact on a jounin. Whether it was ninjutsu or close combat, that tiny bug couldn't be any smaller. The bugs all provided Shangguan Mo with great help, which allowed Shangguan Mo, a young man of only seventeen years old, to fight head-on with his injured self, and even vaguely suppressed himself!

"What a good plan..."

A suppressed anger rose on his face, and Orochimaru was so angry that he wanted to laugh.

He was completely misled by Shangguan Mo's previous words. He thought Shangguan Mo was bluffing and simply wanted to delay time to restore chakra.

But I didn't expect that Shangguan Mo was actually showing weakness to the enemy!

"But how long can you maintain this state with very little chakra left?"

He sneered in his heart, looking at Shangguan Mo with a hint of mockery in his eyes.

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"Is it so silky..."

Seeing Orochimaru's body like plasticine once again dodge his own slashes in an inhuman posture, Shangguan Mo couldn't help but change his expression slightly.

After a few minutes of head-on physical combat, Shangguan Mo's physical strength only showed a slight decrease. However, due to Ahri's increase in strength and the recovery of Black Heart Slug's [Cell Splitting] ability, Shangguan Mo does not have to deal with his physical strength for the time being. What's the worry about physical strength?

[Cell Division]: The Black-Hearted Slug itself has the ability to divide cells, and its carrier shares part of this ability with him. Moreover, the carrier of the black-hearted slug can absorb the cells it divides to quickly restore body functions.

Shangguan Mo knew that the so-called body functions were actually just physical abilities.

With the existence of [Cell Splitting], Shangguan Mo has enough confidence to engage in a long-term close combat with Orochimaru.

But the key is that his chakra is about to bottom out again!

Even with just the shallowest layer of Wind Release Chakra Coat and the [Wind Release. Attachment] technique, Shangguan Mo's chakra recovery speed cannot keep up with the current expenditure!

In other words, if he cannot capture Orochimaru or force him back within a short period of time, Shangguan Mo's current advantage will immediately cease to exist.

"what to do!"

Shangguan Mo felt anxious secretly.

The wind blade in his hand still danced into phantoms, but the wind-attribute aura at the tip became slightly dim.

Orochimaru has gradually become familiar with the attacking rhythm of the young man in front of him, and can even make appropriate counterattacks.

The corners of his already long and narrow mouth were now grinning, and those extremely thin lips made him look extremely indifferent, like a snake without any human emotions.

After firmly holding Shangguan Mo's forward slash, Orochimaru suddenly raised his right foot and kicked it out. However, just when he was about to kick Shangguan Mo's abdomen, he dodged it with a light step back.

“It’s really amazing flexibility!”

He couldn't help but feel a little emotional in his heart, but Orochimaru knew that Shangguan Mo's ability to react so quickly was not entirely due to the blessing of the psychic beast.

The battle has reached this point, Orochimaru has already seen clearly.

The young man's psychic beast could only increase his physical strength, chakra, and ninjutsu. Although this was already an amazing enough existence, Orochimaru didn't particularly care.

Just like what Shangguan Mo said before.

Although his psychic beasts can provide great bonuses to him, for a ninja of Orochimaru's level, the combat power they can actually provide can be said to be almost negligible.

When their strength reaches their level, even if their ninjutsu, chakra, and taijutsu are increased by two or three levels, it will not actually be of much help to their combat effectiveness, especially when facing opponents of the same level of strength, Shangguan Mo and those like The bonus of the psychic beast was even ignored by him.

As an elite Jonin of Konoha, Orochimaru's eyes have always been on the [Kage] or Jinchūriki in the five major villages.

In his opinion, only someone with this level of strength is worthy of being his opponent.

But once a ninja's strength reaches Orochimaru's level, if he wants to improve his strength or combat effectiveness, it cannot be accomplished with a mere increase in chakra and physical strength, or a little ninjutsu power.

It can even be said that the improvement of their combat effectiveness in these aspects can be said to be minimal.

Unless they can reach the extreme in a certain aspect!

For example, the amount of chakra of the Jinchuuriki, the poison and sword skills of Sansho Hanzo, the strength and defense of the Third Raikage, and even Namikaze Minato, a young rising star of Konoha who has mastered the [Flying Thunder God Technique]! That can also be said to be the fastest ninja in the ninja world!

Only by reaching the extreme in a certain aspect can the strength of ninjas of Orochimaru's level undergo major changes again.

Apart from that, only the speed of nerve reaction or some special forbidden or secret techniques, such as [Dirty Earth Reincarnation] that he has always been thinking about, can Orochimaru's strength be further improved.

In other words, what really surprised Orochimaru at this time was that Shangguan Mo was able to fight Orochimaru head-on with just a mere 20-30% increase in chakra volume, physical fitness, and ninjutsu power. Ability!

Even though he is injured, he is one of the three famous ninjas in the ninja world!

This was the root cause of the chill in his heart!

"This child must not be kept!"

His eyes changed with the boundless murderous intention that suddenly rose in his heart. Orochimaru's eyes flashed with a stern look, and he gritted his teeth and secretly made this decision.

To have such strength at such a young age, and to have made enemies with Konoha and even himself, no matter how he looked at it, Orochimaru felt that he must not leave this kind of trouble for the village or himself!

You know, Shangguan Mo is a being who uses psychic beasts as his main combat power and is called a "Psychic Ninja" in the ninja world!

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