Chapter 76 Battle with Orochimaru

The battle between ninjas is a process of constant testing, and few people will reveal their cards at the beginning of the battle, so in the early stages of the battle, Yeshan chose a combination of ninjutsu that was small in power but very practical.

"Earth Escape·Earth Escape River!"

"Art fire escape ho fireball!"

The two ninjutsu were launched almost at the same time. The soil under Orochimaru's feet instantly became soft and then flowed violently like a mudslide.

Orochimaru had a sneer on his face. His teacher was an expert in earth escape techniques, and he himself was also proficient in earth escape techniques, so he naturally wouldn't take Ye Shan's techniques seriously. As for the fireball that was well controlled in scale, it was even less worth mentioning.

"drink!"

The strong wind brought by the deep shout blew away Yeshan's fire-style ninjutsu. Orochimaru stood there with a cold face, and the ground under his feet had returned to calm again.

"Ye Shanjun, let's stop these boring attempts here, if you have any follow-up measures."

Uchiha Fugaku stood on the towering roof of the Hatake clan, sweating for his friend Yeshan, but had no intention of supporting him. No one knew that Sarutobi Hiruzen had sent several ninjas to fight for the body. If someone took away Hatake Sakumo's body while they were entangled by Orochimaru, then tonight's actions would be meaningless.

Never underestimate the shamelessness of high-ranking officials such as Sarutobi Hiruzen. These were the exact words spoken by the last patriarch of the Senju clan when he visited the great elder. Uchiha Fugaku has always followed this as a guiding principle.

"I wonder how much of Orochimaru's strength can be exerted here?"

Ye Shan shook his neck, pulled out a short knife from behind, and brushed his left hand across the cold and smooth blade. A fiery red light lit up in the rainy night.

Orochimaru looked at Ye Shan's flaming short sword with great interest and asked, "Is this a fire sword?"

"Yes and no."

Ye Shan's answer puzzled Orochimaru. Judging from the characteristics of chakra attributes, wind and lightning attributes are most suitable for increasing the power of cold weapons. If they are cultivated to a high level, they can often cut gold and break stone without any disadvantages. However, it is not very meaningful to attach fire attribute chakra to weapons. It cannot enhance the cutting and penetrating power of weapons. The extremely conspicuous flames may even expose the user's attack trajectory, which is not worth the loss.

"Latent Shadow Snake Hand!"

Several spotted snakes as thick as bowls with bared fangs jumped out from Orochimaru's sleeves and bit towards Yeshan's vital points with great agility. The air was filled with a fishy smell.

Ye Shan narrowed his eyes and looked at the snake that was approaching closely. A few bolts of lightning jumped out of his body, and the whole person mysteriously disappeared on the spot.

Orochimaru raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that Yeshan could practice Hatake Sakumo's secret technique to some extent. He snorted coldly, and several snakes rushed out and slammed their tails on the ground in unison. They returned to his side at a faster speed and then surrounded Orochimaru.

All this happened in an instant. Just as a few snakes surrounded Orochimaru, a short sword with flames on the blade appeared silently at the back of Orochimaru.

"boom!"

Just the short sword touching the body of the fast-spinning snake caused a large amount of flames to erupt, causing Uchiha Fugaku's cheeks to twitch.

The blood-red eyes glowed with a strange light in the rainy night. Although Uchiha Fugaku's Sharingan was not the Mangekyō Sharingan, among the current Uchiha clan, its comprehensive ability was enough to rank in the top ten, and its insight ability was even in the top five.

Under the observation of the Sharingan, Uchiha Fugaku clearly saw the high-intensity chakra condensed and compressed on the blade of the short sword in Yeshan's hand. Every time it struck the enemy, the chakra would erupt along the collision point, then forming a large flame that would burn the unsuspecting enemy.

What's even more strange is that the chakra on the blade does not come from Ye Shan's body, but flows out continuously from the seal in his heart. No one knows how he did it.

"clap clap"

A round of applause came from the side of Hayama, and another Orochimaru walked out slowly and said, "What a powerful ninjutsu. I was almost killed, Hayama-kun."

Ye Shan narrowed his eyes, his face was calm, but he was a little surprised. Since the battle, his eyes have been fixed on Orochimaru's hands, and he still couldn't tell when the other party made the clone seal.

Thinking of this, Ye Shan looked calmly at Uchiha Fugaku who was standing on the roof of the house. When he saw him shaking his head slightly, his face darkened.

There is no false reputation below a great one. Orochimaru's reputation as one of the three ninjas was built on the piles of corpses of the enemy countries. He was honored as an adult only when he was covered in blood. In the hands of a ninja of this level, simple ninjutsu can often achieve unexpected results.

At least he had formed a clone seal under the eyes of Yeshan and Uchiha Fugaku. If the clone just now had an explosive tag attached to it, Yeshan would even suffer a small loss.

"It seems that Ye Shanjun has a lot of secrets. The power of the slash just now is comparable to that of C-level ninjutsu."

"It's similar to the Explosion Kekkei Limit of the Hidden Rock Village. It can be used instantly without the need for hand seals, but it seems that the prerequisite for triggering it is to have a point of force. I just don't know if there is a limit to the number of times this ability can be used."

As Yeshan's face became increasingly gloomy and cold, Orochimaru analyzed the ninjutsu he performed very thoroughly, as if he had seen it countless times.

Ye Shan pursed his lips. The pressure from Orochimaru was huge, even more than the Three-Tails. But he had a reason not to lose, at least he had to ensure that he would not lose.

Orochimaru shook his wrist and several shurikens were thrown out, then he rushed towards Yeshan.

"Shuriken Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"

The shurikens thrown by Orochimaru suddenly split into two, two, and four, and increased several times in the blink of an eye. A large number of shurikens were densely scattered, blocking all of Yeshan's escape space.

Orochimaru's seal had not yet been completed. After completing the seal of the previous technique, Orochimaru quickly formed another seal. Then his chest bulged and a whirlwind spewed out of Orochimaru's mouth.

"Wind Style Breakthrough!"

The strong gust of wind suddenly wrapped around a rain of sharp shurikens. With the help of the wind, the shurikens flying at high speed seemed to have wings and instantly rushed in front of Ye Shan.

If he doesn't attack, it's fine, but once he does, his force is as powerful as thunder and lightning. Orochimaru's attainments in ninjutsu, hand seals, and the timing of casting techniques far exceed those of Hayama.

Ye Shan let out a terrible scream as his body was pierced into a sieve by the powerful shuriken. Then a burst of smoke erupted and he turned into a tattered wooden stake.

Orochimaru's high-speed moving body suddenly stopped. A little white snake poked its head out from the collar of his clothes, and after shaking its body a few times nimbly, it looked up into the sky.

In mid-air, Ye Shan made seals with both hands, gathered a large amount of chakra at his throat, and coldly launched a ninjutsu.

"Earth escape: Iron mouth cannon!"

In an instant, stones the size of an adult's head came crashing down along with the winter rain.

"You underestimate me, Ye Shan."

Orochimaru snorted coldly, puffed up his cheeks, and the wind-style ninjutsu that he had prepared long ago turned into a huge whirlwind that blew away the stones and then blew towards Yeshan who had nowhere to get support with the same force.

However, at this moment, a sharp thunder sounded in the street, and a short knife appeared like a ghost at the back of Orochimaru, and then pierced through it fiercely.

Orochimaru, whose body was pierced, had a look of astonishment on his face, but he turned into mud and tightly wrapped around Yeshan's wrist.

Ye Shan narrowed his eyes slightly, and as lightning flashed on his body, he was about to break free from the restraints, but at this moment, a huge black snake suddenly broke out of the ground under his feet, opened its smelly mouth and bit him.

This is not over yet. On the left side of Yeshan, Orochimaru smiled and formed seals with his hands in front of his chest, and then a large number of wind blades shot out.

At this moment, Yeshan was caught in a pincer attack, but with Orochimaru's fighting style, it was difficult to guarantee whether there was a trap waiting for him to the left or if he jumped into the air. Since dodging was not an option, he would just confront it head-on!

"The technique begins—Fire Kill!"

A layer of chakra quickly emerged from Ye Shan's body, and when it came into contact with the air, it turned into a raging flame. In an instant, a violent explosion occurred with his body as the center, melting Orochimaru's wind escape ninjutsu and roasting the weak organs of the giant python that had opened its mouth to bite him.

Then, the flames condensed into sharp arrows, illuminating half of the street red and evaporating the rainwater on the ground.

Orochimaru looked at the oncoming flaming arrow in amazement, a hint of admiration flashed across his eyes, but his hands were not idle, and he completed several seals in an instant.

"Wind Style: Infinite Breakthrough!"

When all the chakra-concrete ninjutsu dissipated, Yeshan stood there quietly like a fire man, confronting Orochimaru not far away.

"I have to say, Sarutobi-sensei's decision making is as bad as ever. A genius like you was actually handed over to the Uchiha. You are getting more confused as you get older."

Seeing that Yeshan had no desire to speak, Orochimaru was not embarrassed and started talking on his own.

"Your technique is very novel and very suitable for frontal combat. Is it a bloodline limit?"

No wonder Orochimaru asked this question again, because the way Hayama performed ninjutsu was too strange, and he didn't need to make hand seals at all. The last ninja who could perform ninjutsu without making hand seals was the founder of Konoha Village, the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju. According to what Orochimaru knew from the classics, the first Hokage could perform most of his ninjutsu with just a clap of his hands, and his ability to manipulate chakra was unmatched in the entire history of the ninja world.

"What do you think?"

Ye Shan spoke lightly and meaninglessly, while forming seals with his hands.

However, Orochimaru interrupted him with his hand: "That's it, my mission has failed."

Ye Shan was stunned, but before he could say anything, a captivating aura burst out from not far away. The three people present were familiar with this aura, it was Sarutobi Hiruzen who arrived late.