Chapter 227: Lingering Shadow
"You're quite the resilient snake, aren't you?"
"Didn't expect you'd have the nerve to show up in front of me..."
With these thoughts in mind, Yu's underlying sense of unease grew stronger. So, he directly addressed Orochimaru before him, saying, "Alright, consider yourself lucky today. I don't have time to listen to your nonsense here. Get out of my way!"
Snap!!
After speaking, Yu lightly stepped on the transparent, invisible threads beneath his feet, unleashing the Lightning Body Flicker technique, bursting forth with astonishing speed. He transformed into a streak of lightning, shooting forward.
"Such speed..."
"No wonder you're Yu-kun, truly remarkable with the Body Flicker Jutsu."
Feeling the dazzling flash of lightning pass by, seeing Yu burst with such incredible speed, Orochimaru's face suddenly revealed a sinister smile. "But seeing you in such a rush..."
"It seems like there's something important waiting for you to handle!"
Forbidden Jutsu:Impure World Seal Destruction!!
As the words fell, Orochimaru's hands transformed into a blur, forming dozens of intricate hand seals in an extremely short amount of time.
The ground beneath the Rock Forest trembled violently as Orochimaru directly summoned an enormous and incomparable coffin on the ground beneath Yu.
Thousands of mysterious black ghostly hands emerged from it, seemingly attempting to pull Yu into the coffin all at once, then sinking into the depths of the earth along with the massive coffin.
This is...
It seems Orochimaru has completed the Impure World Seal Destruction Jutsu...
Yu, who was rushing forward, suddenly faced the enormous coffin and countless black ghostly hands summoned instantly beneath him, startling him.
Air Door!!
Ice Burst: Pheasant Beak!!
In a counter-throw manner, the air beneath him was instantly transformed into a round, transparent door by Kaio.
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The raging freezing power of Ice erupted, creating a massive and dazzling ice bird that shattered the coffin beneath Yu's feet in an instant, freezing countless black ghostly hands.
"Such immense power..."
"Your reflexes are really quick. It seems you've gotten stronger again..."
Seeing his activated Forbidden Jutsu:Impure World Seal Destruction instantly destroyed by Yu's controlled Devil Puppet, Orochimaru clearly felt that this young man was even stronger and more difficult to deal with than two years ago.
But seizing this opportunity and gap, Orochimaru transformed into a swiftly sliding ground-hugging snake, eventually catching up to Yu's footsteps. "However, when entrusted by someone, one must be loyal..."
"I'm sorry, Yu, but you'll have to stay here today and catch up with me!"
Ninja Art: Wicked Snake Arm Explosion!!
With a low hiss from his mouth, Orochimaru formed hand seals again, and several enormous pythons were instantly summoned out of nowhere on the ground beneath Yu's feet, opening their foul-smelling jaws to swallow him whole and then detonate with Chakra!
"You're asking for death!!" Faced with the sudden appearance of the enormous pythons beneath his feet and Orochimaru's words, Yu's sharp gaze seemed capable of freezing the air. "You don't want the chance to live, so since you're so eager to reincarnate, let me send you on your way!!"
Scorch Release: Grand Burning Sea!!
As he spoke, Yu's murderous intent erupted, and from within the spatial void opened by Kaio's Door Door Fruit, the imposing figure of Tyrant flashed into view. The moisture in the air seemed to be sucked dry in an instant. Tyrant unleashed his Scorch Release Chakra, spewing forth an incredibly scorching wave of flames, surpassing the power of ordinary Fire Release. The explosive flames instantly evaporated several giant pythons into snake skeletons.
"The Forbidden Jutsu you use, forcibly seizing others' bodies has a three-year period of weakness..."
After instantly dispatching several giant pythons with Tyrant, Yu's Observation Haki locked onto Orochimaru, who was chasing from behind. His indifferent gaze was like that of someone staring at a dead man. "I refuse to believe that reviving and rebirthing through the Cursed Seal of Heaven doesn't come with a price!!"
Although Orochimaru could utilize the Cursed Seal of Heaven he planted on other ninjas to resurrect and regenerate even after death, Yu didn't believe that this taboo ability came without a cost.
God-Killing Spear: Nonstop Continuous Blade!!
Accompanying Yu's cold tone was a multitude of beams in the air, rapidly reaching their utmost speed, cutting through everything in their path.
Realizing that Orochimaru's purpose for appearing here at this moment was to delay him, Yu wasted no words. He unleashed the full power of the Thread Fruit within him.
With a raise of his hand, countless pillars of destruction shot out like rainbows piercing through the air. Orochimaru, who was quickly closing in, was unable to react in time and was pierced through by the successive strikes of Yu's God-Killing Spear.
"What is this..."
Faced with Yu's full-powered God-Killing Spear, which had surpassed 500 times the speed of sound, Orochimaru, who was almost turned to dust by the onslaught, flashed a barely noticeable panic in his eyes. "You've indeed become stronger, Yu."
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Indeed, as Yu stated, there is no absolutely perfect Ninjutsu in this world. Utilizing the power of the Cursed Seal of Heaven, he could indeed resurrect and regenerate after death, but before that, his soul would have to slumber for a long period.
Moreover, very few ninjas could successfully accept his Cursed Seal of Heaven and survive. Apart from his beloved disciple Mitarashi Anko, who had once accepted it, currently, he had almost one fewer ninja with the Cursed Seal of Heaven in his possession.
So, if it weren't for Danzo sending someone to Hidden Sound Village to find him this time and offering him an irresistible condition, he would never want to face this formidable opponent again.
The feeling of having one's soul linger in the Pure Land after being killed was something he swore never to experience again in his lifetime.
White Scale Great Snake!!
With hardly any hesitation, just before his body was completely shattered into pieces and turned to dust by Yu's successive bursts of the God-Killing Spear, Orochimaru firmly opened his mouth wide, and from within, his true form, the White Scale Great Snake, swiftly emerged.
Facing opponents like Yu two years later, Orochimaru deeply understood that if he didn't unleash his true power, he might not even have the chance to hinder his opponent's footsteps.
Swoosh!!
Just as Orochimaru had barely unleashed his true form, the White Scale Great Snake, and before he could lock onto his target again and bite, he felt a blur before his eyes, and Yu's handsome yet cold face was almost stuck to his own!
Such incredible speed... What is this?!
Facing Yu's unbelievable speed, Orochimaru was shocked, but when he saw Yu's appearance clearly at this moment, his sinister snake pupils suddenly shrank!
It turned out that in the instant Orochimaru unleashed his true form, the White Scale Great Snake, Yu had already activated the power of Armament Haki.
Black Haki covered his entire body from head to toe, revealing only a handsome yet sinister face. The destructive and tyrannical aura between his demeanor and temperament made even Orochimaru feel a palpitation of fear.
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