Caught in the Spider's Web
Chapter 72: Caught in the Web, Orochimaru is Right to Look Down on a Bunch of Trash
A Nara Jonin who is far inferior to Hatake Kakashi and has a nearly useless arm.
Two Genin without any special abilities.
Plus a Chunin whose ability fluctuates and hasn't shown the true ability to surpass a Jonin.
Why would one of the Sannin take them seriously?
"Tch~" Orochimaru once again waved his sword, completely obliterating the shadow. The smile on his face grew even more intense as he leaned on his katana, his tone gentle. "Are your techniques ready?"
"Is it manipulating hair? Using Ice Release? Or creating metal objects inside someone's body?"
[He knows everything...]
Lin Ke canceled the Stand [Rainbow Catcher] he had summoned. After summoning Stands four times in a row without anything powerful, he realized he shouldn't rely on the Stand ability to reach its full potential in battle.
Either it's the [Silver Water Chain], which has almost no direct offensive capability, or the [Dragon's Dream], which requires feng shui knowledge to use correctly, or [Death God 13], which is invincible in dreams but useless in direct combat, and finally, the [Rainbow Catcher], which only works on rainy days.
The Stand pool is too deep. The probability of summoning a truly useful Stand is not high. It's just a gamble before the fight, and it's really foolish to waste a lot of Chakra during the fight to gamble on changing fate.
[Let's have a normal battle...]
Lin Ke thought calmly, re-releasing the Clone Jutsu, and then slowly continued to form hand seals, using a small amount of Chakra to summon a Stand.
Even without a Stand, after using Transformation Jutsu, he could barely compete with the opponent in terms of physical fitness. Even if there was a gap in speed and reaction, he was confident in engaging in close combat as long as the opponent didn't use Ninjutsu. [The ability to control the Kusanagi Sword is Ninjutsu in the setting book.]
Even if it's an instant Genjutsu, he has the Headhunter Technique to throw back, and the Clone Jutsu to share the damage...
"Hold on tight—" he said in a deep voice.
The Earth Dragon flapped its wings and suddenly rose dozens of meters. Yuan Wei and Xia were squeezed against the scales by the huge impact. After rising, it flew towards the Land of Fire, Konoha Village, under its master's command.
The wind howled, and the clothes of the three standing people fluttered. The blood stains on Nara Yan Shui's body began to freeze due to the low temperature at high altitude.
"Tap." Seeing that the other party was not thinking about using techniques but was starting to run away, Orochimaru took the initiative to release the Kusanagi Sword, took a step forward, and said with a hint of playfulness, "Is it that you can't use the technique, or is there a more troublesome technique that requires more Chakra and time, or..."
"Is it that you can't control the power of the technique yourself?"
He kept guessing, and then his figure blurred.
"Bang!" Even though Nara Yan Shui had reacted, he was still stopped by a Genjutsu that the other party casually threw out, and was kicked away solidly.
It was completely a case of an adult beating a child.
Orochimaru wouldn't hold back against anyone other than his target. The first greeting almost killed Nara Yan Shui. The gap between them was quite large.
"Whoosh!"
Lin Ke reacted the moment he heard Nara Yan Shui fly up. He didn't continue to form hand seals to summon a Stand. He instinctively transformed his entire body into blades. The whole person was like a peacock spreading its tail. The Transformation Jutsu, which had reached the level of doubling the body, was detailed enough to change individual parts.
Orochimaru narrowly brushed past the blades. His head suddenly stretched out and turned sharply in the air, opening his mouth to reveal his teeth and biting towards Lin Ke's head.
"Huff!"
Lin Ke changed one arm back to its original shape. The Wood, Water, Fire, Earth Five Elements Sealing lit up on his fingers. Completely disregarding the attack he was about to receive, he pressed towards the other's cheek.
Seeing that the two sides were about to exchange damage, Orochimaru strangely retracted his head and elongated neck, ignoring the inertia. The whole process was extremely uncomfortable to watch.
"That's the Five Elements Sealing? No..." The smile on his face faded for the first time. His intuition as a ninja told him that even he, who had undergone physical modifications, couldn't take it head-on. Fortunately, this kid's reaction was a little lacking, otherwise, if he was poked by that strange Five Elements Sealing, something unpleasant might have happened.
[Too bad.]
Lin Ke's expression was calm as he lowered his palm and swallowed a Soldier Pill. He didn't rashly attack. With his reaction and speed, he was obviously no match for Orochimaru.
Summoning the Earth Dragon was to create a suitable environment for ascending into the air. In mid-air, the other party would most likely not release range-based Ninjutsu unless he wanted to kill him.
The action of summoning a Stand was half-true and half-false. If he randomly got a powerful Stand, he wouldn't need to rely on his brain and the trump card Five Elements Sealing. If it didn't work, it was also expected. It was more of a test, to test whether the other party really wanted to kill him to obtain a corpse specimen, or wanted to capture him intact.
After testing, he would escape towards the Land of Fire, using the high-altitude environment to force the other party into a Taijutsu confrontation.
He was betting that Orochimaru would rely on his modified body to take skills head-on like in the manga, giving Naruto a hit up close, and actively eating Sasuke's Dragon Fire Technique. As long as this guy dared to take his [Five Elements Sealing], even if he was one of the Sannin, he would have a chance to win with Yan Shui Teacher's cooperation. He didn't expect...
[As expected of a ninja who has experienced war? What unreasonable intuition...]
"Tap!" Nara Yan Shui, who had been kicked away, covered his wound and walked up from the flank of the Earth Dragon step by step. His hair danced wildly in the wind. He almost fell just now. Fortunately, his basic skills as a Jonin were up to par, and he used Chakra to attach himself to the scales of the Earth Dragon while dispelling the Genjutsu.
Otherwise, falling from such a high place, he would definitely not survive with the means he had mastered.
"What a dangerous technique." Orochimaru became slightly more serious. Even he could sense the danger. Such a Bloodline Limit...
His eyes turned greedy. "I want you more and more, Lin Ke-kun."
Yuan Wei and Xia had no other choice but to obediently lie prone on the Earth Dragon's back. Any slight movement made them feel like they were about to fall.
The current altitude and the Earth Dragon's speed made the environment too harsh, factors they couldn't ignore.
One minute left... It won't be enough time to fly back to the Land of Fire before the transformation ends...
Lin Ke ignored Orochimaru, who was looking at him with disgusting, appreciative eyes. The upcoming stalemate would be troublesome. The other party seemed to have guessed his weakness: that his Chakra wasn't sufficient and his transformation state couldn't last. Orochimaru didn't care about dragging out the time with him at all.
Moreover, his Earth Release Ninjutsu had no room to be used in the high sky, and his Taijutsu was also greatly restricted. That Kusanagi Sword, which could fly and move freely, hadn't made another move yet...
At this moment, he was like a small insect caught in a spiderweb, the more he struggled, the tighter he was bound.
Since that was the case, he would abandon his illusions, return to the ground, and use the last of his time to make a final struggle.
After making his decision, Lin Ke issued his order without hesitation.
"Whoosh!" The Earth Dragon suddenly swooped down towards the ground.
"A desperate struggle, is it?" Orochimaru smirked.
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