Chapter 75 [Bonus!]

"Are you okay, Naruto?"

The hurricane dissipated, and Sakura quickly ran to Naruto's side.

Her hands glowed with green chakra as she prepared to treat him.

"I'm fine, just my butt hurts a bit, like I sat on a thorn," Naruto said, pulling out a palm-sized wooden splinter from behind.

The tip of the splinter was stained with a little blood.

Sakura: "..."

"Fortunately, it's just a small amount of blood; there's no need for treatment," Sakura said as she immediately dispelled the chakra from her hands and decided not to touch Naruto's butt.

Seeing that Naruto was okay, Sasuke also breathed a sigh of relief.

He then turned his attention to Orochimaru ahead.

"Finally, you sneaky rat, decided to show yourself?"

"Hiding so close to us underground, it seems you don't take us seriously!"

"Have I been discovered early on?" Orochimaru removed the straw hat from his head and licked his lips with his long tongue.

"I thought I was hiding quite well. It seems the upcoming battle will be interesting."

As he spoke, Orochimaru took out a scroll inscribed with the character "Earth" and brought it close to his mouth.

His long tongue wrapped around the scroll, and he slowly swallowed it.

His Adam's apple moved as he swallowed it whole.

Orochimaru was now ready to put the Cursed Seal on Sasuke.

At the same time, he wanted to test how much of the Nine-Tails' power Naruto could use.

If Naruto's control over the Nine-Tails' power was weak, Orochimaru planned to kill him directly.

First, it would prevent Naruto from becoming a variable in Konoha's collapse plan.

Second, it would serve as revenge for the Akatsuki, who had been chasing after him.

After all, he didn't know when the Nine-Tails would be reborn after its death.

For the Akatsuki, who was preparing to collect the Tailed Beasts, it was certainly not good news.

However, Orochimaru wasn't particularly interested in the Nine-Tails' power.

After all, in his laboratory, he had a half of the Eight-Tails' horn, which he had researched for a long time but found to be of little use.

"Now, let's begin the scroll battle!"

"Be careful, I will go all out!" Orochimaru placed his hand on his eyes, and a violent killing intent poured out.

Like surging tides, it rushed towards Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura.

"Such strong killing intent!"

"But it's useless against us; it's far weaker than when we faced Kaze!"

The three of them felt uneasy internally, but their bodies were not controlled by the overwhelming killing intent.

"Oh? Looks like I underestimated you."

Orochimaru's pupils moved slightly, and genjutsu chakra followed the killing intent.

Genjutsu: Seeing the Netherworld!

In an instant, the three of them froze in place from a distance.

In their minds, scenes of their own deaths flashed before their eyes!

Sakura couldn't hold on the longest due to fear, and her body softened as she sat down on the ground, tears uncontrollably streaming down her eyes.

Sasuke's pupils contracted, then his Sharingan activated, covering his eyes in blood-red.

After the Sharingan appeared, the images in his mind quickly cleared.

"Sharingan! It finally appears!" Orochimaru revealed a look of surprise.

But before he could be completely surprised, Naruto, even faster than Sasuke, had already rushed towards him.

The moment he was caught in the genjutsu, the genjutsu chakra was instantly dispersed by Kurama in his consciousness with a wave of his hand.

"It had no effect!"

"Could it be that the Nine-Tails helped him break it?"

Orochimaru frowned. This was not good news.

He had initially thought that Naruto forcibly obtained the Nine-Tails' chakra using the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style.

But now it seemed more likely that Naruto and the Nine-Tails had reached an understanding!

"Naruto didn't feel any influence at all?" Sasuke clenched his teeth, looking at Naruto who had rushed out from afar.

Naruto, who was faster to regain his senses than Sasuke with the Sharingan, had no idea what they were thinking. All he saw was Orochimaru opening his eyes, and his companions being attacked. This made him extremely angry, and he only wanted to beat Orochimaru badly.

"You long-tongued bastard! I won't allow you to hurt my friends!"

"Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

In an instant, as Naruto closed in on Orochimaru, he formed the final hand seal. Suddenly, countless shadow clones appeared all over the mountains.

At the same time, they continued to form more hand seals.

"You want to use that mass-producing ninjutsu again? Such a waste of chakra, how extravagant!"

"Let me tell you something, no matter how many there are, quality beats quantity!"

Narrowing his eyes, Orochimaru swiftly formed hand seals, and his cheeks puffed up.

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

A tornado, larger than the one created by the combined force of the shadow clones before, blew out from Orochimaru's mouth.

The terrifying wind pressure even lifted the ground around, uprooting trees!

Meanwhile, the group of shadow clones on the other side completed their hand seals.

"Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere!"

Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!

Countless air bullets shot out from the shadow clones' mouths, resembling machine gun bullets.

These air bullets cut through the air and pierced through the tornado hurricane, creating a trail of white air channels.

They all landed on Orochimaru!

Like a disco dance champion, Orochimaru's entire body shook wildly as the air bullets hit him, and he fell to the ground.

Orochimaru: "???"

What happened to his Great Breakthrough technique?

Who could tell him why it suddenly turned into a B-rank Vacuum Sphere?

"Hahaha, I told you not to be so arrogant!"

"You disgusting, snake-tongued freak, you'd better stay at home and rest for a few months!"

Naruto didn't target Orochimaru's vital points. Instead, he struck him on the abdomen and limbs, intending to inflict severe injuries.

"You almost hit a dead end, nearly damaging this body!"

"I really can't tell if you're kind or just arrogant, daring to hold back in a life-and-death battle?"

"You're still conscious?" Naruto was ready to leave, but surprisedly turned back.

He saw Orochimaru, who was supposed to be heavily injured and unconscious, twisting his body on the ground with his mouth inexplicably wide open.

The next moment, a pair of hands reached out from Orochimaru's mouth!

Followed by a large amount of transparent mucus, a completely unharmed body emerged!

Orochimaru's Body Replacement Jutsu!

It was a technique that consumed massive amounts of chakra, using an external body as a substitute to transfer the unmarked ninjutsu from the mouth.

"Wow!" Witnessing this disgusting scene, Naruto stood there, completely stunned!

And Orochimaru didn't hold back either. He instantly stood up and stretched out his arms forward.

"Myriad Snake Hands!"

In an instant, Orochimaru's hands transformed into an uncountable number of poisonous snakes, sweeping toward Naruto and the shadow clones.

In just a breath, Naruto's shadow clones exploded one after another!

Even Naruto himself was entangled and immobilized by numerous snakes, then brought in front of Orochimaru.

"Naruto!" The situation on the battlefield suddenly took a turn for the worse, as Naruto went from winning to being defeated in an instant.

This caught Sasuke off guard!

By the time he reacted, Orochimaru had already put a shuriken against Naruto's neck.

Meanwhile, in the consciousness, the spectating Kaze sighed.

"Why do you have to be so stubborn?"

"After you put the Cursed Seal on Sasuke, why not just leave quietly?"

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