Chapter 80: Dancing with Snakes

After hearing Mokuba's words, the expressions of the invading shinobi became fierce and crazy.

"Come on!" They screamed and rushed towards the Uchiha like crazy.

"Tsk, tsk!" Tetsuhi laughed coldly as he watched the shinobi approach. "Challenging the Uchiha, how daring."

Komehi said indifferently: "Then let them see the power of Uchiha!"

"Forward!"

The battle between Jonin officially began.

Funan stood still on the periphery, watching the two groups face each other.

"It's actually Kumogakure disguised as Sunagakure!" Funan laughed and said: "It seems like that village has never given up on its ambitions, right, Orochimaru-sama?"

In a tree not far behind Funan, Orochimaru was sitting on a branch, his snake eyes watching Funan with interest.

"Funan-kun, long time no see." Orochimaru let out a hoarse laugh and said: "It's been two years, and I still haven't thanked Funan-kun for helping me escape from Konoha."

"You're welcome." Funan smiled slightly and said: "Even without my help, it would be easy for Orochimaru-sama to leave Konoha, wouldn't it?"

Orochimaru's human experiments were exposed, and he was chased by the Third Generation. At that time, because he knew that the other party would definitely be able to escape, Funan took action and helped him midway.

Orochimaru chuckled, looking at Funan with a strange look.

Funan smiled even happier and said: "Orochimaru-sama, don't look at me like this. I'm worried that I might accidentally kill you."

The suffocating murderous intent rushed towards his face, and even Orochimaru's breathing tightened slightly.

But his gaze became hotter.

"Funan-kun, there has been a lot of movement in Konoha recently."

"What? Do you feel sorry for your lovely sensei?"

Orochimaru's expression was imperceptibly stagnant, and he said: "That old man is not cute at all, okay?"

Funan glanced at the two sides fighting and said: "Is this your work, Orochimaru-sama?"

"More or less." Orochimaru smiled slightly and said: "Seeing that you are about to start a civil war, I can't bear it. I will help you to eliminate the civil war in Konoha."

"Then I'd like to thank you even more!" Funan smiled slightly, turned the kunai in his hand, and threw it to the side, stabbing a poisonous snake that silently approached him. The Sharingan appeared in his eyes.

"It seems that Orochimaru-sama wants to compete with me?"

"That's how it is." Orochimaru stuck out his long tongue and looked at him hungrily.

Funan knew Orochimaru's purpose without even thinking about it.

Naturally, Orochimaru wanted his body.

Bringing those from Kumogakure had a clear purpose: to attract people from Konoha, preferably the Uchiha. If not, Orochimaru would have other methods to lure them out and then capture Funan.

[Boom!]

Just as Funan was about to use a genjutsu to control Orochimaru, a giant snake emerged from the ground beneath his feet and lunged at him ferociously.

They are instantly elusive, avoiding the snake's jaws.

Funan quickly formed a seal and spit out a mouthful of flame.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

"Hiss!"

The snake was too big to dodge the flames and had no intention of doing so. Its defense is enough to face most ninjutsu attacks.

As a result, it did not expect Funan's blood flames to be so powerful. Amidst its roars, it disappeared engulfed in smoke.

"Just a fireball?" Orochimaru licked his lips.

[Boom!]

A huge skeletal arm struck where Orochimaru was.

Orochimaru stepped back, but the skeleton arm's attack was faster. "What's this?"

Orochimaru looked stunned. "Is this also the power of the Sharingan?"

"You'll know after you try it!" Funan's smile became fiercer as his attacks became more intense.

[Boom!]

Finally, the skeleton arm hit Orochimaru, sending him flying.

Funan laughed coldly, extended another skeleton arm and grabbed a nearby tree, forcefully throwing it to the side.

There, the silhouette of Orochimaru appeared, who was hit directly, splitting his body in two.

Funan chuckled and said: "Orochimaru-sama, such a crude disguise is not funny at all."

"Haha! Funan-kun is indeed very strong!" Orochimaru's unique laugh echoed.

From the body part that was split in two, the head opened its mouth and another Orochimaru emerged from it.

Like a snake shedding its skin.

Looking at the body covered with mucus, Funan looked disgusted and said: "It's really disgusting."

Orochimaru let out a deep laugh and said: "Funan-kun, as a shinobi, isn't it a bit inappropriate to say that?"

Funan said: "I..."

The remaining words stuck in his throat, because Orochimaru was already in front of him, launching an attack at his head.

The Mangekyo turned slightly, and a skeleton of chakra appeared in front of it, blocking Orochimaru's attack.

[Bang!]

Orochimaru had hit so hard that he shattered his hand. But he didn't give it any importance, showing his madness.

Funan opened his arms and the Susanoo pierced Orochimaru's body.

"Hehe!" Orochimaru laughed wildly and opened his mouth again, letting out another Orochimaru.

Funan blinked slightly and the skeleton arm hit the new Orochimaru, throwing him away.

At this moment, Funan finally had a chance to look at Tetsuhi and the others.

The battle was going well.

Although his fight with Orochimaru surprised them, Tetsuhi and the others knew about Susanoo.

But the shinobi of Kumogakure were different. They were really startled and were stunned for a moment.

In a Jonin-level battle, staying still for a moment can be fatal.

It is estimated that the battle will be over soon.

"Funan-kun, are you looking down on me?" Orochimaru's arrogant voice sounded.

Just as Funan turned around, a sharp long sword was already in front of him.

The sword penetrated directly through the bones formed by Susanoo, stabbed Funan's body, and knocked him away hard.

Funan, who was pinned against a tree by a sharp sword, looked at the sharp sword on his chest and frowned slightly.

Fortunately, at the last moment, he had formed a new Susanoo skeleton and added some Senjutsu chakra. Otherwise, her body would have been completely pierced.

Funan showed a hint of excitement in his eyes.

A genjutsu to defeat Orochimaru? No, he wanted to play!

"Um?" The excitement and desire in Orochimaru's eyes became more intense. This body is amazing!

The skeleton arm extended, grasping the Sword of Kusanagi and exerting force.

Orochimaru flew towards Funan.

"Go dead!" Funan shouted loudly, and the skeleton giant's other arm hit Orochimaru hard.

[Boom!]

Orochimaru's body was shattered into pieces on the spot. The next moment, the fragments turned into a cloud of smoke.

"Hidden Shadow Snake Hands!"

Countless snakes, summoned by Orochimaru, swam towards Funan, trying to find gaps in Susanoo's bones and enter them.

On the scarlet Susanoo, countless bloody flames suddenly appeared, and all the snakes that came close turned into ashes.

Orochimaru continued to form seals: "Formation of Ten Thousand Snakes!"

More snakes swam towards Funan, and in the blink of an eye, they directly surrounded the skeleton giant.

Funan laughed coldly as he looked at Orochimaru surrounded by the snakes.

[Boom!]

At that moment, a gigantic snake appeared and shook its tail, striking Funan hard.

Funan laughed coldly and increased the power of his Mangekyo.

Susanoo begins to evolve.

From the skeleton giant, flesh and blood began to grow, and the size also became huge, becoming able to compete with the giant snake.

[Boom!]

The two collided, a massive roar causing a giant wave of air to launch the fighting Uchiha shinobi.

"Withdrawal!" Seeing this, Mokuba roared angrily and ran out first.

The Kumo shinobi began to retreat.

Tetsuhi and the others began to chase them.

"Haha, haha!" Orochimaru laughed a few times and said: "Funan-kun, do you want to continue fighting?"

"No need!" Funan waved his hand and said: "I have great respect for you, so I don't want to kill you yet."

"Haha!" Orochimaru grinned and said: "Are you saying you can kill me at any time?"

Funan looked at Orochimaru and slowly uttered: "Living Corpse Reincarnation."

In an instant, the smile on Orochimaru's face disappeared. His snake eyes locked on Funan.

"You don't need to look at me like that, Orochimaru-sama." Being stared at by the craziest scientist in the shinobi world, Funan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "I can always surprise people, you will get used to it in the future."

"Haha, Funan-kun is indeed very interesting." Orochimaru's body began to slowly sink into the ground, disappearing in front of Funan.

"Orochimaru-sama!" Funan said with a smile. "When I said I could kill you, I wasn't joking. The Living Corpse Reincarnation has one major weakness, and that is genjutsu. The more times the reincarnation is performed, the weaker the resistance to genjutsu is."

Orochimaru froze in place.

Only his head remained visible, fixing his gaze on Funan, as if considering the veracity of his words.

"This is a gift for you." Funan smiled slightly and said: "We will have many opportunities to collaborate in the future. I have many things that might interest you."

"Haha, see you next time! Funan-kun." Orochimaru's body continued to sink and disappeared in front of Funan in the blink of an eye.

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