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'Swish swish.'

With the swing of the Kusanagi sword by Kisame, the head of the eight-headed snake was cut off one after another and fell to the ground.

At this time, the regenerative ability of the eight-headed snake activated, and every time a head is cut off, a new one will grow in the original place, as if it is endless and immortal.

But in fact, this regeneration ability will greatly consume Orochimaru's chakra. For him, who was already in poor condition, it caused a more serious burden.

As a result, under Kisame's continuous attack, the original majestic eight-headed snake quickly lost the ability to regenerate, and only one head remained. Its huge body retreated backwards, and the last head also shrank, as if it was extremely afraid of Kisame.

Overall, it was a one-sided battle.

But this does not mean that the eight branches jutsu is not powerful, it's because the gap between Kisame and Orochimaru is too great.

"Okay, I'm satisfied, you can change back."

Kisame put away the Kusanagi sword and said to the eight-headed snake.

Hearing the words, it hissed in shock, and finally slowly opened its big mouth, and spit out a wet Orochimaru from it.

'Thump.'

Orochimaru fell to the ground, panting violently, looking very weak. And the eight-headed snake behind him poofed and disappeared into white smoke.

He raised his head, looked at Kisame who was walking step by step, and asked with difficulty, "What do you want?"

"I recognize your courage, Orochimaru."

Kisame's eyes were bright, and he said with great interest, "Using the regeneration ability of the white snake as a medium, injecting it into the eight branches jutsu, and changing the long-lasting obsession in your heart into this white snake with eight heads and eight tails. I have to admit it, you have taken a big step forward in the pursuit of immortality and evolution. I appreciate your courage and salute you."

As he spoke, he grabbed Orochimaru's hand and pulled the latter from the ground.

"You…"

Orochimaru didn't know what to say for a while when he heard these words.

"Are you surprised? Orochimaru, you are not the only one who hates death and pursues the lifelong dream of immortality. You and I are actually like-minded people."

Kisame opened his arms and said with a smile.

Without waiting for Orochimaru to respond, he continued: "So, share your experience with me, and I will follow the same path as you, evolving into a perfect creature with the obsession in my heart, so as to achieve glorious and great evolution. !"

Orochimaru couldn't say a word. He suddenly felt that Kisame in front of him was more paranoid and crazier than him.

Kisame saw Orochimaru's expression and knew that the latter would take some time to digest what happened today. So he proposed again:

"Think about it, Orochimaru. At this time tomorrow, I will be waiting for you here. Whether you will join hands with me to embark on the path of eternal life, or whether you will continue to pursue your quest alone, depends on your own choice."

After saying these words, Kisame turned around and strode away, and soon disappeared from Orochimaru's field of vision.

Orochimaru was still in shock. When he confirmed that Kisame had left, he couldn't help but feel ecstatic, and immediately fled from here and disappeared.

The next day, the same time.

Kisame came to this open space, leaned against a big tree, closed his eyes and rested.

"Orochimaru, you really didn't disappoint me."

At a certain moment, he opened his eyes and saw Orochimaru slowly walking out of the woods.

In fact, he had already left a mark on Orochimaru, and the other party could not escape. If Orochimaru refuses his invitation and does not appear, he will die at his hands shortly after, turning into a dead snake completely.

Years later, when Orochimaru recalled today, he would be extremely grateful that he made a correct decision.

In the shade, Kisame and Orochimaru stood opposite each other, staring at each other.

"Hoshigaki Kisame-sama, it is my honor to serve a Kage like you. From now on, I am willing to follow you by your side and help you realize your dream of immortality."

Orochimaru bowed to Kisame, but his eyes flickered when he bowed his head, not knowing if he was telling the truth.

Kisame noticed this detail, but didn't care.

Because for him, it doesn't matter whether Orochimaru is loyal or not, as long as he can help him in practicing the Eight branches jutsu and complete evolution.

Orochimaru can betray Kisame at any time, and Kisame can also obliterate Orochimaru at any time.

The two of them worked together now, but it doesn't prevent them from having their own thoughts.

Suddenly.

"Cough, cough..." Orochimaru's complexion changed dramatically, he knelt on the ground with a plop and coughed violently, and soon coughed up a pool of blood, dyeing the ground dark red.

This body of his has gone through several battles successively, and was tortured by Nagato, Konoha, and Kakuzu in turns, and it is almost completely destroyed.

Kisame can see that the fire of Orochimaru is very weak, and it may be extinguished at any time. He is afraid that Orochimaru will not live long.

"Kisame-sama, I have to ask you for a leave."

Orochimaru coughed for a while, raised his head, and explained the reason to the ghost shark, "I have a base in the Land of Fire, where I store my useful body. I must complete the replacement of the body as soon as possible. If it goes well, it may take half a month to come back and start working."

After speaking, he waited anxiously for Kisame's response. After all, he had just agreed to work for Kisame, but as soon as he came up, he asked for half a month's leave. No matter how he looked at it, it seemed like an excuse to escape.

However, to his surprise, Kisame readily agreed.

"Go early and return early."

Kisame simply left this sentence and turned to leave without showing any doubt about Orochimaru.

Orochimaru looked at Kisame's back and was stunned for a while, then he came back to his senses, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and then set off immediately.

A few days later, Shikkotsu Forest.

In an open space, Tsunade separated several shadow clones and sat cross-legged in a circle. Her senjutsu training had reached the final stage.

At a certain moment, several shadow clones turned into white smoke and disappeared with a poof, and a lot of memory and experience returned to Tsunade's body.

Tsunade frowned as she digested and absorbed, and it took a while.

She slowly opened her eyes.

At the same time, around her eyes, like Kisame and Hashirama, black eye shadow appeared. Between her eyebrows, a circular pattern like a black sun emerged, surrounding the purple diamond-shaped Yin seal on her forehead, making her exude a mysterious and noble temperament.

"Success."

Tsunade murmured, her eyes brightened, and she stood up with a look of joy.

She could feel that her body was now filled with a huge senjutsu chakra, surging like an inexhaustible seawater.

So, Tsunade looked forward and gave a low shout after forming a seal with both hands.

"Haaa!"

'Rumble.'

A huge wooden dragon burst out from behind her. The huge dragon head carried her body and flew into the air. The dragon body stretched for dozens of meters behind her.

Mokuton Wood Dragon jutsu.

Tsunade nodded with satisfaction, but apparently she wasn't finished yet. She jumped down from the dragon's head, and when she landed on the ground, she pressed her palm to the ground.

The ground shook violently and a big tree rose from the ground, and soon it grew to ten meters, thirty meters, fifty meters... until one hundred meters, and finally transformed into a wooden golem.

Senpo: Wooden golem.

Tsunade stood in the space above the wooden golem's head, looking down at the Shikkotsu Forest below and the sea in the distance, in a good mood.

Once, when she saw Kisame turn on the Sage mode and summoned the wooden golem, she hated it so much that it itched her, but she was powerless and could only be envious.

Now, she finally did it, and summoned a wooden golem that was not inferior to Kisame's, and no longer had to look at his proud face.

At this time.

'Um?'

With the powerful perception ability she gained via Sage Mode, Tsunade suddenly discovered that someone came to the Shikkotsu Forest at an unknown time, on the ground next to the wooden golem's feet.

The corners of her mouth twitched, pretending to not notice them, she manipulated the wooden golem to lift one foot, and stepped down heavily in that direction.

On the ground, Kisame watched in amazement as the wooden golem's big feet fell towards his head, like a mountain collapsed, making him unable to avoid it.

Seeing that he was about to be trampled to death by a wooden golem, a sage mask appeared on his face in an instant.

'Swish.'

The ghost shark who turned on the Sage mode quickly formed a seal, and finally put his hands together and created a huge shield in front of him.

This wooden shield, with a diameter of more than 30 meters, was engraved with a fangs grimace. It just lay on the ground and protected Kisame inside the shield.

Senju Hashirama once used it to block the frontal slash of Madara's Susanoo, and the surface of the wall was unscathed.

'Boom!'

The next second, the wooden golem's big foot stepped on the surface of the shield, making a loud noise, causing the ground to vibrate and setting off countless dust.

"Oh?"

Tsunade saw that her sneak attack didn't work, and was actually defended by Kisame, and felt was very upset. She snorted coldly and jumped directly from the top of the wooden golem's head, falling to the ground like a meteor.

Sage mode full powered punch!

Tsunade fell from the sky as she raised her fist in the process, and a powerful airflow erupted from her body. The loose clothes were blown loudly, and the punch slammed into the surface of the wall.

'Click.'

With a crisp sound, the grimace on the surface of the shield split from the nose, and the cobweb-like cracks spread to the entire face.

The ninjutsu, which is known as absolute defense, was actually cracked by Tsunade with a fist.

It can be seen that her talent and strange power has reached a terrifying level under the blessing of the Senjutsu Chakra.

However, just when Tsunade felt proud.

'Shhhhhh.'

From the hole on the surface of the shield, a dozen thick wooden vines suddenly shot out, entangling Tsunade's body in an instant, tying her up and dragged her into the shield.

'Boom! boom! boom!'

Inside the shield, there was a dull sound of physical collision, mixed with Tsunade's screaming and angry shouts, indicating that a fierce hand-to-hand battle was taking place inside.

After ten seconds.

'Boom!'

On the side of the shield, a big hole was knocked out. Kisame and Tsunade were entangled with their hands and feet, hugged each other, and flew out from the inside.

'Ruuuu, ruuuu.'

The two of them took turns being pressed under each other, and rolled dozens of times on the ground before finally stopping after rolling out a distance of hundreds of meters.

In the end, it was Tsunade who had the upper hand, only to see her blond hair messy, her face flushed from vigorous exercise, riding on Kisame as she raised her fist and punched him in the face.

Kisame tilted its head and avoided the punch.

'Boom.'

Tsunade's fist landed on the ground, and suddenly made a big hole, causing the ground under both of them to sink by dozens of centimeters, and a lot of cracks appeared.

It is conceivable that if this punch hits Kisame's face, what terrible consequences will be.

"You really want to kill me?"

Kisame heartbeat suddenly rose, and a large number of chakra lines were shot from the index finger of the right hand, which ran up and down Tsunade's body, tied her up again, and tightened her clothes tightly, showing a seductive shape.

"Damn bastard!"

Tsunade shouted, and a powerful force erupted from her body again, breaking all the chakra threads wrapped around his body.

But the next second, a shark tail shot out from between Kisame's legs, like a flexible snake, wrapping Tsunade's plump body tightly, and releasing a dazzling lightning.

'Sizzle.'

Under the continuous attack of lightning, although Tsunade's Sage body was not defeated, she was inevitably paralyzed and lost the ability to resist.

Kisame took the opportunity to turn over and in turn pressed Tsunade under him.

Then, he showed a stern smile, raised a fist and dropped it towards Tsunade's delicate face.