The forest of death, an open space ravaged by various spells.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Karin stood together, back to back, panting, staring warily at the 120-degree range directly in front of each other.
All three of them had wounds of varying sizes on their bodies, and they all suffered more or less injuries.
Orochimaru was standing casually on a tree trunk not far away. He was not injured, but his clothes were in tatters and he looked a little embarrassed.
It's not that the three of them are weak because they didn't hurt Orochimaru. The fact that they can make Orochimaru so 'confronted' is enough to prove their growth.
Orochimaru is a much stronger being than Zabuza!
Although a few people in Class 7 have made great progress, they are still a little too young when they stand in front of Orochimaru.
"Compared to your brother, you are far behind! Sasuke-kun!"
Orochimaru licked his tongue and showed his trademark evil smile. He did not attack with all his strength, and his purpose was not to kill Sasuke.
What he wanted to do was destroy Sasuke's heart in all aspects.
This will make it easier to conquer Sasuke.
Otherwise, if Orochimaru made a sneak attack from the beginning, Sasuke and the others would not be able to survive a few rounds with their strength.
"..."
As soon as he heard Orochimaru mention Itachi, Sasuke's expression changed instantly. He pursed his lips and said nothing, but his eyes burned with blazing fire.
Anger suddenly swallowed up reason.
Growing up, Sasuke heard the most about Itachi's reputation as a genius, and he almost grew up in Itachi's shadow.
Now that Itachi has become a rebellious ninja, it is a thorn in his heart that cannot be removed.
"Don't mention him to me!"
Sasuke shouted loudly, a ball of chakra burst out from under his feet, and he jumped up, abandoning the team formation and rushing out alone.
Behind Sasuke, Naruto and Karin's expressions suddenly changed.
Subconsciously, I have to catch up.
"Don't mess around, Sasuke!"
Seeing this scene, Orochimaru on the tree trunk raised the corners of his mouth, and his eyes revealed a glimmer of success.
There is still one last step left to completely defeat Sasuke's inner defense!
Orochimaru wants Sasuke to understand how weak and powerless he is!
You can't even protect the companions you care about!
"The evil snake snakes!"
An inexplicable shout sounded in the forest.
Naruto's attention was all on Sasuke, and he didn't even notice the giant snake that suddenly appeared next to him.
And Xiang Ling's perception was extremely strong, and she immediately discovered the giant snake that was attacking crazily, and she kicked Naruto away with one kick.
But Xiang Phosphorus himself was completely shrouded in the shadow of the giant snake.
The seemingly huge body of the giant snake was actually very flexible. In the next second, it approached the phosphorus and knocked the phosphorus away with one head.
boom!
"Fragrant phosphorus!"
Naruto noticed something strange behind him, and quickly turned his head to look. His pupils suddenly shrank, and he subconsciously stopped his steps and turned around to rush towards Xiang Ling.
But Orochimaru's clone hiding underground had long expected this scene.
"The second one!"
Poof!
A Kusanagi sword broke out of the ground, instantly penetrated Naruto's abdomen, and then drew an arc in the air and flew out of the battlefield.
"Is it time to understand now? Sasuke-kun."
"It is precisely because of your weakness that this situation has occurred!"
"Be obedient and accept the gift I give you!"
Orochimaru smiled seductively, his neck suddenly stretched out, and his mouth opened to reveal sharp fangs like poisonous snakes.
With a whooshing sound, he rushed towards Sasuke.
Sasuke saw the scene where Koso was knocked away by the giant snake, and Naruto was struck by a sword without knowing whether he was alive or dead. He froze on the spot as if he was stupid.
Even Orochimaru, who was charging towards him with open fangs, seemed not to notice when he approached.
However, two magatama appeared in Sasuke's pupils. The two magatama sharingan eyes were no longer the original one magatama and two magatama.
"I'm going to kill you!"
Snapped!
Sasuke suddenly stretched out his left hand and clamped it on Orochimaru's chin, and his whole body flew backwards due to the huge impact.
Sasuke didn't panic when he rose into the air. He kept his body stable, controlled chakra to let his body sink, and concentrated chakra on his feet to firmly step on the ground.
Cuckoo!!
Sasuke's feet cut across the ground like two plows, leaving two deep plow marks.
The impact of Orochimaru's snake head also lost its force along with the plowing process.
It wasn't until a hundred steps away that Sasuke's body hit a large tree trunk several inches thick that Kankan stopped.
Zheng!
Sasuke raised his head suddenly, a pair of scarlet Sharingan eyes locked on Orochimaru's movements, and he flipped the fingertips of his right hand and the kunai, which was beating with a trace of electric arc, fell into his palm.
Kunai wrapped in thunder and lightning?
A look of surprise flashed across Orochimaru's eyes. This was clearly the use of the changes in the nature of thunder chakra attached to the weapon!
The change in chakra properties is an indicator of becoming a jounin, and generally even chunin rarely masters it.
And the Uchiha Sasuke in front of him was just a genin who had graduated less than a year ago!
People usually call such genin novices or rookies!
"As expected of Itachi's younger brother, what a surprise!"
After the brief shock, there was a deep surprise.
The better Sasuke is, the happier Orochimaru will be, and the more he wants to take Sasuke's body. Such a body is simply the most perfect container!
Sizzling...
The lightning danced and exploded in the air.
Sasuke's scarlet eyes revealed a cold and indifferent look. He looked at Orochimaru no longer at a person, but at a dead man!
Orochimaru's eyes were full of excitement.
Such eyes, such look.
It's so beautiful!
The look in his eyes was exactly the same as Itachi Uchiha's, it was this look that looked down on the world, it was this look that was aloof, it was this look that didn't take everything seriously that made him obsessed!
Sizzling...
"I told you, don't mention that man in front of me again!"
Sasuke clasped the five fingers of his right hand tightly and clenched the kunai, and all the remaining chakra in his body was converted into thunder attribute chakra.
Thunder and lightning condensed in the palm of the hand, all poured into the kunai.
Zheng!!
A blue-white electric arc flashed, instantly dispelling the darkness in the gloomy forest, like a thunder strike.
Sasuke raised his right hand and stabbed without hesitation!
puff!!
With the powerful power of lightning, the penetration and damage of kunai increased dramatically, and one blow easily poked two bloody holes in Orochimaru's neck.
One is the blood hole that pierced the neck, and the other is the blood hole that came out from the other side after piercing the neck.
The blood spurted out like a column of blood, flowing like a free stream, instantly dyeing Sasuke's clothes and the ground under his feet red.
Sasuke weakly let go of his hands, feeling that all the cells in his body were protesting.
"Damn it, chakra is already..."
"I don't know what happened to those two idiots!"
Sasuke no longer even had the chakra to maintain his Sharingan, and he felt a strong sense of exhaustion coming over him.