Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 675 A brief confrontation

Here, the distance between the two people just widened, and then they turned around and pounced on each other almost at the same time.

On the way, a slender Kusanagi sword was spit out from Orochimaru's mouth.

Afterwards, under his control, it rushed towards Qingming's long sword like a snake.

Ding Ding Ding ~
A series of crisp metal collision sounds were heard.

The long sword and the rapier collided, and sparks flew.

After fighting for more than ten times, Qingming seized the opportunity and used the "Thunder Escape·Lightning Sword" again at the moment when the weapons of both sides collided.

Sizzle!
A dense sound of electric current was heard.

An electric current emanated from Qingming's palm, passed through the long sword, and along the point of intersection of the two weapons, it was transmitted to the opponent's body at an extremely fast speed.

Affected by this, Orochimaru's body trembled suddenly and his movements were greatly restricted.

When Qing Ming saw this, his eyes lit up and he immediately swung his knife at the other person's neck.

puff~
The sound of a sharp knife penetrating flesh was heard.

Qing Ming swung his sword and actually cut off Orochimaru's neck directly, and his head rolled to the ground.

"Ok?"

Seeing this scene, Qing Ming raised his brows slightly.

He didn't believe that Orochimaru would die so easily.

In fact, it is true.

Then I saw the head on the ground suddenly become shriveled.

At the same time, a new Orochimaru crawled out from his broken neck.

"Orochi-style Substitution Technique?"

Qingming recognized this technique at a glance.

However, he originally thought that this technique could only be performed through the mouth.

I never thought there was such a usage.

Qingming did not stop moving and was about to swing his sword again.

However, how could the opportunity gained by Orochimaru through faking his death allow him to repeat his previous actions?
Almost at the moment his new body emerged, a large number of brown poisonous snakes spewed out of his mouth, like a wave, rushing straight towards Qingming, as if to drown him directly.

This is one of the high-level ninjutsu mastered by Orochimaru - the Ten Thousand Snakes Formation, which can instantly summon thousands of poisonous snakes to directly overwhelm the enemy.

Faced with such a large number of poisonous snakes, even though Qingming was an expert in swordsmanship, he did not dare to confront them head-on.

So he stepped on the ground, and his whole body bounced away like a cannonball, and suddenly put some distance between himself and the group of snakes.

However, Orochimaru did not intend to let him go. He directly controlled those poisonous snakes and chased after him.

Seeing this, Qing Ming didn't hesitate and immediately put away his sword and made hand seals, then instantly performed the ninjutsu - Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!

puff~
A stream of flame burst out of his mouth and turned into a small fireball in the air.

Then the fireball expanded rapidly, and eventually turned into a huge fireball with a diameter of more than three meters, which quickly spun and smashed towards the snake group.

Boom~
A violent explosion sounded.

The fierce flames spread in all directions, devouring all the poisonous snakes in the blink of an eye.

Suddenly, a lot of hissing sounds were heard.

The poisonous snakes struggled in the flames, but they could not escape no matter what. In the end, they turned into corpses and were burned to ashes.

A burning smell emanated from the flames, which was sickening.

When the flames disappeared, there were no more snakes in the field.

Qingming and Orochimaru stood aside and did not continue to attack.

A few seconds passed like this, and finally Qingming was the first to speak, "Lord Orochimaru, what do you mean by this? Why did you attack me?"

"Hohohoho~"

Hearing this, Orochimaru laughed strangely. After laughing for a while, he said, "Why would I attack you? Boy, do you know that killing Danzo has made me lose a great partner?"

Qing Ming really had no way to refute this.

At this point in time, Danzo's help to Orochimaru is indispensable.

Not to mention those shady experiments, just in the election for Hokage, without Danzo's assistance, Orochimaru would have little chance of winning.

In this way, Qingming's killing of Danzo is equivalent to cutting off Orochimaru's official career, although the other party may not value this position very much.

But anyway, the other party had the opportunity to compete for this position.

Now, because of what he did, the probability of winning the election has plummeted, so naturally we have to make trouble for him.

At this time, Qingming didn't know that just this morning, Sarutobi Hiruzen specifically found Orochimaru, took out all the evidence of Orochimaru's collaboration with Danzo in conducting human experiments, and asked him to withdraw from the election for the Fourth Hokage.

Under pressure, Orochimaru had to agree.

In other words, the other party’s chance of winning is not reduced, but has disappeared altogether.

Because of this, he was unhappy and came to find him.

Of course, this is only one of the reasons. More importantly, it was his performance that caught Orochimaru's attention.

Orochimaru was very clear about the strength of Danzo and the Root Ninjas, and he also knew Danzo's character. Since he was going to take action, he must have been fully prepared.

But even so, he was still killed by Qingming.

Not only did none of the people who went there come back, but he himself was also trapped in it. The most important thing was that Qingming did not show any signs of injury afterwards.

This instantly made his curiosity about Qingming reach its peak.

So, I followed my heart and came to take a look.

And at first sight, I felt that Qingming was very extraordinary.

Apart from anything else, just the calmness he showed when facing him was something that an ordinary jonin could not do.

This requires absolute confidence in one's own strength.

And the brief test just now also shows that Qingming’s strength is indeed impressive.

Unfortunately, this place is too close to the village and is not a good place for a fight.

Besides, he came here just to test the waters, and as for more, he hasn't thought about it yet.

So, I didn’t plan to do it again.

Thinking of this, Orochimaru said no more, and finally said to Qingming, "I hope we can have the opportunity to cooperate in the future," and then he walked deep into the forest.

"An opportunity to cooperate? It's an opportunity to be studied!"

Qingming looked at the other person's back as he left, feeling resentful in his heart.

However, he did not find the other party's departure difficult to understand.

Since the other party chose to attack here, he knew that this was just a test, not even a test, at most just a greeting.

Now that the greetings are over, the other party will naturally leave.

As for why he didn't stop the other party
Now, he doesn't have any deep hatred with the other party, so why should he stop the other party from leaving?

This is not about leveling up by killing monsters. You can get experience by killing them. He just needs to work hard to improve his strength.

Therefore, there is absolutely no need to create unnecessary complications.

What's more, what would happen if he stopped the other party?
He couldn't kill the other person in a short period of time, and this place was not far from Konoha, so any noise would attract the attention of the village.

If it is discovered then, how will we explain it?

He won't do anything that's thankless.

With this much time, he might as well practice as soon as possible!

As soon as he thought of this, Qing Ming immediately raised his hands and formed seals, performing the 'Wind Style: Wind Wings' and 'Chakra Feather Robe', and flew into the sky, flying towards the direction of the island.

(End of this chapter)