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Hiruzen Sarutobi snorted angrily and swung his long staff down with unimaginable force and speed.

Orochimaru only saw a black shadow flash past his eyes, and the surrounding space was almost sealed off, leaving him with no way to escape!

His expression changed, and he immediately loosened his grip.

"Latent Shadow Snake Hands!"

A large number of pythons piled up in front of Orochimaru, taking the hit for him.

click

The long staff smashed through a large number of pythons with overwhelming force, and in front of Hiruzen Sarutobi, juices flew everywhere, all of them green blood.

He frowned slightly, realizing he had missed his target.

The green sap covering the ground and the writhing snake's body made him instinctively nauseous. Hiruzen Sarutobi stepped back, planted his staff in the ground beside him, quickly formed hand seals, and took a deep breath.

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet Technique!"

Hula

A ferocious fire dragon suddenly spewed from Hiruzen Sarutobi's mouth, burning the pythons along the way, evaporating their green blood, and fiercely pouncing towards Orochimaru, whose face was somewhat pale.

"The teacher is still so ruthless when it comes to physical skills..."

Orochimaru wiped away his cold sweat. No one knew that Hiruzen Sarutobi, the ninjutsu expert who was proficient in almost all ninjutsu, was actually superior in taijutsu.

Being a jack-of-all-trades is not as good as being a specialist.

In terms of staff techniques, Hiruzen Sarutobi truly mastered them.

"In a ninjutsu duel... can you still compare to me now?"

Orochimaru watched the fire dragon rushing towards him, his soft hands rapidly forming hand seals.

"Water Release! Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

With just a few seals, a water dragon appeared beside Orochimaru and charged towards the fire dragon.

"Ok?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi noticed Orochimaru's actions, frowned, took out a shuriken from his pocket, and threw it at Orochimaru, using what could be considered his signature ninjutsu.

"Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

swish swish

The row of shuriken transformed into thousands upon thousands of shuriken, sweeping towards Orochimaru like a rain of swords.

Chapter 485 Humanity Has Limits

Thousands upon thousands of shuriken flew towards Orochimaru, creating a terrifying sight that blotted out the sky.

"Teacher, you've used this trick far too many times."

This attack, which would terrify an ordinary person, was met with a mere slight lift of Orochimaru's eyelids as he chuckled and formed hand seals.

He imitated Hiruzen Sarutobi and threw a shuriken into the sky.

"Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu."

Orochimaru's calm, hoarse, and chilling voice rang out. Hiruzen Sarutobi raised an eyebrow, noticing that Orochimaru's shuriken shadow clone technique far outnumbered his own. A bad feeling began to creep into his heart.

Clearly, Hiruzen Sarutobi did not teach this ninjutsu to Orochimaru; the only person he taught it to was Jiraiya.

But Orochimaru was released at this moment, and he even seemed to have surpassed his master.

"Teacher, if a ninjutsu is used too many times, it is very likely to be deciphered."

Orochimaru licked his lips as he spoke, his hands behind his back, watching the swarms of shuriken being exchanged, his tone full of excitement.

"There are counter relationships between ninjutsu, and there are also strength relationships between the same ninjutsu."

"Assuming both sides are of similar strength and have similar chakra levels, with no significant difference between them, then the only thing to compare is their control over ninjutsu and their mastery of chakra nature transformation."

“I remember you taught me this principle.”

Hiruzen Sarutobi snorted coldly, his gaze fixed on the clash of the sword shadow clone techniques between the two.

Unfortunately, to Hiruzen Sarutobi's disappointment, Orochimaru's shuriken shadow clone technique far surpassed his own in both quality and quantity.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's shuriken almost always shattered upon contact with Orochimaru's shuriken, unable to last long at all.

Orochimaru's shuriken can not only pierce through his own shuriken, but can even pierce through several of them!

"So, how can we take our mastery of ninjutsu to the next level?"

"How can one truly and thoroughly master chakra nature transformation?"

Orochimaru smirked as he watched the shuriken in the sky. The shuriken were like soldiers under each other's command, fighting under the orders of their commander.

It was obvious that Orochimaru's forces were far superior to Hiruzen Sarutobi's forces. Even in terms of chakra reserves, Orochimaru was slightly inferior to Hiruzen Sarutobi. However, the actual battle situation was completely different.

“Teacher, you are the ninja world’s doctor and the master of ninjutsu. I dare say that if you train in the normal way, your chakra control and chakra nature transformation will definitely be at the pinnacle of the ninja world.”

Orochimaru said with emotion, "I once thought that by constantly training my chakra like you, I could reach the limit of my chakra nature transformation."

"But when I finally reached your level, I discovered a problem."

"Human beings have their limits."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes widened. Just as Orochimaru uttered those words, the shuriken shadow clone technique that had been clashing in the sky had already ended its battle.

The entire confrontation ended with Orochimaru's shuriken securing a complete victory.

"What exactly is chakra? What exactly is ninjutsu?"

"This is a topic worth studying carefully, even if it takes a lot of time and sacrifices many people and resources."

"This is for the development of the entire ninja world, for the development of ninjutsu and humanity!"

Orochimaru spread his hands, his whole body radiating holiness.

"What nonsense!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath and shouted, "That's utter nonsense!"

He spoke with unwavering conviction and absolute resolve.

Hiruzen Sarutobi knew that if he wasn't so resolute, Orochimaru might have been swayed by his words.

For the sake of the development of the ninja world?

For the sake of human development?

It's all empty.

If human progress requires sacrificing humanity, then it's better to just move forward slowly.

Even though Orochimaru's words sounded so grand, and even though he looked exactly like the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, he was still a force to be reckoned with.

If something is impossible, it's simply impossible.

The ninja world is not facing any major crisis that is unavoidable. Although there are wars and turmoil in the ninja world, it is generally peaceful.

In this environment, the development of ninjutsu and humanity was merely a slow process.

Even without using such heinous methods, the ninja world, like humanity, could have developed to its current level.

When one's generation dies, they will become nourishment for the next generation to grow strong.

Leaves always fall to the ground at the roots, transforming themselves into nutrients to nourish the next new leaf.

This is the legacy of the Will of Fire!

Orochimaru's actions were tantamount to forcing growth and overdrawing the potential of the ninja world!

"Stop, Orochimaru."

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Orochimaru with unusual seriousness and said, "The development of the ninja world is not something that can be achieved overnight. Your actions have seriously distorted it!"

"If you insist on doing this, then I'll have no choice but to take matters into my own hands and clean house!"

"..."

Orochimaru was stunned, staring blankly at Hiruzen Sarutobi. He realized that he could no longer reason with the man in front of him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi had his own principles, and Orochimaru also had his own principles.

Ironically, Orochimaru actually wanted Hiruzen Sarutobi to understand his actions and principles.

Since the two paths can no longer run parallel, the only option left is to determine the winner.

"I'm sorry, teacher."

Orochimaru lowered his eyes and shook his head. "I don't want to fight you."

"late!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes widened in fury, and he slammed his hands together onto the ground. "Earth Release: Earth Flow River!"

Rumble

Orochimaru's feet suddenly turned into a muddy swamp, making him unsteady on his feet and struggling to maintain his balance.

"Go ahead and capture it!"

"King Kong prison wall!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi threw his long staff at Orochimaru, who was unsteady on his feet. The staff instantly multiplied into dozens of pieces, forming a prison that tightly bound Orochimaru.

"teacher……"

Orochimaru recovered and looked sadly at Hiruzen Sarutobi, "In that case, it's goodbye."

"You think you can run away?!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi stared at Orochimaru, who was locked in a cage, and roared as he charged forward. His hands moved rapidly, forming hand seals, and earthen walls appeared outside the cage, enveloping Orochimaru.

But the next second, Orochimaru, who was locked in the cage, suddenly transformed into a sky full of venomous snakes and burst out of the cage.

A giant python descended from the sky, crushing the earthen walls and forcing Hiruzen Sarutobi to retreat a few steps.

Orochimaru stood atop the giant python's head, glanced down at Hiruzen Sarutobi, and gazed into the distance.

In the distance, a fiery red figure was rapidly approaching, roaring as it did so.