Naruto: The Caged Bird Cannot Confine Me - Feng Hou Qi Men

Explosions are art!

boom!

In an instant, the earth trembled and flames shot into the sky.

Even the inhabitants of the Land of Demons, who live far from this forbidden area, all felt the violent turmoil caused by this attack!

After the terrifying commotion subsided, a cold wind dispersed the dust that filled the sky.

The vast forest, spanning hundreds of meters in radius, had been leveled, and the concave basin had collapsed, revealing the entire underground palace that had once imprisoned the souls of demons.

Even though it was mostly buried by dust and gravel, the oppressive feeling emanating from the army of terracotta warriors with their ferocious and menacing faces was still undiminished, making Shion, Zusui, and the others tremble with fear.

—When the Wraith Qiankun Jade exploded, Feng Qi used the "Eight Gates Transfer" technique, which involves spatial power, to protect them from the aftershocks of the explosion.

Of course, what stunned them even more was the deep, gaping pit right before their eyes, and the gray-robed figure standing calmly atop it.

Is such a terrifying attack beyond reason really something that humans could use?

Perhaps it was because Feng Qi had acted too casually and indifferently before that they only now truly realized just how valuable an S-rank rogue ninja wanted by Konoha of the Land of Fire really was!

Amidst the swirling dust, Feng Qi, his long hair disheveled, was panting heavily, his chest heaving.

The power of the demon's soul was far too violent; even now, he found it difficult to fully control it and perfectly integrate it with his own Qi chakra.

It's already quite an achievement to be able to barely complete and successfully launch it!

"However, it turns out that it is possible to extract the power of a mouryo's soul and use it for one's own purposes, just like a tailed beast jinchūriki, and..."

Feng Qi adjusted his breathing, glancing at his bloodied arms out of the corner of his eye, and analyzed the feasibility of using the Demonic Jade. "Compared to a human Jinchūriki, this kind of cost and risk is not unacceptable."

For an ordinary person, having cracked and bleeding skin on both arms is definitely a significant injury.

But for Feng Qi, who has mastered the Feng Hou Qi Men technique, it's no big deal—he has many ways to heal himself in the shortest amount of time!

"That guy, Wangliang, is a bit weak."

As consciousness sank into the inner landscape, it saw the spirit entity of the demon, having had its power drained, slumped limply inside the giant white eye, so weak that it didn't even have the strength to thrash itself a couple of times and utter a few harsh words.

He could only express his intense, impotent rage with an extremely venomous gaze.

Feng Qi wasn't too disappointed, after all, this was his first attempt and the power conversion rate was really low.

Once the demon's soul recovers, hehe, I'll have plenty of time and energy to study it properly!

With that thought, Feng Qi's consciousness withdrew from the inner world.

Returning to reality, he activated his White Eyes, his gaze piercing through the thick smoke and dust, landing on a completely charred corpse opposite him.

The remaining small piece of rope clearly revealed the identity of the charred corpse—it was Orochimaru, who had no time to escape!

In the eyes of Shion and the others, Orochimaru in this state was absolutely dead, having lost all signs of human life.

But Feng Qi's expression remained unchanged, maintaining a solemn and vigilant demeanor.

Orochimaru's greatest strength is not his diverse ninjutsu and bizarre methods, but his insidious ability to be extremely difficult to kill!

As expected, with the X-ray vision of the Byakugan, Feng Qi saw the chakra slowly flowing inside the charred corpse.

puff.

The charred corpse's mouth opened wider and wider in an inhuman way.

The next second, a pale hand reached out from inside, gripped the chin tightly, and slowly pried it open.

Amidst the ever-flowing, disgusting, filthy mucus, the snake-shaped pupils suddenly snapped open, emanating a strange, gloomy, and oppressive aura.

The brand-new, unopened Orochimaru was reborn on the charred corpse, and he emerged with a light leap!

This is a ninjutsu he created himself, the Orochi Style Substitution Technique.

"That attack just now wasn't just your own power, was it?" Orochimaru said sinisterly.

Although he managed to survive by using the Triple Rashomon and the Great Serpent Style Substitution Technique, the successive large-scale ninjutsu still consumed a lot of his chakra, and his overall condition was far from what he had been in at the beginning.

By examining the underground palace soldiers exposed to the outside world and combining this with information circulating in the Land of Demons, Orochimaru quickly guessed a certain possibility.

"Hyuga Fuuki, I truly never imagined that you could even control the legendary demon, the Wraith..."

Orochimaru's tone was filled with undisguised shock.

The incident that occurred in Konoha more than a decade ago, most likely caused by the Mangekyou Sharingan, known as the "Nine-Tails' Rebellion," remains vivid in his memory to this day.

The Mangekyou Sharingan can control tailed beasts, and the Byakugan, which can even control demons like Moryo, clearly also possesses this incredible power!

He would always subconsciously compare Feng Qi's Byakugan with the Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan.

The more this happened, the more excited I became, as it opened the door to a new world.

The ability Feng Qi displayed, seemingly capable of seeing through everything in the world, wasn't that exactly what this mad scientist had always dreamed of?!

From this point of view alone, the allure of the Byakugan far surpasses that of the Mangekyou Sharingan!

While excited, Orochimaru's eyes darted around, landing on the strange array at Feng Qi's feet, which was different from the Hyuga Gentle Fist.

Within the formation, unless one overwhelms it with absolute power, there is almost no chance of defeating Hyuga Fuuki.

Although it is very hard to accept, Hyuga Kazeki, who is inside the array, seems to have truly reached a state of "omnipotence" on some level!

If he still can't detect anything amiss after such a fierce battle, then he would truly be unworthy of the title of "Sannin".

Then, give it a try!

With a plan in mind, Orochimaru leaped out of the area covered by the Bagua formation, formed hand seals, drew upon the underground water, and unleashed a classic ninjutsu with astonishing power.

"Water escape, water dragon bullet technique!"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 55 Kan Character, Water Blade Returns to Heaven

Outside the array's range, the surging water dragon raised its head high and sped towards Feng Qi.

Faced with the menacing water dragon bullets, Feng Qi shook off the blood flowing from his palms, stepped into a horse stance, and placed his hands at his waist.

He mobilized all the Qi and chakra in his body, and after reaching the critical point, he struck the air in front of him with both palms.

"Gentle Fist Technique, Bagua Empty Palm!"

boom!

The palm strike delivered from a distance produced a sonic boom, instantly piercing the water jet and shattering it into countless scattered splashes of water.

Seeing his ninjutsu so easily neutralized, Orochimaru showed no sign of panic. Instead, he stretched out his long snake head and licked his lips with a sinister expression.

Hehe, so they didn't use attribute reversal this time after all. It seems my judgment was correct.

Orochimaru's low gaze swept over the edge of the array at his feet, and he already had a plan in mind.

He took a deep breath, stretched out his two palms, and lay prone on the ground like a venomous snake poised to strike.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh.

A small gray snake poked its head out, followed closely by a dense swarm of gray snakes that surged out from the depths of Orochimaru's open mouth like a tidal wave, covering the entire land in the blink of an eye!

For those with snake phobia and trypophobia, this is absolutely the ultimate "visual feast"!

"The Formation of Ten Thousand Snakes!"

Accompanied by a chilling rustling sound, a horde of snakes, composed of countless species, rapidly approached Feng Qi from all directions.

Just as he was about to be submerged, Feng Qi calmly raised his finger in front of him.

"The Golden Watchman."

The ripples of time spread silently, and the snakes at the forefront seemed to have crashed into a sticky swamp, instantly frozen in place and unable to move.

'The connection with the snakes was completely intact, a strange feeling I'd never experienced before, as if time itself had suddenly stopped...'

'Thinking about it carefully, the method he used to protect those people from the Land of Demons just now seems to resemble some kind of spatial teleportation.'

'Those eyes... they can even manipulate things like space and time?!'

Orochimaru, who was lying face down on the ground, frowned deeply. This time, he was truly shocked, and disbelief was evident in the depths of his eyes.

It's worth noting that the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, scared other ninja villages into making an exception and issuing an order to retreat unconditionally if they encountered him, simply by using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Hinata Fuuki's ability to directly interfere with the laws of time is clearly even more advanced!

"Those eyes are absolutely beautiful."

The more Orochimaru witnessed the power of the Byakugan, the stronger his desire to possess it became.

He desperately needed those eyes that led to the omniscient world!

"Let me test just how high you can go, Hinata Kazeki!"

Orochimaru's expression hardened, and he began to unleash all his chakra without regard for the consequences, summoning even more gray snakes to surge towards Feng Qi.

As the number of targets surged exponentially, Feng Qi's pressure also increased dramatically.

Although he still had some leeway, if he used his full strength, he could extend the range of Feng Hou Qi Men to Orochimaru's feet in the distance.

But even without trying, it's easy to conclude that Rankin Takumi is unlikely to be able to subdue this mad scientist who has been a central figure in the entire Naruto world!

In terms of influence over the world, Orochimaru is definitely far superior to Tsunade, who is also one of the Legendary Sannin!

boom!

Finally, the chaotic gold reached its limit and was broken by the ever-surging tide of snakes.

As countless gray snakes rushed closer, spitting out sharp longswords, Feng Qi simply released the Chaotic Gold Ring, distributed his Qi Chakra to all the acupoints on his body, and then took a step forward, swinging his arms to make his whole body spin at high speed.

At the same time, high-pressure water jets, compressed to their limit, shot out from deep within the wide sleeves of the gray robe.

This is a technique he developed by combining the Feng Hou Qi Men and Hyuga Gentle Fist; its name is...

"The character 'Kan' signifies a water blade returning to heaven!"

Swish swish!

Driven by the rapidly rotating Qi chakra, the high-pressure water flow resembled two extremely sharp blades.

The gray snake with the long sword at the corner of its mouth was instantly cut and strangled as soon as it came into contact with the area of ​​the Heavenly Return technique!

The Gentle Fist of Hyuga is known as the "Absolute Defense," but Fuuki's Water Blade Return adds unparalleled and terrifying destructive power to this Absolute Defense.