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

They couldn't even muster the instinctive reaction to turn and run away; they could only stay where they were, watching in terror as the extremely dangerous grass ninja slowly approached.

With the Byakugan's 360-degree unobstructed view, Hinata could clearly see the deathly paleness on Kiba and Shino's faces.

Realizing that she absolutely could not be defeated by such an enemy in this place, she was eager to become stronger and did not hesitate to slightly open her mouth and bite her red lips.

puff.

Bright red blood oozed from the wound, staining the neat, white teeth, and dripped down the fair chin to the ground.

The searing pain and her strong will allowed Hinata to overcome her body's instinctive fear and successfully break free from Orochimaru's overwhelming aura!

Orochimaru was thrilled by this awareness and response, and licked his lips with his long, disgusting tongue.

After all, Hinata was a "vessel" he had carefully chosen, and the better Hinata performed, the more satisfied he became.

"Magic·Tree Binding Killing!"

Hinata, now free, quickly mobilized her chakra, formed hand seals, and cast a genjutsu on Orochimaru as he approached.

Ever since she stepped out of her sealed room that day and resolved to become stronger, she has devoted herself to learning illusion magic from Kurenai Yuhi.

Despite her many flaws, she managed to learn Kurenai Yuhi's signature move through this almost reckless training.

buzzing.

The moment Orochimaru met Byakugan's gaze, the ground behind him suddenly cracked open.

A large tree suddenly appeared out of nowhere, with its tough vines hanging down, binding Orochimaru tightly to the trunk.

Immediately following, Hinata's figure emerged from above, the kunai she gripped tightly in her hand gleaming with a cold, icy light.

"Illusion, huh? That's a bit beyond my expectations," Orochimaru chuckled.

He was a master of illusion techniques, so Hinata's half-baked illusion techniques naturally wouldn't have any effect.

Not to mention, ever since his defeat at the hands of Itachi Uchiha, Orochimaru has been constantly training his resistance to genjutsu!

Whoosh.

As the kunai slashed Orochimaru's body, Hinata frowned, her face grave, showing no trace of the joy that came with success.

That kind of touch doesn't feel like the feedback you should get when something pierces your skin and flesh!

The next second, Orochimaru's body transformed into countless gray snakes and vanished like bubbles.

Hinata suddenly realized what was happening and tried to pull away, but found that she was already unable to move.

—Sometime later, she, the one who cast the spell, found herself tightly bound by vines!

"If that's all you've got, then you're really wasting those eyes that possess pure blood..."

The gray snake reformed into Orochimaru's body, its long sword thrusting out and pressed against Hinata's throat.

The sharp blade left a deep red mark on the fair skin.

Just then, a gust of wind swept up from behind.

"You bastard! Don't even think about hurting Hinata, shove shove!"

Taking advantage of the opening Hinata gained using genjutsu, Kiba shook off the fear of killing intent, used his beast clone to spin rapidly with Akamaru, forming two intertwined drill whirlwinds that rushed towards Orochimaru.

Faced with such an obvious attack, Orochimaru didn't even turn his head. He simply leaped lightly to dodge the Fang Over Fang and landed on a large tree not far away.

Once he had regained his footing, his eyes shifted slightly as he noticed the black tide that was rapidly spreading along the tree trunk.

"The Aburame clan's techniques, huh? I haven't encountered them in a while."

Orochimaru sighed and calmly formed hand seals, "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique."

boom!

A blazing fireball spewed from his mouth, annihilating all the insects Shino had summoned in a single exchange!

"It's not over yet!"

A loud shout rang out, and Kiba and the humanized Akamaru appeared on Orochimaru's left and right sides, their sharp claws and fangs striking out simultaneously, grabbing at Orochimaru's neck and abdomen.

Orochimaru remained unfazed, dodging Kiba's attack with a sidestep and launching a volley at an even faster speed, kicking the humanized Akamaru away by stepping on his chest.

boom!

Akamaru crashed to the ground, creating a deep crater, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

The orcish magic was thus broken.

"Akamaru!"

Seeing Akamaru curled up in the deep pit, now back to his original form, Kiba called out with a worried expression.

In that instant when his mind was distracted, his body suddenly lost control without warning, and the whole world began to spin.

Orochimaru gripped his arm tightly, spun him around in the air several times, and then forcefully flung him out, creating a similar deep crater next to Akamaru!

"A genin is still a genin. Didn't your teacher teach you that rushing into the enemy like this is a very foolish thing to do?"

Standing atop the tree trunk, Orochimaru looked down at Kiba, who was sprawled on the ground in a disheveled state.

Although his taijutsu is far inferior to ninjutsu and genjutsu, it is definitely not something a newbie like Kiba can easily fool.

"My teacher is an extremely skilled ninja."

Kiba struggled to his feet, ignoring his broken arm, and roared at the sky, "Now, Hinata!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the light around Orochimaru suddenly dimmed.

A shadow descended from the sky, and it was Hinata assuming the Gentle Fist of Hyuga stance!

That's right. Shino's insect swarm and Kiba's attack were just creating the best opportunity for Hinata to attack!

"Soft Boxing Technique·Bagua Sixty-Four Palms!"

"Two strikes!"

Orochimaru frowned slightly and dodged Hinata's two palm strikes, which she launched using gravity.

Boom!

The powerful palm strike cracked the tree trunk. Hinata, having regained her footing, lunged forward and swiftly struck Orochimaru's vital pressure points.

For the first time, panic appeared on Orochimaru's face.

It wasn't that Hinata's attack was particularly fierce, but rather that her incredibly familiar posture and eyes unconsciously brought to mind the image of Hyuga Fuuki.

He was so impressed by the battle that night that he was momentarily stunned and almost got hit by Hinata's four quick palm strikes!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 70 The Curse of Heaven

Both in terms of speed and power, they are far inferior...

Once Orochimaru realized what was happening, he refocused his attention and gently swung his arm just before Hinata was about to unleash the overlapping Sixty-Four Palms.

"Hidden Shadow Snake Hand"

The brown snake effortlessly tore through the palm wind. Although Hinata tried to retreat immediately, she was unable to dodge and was tightly wrapped around the waist, lifted into the air.

The long snake flicked its tongue repeatedly, its vertical pupils fixed downwards, radiating an intensely dangerous aura.

"Secret Technique: Insect Tornado!"

As soon as Orochimaru took a step forward, a black tornado made up of countless parasitic insects rose up beneath his feet.

"You're really getting in the way, you brat from the Aburame clan."

Orochimaru bit his finger and performed a summoning jutsu.

boom!

White smoke billowed out, and a giant brown-gray python poked its head out from within.

After swishing its powerful tail to disperse the black insect tornado, the giant python quickly crawled along the tree trunk and opened its blood-red maw to bite Shino, whose hands were in his pockets.

Faced with the rampaging of this behemoth, even the usually calm Shino was helpless and could only hastily control the Parasites to barely cope.

Seeing this, just as Ya was about to bring the re-anthropomorphized Akamaru to provide support, another giant python appeared and restricted their movements.

"Then, no one will bother us anymore, young lady of the Hyuga family."

Orochimaru licked his lips and used his snake hand to pull Hinata in front of him.

"Who exactly are you?" Hinata asked with difficulty.

His words made her realize that he wasn't just there to steal the scroll.

"Hinata Hyuga, I really envy you."

"She clearly possesses eyes even purer than that man's, yet she cannot unleash their true power."

Orochimaru didn't answer Hinata's question, but stared at those infinitely charming white eyes with fascination. "Instead of wasting them like this, I'd rather take them."

Upon hearing this, Hinata's pupils widened suddenly, and even her breathing became rapid: "You've encountered Hyuga Kazeki?!"

In this time when the Hyuga main family is severely weakened, there is no one else but the defector Feng Qi who could leave such a deep impression on this mysterious powerhouse!

Looking at the girl in front of him whose emotions were fluctuating wildly, Orochimaru smiled without saying a word, still having no intention of answering.

The long-armed snake hissed, revealing two sharp fangs, and bit down directly at Hinata's neck!

boom!

White smoke billowed out, and the long snake bit into a rotten wooden stake.

"A substitution technique, huh?"

Orochimaru withdrew his Hidden Shadow Snake Hand and turned slightly to glance behind him.

There, Hinata had already completed the hand seals.

"The Sakura Nami Technique!"

It's an illusion technique I learned from Kurenai Yuhi, similar to Kabuto's Magical Nirvana Abode technique, which can put enemies into a deep sleep.

"Don't you understand? With this half-baked illusion magic, what can you do... huh?"

Orochimaru, who easily broke the illusion, let out a soft "hmm" and noticed something amiss.