Simultaneously traversing from the beginning of the rampage in Konoha

The crimson chain blade pierced straight through Xiao Nan's body, yet not a drop of blood was visible. Numerous pieces of paper quickly adhered to it, and in an instant, everything was intact again.

The paper shuriken, mixed with a large number of explosive tags, exploded with a bang, blasting the winding blood vines to pieces.

Hong Yu remained completely calm, his hands rapidly forming hand seals, and even more and larger vine-like blood snakes burst forth from the ground.

Taking advantage of this lull, Konan noticed that Pain was being forced to retreat steadily. She wanted to leave the battle, but was too weak to go to him.

"Summoning Jutsu - Ten Thousand Snakes!"

A hoarse and sinister voice rang out from the crowd.

Thick smoke shot into the sky and then exploded, sending mud, water, and debris flying wildly.

Amidst the dust and smoke of collapsing steel buildings, a chilling, foul-smelling wind swept across the area, and a colossal shadow slowly revealed its true form.

The jet-black, hard scales gleamed with a cold metallic sheen under the light, and the dark golden vertical pupils were filled with cruelty and violence.

The enormous snake's tongue hissed and flicked incessantly, emitting a putrid stench.

The serpent swept its head around without restraint, then lowered its head slightly to look down at the tiny figure at its feet, and let out a disdainful snort.

"Orochimaru, you've summoned me again!"

"No matter what trouble you have this time, I want two hundred sacrifices!"

Orochimaru, perhaps already accustomed to the arrogant Manda, stared greedily at Kurenai and gave the order in a deep voice.

"Help me catch him, and the offerings will be doubled afterwards!"

The giant pupils of the monstrous snake contracted slightly, and a fierce aura erupted from them.

"You're smart to know what's good for you!"

Standing opposite the man and the snake, Hong Yu's face was tense and his expression was solemn, showing far more fear than he had shown Xiao Nan before.

After all, before becoming a test subject, he was only at the level of a Chunin.

The Akatsuki organization has always kept a low profile, never revealing its true strength, so Red Prison had no way of judging the strength of the paper-style ninja they had previously faced.

After a brief and evenly matched fight, he concluded that he and she were probably only at the level of elite Jonin.

But standing before him now was the legendary figure he had heard about since childhood, one of Konoha's top ninjas, the cold-blooded Orochimaru.

The feelings in their hearts were naturally completely different, and a sense of apprehension poured out like a torrent.

Sweat dripped down his face. Under the ever-increasing pressure in his heart, Hong Yu's hands moved rapidly, forming hand seals as he launched the first attack.

"Wood Release: Orochi Demon Technique!"

The earth trembled violently, and the sound of steel being torn apart and shattered was even more piercing and ear-piercing.

The blood-red, gnarled giant tree burst through the ground, gushing out with a roar, carrying with it the underground currents.

The scarlet branches intertwined and twisted, merging together, and in the blink of an eye, they coalesced into an extremely large wooden snake.

Although it originated from the Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique, this giant serpent is more slender and rounded, without the jagged edges of the Wood Dragon, and its whole body radiates a warm and heavy blood-red glow.

Only from the very top of its head, rows of scarlet wooden thorns, like spines piercing through flesh, extend all the way to the tip of the snake's tail.

Hong Yu stomped his foot and leaped backward, landing precisely on the head of the wildly charging wooden snake.

The wooden serpent raised its body high and roared like thunder down at the myriad serpents.

At the same time, the spikes at the end of the tail that had pierced the earth glowed with an orange-red light, which spread rapidly along the giant snake's spine to the top of its head.

"The Art of Spirit Communication—Rashomon!"

Seeing that things were not going well, Orochimaru's sinister and hoarse voice rang out again.

A massive wooden door, nearly 100 meters high, broke through the soil and rocks at just the right moment and rose up from the ground with a rumble.

As the light on the last thorn atop the wooden serpent's head thickened into a deep crimson, a stream of crimson poisonous gas erupted from its mouth, rushing straight towards the location of the myriad serpents.

As luck would have it, the poisonous gas was completely blocked by the slowly rising giant gate.

The crimson poisonous gas slammed heavily onto the massive, towering gate, which stretched as far as the eye could see, as thick as a mountain and filled with a sinister, ghostly aura.

The huge door panel with the hideous ghost face embedded in it was instantly corroded with a hissing sound, and was completely eroded in less than three seconds.

Meanwhile, Wanshe had already bypassed the decaying gate, its dark golden vertical pupils locking onto the wooden blood serpent in front of it.

Just as the two snakes faced each other, a shadow that blotted out the sun cleaved the sunlight, obscuring the bodies of the myriad snakes.

An aura even more ferocious and terrifying than the murderous serpents poured down from hundreds of meters above.

Attracted by Wood Release, Orochimaru, who had just arrived from the laboratory, had naturally never witnessed the terror of Lieque.

The same was true of the Thousand Snakes. Even though they were much smaller than Lieque, they still dared to let out a defiant hiss in the face of this blatant provocation.

"You ignorant fool, daring to flaunt yourself in front of me? You're asking for death!"

uh~

The dark monster, transformed from a forest eagle, felt extremely curious about the mere small snake below that dared to provoke it.

After all, although it had never hunted snakes, and strictly speaking, as a fledgling bird, it had never hunted any prey.

But at this moment, as the natural enemy of snakes, it only felt extremely amused and mocked.

A pair of eyes made of blazing white light narrowed slightly, and its enormous wings, nearly 150 meters long, flapped gently, stirring up the surrounding water vapor, as it swooped down towards the myriad snakes.

The distance of a few hundred meters was no different from being close at hand in the eyes of this behemoth.

As the distance rapidly closed, the beast's paw, adorned with sharp claws, suddenly shot out, viciously grabbing at the snake's vital spot.

The serpent's pupils constricted sharply; it had not expected the monster in the sky to be so fast.

In its haste to twist its body, it avoided a fatal blow, but several deep, bone-revealing wounds were still torn open on its back.

"asshole!"

But before he could finish speaking, Wanshe suddenly felt a white light before his eyes.

The already enormous and terrifying monster suddenly spewed out a beam of crimson-white lightning, which struck the huge wound on the back of the Thousand Serpents with pinpoint accuracy.

Having suffered a fatal blow and facing imminent doom, Manda tensed up instantly, and his chakra suddenly erupted.

In the blink of an eye, a deep purple afterimage suddenly shot out from his snake mouth.

The perfectly intact Manda stared at the empty shell of his substitute, its dark golden eyes so somber they seemed to drip with water.

"Orochimaru, the offerings aren't enough this time. Double them!"

The pride in his heart made Mansakatsu unwilling to leave in such a sorry state.

But it was unwilling to suffer such a huge loss, so it had no choice but to extort money from Orochimaru.

"……Can."

Orochimaru watched as Lieque soared into the sky once more. He remained silent and hesitant, but did not refuse. He finally agreed.

Boo!

The crescent moon in the sky, watching its prey's seemingly reborn skills, let out a joyful, high-pitched neigh.

Now it can have even more fun.

"Have fun, but take it easy. Just don't let the snake charmer get away!"

At that moment, Uchiha Owl's voice came from afar.

This caused Orochimaru's face to darken, and further enraged Manda.