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Chapter 140 Your Weapon (Second Update)

"Hmm, this is interesting!"

Upon seeing the changes in Li Chuan's body, Orochimaru's eyes immediately showed interest.

As for Li Chuan, the Fire Prince who had been in Konoha for a week, he also knew a little about him from the information reported by Kabuto.

However, the intelligence did not specify that he was a ninja, or that he possessed super-powerful taijutsu and ninjutsu capable of killing a summoned giant snake with a single punch.

"Stop standing there, go save them!"

After killing the giant snake with a single punch, Li Chuan grabbed its chin and lashed it out at Orochimaru like a whip.

The immense power caused Orochimaru, who was standing there, to change his expression and hurriedly leap to the side to dodge.

The tree trunk that Orochimaru was standing on, which was three or four meters in diameter, snapped, and Anko, who was standing on it, fell straight down.

At this moment, Sasuke and Sakura, who were holding Naruto, realized what was happening and rushed out to take Anko away.

There was no way around it; the scene of Li Chuan transforming into a muscular brute and killing the giant snake with a single punch was just too shocking, leaving the two of them somewhat stunned.

"Trying to leave?"

Seeing Sasuke and Sakura flee with Anko in one arm and Naruto in the other, Orochimaru was about to give chase when he discovered that Li Chuan had somehow blocked his way.

"You remind me of an old friend, but I don't have time to play with you here right now."

Although he was somewhat interested in Li Chuan's body, he was more interested in Sasuke.

So when it saw Li Chuan blocking its way, it immediately opened its mouth, stuck out its tongue, and wrapped it around Li Chuan's body.

"Software modification technology".

Seeing Orochimaru's tongue hurtling towards him like lightning, Li Chuan didn't dodge but quickly reached out and grabbed it.

Orochimaru's self-created Soft Body Modification Technique is a ninjutsu that does not require hand seals. After being used, it can instantly soften any part of one's body and allow it to stretch and contract at will.

It is also one of the ninjutsu that Li Chuan must acquire upon arriving in this world.

Having learned this ninjutsu, he could try throwing a box with its internal area expanded using the Seamless Stretch Spell into his stomach to see if he could take more things out of the small world.

Seeing that Li Chuan had grabbed his tongue, Orochimaru immediately shook his head and tried to pull Li Chuan away, but Li Chuan stood there in a horse stance, his feet rooted to the spot and he didn't move an inch.

In this state, his overall physical abilities are five times stronger than before, and with the added boost of chakra, Orochimaru would be joking if he wanted to compete with him in strength.

"Fly away!"

Li Chuan grabbed Orochimaru's tongue and suddenly exerted force upwards, instantly throwing Orochimaru into the air. Then, his right hand began to spin wildly like a windmill.

Orochimaru, on the other hand, was like a rootless duckweed, being pulled by his tongue and spinning wildly in the air. Because of the speed, it was even showing a slight tendency to form a whirlwind.

"What...what happened?"

Sakura and Sasuke, who had just escaped not far, were attracted by the commotion behind them and couldn't help but look back. They were instantly stunned.

"Does this mean we don't need to run anymore?"

Sakura murmured something.

Hongdou, who was enduring the pain from the curse mark on her shoulder, immediately reminded her:

"Don't stand there, hurry up and go to the tower to get reinforcements. Orochimaru isn't so easy to defeat."

The prince's strength did indeed exceed her expectations, but as a former disciple of Orochimaru, she knew how terrifying Orochimaru was. However, this level of attack was simply not enough to defeat Orochimaru.

"It seems I can't chase after Sasuke until I deal with you."

Orochimaru, who was about to be flung into a propeller in mid-air, shed his skin like a snake and detached himself from his original body.

It was his self-created technique of using a snake substitute to take someone's place in death.

The Snake Substitution Technique is a more powerful substitution technique modified by Orochimaru from the ordinary substitution technique. It allows the user to detach from the body as a substitute when suffering fatal injuries or being physically controlled.

Even Amaterasu, which is said to never go out before its target is completely burned out, can be avoided.

"I'll cut you into eight pieces."

After breaking free, Orochimaru pulled a long sword from his mouth and, using the tree trunk as a step, swiftly charged towards Li Chuan.

Seeing Orochimaru break free of control, Li Chuan used the tongue in his hand like a whip to lash at the charging Orochimaru, but it was easily cut into several pieces by the longsword in his hand.

"Kusanagi Sword!"

Li Chuan frowned as he looked at the sword in Orochimaru's hand.

Orochimaru has two Kusanagi swords. One is like a Chinese sword, extremely sharp, capable of wounding even the supposedly indestructible Monkey King. It can also be extended indefinitely by injecting chakra.

The other one resembled a Japanese style, equally sharp, and could be infused with lightning-style chakra to amplify its destructive power; it was later given to Sasuke.

Orochimaru's strength is definitely not as good as his, but his physical skills and swordsmanship are absolutely no less. Fighting unarmed would be too disadvantageous, and if he took out the weapons from the mission space, he would probably be cut in half in one move.

So he decisively took out the Elder Wand.

"Is that your weapon? It looks like a wooden stick."

When Orochimaru saw Li Chuan take out a wooden stick, a mocking look appeared on his face. Then, he slashed at Li Chuan's neck with his sword.

"Disarm you!"

Li Chuan raised his wand, and a blue magical ray shot towards Orochimaru.

Orochimaru did not dodge upon seeing this, but instead continued to slash his long sword toward Li Chuan's neck.

He assumed the magical beam was some kind of special ninjutsu, and since he didn't sense any danger, he wasn't particularly concerned.

If there is real danger, he can use the Snake Substitution Technique to evade it, while the opponent can only have their throat slit by a sword.

However, the reality was beyond his expectations, because when Li Chuan's disarming spell hit his body, for a second, his hand involuntarily loosened its grip on the Kusanagi sword.

The Kusanagi sword, which was less than a centimeter away from Li Chuan, flew out of his hand in an instant and stuck in a large tree more than ten meters away.

"Xingyi - Half-Step Bengquan!"

Taking advantage of Orochimaru's momentary daze, Li Chuan stepped forward and punched Orochimaru in the stomach.

Orochimaru's body flew out like a cannonball, crashing through more than a dozen trees that would take several people to encircle before finally coming to a stop.

"vomit!"

The grotesque Orochimaru opened his mouth, and two hands emerged from it. Then, a new Orochimaru emerged unharmed from his mouth.

"Strange ninjutsu, and the power of that punch is almost on par with Tsunade's."

"He's really hard to kill."

Seeing Orochimaru, who had withstood a full-force half-step collapsing fist, still managed to recover to his original form using the Snake Substitution Technique, Li Chuan couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

There are indeed quite a few ninjas in this world stronger than Orochimaru, but when it comes to who has the strongest survival ability, very few can compare to Orochimaru.

(End of this chapter)