People in Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began with Demon Slayer

Time seemed to stand still.

Suddenly.

Orochimaru's index finger suddenly twitched, and at that instant, Yosuke drew his katana.

"Breath of Blood? Second Form? Blood Flame Claw Mark!"

Three crimson slashes, resembling beast claws, hurtled straight toward Orochimaru's chest.

Orochimaru clasped his hands together and shouted, "Wood Release: Wood Wall!"

The wooden pillar bent from the ground to form an archway that protected Orochimaru. Yosuke's blood-flame claw marks left extremely deep wounds on the wooden pillar wall, but Orochimaru inside was intact.

The wooden pillars of the wooden ingot wall dispersed, and Orochimaru had completed the hand seals for his ninjutsu.

"The Formation of Ten Thousand Serpents!"

Orochimaru spat out a large number of snakes from his mouth and continued to attack Yosuke.

"Breath of the Sun? Unleashed Form? Scorching Sun!"

Yosuke unleashed a fiery slash, slicing the foremost venomous snake in half, while the snakes behind it were burned by the flames.

Taking advantage of the opening, Yosuke slashed at Orochimaru with his sword.

Orochimaru aimed one hand at Yosuke.

"Words of Power? Rebuke!"

An invisible force sent Yosuke flying a great distance.

Yosuke had already anticipated Orochimaru's ability to summon the god. The underground base was too cramped, so Yosuke decided to move the battleground to the surface.

"Blood Breathing? Third Form? Storm Flame Blood Blade!"

Yosuke unleashed countless flying slashes upwards, destroying the ceiling above, and rays of sunlight pierced through the cracks in the ceiling to the ground.

Yosuke spread his blood-red wings, broke through the ceiling, and flew out of the underground base.

Orochimaru followed closely behind Yosuke, using Wood Release to support his body as they reached the ground.

Yosuke is suspended in mid-air, while Orochimaru stands on a wooden pillar.

The two were about to engage in battle.

Chapter 265 Wood escape Orochimaru

Just as Yosuke had guessed, Orochimaru at this time was completely different from what he used to be.

When Yosuke first met Orochimaru, he was just a snake-playing ninja.

Now, with the God's Word of Power and this Wood Release ability that he's never seen before, Yosuke really needs to take him seriously.

Orochimaru was the one who made the first move.

Orochimaru clapped his hands again: "Wood Release: Advent of a World of Trees!"

Multiple trees rapidly grew from the ground, as if uprooted, creating a forest in an instant.

Orochimaru manipulated the forest, with countless vines reaching out, trying to grab Yosuke in the sky.

Yosuke drew his katana and cut the vines.

But the vines seem to stretch endlessly, and even if they are cut off, they will grow back.

Yosuke used his agile flying ability to circle and dodge in the air, and then looked for an opportunity to attack Orochimaru.

However, this forest seemed to have its own consciousness; the moment Yosuke approached Orochimaru, the trees would automatically protect Orochimaru.

"Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!"

Orochimaru transferred his chakra to the tree's seed, creating a giant dragon that soared into the air and chased after Yosuke, who was flying through the sky.

Yosuke found Wood Release very troublesome. He had seen many special bloodline limits, but this was the first time he had seen a bloodline limit that could summon anything with a simple clap of the hands and was also very powerful.

Each time Yosuke cuts the wooden dragon in half, the forest below replenishes the dragon's body and continues to entangle Yosuke.

The Wood Release technique, which combines offense and defense, allowed Orochimaru to manipulate wooden dragons and vines in the forest without any worries to surround and attack Yosuke in the air.

Yosuke felt he had to deal with the forest created by Orochimaru before he could fight with peace of mind.

"Blood Demon Art? Blood Domain!"

Blood continued to spread across the ground, covering the forest created by Orochimaru.

With the interference of Yosuke's Blood Domain, Orochimaru was unable to effectively manipulate the forest.

Taking this opportunity, Yosuke broke free from the wooden dragon's entanglement and flew straight toward Orochimaru.

"Blood Breathing? Land Form? Residual Sun Prison Blood!"

The entire katana emitted an eerie red glow, and a powerful slash transformed into a blood-red dragon as it flew, roaring towards Orochimaru.

"Wood escape? Tree boundary wall!"

A shield made of multiple wooden vines instantly and rapidly grew from the ground to protect Orochimaru.

The crimson dragon made contact with the vine shield, and the entire ground trembled.

Orochimaru's pupils contracted slightly.

Because the crimson dragon had already torn a hole in the vine shield.

"Spiritual Communication Technique? Triple Rashomon!"

Three gates of Asura appeared before Orochimaru.

The first Rashomon gate withstood the attack of the crimson dragon head-on. Although it was still destroyed, the crimson dragon's size became much smaller.

When it broke through the second Rashomon, the blood-red dragon's form had disappeared, degenerating into a single slash.

When facing the third Rashomon gate, the slash only left a slash mark on the gate.

It took four layers of defense to barely stop Yosuke's attack. Even though Orochimaru had anticipated that Yosuke was very strong, he still hadn't expected him to be this strong.

Moreover, the area of ​​Yosuke's blood domain is expanding to Orochimaru's feet. Orochimaru knows that he cannot allow Yosuke's blood domain to take shape, otherwise he will lose the initiative.

Orochimaru clasped his hands together and shouted, "Wood Release: World of Flower Trees Descends!"

Orochimaru used his chakra as nourishment, causing the trees dormant in the earth to grow rapidly and become larger.

The large tree trunk that rose from the ground pierced through the rocks, broke through Yang Jie's blood domain, and continued to grow, with several unopened flower buds sprouting on the tree.

This was the first time Yosuke had encountered someone who could break through his Blood Domain, and he found Orochimaru's strange Wood Release ninjutsu quite troublesome.

Orochimaru stood on the tree trunk, where the stamens of flowers on the trunk were in bloom, scattering pollen in all directions.

Unfazed by the toxins, Yosuke plans to ignore the pollen and charge at Orochimaru.

But what Yosuke couldn't believe happened. Yosuke became disoriented and lost control, falling from the sky.

"What's going on?!"

As Yosuke fell from the sky, he was puzzled. The toxin shouldn't have affected him.

Orochimaru sneered, "I know that as an unknown creature like a demon, you are immune to poisons, but your body contains chakra. This poisonous pollen affects the chakra within you."

"Wood Release: All are Cloth Bag Techniques!"

Orochimaru channeled his chakra to the ground, creating countless wooden hands that he could manipulate at will, catching Yosuke, who was falling from the sky, in his palms.

"Finally caught you! Yosuke Ubuyashiki!"

No sooner had Orochimaru finished speaking than Yosuke used the Fourth Form: Asura Blood Domain to destroy the wooden hand and leaped away to escape.

Orochimaru had been waiting for this moment.

Orochimaru pulled open his clothes, revealing his body covered in dense talismans.

"Sealing Technique? Immortal Exorcism and Absorption!"

In an instant, Orochimaru's talismans transformed into multiple chakra chains, rushing towards Yosuke.

Yosuke swung his sword and severed several chakra chains within his sight.

However, due to a moment of carelessness, a chain suddenly emerged from the ground, striking Yosuke in the lower back.

Immediately afterwards, several more chains were inserted into Yosuke's limbs, pinning him firmly to the ground.

But that wasn't the end of it, because Yosuke was breaking free of his chains.

Orochimaru's face displayed the distinctive Sage Mode mask, indicating that he had entered Sage Mode.

"Immortal Techniques? The Bright God Sect!"

Orochimaru summoned a certain number of red torii gates that descended from the sky and suppressed Yosuke.

Orochimaru was panting heavily after doing all this, even though he had received a transplant of Hashirama cells and there was no rejection reaction.

However, since the transplantation time was still short and Orochimaru's body had not fully adapted, using Wood Release in this way still put a great strain on his body.

Orochimaru asked the god within him, "Is there any way to kill Ubuyashiki Yosuke?"

The phantom of the god appeared behind Orochimaru and replied, "With your current strength, it's already quite impressive that you can suppress Ubuyashiki Yosuke."

Orochimaru frowned: "Didn't you say that Wood Release was effective against Ubuyashiki Yosuke?"

"What I said before was that Wood Release could contend with Yosuke Ubuyashiki, not that it could kill him. As the Demon King, even if you cut him into a thousand pieces and mince him into meat paste, as long as there is a single cell or tissue left, he can be resurrected."

At this moment, Yosuke was being tightly suppressed by the chains of the Immortal Absorption and the torii gate of the Myojin Gate.

Orochimaru stared coldly at Yosuke, who was being suppressed.

"He's sealed away now. So what if he's immortal? I've won this battle!"

Chapter 266 The Continuing Battle

This is the second time Yosuke has encountered such a formidable opponent since he came into this world, aside from the time with the Nine-Tails.

Even though he was being suppressed, Yosuke did not panic.

Although the Immortal Exorcism and the Myojin Gate have a sealing effect, they are powered by the chakra within Yosuke's body.

The chakra generated within Yang Jie's body is absorbed by the chains and the Myojinmon gate, which then maintain and suppress it, thus creating a cycle.