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

Hiding behind his shield, Orochimaru, who had been looking very serious, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "Kabuto is finally ready."

Orochimaru deliberately dispelled the Ranking Technique, exposing his true form to Yosuke's view.

Yosuke had a bad feeling about Orochimaru's unusual behavior, but he had to seize the opportunity.

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

Orochimaru had three slash wounds that went straight through his chest, and a large amount of blood gushed out.

To prevent Orochimaru from making any underhanded moves, Yosuke was about to use his blood to bind Orochimaru.

However, Orochimaru deliberately pierced his own body again with wooden spikes.

Yosuke was certain that Orochimaru wanted to escape, but what was he trying to do by pulling this stunt before escaping?

Orochimaru said with a sinister smile, "Ubuyashiki Yosuke, you won this time, but who knows what will happen next time."

Orochimaru, who had suffered a fatal wound, gradually lost his life, but his mouth suddenly opened on its own.

"Words of Power? Rebuke!"

The voice belonged to the god. Yosuke, who was focused on Orochimaru, was sent flying by the repulsive force before he could react.

A snake with eight heads emerged from Orochimaru's mouth.

Yosuke sensed the aura of the eight-headed snake and recognized it as the Yamata no Orochi, which he had slain in his world.

Yosuke never expected that Orochimaru would transform the corpse of the Yamata no Orochi into his true form.

Before Yosuke could make a move, Orochimaru, who had transformed into the Yamata no Orochi, suddenly vanished into smoke on the island.

"Reverse summoning technique? No! This is a summoning technique! But isn't a summoning technique only for summoning contracted spirit beasts?"

Although he had never studied summoning techniques, Yosuke gained some understanding of them through Itachi's explanation.

Orochimaru was clearly summoned away as a summoning beast. Yosuke really doesn't have any way to counter this kind of space-time ninjutsu, the summoning technique.

Chapter 268 Each Person's Thoughts

In another secret base in the Land of Grass.

Kabuto lay on the ground, panting heavily, looking completely exhausted. Beside him lay the corpses of several people.

Orochimaru has now regained his human form.

"Too slow, Dou."

Kabuto said helplessly, "Lord Orochimaru, there's no other way. To summon, you first need to transform into the Yamata no Orochi and then use your blood to summon it. But I didn't expect it to require so much chakra. It took draining the chakra of five people to successfully perform the summoning jutsu."

Before facing Yosuke head-on, Orochimaru was not confident that he could defeat Yosuke and kept thinking about the safest way to escape.

Orochimaru thought of space-time ninjutsu.

However, Orochimaru lacked the talent to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique, so he opted for the next best thing: the Summoning Technique, which is also a space-time ninjutsu.

Orochimaru's initial idea was to escape by using the snakes of Ryuchi Cave and the Reverse Summoning Technique to summon himself to Ryuchi Cave.

However, after Orochimaru transformed himself into the Yamata no Orochi, due to the strict hierarchy among the snakes in Ryuchi Cave, Orochimaru's aura surpassed that of the White Snake Sage. The White Snake Sage worried that Orochimaru would threaten his position, so he temporarily severed Orochimaru's connection with Ryuchi Cave.

Orochimaru's idea of ​​using the Reverse Summoning Technique was thus abruptly cut short.

Orochimaru, being a scientist, immediately thought of another way.

Orochimaru transformed himself into the true form of the Yamata no Orochi, thus possessing the potential to become a summoning beast, which should conform to the rules of the summoning technique.

After the experiment, Orochimaru succeeded, but the drawbacks were also obvious.

First, Orochimaru must transform into the true form of Yamata no Orochi.

Secondly, the farther away Orochimaru is, the more chakra he needs to use for summoning.

Finally, there's Orochimaru's Sage Body. Although the Sage Body can automatically heal Orochimaru's injuries, it's too domineering, restraining Orochimaru and preventing him from transforming into Yamata no Orochi.

To transform into Yamata no Orochi, one must temporarily deplete the vitality of their current body before the Sage Body heals its injuries.

Orochimaru chose to leave himself wide open during the battle, allowing Yosuke to attack him, and then committed suicide in order to suppress the Sage Body's self-healing ability so that he could transform into Yamata no Orochi and allow Kabuto to use the Summoning Jutsu.

Orochimaru didn't blame Kabuto too much. Ultimately, the problem stemmed from Kabuto's inability to fully adapt to Hashirama's cells and thus his inability to control his abilities at will.

After Orochimaru dismissed Kabuto to rest, the phantom of the Divine Lord appeared: "You should now be aware of the gap between yourself and Yosuke Ubuyashiki."

Orochimaru smiled and said, "This battle wasn't just about figuring out my own strength and his. I've achieved my real goal."

Orochimaru spat out a small piece of wet, bloody flesh from his mouth.

The God Lord stared wide-eyed at the flesh and blood in Orochimaru's hands: "So that's what you were planning? But when did you manage to get your hands on it?"

"When I used the Sealing Immortal Exorcism Absorption, a piece of flesh and blood was pulled out after Yosuke Ubuyashiki broke free of his chains."

The god was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter: "Orochimaru, it seems to be my honor to have chosen you!"

Orochimaru carefully placed the flesh and blood into the culture bottle: "Although I have obtained Yosuke Ubuyashiki's flesh and blood, the experiment cannot proceed yet. I need to solve my current problem first."

The god nodded, agreeing with Orochimaru's idea: "That's right. First, consolidate your current strength. Surpassing Ubuyashiki Yosuke is only a matter of time."

...

On the island.

Yang Jie felt a mix of emotions after losing his goal.

How can Orochimaru run so fast?

Yosuke had guessed many ways Orochimaru could escape, but he never expected that Orochimaru would escape using a summoning jutsu.

Yosuke sighed deeply, a sense of crisis creeping into his heart. The sheer number of abilities emerging in this world was beyond Yosuke's imagination.

The next time they meet, Orochimaru will definitely not be at his current strength, but will face him with even greater power.

With the God Lord and Orochimaru combined, these two guys have hundreds of schemes in their minds. If I'm not prepared, I could very well end up in big trouble.

Yosuke can no longer focus solely on finding Orochimaru and the God of War; he must become stronger.

Yosuke deactivated his demon-transformation sage mode and landed on the ground.

Yosuke had already sensed Killer Bee and Mei Terumi's presence when they approached, but he was unaware that he had been recognized.

After his battle with Orochimaru, Yosuke was also somewhat exhausted and jumped onto Killer Bee's ship.

"You'll probably be passing through the Land of Waves, right? Could you do me a favor and give me a ride there?"

Darui was very wary of Yosuke, but Killer Bee stopped him and said to Yosuke, "Alright!"

Throughout the entire process, Yosuke never glanced at Mei Terumi or Chojuro.

Mei Terumi questioned, "Suigetsu Hozuki, shouldn't he have joined your organization?"

Yosuke was surprised that Mei Terumi recognized him, so he readily admitted, "That's right, Suigetsu is one of us now."

Mei Terumi said angrily, "He is a ninja from our Hidden Mist Village. His actions constitute the act of a rogue ninja!"

Yosuke replied indifferently, "So what? Shouldn't you reflect on yourselves? Why can't your Hidden Mist Village retain talent? Why are there so many rogue ninja?"

Mei Terumi and Chojuro watched helplessly as Yosuke left with Killer Bee.

Chojuro called out anxiously to the clenched teeth of the Mei Terumi, "Mizukage-sama, are you alright?"

Mei Terumi murmured resentfully, "No matter how hard I try, I can't eliminate the influence of the Blood Mist Village on Kirigakure. Damn it!"

Looking at the devastated island and the power and ferocity of Yosuke's earlier battle, Mei Terumi sighed, "Chojuro, let's go back. Let's temporarily withdraw the warrants for those five people."

...

After everyone left, a dark figure emerged from the ground—it was Jue.

Black Zetsu had been observing Orochimaru and Yosuke's battle since it began, and watched the entire battle unfold.

Black Zetsu was in a terrible mood. He considered himself the director, but now the entire script was in chaos and completely out of control.

In this chaotic situation, the Akatsuki organization alone is no longer able to control everything.

Black Zetsu also understood that his alliance with the God Lord had long been invalid, and even if he went to him now, the God Lord might not cooperate with him.

Even if they could cooperate, they would still be subject to the control of the God, which is something Black Absolute cannot tolerate.

"We must take action; we need someone who can stabilize the situation!"

Chapter 269 Obito and Black Zetsu's Conspiracy

Yosuke was sailing towards the Land of Waves with Killer Bee's ship.

Killer Bee thanked Yosuke: "Thank you for your help in Kumogakure last time."

"You recognized me too?" Yang Jie was very surprised. Was he really that easy to recognize?

Killer Bee nodded: "Even though you were wearing a mask last time, your attack style was still easy to recognize."

Yosuke suddenly realized that Killer Bee also used a sword, so it was reasonable for him to be able to recognize Yosuke's attack method.

Yosuke waved his hand and said, "No need to thank me. By the way, how's the pursuit of the Akatsuki going?"

Killer Bee shook his head: "There's been absolutely no progress. Occasionally we hear news of Akatsuki appearing, but by the time we arrive, they've already left."

"Yeah..."

Yosuke hasn't contacted Osamu for a long time, and he doesn't know how far the Akatsuki has progressed in collecting the Tailed Beasts.

"By the way, Killer Bee, can I have a chat with your tailed beast?"

Kirabi asked Ushioni for his opinion.

The Gyuki agreed, and Killer Bee extended a tentacle from behind, which touched Yosuke's fist.

Yosuke's spirit entered a strange space.

The fully formed eight-tailed Gyuki, with the body of an octopus and the head of a bull, is in this space.

What would you like to talk to me about?

Yosuke cut to the chase and asked, "Are your Tailed Beasts able to directly contact the Sage of Six Paths?"

Yosuke now feels that his current strength is insufficient to face the unknown situation ahead.

Although Yosuke has now obtained the Demon Sage Mode, his strength has been greatly enhanced.