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

Chapter 382 A Standoff

Nagato used the Human Path's abilities to try and extract Orochimaru's soul.

However, the resilience of Orochimaru's soul was something Nagato had never seen before.

Furthermore, there was another soul within Orochimaru's body, which pulled Orochimaru's soul back.

"Snake Shadow Lurks in the Limbs!"

Several snakes appeared from Orochimaru's sleeve, coiling around the chameleon's body, trying to break free.

"Shinra Tensei!"

The snake that had coiled around the chameleon's body was blasted away by Nagato's repulsive force.

The chameleon's tongue continued to bind Orochimaru.

Nagato felt extremely troubled by Orochimaru's ever-evolving abilities.

Nagato had always perceived Orochimaru as a schemer, whose strength was indeed among the strongest in the ninja world, but far inferior to his own, who possessed the Rinnegan.

But today's battle overturned Nagato's impression of Orochimaru.

Orochimaru is stronger than me.

Orochimaru's soul is now being gradually pulled back into his body.

Nagato felt that this might be the only chance to defeat Orochimaru.

Once Orochimaru's soul returns to his body and breaks free from the chameleon's restraints, the battle may be over.

Nagato roared, "Hell Path? Yama's Reincarnation!"

Nagato summoned the King of Hell from behind.

Since we can't pull Orochimaru's soul out, let Yama swallow the part of Orochimaru's soul that has already been pulled out.

Just as Yama was about to devour that part of the soul.

A voice rang out from inside Orochimaru's body.

"Heh, it's just a projection of some of the rules of this world. If it were the physical manifestation of the rules, I might find it a bit more troublesome."

A phantom emerged from Orochimaru's body and then stopped in front of King Yama.

This phantom figure is none other than the God.

The god opened his palm and placed it on the body of Yama.

As if melting away, Yama quickly merged into the body of the God.

After doing all this, the god returned to Orochimaru's body once again.

After the god returned to Orochimaru's body, Orochimaru's soul, which Nagato was holding, also returned to Orochimaru's body.

Tree branches sprouted from the ground beneath Orochimaru's feet, then grew rapidly and began to wrap around Nagato and the chameleon's bodies.

Nagato quickly retreated, creating distance between himself and Orochimaru.

But the chameleon was too late; it got entangled in the trees and was strangled to death.

Nagato floated into the air, his eyes coldly fixed on Orochimaru on the ground.

We've exhausted all conventional methods, and they're completely ineffective against Orochimaru.

"If that's the case... Heavenly Dao? Earth Explosion Star!"

Nagato condensed his chakra into a highly concentrated black sphere with both hands.

The black sphere floated into the air automatically.

A powerful force of attraction began to draw in everything around it.

Trees, houses, even the rocks on the ground.

It quickly grew to the size of a massive meteorite.

Orochimaru's feet also began to leave the ground uncontrollably, and he started to be drawn towards the center of the black sphere.

Orochimaru remained unfazed by Nagato's Chibaku Tensei.

Orochimaru clapped his hands together, gathering Sage Chakra and entering Sage Mode, with a Sage Mask appearing on his face.

"Sage Art? Wood Release? True Several Thousand Hands!"

Orochimaru summoned a giant Guanyin statue with countless arms, which used thousands of enormous fists to strike the Chibaku Tensei in the air.

Gravel kept falling off.

Nagato roared, increasing his chakra output and raising the attraction of Chibaku Tensei to another level.

Orochimaru, standing atop the Guanyin statue, continued to channel chakra.

"A Buddha appears on the crown!"

Orochimaru controlled the entire True Several Thousand Hands technique, concentrating all his weight into his fists. Each punch was as heavy as a thousand pounds, continuously striking Chibaku Tensei.

The planet Earth Explosion couldn't withstand such a powerful impact and was quickly torn open, revealing the black sphere at its center.

One of the Guanyin statue's fists pierced straight in and struck the black sphere in the center.

The black sphere developed cracks and then completely collapsed.

Without the support of gravity, large amounts of rocks continued to fall from the sky.

Nagato had landed on the ground, and the massive depletion of his chakra left him breathless.

Nagato stared intently at Orochimaru, and Orochimaru stared back at Nagato.

suddenly.

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes slightly and murmured, "So, they're finally making their move..."

Nagato's attention was focused on Orochimaru, and he ignored what was happening behind him.

The space behind Nagato distorted, and Obito's figure appeared behind him.

Obito thrust the needle straight into Nagato's body.

Nagato sensed the movement behind him.

"Shinra Tensei!"

Although Nagato used Shinra Tensei immediately, Obito's needle pierced Nagato's arm, and the medicine inside was successfully injected into Nagato's body.

In that instant, Obito had already entered the Kamui dimension, avoiding the repulsive force of Shinra Tensei.

After Shinra Tensei ended, Obito materialized again, pointing two fingers directly at Nagato's Rinnegan eyes.

Seeing that Obito was about to obtain the Rinnegan, Orochimaru clapped his hands together.

A sharp piece of wood shot out from the ground beneath Obito's feet, heading straight for his head.

Orochimaru's attacks were extremely tricky; if Obito hadn't entered Hollowfication, he would have been pierced through.

Left with no other choice, Obito had to abandon his Rinnegan and enter Hollowfication to evade the wood's attack.

Nagato retreated rapidly, creating distance between himself and Obito and Orochimaru.

On the battlefield, Orochimaru, Obito, and Nagato were evenly matched.

Orochimaru sneered, "Obito, you're too impatient. You almost succeeded."

Obito said with a fake smile, "Why do you say that? I was just trying to get the Rinnegan and then give it to you."

Nagato remained silent; the situation was now quite clear.

Orochimaru and Obito definitely cooperated before, but now they are enemies because of their respective goals.

As for its purpose, it's definitely to use its own Rinnegan.

Obito knew he had placed a restriction on his Rinnegan, so the medicine he just injected was very likely a medicine that targeted that restriction.

Nagato was already struggling to fight Orochimaru alone, and with Obito added to the mix, he knew he was no match for them.

In order to protect the Rinnegan from being taken by Orochimaru or Obito, Nagato had already planned to retreat.

At the moment when Orochimaru and Obito confronted each other.

Nagato has taken action.

"Animal Path? Spirit Summoning? Yata no Tori!"

A gigantic bird appeared on the field, grabbing Konan who had fallen to the ground with one claw. Nagato leaped onto the Yatagarasu's head, trying to escape.

"Immortal Techniques? The Bright God Sect!"

Orochimaru summoned a red torii gate, which descended from the sky and pinned the Yatagarasu to the ground, rendering it unable to move.

Furthermore, Nagato was also suppressed by one of the red torii gates.

Orochimaru sneered:

"Nagato, Konan isn't actually dead, is she? It seems like you killed Konan, but you actually used the Yin-Yang Release black rods to disrupt Konan's chakra and the cursed seal I placed on her, preventing me from triggering the seal to kill her. It was quite a clever plan."

Chapter 382 Their Own Methods

Nagato was suppressed by Orochimaru's Myōjinmon and couldn't use his chakra at all. Nagato couldn't deny what Orochimaru had guessed.

The situation at that time.

Konan has been controlled by Orochimaru's cursed seal, and Nagato's inspection revealed that these cursed seals cannot be resolved in a short time.

Furthermore, Orochimaru would not give Nagato time to remove the cursed seal.

Therefore, Nagato must choose between Konan and the Rinnegan.

However, if Nagato were to hand over the Rinnegan, then his and Konan's lives would be in Orochimaru's hands.

Orochimaru, known for his cunning and ruthlessness, would never let them go.

Because he had a very clear understanding of human anatomy, Nagato came up with a solution.

Regardless of the type of cursed seal or sealing technique, it still ultimately requires chakra to trigger.