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

If the chakra within the body is disturbed, it will be impossible to receive the opponent's chakra normally, and therefore it will be impossible to trigger the cursed seal or sealing technique.

However, Konan would lose her fighting ability as a result. Without her fighting ability, Nagato could not guarantee Konan's safety in a battle with Orochimaru, and she could still be used by Orochimaru to threaten him.

With his Rinnegan and familiarity with human anatomy, Nagato devised a plan to fake Konan's death.

In this way, Konan will not become a burden to Nagato during battles.

Konan, who was already 'dead,' had no value to Orochimaru.

So far, Nagato has executed the plan very successfully.

However, Nagato underestimated Orochimaru's strength and overlooked Obito, which led to his failure at the last moment.

Nagato and Konan's lives are now in Orochimaru and Obito's hands.

It was essentially a spoil of war, given to either Orochimaru or Obito, the victor.

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Orochimaru and Obito are facing off.

Neither of the two cunning individuals was willing to make the first move.

Orochimaru only has one Breaking Needle, so he must win with a single blow.

Obito was also wary of Orochimaru's Wood Release ninjutsu and his unknown methods against Kamui. Making a move too easily would only allow Orochimaru to find his weakness.

suddenly.

A gentle breeze blew by.

A leaf fell from a branch and swirled and drifted in the air.

The moment the leaf fell to the ground, both sides began to move.

"The Formation of Ten Thousand Serpents!"

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

Fire Release: Explosive Wind Dance!

He uses Kamui to distort the surrounding space and create a vortex-like storm, then uses Fire Release to spit out a spinning fire serpent from his mouth. The vortex-like storm and the spinning fire serpent together form a huge rotating flame.

Its attack range is extremely large and its speed is extremely fast, burning the snake swarm to ashes in an instant.

Orochimaru had already broken through the flames and was approaching Obito.

Orochimaru's purpose in taking such initiative is self-evident: he wants to force Obito to use Kamui.

"Hidden Shadow Serpent Hands!"

Orochimaru unleashed several venomous snakes from his sleeve, tearing at Obito's vital points.

Obito took out two large shuriken from the Kamui dimension and easily cut the venomous snake in half.

The second large shuriken hurtled toward Orochimaru.

Orochimaru easily dodged the large shuriken by sidestepping.

However, Orochimaru did not notice the presence of a wooden branch in the shadow of the large shuriken.

The wooden branch pierced Orochimaru's body.

Obito formed a hand seal with one hand.

"Wood Release: Wood Splintering Technique!"

After the wooden branch was inserted into Orochimaru's body, sharp branches sprouted from his body and pierced through him.

Orochimaru collapsed to the ground.

Obito didn't think that Orochimaru, who was excellent at preserving his life, would die so easily; the two sides were just testing each other at the moment.

Orochimaru had not yet used his Wood Release ninjutsu, and Obito had not yet used his Mangekyou Sharingan.

Since Orochimaru was willing to pretend, Obito launched an attack without hesitation.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

Obito spewed a huge fireball toward Orochimaru, burning Orochimaru's body.

As the flames subsided, Orochimaru's body was charred black.

Orochimaru's charred body began to twitch and twist unnaturally.

Then, a pair of hands suddenly emerged from Orochimaru's mouth, which then opened wide, and another Orochimaru crawled out.

Obito scoffed, "Using an external body as a substitute to transfer your true self through your mouth, you're still as disgusting as ever, Orochimaru."

"That's really superficial. As long as it's ninjutsu, it's only a matter of whether it's useful or not, not whether it's disgusting or not. If a ninjutsu is useful, then what does it matter how disgusting it is?"

Orochimaru crossed his fists and shouted: "Wood Release: Advent of the World of Flower Trees!"

Orochimaru created a large area of ​​trees in this region, forming a forest, and several flowers grew on the trees.

Under Orochimaru's manipulation, the flower stamens opened, and yellow pollen spread throughout the area.

Inhaling it will cause the person to faint due to paralysis.

Orochimaru's eyes were fixed on Obito.

With such a large area of ​​pollen, there's no way to avoid it no matter how you try. It seems that Obito's only way to escape is to use Kamui to enter the Kamui dimension.

As Orochimaru wished, Obito used Kamui to enter the space-time dimension in order to temporarily avoid the pollen.

Orochimaru's eyes flashed with a sharp light: "You've given yourself away!"

Orochimaru used the Body Flicker Technique to get closer to Obito while spitting out a Hakata Needle from his mouth towards Obito.

Before Obito completely intangible, the Hakata Needle successfully struck the distorted space around him.

Unable to enter the Kamui dimension, Obito's body was exposed to pollen, and he collapsed to the ground, his knees weak, as if he were about to faint.

Orochimaru had already appeared in front of Obito, the Kusanagi sword appearing in his hand, aimed at Obito's heart.

Suddenly.

Obito suddenly veered to the left, dodging Orochimaru's attack.

Orochimaru frowned deeply: "How is that possible?"

The toxins in this pollen are so potent that even a Shadow-level expert cannot resist them.

When Orochimaru saw Obito's mask, he suddenly realized: "Your mask... has a filter in it...?"

"Since you've prepared a method to counter Kamui, I've certainly made my own preparations as well. I've conducted a thorough investigation into the First Hokage's Wood Release abilities..."

Obito deliberately created an opening, rather than being overly cautious and wary of Orochimaru's methods against Kamui, he preferred to lure Orochimaru into using that method.

Orochimaru sneered, "Being unable to enter the space-time dimension, you are nothing more than a lamb to the slaughter in this forest!"

Orochimaru manipulated the trees and attacked Obito.

Obito nimbly dodged on the branches: "Orochimaru, if you think this is all I've prepared, you're underestimating me."

Orochimaru didn't understand what Obito meant, but the next moment, he understood.

"Susanoo!"

A Susanoo clad in armor, with wings that sprouted from its back and equipped with two swords, soared into the sky. Obito stood between the Susanoo's eyebrows, looking down at Orochimaru below.

Orochimaru's expression was extremely grim: "Your Sharingan is complete?!"

Chapter 384 Orochimaru's Battle Against Obito

Obito entered the complete Susanoo and flapped his wings, circling in the air.

"Orochimaru, when you told me it was a matter of skill, I guessed that you had found a way to counter my eye technique. If I wasn't well prepared, I wouldn't be worthy of being your opponent. That needle you used to pierce space should have a time limit, right?"

Orochimaru looked at the Breaking Needle, which already showed signs of cracking.

Orochimaru sneered, "You think you can beat me just because you've obtained the complete Mangekyou Sharingan? Ridiculous! Wood Release: Wood Human Technique!"

A wooden golem, roughly the size of Obito's Susanoo, rose from the ground, and Orochimaru stood atop its head.

Obito manipulated Susanoo, swinging his long sword towards the top of the wooden doll where Orochimaru was.

The wooden figure clasped its hands together and caught Susanoo's longsword.

"Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!"

Orochimaru summoned several wooden dragons, intending to entangle Susanoo, which was suspended in mid-air.

Susanoo released the longsword, and several shuriken shaped like Obito's Mangekyou Sharingan appeared in his hands.

"Kamui Shuriken!"

The Divine Might Shuriken successfully hit the Wood Dragon.

However, the wooden dragon, which should have been swallowed into the other dimension, was merely severed by the Kamui Shuriken.

"Did that needle completely block the path to another dimension...?"

Obito felt extremely troubled, as his Mangekyou Sharingan's power relied on the Kamui dimension, and now it was as if his strength had been weakened by half.

Obito glanced at the Breaking Needle with a veiled look.

At this point, the cracks in the Boundary-Breaking Needle were getting bigger and bigger, and it seemed that it wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer.

Orochimaru was also keeping a close eye on the Breaking Needle.

The god reminded him, "Orochimaru, you have two minutes left. After two minutes, the Breaking Needle will be useless."

"There's enough time!"

Orochimaru clasped his hands together and shouted, "Wood Release: All Cloth Bag Technique!"

Numerous wooden hands appeared on the ground, attempting to grab Obito's Susanoo.

Obito wanted to fly into the sky to avoid it.

But the next second.

Orochimaru's wooden puppet leaped into the air and grabbed Susanoo's foot, preventing it from flying.

Numerous wooden hands held Susanoo back to the ground and brought it under control.