On the battlefield, suddenly Daichi stepped forward with each footfall fracturing the earth under him. He extended his arms behind him to increase the momentum of the throw. "Time to end this," he murmured.
"Now!" A moment later Daichi shouted through the communications array.
Instantly, the shadow clones partially opened a narrow gap in the otherwise impregnable purple barrier.
As soon as that opening emerged, Daichi twisted his wrists, tugging on the chakra strings. The two Rasengans, spinning with deadly velocity, snapped forward. He flung the spinning Rasengans aimed at the small opening and released them from his chakra strings with pinpoint accuracy.
"Go!" The Genin roared.
The wind orb and the fire orb shot inside the barrier, traveling like twin comets through the partial gap. Their speed and rotation had reached a crescendo and the outward force of flame and slicing wind were swirling in tandem.
Orochimaru sensed the ninjutsu's lethal approach. Several Hydra heads twisted to face the threat, but pinned in the cramped space, there was little room to dodge. "No…" Orochimaru hissed. His monstrous eyes widened in alarm, feeling the dread of unstoppable jutsu. "Not like this!"
The clone standing on his body spoke. "I'll accompany you to the gates of hell. But that's where we part ways… Here's a piece of warning. You'll have one hell of a guard waiting for you once you reach there."
The flaming and wind-charged spheres shot forward, striking Orochimaru dead center.
BOOM! Fire and wind mixed and created a shockwave that blew everywhere in the barrier.
Daichi's clone got dispelled due to the magnitude of the force created from the impact. The Sannin felt the powerful impact of the two jutsus hitting him.
The next instant a violent explosion erupted. Daichi's other clones quickly closed the opening in the barrier the moment the jutsu passed through.
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The instant the orbs reached the Hydra's massive chest, the first orb, Wind Rasengan, expanded with a thunderous boom.
Its swirling currents exploded outward, ripping large swathes of serpentine flesh. Massive chunks of scales and muscle tore free, spraying gore against the barrier's inner surface.
"AAARRRRHHHH!" Orochimaru's roar of anguish reverberated through the entire hydra body.
But that was only half the devastation. The Fire Rasengan then detonated. A volcanic surge of flame and heat erupted into a burning tall tornado. Each whirl was fueled by the chaotic wind left from the first explosion.
Within seconds, both jutsus combined into a firestorm of swirling fire kept being magnified by the wind chakra present in the barrier.
A terrifying blaze devoured the Hydra's flesh. The heat and flames were turning the interior of the barrier into a storm of incinerating fury. Every serpent head screeched in unison, thrashing madly.
The clones outside gritted their teeth, pouring more chakra into the Four Flames Formation to contain the cataclysm.
Even from outside, Jiraiya and Kakashi saw licks of flame clawing at the purple walls, trying to escape from the edges. It forced the clones to raise the barrier's height further to prevent any stray flames from spilling over.
Kakashi's Sharingan showed him a massive amount of chakra swirling in the purple box. 'What a powerful combination-jutsu. They have to keep strengthening the barrier just to adjust to its increasing power.'
The swirling inferno rapidly grew into a towering fire tornado, roaring with devastating strength and it was growing with each second. Seeing the rapid expansion, the clones reacted instantly, pouring even more chakra into the barrier and raising its walls even higher and higher, reaching several hundreds of meters into the sky.
Large pillars of flame soared upward through the barrier's open top, forming a blazing column that illuminated the sky.
Night was turned to day by the intense inferno. Heat waves shimmered, warping the entire horizon. The ground quaked as if trembling in fear of the unstoppable destruction raging within.
"My god!" Kakashi choked, shielding his eyes from the glare. Even from hundreds of meters away, he felt the scalding gusts.
Jiraiya's breath caught in his throat. "That's not just normal fire or wind… it's augmented by Rasengan's shape transformation." He took a wary step back, sweat rolling down his temple. 'Just one of them is enough to cause serious destruction… But the two of them combined…? If the barrier wasn't in place this entire land would be completely destroyed.'
Tobirama's voice rumbled. "Even the ground is melting inside that barrier. He's unleashed a furnace fit to rival a Tailed Beast." His eyes flickered in grim approval. "If this doesn't kill Orochimaru…" Suddenly he felt a large spike in Daichi's chakra.
"I'm not done yet!" Daichi almost snarled as he looked at the inferno in front of him.
Fire and wind both churned in the expanding tornado, and the Genin's features hardened. He quickly formed another string of hand seals. 'Before I send you off, I'll make you experience a fraction of the pain she's going through. So please… Don't die too easily, Orochimaru… Not before I finish this.'
As his hands moved through a rapid sequence of seals the blazing tornado swirling within the barrier took on a specific shape under Daichi's guidance.
The spiraling flames funneled, contorting and transforming into an enormous serpentine figure formed purely of roaring fire.
It manifested as an eight-headed hydra of flame, each head roaring with scorching intensity, and unbearable heat. A macabre mirror to Orochimaru's own monstrous form. Except this one was bigger. The searing heat caused the barrier walls to glow red from within.
A powerful jutsu Daichi created in his mind just half an hour after interrogating Mizuki.
[Fire style - Hell Guard Hydra - Active(LV. 01): A supreme Fire style jutsu created from a giant Firestorm of wind and fire Rasengans created by the user. This is a powerful destruction jutsu that burns all things it touches to ash. This is a giant jutsu that takes the form of an 8 headed hydra. Each head can be individually used to attack different enemies. Speed and proficiency of the body of this jutsu increases with higher levels.]
[Note: Since the player's Strength stat has not reached 500, it is recommended to keep some distance away from the jutsu or use defensive skills.]
[Effects]
Burns the targets to ash and can destroy all physical defense skills and most chakra based defense skills.
8 Heads can be used independently to attack multiple opponents.
[CP cost: 6500 minimum]
Inside the barrier, the immensely wounded Orochimaru stared upward in horror and saw a vision of fiery doom.
The living conflagration reared up, each head dwarfed his pinned hydra. Even with the partial heads he had left, even if he tried to muster a final assault, the difference in scale was colossal.
"No… No!" Orochimaru roared, all the serpent heads snapping in terror.
He tried to coil away, but there was nowhere to escape. He became fully aware that escape was impossible.
[You have sensed killing intent.] x5
And so Orochimaru used his last words to make sure his enemies didn't have peace. "This isn't over. No matter what you do, I'll live. And I'll find all of you one day and kill you…" The furious roars sworn of vengeance could be heard over the cacophony of sounds.
Orochimaru turned his gaze towards the boy standing outside the barrier. "I changed my mind, Daichi. I'll kill you… No matter what."
The Genin heard the man's words and crossed his arm. He only had three words for his enemy. "I'll be waiting."
Orochimaru read Daichi's lips and even though he was dying in an inferno, an evil grin formed on his face.
The swirling dragon shaped flames lunged down viciously toward Orochimaru's trapped body. Each blazing head bit into the serpent's flesh.
With an earth-shaking roar, the massive fire creature constricted and devoured Orochimaru's monstrous body, flames incinerating scale and muscle in an instant. Each hiss of serpent heads fell silent, replaced by the roar of unstoppable fire.
Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Tobirama all stared in shock. A swirl of black smoke tore through the top of the barrier, forming a straight pillar that reached the stars. 'It's truly enough to leave no corpse behind.'
Inside the barrier, Orochimaru's hydra body was being shredded, burned and consumed. Orochimaru's anguished roars filled the battlefield as the relentless flames burned brighter and hotter, consuming him entirely.
Chunks of serpent matter disintegrated almost instantly under the sizzling wind-laced inferno.
'What power. Even the bones were burned to ash.' For a heartbeat, Jiraiya half-expected some final twisted survival technique from his former teammate. But the eight headed serpent's presence disappeared from everyone's sight.
Tobirama was watching the jutsu and analyzing with a critical eye. 'This jutsu takes change in chakra form to an extreme level. It's just like Madara and big brother's techniques… Ninjutsu that surpasses S rank.'
He looked at the boy controlling the flaming Hydra and various thoughts went through his head.
Meanwhile Daichi focused his chakra and made a tiger seal. 'Just to make sure he didn't leave anything behind…'
Immediately 3 flaming heads burrowed into the ground right through the spot where Orochimaru was. It dug deep into the ground and began to heat the earth at an unbelievable rate.
The rocks and stones became molten and soon the whole area inside the barrier seemed as if it should be inside a volcano.
A ring of fire shot outwards and struck the barrier creating a small quake but the clones quickly poured more energy and stabilized it.
'Oh man. It's a good thing I can share my Yin Seal chakra with my shadow clones. Otherwise things would have been a lot more difficult.' Daichi kept attacking the ground with his 'Hell Hydra jutsu' till he reached the floor of the barrier.
'I need to be thorough. Even if you're resurrected by one of your curse seals one day, I'll still kill you.' Daichi was determined to end the life of the enemy in front of him.
Soon Orochimaru's chakra signature plummeted, flickered, and then vanished from all senses.
[Target has been eliminated. Mana tracker has been removed.]
A notification suddenly appeared and alerted Daichi. Reading the system message, the Genin finally let out a breath of relief.
He swallowed and processed what he just did and took several large breaths of air. 'I did it. I killed Orochimaru. It's over… At least for today.'
[Ninjutsu Fire style - Hell Guard Hydra has leveled up.] x4
Daichi took another long breath and finally let go of his fearsome jutsu. 'It took nearly 83000 Chakra points to use this jutsu at this level… But it was worth it.'
Slowly, the flaming Hydra began to lose form, scattering into a vortex of embers and flaming updrafts. Only ash and flickering sparks remained inside the Four Flames barrier. The scorching heat flew upwards, letting the barrier walls cool from blinding red to dull purple once more.
Seeing that the battle had ended, Daichi wanted to turn off the Yin seal but then decided to do it after getting back to the village.
The clones, panting, released the barrier, letting the walls disintegrate into dissipating chakra and dispelled themselves. Daichi took a deep breath of air to steady himself due to the fatigue he suddenly felt.
The moment the barriers were down, hot air blasted in all directions creating small gusts of winds.
A thick silence settled over the battlefield, broken only by the crackle of dying flames and the hiss of molten rock.
Jiraiya and Kakashi cautiously approached. Tobirama's senses scanned the area for any trace of Orochimaru's chakra, but there was nothing. Zero. "Gone…" Tobirama murmured, half in disbelief. 'He left no remains. Daichi's jutsu truly obliterated him.'
The place where Orochimaru's Hydra once stood was now a charred ground of blackened mud, magma and soot, reminiscent of a volcanic crater. Not a single hint of life lingered there.
Daichi stood a short distance away, staring at the smoldering ruin. 'That is the end… for today.'
He turned around to see Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Tobirama behind him, their expressions a jumble of shock and relief. He offered them a single nod.
[Reputation massively increased with Jiraiya, Kakashi Hatake, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shizune Kato]
[Reputation increased with Tobirama Senju.]
"It's done. He's gone." Daichi said quietly.
No one contradicted him.
Tobirama surveyed the battlefield, his sharp eyes scanned the devastation that stretched in every direction. He gazed across the molten expanse where Orochimaru's eight-headed hydra once stood, the ground that was turned to magma from Daichi's flaming onslaught.
Shattered earth, scorched remnants, magma pools and gaping craters scarred the landscape. They were silent witnesses to the fierce clash that had just occurred.
For a brief moment, nostalgia washed over Tobirama as he recalled similar scenes from long ago. 'This brings back memories,' he thought solemnly, remembering clearly, back when he stood behind his elder brother Hashirama in the warring days, watching from the sidelines as he clashed with Madara Uchiha.
'Their battles reshaped entire valleys, eroded mountains, rivers re-charted themselves and entire forests burned… All for the sake of victory. Now… history repeats itself with these new shinobi.'
His gaze lifted to the sky. Clouds were beginning to gather. 'It figures a storm would come. The land always weeps after such devastation.'
The memory of two demigods of the old era left a hollow feeling in Tobirama's chest, and a brief flicker of guilt brushed him. His eyes then went to the Genin who was standing silently at the center of the scarred land. 'This child, Daichi Hekima… He's starting to approach that same power as them, rewriting the landscape with every step… But will he become the new Hashirama… or the new Madara of this era…?'
He sighed quietly, turning away from the boy. 'I suppose only time will tell…'
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Author's Note:-
Finally! It's done. I told you guys at the start of this arc that someone important was gonna die. And he did.
Orochimaru dying inside a purple barrier. It felt like poetic justice to me.
I didn't initially plan for that. But it just happened as I wrote the chapter. How did you find the ending?
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