Looking at the curse mark on Sasuke's neck, Yoruha activated his sensory abilities. About three seconds later, Yoruha began forming hand seals. Sakura and Naruto, standing nearby, grew even more anxious.
Yoruha was forming hand seals, something he typically didn't need to do when using jutsu. The fact that he was doing it now indicated the gravity of the situation. Without disturbing Yoruha, they watched as he completed the sequence of seals and clapped his hands together.
"Space Seal." As Yoruha completed the hand seals, a massive surge of energy erupted. Even the Nine-Tails within Naruto was startled awake by this energy.
The Nine-Tails, being highly sensitive to chakra, was roused from its slumber, as chakra is essentially a form of energy.
"What immense chakra... what's happening?" The Nine-Tails stood up, its expression serious. "This chakra is already half as powerful as mine."
The Nine-Tails was somewhat nervous. "And this chakra's aggressiveness is far too strong; it's definitely not ordinary chakra." The Nine-Tails was quite alarmed.
Outside, Yoruha remained remarkably calm. With his final clap, the space within hundreds of meters around them was sealed.
From the inside, there appeared to be no change, but from the outside of the sealed space, Yoruha and the others had vanished. They were now in a different dimension. After completing the technique, Yoruha placed his hand on Sasuke's curse mark.
As soon as Yoruha's hand touched the curse mark, his gaze sharpened. "Release." The "Evil Sealing Method" that Kakashi had used to seal the curse mark was instantly undone by Yoruha. It was, after all, just an ordinary sealing technique.
With the Evil Sealing Method undone, the power of the curse mark immediately spread throughout Sasuke's body.
"Ah!" The complex black markings began to extend from the curse mark on his neck, spreading across his body, accompanied by intense pain. Seeing Sasuke in such agony, Sakura bit her lip, her face full of concern.
"Yoruha, how is Sasuke?" Naruto was also worried. Standing behind Sasuke, Yoruha replied calmly, "It's fine. His body just isn't accustomed to the curse mark yet."
Naruto saw Sasuke writhing on the ground in pain and urged, "Yoruha, do something! Are you just going to let Sasuke suffer like this?" Yoruha stood aside, doing nothing.
"I'm waiting for his chakra to deplete." Naruto and Sakura didn't understand Yoruha's intention. But seeing Yoruha's calm demeanor, they chose to trust him despite their worry.
Watching Sasuke scream in pain on the ground, they couldn't bear to look and turned away. Sasuke's body was now covered in intricate runes.
His body also began to change. Seeing Sasuke transform into a monstrous form, Sakura and Naruto were stunned. "Wh-what's happening to Sasuke?"
"Yoruha, is this the effect of the curse mark?" Yoruha nodded. "This is the price of using Sage Chakra; the body transforms into something inhuman. But it's just a manifestation of power, nothing to worry about."
At this point, Sasuke's consciousness was unclear, and his temperament had become violent. Two duck-like wings sprouted from his back, and his face took on a monstrous appearance.
Sasuke charged at Yoruha. At this moment, Sasuke was completely unconscious, much like a berserk Naruto, with no awareness of his actions. After tapping into the power of the curse mark, Sasuke's destructive force was on par with that of a Kage-level ninja.
Sasuke transformed into a bolt of lightning and shot towards Yoruha. Sakura and Naruto were stunned; they hadn't expected Sasuke to attack them.
"Sasuke, what are you doing?" Naruto shouted. But Sasuke couldn't hear him. A blue flash streaked by, and in an instant, Sasuke was right in front of Yoruha.
Yoruha's expression remained calm, and he didn't even lift a finger. Just as Sasuke was about to strike, his body suddenly felt as if it was being crushed by a heavy weight, and he was instantly pinned to the ground. The impact even created a deep crater beneath him.
This sudden turn of events left Sakura and Naruto in shock. "What's going on?" "Why did Sasuke suddenly attack Yoruha, and how did he end up pinned to the ground?"
Yoruha looked at Sasuke in the crater with a calm demeanor. This was a separate dimension he had created, where he could control everything, including the gravitational field.
Unlike Kaguya Otsutsuki's dimensions, Yoruha could precisely control everything within this space without affecting himself. In that split second, Yoruha had increased the gravity on Sasuke by more than tenfold.
This was why Sasuke was instantly pinned down. While ninjas possess incredible attack power, they are still flesh and blood.
Even someone like Hashirama, with his extraordinary regenerative abilities, could be killed by a kunai. Unless one reaches the level of the Six Paths, their body remains that of an ordinary person.
Thus, when subjected to gravity more than ten times his own, Sasuke's speed was rendered useless. Sasuke struggled to get up from the crater. But just as he managed to rise, he was slammed back down by even heavier gravity.
The crater grew deeper and deeper. It wasn't until Sasuke lay motionless in the pit that Yoruha stopped increasing the gravity. By then, the gravity exerted on Sasuke was over twenty times normal.
Even though Sasuke exerted all his strength and exhausted his chakra, he couldn't move an inch. After a few minutes, Sasuke's chakra was depleted, and even the sage chakra within him was exhausted. He completely passed out.
Yet Yoruha's calm demeanor from earlier was gone, his gaze fixed on Sasuke. "It's about to happen." Sakura and Naruto tensed up upon hearing this.
A few seconds after Yoruha spoke, Sasuke's curse mark began to seep out white snakes. Initially, they moved slowly, but their speed increased rapidly, and the white snakes grew larger and larger.
Within seconds, the white snakes had transformed into an eight-headed giant serpent.
This serpent was covered in white spikes and had eight heads, towering several dozen meters high. This was Orochimaru's Eight-Headed Serpent Technique.
"Roar!" The serpent glared at Yoruha, roaring furiously. The ground shook violently. "W-what is this?" Naruto gaped at the massive serpent before him, utterly shocked.
Sakura recalled something, "Could this be Orochimaru's true form?" Yoruha observed the serpent and said, "This is likely some kind of jutsu by Orochimaru. To transform his body into this form for power, he truly went to great lengths."
The serpent, upon seeing Yoruha, seemed to recognize him as prey and lunged at him. This was because Orochimaru harbored a deep hatred for Yoruha.
Yoruha was the first to have ever killed him. Although Orochimaru could revive himself, each resurrection left his soul weakened for a long time.
Moreover, a weakened soul caused him immense suffering, a pain unlike any other—pain that stemmed from the very soul. Even Orochimaru dreaded experiencing such agony. Yet Yoruha had forced him into that torment.
How could he not hate Yoruha?
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