Chapter 29 Fighting Orochimaru Alone
"Greetings, everyone from Konoha." As the dust settled, a giant purple serpent coiled its body, preparing for its attack. Orochimaru, clad in a red cloud robe, stood atop the massive serpent's head, looking down at the crowd.
"Orochimaru..." Orochimaru's summoning beast, Manda, exerted immense pressure on everyone. Several special Jonin present were already sweating profusely. While Jonin like Nagai Seiichi and Inuzuka Kaze remained calm, Manda's enormous size posed a significant challenge.
"Orochimaru, are they the sacrifices this time?" Manda's vertical pupils, radiating an eerie aura, stared intently at the crowd below, speaking in a human voice, "This isn't enough."
"Inahime, Zaito, take everyone back, leave this to me." Uchiha Touhuan's eyes slowly swirled with three tomoe, and lightning began to flash around his body. "Kakashi, protect everyone."
At this moment, Kakashi also pulled down his mask, revealing one Sharingan, and asked, "Are you sure you're okay on your own?"
Uchiha Touhuan laughed loudly, his hands rapidly forming hand seals: "Do you know why I usually carried out missions alone during the Third Shinobi World War? Lightning Release: Azure Dragon!"
A violent burst of lightning chakra erupted from Uchiha Touhuan's center. Kakashi, not far from Uchiha Touhuan, pulled his teammates back in horror.
Within a few breaths, Uchiha Touhuan was surrounded by viscous plasma, and violent lightning surged like waves, emitting bursts of explosions.
Meanwhile, Uchiha Touhuan, positioned at the center of the sea of lightning, appeared like a demon god descended to earth.
Everyone then remembered that Uchiha Touhuan's reputation as the "Azure Lightning Touhuan," who single-handedly slaughtered 15 Jonin squads from Kirigakure during the Third Shinobi World War, was built upon these powerful, wide-range lightning ninjutsu. In this situation, being near him would only make Uchiha Touhuan worry about his ninjutsu harming his teammates, thus preventing him from unleashing his full power.
"But this amount of chakra is just too outrageous." Kakashi, while leading his teammates in retreat, couldn't help but gasp as he looked at Uchiha Touhuan in the sea of lightning. He hadn't fought on the same battlefield as the Uchiha clan during the Third Shinobi World War, so he had only heard of Touhuan's fighting style. But what he saw today made him shed tears of envy. Of all the ninjas he had ever seen, only his master's wife, the Jinchuriki, could truly rival Touhuan's chakra reserves.
At that moment, Uchiha Touhuan let out a low roar from the center of the sea of lightning. From within the surging thunder, a colossal azure lightning dragon, no smaller than Manda before him, instantly burst forth, roaring as it hurtled towards its opponent.
Giant trees along the way fell one after another, their broken ends instantly scorched black by the violent lightning. Facing the roaring lightning dragon, Manda's eyes showed terror: "Orochimaru! What have you provoked?!"
"It's been years, and Touhuan's strength has improved again." Orochimaru, perched atop Manda, wore a grave expression. He had only ever seen his teacher use such a large-scale ninjutsu so casually; in other words, Uchiha Touhuan was now likely no weaker than the Third Hokage at his peak. Moreover, Touhuan still possessed the unrevealed power of his Mangekyō Sharingan. Orochimaru
released Manda from his summoning. He understood that against a ninja like Uchiha Touhuan, whose attacks were all wide-range destructive ninjutsu, Manda, with his size, was a sitting duck. After landing, Orochimaru bit his finger and slammed it heavily onto the ground.
"Summoning Jutsu: Triple Rashomon!"
Three enormous gates painted with demonic figures shot into the sky, blocking the oncoming thunder dragon. The moment they collided, a violent shockwave erupted, engulfing everything in its path. Although Kakashi and his group had retreated hundreds of meters, the impact of the explosion still caused them to stagger. As for Utatane, who was missing an arm and hadn't received any help during the retreat, he was directly thrown by the blast and crashed heavily dozens of meters away, spitting out a mouthful of blood before losing consciousness.
"Gulp..." Nagai Seiichi couldn't help but swallow hard upon seeing this. It was hard to imagine that the person who had caused such a commotion was drinking and chatting with him just the night before. "Is your clan leader really that powerful?" Hyuga Kenya looked somewhat dazed at Uchiha Inahime, who had covered his retreat.
"Of course! Our clan leader is the strongest in our clan!" Uchiha Inahime said with fanaticism in his eyes.
"Kenya! Stop chatting! Quickly check the situation at the center of the explosion!" Kakashi shouted a reminder.
Hyuga Kenya quickly snapped out of his daze, activated his Byakugan, and looked at the center of the explosion.
"Clan Leader Touhuan... he's charged at Orochimaru and they've already engaged!"
Although weakened by the Triple Rashomon, Uchiha Touhuan's Lightning Release: Azure Dragon didn't directly harm Orochimaru, but the massive impact of the explosion forced Orochimaru to retreat. At that moment, Uchiha Touhuan drew his Lightning Release: Swift Lightning and quickly chased after him.
Seeing this, Orochimaru also drew his Kusanagi sword, and in a few short moments, the two exchanged several blows.
After a few exchanges, even the skilled swordsman Orochimaru found himself in a difficult position. Uchiha Touhuan's speed was simply too fast, coupled with his exquisite swordsmanship; each strike was as swift as lightning, aimed directly at Orochimaru's vital points.
"Is it a Lightning Release chakra mode similar to those guys from Kumogakure?" Orochimaru thought to himself, "This is going to be tough."
The relentlessly pursuing Uchiha Touhuan also frowned slightly. Orochimaru's swordsmanship was not low, and with his body undergoing soft modifications, he could deflect Uchiha Touhuan's tricky sword moves with incredible speed.
The lightning strike clashed with the Kusanagi sword once more, and the two separated instantly.
"Is this the power of the Uchiha clan? Truly terrifying," Orochimaru said, licking his entire face with his long, thin tongue.
"You're not bad either, Orochimaru. As expected of one of the legendary Sannin," Uchiha Touhuan said with a light laugh.
"I heard that you, Touhuan-kun, have awakened the same Mangekyō Sharingan as Madara Uchiha. Would you be so kind as to let me see it?" The arrogant Orochimaru suddenly spoke up.
"The Mangekyō Sharingan? Then we'll see if you can make me use it." Azure lightning crackled around Touhuan again as he charged towards Orochimaru, his feet treading on lightning.
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