Naruto: Building the Strongest Uchiha Starting with Gacha Pulls

Chapter 145 The Practical Effects of the Phantom Instantaneous Movement Technique

Orochimaru did not reply, but simply smiled faintly.

"Shadow Serpent Hand!" x2

Without any prior warning, both sides launched surprise attacks immediately.

The master and disciple both understood each other's character and did not form any opposing seals. Instead, they made the same choice with great tacit understanding.

The snakes were strangling and churning in all directions.

In the next instant, thousands of shuriken flew out.

The Third Hokage's invention of the shuriken shadow clone technique is often an excellent long-range initiation, cover, and probing technique.

This time, however, Gen Uchiha did not use the shuriken technique to fight him as he had before.

He also reviewed his match after sparring with the Third Hokage.

While wielding a shuriken is certainly exquisite, it is highly controllable and unpredictable. However, in actual combat, it is not as simple and direct as using shuriken shadow clones.

Once the opponent throws out their shuriken and forms a hand seal, creating a bunch of clones with shuriken as cover, they can immediately move on to the next move.

The true purpose of shurikenjutsu is to work in conjunction with the Sharingan to exploit weaknesses in the opponent during battle, thereby forcing them into one's own rhythm.

The earthen wall rose up, blocking the metal storm and leaving large, pitted holes on its surface.

Immediately afterwards, nine Uchiha Gen's figures flashed out from behind the earthen wall in unison, charging towards Orochimaru from both sides with their swords drawn.

"They are all clones of the physical entity."

Orochimaru cautiously chose to withdraw, forming hand seals with one hand and defending with the other.

"Wind Release: Wind Slicing Technique".

A gale arose, condensing into countless wind blades that swept outwards.

The earth churned, and trees and grass were cut down.

Of all the Uchiha Gen, the one in the middle immediately formed hand seals and unleashed flames to meet the Wind Release attack.

The next second, a giant gray python emerged from the ground and bit down on the fire-breathing Uchiha Gen.

However, this Uchiha Gen suddenly turned into smoke and dissipated, while the other clones rushed to Orochimaru's front and swung their swords to strike.

"Uchiha Style: Sword Leap Flame!"

As the blade, wreathed in flames, attacked, Orochimaru opened his mouth and spat out a snake, biting at Uchiha Gen. His body twisted into a strange angle like a snake, dodging the other blades thrust at him by Uchiha Gen.

The snake's head was cut off, but new pythons soon appeared.

Orochimaru also pulled a long, ancient-looking Kusanagi sword from the mouth of a python with its jaws wide open, and began to fight the Uchiha in close combat.

However, he did not simply engage in a head-on battle with Uchiha Gen. Instead, after testing the waters a few times, he decisively withdrew.

"Although they are all physical entities, they are essentially the same person. At most, he can mix in a shadow clone to cooperate. It's just that the speed of his instantaneous movement is faster, and the Sharingan's genjutsu conceals the traces of his movement, making it impossible for others to pinpoint his location and creating the illusion of fighting multiple people at the same time."

After a brief exchange, Orochimaru roughly deduced part of the principles behind the Phantom Body Flicker Technique.

"In that case, let's just use wide-range ninjutsu to bombard him continuously and restrict his movement."

An endless swarm of snakes surged forth at that moment.

The Formation of Ten Thousand Serpents!

A vast, dense swarm of snakes!

"How would you handle this situation?"

Orochimaru looked at the lightning and fire flashing among the snakes and smiled leisurely.

"Tsk, troublesome."

With a single slash, Uchiha Gen decapitated the giant snake that attacked him. He then instantly dodged the poisonous snake flying from behind, switched to another clone, and spewed out raging flames, clearing away the swarm of snakes in front of him.

But almost at the same moment, Orochimaru unleashed a lightning serpent from afar, forcing him to relocate again.

He now has two choices.

One option is to forcefully break through the snake swarm and layers of ninjutsu attacks, and go directly to Orochimaru, the main culprit.

Putting aside the enormous price that would have to be paid to achieve this, Orochimaru himself is by no means a weak point in close combat.

If he were to face off against him head-on, he wouldn't be as formidable as the Third Hokage, and in fact, he would be considered weak among all the Kage-level powerhouses.

But Orochimaru has never been one to resort to force.

He went to the other extreme, being extremely soft and slippery. He didn't rely solely on physical skills, but also possessed exceptional abilities to dodge, protect himself, and withstand blows.

No matter how strong you are in close combat, unless you are strong enough to achieve absolute dominance, or there is an absolute counter to your abilities, it will be difficult to defeat them in close combat. On the contrary, you may be ambushed by some unexpected tricks at any time.

In an era where Kage-level combat power and the Mangekyou Sharingan have never appeared, and Orochimaru's soul was not weakened by the Reanimation Jutsu, such a person almost never exists.

Gen Uchiha's direct combat strength is still far from that level. How could he possibly defeat Orochimaru in close combat?

It would be good enough if we didn't get overtaken.

Moreover, what he wanted to test in this battle was not whether he could defeat Orochimaru, but merely to see how much he could protect himself against a Kage-level powerhouse using his newly mastered Phantom Body Flicker Technique.

沖？

Forget about rushing, just start running!

As yet another phantom clone shattered, Gen Uchiha once again mobilized his child power to create a new phantom clone, which then retreated in a certain direction without hesitation.

At the same time, his other phantom clones also ran off in different directions.

"If you split up and retreat, and the distance between you is so great, you might not still have the ability to switch the position of your main body within the clone."

Orochimaru stared at the phantom clone that had retreated to the edge of the battlefield, crossed his fingers, created a shadow clone, and attacked with both hands.

"Wind Release: Vacuum Linked Jade!" ×2

Bullet-like blasts whistled out, and each of Gen Uchiha's shadow clones made different movements, dodging the blasts perfectly, but their movements were also restricted.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the snakes attacked. Some of their clones were too far from their main bodies and were thus overwhelmed by the dense swarm of venomous snakes.

There are only two exceptions.

"One main body, one shadow clone."

Orochimaru stood amidst the swarm of snakes, his eyes fixed on one of the Uchiha Genji clones that had shifted position and was charging towards him. He immediately recognized it as a shadow clone, sent to stall for time.

So the shadow clones he had previously created leaped ahead to intercept Uchiha Gen's shadow clones, while his main body led thousands of venomous snakes in pursuit of Uchiha Gen's main body.

"They've caught up."

Gen Uchiha turned around to look at the chilling scene behind him, and threw several kunai with explosive tags attached to their ends behind him, which exploded and temporarily blocked the swarm of snakes.

Within the Sharingan, the power of childhood was brewing once more.

A moment later, several phantom clones reappeared beside Uchiha Gen.