Naruto: Building the Strongest Uchiha Starting with Gacha Pulls

"It's over."

Not far away, Orochimaru looked at Sarutobi Enjun and shook his head regretfully.

Sarutobi Enjun's performance was actually quite excellent. Apart from a noticeable lack of experience, his overall abilities surpassed most ordinary genin, but he was far from being able to cause Orochimaru to have any emotional fluctuations.

He graduated from the Ninja Academy at the age of six and became a Jonin at the age of fourteen. Sarutobi Enjun's performance was significantly different from that of his peers at the same age.

"Orochimaru-sensei, En no Hayabusa clearly still has energy left. Are we going to end this here?"

Ruri Uzuki had long since recovered from the discouragement of being the first to be eliminated. At this moment, she was holding a few edible wild fruits that she had just picked nearby, and asked Orochimaru curiously.

"He's already used the same moves more than once. His fighting style and awareness are just average. I can't see anything new coming out. We can end this now. Besides... there's not much time left. I need to use the remaining time to see Uchiha Gen's performance with my own eyes."

For Orochimaru, the purpose of this test was not only to let the students experience battlefield escape for the first time, but also to see their individual abilities.

This includes various aspects such as the focus of combat, combat skills, and tactical capabilities.

Sarutobi Enjun has already shown enough, so it's time for him to finish.

"Stop now, you can take out the bell now, Flame Falcon."

Orochimaru's voice reached Sarutobi Enjun's ears from afar, and the snakes around him suddenly retreated.

"It's not over yet, I could play like this all day long..."

"Bang!"

After a crisp tap on the head, Sarutobi Enjun collapsed to the ground with a large bump on his head.

For Orochimaru, killing a genin in an instant was incredibly easy, even a genin like Sarutobi Enjun, who, despite lacking experience, possessed exceptional combat prowess.

Even combat units below the Jonin level would not have much power to fight back against a powerhouse of Orochimaru's caliber. The reason they could stay here with Uchiha Gen and the others for so long was simply because this was just a trial set up by Orochimaru, and the difficulty would not be too far beyond the range of what a newly promoted Genin could handle.

At least in Orochimaru's eyes, they are within the range of newly promoted genin who are qualified to be his students.

"Let's go, we have less than twenty minutes left, we need to hurry."

Orochimaru gestured for the two-headed snake to carry Sarutobi Enjun on its back, then formed hand seals and lay down on the ground.

"The Formation of Ten Thousand Serpents!"

Countless giant pythons, densely packed together, surged outwards from Orochimaru's center, spreading outwards at an astonishing speed, far exceeding that of the ordinary snake swarms from before.

Gen Uchiha is indeed very fast, and even now, he is still using ninja crows to wander around the forest with things that have his own scent, misleading his judgment.

If we continue searching at the previous slow pace, we might not be able to catch this cunning little devil for a long time. We'll have to use our real skills.

"Now that the Flame Falcon has been eliminated, the snake population has increased, and their aggression has also increased."

A few minutes later, Uchiha Gen, who was moving through the forest, quickly discovered this.

The Death Forest is an environment where many snakes live, including some very large ones.

However, the number of snakes has increased significantly, and some of the snakes within his perception range have even shown a strong chakra reaction. Once discovered, they will be attacked.

These snakes, nurtured by the rich natural energy in the Dragon Cave, are different from ordinary snakes in the Forest of Death, even if they don't possess magical powers.

Not only does it crawl extremely fast, but it also launches like the wind, as if it could fly.

Its body is sturdy and hard, like iron and stone, and it has a strong vitality.

It took Uchiha Genbu's full strength to throw kunai to kill them; some of them were even still alive after being pinned to tree trunks and the ground, struggling in place.

Even more alarming is that other snakes will help those pinned to the ground by using their fangs to bite and pull out the kunai. The snake swarm moves in a fixed pattern, their advances and retreats are quite methodical, some attract attention to lure the enemy, some launch surprise attacks from other places, and some provide support from behind.

Clearly, these snakes are quite intelligent, and some of them may even be pythons that have been trained to use their pheromones to command other snakes.

Without a doubt, Orochimaru is much more serious now than before.

Using all your strength is unlikely, but it's definitely going to be difficult.

It will be very difficult to move around, hide one's presence, and break through quickly like before.

Because there are so many snakes, they coordinate well, are quite strong, and are very fast.

Uchiha Gen felt that with his strength, it would be difficult to shake him off.

Orochimaru clearly didn't want him to hide any longer.

The ninja crows that were circling around him were released from their summoning by Gen Uchiha and returned to the forest that the Uchiha clan had prepared for raising ninja crows.

Their strength is insufficient; they are only good for guard duty. However, if they were to face Orochimaru's snakes, given their speed and the limited terrain of the dense forest, they would likely be killed before they could dispel the summoning.

Fortunately, after going around in circles for so long, Uchiha Gen had roughly memorized the route he had taken and was not unfamiliar with the surrounding terrain, so he was able to quickly find a suitable escape route.

Several shuriken were thrown out, then his hands formed a hand seal and clapped together, condensing wind pressure and pushing it forward.

"Wind Release: Gale Palm!"

Gen Uchiha had not fully mastered this ninjutsu, and it was only in its rudimentary form in actual combat, unable to be truly used in combat of the same level.

However, although the intensity of this wind pressure is not very high, its direction is fixed and its range is not small, which can be used to accelerate the ninja tools pointed at by the head and enhance their power.

The enhanced shuriken moved with incredible speed, shooting out like a bullet and instantly piercing through several pythons blocking its path.

Uchiha Gen moved swiftly, breaking through the encirclement.

Those who need to run, still have to run.

He hadn't forgotten the reward Orochimaru had mentioned.

How bad could the ninjutsu that came from Orochimaru be?

Not to mention Orochimaru now, before he has severed his ties, betrayed Konoha, and begun his descent into darkness.

This made it impossible for him not to be tempted.

Uchiha Gen sped off in the opposite direction of the line connecting Orochimaru's location, which had been relayed back by the ninja crows in the previous two encounters.

Every second counts.

Behind him, a dense swarm of snakes surged forth like a moving natural disaster.

Under such terrifying power, all beasts in the Death Forest retreated, insects hid, and birds flapped their wings.