My older sister is Kushina

The staring contest between Uzumaki Hanamichi and Orochimaru lasted for nearly a minute, with neither of them seeming to be in a hurry to make a move.

However, the fight between the two soon began.

Uzumaki Hanamichi and Orochimaru moved almost simultaneously, rapidly closing the distance between them from tens of meters apart, and then converging at a point in the center of their bodies.

The two seemed to have a good understanding and did not use any ninjutsu.

The two, entangled together, fought using hand-to-hand combat techniques.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

The two sides exchanged blows, engaging in a fierce battle.

The two masked men behind them watched the battle between Uzumaki Hanamichi and Orochimaru with astonishment. They could only see two rapidly flashing figures, and the specific details of the fight were very blurry. The reason was simple—Uzumaki Hanamichi and Orochimaru were simply too fast.

However, the two figures quickly separated after a fierce hand-to-hand combat.

Orochimaru's expression turned slightly serious. Through the physical combat just now, he had a preliminary assessment of Uzumaki Hanamichi's strength. The opponent's physical combat power was very strong, in no way inferior to his own. At least after the fierce battle, he not only did not gain any advantage, but was actually slightly at a disadvantage. This made him more interested in Uzumaki Hanamichi.

Uzumaki Hanamichi's expression was calm. Although taijutsu was not his forte, he was still quite strong in terms of combat power. His ninjutsu research system not only developed ninjutsu, but also taijutsu, genjutsu, and other techniques. The so-called ninjutsu in the system was a broad category, not just limited to the narrow field of ninjutsu.

Over nearly twenty years of accumulating strength, Uzumaki Hanamichi also learned many powerful taijutsu techniques through the system. Although he did not possess the ultimate taijutsu like Mike Kai's Eight Gates Released, he could still easily suppress elite-level Jonin with his taijutsu alone.

After separating from Uzumaki Hanamichi, Orochimaru immediately unleashed a Wind Release ninjutsu.

The next moment, a powerful storm rushed towards the whirlpool flower path like a torrent.

Uzumaki Hanamichi reacted immediately to the oncoming storm by raising his hand and throwing a punch directly at it.

The moment the fist was thrown, a burst of chakra energy erupted from Uzumaki Hanamichi's fist.

"Bang..."

The moment Whirlpool Flower Path's fist collided with the storm, a deafening roar immediately followed.

The powerful storm that Orochimaru had unleashed vanished in an instant.

Uzumaki Hanamichi easily deflected Orochimaru's storm attack.

However, Orochimaru's attack did not stop. While Uzumaki was using his fists to block the storm, he quickly launched a new attack.

Hidden Shadows, Many Snake Hands!

Orochimaru raised his hand, and dozens of long snakes emerged from his sleeve.

Immediately afterwards, the dozens of long snakes rushed towards the vortex flower path, each with its mouth wide open. These snakes not only possessed formidable attack power but also potent venom. Once they bit their target, they would quickly inject toxins, rendering the enemy incapable of fighting.

Even when faced with the ferocious attack of dozens of long snakes, Whirlpool Flower Path dared not be careless. He simply raised his hand to release the seal.

As dozens of long snakes pounced on Whirlpool Flower Path, his figure suddenly vanished.

The long snakes missed their target.

At the same time, the swirling flower path appeared more than ten meters away.

He had just used the Body Flicker Technique to dodge Orochimaru's Shadow Snake Hands attack, and then immediately launched a counterattack against Orochimaru.

Whirlpool Flower Path threw out several kunai.

The instant the kunai was thrown, he immediately formed a hand seal.

As the kunai shot towards Orochimaru, Uzumaki Hanamichi's hand seals were completed, and then the kunai suddenly burst forth with rolling lightning.

The kunai that Uzumaki Hanamichi threw was not an ordinary kunai, but a special kunai that he had imbued with lightning chakra energy. As long as the technique was activated, the lightning could immediately erupt, with an effect somewhat similar to an explosive tag, but the difference was that it was a lightning attack.

The lightning emitted by a single kunai might not be too powerful, but when several kunai unleash lightning simultaneously, the power of that lightning is still very strong, almost instantly enveloping an area with a radius of more than ten meters.

Orochimaru was at the center of the lightning eruption.

Uzumaki Hanamichi once used this ninjutsu to defeat an elite Jonin from another country.

The blinding lightning quickly dissipated.

Orochimaru's figure quickly appeared.

However, Orochimaru's figure was very strange, with bizarre cracks appearing all over his body, especially his bewitching face, which was covered in cracks.

"Click, click..."

Immediately afterwards, a series of cracking sounds rang out, and then Orochimaru's body suddenly turned into fragments.

At the same time, the ground beneath the swirling flower path suddenly rose up, and several thick pythons burst out of the ground and quickly coiled around the swirling flower path.

A figure emerged from underground not far from the swirling flower path.

It was Orochimaru!

Uzumaki Hanamichi reacted quickly to the sudden attack from underground, leaping high into the air and immediately unleashing a Wind Release technique.

One crescent-shaped wind blade after another swiftly slashed out.

The next moment, those snakes and pythons were directly occupied piece by piece by the wind blades.

However, just as Uzumaki Hanamichi was dealing with the snakes, Orochimaru completed his jutsu seal. He opened his mouth and spat out a burst of flame, pouncing towards Uzumaki Hanamichi like a tiger.

As one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, Orochimaru was proficient in the Five Elements Techniques.

Uzumaki Hanamichi's eyes flickered slightly. He seemed to be unable to use ninjutsu to resist the oncoming flames, but he did not panic at all.

The raging flames almost instantly engulfed the swirling flower path.

Orochimaru smiled coldly when he saw that his attack had succeeded, but his cold smile quickly turned into surprise, because after the flames dissipated, Uzumaki Hanamichi was completely unharmed.

Uzumaki Hanamichi was enveloped in a blue chakra energy.

The blue chakra energy acted like a protective shield, helping Uzumaki Hanamichi withstand the impact of the flames.

The chakra energy that Uzumaki Hanamichi presents as a protective shield is not a technique, but simply chakra energy, an effect resulting from the ultimate control of chakra energy.

In recent years, in addition to mastering various techniques from the research and development system, Uzumaki Hanamichi has also reached an extremely high level of precise chakra control. However, the consumption of directly using chakra energy to resist ninjutsu attacks is not small.

Uzumaki Hanamichi didn't care about the consumption of chakra energy, as the amount of chakra in his body was comparable to that of a tailed beast.

Orochimaru stared at Uzumaki Hanamichi, a hint of coldness flashing in his golden eyes: "Looks like I need to get serious!"

Only at this moment did Orochimaru truly regard Uzumaki Hanamichi as a rival.

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