Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

Through the battle just now, he realized that there was a significant gap between his new body's physical abilities and Minato's. If he could not quickly close this gap in the upcoming battle, Minato would definitely seize this opportunity to attack.

Therefore, using Sage Mode is a very good choice.

Fukasaku immediately saw that Orochimaru was secretly preparing for Sage Mode. How could he let Orochimaru have his way? A stream of water suddenly shot out from his mouth, instantly slicing Orochimaru's entire body in two.

Water Escape · Water Breaks Waves!

Chapter 361: The Battle Between Master and Disciple (The End)

Fukasaku watched as Orochimaru was easily sliced ​​in two by his Water Release ninjutsu, but his face showed no joy; instead, it grew increasingly solemn.

The reason was simple: his attack was just a little too slow, and Orochimaru successfully entered Sage Mode.

Sure enough, Orochimaru's body, which had been cut in half, began to change rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a half-human, half-snake, and his body, which had been cut in half, became two giant Orochimaru, only slightly smaller.

"That was really close."

"I almost died."

The two Orochimaru spoke in turn, then both spat out their long snake heads, staring at Fukasaku and Minato with eyes full of killing intent and greed.

Then, they merged together like water, reforming Orochimaru into a complete and intact entity.

The indestructible body was an ability Orochimaru possessed when he entered Sage Mode, but after he successfully improved the Reanimation Jutsu and Orochi Technique using Yin-Yang Release, this ability also evolved.

Unless his body and soul are completely destroyed, he is immortal. Given time, even if only a tiny bit of his body and soul remain, he can be fully resurrected.

This is Orochimaru's confidence; there may be people he can't beat, but no one can kill him.

"Minato, things are getting complicated. This guy's abnormal regenerative ability has been enhanced once again. Conventional methods probably won't work on him. How about your illusion and sealing techniques?"

Upon seeing this, the immortal Fukasaku said with a grim expression.

What about illusion and sealing techniques?

When Minato heard this question, his expression fell slightly. His genjutsu was only average. Although his Yin Release ability had improved recently due to obtaining the Yin Nine-Tails, he had not put in any hard work on genjutsu.

However, his sealing techniques are quite advanced; he has already mastered extremely difficult sealing techniques such as the Eight Trigrams Sealing Technique, the Five Elements Sealing Technique, the Four Symbols Sealing Technique, and the Inner Four Symbols Sealing Technique.

The problem is that Orochimaru basically taught him sealing techniques by hand. Later, he deliberately learned sealing techniques from Kirito and Kushina, but he was usually very busy and didn't have much time to learn such extremely difficult techniques, so his progress was limited.

"Besides illusions and sealing techniques, is there no other way to defeat him?"

Minato smiled wryly.

"Yes, it is possible, but it would be very, very difficult, almost impossible. Forget it, you are so young, it would be too much for you to have such a high level of skill in illusion and sealing techniques. Summon my old woman as well, I'll buy you some time."

The immortal sighed deeply.

In this world, all-rounders like Kirito Tohsaka, who are proficient in all five elements ninjutsu, genjutsu, sealing techniques, and medical ninjutsu at such a young age, are rare indeed. Minato is already among the top five human ninja geniuses he has ever seen, so he can't ask for too much.

As soon as Fukasaku finished speaking, he jumped off Minato and instantly activated Sage Mode, spitting out another high-speed stream of water.

Immortal Technique: Water Escape: Water Severing Wave.

The Water Release: Water Severing Wave, transformed into a Sage Art, was even more powerful and faster. Orochimaru barely had time to react before his body was once again sliced ​​in two by the high-pressure water blade formed by the Water Severing Wave.

Orochimaru remained unmoved, simply forming a hand seal with one hand and unleashing the Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation.

A powerful surge of Sage Chakra suddenly erupted from his body and spread to the surroundings.

In an instant, all inanimate objects within a radius of several hundred meters were infected by his immortal technique, Inorganic Rebirth, and transformed into things that he could control at will.

The next moment, a giant water snake head emerged from beneath Fukasaku the Hermit, biting him and then transforming into a giant water sphere cage.

Not only that, the water in the water sphere cage began to compress, causing the pressure inside the water sphere cage to increase dramatically. Fukasaku Sage instantly felt his body being pressed down by enormous pressure, making it difficult for him to move. Even his Sage body was struggling to withstand it.

Fortunately, he wasn't fighting alone.

As Fukasaku was in trouble, a long frog tongue pierced Orochimaru like a sharp sword, attempting to interrupt Orochimaru's spellcasting.

The one who made the move was Shima, another senior sage from Mount Myōboku whom Minato had just summoned.

Orochimaru sensed danger from Shima Sage's frog tongue and decisively abandoned his attack on Fukasaku Sage, instead using Sage Art: Water Release: Water Barrier for defense. However, he did not expect that Shima Sage's frog tongue would easily pierce through the solid water wall and deeply penetrate his left shoulder.

In an instant, Orochimaru felt a strong numbness in his left shoulder, and this numbness spread rapidly throughout his body.

"The toxins from toads, huh?"

Orochimaru had a sudden thought and decisively used a kunai to cut off his entire left shoulder, also severing Shima's frog tongue in the process.

Shima the Immortal let out a scream and quickly withdrew his frog tongue.

By deliberately cutting off his left shoulder, Orochimaru essentially lost half of his body. Even though his body was regenerating at a rapid pace, the Inorganic Reincarnation technique could no longer sustain it, and his body's balance was also compromised.

At this moment, Orochimaru undoubtedly revealed a weakness.

The next moment, a Flying Thunder God seal suddenly appeared on Shima Sage's severed tongue, and Minato instantly appeared in front of Orochimaru.

Then, a Rasengan the size of a basketball slammed into Orochimaru's stomach.

Orochimaru was immediately sent flying by the Rasengan, and his body began to spin rapidly in mid-air.

Dayama Rasengan!

Minato's Giant Rasengan was incredibly powerful. After Orochimaru was hit, a bloody, mangled wound instantly appeared on his abdomen, and his internal body also suffered enormous damage.

However, despite being so badly injured, Orochimaru seemed completely unaffected. He immediately stood up from the water and grinned at Minato, Fukasaku, and Shima, revealing a terrifying smile.

Suddenly, a white snake emerged from Orochimaru's gaping mouth and spat out a white ball of light radiating a terrifying intensity.

A terrifying burst of light and a piercing vibration of the air suddenly appeared.

"Oh no, it's the White Strike Technique of Ryuchi Cave! Quickly hide in the water!"

The immortal Fukasaku instantly recognized what the white orb of light was and exclaimed in surprise.

But the terror of the White Intent Technique lies not only in its powerful binding effect, but also in its incredibly fast attack speed.

While Fukasaku was speaking, he, Minato, and Shima were attacked one after another by the White Strike Technique.

The intense light blinded the three of them, the piercing vibrations of the air numbed their bodies, and almost completely destroyed their senses.

Meanwhile, the white snake that Orochimaru spat out had already dived into the water, using the lake water to avoid the side effects of the White Violence Technique, and then quickly swam towards Minato.

Although he felt a little reluctant, Minato was now the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and he had to take down this tailed beast that had come to him. Otherwise, Black Zetsu, who was hiding in the shadows, would definitely report to Madara Uchiha that he had deliberately let Minato go.

By then, he will likely suffer a great loss.

"For the sake of your teacher's safety, Minato, you'd better obediently show me the Nine-Tails."

Orochimaru, now transformed into a white snake, watched Minato approach with his cold, ruthless golden snake eyes, his killing intent boiling ever stronger.

Severing the bond between master and disciple was a choice he had to make in order to transcend this world.

Soon, the white snake bit Minato's foot, preparing to inject a type of snake venom that could suppress chakra into his body.

But at that moment, four blue chakra chains suddenly shot out from the bottom of the water and quickly wrapped around the white snake's body.

The four blue chakra chains were clearly formed by the sealing technique, Adamantine Sealing Technique. As soon as Orochimaru's white snake form was bound, the sage chakra within his body was immediately severely restricted.

"!!!"

Orochimaru was shocked by this ambush and instinctively looked down into the lake.

Four Minato clones emerged swiftly from the bottom of the lake. They were clearly Minato's shadow clones, who had been silently lurking there, waiting for an opportunity to coordinate with Minato's main body to launch a fatal attack on Orochimaru.

"Teacher, I think my plan and self-inflicted injury worked out pretty well."

Before long, one of Minato's shadow clones spoke to Orochimaru using the Mind Transfer Technique.

"You've grown, Minato. It seems I was still bound by your old ideas about your severe lack of chakra. I didn't expect that after solving your chakra problem, you've already learned to use the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique flexibly in battle."

Orochimaru, upon hearing Minato's telepathic message, praised him without reservation.

That's how battles are. No matter how strong you are, if the enemy finds a weakness, you can be turned around at any time, just like what happened to him at that moment.

He thought victory was assured, but he never expected to be outmaneuvered by his own disciple.

"Teacher, you still have a way to revive, just like last time."

Minato heard Orochimaru's praise and sensed the composure in Orochimaru's words. He frowned and said...

Orochimaru remained silent, but a smug look appeared in his golden snake eyes.

That's right, he had already prepared a backup plan to split his soul. Even if his current body died, the spare bodies he had placed in various parts of the ninja world would soon be activated, and he could be reborn then, although it would take time and effort to restore all his skills.

Upon seeing this, Minato immediately knew that Orochimaru must have a backup plan. He decisively took out a golden sealing talisman from his person and stuck it on Orochimaru.

As soon as the golden sealing talisman was affixed, a pale golden sage chakra emanated from it, which greatly surprised Orochimaru, Shima, and Fukasaku.

Next, a dense array of sealing techniques covered Orochimaru's body, penetrating deep into his skin to bind all his chakra, thus binding his entire body.

At this moment, Orochimaru's entire power was sealed away by this golden sealing talisman.

"The Sage Art Sealing Talisman created by Kirito Tohsaka? Its sealing ability is truly powerful. It even sealed my soul. Even suicide is a pipe dream now."

Orochimaru noticed the changes in his body and sighed helplessly.

He already understood Minato's plan: since he could continue to revive, then he wouldn't be given the chance to revive, and would be imprisoned in his current body.

He had already anticipated that he would face a long period of imprisonment, and that he might even be used as a test subject for research.

Chapter 362: The End of a Mad Ninja Maniac

"You're really calm, teacher. Do you have some other trick up your sleeve?"

Seeing that Orochimaru, now a prisoner, still appeared calm and collected, Minato frowned and asked...

Just look at Orochimaru's situation to see how powerful Kirito's Sage Art Sealing Talisman is; he has completely lost the ability to resist and has absolutely no chance of escaping.

However, Orochimaru appeared far too calm, seemingly unconcerned about being captured and losing the opportunity to be reborn, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.

Orochimaru smiled without saying a word.

What other resources does he have to rely on?

Of course not. His greatest advantage is that he is immortal and has no life-threatening danger. As long as he is immortal, he has little to fear. Even if he is captured and taken back to be skinned and dismembered by Kirito Tohsaka for research, and he has to live a life worse than death.

But so what?

Perhaps this is better than staying by the side of that madman, Madara Uchiha. Maybe he can use this opportunity to break free from Madara's control. From the last time Madara used the meteor shower ninjutsu attack without even bothering to give him a hint, he knew that in Madara's eyes he was nothing more than a pawn that could be discarded at any time.