Naruto: Konoha Spring of the Uchiha Prodigies

Furthermore, just as the team tasked with capturing Orochimaru set off from the village, Orochimaru's spies left behind in the village sent back a message.

Not wanting to cause trouble, his first thought upon learning of the pursuing forces was to run away.

However, upon learning that the pursuit team included Uchiha Touhuan, an Uchiha clan member who had awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, Orochimaru also harbored some thoughts of testing the waters.

Although Orochimaru doesn't yet have such a morbid pursuit of the Uchiha clan's bloodline limit, the Mangekyou Sharingan was, after all, the eye of the legendary powerhouse Uchiha Madara. Out of a researcher's instinct, Orochimaru would naturally feel a bit curious.

……

During the search of the surrounding area by the pursuit team, Mo Wan suddenly tensed up and let out a low growl.

Hyuga Keito, who was on alert, also noticed something amiss and shouted a warning: "There's a chakra reaction underground, and at the same time, a giant creature is approaching at high speed from the west. It's a snake!"

"Prepare for battle!" Kakashi shouted, assuming a fighting stance.

"Watch out!" Hinata Takato shouted, then grabbed Hinata Kenya beside him and jumped up to avoid it.

Just then, the ground around them shook violently, and several giant white snakes burst out of the ground, opening their scarlet mouths from bottom to top.

The locked-on individuals leaped high into the air at the critical moment, each employing their own methods. Inuzuka Kaze immediately merged with Sumeraru, using a clan secret technique to transform into a giant two-headed dog and dodge the attack from the ground. Uchiha Inahisa and Uchiha Zaito fired kunai wrapped in silk threads at the surrounding trees from the left and right, respectively. After catching them, they changed direction in mid-air, then formed hand seals and unleashed a powerful Fire Dragon Technique, striking the giant snake that attacked from below.

Although Seiichi Nagai looked rather disheveled under the attack, he managed to dodge the fatal blow at the last moment by using a water substitute.

On the contrary, the special Jonin in the arena reacted a little slower and found themselves in danger.

Fortunately, just as they were about to be devoured by the snakes, a blue lightning bolt flashed, and Uchiha Touhuan, who had entered Lightning Release Chakra Mode, appeared like a phantom and instantly brought them to safety.

However, due to internal conflicts within the team, Tatesuki and Mitokado Jun, who had deliberately distanced themselves from the others during the search, were not so lucky.

The attackers were already planning to deal with the lone survivors first. They had four giant serpent summoning beasts attacking the two of them from underground. In addition, because of the distance, the two of them needed some time to react to Hyuga Takato's warning. With all these factors combined, this surprise attack directly caused heavy losses to the two of them.

Although the strong Utatane Tree survived the surprise attack, his entire right arm was bitten off, while Mitokado Hayabusa, who only had the strength of a special jonin, was directly swallowed by the snake.

Before anyone could think further, in the direction Hinata Takato had indicated, amidst the dust and smoke rising from the fallen trees, the silhouette of a giant snake tens of meters tall loomed in and out of sight.

Chapter 29 Fighting Orochimaru Alone

"Greetings, everyone from Konoha." As the dust settled, a giant purple serpent coiled its body, preparing for an attack, while Orochimaru, dressed in a red cloud robe, stood atop the massive serpent's head, looking down at the crowd.

"Orochimaru..." Orochimaru's summoning beast Manda brought immense pressure to everyone. Several special Jonin present had already started sweating. Although Jonin such as Nagai Seiichi and Inuzuka Kaze remained calm, Manda's enormous size made them feel quite troubled.

"Orochimaru, are they the sacrifices this time?" Manda stared intently at the crowd below with his vertical pupils that exuded a sinister aura, and spoke in a human voice, "This is not enough."

"Inahi, 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 that moment, Kakashi also pulled down his mask, revealing his Sharingan, and asked, "Are you alright 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-attribute chakra erupted from Uchiha Touhuan, and Kakashi, who was 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 loud explosions.

Uchiha Touhuan, located at the center of the sea of ​​lightning, was like a demon god descended to earth.

Then everyone remembered that Uchiha Touhuan's reputation as the "Azure Lightning Touhuan" was built on his single-handed slaughter of 15 Jonin squads from Kirigakure during the Third Shinobi World War, thanks to these powerful, wide-range lightning ninjutsu. In the current situation, staying by his side would only make Uchiha Touhuan worry about his ninjutsu harming his teammates, thus preventing him from using his full power.

"However, the amount of chakra is just too exaggerated." Kakashi couldn't help but click his tongue as he led his teammates to retreat, looking at Uchiha Touhuan in the sea of ​​lightning. During the Third Shinobi World War, he and the Uchiha clan were not on the same battlefield, so he had only heard about Uchiha Touhuan's fighting style. But what he saw today made him shed tears of envy. Among all the ninjas he had ever seen, only his master's wife, the Jinchūriki, could be said to have an amount of chakra that could easily surpass Uchiha Touhuan.

At this moment, Uchiha Touhuan, at the center of the sea of ​​lightning, let out a low shout. From the surging lightning, a giant azure lightning dragon, no less large than the Manda before him, instantly rushed out and roared 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 also showed a look of fear: "Orochimaru! What have you messed with!"

"It's been years, and Touhuan's strength has improved again." Orochimaru, standing atop Manda's head, also wore a solemn expression. He had only ever seen his teacher use such a large-scale ninjutsu so casually when he was young. In other words, Uchiha Touhuan should now be no weaker than the Third Hokage at his peak. Moreover, Uchiha Touhuan still had the ability of his Mangekyou Sharingan that he hadn't revealed yet.

Orochimaru released Manda from his summoning. He understood that against a ninja like Uchiha Tohsen, whose attacks were all wide-range destructive ninjutsu, Manda would be a sitting duck due to its size. After landing, Orochimaru bit his finger and slammed it heavily onto the ground.

"Spirit Summoning Technique: Triple Rashomon!"

Three enormous gates, painted with images of demons, 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 had no one to help him during the retreat, he was directly thrown into the air by the blast and crashed heavily dozens of meters away. After spitting out a mouthful of blood, he immediately lost consciousness.

"Gulp..." Upon seeing this, Nagai Seiichi couldn't help but swallow. It was hard to imagine that the person who had caused such a commotion was drinking and chatting with him the night before.

"Is your clan leader really that exaggerated?" Hyuga Kenya looked at Uchiha Inaho, who had covered his retreat earlier, with a somewhat blank expression.

"Of course! Our clan leader is the strongest person in our clan!" Uchiha Inahime said with fervor in his eyes.

"Kenya! Stop chatting! Quickly check the situation at the center of the explosion!" Kakashi shouted a reminder.

Hinata Kenya quickly snapped out of his daze, activated his Byakugan, and looked towards the center of the explosion.

"Clan Chief Dou Huan has charged at Orochimaru and they've already engaged in combat!"

Although weakened by the triple Rashomon, Uchiha Touhuan's Lightning Release: Azure Dragon did not directly harm Orochimaru. However, the huge impact of the explosion forced Orochimaru to retreat. At this moment, Uchiha Touhuan drew his Lightning Release and chased after Orochimaru at high speed.

Seeing this, Orochimaru also drew his Kusanagi sword from his waist, and in just a few moments, the two exchanged several blows.

After a few exchanges, even the skilled swordsman Orochimaru couldn't help but feel troubled. Uchiha Touhuan's speed was simply too fast, and coupled with his exquisite swordsmanship, every strike was as swift as lightning, and every move was aimed at his vital points.

"Is it a similar Lightning Release chakra mode to those guys from Kumogakure?" Orochimaru thought to himself, "This is going to be difficult."

Uchiha Touhuan, who was relentlessly pursuing Orochimaru, frowned slightly. Orochimaru's swordsmanship was quite skilled, and with his body having undergone soft modifications, he could block Uchiha Touhuan's tricky sword moves with incredible speed.

After another clash between the lightning bolt and the Kusanagi sword, the two separated immediately.

"Is this the power of the Uchiha clan? It's terrifying." Orochimaru said after sticking out his long, thin tongue and licking his entire face.

"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, Douhuan-kun, have awakened the same Mangekyou Sharingan as Madara Uchiha. Would you be so kind as to let me see it?" Orochimaru, who was so arrogant that he couldn't die, suddenly spoke up.

"The Mangekyou Sharingan? Then let's see if you can make me use it." Uchiha Touhuan's azure lightning crackled once more as he charged towards Orochimaru, his feet treading on lightning.

Chapter 30 Farewell to the Gods

After they finished speaking, the two sheathed their blades and began forming hand seals.

"Earth Escape, Huangquan Marsh!"

Under the influence of chakra, the ground around Uchiha Touhuan instantly turned into a liquid swamp, within which countless venomous snakes appeared and disappeared, converging towards Uchiha Touhuan at the center.

"The Prison of Ten Thousand Snakes".

Facing tens of thousands of venomous snakes, Uchiha Touhuan remained calm and completed the last hand seal.

In an instant, the raging sea of ​​lightning reappeared, and the lightning pillars as thick as thighs danced wildly like silver snakes. Wherever they passed, the rapidly surging venomous snakes were all turned to ashes. Fear appeared in the eyes of the venomous snakes at the edge. Although these venomous snakes had developed considerable intelligence under Orochimaru's careful training, their biological instincts began to take over in the face of such a catastrophic scene.

As the venomous snake that had miraculously survived hesitated, silver snake-like lightning began to gather in the sea of ​​lightning around Uchiha Touhuan, and a fierce-looking Vajra, tens of meters tall, rose from the ground.

"Lightning Release: Immovable King!"

The lightning around Uchiha Touhuan began to converge and compress into the Vajra pestle in the hand of the Immovable King above his head. The Vajra pestle, formed from chakra, now had a real texture, which shows how terrifying the energy it contained was.

"Take a little further back!" Kakashi shouted as he sensed the terrifying chakra fluctuations.

Six years ago, during the Nine-Tails' rampage, the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball probably had only this much power.

Uchiha Touhuan raised his hand, then clenched his open palm into a fist, and the Fudo Myoo above his head hurled the Vajra pestle in Orochimaru's direction.

In an instant, thunder roared. Orochimaru originally intended to use his Wind Release defensive ninjutsu to defend, but the area within a radius of several hundred meters was completely enveloped by the terrifying explosion. The release of the lightning, compressed to its limit, brought the purest energy, turning everything in this area into nothingness.

After everything calmed down, only the mutilated corpse of the giant snake remained on the spot.

Uchiha Touhuan slowly walked towards the snake corpse. He had no doubt that Orochimaru could survive the impact just now; Orochimaru was the most difficult person to kill in the ninja world.

As expected, just as Uchiha Touhuan had predicted, the lifeless snake corpse on the ground suddenly began to writhe. Orochimaru emerged from the charred snake's mouth, his robes intact, except that the Akatsuki's red cloud robe uniform was soaked through with a viscous liquid.

"Is this the power of the Uchiha clan, Touhuan-kun?" Orochimaru stuck out his tongue and licked the sticky substance off his face. "After unleashing that ninjutsu, you must have very little chakra left."

"So what?" Uchiha Touhuan frowned slightly. Even though killing had become a habit in this world, the scene before him still made him feel a little disgusted.

In the original timeline, it was Itachi Uchiha who ignited Orochimaru's greed for the bodies of the Uchiha clan. Now, Touhuan Uchiha has taken that role. Orochimaru has a sickly smile on his face, and he can't wait to possess Touhuan Uchiha's body.

Orochimaru's neck suddenly stretched out, and his entire head flew towards Uchiha Touhuan.

[Once the curse mark can be implanted, this body will belong to me.]

However, at that very moment, a loud eagle's cry resounded through the sky.

Driven by the ingrained fear of raptors that snakes possess, Orochimaru abruptly looked up, and in that instant, his eyes met the crimson eyes of the eagle descending from the sky.

[That's... the Mangekyou Sharingan?]

Ultimate Illusion Technique: Kotoamatsukami, activate!

The flowing power of his eyes and chakra etched the mark of eternal loyalty to Uchiha Touhuan into Orochimaru's soul.

Orochimaru's eyes instantly became clear.

Uchiha Touhuan drew his sword and stepped forward, beheading Orochimaru's body with a single strike.

At this point, Kakashi and the others finally arrived.

"Is it over?" Hyuga Kenya looked at Orochimaru, whose head had been separated from his body, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"As expected of the head of the Uchiha clan, even a renowned ninja like Orochimaru is no match for him," Nagai Seiichi remarked.

"No, I'm afraid it's not that simple." Kakashi frowned as he looked at Orochimaru's corpse beside him.

Orochimaru's relatively intact body turned to ashes in the short time it took for the group to finish speaking, and the wind blew it away, causing it to dissipate into the world.

"This..." Inuzuka Kaze frowned as well, "What's going on?"

"I'm afraid he's not dead yet." Uchiha Touhuan sheathed his sword, sighed, and said, "Damn it, he still got away."

"It's not necessary to say that. Orochimaru, that guy, has survived so many years of being hunted by the village, so he must have some tricks up his sleeve," Kakashi said.

“Brother Feng, let Mowan search carefully. There should be that guy’s stronghold nearby. After I recover my chakra, we’ll go there together,” said Uchiha Touhuan.

……

At that moment, in Orochimaru's base, twenty miles away from everyone, a body with a cursed seal implanted in it suddenly opened its eyes in a large cultivation tank.

The culture jar shattered, and the person inside stepped out onto the culture medium, his face gradually transforming into Orochimaru's appearance.

After the newly reborn Orochimaru got dressed, he immediately began to renovate the laboratory.

……

Two hours later, Uchiha Touhuan, having recovered his chakra, along with the others, discovered the base, led by Mokumaru who had been searching for it by scent.

“There’s no one inside,” Hinata Takato said after scanning the area with his Byakugan.

"Looks like that guy has already escaped," Kakashi said. "Well then, let's go in and take a look; maybe we'll find something."