"...... is actually a shadow clone? This...... How is this possible?! ”

Witnessing the inevitable blow was just another shadow clone that eliminated Naruto. Orochimaru was dumbfounded, and before he could think about what the Saint Seiya meant in Naruto's words. Even Naruto's words hadn't been fully heard. In front of a sharp pain in his abdomen, he flew out backwards in embarrassment with an astonishing force!

"Hmm......"

Eating pain and snorting, the big snake pill who had already extended his neck knew that now was not the time to care about face. After gritting his teeth and making a secret decision, he simply bit the ground in front of him without hesitation while maintaining the posture of opening his mouth before his body completely left the ground. Then, with the help of the continuous friction between the teeth and the ground, the cushioning force brought by it, it didn't take long for it to quickly stop the momentum of the inverted flight. And while restoring the length of the neck to its normal state, it landed lightly and smoothly on the ground.

"Phew, Bah——! This feeling is...... Tsk, no wonder I didn't find his body just now. Even when the attack was launched, there was not the slightest warning......"

After spitting out most of the mud and sand from his mouth in embarrassment, Orochimaru raised his hand and wiped his stained face slightly, his brow furrowed at the constant heartache that still came from his abdomen. Immediately staring at Naruto, he muttered to himself in more and more horror.

"It's obviously a real attack, but on that stinky little ghost, I can't feel any killing intent...... Although I don't know how this guy did it, if there is no early warning of killing intent, it will be much trickier and more troublesome to deal with......

After all, a strong person at the level of Orochimaru is more likely to observe his opponent with his eyes...... More often than not, it is to use that extraordinary perception to predict the opponent's actions. And then use this as a basis to block, dodge, or directly interrupt in advance before the action is completed!

But the foundation of all this is based on the killing intent that can be perceived by the opponent when attacking, and it is inevitably revealed more or less!

And this is also the reason why Orochimaru should treat the "Naruto" who "threw himself into the net" as his body when he set a trap for Naruto just now, because in the previous careful perception search, in addition to the "Naruto" who naturally exposed his killing intent when he launched an attack. Orochimaru couldn't sense the slightest remaining malice from his body!

What's more, in Orochimaru's rough exploration now...... Naruto at this moment, not to mention negative emotions such as killing intent and anger. Even after the attack is successfully hit, there is no sign of positive emotions such as joy and excitement that should appear! So much so that Naruto, who was completely wrapped in Orochimaru's perception, gave Orochimaru the feeling that it was like a calm lake, without the slightest ripple of fluctuation. Even let Orochimaru's heart, vaguely, have a "delusion" that Naruto will not change in the slightest because of the influence of external factors!

In addition, what Orochimaru was even more concerned about was the significant changes in Naruto's body form......

Obviously, as long as you are a discerning person, you can know that Naruto will change so much, it must be related to this strange posture...... But what could it be?

"Could it be that this kid has turned into a tailed beast?"

"No, no, no...... Let's not mention that in the state of tailed beast, the tailed beast clothing that should appear does not exist at all...... This state of mind like water alone is by no means something that can be achieved by a tailed beast that is easy to fall into a state of rampage......"

"But if it's not a tailed beast, what would it be? Is it some kind of secret technique that temporarily increases strength......"

In a hurry, Orochimaru was puzzled by the reason for the amazing changes that happened to Naruto in a short period of time......

But even so, Orochimaru felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity in Naruto's strange posture for some reason...... It feels like ......

Where have you ever seen this before? At least, I've seen someone who has used the same weird chakra as Naruto now?

And just as Orochimaru was pondering in disbelief, he witnessed the heavy punch he had been planning for a long time was actually Naruto who was "easily" defused by Orochimaru. Suddenly, there was a slight movement, and he raised his eyebrows and muttered to himself.

"Huh? I didn't feel anything when I punched it...... Tsk, I thought that the strange power of this immortal mode could be solved directly like a bald cape man in the crew next door......"

Of course, spit is spit out...... Naruto, who knew that with his current physical condition, he would never be able to maintain the immortal mode for too long, and he would definitely not give Orochimaru the slightest extra respite. And when he pauses for a moment, adjusts and suppresses the attack in his body, he faintly has the natural energy that is on the verge of losing control. Naruto's eyes narrowed slightly, and he poured all the re-refined senjutsu chakras into his feet. And with one step, it was as if he had performed a spatial ninjutsu, and instantly leaped directly above the top of Orochimaru's head!

“…… Well? So fast! ”

Because of the distraction, Orochimaru's attention was stunned for a moment. And after noticing that Naruto's figure in sight had disappeared, it was already too late to carefully probe Naruto's location. Then he gritted his teeth secretly, because Naruto didn't have the slightest emotional leakage from his body, so his perception couldn't make any predictions. So that Orochimaru can only rely on his own combat experience to predict the direction of Naruto's attack, and at the same time, roll on the spot with a donkey, and get away from the spot as quickly as possible!

"Whew——!"

And at the moment when Orochimaru's body just left the place, because when Orochimaru rolled on the spot, there was a movement to lower his body. As a result, Naruto's fist, which was wrapped in great strength, had a burst of breaking through the air, and it was like grazing between the hair on the top of Orochimaru's head!

Obviously, Orochimaru's prediction was successful! But......

Does this mean that Orochimaru dodged Naruto's blow?

"Whew...... It's good that the action is fast enough...... If you are punched again, this body will be overwhelmed...... Tsk, I don't know what this stinky boy did, and all of a sudden, the strength of the increase is almost catching up with the strange power of that guy in Tsunade. ”

After perceiving the strong punch pressure brought by the attack and the body can be rubbed off. The Great Snake Pill, who had already eaten a punch, couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief. And under this high concentration of attention, it brings about a rapid slowdown of almost bullet time. While his mind was racing, he was thinking about how he would deal with Naruto in this state. While raising his eyebrows slightly, he muttered to himself.

"Now, though, it's my turn to fight back...... After all, an attack like this, which relies purely on brute force, should have a considerable period of stiffness once it misses...... Uh-huh——?! ”

However, before Orochimaru could say everything he thought in his heart...... In the next second, the body of Orochimaru, who should have dodged the attack, suddenly felt a familiar huge force. And then under the surprise, the original action of leaning forward and rolling was changed to being beaten and deep into the ground!

"This ...... This feeling is...... How can it be? I should have dodged it, right?! ”

The big snake pill full of disbelief was in the subconscious sideways of his head. While watching Naruto's fist and his head graze against him, the image appeared. In front of the strange fact that Naruto's attack had obviously failed, and he hadn't even touched his body, but he still knocked himself to the ground and couldn't move, he hoarsely screamed and roared in confusion.

"Uh-huh——! Bastard! What the hell did you do!? Why did the attack hit me even though I dodged it? ”

"Explain the mechanics of the moves to the enemy? Hey, Orochimaru, am I an idiot when you are a master? It's all explained to you, so how can I beat you up happily? ”

It's a pity that in the face of Orochimaru's unwilling roar, Naruto not only did not have any tendency to solve his doubts. On the contrary, he adhered to the purpose of making the enemy defeat unclear, and teased and ridiculed with an expressionless face.

"What's more...... Who told you that you dodged that blow just now? ”

Between the words, Naruto's offensive did not slow down without the slightest pause. On the contrary, he took advantage of your illness and wanted your life, swinging his fists like rain. The fierce attack like a storm was unceremoniously vented on Orochimaru's body!

"Uh...... Hmm——! Damn it! And so it is again! ”

Seeing that he couldn't easily extract the information of the move from Naruto's mouth, Orochimaru held back his anger and at the same time, because of his strange attack methods, which made Orochimaru seem quite helpless. Immediately, under the suppression of Naruto's attack, he was embarrassed to dodge as much as he could. Seeing that the attack failed, he still had the same severe pain as before, and he became more and more irritable and angry.

"I obviously dodged it, but I still had the feeling of being hit...... Could it be that some illusion was used to block the real attack trajectory?! ”

Of course, all the minds were distracted, and on the one hand, they were spent on suppressing the continuous strong attack and suppression of the Great Snake Pill, and on the other hand, they were putting all their efforts on suppressing the natural energy riot in the body that was out of control. So at this moment, Naruto, who seemed to be majestic, actually didn't have any extra thoughts at all, and then cast illusions. Not to mention that because Naruto had never specialized in illusion, it was completely impossible for Naruto's three-legged cat-level illusion level to affect a powerhouse of Orochimaru's level!

And the reason why Naruto was able to do it was that the attack was obviously missed, but it was still effective to hit Orochimaru. Relying on the Miaomu Mountain lineage, in order to cooperate with the immortal mode and the immortal chakra, one of the unique combat techniques developed - frog kumite [another translation is frog sparring]!

Using this technique, Naruto's every attack allowed him to use a portion of the natural energy around him for his own use. And then in the case of using this extra natural energy as part of the body, such as arm control. So Naruto's attack range, naturally, is invisibly expanding, a lot! So much so that even if Naruto's attack failed to touch Orochimaru's body, he would still be able to inflict an effective blow on Orochimaru without the slightest discount!

Of course, it's no wonder that Orochimaru thinks about illusions......

After all, judging from Naruto's previous performance of endless ghost ideas, the possibility of doing so is indeed not small......

What's more, in the original book, the trick of the immortal mode, the person who can learn and completely master it, looking at the entire Naruto world, is no more than a slap in the hand! Not to mention the Immortal Chakra that can only be refined in Immortal Mode, as well as a series of unique techniques and moves that can only be performed through the Immortal Chakra......

In other words, including the Immortal Mode, there is information about this series of moves and changes. Even if you search the whole world and estimate it, it is still a rarer and rarer existence than the Tailed Beast, and even some of the family secret techniques and bloodstain boundaries of the Hokage World! So much so that Orochimaru, who didn't know anything about the immortal mode [at least the immortal mode of the Miaomu Mountain lineage], would seem so caught off guard, but it could be regarded as understandable.

It's just that this is what I said...... But for the poor Snake Pill who seems to be able to barely parry and bear, but for a while and a half, he can't make an effective counterattack. Naruto's offensive not only did not pause even the slightest hesitation, but instead quickly consumed the lost natural energy in his body as if it were opening a floodgate. With the idea of subduing Orochimaru as soon as possible, the attack will become more and more rapid and violent!

Because of this, Orochimaru, who was busy coping—or passively bearing—Naruto's attack, failed to notice it in time...... Originally, because of the use of the unfinished version of the immortal mode, Naruto's image was scandalized a lot. At this moment, as time passes, it begins to return to its original normal appearance, and it is constantly and gradually recovering!

"Huh? Is it already starting to hold on? What a miscalculation...... Tsk, it looks like it's a lot shorter than I expected......"

And as a party, Naruto, who was clearly aware of the subtle changes in his body, couldn't help but clench his teeth secretly. Immediately continued to maintain a high-intensity offensive suppression, making it difficult for Orochimaru to spare time and discover the strangeness in his body. While being a little distracted, he looked at his own pimples that had faded a lot, and the frog webs that were originally looming, and they had quietly returned to their normal fists. He shook his head helplessly and sighed quietly in his heart.

"Without using any ninjutsu, in less than two minutes, you can actually consume so many immortal chakras...... After all, the limit of the natural energy that this child's body can hold is really too little......"

"At this rate, I'm afraid I'm going to be forced to remove the immortal mode sooner than Ultraman in the crew next door, who can only appear for three minutes, right......?"

(End of chapter)