"Oh, that's interesting!"
Seeing the changes in Li Chuan's body, Orochimaru's eyes immediately showed a look of interest.
He knew a little about Li Chuan, the Fire Your Highness, who had been in Konoha for a week, from the intelligence reported by Kabuto.
However, the intelligence did not state that he was a Ninja, and even more so, a super strong Taijutsu Ninjutsu user who could punch a giant summoned snake to death.
"Don't space out, go save them!"
After Li Chuan punched the giant snake to death, he reached out and grabbed the snake's chin, swinging it like a whip towards Orochimaru.
The immense power made Orochimaru, who was standing there, change his expression, and he quickly leaped aside to dodge.
The tree trunk, which was three to four meters in diameter, where Orochimaru had been standing, snapped directly, and Anko, who was standing on it, fell straight down.
At this moment, Sasuke and Sakura, who were holding Naruto, finally reacted and quickly rushed out to catch Anko.
There was nothing they could do; the scene of Li Chuan transforming into a muscle-bound behemoth and punching the giant snake to death was simply too impactful, leaving the two of them somewhat stunned.
"Trying to run away?"
Seeing Sasuke and Sakura, one holding Anko and the other holding Naruto, escaping, Orochimaru was about to flash over to pursue them, but found that Li Chuan had already blocked his path at some unknown point.
"You remind me of an old friend, but I don't have time to play with you here right now."
Although he had a little interest in Li Chuan's body, he was even more interested in Sasuke.
So, seeing Li Chuan blocking his way, he immediately opened his mouth, extended his tongue, and wrapped it around Li Chuan's body.
"Soft Physique Modification Technique."
Watching Orochimaru's tongue strike towards him like lightning, Li Chuan did not dodge but quickly reached out and grabbed it directly in his hand.
Orochimaru's self-created Soft Physique Modification Technique is a Ninjutsu that does not require hand seals; when performed, it can instantly soften any part of one's body and allow it to stretch and retract at will.
It was also one of the Ninjutsu that Li Chuan had to obtain on this trip to this World.
Because once he learned this Ninjutsu, he could try throwing the box, whose internal area had been expanded by the Undetectable Extension Charm, into his stomach to see if he could bring more items out of the Small World.
Seeing his tongue caught by Li Chuan, Orochimaru immediately shook his head, intending to pull Li Chuan over, but Li Chuan stood there, firmly rooted like a horse stance, not moving an inch.
In this state, his overall physical quality was five times what it was before, plus the enhancement of Chakra; Orochimaru wanting to compare strength with him was simply a joke.
"Fly up, you!"
Li Chuan, holding Orochimaru's tongue, suddenly exerted an upward force, instantly flinging Orochimaru into the air, and then his right hand began to spin wildly like a large windmill.
And Orochimaru, like rootless duckweed, was pulled by his tongue and spun wildly in the air, creating a faint vortex due to the extreme speed.
"What is… what's going on?"
Sakura and Sasuke, who hadn't fled far, were attracted by the commotion behind them and couldn't help but look back, instantly freezing in place.
"Are we… do we not need to run anymore?"
Sakura mumbled.
Anko, enduring the pain of the cursed seal on her shoulder behind her, immediately reminded her:
"Don't daze off, hurry up and go to the tower for reinforcements! Orochimaru isn't that easy to defeat."
The Your Highness's strength indeed exceeded her expectations, but as Orochimaru's former disciple, she knew how terrifying Orochimaru was; this level of attack simply couldn't defeat Orochimaru.
"It seems I can't go after Sasuke without dealing with you first."
Orochimaru, who was about to be spun into a propeller in the air, instantly shed his skin like a snake, detaching from his original body.
This was his self-created Snake Substitution Technique, which allowed him to sacrifice a body as a substitute.
The Snake Substitution Technique is a more powerful Substitution Technique that Orochimaru modified based on the regular Substitution Technique. It allows him to escape by shedding his outer skin as a substitute when receiving fatal injuries or being physically restrained.
It could even evade Amaterasu, which is said to never extinguish until the target is completely incinerated.
"I'll cut you into eight pieces."
After detaching, Orochimaru pulled a long sword from his mouth and quickly moved along the tree trunk, attacking Li Chuan.
Seeing Orochimaru escape control, Li Chuan directly whipped the tongue in his hand like a whip towards the charging Orochimaru, but it was easily cut into several pieces by the long sword in his hand.
"kusanagi sword!"
Li Chuan frowned, looking at the sword in Orochimaru's hand.
Orochimaru had two kusanagi swords. One was like a Chinese broadsword, extremely sharp, capable of cutting even the supposedly indestructible Enma, and could be infinitely extended by injecting Chakra.
The other was like a Japanese sword, also very sharp, and could be infused with Lightning-style Chakra to multiply its lethality; it was later given to Sasuke.
Orochimaru's strength was definitely not as good as his, but his Taijutsu and swordsmanship were absolutely not bad. Fighting bare-handed was too disadvantageous, and taking out the weapons from the mission space would probably result in them being cut off in an instant.
So, he decisively took out the elder wand.
"Is that your weapon? It looks like just a stick."
Orochimaru saw Li Chuan take out a wooden stick, a hint of mockery appeared on his face, and then he slashed at Li Chuan's neck with his sword.
"Expelliarmus!"
Li Chuan raised his magic wand, and a blue magic light shot towards Orochimaru.
Orochimaru saw this and did not dodge, but continued to slash the long sword in his hand towards Li Chuan's neck.
He thought the magic light was some special Ninjutsu, and because he didn't feel any danger, he wasn't particularly concerned.
If there was really danger, he could use the Snake Substitution Technique to dodge, while the opponent would only have his neck slashed.
However, the reality was beyond his expectations, because when Li Chuan's Expelliarmus hit his body, for a second, his hand actually uncontrollably released the kusanagi sword.
The kusanagi sword, which was less than a centimeter away from Li Chuan, instantly flew out of his hand and embedded itself in a large tree more than ten meters away.
"Xingyi — Half-Step Crushing Fist!"
Taking advantage of Orochimaru's moment of stunned, Li Chuan stepped forward half a step and punched Orochimaru in the abdomen.
Orochimaru's body instantly flew out like a cannonball, continuously breaking through more than a dozen large trees that several people could embrace, before finally stopping.
"Ugh!"
The disfigured Orochimaru opened his mouth, and a pair of hands stretched out from inside, then a new, perfectly intact Orochimaru emerged from his mouth.
"Strange Ninjutsu, and the power of this punch, it's already comparable to Tsunade."
"He really can't be killed."
Seeing Orochimaru, who had taken a full-power Half-Step Crushing Fist head-on and still recovered to his original state with the Snake Substitution Technique, Li Chuan couldn't help but sigh.
To say that there are many Ninja stronger than Orochimaru in this World is true, but to say who has the strongest life-saving ability in this World, there are really few who can compare to Orochimaru.
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