Chapter 44: Byakuya vs. Orochimaru, Opening the Eight Gates Without Injury!
Afterward, Gaara endured the pain and slowly stood up.
The punch Byakuya had just given him was incredibly heavy.
So much so that Gaara could only rely on his sand to slowly move himself to Temari's side.
Gaara breathed a sigh of relief after realizing his sister's life was not in significant danger.
Then, he reluctantly went to Kankuro's side and pulled the thorns out of Kankuro's thigh.
Then he decisively used Chakra to help the other stop the bleeding.
"Fortunately, the opponent didn't have the intention to kill us!"
Gaara was now incredibly grateful.
He was only heavily injured, rather than someone dying here.
Next, Byakuya would stop bullying the weak; he had to give the Third Old Man some face.
He had already snatched over a hundred scrolls along the way.
He couldn't eliminate everyone in a single exam!
So he began to search for Orochimaru's location.
On the other side, Orochimaru had also found Sasuke's location.
"Sasuke!!"
Orochimaru looked at Sasuke with a face full of greed, as if there were something on Sasuke that exerted a fatal attraction over him.
As for Byakuya!
Now Orochimaru couldn't avoid him fast enough.
Let alone think about making a move on Byakuya.
Because Byakuya kept forcing people toward the high tower,
many people ended up running into Orochimaru!
It was probably something like a butterfly effect.
One should know that Jiraiya was originally supposed to help Naruto during the third exam, but because of the space-time effect,
it led to Jiraiya meeting Naruto early on.
"This person is not right!"
As soon as Neji's team entered the vicinity of the Forest of Death, they noticed Orochimaru disguised as a candidate.
"That's... Sasuke and the others!"
Rock Lee wasn't clear on what level of enemy Sasuke was facing.
"Stop!"
Just as Orochimaru was preparing to give Sasuke the Cursed Seal, Rock Lee resolutely stood out.
Unfortunately, Orochimaru didn't take him seriously at all.
"Ah!"
Bitten on the neck by Orochimaru, Sasuke immediately cried out.
At this moment, fear had completely taken over Sasuke's body.
Rock Lee:????
A feeling of powerlessness!
"Sasuke!"
Naruto was completely enraged upon seeing this scene!
But it was useless; he himself was already heavily injured and unable to get up.
"Truly interesting, has another person arrived?"
Orochimaru licked the corner of his mouth with a gloomy gaze, staring intently at Rock Lee.
Since his goal had been achieved, he might as well give the Konoha Ninjas a little lesson.
Subsequently, Orochimaru directly began to toy with Rock Lee.
"Neji, let's go help Rock Lee."
Tenten saw at a glance that Rock Lee on the field was absolutely not the opponent's match.
But before Neji could speak, a pair of hands directly pressed the two of them down firmly.
"Shh!"
"Ah!"
"Byakuya!"
Tenten turned her head and was almost scared to death by the sudden appearance of Byakuya.
Thanks to Byakuya covering Tenten's mouth, the group wasn't exposed.
"Dammit, when!"
Neji was inwardly shocked beyond measure.
His pride and joy, the Byakugan, actually hadn't seen a single anomaly.
The opponent had approached them in such a mysterious and undetected manner.
"What do you want to do!"
Neji stared fixedly at Byakuya, wanting to know what the other was up to.
"This is the first time I've seen a user of the Eight Gates with my own eyes. Don't disturb them."
Byakuya stopping them naturally had his own plans.
As someone who had mastered the Eight Gates early on, Rock Lee's strength was naturally not to be underestimated.
"How is that possible? How could Rock Lee be that person's match? Even Uchiha Sasuke..."
Neji didn't believe Rock Lee would be that person's match.
"Who knows? Maybe Rock Lee will leave a kick for you too when the time comes."
Byakuya just said something cryptic.
On the other side, Rock Lee indeed was no match for Orochimaru using conventional Taijutsu.
"There's no other way, I can only use that."
"Eight Gates, Fourth Gate: Gate of Pain, Open!"
A powerful Taijutsu airflow surged out.
Rock Lee's attack and speed both began to receive a further boost.
At the same time, his body began to show damage, entering the danger zone of the Eight Gates, truly entering the Eight Gates state.
"This is? The Eight Gates!"
Orochimaru hadn't expected to be able to experience the Eight Gates personally.
"It's getting more and more interesting!"
"In that case, I should get a bit more serious too!"
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
Orochimaru exerted power no less than an A-rank Ninjutsu with just a C-rank Ninjutsu.
Whether a Ninjutsu is powerful or not does not just depend on the rank of the Ninjutsu.
It also has a great deal to do with the caster themselves.
Orochimaru performed Hand Seals with one hand and spat a violent wind from his mouth, directly blowing Rock Lee and the forest behind him into ruins.
"Is this person really a Genin!"
"So strong!"
Neji was completely unable to sit still; how could a single Chunin Exam pop out so many incredible people?
The key was that even Rock Lee showed strength far beyond his imagination.
"Wait, Byakuya seems to have disappeared!"
Only then did Tenten notice that Byakuya, who was just beside them, had vanished.
"Orochimaru, you have quite the nerve!"
"This voice is..."
Orochimaru's pupils constricted; that familiar voice instantly made him feel uneasy.
He found me so quickly!
"It's Byakuya who saved Rock Lee!"
Tenten, who was watching the battle from a tree nearby, realized that Byakuya had blocked that terrifying strike for Rock Lee.
"To be able to block such an attack completely unscathed, just how terrifying is Byakuya now!"
Neji's gaze toward Byakuya had become completely unsettled.
"Orochimaru, it seems you are quite familiar with the Eight Gates."
Byakuya said to Orochimaru with a smile.
It just so happened that after observing Rock Lee's Eight Gates earlier...
His own understanding of the Eight Gates had improved slightly.
"I know a little bit!"
Orochimaru said indifferently.
Of course, Orochimaru's 'little bit' was likely equivalent to someone else's mastery.
"Then look at the steam on my body right now!"
Byakuya responded with the same smile!
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