In the forest.
Yagyu stood in front of Team Seven, confronting Orochimaru, whose body was erupting with terrifying killing intent and pressure.
Naruto and the other two could not interfere at all in this level of confrontation.
Without carelessness, Yagyu's gaze shifted slightly, he thought to himself.
"Sharingan."
Silently, he activated the three-tomoe Sharingan, locking onto Orochimaru's every movement.
Step.
One hand rested on the chakra blade, an extremely sharp and fierce sword intent emerged from Yagyu's body.
His gaze seemed to flicker with blade light.
Yagyu stared at Orochimaru and spoke.
"Can you tell me your identity, if I am in a good mood, I might spare your life."
Orochimaru licked his lips with his long tongue.
Looking at Yagyu, he spoke.
"Yagyu Sōsuke, I am becoming more and more interested in you, I have never seen such an arrogant young man before."
Yagyu's eyes showed a strange look, he glanced at Orochimaru and replied after a pause.
"Well, today you have seen one."
Orochimaru smiled faintly.
He simply stared at Yagyu without saying anything further.
The pressure between the two continued to drop.
A suffocating feeling spread forward, making it difficult for the three behind Yagyu to even retreat.
When the pressure between them reached its critical point,
Whoosh.
Orochimaru's hand moved slightly.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh.
Several kunai shot directly toward Yagyu and Team Seven behind him.
The Sharingan's terrifying dynamic tracking ability allowed Yagyu to clearly capture the trajectory of the kunai.
Clang.
Yagyu drew his chakra blade.
Clang clang clang.
With a few swift swings, blade lights burst out, blocking all the incoming kunai.
"Ninja Art."
The moment he blocked everything, Yagyu threw several shuriken, his hands instantly formed seals.
"Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu."
Whoosh whoosh.
In an instant, the few shuriken turned into a net-like barrage.
"So fast."
Orochimaru's expression changed slightly, but his movements did not slow at all.
Swish.
His body collapsed like liquid, moving like an extremely flexible snake, rapidly slithering forward while closing in on Yagyu.
"Fire Release."
Before Orochimaru could approach, Yagyu's voice sounded again.
"Fire Dragon Flame Bullet."
Boom.
The moment his voice fell, a terrifying fire dragon blasted toward Orochimaru.
Fast, precise, and ruthless.
Boom.
The attack landed accurately, causing a huge explosion, smoke and dust surged into the sky.
After launching two consecutive attacks, Yagyu did not continue.
His perception was fully activated, his gaze constantly scanning the surroundings.
"Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura."
Holding a blade in one hand and a kunai in the other, Yagyu's voice rang out in their ears.
"The three of you form a defensive formation and protect yourselves, this opponent is extremely troublesome, I may not have the focus to protect you during the next battle."
Hearing Yagyu's words, Team Seven, who had barely recovered, nodded with serious expressions.
At this moment,
As the smoke cleared, the place hit by Yagyu's attack revealed a charred and hardened mud clone, slowly collapsing.
"Earth Substitute."
Yagyu's face showed no surprise.
"As expected, very strong."
His previous two Jutsu were not weak at all.
Yet they only forced out one substitute.
Kage-level, truly troublesome.
Crack.
As Yagyu observed, the ground in front of him suddenly shattered.
Orochimaru burst out, holding a double-edged Kusanagi sword, slashing toward Yagyu.
Clang.
Facing the attack, Yagyu raised his chakra blade and blocked it head-on.
His face was serious and focused, his gaze met Orochimaru's without fear, completely ignoring the overwhelming killing intent.
"Not bad."
Orochimaru smiled in a twisted manner.
"Yagyu-kun, I am becoming more and more interested in you."
While clashing, Yagyu sneered.
"Disgusting, honestly, I have never seen such a disgusting woman like you, I really want to cut you down."
Orochimaru was not angered at all, his smile remained as he looked at Yagyu.
"Your teacher is said to be the Third Hokage, did he not teach you that when fighting a strong opponent, you should not look into their eyes."
Thump.
The moment his words fell, Yagyu's vision suddenly changed, a horrifying bloody scene appeared before him.
His mother and Ino were lying in a pool of blood.
"Genjutsu."
The moment he saw this, Yagyu instantly realized he had been caught in an illusion.
"Such a trivial trick."
As his words fell, the hidden three-tomoe Sharingan spun, immense ocular power surged and directly broke the illusion.
His vision instantly returned.
Yagyu saw Orochimaru extending his neck and lunging toward him.
"You want to bite me too?"
His thoughts moved rapidly, Yagyu increased the strength in his hands.
"There is no way I will let you succeed so easily."
Whoosh.
His body retreated instantly.
Yagyu's eyes surged with ocular power, he looked directly at Orochimaru and formed hand seals.
"Returning the favor is only proper, try my Genjutsu as well, Genjutsu, Bringer of Darkness Jutsu."
Buzz.
As Yagyu's voice fell, Orochimaru's expression changed, his vision instantly turned into complete darkness.
At that moment, Orochimaru forcefully stopped his movement, holding the Kusanagi sword in a defensive stance.
Boom.
At the same time, he released a massive amount of chakra, attempting to break the illusion quickly.
His speed was fast, but Yagyu was not slow either.
Bang.
A shadow clone appeared in a puff of smoke.
Together with the original, they formed hand seals.
"Fire Release, Great Dragon Fire Jutsu."
"Wind Release, Great Breakthrough."
The blazing dragon fire roared forward, combined with the wind, its power and range increased exponentially.
Boom boom boom.
Like a missile explosion, a massive sound echoed throughout the entire Forest of Death.
The surrounding forest was flattened into a massive crater.
All the trees had been reduced to ashes.
After the attack, looking at the altered terrain, Team Seven stood stunned.
Naruto swallowed hard.
"This Jutsu is… insane."
Sakura stared blankly.
"It actually changed the environment."
Crack.
Clenching his fists, Sasuke's face was filled with seriousness.
"Has the gap between me and him already become this big?"
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