Chapter 182
Moreover, the shockwave he unleashed caused a violent explosion.
The surrounding towering trees erupted with thunderous cracking sounds.
Trees that had stood since the Village's founding, for over 60 years, began to topple.
A fierce gust of wind swept through Orochi-hime's hair, freezing the malicious grin on her face somewhat.
"This is... the Nine-Tails Power..."
Orochi-hime had personally experienced the Nine-Tailed Demon Foxs Attack, yet she could still tell.
The Jinchuriki's performance was even more exaggerated in some aspects.
So, when a Tailed Beast is placed inside a human body, can it achieve a 1+1 > 3 effect?
Then, Naruto extended his claws and attacked Orochi-hime again.
Bang!
Naruto grabbed her, but this time Orochi-himeturned into a puddle of mud.
Then, Naruto looked behind him.
Orochi-hime, opening her mouth and spitting out the Kusanagi Sword, directly used the Kusanagi Sword's technique.
Whoosh!
The suddenly extended Kusanagi Sword pierced Naruto's abdomen.
Then, Naruto was sent flying backward.
Boom boom boom!!!
He exploded along the way.
Pushing Naruto from the Forest of Death entrance all the way to the central tower of the Forest of Death.
Orochi-hime covered more than a third of the 10-kilometer path directly.
The ultra-long blade, in an unimaginable manner, spanned such a vast space.
And along the way, several unlucky individuals were buried in the aftermath of this battle.
Snap!
Naruto extended his sharp claws, covered in crimson Chakra, and directly gripped the blade in his abdomen.
"What? Even the Kusanagi Sword can't pierce this Chakra defense?"
Orochi-hime's eyes widened, quite astonished.
As Naruto grabbed the Kusanagi Sword, he violently swung it.
Orochi-hime's head and body began to spin along with it.
Boom boom boom!!!
With Naruto as the center and his swing as the radius.
The entire Forest of Death underwent a massive death-spin.
Who knows how many teams of examinees lost their lives in this great rotation.
And the battered Orochi-hime was flung back to her original position.
Several kilometers away, Naruto ran on all fours, arriving in the blink of an eye.
The fastest sports cars in the world couldn't keep up with Naruto's speed.
Perhaps describing him as a fighter jet would be more appropriate?
Naruto, smashing everything in his path, ferociously approached Orochi-hime.
Then, he clawed at Orochi-hime's face.
Orochi-hime immediately dodged, retracted her Kusanagi Sword, and looked at Naruto with a serious expression.
He hadn't even used a Tailed Beast Ball yet.
Which proved Naruto still had trump cards.
Or rather... he couldn't use it?
Orochi-hime, not knowing Naruto's true depth, was quite satisfied with this probing.
Because if she were to truly fight Naruto to a decisive victory.
Besides a prolonged battle over a long period.
She would probably... have to use her ultimate trump card technique.
"Impure World... Reincarnation."
But that technique was reserved for dealing with the Third Hokage.
So... "Hmph, let's stop here."
Orochi-hime thought, this is enough.
She had already figured out Naruto's true strength.
This direct, straightforward, and expansive fighting style was similar to Jiraiya's.
But his strength was definitely even greater than Jiraiya's.
Unless Jiraiya used Sage Mode, he could probably fight Naruto to a standstill.
"Incredible..."
Orochi-hime made this assessment and quickly vanished into the trees.
"Naruto-kun, we will meet again..."
"That's right."
The crimson on Naruto's body began to recede, his eyes fixed on Orochi-hime's alluring female face... and her invincible snake-like waist.
Soon, Orochi-hime disappeared without a trace.
"Orochimaru!!!"
Anko's cry came.
Sorry, she was late. Those with official positions are all like this... The aftermath of the incident held little suspense.
Naruto continued the exam.
Because Naruto told Anko that Orochi-hime said she would destroy the entire Konoha if the exam was stopped.
—Though he would do that even if it wasn't stopped.
When Anko reported this to the Sandaime.
The Sandaime couldn't help but sigh.
With Jiraiya having left the Village, Tsunade having run away, and the Fourth Hokage having sacrificed himself, Konoha indeed had no Ninja capable of directly confronting Orochimaru.
However... "This old man has already prepared for his demise..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi thought silently.
Regardless, if his foolish disciple were to destroy Konoha, he, as the Hokage, would absolutely not stand idly by.
At that time, he would have no choice but to painfully... kill Orochimaru.
Using the Uzumaki Clan's secret technique left by Lady Mito back then... also the secret technique Minato used to seal the Nine-Tailed... the Dead Demon Consuming Seal!
"Hokage-sama, perhaps we can rely on Naruto..."
Anko, kneeling on one knee, looked up and suggested.
After the groundwork laid by several major incidents, Naruto's image had become deeply ingrained in people's hearts.
"He repelled Orochimaru in the Forest of Death, perhaps..."
"..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head.
"Anko, don't worry, this old man has a way to deal with Orochimaru."
No matter what, a child should not be made to do such things.
The so-called will of fire is to sacrifice oneself to illuminate the next generation.
Where the leaves of Konoha dance, the fire will continue to burn. The firelight will continue to illuminate the Village and make new leaves sprout.
He himself was also reaching the age where he should depart.
The rest, he would leave to the young ones... *Vroom~~~*.
It was like a scene of a fighter jet speeding by.
Naruto, left hand ~ right hand in slow motion ~~~, carrying Sako and Sakura, and picking up a scroll dropped by an unlucky examinee who died along the way.
Thus, Naruto, with incredible speed, broke the record Itachi had once set.
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Gaara only felt a gust of wind pass by him.
Then, Naruto became the first place.
"Phew... We're here."
Upon entering the high tower, Naruto breathed a sigh of relief.
In the monitors, the examiners were dumbfounded.
Having been in chaos due to sensing the burst of Nine-Tails Power, they were now suddenly seeing the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki come in first.
How could their hearts not be surprised?
"Half, half an hour... They only took half an hour to get through the Forest of Death..."
"Uchiha Itachi's record back then was 5 hours..."
"Crazy, completely crazy..."
Chapter 128. Invincible Naruto
"They only took 50 minutes... This has never happened since the Village was founded!"
"Look closely... it's Kakashi's team!"
"Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke, Sakura Haruno... and Iruka Sensei."
Iruka Sensei, whose name was called, had a very complex expression.
He was not only an examiner for this exam but also a former guard of the Fourth Hokage... a member of the "Flying Thunder God Minato Squad."
Seeing Naruto carrying Sako and Sakura into the tower, it was false to say his feelings weren't complex.
Especially given that this team had encountered Orochimaru.
"I remember... Uzumaki Naruto once defeated Biwa Jūzō and Zabuza, right..."
Someone mentioned Naruto's past achievements.
Now he could even protect two teammates and escape unharmed from Orochimaru, one of the Sannin?!
Was the Fourth Hokage's son a monster?!
Naruto breaking the historical record, completely surpassing Itachi's achievement, quickly spread.