Undoubtedly, Orochimaru was a genius. Even in Konoha, he was a rare talent rarely seen for many years. However, he eventually took a wrong turn and walked down a deviant path. Possessing formidable strength and absolute talent, he chose not to apply them to the righteous path, instead bringing disaster to the village and now becoming a Konoha rogue ninja.
But no matter what, Orochimaru's strength should still be respected.
"Want to see something new?"
Orochimaru's body, like a snake, oozed viscous fluid. He had just shed his temporary body and was currently in a weakened state. His strength, compared to before, was probably even weaker when he first attempted his sneak attack... but now, he was instead directly confronting Luffy!
"Very well! Then try my moves... This wasn't originally prepared for you!"
Orochimaru bit his freshly grown, delicate finger, then slammed both palms directly onto the ground!
"Crumble, crumble!"
Two coffins suddenly emerged from the ground. Luffy deliberately maintained his Gear Second form precisely to force Orochimaru to reveal more of his true abilities, to bring out more interesting moves. Now, seeing the coffins, Luffy's eyes indeed lit up.
"Don't you still have new things? What's this talk..."
Before Luffy could finish speaking, Orochimaru used the Summoning Jutsu, and the two summoned coffins opened on their own!
"Creak, creak..."
The lids of the two coffins fell to the ground. Inside each coffin was a ninja, clad in full armor.
Luffy, of course, had never seen ninja with shattered pottery all over their bodies and faces, their eyes closed and covered with scar-like cracks. However, he could sense a powerful, or rather, formerly powerful aura emanating from these two "corpses."
"This is..." Luffy immediately became cautious. Not only Armament Haki, but Conqueror's Haki also began to accumulate around his body.
Armament Haki, when generated, can directly enhance a person's offensive and defensive capabilities. Conqueror's Haki, however, can provide a leap in improvement beyond that level! However, unlike Armament Haki, not everyone can train Conqueror's Haki.
Conqueror's Haki is an extremely powerful and rare talent that only one in a million, or even several million, can awaken. Only individuals with the disposition of a king can awaken this powerful ability.
Luffy has a strong foundation in Conqueror's Haki. In fact, even before he came into contact with Haki, he had awakened Conqueror's Haki multiple times.
Speaking of which, it seems related to Red-Haired Shanks, one of the Four Emperors, the great pirate who led Luffy onto the path of piracy when he was a child, and who once released Conqueror's Haki in his presence...
He had contact with this "mold" as a child, and at the same time, he possessed an extremely strong talent. Mastering Conqueror's Haki was actually a natural progression for Luffy.
Coupled with his later tempering through various trials and tribulations in the Grand Line, through continuous battles... Luffy's understanding and application of Conqueror's Haki evolved from initially fumbling around,
to gradually entering a superior state, mastering it completely... eventually becoming a master of convergence! In terms of Conqueror's Haki, there aren't many who surpass Luffy in the pirate world. In previous battles, Luffy's Conqueror's Haki was only sparingly used.
Compared to Luffy's Devil Fruit ability, his Haki power is the truly powerful trump card. He wouldn't easily use it against enemies. But now... Luffy had even begun preparing Conqueror's Haki before the battle even started, ready to strike at any moment.
The two ninja in the coffins indeed put pressure on him. It was a stronger pressure compared to the strongest person he had sensed in this world, that skinny Third Hokage...
That is, this gap appeared when Orochimaru used the Summoning Jutsu to summon two coffins. Kakashi, Asuma, and Kurenai also chased after them. Although Luffy was leading the way, they couldn't relax. Their primary mission had now actually become to try to keep Orochimaru here and delay his escape.
But unexpectedly, the three who had just caught up Kakashi, Asuma, and Kurenai actually saw this:
Among the two coffins summoned by Orochimaru, with rigid bodies, vacant eyes, and no consciousness, like zombies, walking before everyone, were none other than the sculptural faces of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, the "God of Shinobi," whose face was still on the great cliff of the Hokage Rock in Konoha, as well as his blood brother, the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju!
"This... how is this possible?! Orochimaru! How dare you desecrate the remains of these two great lords!"
Asuma immediately panicked. Kakashi recognized the ninjutsu Orochimaru was using in this battle. It was a forbidden jutsu, even in Konoha, the "Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu," created by the genius ninja, the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.
By taking a part of the body of a deceased target ninja, combined with some special techniques, and using the body of another recently deceased ninja as a vessel, through this method, the ninja who was supposed to be dead, whose soul was in another world, would be summoned back.
The user of the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu could decide whether to retain the summoned ninja's self-consciousness. If retained, the summoned ninja could exert even greater power. However, because they possessed their own consciousness, many details, and even the general direction, would not be as conceived by the caster.
If consciousness was not retained, a special curse seal needed to be buried in the back of the corpse's neck. Although this method allowed for complete and detailed manipulation of the summoned ninja, it also deprived the summoned ninja of their own initiative.
Originally, ninja summoned by the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu had their overall strength greatly reduced compared to when they were alive. If manipulated by means that bound their consciousness, their strength would be further reduced, becoming even weaker.
Of course, the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, also knew the drawbacks of this ninjutsu. The reason he created this forbidden jutsu, the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, was not to rely on the powerful strength of ancient ninja for battle.
The summoned ninja from the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu were almost an immortal existence. Unless the caster was killed, or someone understood Yin-Yang Release ninjutsu, they could directly break this ninjutsu from its source.
Otherwise, these summoned Impure World Reincarnation ninja would continue to fight endlessly, always acting according to the caster's commands...
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