Chapter 206: Meteorite Volcano!
The emotionless Orochimaru stepped out of the monitoring room. Although he had absolute confidence in his strength, Ikeizumi Uchiha's "reputation" in the ninja world was considerable.
Orochimaru still made some preliminary preparations for battle, granting necessary respect to one of the vessels he considered most suitable for himself.
Ommm !
Suddenly, a grating, agonizing shriek erupted from the metal floor just a few steps after Orochimaru left the monitoring room!
Immediately after.
Boom, Rumble, Roar!!!
It was as if a volcano that had accumulated energy for a thousand years had suddenly erupted!
A thick alloy sealed wall, half a meter thick, was utterly ripped apart by a wild, catastrophic force, as if it were made of paper!
Huge metal fragments shot out like cannonballs, and the deafening alarm in the corridor instantly screamed to its limit!
However, what was more soul-stirring than the flying fragments...
Was the following crimson magma that roared and surged forward!
It rolled and tumbled like a torrent from hell, instantly swallowing and melting the fragments of metal flying in the air. The air was filled with a pungent, burnt smell and the extreme heat of sulfur.
The remaining experimental equipment and pipes in the corridor began to twist and drip like wax sculptures.
A blinding red light filled every corner.
The magma torrent instantly consumed the space, reflecting a horrifying crimson glow on Orochimaru's pale face!
The scalding hot air rushed at him like a physical punch, causing his side hair to fly wildly and forcing his golden vertical pupils to squint.
All that remained in his sight was a devastating river of lava!
"Tsk..." Faced with the onrushing torrent of destruction, Orochimaru's lips curled into an extremely twisted arc, a smile full of admiration and greedy covetousness.
"Truly worthy of the body I have my eye on... He found me so quickly... Heh heh... As expected, those wastes weren't even qualified to be cannon fodder to buy time!"
As his voice faded, a glint flashed in his eyes!
Orochimaru's palms were already poised, and at this moment, he clenched his fingers tightly and slammed them heavily onto the hot floor, like knocking on the gate of hell!
Even though the flesh in his palms sizzled against the scalding floor.
Orochimaru's expression remained completely unchanged.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Sanjū Rashōmon (Summoning Technique: Triple Rashōmon)!"
Bang!!!
Bang!!!
Bang!!!
Accompanied by an earth-shattering roar and steel-reinforced concrete blasting everywhere, three giant gates covered with hideous fangs rose from the ground!
They thrust upward with irresistible force, and even the heavy, reinforced ceiling of the base was instantly pulverized into dust by the grotesque demon faces carved onto the Rashōmon upon contact!
Sunlight and dust immediately poured down from the rupture above.
The first Rashōmon, with its hideous fanged demon head gripping a massive door knocker, radiated a chilling aura from the underworld.
But in just one breath, the surging magma torrent slammed fiercely against it!
The dark gate, which could withstand a Tailed Beast Bomb, made a spine-chilling "sizzle" sound, like ice thrown into a smelting furnace.
The hideous demon face twisted and melted in the intense heat.
It was instantly engulfed and disintegrated by the crimson torrent!
The second Rashōmon was slightly tougher. Its metal sheen and curse mark patterns flickered, but it only held for one more breath.
A large amount of magma was blocked, splashing against the side walls and melting deep grooves into the metal. The Rashōmon itself quickly became fiery red and soft, like an iron billet being forged in a furnace...
Ultimately, it could not withstand the terrifying impact of the magma. It collapsed inward with a crash, then was completely covered and dissolved by the subsequent surge of lava!
The third Rashōmon!
This was the limit of defense that Orochimaru's own chakra and summoning contract could support.
The crimson torrent poured onto it without reservation. The giant gate emitted a piercing metallic shriek of strain, and the door body was bent backward into a terrifying arc, as if it would break at any moment.
The area at the center of the gate, directly hit by the core high temperature of the magma, quickly became dark red and shiny, beginning to melt and soften like a candle.
Blinding, scarlet-hot metal dripped down the gate!
However, the rolling magma torrent was finally forcibly diverted by this final barrier. Like a slightly tamed beast, it surged violently along the two sides of the massive gate, roaring as it flooded the monitoring room, corridor, and research labs behind Orochimaru... turning everything in its path into a hellscape!
The intensely hot air violently warped.
The remaining lights flickered on and off.
The scorching heat instantly pierced the air, and a layer of sticky sweat immediately appeared on Orochimaru's pale, somewhat sickly skin.
But the next second, the sweat was instantly vaporized.
His golden snake-like eyes reflected the fiery light of the surrounding lava, clearly watching the third Rashōmon painfully warp in the intense heat before finally sinking into the ground and vanishing.
When the last Rashōmon descended into the Pure Land, Orochimaru's vision suddenly cleared.
His gaze pierced through several metal walls that had been breached, melted, and whose edges were dripping with searing molten steel.
At the end of the lava-flowing corridor, a figure stood firmly upon the crimson magma, with dense white smoke of burning air steaming around him.
What was most chilling was the pair of eyes the blood-red Mangekyō Sharingan. Even amidst the surging, hot flow and dense smoke, its unique, eerie pattern was clearly visible.
This made Orochimaru instinctively shift his gaze slightly.
Avoiding direct eye contact with those captivating eyes.
"Heh heh..."
The corner of Orochimaru's mouth lifted. He was unhurried, not even caring about the magma about to flow to his feet.
He raised his voice slightly, addressing Ikeizumi Uchiha ahead: "After so many years, you greet me with such a grand gift. Ikeizumi-kun, what price must you pay to quell my anger?"
"Don't act like you know me." The icy voice, as if carrying the dryness of sulfur, pierced through the bursting crackle of the rolling magma and clearly entered Orochimaru's ears.
Ikeizumi walked slowly, stepping on the flowing lava, each step causing the magma beneath his feet to slightly collapse and boil.
The standard-issue ninja blade in his hand had already been dulled and broken from the continuous slaughter on his way in.
He casually discarded it into the lava behind him, where it quickly melted and disappeared.
At this moment, Ikeizumi Uchiha was bare-handed.
The dense smoke swirling around him was like the breath of hell, warping the air, making his form appear and disappear in the heatwave.
Ikeizumi Uchiha's indifferent voice, like a Yama's judge climbing out of the underworld, resonated faintly: "A few years ago, you narrowly escaped Konoha under the pursuit of the ANBU, led by the Third Hokage. But after escaping Konoha, you neither regretted nor reflected on the crimes you committed in the village. Instead, you escalated them."
"You carried your wickedness from inside to outside Konoha, and within just a few years, it has spread throughout the entire ninja world. The innocent people who have fallen victim to you are countless. The endless list of victims sometimes makes me feel dizzy just glancing at it."
Orochimaru's eyes narrowed slightly. He said, "I learned a piece of intelligence from some useless subordinates your Mangekyō Sharingan can see the evil deeds a person has committed."
"Heh..."
"If, in my eyes, what I do is not evil, by what standard can you judge my actions? In the end, so-called Absolute Justice is merely your personal justice."
"This self-righteous justice cannot save the ninja world, nor can it gain the approval of many. Ikeizumi, like most people, you have not grasped the true essence of the ninja world."
"The Will of Fire, Absolute Justice, the Blood Mist Policy, or whatever idea of ruling the world through absolute pain... Every single one of these ideologies is staggeringly small in scope and vision."
He spread his arms as if to embrace the whole world, his tone full of seductive and arrogant confidence: "Ikeizumi-kun, you are just like those mediocre people, like a frog at the bottom of a well, seeing only the narrowest opening of the ninja world."
Orochimaru's voice suddenly turned cold, carrying an edge of profound mockery: "Short lifespans constrain everyone's vision! They struggle their entire lives for a single, illusory, and incomplete ideal."
"Only eternity, only mastery over the river of life that transcends time, can grant freedom from these shackles. To explore the truest..."
Orochimaru's long, seductive monologue was cut short before he could finish.
The response was Ikeizumi Uchiha's right arm raising without warning, and the instantly condensed, compressed, and explosively surging torrent of magma from his palm!
This time, it was a shockwave, compressed at high speed, striking directly like a molten giant's fist.
The terrifying impact force, comparable to a volcanic eruption, was now fully unleashed!
The smile on Orochimaru's face instantly froze, but his body's reaction was swift as a phantom.
"Tsk! Truly an ill-mannered brat who likes to interrupt people!"
"Fūton: Daitoppa (Wind Release: Great Breakthrough)!"
Orochimaru's hands were so fast they left afterimages. The seemingly simple Rank-C Wind Release underwent a qualitative change under the drive of his chakra.
A massive amount of chakra instantly converged and roared out!
A hurricane-level spiral blast erupted instantly within the narrow corridor!
The fierce wind, like a physical wall, forcibly caught, sliced, and shredded the searing magma that rushed toward it!
Scalding fragments of lava were carried by the gale, crashing against the four walls of the corridor like a dense meteor shower of fire, leaving behind numerous charred pits and continuously dripping metal liquid!
Utilizing the smoke and energy turbulence generated by the fierce collision between the gale and the magma.
Orochimaru's jaw suddenly opened forward at an exaggerated, utterly bizarre angle, as if it were dislocated!
Ugh !
After a dry heave, a chillingly sharp long sword, covered in slick mucus, slid out lightning-fast from deep within his throat!
Orochimaru bit down hard on the hilt of the saliva-coated Kusanagi Sword.
Razor-sharp, peerless Wind Release chakra instantly wrapped around the blade like a living thing.
Ommm !
A piercing shriek tore through the air! The blade of the Kusanagi Sword extended forward at a frightening speed, turning into a deadly silver line that pierced the hundred-meter corridor. All smoke and wind were instantly penetrated by the Kusanagi Sword.
Ikeizumi Uchiha's expression remained unchanged. His head slightly tilted to the left with the minimum possible movement.
Slaash!
The chilling gleam of the Kusanagi Sword shot past, grazing his right ear.
Although it didn't directly hit his head, the extremely condensed wind pressure, which had almost materialized, still left a smooth, mirror-like cut on the outer side of his right ear!
But the strange thing was no blood splattered from the edge of the severed earlobe.
Instead, a thick, dark-red liquid, like viscous magma, slowly seeped out and "dripped" downward like candle wax.
The cut part...
Was the slow-flowing lava that radiated intense heat!
Ikeizumi Uchiha glanced at the Kusanagi Sword's edge. Besides Orochimaru's disgusting, mucus-like saliva, which Ikeizumi Uchiha was reluctant to touch, the blade's surface was faintly shrouded by a visible, thin layer of Wind Release chakra.
No wonder it could inflict damage from a distance.
Orochimaru, not far away, showed no surprise. He gave a violent flick of his neck, which was impossibly flexible for a human! The hundred-meter-long Kusanagi Sword transformed into a silver wheel sweeping across, intending to slice Ikeizumi in half at the waist!
Ikeizumi arched backward sharply, the chilling gleam sweeping past his face. The several walls behind him were neatly cut and disintegrated as if by a laser.
"Heh heh... Ikeizumi-kun, I know the trouble with those eyes of yours... Someone revealed information about your eyes to me not long ago, and just hearing about it felt chilling!"
Orochimaru's voice was mixed with a hissing, snake-like sound. The speed of his hand seals didn't slow down at all.
"I can't give you a chance to use those bizarre Dōjutsu!"
He suddenly opened his mouth wide and spat out a horrifying black torrent they were actually countless black snakes!
Hiss, hiss, hiss !
Tens of thousands of pitch-black, monstrous snakes, as thick as thighs and with scales that shimmered with an eerie metallic luster, surged out frantically.
When they crossed the searing lava flowing on the ground, the astonishing thing was that their scales only made a "sizzle" sound of being scorched.
Apart from a few wisps of black smoke and some minor damage to their edges, their forward speed was completely unimpeded!
"These are little ones I specifically cultivated to deal with your lava. Their scales have very strong heat resistance. Even if you throw them into a volcano, they can survive for one minute."
"In a ninja battle... one minute is enough to decide many things, heh heh."
Just as Orochimaru said, the dense black snakes had an astonishing tolerance for high temperatures.
The lava on the ground was insufficient to stop their advance.
Even more terrifying, every black snake opened its mouth, full of sharp teeth!
And from every snake's mouth, a razor-sharp long sword was being spat out. Moreover, the blade or hilt of every weapon was engraved by Orochimaru with tiny, intricate black Curse Marks!
Orochimaru displayed his most classic ability to Ikeizumi Uchiha.
A person spits out snakes.
Snakes spit out swords.
"Ikeizumi-kun... This is a little gift I prepared specifically for your renowned 'Lava Release Elementalization'..."
Orochimaru's voice, mixed with the dense hissing of snakes, clearly conveyed mockery and absolute confidence: "A special Lava Release Elementalization similar to the Hydrification Technique? It can indeed grant immunity to most physical attacks in the world and a few elemental attacks..."
"But what about certain Space-Time Ninjutsu, certain Soul-Level Ninjutsu, and forbidden jutsu Curse Marks that directly affect chakra?"
His golden vertical pupils locked firmly onto Ikeizumi.
As if trying to savor the "vessel's" panic.
Watching the army of snakes, densely filling the corridor like a black tide, emanating an eerie metallic texture and the glow of Curse Marks, rush forward frantically, the pathological confidence on Orochimaru's face almost overflowed.
"Don't mistake me for an arrogant ninja. I am very cautious when dealing with an enemy like you. To deal with you, Ikeizumi-kun, a Konoha genius, I have made many necessary preparations."
"That is the mark of an experienced ninja."
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