Thinking of this, Sasuke subconsciously looked at the markings on Kimimaro's body.
For a moment, a certain thought arose: if he also used the power of the curse mark, could he also become stronger?
As this thought arose, his mindset became a bit unstable, and the curse mark on his shoulder seemed to start acting up.
"Ah!!!"
Sasuke clutched his shoulder and cried out in pain.
Seeing this, Kakashi and the others immediately rushed forward and blocked Kimimaro.
Fortunately, Kimimaro stopped attacking and looked directly at Sasuke, saying, "It seems you have seen my strength and have also had the thought of wanting to obtain the power of the curse mark.
Don't hesitate, come with me. I will take you to see Lord Orochimaru."
"Shut up!"
Kai, however, loudly rebuked, "This ominous power is not true strength!"
Kakashi also spoke up, "That's right. Although the curse mark can grant a person power, this power is very evil and will cause immense harm to a person's body and mind.
This kind of power is definitely not what Sasuke wants!"
Kimimaro said nothing, just looked at Sasuke, who was clutching his shoulder.
He believed that if Sasuke yearned for the power of revenge, he would definitely accept the curse mark.
However, at this moment, while clutching his shoulder, Sasuke saw a slip of paper in his pocket and was instantly jolted awake.
He tremblingly took out the slip of paper. The slip contained his strengths and weaknesses, as well as Xia Mu's various suggestions for him. It was also by listening to Xia Mu's analysis and suggestions that he grew from a slightly stronger Genin to a Chunin with the ability to contend with Jonin in such a short time.
Compared to the so-called power of the curse mark, he felt he should trust Xia Mu's suggestions more.
Because the power of the curse mark was external, planted by Orochimaru who wanted to seize his body, and he would absolutely not yield!
"Calm down! Only by calming down first can I make the most correct judgment!
Now Orochimaru is impatiently sending people to capture me, clearly eager to obtain my body. I still have a great revenge to fulfill, how could I let him succeed?
First, suppress the curse mark, and then eliminate this enemy!"
Thinking of this, Sasuke gritted his teeth, performed a few hand signs, and then placed one hand on the curse mark.
Before long, the activation of the curse mark was suppressed, and Sasuke also breathed a sigh of relief.
Kakashi praised, "Sasuke, I didn't expect you to have mastered sealing techniques to this extent. It's very good."
With Kakashi's understanding of sealing techniques, he naturally saw that Sasuke had just performed hand signs to activate the power of the Evil Sealing Method, which suppressed the power of the curse mark.
Furthermore, Sasuke himself regained his composure, clearly showing that his willpower had become stronger. This point is very commendable.
"I still have a long way to go!"
Sasuke was uncharacteristically humble for a moment.
He spoke from the heart. His goal was to learn the Four Symbols Seal and one day become a Jinchuriki.
As long as he became a Jinchuriki, he would basically obtain the power to fight Itachi Uchiha, and he wouldn't need any curse mark power from Orochimaru, nor did he want his body to be taken by Orochimaru!
Kimimaro shook his head at this sight: "It seems you still don't understand. I'll just defeat all of you and then take you back."
Sasuke ignored him, but said to everyone, "I'm not his opponent alone. His strength is very high. Let's all go together. Don't keep wasting time, to avoid any unforeseen circumstances."
The so-called unforeseen circumstances meant fearing that Orochimaru still had reinforcements, which would be troublesome.
Therefore, it was better to finish the battle quickly.
Everyone naturally agreed. So they first let Sasuke retreat to rest. Kai, Kakashi, and Neji went first, while Shino and Tenten provided support from the rear.
Tenten also didn't hesitate, directly summoning the Dragon Eye Telescopic Sword and Infinite Hole Armor to equip herself, and also taking the Lightning Blade: Fang in her hands.
Shino, without a word, released his insects directly from the rear, launching the first attack.
"Cough cough! It seems my body is reaching its limit. I must finish this quickly."
Kimimaro felt his body's discomfort and made up his mind. He activated his Curse Mark Stage Two. His skin immediately turned black, several huge bone spikes grew from his back, and he even grew a tail, looking extremely ferocious.
Furthermore, his Chakra was even colder and more violent than the Sound Four's, sending shivers down people's spines.
Even Shino's insect swarm was scared and retreated.
"This guy, what a terrifying aura!"
Everyone dared not be careless.
But the next second, they saw that Kimimaro actually pulled out his own spine. The spine in his hand seemed to turn into a long sword, and also like a long whip, making people's scalps tingle.
"Dance of the Clematis!"
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Kimimaro danced his spine, as if wielding a long whip, stirring the air into chaos.
Then he whipped the spine-whip, sending it directly towards Kakashi. Kakashi immediately ducked to dodge, then quickly charged towards Kimimaro.
But Kimimaro just twisted his wrist, and the spine-whip coiled back as if alive, heading straight for Kakashi's back. Kakashi could only dodge helplessly.
"Let me handle this! Wood Leaf Great Whirlwind!"
Kai rushed straight up, sweeping across with a whip kick.
But Kimimaro flicked his spine whip, actually coiling around Kai's body, then yanked back.
"Kai (Teacher)!"
Everyone was anxious and quickly stepped forward to help.
Tenten activated her Dragon Eye Telescopic Sword, turning it into three dragons that shot straight towards Kimimaro's face, but Kimimaro lowered his head, revealing the huge bone spines on his back.
These spines were arranged like a bone flower, directly deflecting the three dragons back, and the bone flower also charged towards Teacher Kai, seemingly intending to impale him to death.
...
It turned out that the so-called Dance of the Clematis was referring to the spine whip as the clematis and the bone flower formed by the huge bone spines on Kimimaro's back as the flower!
First, use the clematis to entangle the opponent, then use the flower as a spear to finish them off!
Kai watched as a row of huge bone spines was about to hit him and was also startled.
He immediately exerted force to break free: "Eight Gates! The Gate of Life, open!"
Bang!
With the Eight Gates open, Kai's power burst forth, immediately breaking free from the spine whip.
Then he grabbed the huge bone spines on Kimimaro's back with both hands and lifted his knee to strike Kimimaro's face.
The next second, drops of fresh blood splattered.
However, it was Kai who retreated while clutching his knee.
But then Kimimaro looked up, his face was also covered in bone spines.
Kai's knee strike had hit the bone spines themselves!
Seeing the spine whip about to lash out again, Neji immediately stepped forward and used Eight Trigrams Palm: Rotation, finally deflecting the spine whip.
Tenten also seized the opportunity, crossed her twin blades, and directly unleashed a Lightning Strike.
However, Kimimaro flicked his spine whip and actually shattered the falling lightning.
Tenten was stunned: "Can lightning be shattered?!"
Shino explained from the rear: "Theoretically, bones seem to be poor conductors, so his bone whip isn't afraid of lightning.
Furthermore, the lightning you unleashed is a product of Chakra, so it's normal for it to be shattered."
Tenten opened her mouth, speechless.