Orochimaru's raspy voice echoed through the forest as he stared at Sora with both shock and anger.
"What kind of ability is this?"
The surprises Sora brought him one after another had completely exceeded his expectations.
Even though Orochimaru had not fought seriously and had barely used his real strength, the fact remained that he had been injured.
For someone as arrogant as Orochimaru, that was unacceptable.
At the same time, a strong sense of greed appeared in his eyes.
After all, Orochimaru desired to master every ninjutsu and Bloodline Limit in the world.
The technique Sora used had allowed a mere Chunin-level ninja to wound him in a direct clash.
That alone was enough to ignite Orochimaru's obsession.
His eyes burned with greed as he stared at Sora.
Sora looked back at him calmly and said, "You want to know?"
He smirked slightly, "I'm not telling you."
For the first time, Orochimaru's face darkened.
Normally, such words would not affect him at all.
But after being injured and losing his composure, Sora's words were like pouring oil onto a burning fire.
Orochimaru said coldly, "Is that so?"
His eyes narrowed.
"Everything you have will belong to me eventually."
Without hesitation, Orochimaru charged forward again.
This time, his determination to place the Cursed Seal on Sora had become even stronger.
Meanwhile, Sora felt a bitter smile in his heart.
The gap between him and a Kage-level expert was far greater than he had expected.
He had already used almost all of his trump cards.
He originally believed that he could at least hold out for some time.
But even against an Orochimaru who was not taking the fight seriously, he was struggling to survive.
This was the true difference in strength.
A raw and undeniable gap.
Even with his mysterious Bloodline Limit and powerful S-Rank techniques, he still could not close that distance.
Orochimaru rushed toward him again.
At that exact moment—
Boom!
A slender, fair hand suddenly appeared from nowhere and smashed directly into Orochimaru's head.
The impact sent Orochimaru flying seven to eight hundred meters away.
A furious voice echoed across the forest.
"Orochimaru, are you looking for death? How dare you touch my man!"
At the critical moment, Tsunade appeared.
She released her Transformation Jutsu and the chakra she had sealed earlier to avoid detection by the Byakugan.
The moment Tsunade entered the battlefield, she demonstrated the terrifying power of the Monster Strength Fist.
Even someone with Orochimaru's abnormal body would never dare take such a punch head-on.
Orochimaru's body crashed through countless towering trees before finally stopping hundreds of meters away.
Many of the trees absorbed part of the force.
Otherwise, a full-power punch from Tsunade at her peak could easily send someone flying over a thousand meters.
Back in the past, Jiraiya had nearly been killed by a single punch from the young Tsunade.
That was how terrifying her power was.
The current Tsunade was far stronger than she had been back then.
Even Orochimaru, whose body had been heavily modified, had no desire to take such attacks directly.
Hidden in the distance, Inuzuka Kiba stared in shock.
"What? Someone was hiding near Sora this whole time?" He looked at Hinata and shouted, "Hinata, didn't your Byakugan see her?"
Hinata shook her head in disbelief.
"It's a special sealing technique." She explained softly, "It only works while the user remains still. As long as they don't move, their chakra is completely hidden."
She continued with amazement, "Even the Byakugan couldn't detect anything unusual."
"What an incredible Transformation Jutsu." Kiba swallowed nervously. "No wonder that guy wasn't afraid of Orochimaru at all. So he had someone protecting him."
At that moment he felt that the Chunin Exams had completely turned into a competition between monsters.
He had once thought he was already strong.
But now he felt like an ordinary spectator watching monsters fight.
Far away, Orochimaru slowly crawled out from beneath a pile of shattered trees.
He stared at Tsunade with disbelief.
"Tsunade?"
Why would she appear here?
Based on Orochimaru's understanding of Tsunade, she would never personally guard a disciple.
At most she would send her student out to train independently.
Yet now she had been secretly protecting Sora the entire time.
That was treatment Tsunade had never given anyone before.
Not even her own younger brother had received such protection.
No wonder Orochimaru was stunned.
He rubbed his head slowly.
The pain from Tsunade's punch throbbed intensely.
Then a thought suddenly crossed his mind.
Something is wrong.
Even if Tsunade appeared, she should not possess such terrifying strength anymore.
For years she had suffered from fear of blood and had withdrawn from battle.
Yet the power she displayed just now was exactly like her peak state.
Orochimaru's pupils shrank slightly.
Could it be she overcame her fear of blood?
Orochimaru was extremely intelligent.
From Tsunade's confident posture and overwhelming power, he quickly understood the truth.
For someone with the Senju bloodline and the talent of a Medical Ninja, regaining strength after returning to battle was not surprising.
What truly shocked Orochimaru was that Tsunade had overcome her psychological trauma.
Fear of blood was not impossible to overcome.
But the longer someone suffered from it, the harder it became.
For Tsunade, who had carried that trauma for many years, it should have been extremely difficult.
Yet she had succeeded.
Tsunade cracked her fingers loudly.
Her knuckles produced a series of sharp popping sounds.
"Orochimaru," she said coldly.
"It seems that after all these years apart, you're really asking for a beating."
She stepped forward slowly, "In that case, let me help loosen your bones."
Behind her, Sora swallowed slightly.
He knew exactly what that posture meant.
Tsunade was about to go completely berserk.
Even Orochimaru's expression turned serious.
This posture was identical to Tsunade's stance on the battlefield in the past.
Back then, neither Orochimaru nor Jiraiya had ever considered her a woman.
To them, she was a human-shaped female tyrannosaurus.
They even joked that she was a Dairy Cow Tank.
That nickname alone showed how terrifying Tsunade's strength had been.
In their younger days, if either Orochimaru or Jiraiya had been hit directly by one of Tsunade's punches—
They would have died.
If Tsunade had still been weakened by her fear of blood, Orochimaru could easily have dealt with her.
Even a small amount of blood would have been enough to control the situation.
But now the woman standing before him was the same invincible Tsunade who once dominated the battlefield.
And that made even Orochimaru cautious.
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