A moment later, the dust and smoke dissipated.
Yagami Light stood beside the ruins, looking at the collapsed basement with an expressionless face.
There was no joy on his face.
This level of attack wouldn't kill Orochimaru; it would only force him to shed his skin and consume a bit of Chakra.
The reason he had expended a large amount of grell stone energy this time was to give Orochimaru a show of force.
After all, with someone like him, if you don't beat him into submission, there will be endless trouble later.
As long as he beat Orochimaru into submission this time, there wouldn't be so many tricks in future transactions.
To be honest, if it weren't necessary, Yagami Light wouldn't want to waste the grell stone's energy like this.
One must know that the grell stone is not a Tailed Beast; it is one-time use, non-renewable, and very precious.
As for why he deliberately let himself be bitten, it was because he wanted to see if Orochimaru's low-quality Senjutsu had any reference value.
Of course, if it were his original body, he wouldn't dare do this. After all, Orochimaru's soul was within the Cursed Seal, and he didn't have absolute certainty in that area. The realm of the soul has always been extremely mysterious.
But as a Wood Clone, it didn't really matter. He wanted to try everything; perhaps he could gain some inspiration.
Perhaps because the original body was used to being cautious, now that he was a clone, he felt a bit like letting loose, as if releasing over a decade of pent-up frustration.
"Sizzle—!"
A flash of lightning struck, and the giant boulder in the ruins was split in two.
Sasuke leaped out from the gap, holding Karin in his arms.
He looked at the ruins before him with a heavy expression. That Chakra just now was too astonishing; it reminded him of Gaara's Ichibi.
Then, he looked at Yagami Light standing by the ruins with a look of wariness.
"Hey, did you do this?"
He had been in the room having Karin assist his training, and he hadn't expected the room to suddenly collapse. If he hadn't protected Karin in time, she might have already gone to see the ancestors of the Uzumaki Clan.
At this moment, Sasuke was looking at Yagami Light with great displeasure.
Karin was not only responsible for bearing his children, but her own abilities were also very useful.
Setting aside her healing abilities, her powerful sensory skills were of great use. For instance, being able to see through the flow of Chakra could assist his training.
With Karin's help, his progress in training his Breathing Technique and Lightning Nature Transformation had noticeably accelerated.
Yagami Light ignored the displeased Sasuke. Right now, he was still too green and posed no threat.
"Rumble—"
The entire ruin shook violently, and rubble tumbled down like rain.
In the next second, a massive snake head burst through the collapsed rock layers, pushing through layers of stone to emerge from the ruins. Its crimson vertical pupils stared fixedly at Yagami Light.
Then, the top of the snake's head suddenly bulged, and Orochimaru slowly emerged, dripping wet, his long tongue flickering in and out like a snake's.
Looking at Yagami Light, his eyes were full of fanaticism. "Remarkable energy. It's actually no less than Tailed Beast Chakra. This isn't Chakra, is it?"
"The Ninja World is truly miraculous. To think such a thing exists besides the Tailed Beasts. It seems my understanding of the Ninja World is still insufficient."
"It seems my understanding of the Ninja World is still insufficient—only by living long enough can one touch more truths."
Yagami Light had a half-smile on his face, looking at him with a playful gaze. "Want to know? Defeat me and I'll tell you."
Orochimaru was completely infuriated by that condescending gaze.
He was the renowned Sannin Orochimaru, yet the opponent was looking at him as if he were an ant.
This gaze reminded him of Uchiha Itachi and Aoki Yoru—equally young, equally arrogant, and both had caused him to suffer greatly.
"Heh heh!!" A laugh squeezed out of Orochimaru's throat.
"You are indeed strong, but you shouldn't have let me plant the Cursed Seal on you."
Saying this, Orochimaru pressed his index and middle fingers together in front of him, activating the Cursed Seal.
Yagami Light felt the Cursed Seal on his neck suddenly heat up, as if the low-quality Natural Energy inside was trying to rush in and corrode his body.
Yagami Light didn't resist; he simply mobilized his spirit to sense the operation and corrosion of the Cursed Seal.
Before long, a look of disappointment appeared on his face. It was just low-quality energy after all, merely combined with a Sealing Technique; it had no value as a reference.
Then, Yagami Light raised his hand and wiped it gently. The Cursed Seal that had been burning on his neck just a moment ago vanished without a trace, as if it were ink being wiped away.
This kind of energy couldn't compete with true Natural Energy at all. As for the soul fragment inside, Yagami Light directly fed it to the Evil God energy—that thing loved souls.
If he hadn't been wary of its eeriness, he would have started feeding it souls long ago. He had only refrained for fear of nourishing a threat.
Seeing his Cursed Seal wiped away so casually, Orochimaru's pupils shrank, and a horrified expression appeared on his face.
This was the first time someone had handled his Cursed Seal so nonchalantly, and even the soul fragment had disappeared.
How could this scene not leave him horrified?
In the distance, Sasuke also showed a shocked expression upon seeing Yagami Light casually deal with the Cursed Seal.
He touched the Cursed Seal on his own neck.
Although this thing had given his strength a qualitative boost in a short time, he knew Orochimaru had ill intentions and must have left a trump card inside, though he hadn't discovered it yet.
Immediately, he looked at Yagami Light with burning eyes. If he could learn his method, then he would have one less threat and could strike Orochimaru at a critical moment.
"Orochimaru, you added your own soul fragments into the Cursed Seal. Combined with the soul consumption from each Living Corpse Reincarnation, can you still resist Genjutsu now?"
Saying this, Yagami Light glanced at Sasuke. Although Orochimaru would gain a massive power boost after obtaining white zetsu cells, he had already pointed out this fatal weakness. If Sasuke still got counter-killed, that would be his own fate.
Orochimaru's face suddenly stiffened, his eyes full of disbelief. How did he know his deepest secret? This was something even Kabuto didn't know.
Then he looked at Yagami Light with a grim expression. "How do you know?"
"I told you, I am a god, the omniscient and omnipotent Evil God."
"A god... you are the second person I know who calls themselves a god."
The title of 'god' made him think of the Akatsuki Organization's Pain, but that person had the legendary Rinnegan. The person before him was also full of mystery, seemingly all-knowing, as if he had no secrets before him.
'When did the Ninja World become so unfathomable?'
Then, Orochimaru bit his finger and formed hand seals. This person knew his deepest secrets; he couldn't let him leave alive.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
The giant snake beneath him vanished, replaced by an even larger shadow.
A purple giant snake nearly a hundred meters long burst from the ruins, coiling itself atop the broken walls.
"Hey, Orochimaru, you called me out again. You'd better prepare a hundred people as sacrifices for me later."
"I know. For now, help me defeat him first. Be careful, the opponent is not simple."
"Hmph! This great one has never been afraid. Remember your promise. If you dare deceive me, I'll eat you!"
Yagami Light watched the two of them bargaining with interest, without a hint of fear toward the behemoth before him.
Then he slowly extended a finger. At the fingertip, pitch-black Chakra condensed frantically, turning in an instant into a tennis-ball-sized, hideous blue spiraling sphere carrying an aura of destruction.
It was precisely Uzumaki Menma's signature move—Great Spiraling Ring.
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