A Thousand Snakes!

Layer upon layer of ice peaks, ice pillars, and ice shards pierced into the area where Orochimaru was located!

The saturation attack exceeded the range of the Substitution Technique's evasion.

However, Orochimaru did not choose to dodge.

For the first time since the start of the battle, Orochimaru Hand Seals.

"Summoning Technique: Manda!"

A massive black magic circle unfolded across the ice, releasing a torrent of Chakra. A terrifyingly large creature, accompanied by thick Chakra smoke, rose from the ice!

A giant python appeared on the ice.

The icy blades of Frost Ice Burial could not pierce its hard scales at all!

Orochimaru stood atop the giant serpent's head, almost reaching into the clouds; Manda straightened up, its massive body obscuring half of the sky in front of Sakura Haruno!

"He summoned Manda..." Sakura Haruno was slightly taken aback. The giant purple snake in front of her had an extremely large amount of Chakra and was incredibly powerful, probably even stronger than Gamabunta summoned by Naruto!

Having only ever seen it in comics in her past life, this was Sakura's first real life-or-death struggle against such a powerful behemoth!

"Hey, Orochimaru!" Manda glanced at the girl whose Chakra was surging on the ice and said coldly, "Is the enemy that girl over there this time? Don't always send me such strong opponents!"

"Otherwise, I'll eat you next time! Also, prepare a hundred living people as sacrifices for me!" Its voice was deep and rumbling like thunder, extremely somber.

Orochimaru glanced coldly at the giant snake at his feet; his patience had long been worn away by its insatiable greed.

Orochimaru would never have summoned it if the current battle situation didn't require it to handle!

Sakura Haruno can use ice as a medium to perform super-fast Body Flicker Technique, and her reaction speed is also fast. In the area where she has set up the battlefield, she is practically another Minato Namikaze... So if the ice layer is not removed first, his attack will have no chance of hitting Sakura Haruno!

"Destroy the ice beneath your feet, and I'll give you two hundred living people as sacrifices!" Orochimaru said indifferently.

Two hundred living people... He sneered, recalling Sakura Haruno's stunning Water Blade Technique.

You can return to Shikkotsu Forest alive and then ask me for offerings!

"Two hundred... that's settled!"

The Manda opened its mouth greedily; then, it was about to plunge into the ice when it saw a silvery-white line of water sweeping across the sky below!

Water Release: Wind Blade Torrent!

This is a water blade whose power was increased to an unprecedented level by Sakura Rikkuri in order to deal with Manda!

She clenched her teeth, wielding her right hand with silver threads, slashing horizontally at the Manda.

Whoosh! The hard scales that remained unmoved by the countless ice blades of Frost Ice Burial became vulnerable when faced with the indestructible Wind Blade Torrent in Sakura's hand.

With a few sharp cracking sounds, scales were pierced, muscles torn, and bones shattered! The Manda was actually cut in two with a single blow, and foul-smelling snake blood gushed out!

Aww--!

The giant purple-striped serpent let out a shrill roar, and its two bodies fell helplessly from the sky!

"Idiot..." Sakura Haruno sneered, "Does he really think Manda can withstand this attack?"

Large summoning beasts were almost all countered by her Ninjutsu; Orochimaru summoning Manda was merely a waste of Chakra!

Orochimaru's expression changed.

"Waste!"

Although she had expected that Manda would eventually be killed by her, she did not expect that it would be killed as soon as it appeared!

He quickly Hand Seals, Chakra surged into the giant snake's wound. Suddenly, countless giant pythons sprouted from the two halves of the Manda's body, rushing towards each other and intertwining, pulling the two snake bodies closer together.

Bang!

As the Manda crashed onto the ice, its wounds finally healed. As soon as it recovered, it twisted its body and frantically burrowed into the ice to avoid Sakura's next water blade!

"She's still alive?" Sakura Haruno raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

She Hand Seals and unleashed another stream of water. This time, the Manda dodged quickly, and the slash only severed one-fifth of its body. The purple serpent, now with its tail severed, writhed even more wildly as it burrowed deeper into the ice!

The girl snorted and spat disdainfully, "You think you can dodge me?"

The ice layer was created using her Chakra!

Sakura suddenly raised her right hand, and the Chakra surging from her body instantly whipped her hair up. She was about to manipulate the ice to kill Manda when she was suddenly startled.

Looking up, Orochimaru's attack was imminent!

Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation!

Like the Third Hokage, Orochimaru is also proficient in all elemental Ninjutsu. When he uses Fire Style, its power is in no way inferior to Kakuzu's Searing Migraine!

It's enormous... A fireball hundreds of meters in diameter, its power is so strong it makes Sakura Haruno's scalp tingle; such a powerful Fire Style is enough to cover an entire ice layer, and even the Ice Body Flicker Technique can't escape its range!

A breathtakingly massive Ninjutsu...

"Tch! "Sakura Haruno bit her lower lip and had no choice but to put Manda aside; her Chakra surged to the other side, drawing a huge amount of seawater from the sea outside the ice layer!

Sakura gritted her teeth, veins bulging on her forehead, and roared. The endless seawater, manipulated by her Chakra, transformed into a massive wall of water that stretched across the girl's front.

"Water Release: Water Formation Wall!"

The flames almost filled the entire sky, the blazing fireballs burning fiercely, radiating scorching heat, and even through the thick wall of water, they were faintly hot.

Boom!!

Two equally massive Ninjutsu clashed violently in mid-air, instantly evaporating most of the transparent water wall, turning it into a cloud of scorching steam and mist that blanketed half the sky!

The clash of massive Ninjutsu caused even the thick ice to groan in the aftershocks, with cracks hundreds of meters long appearing on the surface. Sakura Haruno's iceberg was showing signs of disintegrating...

Alongside Orochimaru's Fire Style came the attack of Manda.

Sakura had just blocked the fireball and hadn't even had a chance to breathe a sigh of relief when a tremor came from beneath her feet. The next second, the giant maw of the Manda opened wide and burst out from under the ice, ready to swallow the girl whole!

Sakura Haruno reacted extremely quickly, leaping up the instant the ice trembled, thus dodging the attack.

The giant snake, with its horned head, darted out from in front of Sakura, but its bite missed.

"Missed the bite... Such a fast reaction!" Manda was startled, but her movements did not stop at all. After missing her target, she quickly withdrew her head and hid deep in the ice.

"Trying to run?"

Sakura Haruno sneered. She had only managed to save her life by dealing with Orochimaru's attack; instead of staying put, she dared to stick her head out and attack. She was simply courting death!

She clasped her hands together in front of her chest, rapidly changing hand seals, and once again extracted a large amount of Chakra from the Yin Seal: "Ice Release: Ice Human Technique!"

The ice beneath her feet suddenly rose up, taking the shape of a giant, and then was further sculpted by Sakura's delicate Ice Release Shape Transformation into the girl's own image.

This is Ninjutsu created by imitating the First Hokage's Wood Human Technique. Although it cannot compare to the First's use of Wood Release to suppress the Nine-Tails' ferocity, it is still extremely powerful!

Sakura Haruno stood on her gigantic forehead.

With a sudden wave of her hand, the iceberg burst open layer by layer, revealing the giant purple-striped serpent hidden deep within the ice. The ice giant reached out and grabbed the Manda, her right fingertips transforming into ice blades that plunged deep into the serpent's flesh. Instantly, a series of loud tearing sounds and the ripping of flesh filled the air, and blood gushed out like a river from the wound!

The ice giant gripped the giant serpent firmly and lifted it into its hand.

The Manda, in pain, became even more ferocious. It turned around and coiled around the ice giant, its strong and powerful body wrapping tightly around the ice giant several times, effectively binding it firmly!

It exerted its strength frantically, its coils around the ice giant's body suddenly contracting, squeezing the ice with a creaking sound. The giant snake then opened its blood-red maw, almost to a 180-degree angle, and bit at Sakura Haruno, who was standing on the ice giant's head!

A foul, fishy wind wafted over, and Sakura immediately frowned.

"If you can be reattached after being cut by Wind Blade Torrent... then I'll just beat you to a pulp!" Sakura Haruno said coldly.

Facing the giant serpent's devouring attack, she neither dodged nor avoided it. Instead, she leaped off the ice giant's head and met the Manda's frenzied bite!

"Nintaijutsu: Guarding Foot!"

This time, she used Monstrous Strength Technique that concentrates all destructive power in her toes, inherited from Tsunade, a powerful kick capable of shattering a mountain!

Bang--!

The Manda's tough and powerful upper jaw met an irresistible and overwhelming force.

Sharp, hard teeth were as fragile as tofu before that immense force capable of moving mountains and overturning seas, instantly broken by a single kick. The girl's powerful kick did not diminish in force, slamming into the thick muscle layer inside the Manda's mouth. The supple and powerful muscles instantly shattered into minced meat, turning into a mess. Then, it continued to smash into the bones with thunderous force, kneading and deforming the hard bones like noodles, pulverizing them into dust.

Sakura Haruno's kick utterly destroyed Manda's mouth, along with half of its head, turning it into a bloody, mangled mess!

Bang!

Caught completely off guard, Manda was severely injured by the kick and was left barely alive. In his dying moments, he helplessly transformed into a wisp of smoke and disappeared from the scene, returning to the Shikkotsu Forest through spirit communication.

All that remained was a desolate expanse of ice.

And Sakura Haruno and the dilapidated ice giant beside her.

The girl took a deep breath. Even with the Yin Seal providing ample energy, the series of large movements still left her slightly out of breath.

She calmed her heaving chest and then turned her gaze to Orochimaru, who was standing in the distance.

After the battle with Manda, Orochimaru had already taken the opportunity to prepare his Ninjutsu.

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