The Death of Orochimaru (Part 2)

"Haha, then let's fight! A battle to the death! But I won't die so easily. If you want to kill me, you'll have to be prepared to die..." Orochimaru laughed. A new First replaces the old. Although he possessed the Reincarnation Technique and was practically immortal, those rising talents were no less capable than him. Having weathered so many storms, he had always hidden himself. Now, he had suddenly rediscovered his former self. Let's fight to the fullest, risk everything...

"Let's see who's stronger! Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld!!!" Issui Hand Seals and launched the battle, using Swamp of the Underworld to restrict Manda's movements. Without Manda's help, Orochimaru was essentially missing an arm.

"Whoosh..."

Manda is not someone to be trifled with. The moment Issui used Earth Release, it shot towards Issui arrow.

"Kusanagi Sword!!!" The moment Manda moved, Orochimaru also stretched his neck and summoned the Kusanagi Sword. With it, breaking through Issui protective barrier was easy.

"Earth Release - Earth Spear!!!" Issui didn't give Orochimaru any time to breathe, and rows of rock spears made of rock shot out from under Orochimaru and Manda!

"Puff..."

In an instant, Manda and Orochimaru's bodies were pierced to pieces by a large number of sharp rock spears.

"Smack..."

Manda, whose body was pierced by the rock spear, instantly transformed into a giant snake skin, while Orochimaru turned into a lump of mud. It was Manda's molting and Orochimaru's Substitution Technique that allowed them to easily pass through the Issui's attack.

"Bang..."

The ground where Issui stood suddenly cracked open, and a huge python burst out of the ground, coiling around Issui's entire body. The snake's head opened towards Issui's head, and Orochimaru, holding the Kusanagi Sword, quickly emerged from it. A sinister look flashed across his eyes, and he thrust the sharp Kusanagi Sword into Issui's head.

"Earth Release - Crystal Iron Flow Wall!!" With Issui casual gesture, a pitch-black, crystalline wall appeared in front of Issui.

"Clang..." "Pfft..."

Orochimaru's Kusanagi Sword struck the crystal iron wall with a crisp sound, but Orochimaru immediately thrust it down with force, piercing through the crystal iron wall and embedding it in Issui's head.

"Whoosh..." Issui's body instantly turned into a puddle of mud, spreading all over the ground. It was an Earth Substitution. It turned out that Issui didn't have time to use the Earth Substitution when Orochimaru stabbed at him, so he had to use the crystal iron wall to temporarily block it.

Orochimaru, after all, was an old man who had lived for over fifty years, with incredibly rich combat experience. Knowing that the situation on the battlefield could change in an instant, he knew that Issui's counterattack would arrive soon, and immediately Hand Seals: "Earth Release — Earth Substitution!"

"Earth Release -- Earth Release: Stone Coffin!!"

As expected, Issui attack arrived instantly. The ground beneath Orochimaru cracked open, and a large number of rocks burst forth, surrounding Orochimaru. Then, the rocks quickly closed in, crushing Orochimaru to death.

"Senior is indeed amazing! After a series of attacks, Orochimaru completely controlled the battlefield. It feels so different from what I feel when I'm overheating with him..." Issui emerged from the ground, looking at the pile of rocks and sighing. After some probing, he realized that Orochimaru was superior in both cunning and strength. There was no way to subdue him with simple methods.

"Not at all, you've done very well too. You've exchanged so many blows with me without being at a disadvantage, which shows that your strength is much greater than it was back then. Three years ago in the Forest of Death in Konoha, your experience was still too inexperienced. Three years later, your progress truly makes this senior feel ashamed. Compared to you, I've fallen behind..." Orochimaru said as he emerged from the ground.

"Let's stop playing those games. Let's not use those little tricks anymore. Let's finish this quickly. We're not the only ones fighting here. The Akatsuki and Kirigakure are also fighting..." Issui said, focusing his mind and gathering all his Chakra energy, preparing for a big battle.

"Bring it on! Enough with the nonsense. I'll go first: Formation of Ten Thousand Snakes!!!"

Orochimaru sneered, his mouth wide open, and a large number of snakes Summoning by him crawled out. The number of snakes was enough to form a dense wall of snakes. In the face of the overwhelming number of snakes in the wall of snakes, defense or escape was completely meaningless. The wall of snakes rushed towards Issui, intending to completely crush and swallow Issui.

"Delusion, secret technique - Heaven Crumbles and Earth Split!!!" Looking at the dense wall of snakes, Issui felt his scalp tingle, his stomach churned with acid, and something seemed to be coming out of his throat, neither coming up nor down, making him extremely uncomfortable.

The golden-armored war god, transformed from Issui, stomped its feet on the ground, and the enormous phantom of the war god behind it made the same gesture. Instantly, as if in the rage of heaven and earth, the earth began to churn, compress, collapse, fold, undulate, crack, and crumble. The entire vast battlefield area began to sink downwards. And that wasn't all; dark clouds filled the sky, churning and swirling, lightning flashed and thunder roared, the earth's crust undulated, and large amounts of groundwater gushed from the ground, sweeping across and spreading throughout the entire battlefield area.

"Boom..."

As if an ancient god were roaring, all living beings within a hundred miles heard the enormous boom. The once flat lakeside area became rugged and barren, and the once lush forest vanished in an instant. Orochimaru had long been buried underground by the shattered earth. With the crushing force of the earth, even if he didn't die, he would be severely injured. The pythons he summoned were scattered haphazardly on the ground, their broken bodies writhing on the ground, but no matter how much they struggled, they could not escape their fate of death. Gradually, the writhing snakes calmed down, and a large number of dead snakes were scattered densely on the ground.

Kirigakure, Deidara, Tobi all stopped fighting to watch this unprecedented battle. If they didn't know it was Issui, they would have thought it was the wrath of nature, a divine force that had transformed the entire environment around the lake, turning the once flat land into bottomless ravines and the once lush forest into a barren wasteland.

Issui looked smugly at his masterpiece. Haha, amaze yourself, terrify yourself! This is the power of destruction! All existence must submit before me, for I am the embodiment of the earth, and my anger is the anger of the earth. This anger is unstoppable.

"Bang..." Just then, a huge python emerged from beneath Issui's feet, tightly enveloping his golden body. This huge python was undoubtedly Manda, which had dodged the moment Orochimaru launched his attack, waiting for this moment.

"Get out of my way..." The golden-armored war god, transformed from Issui, grabbed the body of the Manda and struggled to push it away, pouring the power of the earth into his arm...

"Hiss..." The Manda was pushed so hard it hissed and coiled around the water even more tightly, but it knew that its own strength was no match for the power of the Issui.

"Whoosh..." Just then, Orochimaru emerged from the ground with the Kusanagi Sword, rushing forward with lightning speed and stabbing fiercely into Issui's chest. At the same time, he also pierced through Manda's body. Because Manda's body completely surrounded Issui, to pierce Issui's body, the first thing to do was to pierce Manda's flesh. As a clever and ruthless person, Orochimaru would not give up this critical opportunity because of his concern for Manda. Such an opportunity was rare and hard to come by. In an instant, he made his decision, piercing through Issui and Manda.

"Puff..."

The sharp Kusanagi Sword pierced through Yishui's body in Issui instant, and blood flowed from his face. This time it was a true piercing, there was no substitute, and of course, it was mixed with the blood of Manda.

"What a ruthless scheme! Even using your own Summoning! I must say, I didn't expect to get injured this time. To be honest, you've successfully enraged Orochimaru!" Issui was furious. Having grown to his current level, he originally thought he would never get injured again. Apart from powerful figures like Madara Uchiha, no one else should be able to harm him. It seems he underestimated Orochimaru's ruthlessness. He never expected Orochimaru to pierce his Summoning Manda as well. If he angered Manda, it wouldn't be so easy for him to summon Manda again in the future.

"That's how the world is. Everything has to pay a price for its existence. So, when they exist, they have to find their own value to achieve balance. And that's the value of companions. To achieve our goals, every one of us has to make sacrifices. If I were in Manda's position, I would not hesitate to let Manda pierce my body, because only then would our sacrifice be worthwhile." Orochimaru said calmly. As expected of someone who plays with life, his words were chilling.

"It seems your mind has become twisted, Orochimaru. Comrades aren't meant to be trampled on like this. Otherwise, there would be no such thing as comrades. Your thoughts disgust me. Today, you'll end your dark life right here..." Issui said with disgust, forcefully pulling the Kusanagi Sword from his chest and throwing Orochimaru away. At the same time, Manda was also thrown. Having been stabbed by Orochimaru, Manda no longer had the strength to entangle Issui.

Orochimaru, thrown to the ground, created a large crater, demonstrating the immense power of the Issui. Manda, on the other hand, vanished instantly, returning to the Spirit World. After all, he was injured and unable to fight; the wound from the Kusanagi Sword was no ordinary injury, and he needed proper rest.

"Secret Technique - Dragon Descent World Destruction!!"

Issui wouldn't give Orochimaru a moment to catch his breath. Showing mercy to the enemy is being cruel to oneself. He understood this after being injured. He pressed his hands to the ground, roared, and the earth and rocks around him began to surge.

"Hiss... Roar... Raar..."

Issui imbued his mind into the earth, summoning a large number of earth dragons formed from the land to rise from the ground. Dozens of earth dragons, each more than ten meters long, intertwined with each other, awaiting Issui's command. A scene of dragons dancing wildly appeared in the sky.

"Kill..."

Issui poured all his killing intent into the consciousness of the dozens of earth dragons, his eyes fixed intently on the area where Orochimaru was located.