Orochi looked wary, but he quickly came up with a response.
"Summoning: Manda!"
He shouted low, rapidly formed hand seals, then slammed his palms onto the ground.
The ground split apart in an instant, and a massive purple serpent emerged from the crack. It was Orochi's summoned beast—Manda.
Manda was enormous, nearly a hundred meters long, with thick purple stripes covering its body and a pair of eyes gleaming fiercely.
It moved incredibly fast and possessed tremendous offensive power, making it one of the most renowned summoned beasts in the ninja world.
It was a giant python with purple stripes, an enormous body, incredible speed, and terrifying attack power.
Its body was unimaginably huge, easily close to a hundred meters long.
It was based on the Okinawa Habu, a venomous snake native to Japan.
Its master was Orochi. Along with Jiraiya's Gamabunta and Tsunade's Katsuyu, it had repeatedly distinguished itself in the great wars of the ninja world. It could be said that the title of the "Three Ninja" would not exist without these three immensely powerful summoned beasts.
It was extremely powerful in its own right. Though it had not demonstrated any particularly special ninjutsu so far, its massive size and incredible speed had made it formidable. It had been defeated by Katsuyu and Gamabunta during the Three Ninja's battles, but it was arrogant by nature. Every time it was summoned, it demanded a hundred living humans from Orochi as sacrifices, making it a representative of evil summoned beasts.
Bai Chi and Zhi Zhang showed no signs of panic when Manda appeared.
They had just easily defeated the giant snake of Ryuchi Cave, so they did not fear a summoned beast like Manda merely because it was larger.
"Orochi, why did you summon me?"
The moment Manda appeared, it