"Ohm, Guren, go all out. No need to hide your strength anymore!"
Seeing the situation becoming increasingly unfavorable for the three of them, Orochimaru finally spoke.
After receiving Orochimaru's orders, Ohm and Guren completely let loose as well.
Ohm immediately entered Curse Seal Level 2!
Meanwhile, Guren took the opportunity to begin preparing a stronger Crystal Release Jutsu.
As for defense, that could only be left to Orochimaru and Ohm in his Curse Seal Level 2 state.
"Summoning Jutsu—Three-Layered Rashomon!"
"Wood Release—Wood Human Technique!"
Orochimaru and Ohm each unleashed a jutsu in succession.
Rumble!
Three gates that seemed to have emerged from the underworld burst straight out of the earth!
This was a weakened version of the Five-Layered Rashomon Orochimaru had inherited from the First Hokage.
Legend had it that once the First Hokage summoned the Five-Layered Rashomon, it could absorb all attacks!
The number of Rashomon gates one could summon varied according to their strength.
For someone like Orochimaru, summoning three layers was already his current limit.
Quite a few people in Konoha had actually learned this jutsu of the First Hokage's.
Unfortunately, most of them could not even summon the first gate, much less the later ones.
It could be said that within all of Konoha, aside from Orochimaru, perhaps only the Third Hokage could learn this jutsu and summon three layers of Rashomon.
Of the three layers Orochimaru had summoned, the first gate provided pure physical defense; the second weakened incoming attacks; and the third dispersed their effects.
If a fourth Rashomon gate appeared, its effect would be to deflect attacks. The fifth gate would devour attacks.
Layer upon layer, its defensive capabilities were simply maxed out.
Back when Hashirama Senju had used the Five-Layered Rashomon, it had only been broken after Madara Uchiha controlled the Nine-Tails