"How tacky."
Sasuke felt not the slightest fear toward such a colossal creature.
He floated in midair, the Kusanagi Blade once again gripped in his hand.
In the next moment, he flashed forward and vanished from the spot.
The Eight-Headed Serpent's eight heads and sixteen eyes failed to catch Sasuke's figure.
Sasuke teleported behind the Eight-Headed Serpent, raised the Kusanagi Blade, and slashed toward one of its heads.
However, the Eight-Headed Serpent's scales were incredibly hard. If an ordinary Kage-level shinobi wielded the Kusanagi Blade, they could only leave a shallow mark on them.
Unfortunately, the one facing Orochimaru was Sasuke.
When he swung the Kusanagi Blade, he unleashed his terrifying strength and accelerated the strike.
One of the Eight-Headed Serpent's heads was severed outright.
The Eight-Headed Serpent cried out in pain, quickly turning around and sweeping its massive tail toward Sasuke.
Sasuke dodged to the side while casting a ninjutsu, and a mass of flames erupted from his mouth.
"Flame Release: World-Incinerating Flames!"
Terrifying purple flames gushed from Sasuke's mouth.
The sturdy scales from moments ago were now like cotton, melting away uncontrollably the instant they encountered the purple flames.
The Eight-Headed Serpent roared in agony. Then its body exploded, transforming into countless small snakes that fled in every direction.
Sasuke merely gave a cold laugh. The World-Incinerating Flames then ignited on the bodies of every small snake at the same instant.
This was a Flame Release ninjutsu that had evolved from Amaterasu!
Orochimaru desperately threw out various life-saving techniques, but beneath these flames, they were all so pale and powerless.
Outside the examination grounds.
Anko Mitarashi rubbed her eyes, then stared blankly at the place where the Eight-Headed Serpent had just appeared.
"How did it disappear again? Was it an illusion...?"
She shook her head, then spoke firmly.