[5][Keep bragging. If it were only Sage Mode, she'd still get thrashed by the Three Sannin.]
[5][This isn't Toad Mode, is it? It's a fox—Fox Sage Mode?]
[5][I'm freaking seeing Little Tamamo in her.]
[5][Migu!]
[5][Mibo!]
After entering Sage Mode, Naruko had indeed gained a temporary advantage.
But Orochimaru was far from someone who could only take a beating.
At that moment, Orochimaru opened his mouth again.
"Are you shedding your skin again?!"
Naruko immediately moved to seize Orochimaru.
However, what emerged from Orochimaru's mouth was not another Orochimaru, but a snake. Then, a sword actually extended from the snake's mouth.
"Boom—!"
Naruko barely managed to evade the attack, but she had lost her balance.
"Got you—"
Orochimaru's hand transformed into a snake and tried to wrap around Naruko.
But at that moment, Naruko used the Shadow Clone Jutsu. A shadow clone appeared in place and shoved the off-balance original away.
"Hmm?!"
The snake coiled around the shadow clone, which vanished with a bang.
Naruko was not out of danger yet, but she had already turned around.
Orochimaru saw those eyes.
"—!"
Through those eyes, Orochimaru saw a pair of crimson pupils.
They were not Sharingan, yet they made Orochimaru think of Uchiha Itachi.
"Ishana Great Phenomenon—"
An illusory entity manifested before Naruto, then swung a blade at Orochimaru.
The attack itself was powerful, and Orochimaru could have blocked it. But there was something within it that could not be blocked!
Being locked onto by that attack felt like being targeted by some mad will.
"Summoning Jutsu—!"
A giant snake appeared and blocked the blade in front of Orochimaru.
"Oh?"
Even Sparkle was somewhat surprised.
The sword strike was only the surface. Beneath that surface was a "mental attack," one that even contained Jingliu's spiritual shock.
Against Orochimaru, mental attacks