It was not only Orochimaru who was surprised. Even the three Hokage, currently enveloped by the Great Red Sun Formation, wore looks of astonishment as they watched the crimson barrier rise around them.
The Great Red Sun Formation was also a barrier technique recorded in the Hokage scrolls, so the Third Hokage and the others naturally knew of it.
Compared to the watered-down Four Violet Flames Formation previously used by the Sound Ninja Four, the Great Red Sun Formation was the genuine article.
The Four Violet Flames Formation only required four people with Chūnin-level Chakra to stand at different positions and cooperate. Depending on the ninja's strength, it could at most trap a Kage-level expert.
The Great Red Sun Formation, however, was different. To use this barrier technique, four elite ninja with Hokage-level amounts of Chakra had to be assembled.
The Four Violet Flames Formation could at most trap Kage-level ninja, but during the Fourth Ninja World War, the Great Red Sun Formation had been an immensely powerful barrier capable of trapping the Ten-Tails and even withstanding its Tailed Beast Ball bombardment!
And now, Yoru Machi had actually deployed this immensely powerful barrier technique all by himself!
That meant each of the four Shadow Clones he had just created carried a Kage-level amount of Chakra!
Yoru Machi's strength had far exceeded Orochimaru's expectations. At the same time, he knew perfectly well that with Yoru Machi capable of deploying the Great Red Sun Formation alone, defeating and sealing the First Hokage and the others was merely a matter of time.
Previously, he had been worried that the First Hokage and the others might break free from his control, so he had continually used the technique formula to suppress their strength to a certain extent.
But now that the situation seemed to