The force exploded the moment it hit the Nine-Tails, sending its body flying backward.
After the dust settled, a hideous deep gash was clearly visible on Nine-Tails' chest.
Who said smoke doesn't cause damage? If you're strong enough, you can just wipe them out in no time.
"Sword, come!"
Orochimaru also took the opportunity to recall the Sword of Kusanagi, as fighting such a large creature with a sword was a disadvantage.
Sheathing his two swords, Orochimaru clasped his hands together and instantly activated the first stage of Sage Mode, then pressed his hand against the ground.
"Earth Release: Great Earth Rotation Dance!"
From the ground in front of Orochimaru, earthen Kirin, each over ten meters tall, surged forth and pounced toward the Nine-Tails with overwhelming momentum!
This is an attack technique developed by Orochimaru by combining the Inorganic Reanimation technique.
In his view, when developed to its fullest potential, it is no less powerful than the Wood Release of the First Hokage.
"How dare an ant compete with the bright moon!"
With a howl, the Nine-Tails fox swatted away its six tails as if swatting flies.
Before these stone-formed Kirin could even reach them, they were smashed into powder in large swathes.
Orochimaru was not discouraged by what he saw; this was just a small test to gauge the strength of the stone's attack.
Plain stone is much harder than plain wood, but wood infused with Chakra is much stronger than ordinary stone.
The reverse is also true: there are no useless Ninjutsu, only useless ninjas.
As Orochimaru shouted, the ground within a one-kilometer radius trembled.
Even Konoha, ten kilometers away, felt a slight tremor, almost imperceptible.
Moreover, the village is already in complete chaos, so not many people care about this situation.
As for the battlefield where Orochimaru was located, it was truly a scene of utter devastation.
"Lion's Might - Earth Strike!"
This time, it was a team formed by lion heads, and they were attacking the nine-tailed Nine-Tails from all directions.
What started as a lion's head the size of a basketball grew larger and larger as it rolled.
The lion's head swept up the surrounding earth and rocks, crashing into the Nine-Tails with a thunderous roar.
When the Nine-Tails approached, the lion's head was fifty or sixty meters tall, which even the Nine-Tails could not ignore.
The Nine-Tails was also extremely annoyed by the endless Earth Release attacks.
Every time it destroys one batch, another swarms over like ants. Although it doesn't cause any real harm, it is very torturous.
Before it could even figure out a way to deal with it, the larger and fiercer lion heads had already surrounded it.
"Uh-huh!"
Its sharp claws smashed several lion heads in front of it, but that was all; more lion heads were already closing in.
Within a few breaths, the Nine-Tails fox's hundred-meter-long body was submerged by the rocks.
That wasn't the end of it. As the stone rotated and compressed, the Nine-Tails' entire body was twisted into the stone pillar like a pretzel.
Its limbs and tail were irregularly scattered in various corners to prevent it from exerting force to break free of its restraints.
During this time, the Nine-Tails did not sit idly by and wait for its death; it kept piercing the stone pillar with its claws, trying to break free.
But it was all in vain. As the layers of earth and rocks were piled up and compressed, the Nine-Tails' struggle gradually weakened.
Orochimaru hadn't felt the emptiness of Chakra for a long time either.
Although I just clarified that it wasn't, this is a hundred-meter-long behemoth, incomparable to those with Four-Tails or Five-Tails; the two are vastly different in size.
The previous exertion alone made him feel completely drained.
The most suitable way to deal with such a large Tailed Beasts is not melee combat, not lasers, and not endless Ninjutsu.
Instead, it's a Gundam of similarly massive size. Without Wood Release or Susanoo, Orochimaru can only rely on Earth Release.
After doing all this, Orochimaru flashed to the front of the towering stone pillar and pressed his palm against the exposed head of the Nine-Tails.
Orochimaru wasn't confident enough to subdue the Nine-Tails with this alone; he could at least temporarily trap it.
He wouldn't just stand by and watch Nine-Tails break free of its restraints. The reason he let it show half of its head was because he was worried that it could escape with a Tailed Beast Bomb.
Feeling the Chakra emanating from his palm, Orochimaru experienced a tingling sensation throughout his body; his body cells had long been yearning for more.
"Damn humans!"
Feeling its Chakra rapidly draining away, Nine-Tails, realizing what was happening, became furious.
The ant in front of me not only cut off my three tails, but also absorbed my Chakra. This is simply unforgivable!
"Hmm...!"
The Nine-Tails once again went into berserk mode, roaring at Orochimaru who was right next to it, its body constantly struggling to break free from the suppression.
Although Orochimaru's body absorbs far more Chakra than that of ordinary ninjas, the amount of Chakra from the Nine-Tails is no joke.
If his entire body were now made of Hashirama Cells, Orochimaru could easily absorb half of the Nine-Tails Chakra.
Unfortunately, it's still the low-end version, but he took the opportunity to activate Sage Mode to the second stage - Black-Winged Great Snake Form!
At that moment, the Nine-Tails' body suddenly shrank by half, its size seemingly shrinking as it struggled to pull itself out of the stone pillar.
With a "crunch," the moment the Nine-Tails broke free, its massive jaws attempted to bite Orochimaru above its nose.
Orochimaru flapped his wings slightly, instantly creating distance between them.
The Nine-Tails didn't sit idly by and wait to die. It stood upright and charged towards Orochimaru, continuously releasing small Tailed Beast Bomb along the way.
It was practically a mobile artillery platform, Orochimaru could only flap his wings constantly to quickly create distance.
"Ant, is all you can do to run away?"
Although the Nine-Tails is enormous, it can cover a distance of tens of meters with a single stride, and it runs with tremendous force.
However, Orochimaru in his black wing form is no pushover either; he can cover a hundred meters in a single breath, making it a piece of cake for him to fly a kite!
Looking at the Nine-Tails, which had shrunk to one-third its original size, Orochimaru smiled slightly and then clasped his hands together.
"Thunder Spear!"
As Orochimaru separated his palms, a spear of light surrounded by lightning appeared in his hands.
After doing all this, Orochimaru felt his body empty again, the energy in his cells almost completely gone.
This time, the weakness was different from the previous feeling of exhaustion from depleting Chakra. Just like the fatigue from staying up all night is different from the fatigue from being completely drained.
The former is the fatigue caused by cells consuming energy for a long time, while the latter is temporary weakness; the experience is completely different.
Orochimaru looked as if all his strength had been drained in an instant, and his breathing was somewhat rapid.
"Art is an Explosion!"
Without hesitation, Orochimaru hurled his Thunder Spear toward the Nine-Tails.
Having suffered several setbacks, Nine-Tailed Nine-Tails didn't confront the light gun head-on. It dodged the light gun with a sidestep, its agility far exceeding its size.
But how could the attack end so easily? Just as the Nine-Tails- Tails paused slightly, the light gun next to it exploded instantly upon contact with the ground.
The air within a radius of 100 meters was instantly depleted, Hikari from the explosion first contracted sharply, followed by an even more violent explosion.
When Orochimaru threw out the Thunder Spear, he turned around and flew away. Art is an Explosion, but a real man never looks back at an explosion!