"Even I'm no longer confident I could handle you as you are now."
Orochimaru stared at Feng Ye with bright, gleaming eyes. Being surpassed by a disciple was something that had never happened to him before, yet now it felt as though that day was not far off.
Hearing Orochimaru's words, Feng Ye simply smiled. "That evaluation is a little excessive. I've only relied on your teachings, Orochimaru-sensei, to develop a few ninjutsu. They have considerable side effects, and I'm still far from your level."
What Orochimaru meant by not being confident he could handle Feng Ye was not that he lacked confidence in defeating him, but that he lacked confidence in taking him down. After all, winning a fight and killing someone were two different things. If Feng Ye was determined to flee with his speed, the current Orochimaru truly had no particularly good way to stop him.
Unless he set up a barrier in advance.
Feng Ye's reply was modest, but if he were to fight Orochimaru now, it really would be difficult to say who would win.
Orochimaru's Chakra reserves, sensory abilities, and every other aspect of his abilities had virtually no weaknesses. His ability to stay alive went without saying. One-shotting Orochimaru was unrealistic; it could only turn into a battle of attrition.
In the end, either he would exhaust Orochimaru's Chakra, or Orochimaru would restrain him with a barrier, sealing techniques, or something similar. The battle might well last days and nights.
But in any case.
He was now a true Kage-level powerhouse!
A Kage-level opponent even more troublesome than Orochimaru!
Relying on his advantage in speed, as well as the bug-level ability of Time Reversal, he had a certain degree of confidence even against someone like Orochimaru. As for ordinary Jonin and Elite Jonin,