Battle on the Moon I

Although Yichen's attack was repelled, it was still worthwhile to be able to probe Orochimaru's Dōjutsu with just one attack.

Yichen vaguely remembered Orochimaru's Byakugan Dōjutsu; it seemed that Kaguya Otsutsuki had used it in the original work.

A single glare from the Byakugan can send an enemy to the Pure Land; this kind of Dōjutsu deserves to be one of the Three Great Dojutsu Byakugan.

Yichen took a deep breath and charged towards Orochimaru again, wanting to test the limits of Orochimaru's Dōjutsu.

Using various single-attribute Ninjutsu and Bloodline Ninjutsu as cover, Yichen launched another attack on Orochimaru.

This time, Orochimaru no longer chose to react passively; instead, he began to utilize his body's unique flexibility.

His originally human-shaped body transformed with incredible flexibility, allowing him to evade Yichen's Ninjutsu attacks.

And occasionally it opens its huge mouth and spits out a large number of small snakes formed from Chakra to attack.

In the past, Orochimaru would summon snakes from Ryūchi Cave to fight.

Orochimaru can even summon a massive swarm of snakes without hand seals, which has shaped Orochimaru unique fighting style, namely Snake Style Ninjutsu.

However, this skill cannot be used once one reaches the Sage level.

Because the snakes in Ryūchi Cave did not grow stronger along with Orochimaru's power level.

Ryūchi Cave is basically no longer of any help to Orochimaru.

Even if Orochimaru summoned all the snakes in Ryūchi Cave in one go, he wouldn't be able to pose any threat to Yichen.

Unless he summons the White Snake Sage to fight, but that's clearly unrealistic.

Orochimaru then used his Senjutsu Chakra instead of summoning snakes to implement these special tactics.

Yichen remained calm and composed; he had anticipated Orochimaru's conventional tactics.

With a flick of his wrist, Yichen unleashed Shinra Tensei, sending Orochimaru's countless small snakes flying.

After being repelled, the snakes reverted to Chakra and then vanished completely.

Furthermore, Yichen took the opportunity to rush forward, closing the distance to Orochimaru and successfully getting back to Orochimaru's side.

To be precise, it was right next to Orochimaru's head.

Orochimaru is now tens of meters long, and his body has long since become unrecognizable as human.

He looks more like a snake than a man now!

Yichen swung his right fist and smashed Orochimaru's head, then suddenly a ball of flame appeared in his left palm. Yichen pressed this ball of flame directly onto Orochimaru's smashed head.

The flames rapidly absorbed Orochimaru's Chakra and grew stronger, then spread to other parts of Orochimaru's body.

Orochimaru was not going to be killed so easily. One of his feet suddenly exploded, and a wet Orochimaru quickly emerged from it.

Yichen was not surprised. He changed direction and rushed towards Orochimaru while simultaneously manipulating his Flame Release technique to attack Orochimaru.

The flames from the Flame Release quickly grew to an enormous size after absorbing the Chakra from Orochimaru's shed body.

The Flame Release technique unleashed a devastating barrage of flames towards Orochimaru, Orochimaru then used his Dōjutsu to scatter the flames in all directions.

Neji others were also affected by the scattered flames.

Neji waved his hand and used his Wheel Rotation Like Intent to deflect the flames; he didn't want to touch those flames that could absorb other people's Chakra to grow stronger.

The fact that the Flame Release attack was ineffective was exactly what Yichen had expected; this time, Yichen's main body was not repelled by the invisible shockwave.

He used Shinra Tensei to withstand the impact.

Furthermore, immediately after the shockwave subsided, Yichen moved forward, and at the same time, two beams of blue light shot towards Orochimaru's body from the left and right.

It was the Bloodline Limit Release: Light Release, and it was even Light Release fused with Senjutsu!

Previously, Yichen's Light Release had not been integrated with Senjutsu. This was the first time he had truly received the amplification of Senjutsu to Light Release!

This was just the beginning. Yichen Light Release to simulate various Ninjutsu, launching a continuous barrage towards Orochimaru.

Light Release is fast and destructive, so Orochimaru dared not use the Kusanagi Sword to defend against it.

Or rather, he didn't have a good defense.

He could have neutralized the Light Release attack with Ninjutsu, but unfortunately, Yichen doesn't need Hand Seals to perform Ninjutsu, which Orochimaru cannot do.

He finally managed to unleash a Ninjutsu, but it was quickly vaporized by the Light Release technique.

So, not long after Orochimaru dispersed the flames of his Flame Release, he used this Dōjutsu again. This was the third time he had used it.

But this only treats the symptoms, not the root cause.

Soon, under the pressure of Yichen's Light Release, Orochimaru used it a fourth time, a fifth time, and so on...

It must be said that Orochimaru's Dōjutsu is very practical; to some extent, it can be considered Absolute Defense.

Moreover, even with Yichen increasing his attack frequency as much as possible, Orochimaru was always able to use this technique to escape before his Light Release attacks could reach him.

This Dōjutsu has almost no limitations for Orochimaru; at least Yichen couldn't figure out if it had a cooldown period.

Perhaps there are opportunities, but the time is too short to seize them.

Since the cooldown time cannot be determined by testing, let's try a different approach.

When Orochimaru used this Dōjutsu, Yichen did not use Shinra Tensei to resist. Instead, he took the opportunity to Hand Seals and use an Earth Style Ninjutsu.

Immortal Technique - Earth Release - Gōriki Shiki no Jutsu.

The next moment, an exaggeratedly Rock Golem formed in front of Yichen at an extremely fast speed.

This Rock Golem had its feet planted on the seabed, but most of its body was above the surface. Although Yichen and the others were flying in mid-air, they were only at chest level with the Rock Golem.

The Rock Golem had barely appeared when it punched Orochimaru.

At the same time, Yichen, having regained his footing, once again used his Light Release.

Orochimaru frowned upon seeing this; he immediately understood Yichen's intentions.

However, he also wanted to test just how powerful his Dōjutsu really was.

So, after several rounds of attacks from the Rock Golem and the Light Release, Orochimaru, who could hide in the distance, chose to confront them head-on.

Orochimaru stared Byakugan at the giant fist that was falling from the sky.

Just as the giant rock fist was about to strike him, he immediately activated his Dōjutsu.

The next moment, the shockwave from the Dōjutsu collided with the descending giant fist.

Time seemed to stand still for a moment!

Yichen couldn't be sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that Orochimaru and the Rock Golem were locked in a stalemate for a moment.

However, this process was very brief, truly only a moment. The next second, Orochimaru was directly blasted into the sea by the powerful punch of the Rock Golem.

Yichen breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the upper limit of this Dōjutsu's strength wasn't very high.

Just as he thought of this, Yichen's body suddenly shifted in mid-air with lightning speed.

Whoosh! An attack streaked past where Yichen had been standing and hurtled into the air behind him.

Yichen didn't turn around to see what the attack was, because another identical attack had already shot straight at the Rock Golem.

The Rock Golem is so large that even the most agile person cannot evade this attack.

With a soft "plop," the object pierced directly into the Rock Golem's abdomen.

Yichen looked in the direction of the sound and saw a thin, long bone spur stuck straight there.

The rocks around the bone spurs quickly turned gray, and the gray rocks fell to the sea surface like dust.

Then, starting from the Rock Golem's abdomen, this graying and dusting effect quickly spread throughout the Rock Golem's entire body.

Neji others gasped when they saw this.

Neji immediately said to Shion, "Shion, be careful of Orochimaru's move during the battle."

"We must keep our senses locked onto him the entire time, and not give him a chance to launch a sneak attack."

Shion looked somewhat flustered, but still nodded.

Sokai instinctively grabbed Izumi Uchiha's hand.

Yichen's expression was equally solemn. He recognized this move; it was one of Kaguya Otsutsuki's signature moves: All-Killing Ash Bones.

In the original story, Obito Uchiha died from this very attack. Even Naruto, who had obtained the Yang Power of the Sage of Six Paths, was unable to stop the terrifying effect of the All-Killing Ash Bones.

This was also the method that Yichen knew most directly to kill a Sage in one blow.

I never expected Orochimaru to have mastered this technique.

However, Orochimaru used this move while he was being sent flying by the Rock Golem.

Orochimaru was too fast; Yichen couldn't detect any specific Chakra fluctuations emanating from him.

Yichen wasn't sure if this was Orochimaru's Dōjutsu or a special ability he gained after fusing Hyuga Hiashi and Kimimaro Kaguya.

A moment later, Orochimaru flew out of the sea.

Yichen using Mind's Eye to sense the attack, but he couldn't determine whether the Rock Golem's attack had injured Orochimaru.

After Orochimaru landed in mid-air in front of him again, Yichen launched another attack on Orochimaru.

This time, Yichen adopted the same offensive method as before: a full-range, all-around Light Release attack.

When Orochimaru was forced to use his Shockwave Dōjutsu, Yichen once again employed a new technique, extending his right hand and making a claw-like motion.

The next moment, a fiery red sphere rapidly formed in the palm of his hand, then its Shape Transformation, transforming into a high-speed spinning Shuriken.

It was: Sage Art - Lava Release - Rasenshuriken.

In the original story, Naruto used this technique to directly sever the God Tree.

To perform this move, one needs Senjutsu, the ability to use Rasengan and Rasenshuriken, and the Chakra of the Four-Tails, Roshi.

Coincidentally, Yichen has all of these.

In this First Shinobi War, Yichen would certainly not hold back; before he came, he had already merged the eight small Tailed Beast into his body.

Yichen can actually enter Tailed Beast Chakra Mode at any time, but he just hasn't shown it before.

Yichen currently only lacks the Three-Tails 'Chakra, and he can unleash eight different Rasengan with varying properties.

The reason for choosing the Four-Tails Son Goku's Lava Release is that Yichen himself possesses Flame Release, Yichen has also incorporated the Chakra- absorbing properties of Flame Release into this fiery red Rasenshuriken.

After Yichen unleashed this move, he immediately caused it to explode.

The Rasenshuriken's Wind Release attribute possesses exceptional cutting power, directly slicing a slit in Orochimaru's Dōjutsu shockwave.

Orochimaru's Dōjutsu still couldn't completely block the cutting power of Sage Art: Rasenshuriken!

Then the exploding Rasenshuriken sliced Orochimaru's body in two.

However, Orochimaru reacted quickly, and when he realized something was wrong, he used the Snake Substitution Jutsu.

He opened his mouth and spat out a new version of himself.

The Rasenshuriken sliced Orochimaru's body in two, and the Lava Release flames quickly engulfed Orochimaru's shed body.

Yichen was very familiar with Orochimaru's move, and without hesitation, as soon as the attack ended, he quickly formed a yellow Rasenshuriken in his other hand.

This time it's: Sage Art - Magnet Release - Rasenshuriken.

This time, Yichen utilized the unique sealing properties of One-Tails Shukaku.

Orochimaru had barely left his original body when he saw Yichen's new attack coming at him.

So he used that Shockwave Dōjutsu again.

This time, Sage Art: Rasenshuriken also broke through Orochimaru's Dōjutsu.

However, the Rasenshuriken produced by this explosion did not generate flames, but rather Magnet Release, which possesses sealing abilities.

A large amount of Magnet Release was released, filling all areas that Orochimaru could evade.

Even Orochimaru's Snake Substitution Jutsu was useless; he still couldn't escape the Magnet Release's coverage area.

Yichen using Mind's Eye watched Orochimaru's every move, waiting to see what other countermeasures he might have.

What surprised Yichen was that Orochimaru did not put up any effective resistance to the Magnet Release seal that was rapidly spreading throughout the space.

He tried to break through the encirclement but gave up when he realized there was no hope of escape.

Seeing Orochimaru waiting to be sealed away, Yichen's heart skipped a beat. Something was wrong!

This kind of giving up is something Orochimaru would never do.

"Shinra Tensei!" Realizing the danger, Yichen shouted and used his Repulsion skill to repel everything around him.

That wasn't all; Yichen then unleashed the Dustless Technique, invented by the Second Tsuchikage Mu.

Then, while in stealth mode, Yichen flew around aimlessly, dodging potential attacks.

While doing all this, Yichen was also disrupting his own Chakra and expanding the range of his Mind's Eye to the maximum, using his perception of the surrounding environment to dispel Genjutsu.

This operation was very effective. Yichen felt the scene in front of him instantly shatter into fragments like broken glass, and the real world returned to his eyes.

There was no Orochimaru within the attack range of his Sage Art: Magnet Release: Rasenshuriken. Orochimaru was standing not far away, holding a bone spike and glaring menacingly.

Neji and Sokai had already rushed to a nearby location, clearly having seen Yichen fall into Genjutsu and coming to his aid.

Yichen could sense that the two men's eyes were filled with powerful pupil energy, clearly indicating that they were ready to attack at any moment.

Even Izumi Uchiha and Shion, who were far away, were ready for battle.

Yichen waved his hand, dismissing them all.

Once they confirmed that Yichen had truly broken free from Orochimaru's Genjutsu, Neji and Sokai slowly retreated and returned to the side of Izumi Uchiha and the other two.

Even so, their tense nerves did not relax, nor did they dissipate their pupil power.

Orochimaru was also surprised; he hadn't expected Yichen to break free of the Genjutsu so quickly.

He didn't even have time to launch an attack.

After thinking for a moment, Orochimaru asked, "Tsuchikage, your soul and body have both reached the Sage level?!"

Although Orochimaru used a questioning tone, his expression showed considerable certainty.

Seeing that Orochimaru's gaze was fixed on him, Yichen knew that the Dustless Technique was useless against Orochimaru's Byakugan.

Yichen then dispelled the Dustless Technique and nodded to Orochimaru.

While Yichen was testing Orochimaru's Dōjutsu, Orochimaru was also probing out some information about Yichen.

For example, Yichen's greatest advantage in fighting against Sage of the same level is that both his soul and body have reached the Sage level.

Orochimaru was very puzzled. He said, "But how is this possible?"

"When I was advancing to the Sage level, I could clearly feel that I only had one choice: either my soul or my eyes would advance."

"The energy from that transformation was only enough to support me in completing one advancement."

"And I have a feeling that if I choose the soul, I will most likely fail."

"Through my observation, Neji Hyuga, Sokai Uchiha, Izumi Uchiha, like me, have all just completed the advancement of their eyes."

"The time required to nourish the body and soul through these Sage Eye, thereby enabling both body and soul to advance, is simply incalculable."

How did you manage to advance both your soul and body simultaneously?

"Is the advantage of Five Elements Fusion really that obvious?"

Orochimaru's tone was tinged with jealousy!

Yichen smiled and said, "That's not the case. Under normal circumstances, my soul could not possibly reach the Sage level."

"However, as I told you before, I received a lot of help from Neji other two."

"Before I completed the Five Elements Fusion, my soul had already reached the pinnacle of mortal power; the next step would have Sage."

"Moreover, before that, I had already absorbed a large amount of Soul Power, completing the accumulation of quantity!"

"So when my body advanced, my soul naturally followed suit."

"The advancement of my soul did not consume the energy required for the advancement of my body."

Orochimaru fell silent upon hearing this; he couldn't do that, not only because he didn't have Neji others to help him.

Furthermore, his own soul was flawed even before he became Sage.

Orochimaru's soul level was originally quite high; according to Yichen's assessment, he was among the stronger ones in the third stage.

She is at least much stronger than Sakura, Yakumo Kurama, Natsuki, and others.

However, in his attempt to possess other people's bodies, he caused a flaw in his own soul.

Therefore, such good Yichen is not related to him.

When he advanced to the level of Sage, the defects in his soul had already been repaired.

But that's all. His current soul level is normal compared to Kage Level and Super Kage-level, but it's actually still somewhat inferior to Neji and others who are also at the Sage level.

Compared to Sage like Yichen who have truly reached the fourth stage, they are far inferior.

Thinking about this, Orochimaru understood why Yichen used most of his Ninjutsu without hand seals; it turned out he already possessed a soul at the Sage level.

The Chakra control granted by Sage level soul does indeed allow Yichen to unleash the vast majority of Ninjutsu without using any hand seals.

Yichen laughed and said, "I never expected that Orochimaru- senpai's Dōjutsu would be related to Genjutsu!"

"Seeing Sage's advancement to Orochimaru level this time, the deficiencies in his soul have also been made up for."

"I was careless just now, let's try again!"

Yichen was indeed careless. He had never heard that the Byakugan was related to Genjutsu. In addition, Orochimaru's soul was a weakness, while Yichen's own soul had already surpassed Orochimaru's in terms of level.

Therefore, Yichen was not on guard against Orochimaru using Genjutsu.

Orochimaru smiled wryly, Yichen was surprised, and he was even more surprised because his Genjutsu was a special Dōjutsu of the Byakugan.

The Dōjutsu of the Sage Eye is naturally Sage-level Ninjutsu. This kind of Ninjutsu is much more powerful than Yichen's use of Sage power to perform Five-Attribute Ninjutsu, Kekkei Genkai, and Kekkei Tōta.

But he didn't expect that Yichen's soul had also reached the Sage level, so easily shaking off his Genjutsu.

How can we fight like this?

Yichen had already revealed all his special abilities, but apart from revealing his level, he hadn't used any of them.

The two sides already had a disparity in strength, and now the intelligence disparity is even greater. With these two factors combined, his situation is very precarious!

As expected, Orochimaru never gained the upper hand in their subsequent battle.

Unable to use any other Dōjutsu, he could only passively dodge Yichen's relentless attacks.

The occasional planned sneak attacks were all anticipated and dodged by Yichen.

Unfortunately, Orochimaru currently has very few methods available for combat at the Sage level.

Once the information about his three special abilities is exposed, Yichen can imagine what tactics he can adopt.

However, Yichen's attacks were ineffective against Orochimaru. Yichen's greatest advantage against Orochimaru was his physical strength, but Orochimaru wielded the bone spikes of the All-Killing Ash Bones, which made Yichen dare not approach him at all.

So the two fought for a long time, but still couldn't determine a winner.

Boom!

After Yichen's attack ended, Orochimaru escaped from Yichen's Sage Art: Boil Release: Rasenshuriken and found that Yichen was no longer pursuing him.

He then laughed and said, "Tsuchikage, if you still don't show your true strength, I'm afraid you won't be able to kill me."

All the techniques Yichen has used so far are ones he already knew before becoming Sage.

It's just that it's unleashed using the Sage, making it much more powerful.

Yichen never used any of the special abilities that truly belonged to Sage.

Orochimaru didn't believe that Yichen had no special abilities at all.

Although Yichen did not awaken the Sage Eye like them, it was impossible for Yichen, who possessed Sage Body and Sage Soul, to gain nothing.

Yichen smiled and said, "Alright, our sparring is over. Now it's time for the others to go."

Orochimaru was somewhat disappointed to see that Yichen was unwilling to reveal his strength, but he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, it was time to change opponents; fighting Yichen had been too exhausting.

During normal battles, he also had to spare half his attention to observe Yichen would use any new moves.

As a result, he, who was already at a disadvantage, found it even more difficult to deal with Yichen!

He had a feeling that Yichen could erupt at any moment and severely injure or even kill him.

Orochimaru understood that this was the kind of apprehension, or rather, fear, that only the weak feel when facing the strong.

Yichen flew over to Neji and the others and asked, "Who do you want to go first?"

Sokai was the first to step forward and say, "I'll go first, I'll go first!"

He was thrilled to see Yichen completely dominating Orochimaru and wanted to try it himself.

Yi Chen nodded and said to Zao Jie, "Orochimaru has displayed three types of Byakugan techniques."

"These are Shockwave, All-Killing Ash Bones, and Genjutsu."

"You have the Rinnegan, so I'm not worried about your Genjutsu, but you must be careful All-Killing Ash Bones!"

"This thing Susanoo, don't underestimate it!"

"Yes!" Sokai, and then eagerly flew towards Orochimaru.