So to speak...
Orochimaru's neck suddenly stretched out, flying toward Hyuga Sho.
An ambush!
That was very much Orochimaru's style.
At the same time, a sharp blade poked out of his mouth...
It was the Kusanagi Sword!
Faced with the weapon in Orochimaru's hand, even the Third Hokage's Summoned Beast... Enma, displayed an extraordinary degree of caution.
Because even after transforming into the Adamantine Nyoi-Bō, it could not withstand multiple strikes from the Kusanagi Sword!
It could be said...
The Kusanagi Sword was an unstoppable existence!
There were multiple Kusanagi Swords throughout the Shinobi World.
Different Kusanagi Swords possessed different properties.
But the one in Orochimaru's hand... was the sharpest of them all!
Faced with Orochimaru's ambush,
Hyuga Sho naturally could not remain completely unresponsive.
With his "intuition," Hyuga Sho had been immune to ambushes for many years.
Intuition, the sixth sense...
Either description worked.
No one! could ever successfully ambush Hyuga Sho.
"Hum...!"
Hyuga Sho's body trembled.
The sounds of his muscles and bones ringing out together continuously echoed like thunder.
The Shikotsumyaku Chakra Mode instantly reached its peak.
Although his healthy wheat-colored skin appeared fragile, it possessed defensive power surpassing that of "Susanoo: First Stage Rib Susanoo"!
After persecuting the Catgirl Yugito and obtaining 1,000 cards of Chakra,
this defensive enhancement...
became even more obvious.
Hyuga Sho's defense had already come infinitely close to "Susanoo: Stage Two: Skeleton Susanoo."
And this was merely passive defense.
He could maintain this state for twenty-four hours without consuming any Chakra.
Only when he was attacked would Chakra be consumed, as though it were a layer of protective field.
Clang!!
When the tip of the Kusanagi Sword in Orochimaru's mouth touched Hyuga Sho, his head still suspended at the end of his extended neck, it produced the sound of metal striking metal!