In Orochimaru's underground lair.
"Ah!"
Orochimaru, who was absorbing a divine art, let out a blissful moan.
The divine art awakened by the test subject in the second ritual experiment he had prepared was called "Mark." It was another conceptual divine art.
Simply put, once someone was hit by the "Mark" divine art cast by its user, any subsequent directional ninjutsu, genjutsu, or even taijutsu unleashed by the user was guaranteed to hit!
When Orochimaru learned about this divine art, he was secretly taken aback.
Because once he mastered it, combat would become extremely simple. The evasive techniques favored by ninjas, such as the "Body Flicker Technique," "Shadow Clone Technique," and "Substitution Technique," would all become useless. So he hadn't wasted a moment before going after the test subject.
The test subject, with Orochimaru's hand clamped around his throat, begged, "Please, spare me!"
Orochimaru came back to his senses and smiled. "Why would I kill you? Just hold on a little longer. It'll be over soon!"
The helpless test subject could only keep pleading.
Orochimaru remained unmoved, greedily absorbing the divine art the test subject had awakened.
A moment later, Orochimaru tossed the unconscious test subject aside and casually stretched his limbs.
Kabuto Yakushi, waiting nearby, came over. "Lord Orochimaru, is it over?"
Orochimaru nodded. "Yes. Dispose of him."
Kabuto said no more and quietly carried the unconscious test subject away.
Orochimaru felt the surging power within him, a smile spreading across his face.
His divine art, "Absorption," not only let him absorb other people's divine arts into his own body, but also strengthened his basic abilities as he absorbed them.
At first, after awakening only the "Absorption" divine art, his combat strength had actually been on par with Owl's, who had also awakened a divine art. In fact, since