The Reaper's appearance added another chill to an already tense atmosphere!
Orochimaru grinned. "If you want to take something out of the Reaper's stomach, you have to sacrifice yourself first!"
Then Orochimaru began the jutsu.
Soon, the Reaper's phantom behind Orochimaru reached up, removed the dagger clamped in its mouth, and plunged it into its belly. With a vicious horizontal slash, it cut the belly open!
At almost the same time, blood spurted from Orochimaru's stomach as an inexplicable force carved a gash across it.
Karin's eyes narrowed. "What is this...?!"
With her current discernment, parlor tricks were beneath her notice. There were few people or things left that could truly move her, and this scene was one of them.
"It's the power of a contract!"
But Karin soon used the Rinnegan's insight and the perception of the Mind's Eye of the Kagura to determine that the inexplicable force cutting open Orochimaru's stomach came from some kind of contract.
Having successfully cut open the Reaper's belly, Orochimaru endured the excruciating pain and performed the jutsu again, drawing out a mass of spirit energy resembling Chakra.
"It's out!"
Watching the spirit energy float in the air, he smiled faintly.
Cough.
But the next moment, he couldn't stop himself from coughing up a large mouthful of blood.
Kabuto Yakushi called out from beside him, "Lord Orochimaru, are you all right?"
Orochimaru shook his head.
Having his belly sliced open would be a fatal injury for an ordinary person, but for an aberration like Orochimaru, it was nothing.
And yet, for some reason, Orochimaru's life force was rapidly weakening, withering away, as if he would die completely at any moment.
"The power of a contract. He can't be saved!"
Karin felt slightly relieved.
Orochimaru's life force was rapidly draining not because of the