Chapter 179: Flight
Outside the valley, Orochimaru discovered that several Rain Ninja Jonin had joined forces to summon the Great Salamander King!
Manda, too, began to feel the effects of the poison—
Orochimaru had, of course, studied giant salamander venom before. He had discovered that it worked completely differently from ordinary poisons. Rather than directly corroding the body or reacting with it, it bound to neural synapses, blocking the nerve signals that should have passed through them and causing paralysis.
Ordinary poison resistance did little against it—
However, snakes' neural synapses were naturally insensitive to this kind of toxin, so Manda had shown extraordinary resistance!
Toads' neural synapses, on the other hand, were similar to humans' and equally sensitive to these toxins, which was why Gamabunta and the others had shown little resistance.
Now that the Great Salamander King had appeared, however, the toxins bound more strongly—or rather, were more adaptable. Even Manda's neural synapses, which had previously resisted binding, began binding with the toxins!
The poison did not seem any more potent or deadly, but it worked on a wider range of targets—
Of course, the Great Salamander King's poison was not the most important issue. If it was only poisonous mist, they could still hold out for a while. The only difference was that Manda's defenses had now been breached too.
What worried Orochimaru was—
With the Great Salamander King here, Hanzō could appear at any moment!
Orochimaru immediately ordered a retreat.
Meanwhile, Hanzō, who had already swept through the Land of Iron's master and grandmaster swordsmen, looked at the goateed samurai who had just arrived—
Three-Eyes, who had already lost an arm, could not help snapping when he saw Mifune. "Mifune? Who told you to come here?! Didn't I tell you to defend the city? You, you—can