Fighting others required more than the ability to attack; it required the ability to defend as well. If your defense was strong enough, you would have a chance to defeat an expert.
That was why Uchiha Shin was so interested in this python's defense. He fought it for a while longer as he observed its defenses.
Before long, Uchiha Shin had discovered the pattern. The python's defense was very simple: its head and tail protected each other.
Though the principle was simple, actually achieving it and carrying it out perfectly was quite difficult.
As the saying went, the Great Dao was simplest. It was also difficult to bring a simple principle to its ultimate extreme. Once one managed it, one might become a grandmaster of a generation.
After studying it carefully for a while, Uchiha Shin gained some further understanding.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh...
Just as Uchiha Shin was observing it, the python suddenly charged at him. Several heads split off from it and attacked Uchiha Shin from above, below, left, and right.
The python's sudden move surprised Uchiha Shin. He had not expected it to be able to split into so many heads.
Fortunately, Uchiha Shin had remained vigilant at all times. Otherwise, he truly would have been struck by the python.
Yet the python did not stop there. It continued attacking Uchiha Shin without pause.
Uchiha Shin retreated backward. He did not want to remain entangled with this python, as that would not benefit him.
However, this was not something he could simply stop because he did not wish to keep fighting. The python relentlessly attacked Uchiha Shin, while numerous more pythons burst out from beneath the surrounding ground.
These were all red pythons, attacking Uchiha Shin from above and below without the slightest mercy.
When Uchiha Shin attacked