"Heh! Heh! Kid! You're quite~ arrogant, aren't you?"
As he spoke, Orochimaru had already appeared behind Lin Cheng.
He stuck out his forked tongue and moved to lick Lin Cheng's cheek.
Lin Cheng wasn't surprised in the least. A cold smile spread across his face.
In the next instant, moving too fast for Orochimaru to react, Lin Cheng grabbed the tongue reaching for him.
The moment he caught it, he gave it a fierce yank.
Then he unleashed a flurry of blows on Orochimaru's stomach!
The next moment, Orochimaru's eyes nearly popped out of his head as his body twisted and transformed into a python.
Taking advantage of the transformation, the python had already coiled itself around Lin Cheng.
Orochimaru emerged from behind a tree, his face wearing an unmistakably smug expression.
"Kid! You're impressive! But you're still a little green!"
"Is that so?"
Lin Cheng's lips curled into a disdainful smile. His body twisted even as the python held him tight.
In an instant, he turned into a wooden post!
"Hmm? Heh! Looks like I underestimated you!"
As he spoke, Orochimaru spun around and looked at Lin Cheng, who had appeared behind him.
"You didn't underestimate me! You were completely wrong about me!"
"Oh? Hmm?!"
Just as Orochimaru was about to keep chatting, Lin Cheng did something he never expected.
He attacked first!
Moving with lightning speed, Lin Cheng closed in on Orochimaru and drove his fist toward Orochimaru's forehead.
Orochimaru seemed to favor disgusting ways of attacking.
Instead of dodging the rapidly approaching fist, he opened his mouth and attacked!
Ten Thousand Snakes Array!
Countless little snakes poured out as if from an endless serpent's den, instantly flooding the area in front of Orochimaru.
"Orochimaru! You seem to really like these disgusting techniques!"
Walking toward him again from a distance, Lin Cheng watched the swarm of snakes surging his way, revulsion flashing in his eyes.
"Heh! As long as it kills the enemy, who cares whether it's disgusting?"
"Is that so? Let me help your snakes hibernate for a while! Ice Release! Ice Prison Technique!"
After a rapid series of Hand Seals, countless chunks of ice appeared in the formerly warm forest.
The ice connected into a continuous mass, instantly freezing the entire oncoming swarm of snakes!
"Ice Release? Are you from the Yuki Clan?"
"Hmph! Does it matter? You'd better worry about your own safety! Ice Release! Dragon-Breaking Fierce Tiger!"
An ice tiger far larger than the one he'd made back then took shape in an instant and charged straight at Orochimaru!
As it closed in on him, it continued to grow relentlessly!
"Interesting! I never expected a genius like you to appear among the Yuki Clan, which I thought had already been wiped out!
Now I want to make you mine!"
"Take me back to be your future vessel?"
After openly mocking him, Lin Cheng immediately sent the ever-growing ice tiger lunging toward Orochimaru.
"!!! You seem to know a little too much!"
The smile on Orochimaru's face vanished the moment he heard the word "vessel."
In its place came a startling killing intent, enough to scare an ordinary person to death!
"Hmph! Can't smile anymore? I know more than you think!"
Watching Orochimaru use the Substitution Technique to dodge his attack once again,
Lin Cheng used the first ninjutsu he had ever developed entirely on his own!
Ice and Snow World!
The clear sky instantly filled with thick, dense clouds!
Countless snowflakes drifted down from the sky at an astonishing speed.
Then, once the snow had completely covered the surrounding ground, the falling flakes abruptly changed.
The soft snowflakes instantly turned into countless ice shuriken!
Everywhere except where Lin Cheng stood was covered in ice shuriken.
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