And that was why he would never dare attack Chiba.
Chiba's attacks could target the soul. They could truly kill him.
Chiba hadn't been joking with him back then.
In the next instant, Orochimaru formed a hand seal with one hand. The blood vanished from his severed arm, and a swarm of snakes erupted from it.
"Multiple Hidden Shadow Snake Hands!"
A dense mass of snakes lunged at Itachi.
Itachi remained calm. Three kunai instantly appeared from his sleeve, and he hurled them straight at Orochimaru.
The kunai shot toward him, with Explosive Tags dangling from their backs.
Itachi formed a hand seal with one hand.
Boom!
The Explosive Tags detonated, blasting the swarm of snakes away. Dust and smoke obscured Orochimaru's vision.
Seeing this, Orochimaru hurriedly retreated. But before he could land, three more kunai came flying toward him.
Orochimaru was startled.
"As expected of the Uchiha Clan! Such exquisite Shuriken techniques!"
As he exclaimed, Orochimaru instantly spat a sword from his mouth and caught it, knocking aside the incoming kunai one after another.
At that very moment, Itachi slashed at him from behind.
Orochimaru spun around and blocked Itachi's blade.
Facing Itachi, Orochimaru grinned.
"Uchiha Itachi, the better you perform, the more pleased I am!"
"I've decided. You'll be my next vessel!"
"If I can get my hands on your body, I'll..."
Before Orochimaru could finish, he was suddenly startled.
Itachi's Three-Tomoe Sharingan had undergone an astonishing change.
The three black Tomoe slowly spun faster and faster, eventually forming the shape of a Shuriken.
It wasn't an ordinary Sharingan pattern.
It was the Mangekyō Sharingan!
Orochimaru was stunned.
"The Mangekyō Sharingan? Uchiha Itachi, when did you..."
Orochimaru was starting to panic.
Had the Uchiha Clan gone crazy?
So many of them had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
The Mangekyō