"He's not in a reanimated body anymore?!"
When Suigetsu saw that the whites of Orochimaru's eyes were no longer the black peculiar to Impure World Reincarnation, but the white of a living person, his expression instantly turned horrified.
"How is that possible?!"
He instinctively took half a step back, as though he had seen a ghost in broad daylight.
Sasuke was also deeply shocked.
But after a moment's thought, he understood how it had happened.
Perhaps someone bearing a Cursed Seal had been inside the cave.
Ning Xue was the only one who had witnessed the entire process with his Byakugan.
He had clearly seen how Orochimaru emerged from the snake's body.
But he was not afraid.
At his current level, Orochimaru was no longer a concern.
If he could kill him once, he could kill him a second time.
Besides, the Ning Xue here was merely a Mōryō clone. Even if he dissipated here, it would not matter.
At that thought, his gaze abruptly grew colder. The wind-nature chakra coating the Ice Blade sharpened further, giving off a faint hum.
As though sensing Ning Xue's killing intent, Orochimaru tilted his head slightly and glanced at him with his golden, slit-pupiled eyes before speaking in an even tone.
"Stop, Byakugan brat. I'm not here to fight you..."
But before he could finish-
"Shut up, you animal!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Ning Xue held the Ice Blade in one hand and rapidly condensed a Flower Seed in the other, charging at Orochimaru like an arrow loosed from a bow.
Seeing him charge, Orochimaru felt both helpless and confused.
Those two have already killed me once. Do they still hate me this much?
He silently sighed, but he did not sit back and wait for death.
The instant the Ice Blade approached,