Yunju was actually standing there, his posture unshaken, his chakra so stable that he did not look like someone who had just recovered from severe injuries.
Yamata no Orochi noticed Yunju's arrival as well.
Orochimaru's voice emerged from between the serpent heads. "Yunju, you're still alive? Looks like you're tougher than I expected." There was that sticky amusement in his voice.
"But you came too late. I have already obtained the perfect vessel—the passage of time has proven that my choice was correct. My plan will not change because of your betrayal. At last, I can become unstoppable."
As Orochimaru spoke, half his body slithered out from within Yamata no Orochi's heads.
Yunju did not respond.
His hands had already completed their seals, his movements calm and unhurried.
He released a Yang Release: Phantom Body that possessed roughly twenty percent of his vitality—an outline of chakra separated from his main body and landed two steps ahead and to the side, taking on a form nearly identical to his own.
Once the Phantom Body stabilized, its hands began forming seals in sync.
Yunju's main body moved first.
Turbidity Release: Thunder Marsh spread directly from beneath his feet. Gray-black muddy water expanded outward from him, covering the area where Yamata no Orochi was coiled.
Fine blue arcs of electricity flickered across the mud's surface. The current traveled rapidly through the water, covering the lower half of the serpent's body.
Yamata no Orochi's scales began to contract under the electric stimulation. Several serpent heads let out sharp hisses tinged with pain.
At the same time, the Phantom Body finished its seals.
Turbidity Release: Calamity Sea unfolded from the other side. Dark red heat shimmered over the gray-black muddy water as Fire Release chakra evaporated the moisture, creating vast clouds of scorching steam that