You Think You Can Touch My Student?

Orochimaru rolled his neck.

"Good analysis."

"Too bad you won't have time to think any further."

Terrifying Chakra erupted from his body once more.

The leaves stirred without a breath of wind.

The three felt the air around them turn cold.

This time, though, his killing intent did not overwhelm them completely.

After enduring that first shock, they had begun to adapt.

Their faces were pale and their legs felt heavy, but they still took fighting stances.

Orochimaru watched them, satisfaction deepening in his eyes.

"You can still fight under my killing intent."

"You really are better than that trash."

"But the game ends here."

He pressed both hands to the ground.

Dense black markings spread rapidly outward.

"Summoning Technique!"

Bang!

An even greater cloud of white smoke billowed skyward.

A giant python nearly a hundred meters long appeared in the forest.

Its massive body coiled between the trees, its scarlet tongue flicking in and out.

The rush of air from its arrival alone pressed the surrounding flames lower.

"It's huge..."

Naruto looked up.

Beside the giant python, the three of them seemed as small as ants.

Orochimaru stood atop its head, looking down at them.

"Sasuke."

"Let me see whether your Sharingan evolves again when you face death."

The python opened its cavernous jaws and lunged at all three!

"Scatter!"

Sasuke gave the order.

They dodged in three different directions.

Boom!

The python's head slammed into the ground.

Earth flew into the air, and the ground collapsed across dozens of meters.

Midair, Naruto formed Hand Seals.

"Wind Release: Cloud-Piercing Wings!"

Whoosh!

A pair of translucent wings made of wind blades spread behind him.

Naruto accelerated sharply, narrowly evading the python's sweeping tail.

Then he turned in midair.

"Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere!"

An enormous sphere of compressed wind hurtled