A one-sided beatdown

Orochimaru had already seized the chance to dash deeper into the woods.

"Trying to run?"

A cold smile curled Uchiha You's lips.

"Have you forgotten how I got here so quickly?"

"Wind Release: Cloud-Piercing Wings!"

Whoosh!

Translucent wings of wind blades instantly spread from his back.

Uchiha You vanished from where he stood.

Gale-force winds sent dust billowing into the air.

As Orochimaru fled, a sudden sense of mortal danger surged through him.

He did not look back, but his body instinctively bent to one side.

The next instant.

Uchiha You swept through the spot he had just occupied.

The razor-sharp wind wings sliced several large trees in half along his path.

Their cut surfaces were smooth as mirrors!

A flash of horror crossed Orochimaru's eyes.

So fast!

Even though he had been on guard, he had barely managed to dodge.

What alarmed him even more was that Uchiha You still had not activated his Sharingan.

In other words.

His opponent was not even taking this seriously.

The moment Orochimaru landed, a dark red shadow suddenly appeared beneath his feet.

He leaped backward without hesitation.

Shhk!

Dozens of dark red spikes burst from the earth, grazing his body as they pierced the air.

One spike sliced across his arm.

It left only a tiny wound.

Yet Orochimaru's expression changed drastically.

The dark red energy entered his body through the wound and began rapidly contaminating his chakra.

He had seen this power before.

The same aura had lingered on Zabuza's and Raiga Kurosuki's corpses!

"So that's it."

Orochimaru forcibly severed some of the chakra pathways in his arm.

"Is this the power that killed Zabuza?"

"No."

Uchiha You appeared in front of him.

"I used a visual jutsu to kill him."

"I don't need it for you. Not yet."

Orochimaru's expression