Boom—
A violent explosion rang out.
The fireball Qian had released burst apart, burning the many venomous snakes ahead to ash.
However, before he could continue his attack, a human head suddenly passed through the smoke left behind by the dispersing flames and arrived in front of him.
That was right—a human head.
This head belonged to none other than Orochimaru.
At that moment, his neck stretched out to an absurd length. Without moving his feet, his head had arrived before Qian.
Not only that, a long sword thrust out from his mouth, aimed straight at Qian's throat.
All this sounded lengthy, but in truth, it happened in an instant.
If it had been an ordinary ninja, even if they did not die next, they would have ended up in a sorry state and lost the initiative.
But Qian was different.
Although he had not activated his Mangekyō Sharingan, the reaction speed granted by his Three-Tomoe Sharingan was already enough for him to see through Orochimaru's sneak attack.
Thus, at the first moment, he drew the long blade at his waist and held it upright in front of him.
Clang—
A crisp sound of metal colliding rang out.
The long sword in Orochimaru's mouth stabbed into the blade Qian had raised. Although it forced him half a step back, it did not injure him in the slightest.
However, Orochimaru still did not give up. His neck retracted, his head shifted slightly back, and then he once again controlled the long sword in his mouth to stab toward Qian's heart.
Faced with such bizarre swordsmanship—well, if it could even be called swordsmanship—Qian truly was somewhat unaccustomed to it, and for a time he could only block passively.
A series of clanging sounds rang out one after another. Relying on his solid