Konoha's Battle

"Boom!!"

Under Sage Mode, Long Ye punched out, and the void cracked like a spiderweb. Facing that force, the barrier's repulsive power failed to exert any effect and collapsed on a massive scale.

That punch tore through three layers of barriers!

With the barriers destroyed, the entire Forbidden Technique Library began to shake violently.

The forbidden scrolls were right before their eyes, with no force left to stop them.

"Quite a move!"

From the direction opposite Long Ye, a sinister voice rang out without warning.

"You shouldn't have shown yourself!"

Long Ye did not seem surprised. He gazed at the empty space and spoke.

First, a head emerged from the ground. Finally, a monster with a human head and a snake's body drilled out from underground, then reverted to a human form.

Orochimaru!!

Long Ye had never expected that, after parting in that laboratory, the two of them would meet again here.

But he recognized the man. The man, however, might not recognize him. With the Thousand-Faced Mask covering his face, even the Byakugan could not see his true appearance.

"The Shinobi World is full of hidden talents. I never expected there to be someone like you. It seems I underestimated the heroes of the Shinobi World!"

Orochimaru extended his forked tongue. His snake-like pupils swept over Long Ye, but soon fell upon the few scrolls in the middle of the library, which had originally been protected by the third barrier.

Orochimaru had come to the Forbidden Technique Library countless times. He had browsed every scroll within the first and second barriers. Only the few forbidden technique scrolls within the final barrier had remained beyond his reach, despite his longing for them over the past three years.

The repulsive force contained in the third barrier was simply too strong, leaving