"I've heard enough of your twisted logic, Orochimaru. Admitting your own weakness does take courage."
"But what matters is having the courage to face it afterward, not hiding in a sewer like a filthy rat, seeking eternal life."
Kazan shattered the ground with a stomp and shot forward, appearing before Orochimaru as though he had crossed space itself.
Crackle, crackle!
He raised the Totsuka Blade high, Conqueror's Haki coiling around it, and brought it down as though calling down lightning from the heavens.
"Conqueror of Three Worlds: Ragnarok!"
Boom!
The blade fell, and Haki, chakra, and gravity erupted together, destroying everything before him.
Most of Orochimaru's underground labyrinth was destroyed by that single strike. The earth caved in, and even Otogakure above was caught in the destruction, sending many people tumbling down.
Such destructive power!
Shock surged through Orochimaru like towering waves, refusing to subside.
It felt unreal. Among the thousand secret techniques mastered by either him or his teacher, Hiruzen Sarutobi, not one could compare to that slash.
Of course, he could tell that this so-called Conqueror of Three Worlds: Ragnarok was nothing more than a downward slash.
The Ghost God before him knew nothing about swordsmanship. He simply had immense strength, ferocious Haki, and vast reserves of chakra.
Well, when someone was that strong, he could call his moves whatever he liked.
Still, Orochimaru had to admit that Kazan was far more talented than the current Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, when it came to naming moves. That name was pretty nice.
Orochimaru had dodged the strike and avoided being cleaved apart, but he was still shaken.
Kazan gave him no room to breathe. One step carried him across the distance between them.
I can't let him hit me!
Orochimaru bit his finger and slammed his hand onto the