This had completely surpassed everything Orochimaru knew about ninjutsu and kekkei genkai!
There was... something seriously wrong with this woman!
Orochimaru roared inwardly. Amid his shock, his greedy thirst for knowledge of the unknown and precious experimental specimens blazed like wildfire!
He even momentarily forgot the danger he was in, his gaze locked on A Mu as though he intended to see through her inside and out.
On Ink Crow's back, Uchiha Makoto watched Orochimaru's expression below, so shocked that he had nearly lost his composure. At last, a genuinely delighted smile curled his lips.
"Teacher, are you satisfied with this graduation gift?"
"Next, there are even bigger surprises waiting for you."
The night over the valley in the Land of Grass was torn apart by eerie kekkei genkai light and raging chakra.
A Mu displayed three forms of ranged suppression-Ice Release, Storm Release, and Magnet Release-combining them with the concealment of Transparent Release to neutralize every one of Orochimaru's ranged ninjutsu counterattacks.
Her figure shifted between ice mirrors and transparency, like an elusive ghost beneath the moonlight.
Unable to break through despite his repeated attacks, Orochimaru's golden snake eyes flashed with cunning.
Her ranged techniques were so varied and polished... close combat might be her weakness.
The battle-hardened Orochimaru reached his conclusion in an instant.
He abandoned the exchange of ninjutsu and abruptly accelerated. Like a venomous snake striking its prey, he darted toward A Mu's flickering position along an extraordinarily devious, unpredictable route!
"Got you!" A vicious gleam flashed in Orochimaru's eyes. His arm suddenly stretched like a spring, his fingers pressed together into a blade that stabbed straight at A Mu's throat!
The strike carried his refined chakra and mastery of taijutsu-fast, precise, and ruthless!
Yet just as his fingertips were about to touch A Mu's skin-