Purple lightning pierced Orochimaru's body, but at the very last instant, he dissolved into countless tiny snakes that scattered in every direction!
Genya watched the snakes gather again farther away.
"Escaped again? You really do have an endless supply of tricks for staying alive."
Orochimaru crawled out of the swarm in a sorry state, his body scorched black and several strands of his hair standing on end.
He gasped for breath, staring at Genya with disbelief and deep apprehension.
"That's impossible!"
His voice had turned shrill.
"The destructive power of that ninjutsu... it rivals that old Tsuchikage's Dust Release!"
Genya walked toward him with the Purple Radiance Blade in hand, a teasing smile on his lips.
"Really? Then I should thank you for the compliment."
Orochimaru gritted his teeth, abruptly bit his finger, and formed hand seals!
"Summoning Technique: Manda!"
An enormous cloud of smoke erupted, and a massive figure emerged from within it.
Manda!
The enormous purple snake king opened his cavernous mouth the moment he appeared, ready to demand sacrifices from Orochimaru.
"Orochimaru, have you prepared..."
Before he could finish, a purple slash came straight at him!
"You talk too much."
"Aaaah!!!"
Manda's agonized scream rang across the sky.
His massive body was severed in two with a single stroke, and snake blood poured down like a waterfall, staining the ground crimson!
With the last of his strength, he roared before he died.
"Orochimaru, you bastard!"
He crashed to the ground.
Genya flicked the snake blood off his blade, looking disgusted.
"What a noisy snake."
Orochimaru's expression changed completely.
Manda... was cut down in one stroke?
That was Manda!
The strongest snake in the Summoning World!
He had no time to grieve, because that purple figure was already closing in again!
"Don't run, Orochimaru! Weren't you pretty chatty