Lin Guang sneered. "Looks like I'll catch up with them soon!"
After passing through forest after forest, Lin Guang arrived at a barren stone forest.
Lin Guang crouched and gently brushed the ground. Sensing the maze of intricate passages deep underground, he smiled.
"Looks like this is the place. Building his lair underground, behaving just like a snake... that's Orochimaru for you."
Lin Guang stood up and looked at the ground beneath his feet.
If he simply smashed his way in by force, Orochimaru would probably flee again without looking back.
But this time, I won't let you get away so easily!
Lin Guang rapidly formed hand seals, and the ground before him began to collapse, forming a deep pit.
Looking down from above, he saw nothing but pitch-black darkness, as though the bottom was out of sight.
"That's Orochimaru for you. He really dug this lair deep."
After that quip, Lin Guang leaped straight into the pit.
He fell freely for nearly four or five seconds before landing at the bottom.
After sensing the direction of the chakra, Lin Guang gently touched the cave wall to his right. He could sense a vast space behind the earthen wall, which was nearly a meter thick.
"This is it!"
Lin Guang curled his fingers into claws, plunged them into the earth, then slowly pulled back.
He actually tore a person-sized square block of earth straight out of the wall.
After casually crushing the block, Lin Guang looked toward the opening he had made. Bright light shone from within.
Passing through the opening, Lin Guang entered an enormous passage with a level floor.
Looking at the flickering firelight in the passage, Lin Guang knew he had found the right place. The sight also reminded him of the boy who had insisted on