Old Mr. Yu's heartfelt tirade made even Ye Chen want to give him a thumbs-up.
But Orochimaru, the target of that abuse, was not pleased.
"Give that old man a quick death. He's unbearably noisy."
Kabuto Yakushi did not respond, but his increasingly heavy footsteps revealed his killing intent.
Ye Chen listened intently, ready to attack when Kabuto Yakushi approached Old Mr. Yu.
Old Mr. Yu remained utterly fearless and kept up his tirade.
"What? Did I hit the nail on the head?"
"When you can't win an argument, you resort to violence. That's all you're capable of."
"Talking to you about propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame is like talking to a brick wall."
The moment he finished speaking, Kabuto Yakushi launched a surprise attack.
Ye Chen moved at the same time, relying on his hearing to attack Kabuto Yakushi directly.
Kabuto Yakushi and Orochimaru cried out almost simultaneously:
"You weren't caught in the genjutsu?"
Ye Chen ignored them and lashed out with a vicious palm strike.
Whoosh!
A shrill whistle, accompanied by violent chakra fluctuations, forced Kabuto Yakushi straight to the ground.
Kabuto Yakushi paled in shock. Summoning his last shred of courage, he rapidly formed hand seals in front of his chest.
Bang!
Kabuto Yakushi, who had been forced into a seated slump on the ground, burrowed straight into the earth and escaped.
His palm strike missed, and Ye Chen shook his head, murmuring:
"No, I still haven't adjusted. What a shame."
To avoid the genjutsu, Ye Chen had sealed off his own sight.
His other senses had improved noticeably.
But his body still felt somewhat uncomfortable with the loss of sight.
Otherwise, at such close range, and with a "surprise attack" at that, Kabuto Yakushi would have been dead or crippled.
Ye Chen stood in front of