"You... what kind of monster are you?! This isn't ninjutsu at all!"
Orochimaru's voice echoed shrilly across the ruined rooftop of the Hokage Building. One of the Sannin who had once struck terror throughout the Shinobi World, he now found his prized rationality and fanatical faith in science utterly shattered by Shengu Xuan's unreasonable violence and bizarre methods.
Orochimaru could not understand why a boy without even a trace of chakra in his body could smash the Four Violet Flames Formation with one punch, disregard the God of Shinobi's attacks, and even summon black monsters that specifically devoured chakra and souls, forcibly breaking the Impure World Reincarnation he considered perfect art!
This power, which lay entirely outside the Shinobi World's system of rules, made Orochimaru feel an unprecedented fear from the depths of his soul.
"A monster? Orochimaru, a freak who likes experimenting on living people has no right to call anyone else that." With his hands in his pockets, Shengu Xuan advanced toward Orochimaru one leisurely step at a time. His eyes held not a trace of warmth, as though he were looking at a corpse about to be disposed of.
"Stay back! Stay away from me!" Orochimaru retreated in terror until his back hit a broken wooden pillar. He abruptly bit his thumb, smeared the blood across his left palm, then slammed it onto the broken roof tiles.
"Summoning Technique!"
Bang!
Amid a huge cloud of white smoke, an enormous python as large as a hill, covered in purple markings, descended with a crash! It was Manda, the overlord of Ryūchi Cave!
"Orochimaru! Why the hell have you summoned me again?! Unless you give me a hundred living people as sacrifices, I'll swallow you today!" The moment Manda appeared, he let out an extremely irritable roar, raising his