Chapter 116: Uchiha Itachi! Dead! (5)
Orochimaru was a deeply calculating man. No one could guess what he was really thinking.
"Have you finally come out?" Itachi looked at the enormous Yamata no Orochi before him, a sharp gleam surfacing in his dim eyes.
Besides wanting to learn how strong Sasuke had become, the reason he had insisted on fighting him was to draw out the Orochimaru inside Sasuke!
Back then, Sasuke had devoured and absorbed everything of Orochimaru within the reincarnation barrier, which had naturally strengthened Sasuke's foundation considerably.
But it had also left Sasuke with a lingering threat.
Orochimaru's ability to survive was far too strong. He had developed all the cursed seals himself, combining his spiritual will with the results of his research into Jugo's body.
As long as the cursed seals still existed, Orochimaru himself could, in fact, be called immortal!
Yamata no Orochi's eight heads thrashed wildly, constantly baring their hideous fangs at Itachi in blatant provocation.
Itachi remained unmoved. He controlled his Susanoo, forming the Totsuka Blade as he approached Yamata no Orochi.
"The Eight Branches Technique is indeed powerful, but that's all it amounts to." Watching Yamata no Orochi battle Itachi's Susanoo, Otsutsuki Toneri shook his head and spoke calmly.
The Eight Branches Technique could be considered a remarkably powerful forbidden technique. The enormous white serpent it produced also possessed a measure of immortality.
Even if its heads were severed, fresh ones would soon grow back, and those heads were Yamata no Orochi's primary means of attack.
Back when Orochimaru had secretly infiltrated Konoha's forbidden technique chamber, one of the two secret techniques he had memorized was Impure World Reincarnation. The other was this Eight Branches Technique!
Orochimaru's discerning eye needed no explanation, which also demonstrated the value of the Eight Branches Technique.