"Heheheh…" Listening to Kabuto's analysis, Orochimaru let out a low, ambiguous laugh.
"It seems this ring is quite dangerous to hold."
"In that case, Kabuto, you should keep it for me."
With that, Orochimaru reached out and pulled out the white ring engraved with 'Empty' (null).
He tossed it directly into Kabuto's hand.
Kabuto's lips curved into a smile as he quickly reached out and caught it.
But just as he gripped the ring, Orochimaru spoke again.
"You thought you tricked me, and you're happy about it, aren't you?"
"Too bad, I never told Kabuto anything about the ring… Sasori of the Red Sand!"
As Orochimaru's words fell.
Kabuto—no, it should be Sasori—the ring in his hand.
With a 'bang,' it transformed into a giant white python, tightly coiling around Sasori's body.
At the same time, Sasori's body, which had the appearance of Kabuto, rapidly turned to sand, revealing his true form.
"Sasori, it really is you!"
"Long time no see. I didn't expect your disguise to become so clumsy!"
Orochimaru licked his lips with his long tongue, a look of interest in his eyes.
His hands suddenly shot forward, summoning countless pythons to attack Sasori.
Hidden Shadow Snake Hands!
"Tsk, I didn't expect to be found out by you, you stinky snake."
Sasori, who neither dodged nor avoided the pythons wrapping around him, looked coldly at Orochimaru.
"I originally wanted to get the ring first to report to my new leader."
"Now it seems I'll have to use all my strength to kill you first…"
Swish, swish, swish!!!
As he spoke, sharp windmill blades suddenly extended from Sasori's sides.
They then spun rapidly, like a meat grinder, instantly shredding the pythons wrapped around him into pieces!
"New leader?" Before Orochimaru could understand Sasori's previous meaning.
His pupils suddenly constricted, shocked by the change in Sasori's body he witnessed.
"This is a puppet!!!"
"You actually turned your own body into a puppet?"
"Madman, you truly are like me, a madman who pursues the extreme!"
Although Orochimaru had seen Sasori's true body hidden within hiruko before.
He never knew that Sasori would be so insane as to turn himself into a puppet!
"Your ugly Ninjutsu is not worthy of being compared to the eternal art I pursue."
Sasori suddenly pulled on the blue Chakra threads that appeared on his ten fingers.
Immediately, the Third Kazekage puppet, buried beneath the earth, suddenly burst out of the ground!
Countless black Iron Sand also gushed rapidly from underground like a fountain, gathering in mid-air.
Then, it condensed into countless black needles, shooting towards Orochimaru like a surging tide.
Iron Sand Shigure!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!
Facing the countless whistling iron needles tearing through the air.
Orochimaru instantly bit his finger and slammed it onto the ground.
He summoned a massive white snake to coil around him.
Using the white snake's body, he blocked all the iron needles!
"Third Kazekage puppet, you still only have those few tricks."
As he spoke, Orohimaru unleashed the Ninjutsu of 'I Spit Snake, Snake Spits Sword' towards Sasori.
Whoosh!
The kusanagi sword, spat out by the snake, rapidly extended its blade into a white stream of light, piercing directly towards Sasori's head.
"And you're still the same as before, a disgusting, stinky snake that spits things out of its mouth."
Gazing at the rapidly enlarging sword tip before him.
Sasori's ten fingers danced rapidly, as if typing on a keyboard.
In an instant, the Iron Sand in mid-air formed a solid Iron Sand wall in front.
Clang!
Metal clashed, sparks flew.
The kusanagi sword, impacting the Iron Sand wall, only produced a few sparks and could not pierce through.
Meanwhile, the Kazekage puppet, originally in front, took advantage of this collision to fly behind Orochimaru.
Its right hand, raised high, extended several overlapping sharp blades.
Then, it swung down fiercely, transforming into a cold light that cleaved towards the back of Orochimaru's head.
Rip!
Orochimaru, still in the posture of spitting out the snake, couldn't dodge at all.
He was directly cleaved by the stacked blades, from the back of his head to his upper back!
"Resolved?"
"No, this is a substitute, that stinky snake ran away again!"
The moment Sasori reacted, Orochimaru's cleaved body also transformed into shattered white snakes, scattering on the ground.
But before he could move to pursue.
The familiar golden-red Tailed Beast Chakra fox tail appeared in the distance.
Then Orochimaru flew back from afar, accompanied by Feng Xu's voice.
"I'll give you five more minutes for revenge."
"If you can't deal with him, I'll prepare to step in myself."
"Understood, this time I won't let him escape again!" Sasori, already a little angry, moved his hands again.
And Orochimaru, flying backward in mid-air.
At this moment, his face was filled with disbelief and suspicion.
"Four Stars Mask and this Tailed Beast Chakra, which seems to be the Nine-Tailed… You are that guy from Four Stars Village who can control Tailed Beast Chakra!"
"You actually joined Akatsuki!!!"
Orochimaru had completely not expected that the new person Sasori mentioned would be that masked man from Four Stars Village!
That mysterious powerhouse who possessed the same Tailed Beast Chakra as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!
He had originally planned to investigate Four Stars Village after changing bodies.
To figure out the relationship between this mysterious powerhouse and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and how he could use Tailed Beast Chakra without becoming a Jinchuriki.
He didn't expect that before he even went, the other party had already brought people to his doorstep!
Chapter 167: Orochimaru: You Give Way!
"I didn't expect you, you stinky snake, to know Feng."
Although Sasori looked surprised, the Chakra threads he manipulated with his hands did not stop.
The Iron Sand, controlled by the Chakra threads, also gathered in the sky at this moment, condensing into a giant iron cone.
On the other side, the Third Kazekage puppet's left hand also cracked open in layers, revealing the seals engraved upon it.
"But luckily you're not his subordinate, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to turn you into one of my snake puppet collections…"
Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets!
Creak! Creak!
Accompanied by crisp collision sounds.
Thousands of puppet arms emerged from those talismans, forming a surging river of arms!
Immediately following, this river of converging arms swirled and surged out.
They all opened their five fingers and grabbed at Orochimaru, who was flying backward in mid-air.
Firmly gripping all his limbs and body.
Finally, the iron cone formed by Iron Sand, with a piercing sound of rushing air, slammed down heavily!
"Turn me into a collection?"
After being caught by those puppet arms, Orochimaru quickly recovered from his shock at seeing Feng Xu.
"To avoid becoming your boring collection, it seems I'll have to show some real skill today."
Before the iron cone could fully descend and pierce his body.
Orochimaru's neck rapidly elongated and stretched, and his mouth opened to its maximum.
Rip!
Almost at the same time the iron cone ripped through Orochimaru's body.
Orochimaru, covered in mucus, slid out from his maximally opened mouth, completely unharmed.
Orochimaru-Style Body Replacement Jutsu!
"You're as slippery as a loach, I think you should change your name to Loachmaru!"
Sasori once again waved the Chakra threads on his ten fingers.
The numerous puppet arms and the iron cone immediately released Orochimaru's snake skin.
They all resumed their pursuit of Orochimaru's true body, which was sliding through mid-air.
Orochimaru, though mocked, did not get angry.
He glanced at Feng Xu, who was guarding in the distance, then quickly formed hand seals in front of his chest.
"Since I can't escape, I'll let you see my most powerful Ninjutsu."
The moment he spoke, Orochimaru's body swelled with a huge bulge at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Immediately after, eight giant white snake heads with sharp snake scales emerged together from that bulge.
Finally, these snake heads rapidly rushed out, growing larger against the wind, rapidly expanding!
In just the blink of an eye, a gigantic white monstrous snake with eight heads and Eight-Tails, like a small mountain.
Replaced Orochimaru's position, appearing in the open space ahead!
Eight Branches Technique!
"Hiss, hiss!"
The eight-headed white snake, hissing towards the sky, instantly collided with the puppet arms and iron cone attacking Orochimaru.
Clink, clink, clink!
A sound like colliding jade stones rang out.
All those puppet arms and Magnet Release iron cones were blocked by the hard white scales of the eight-headed white snake!
Only a little skin was slightly broken!