This is not a battle that ordinary ninjas can intervene in.

Even Uchiha Sasuke, whose strength has greatly improved, still cannot control his own destiny.

Physical fatigue and pain are secondary. The key is the mental blow caused by the psychological gap.

For the first time, the will to win began to waver.

The biggest shortcoming of Uchiha Sasuke for not joining Orochimaru is that he is not good at dealing with large summoning beasts, tailed beasts, or Susanoo, which are large in size and have absolute superiority in strength.

The killing skills are sophisticated enough, but the means of large-scale attacks that can destroy the world are insufficient. Before the Mangekyō Sharingan is opened, he can only rely on the lightning ninjutsu that relies on the power of nature - Kirin, but...

Sasuke wiped the sweat off his dusty face and looked up at the situation in the sky. It was still too early for him to activate Kirin. Although Sasuke had practiced it with the reminder of Mizuki and Kakashi, this trick that sometimes worked and sometimes didn't work could not be relied on in a critical moment.

There is another way, which is to use summoning techniques to summon thousands of snakes to help, but the evil summoned beasts that even Orochimaru cannot completely subdue, Uchiha Sasuke, who has just inherited Orochimaru's legacy, has no way to control them.

Uchiha Sasuke, who was searching through Orochimaru's memories to find a way out, was suddenly attracted by a detail deep in his memory that he had never noticed before.

"Yakita no Jutsu?"

Logically speaking, Orochimaru is already dead, and Sasuke, who has received all the memories, should not have any blind spots in his thinking.

The series of experiences about this technique, including the transaction process of Mizuki teacher's unremitting pursuit of this technique, are all clear at a glance. Sasuke feels extremely strange when he thinks that such unknown events happened in the Land of Wind, under the noses of Tenzang and himself.

What is even more puzzling is that all the external information about this jutsu is very clear, but no details have been left about how to use it and its specific effects. We only know that this jutsu is very powerful and can even confront the tailed beasts head-on.

Under the pressure of Uchiha Itachi, Sasuke was in a dilemma, and suddenly, a dry chuckle came into his mind.

"Are you going to use my powers so soon?"

"How is that possible? You should be dead already!"

The familiar mental fluctuations appeared again in Sasuke's mental space.

"Dead? You're right to say that. By ordinary human standards, I am indeed dead, but you have seen people come back to life. You are too disappointing to stick to your narrow view of life."

"You are still alive... No, are you still human?"

Impure World Reincarnation is only the effect of a forbidden technique, and this kind of shock is barely acceptable, but like now, being able to die and be resurrected after the soul is destroyed is really too shocking.

"Human? Probably not now, but soon."

The mental fluctuations that had originally calmed down began to surge again.

When he was exhausted from the continuous battles, an extremely unsettling feeling of oppression suddenly surged from his body.

"Now that you've taken the bait I set, don't even think about getting away so easily!"

"What's the meaning?"

"You, are less concerned about your own danger than I thought. Has hatred blinded your eyes? Or did Shuimu not explain it to you in detail?"

"You mean..."

Orochimaru's words immediately reminded Sasuke of the instructions Mizuki gave him when he released him from the curse.

"Curse? But you're already dead, how can you get rid of it?"

"Hehehe... Not only did you underestimate me, you also ignored Mizuki's warning. Naive guy, feel the pain of being raped forever in my body!"

The enormous spiritual power instantly overwhelmed Uchiha Sasuke.

Using the white-scaled giant snake as a medium, Orochimaru transformed into a monster with eight heads and eight tails, which used the wriggling of its belly scales to penetrate the Uchiha's hiding place and completely paralyzed Sasuke's resistance.

This is one of Orochimaru's most powerful techniques, and it is the embodiment of his unchanging obsession!

Each of the heads was as powerful as Mandalay's, and the secret technique of confronting the tailed beasts head-on was absolutely worthy of its reputation.

Before Uchiha Sasuke's last trace of consciousness disappeared, what he sensed was the pitch-black mouth of a snake, and then he fell into confusion.

…

The Yamata-no-Orochi, whose size is comparable to that of the tailed beasts, appeared. As Orochimaru's last trump card and one of the foundations of his power system, the secret technique, like the Impure World Reincarnation, is a research result that directly involves the soul. The various powers derived from it are the cornerstone of Orochimaru's power.

"I finally got out. I was thinking of waiting for the right opportunity, but I didn't expect that I would take advantage of it so soon. It seems that fate has not given up on me yet!"

"The disgusting, rotten soul has finally appeared."

The chakra mist on the surface of the scarlet Susanoo rolled as if it was burning, wrapping the entire huge warrior in a flaming red lotus. A shield-shaped defensive weapon appeared in his left hand, and like the giant sword in his right hand, it was wrapped in the blazing flames, and its original appearance could not be seen.

"Uchiha Itachi, I didn't expect that we would meet again under such circumstances. It really makes me miss you. Fortunately, you didn't succeed that year, otherwise your broken body would really be a problem for me."

"Really? So you set your sights on Sasuke..."

"It's your sword's wandering soul anyway, so it doesn't matter if I use it."

"The power of the Uchiha is not something that outsiders can covet!"

"outsider?"

Orochimaru sneered. There were so many powerful families that had been exterminated long ago, and they had their eyes on the power of the Sharingan. It was okay for the famous Hatake Kakashi, but Danzo and Mizuki had also tried their hand, and no one had done anything to them.

There was no need for meaningless communication anymore. The sword-wielding warrior stepped forward and swung his sword to chop, but was entangled by eight snakes. They ignored the burning chakra and opened their mouths to bite Susanoo.

Uchiha Itachi seemed unaware of anything as he controlled the huge Susanoo. He blocked with his left hand shield, and when there was a gap, he swung it violently, and a head was cut off by the sharp edge. Then he swung the flaming giant sword in his right hand, and another snake head was cut off.

"What a sharp weapon?"

The Yamata no Orochi felt pain and loosened its hold on Susanoo, then retreated repeatedly.

Susanoo, who regained his freedom, refused to give in and took another step forward, slashing with his giant sword. The three heads were unable to dodge and were chopped off again.

"Do you think you can kill me like this? I will be able to recover in a short while when my energy is restored. My soul has long been integrated with Uchiha Sasuke's. Unless you can kill us both, I will definitely win."

The severe pain stimulated Orochimaru's ferocity, and the remaining three heads became more cautious and more adept at fighting...