Chương 97: Yang Cheng: He said his name was Orochimaru

The scorching flames, like a red tsunami forming a fiery inferno, surged directly toward Orochimaru's location with a height of over ten meters.

The earth was instantly turned into scorched earth, and the surrounding vegetation and trees were also reduced to charcoal in an instant under this terrifying wave of flames.

In less than a few seconds, the area several hundred meters directly in front of Yang Cheng was transformed into a vast sea of fire.

Behind a nearly collapsed demon gate, Orochimaru, his body charred and broken apart, had a new body bursting out of his charred shell.

Seeing the area within a radius of several hundred meters reduced to scorched earth, Orochimaru looked at Yang Cheng not far away, his face filled with astonishment.

"I didn't expect that even Rashomon couldn't completely block this combination of ninjutsu?"

This kid's strength has probably already surpassed that of his teacher, Anko.

Orochimaru had overestimated Yang Cheng as much as possible, but he never expected that he would ultimately underestimate the strength of his grand-disciple.

Despite being just a genin and only around twelve years old, he possesses such an astonishing amount of chakra.

Orochimaru previously thought Yang Cheng was just a talented genius, but now it seems that he cannot be judged as an ordinary genius.

However, it is precisely for this reason that Orochimaru is now even more interested in Yang Cheng.

Seeing Orochimaru escape through Rashomon and the Snake-Slaughtering Substitution Technique, Yang Cheng wasn't too surprised.

Orochimaru is probably the most difficult character to kill in the entire Naruto series; it would be unreasonable if he were easily defeated.

The best way to defeat Orochimaru is actually to use genjutsu or mental attacks.

Because of his constant use of the "Reanimation Jutsu," Orochimaru's soul was no longer intact and was even quite weak, making illusion-type abilities extremely effective for him.

Unfortunately, Yang Cheng is not good at illusion-type abilities.

With his current strength, he is still somewhat inferior to Orochimaru, and defeating him using conventional methods would not be an easy task.

So after hesitating for a moment, Yang Cheng decided to use the power of the Crimson World Demon King.

A pale blue flame, like a swaying stream of water, suddenly appeared in Yang Cheng's right eye without warning.

Upon seeing Orochimaru like this, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

In all his years of roaming the ninja world, he had never seen or heard of azure flames.

Moreover, after the blue flames appeared, Orochimaru could clearly sense that Yang Cheng's temperament and aura had changed.

Looking into that all-seeing gaze, Orochimaru, one of the legendary Sannin of Konoha, actually sensed danger.

And the one who gave him this sense of danger was just a kid who wasn't even a Chunin?

Yang Cheng wanted to use all his skills to try and kill Orochimaru in front of him, and the latter also showed great interest when he saw the blue flames flashing in Yang Cheng's eyes.

But just as they were about to fight each other, they both realized something and chose to stop at the same time.

Because his previous fire jutsu was so amazing, it attracted the attention of the Konoha examiners and others.

Upon seeing Yamashiro Aoba leading several Chunin on his way, Yang Cheng immediately withdrew his power once more.

For the same reason, Orochimaru did not want to clash with the people of Konoha Village too early, so he chose to retreat first.

However, before leaving, Orochimaru gave Yang Cheng a meaningful look and said, "We will meet again. With your talent and ability, it is a real pity that you stay by Anko's side and remain in the decaying Konoha."

Orochimaru's intrusion into the Forest of Death was originally just to get a sneak peek at his prey, Uchiha Sasuke.

But unexpectedly, I encountered such a pleasant surprise.

Yang Cheng's displayed strength and talent had already impressed Orochimaru, but what Orochimaru did not expect was that it was not Yang Cheng's limit.

Orochimaru judged that the azure flames were a kind of bloodline limit power, and it should be a bloodline limit power that he did not know.

Orochimaru originally intended to leave a cursed seal on Yang Cheng, but there were too many people in the way, and Yang Cheng himself seemed to have grown to the point where he could no longer be manipulated at will.

"That little devil Hongdou really gave me a pleasant surprise."

No sooner had Orochimaru left than Yamashiro Aoba arrived at the scene with several Chunin.

Looking at the white snake spirit beast, which was as tall as a small mountain, and Yang Cheng, who had dispelled the summoning spell, the group was quite surprised.

Being able to summon a summoning beast of such size means that, in a sense, Yang Cheng has already far surpassed the strength level of a genin.

After all, summoning beasts are part of a ninja's strength, and that white-scaled serpent just now, even if it didn't have any special abilities and couldn't use ninjutsu.

Based solely on its massive size, Yamashiro Aoba believed that no one, not even a regular Chunin, could possibly be its match.

Moreover, besides the enormous summoning beast, the traces of the battle between Yang Cheng and Orochimaru on the field are also quite astonishing.

The surrounding trees, charred and still burning, and the scorched earth, with faint red sparks visible on the ground.

"I am Yamashiro Aoba, the chief examiner in charge of the second round of the Chunin Exams."

What just happened here? And who did you fight with?

If Yamashiro Aoba hadn't witnessed Yang Cheng dispelling the summoning technique in front of them, he wouldn't have even thought that Yang Cheng would be one of the combatants.

After all, a battle of this scale has far exceeded the intensity expected of the Chunin Exams.

Moreover, Yamashiro Aoba believes that it's already absurd for a genius like Yang Cheng to be even one in this Chunin Exam.

However, the person he fought was clearly no less powerful, which is why Yamashiro Aoba asked this question.

Uchiha Sasuke and Hyuga Neji are both renowned geniuses this year, but Yamashiro Aoba doesn't believe they can create the battle marks that Yang Cheng has left here.

It can only be said that although they are all geniuses, there are differences in their level.

Geniuses like Hyuga Neji and Uchiha Sasuke can only be considered average geniuses, while someone like Yang Cheng is already at the monster level.

"I am Minami Yusei, a Konoha genin from Team 6, and my instructor is Mitarashi Anko."

The person I just fought called himself Orochimaru. He was very strong. After a fierce battle with him, you all arrived here, and he immediately chose to flee.

Upon hearing Yang Cheng's words, the Chunin accompanying Yamashiro Aoba were visibly startled.

Because they never expected that Orochimaru, the Konoha traitor, would appear in Konoha at this time.

What made them even more chilled was that Yang Cheng, a mere genin, actually survived after fighting the infamous Orochimaru.

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