Chương 98: Modifying the Cursed Seal Using Dark Power?

Orochimaru, one of the legendary Sannin of Konoha, is a legendary figure to Yamashiro and Aoba.

Although Yang Cheng recounted what had happened, Yamashiro Aoba and the others still found it hard to believe and went into the Forest of Death to investigate.

However, they soon discovered that Sasuke Uchiha had been given the "Curse of Heaven" by Orochimaru, as well as many other examinees who had died tragically at Orochimaru's hands.

Through a series of investigations, they finally confirmed the facts, just as Yang Cheng had said: Orochimaru had infiltrated the Chunin Exams.

Because Orochimaru, an S-rank rogue ninja, was too dangerous, and this matter was clearly beyond their capabilities, Yamashiro Aoba and the others reported it to the Third Hokage immediately.

Anko, who was originally eating sweets with Kurenai at a dessert shop while waiting for news of her exam, had a sudden change in expression when she heard Orochimaru's name and rushed to the Forest of Death immediately.

When Anko and Kurenai, who were also worried about their student, arrived at the Forest of Death for the second round of exams, they discovered that the Third Hokage had also arrived and was currently questioning Yosei.

Seeing that Yang Cheng was safe and sound, Anko visibly breathed a sigh of relief. However, when she thought of her former teacher Orochimaru, Anko couldn't help but touch the "Curse of Heaven" mark on the back of her neck and clench her fists.

When the Third Hokage saw Anko arriving, he waved for her to come over and said with a kind and gratified smile, "Anko, Yang Cheng is outstanding in both character and strength."

I hope you can guide him carefully and diligently, so that he doesn't go astray.

Hearing the Third Hokage's pointed remark, Anko nodded, then, with a somewhat forlorn expression, called Yang Cheng aside.

"Do you know who Orochimaru, whom you encountered before, is?"

Yang Cheng naturally knew very well who Orochimaru was, but right now he was a new generation of Konoha, and a commoner ninja, so he shouldn't know so much.

"I heard from the Hokage and the others that Orochimaru was once his disciple, or even one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, but he eventually went astray and betrayed the village."

Anko nodded first, then smiled wryly and said, "Orochimaru is indeed the Hokage's disciple, but besides that, he was also my former teacher."

He had once betrayed the village and wanted to take me with him, but I refused.

Because Orochimaru-sensei at that time was no longer the Orochimaru I used to know.

Orochimaru, the former teacher, was cold on the outside but warm on the inside, and was very knowledgeable. He was a very charismatic elder.

But afterwards, he became obsessed with the research of power and immortality, and began to become cold-blooded and ruthless, even disregarding life and using living people in the village as experimental subjects.

Even I, his disciple, was placed with what he called the Heavenly Curse Mark, and I am constantly accompanied by pain.

Anko's feelings towards Orochimaru are actually quite contradictory; she both respects and hates him.

The aspect she revered was Orochimaru's unreserved and earnest guidance to Anko when she was young.

As for hatred, it's more about being unable to tolerate Orochimaru's various actions in the later stages.

If it were just a matter of betraying the village, given Anko's dependence on Orochimaru at the time, she would probably have chosen to follow without hesitation.

However, the warm and cheerful Red Bean simply cannot accept that her once-respected teacher has been using innocent people as experimental subjects in order to research cursed seals and bloodlines.

As a teenager, Anko followed Orochimaru to many of his laboratories. She knew how much pain those who became Orochimaru's experimental subjects suffered after turning into monsters that were neither human nor demon.

The Orochimaru of the past was knowledgeable yet gentle, but the Orochimaru of the future seemed to have become a completely different person.

Anko believes that as a disciple, she must stop her former master, which is why she has always wanted to kill Orochimaru so that her memories will remain stuck on his kind and gentle days.

Thinking of the past, Hongdou suddenly felt a sharp pain in the "Heavenly Curse Mark" on her neck.

Seeing that Anko's body involuntarily squatted down due to the activation of the curse seal, Yang Cheng suddenly sensed the dark and evil aura carried by the power of the curse seal.

The so-called "cursed seal" is actually a product researched by Orochimaru based on Jugo and the concept of Jinchuriki fighting style. Dark and evil power was originally Devimon's original specialty, so when he saw the "Heavenly Cursed Seal" that erupted on Anko's neck, Yangcheng also tried to reach out his hand.

Anko, who was still enduring the pain of the cursed seal, was initially stunned when she felt Yang Cheng's touch, but quickly...

To her surprise, she discovered that the pain from the cursed seal was gradually dissipating and receding.

Meanwhile, Orochimaru, who had already fled outside Konoha, suddenly exclaimed, "One of my connections to the Cursed Seal of Heaven has disappeared!"

Orochimaru researched cursed seals for so long, and the highest-level cursed seal among them was the Heavenly Cursed Seal, possessed by Sasuke and Anko.

Next is the Earth Seal, which belongs to Kimimaro.

As for the Sound Four, the cursed seals they possess are the worst kind of trash.

The power of the Heavenly Curse Seal and the Earthly Curse Seal is essentially not much different.

However, the Heavenly Curse Seal has another effect: Orochimaru can use the Exorcism Seal on the Heavenly Curse Seal to successfully revive himself.

To put it simply, the Heavenly Curse Seal is also Orochimaru's anchor point for resurrection.

Of course, bestowing the Heavenly Curse Mark upon Orochimaru also comes at a price, such as having to cut off a part of his soul. Otherwise, if Orochimaru were to bestow the Heavenly Curse Mark everywhere, he would be virtually invincible.

Back in the Forest of Death in Konoha Village, feeling the pain from the cursed seal completely disappear, Anko turned to her disciple in surprise and said, "Yang Cheng, you even know sealing techniques?!"

However, when asked by Hongdou, Yang Cheng wiped the sweat from his brow and smiled, saying, "It's not a sealing technique, but rather I found a way to modify Teacher Hongdou's Heavenly Curse Seal."

I have eliminated the methods Orochimaru left in the cursed seal, and I have also adjusted the power wavelength of the cursed seal.

From now on, Teacher Hongdou will not only not need to worry about the cursed seal eroding your body, but will even be able to use the power of the cursed seal to a certain extent.

As for side effects, they are no longer a gradual erosion of the body, but merely exhaustion caused by a temporary depletion of chakra.

Hearing Yang Cheng's words, Anko was stunned on the spot, because even the Third Hokage was helpless against the "Heavenly Curse Seal" and could only use sealing to stop the erosion of the curse seal.

But Yang Cheng now claims that he not only solved his problem with the "Heavenly Curse Seal," but even fundamentally modified the seal.

Make it truly a part of your own power!

"Fortunately, when Orochimaru placed the cursed seal on Anko-sensei, his technique was not yet fully developed."

The Heavenly Curse Mark on Teacher Hongdou must be an unfinished product, which is why the modification and coordination went so smoothly.

Before Yang Cheng could finish speaking, his head was tightly hugged by Hongdou, and he experienced a truly suffocating facial cleanser!