Chapter 221: Bai Ye and Orochimaru's Meeting

"Ninja Technique: Hidden Shadow Snake Hand!"

"Ninjutsu: Needle Jizo!"

Accompanied by two low shouts, Jiraiya and Orochimaru fought each other, one of them transformed his limbs into poisonous snakes to attack, while the other hardened his hair for defense.

Although the two of them were reluctant to give in, they both wanted to teach the other a lesson.

But when the battle really started, both sides were extremely restrained in their moves, for fear of accidentally hurting each other, and the ninjutsu they deployed was also much ado about nothing, and looked extremely fancy.

Seeing that he could not defeat the opponent, Orochimaru snorted coldly and said: "Jiraiya, it seems that your strength has not improved much in all these years."

"If it weren't for the assistance of the Hidden Rain Village, it wouldn't be so easy for you to win this war."

"Of course, my apprentice is better than yours..." Jiraiya was about to brag, but then he thought of something and continued:

"Don't change the subject, Orochimaru. We have been enemies since you refused to return to the village."

"Enemy..."

Orochimaru raised a smile at the corner of his mouth, Jiraiya was still so naive.

However, compared to before, Jiraiya's strength has improved a lot. Considering that his injuries have not yet healed, if this battle is delayed, he might really lose the battle.

He could accept losing to others, but he couldn't accept losing to Orochimaru.

Thinking of this, Orochimaru bit his finger, smeared the blood on the ground, and shouted: "Summoning Technique!"

In an instant, a giant snake as big as a hill appeared in the forest.

Seeing Orochimaru summoning ten thousand snakes, Jiraiya also bit his finger, formed seals with both hands, and summoned Gamabuntai, the strongest summoning beast in Myoboku Mountain.

The two behemoths looked at each other, then asked their master, "Jiraiya (Orochimaru), who is the enemy this time?"

The two said in unison: "The enemy is Jiraiya (Orochimaru)"

Hearing this, Toad Wentai and the Ten Thousand Snakes all looked puzzled. They wondered if the two were making fun of them.

Aren’t you two friends from childhood to adulthood, having played together for decades?

If there is a conflict, don't bring us along.

Seeing this scene, Jiraiya explained to Gamabuntai: "Orochimaru defected not long ago and is now a traitor in the village. There is no need to show mercy."

Jiraiya's voice fell into the ears of Wanshe. The irritable snake said angrily:
"Jiraiya, what do you mean, do you think the toads of Mount Myoboku are my match?"

After saying that, Wanshe rushed towards Toad Wentai angrily. The two huge monsters instantly wrestled with each other. The aftermath of the fight set off a series of shock waves that swept across most of the forest.

After seeing the summoning beasts start a war, Jiraiya and Orochimaru did not remain idle.

From physical skills competitions to ninjutsu competitions, and from ninjutsu exchanges to illusion techniques, the rounds of turn-based battles made Orochimaru feel a little bored.

He didn't come here to spar with Jiraiya. If he continued to be entangled like this, he would be defeated sooner or later.

Taking advantage of Jiraiya's relaxation of his vigilance, Orochimaru used the Great Snake Style's Substitute to evade Jiraiya's attack, and then spit out a Kusanagi sword from his mouth and stabbed Jiraiya.

The Kusanagi sword is one of the few famous weapons in the ninja world. After being endowed with chakra attributes, it is sharp enough to cut through steel.

After getting close to Jiraiya, Orochimaru cut off Jiraiya's hair with the Kusanagi sword.

When he was about to aim at Jiraiya's head, Orochimaru hesitated and then slashed at Jiraiya's arm. Jiraiya quickly dodged, but was still cut by the Kusanagi sword.

"Still can't underestimate you, Orochimaru."

Jiraiya pulled away, smoothed the blood on his arm, and said with his hands in seals: "It seems that I can only use fairy techniques to completely defeat you."

Just as Jiraiya was about to use the fairy technique, his arm suddenly felt numb. He looked down at his arm and saw that the wound on his arm had turned black and purple.

"Orochimaru, you actually coated the sword with poison."

Orochimaru looked at Jiraiya coldly, and then said: "Using poison on the battlefield is a common thing. Since we have become the enemy, we naturally have to use means to deal with the enemy."

"I hope you can remember this lesson."

After saying that, Orochimaru threw out a bottle of antidote and fled into the depths of the forest, soon disappearing without a trace.

After driving away all the snakes, Gamabuntai came to Jiraiya. Jiraiya looked very ugly. Although the poison given to him by Orochimaru was not fatal, it could make him lose most of his fighting ability.

"Jiraiya, you look terrible, why don't you go find Tsunade?"

Jiraiya shook his head, opened the antidote left by Orochimaru, and then said: "No need, Orochimaru has already left me the antidote."

“I didn’t expect that after so many years of hard work, I still couldn’t catch up with him.”

Gamabuntai ignored Jiraiya's previous words, frowned and said: "This is the antidote left by Orochimaru. Will there be any problems? He is now our enemy."

Jiraiya shook his head helplessly: "If Orochimaru really wanted to kill me, he could have done it just now. There was no need to use poison disguised as an antidote."

Seeing that Jiraiya chose to believe Orochimaru, Gamabuntai had nothing to say.

Fortunately, Myoboku Mountain and Ryuchi Cave are in a competitive relationship, so it has no psychological burden against the Ten Thousand Snakes and even wants to defeat them completely.

After taking the antidote, Jiraiya felt much better.

He first glanced in the direction Orochimaru left, then sighed softly and stopped chasing him.

Orochimaru has already let him go once, and he would be ungrateful if he goes there again.

Let's wait until there is another opportunity in the future.

However, if he did not continue to chase Orochimaru, it seemed that he had nothing else to do. Otherwise, he might as well continue to travel around the ninja world and see what changes have taken place in the ninja world over the years.

……

Dozens of kilometers away, Orochimaru was speeding through the forest.

Although he had just taken advantage of the fact that Jiraiya had no intention of killing him and defeated Jiraiya, once Jiraiya recovered, he would continue to harass him.

But he is currently unable to completely kill Jiraiya and sever the bond between them.

Jiraiya is the old man's only apprentice in the village. If Jiraiya dies, the old man will definitely go crazy, and then he will not be so free and easy.

Suddenly, Orochimaru seemed to sense something and stopped.

Standing on a tree branch, Orochimaru looked towards the forest ahead, and saw a young man standing on a tree branch not far away, looking him up and down with a puzzled look.

This young ninja was very familiar to Orochimaru. He was none other than Byakuya of the Akatsuki organization.

(End of this chapter)