Chapter 397

"It seems... Ancestor, you yourself were defeated at the hands of Hashirama Senju, which is why you developed a fear of him!!"

"But I am not the same as you. Although I suffered a loss at his hands last time, my strength now has increased more than several times over compared to before!"

"If I were to meet him again, I believe the outcome of the battle would definitely be completely different from before!!"

Otsutsuki Aoshi felt the power continuously surging from within his body,

and said with an expression full of confidence.

Taking a deep breath,

Otsutsuki Hagoromo replied with a solemn expression.

"If that's the case, then I can only exert my full strength to stop you!!"

"I cannot watch you keep making mistakes, dragging the entire Otsutsuki Clan into an abyss of no return!!"

Otsutsuki Hagoromo did not approve of Otsutsuki Aoshi's approach.

"It seems... Ancestor, you intend to become my enemy... to stop me."

"I wonder, what kind of courage and confidence do you have to stop me as I am now?"

Otsutsuki Aoshi stood opposite Otsutsuki Hagoromo with a relaxed and at ease expression,

Regarding Otsutsuki Hagoromo's thoughts,

he was not surprised in the slightest,

he had long known,

that one day he would completely stand on the opposing side against his own ancestor!!

The moment Otsutsuki Hagoromo appeared,

he had already known that Otsutsuki Hagoromo had come to stop him,

but Otsutsuki Aoshi did not take this matter to heart!!

Because his current strength had long since surpassed Otsutsuki Hagoromo's,

he did not consider Otsutsuki Hagoromo to be his opponent,

and upon hearing him say this, Otsutsuki Hagoromo's expression grew increasingly grim! Buy!

Because he knew that what Otsutsuki Aoshi said was the truth,

the current him,

could not possibly be Otsutsuki Aoshi's opponent!!

Even when he was alive, he might not have been Otsutsuki Aoshi's opponent!!

Let alone now,

but he also knew,

no matter what, he had to step forward and stop Otsutsuki Aoshi!!!.

172. The Showdown Between Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Aoshi!

Within the Land of Grass,

Orochimaru, upon seeing this scene, narrowed his eyes!!

A deep longing flickered in his gaze!!

If the blood of the Otsutsuki Clan flowed within his veins,

Orochimaru was even confident,

that he could do better than anyone else!!

He could become stronger than anyone!!

Yet his body possessed no Kekkei Genkai whatsoever!!

This was the point that made Orochimaru feel even more helpless!!

He himself was already a rare genius in the ninja world,

but even so,

he himself also knew,

that Kekkei Genkai would forever be an insurmountable gulf he could not cross!!

The ninja standing at the very peak of the ninja world,

which one of them did not possess an extremely powerful Kekkei Genkai!!!

When Orochimaru himself was young, he had not thought so much about this,

he believed,

that even if his body possessed no Kekkei Genkai whatsoever,

he could absolutely surpass everyone!!!

Relying on his own talent, he could completely stand at the peak of this world,

and achieve his goals!!

Until one day,

he was awakened by a ninja named Uchiha Itachi!!

That junior of the Uchiha Clan,

he did nothing,

merely glanced at him,

and completely plunged him into his genjutsu world,

severing his arm!!

And from that day on,

Only now did Orochimaru realize,

just how terrifyingly powerful a Kekkei Genkai could be!!

Senju Hashirama's Wood Release…

the Uchiha clan's Sharingan…

Any single one of these Kekkei Genkai was an incomparably powerful bloodline limit!!

Even the abilities of Akatsuki's leader, Pain,

far exceeded everything Orochimaru had ever known!!

The Rinnegan…

The mere thought of it

brought an intense, almost unbearable craving surging up from deep within Orochimaru's heart!!

"Heh heh… the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan… the Rinnegan… the Tenseigan…"

"If only I could possess just one pair of these eyes… I could surely reach the very end of truth, and uncover every secret this world has to offer…"

"The origin of the Kekkei Genkai — I will unravel that mystery as well!!"

Lost in these thoughts, Orochimaru unconsciously tightened his fists!!

It was precisely because of his craving for a powerful Kekkei Genkai

that he had traveled thousands of miles to Konoha to take part in the Konoha Crush,

and chose Sasuke Uchiha as his vessel.

But then he recalled the future Sasuke that had appeared on the black screen,

who still seemed to be Sasuke Uchiha himself,

not someone who had stolen his body,

which would mean that he, Orochimaru, was destined to fail in the future??

Was the Uchiha clan's innate talent truly that terrifying?

He had already lost to Itachi Uchiha once,

could it be that even his younger brother, Sasuke Uchiha,

after only a few years of training, could now defeat him with ease?

At this thought, the expression on Orochimaru's face darkened several shades.

But then he remembered the reward he had obtained from the livestream,

and a measure of confidence returned to his heart!!

He had already obtained a portion of Hashirama Senju's primary Wood Cell,