Chapter 73: Snake Uncle's Wisdom (Begging for Your Continued Reading!)

Orochimaru took a deep breath and focused his mind.

In an instant, a layer of Armament Haki appeared on his torso, focusing on protecting his vital organs.

The impact of the sound waves weakened considerably, but he could still feel waves of dull pain.

"I can't hold out like this for long; I need a quick victory!" Orochimaru's eyes turned sharp as he quickly calculated in his mind.

Orochimaru suddenly formed hand seals, his hands changing rapidly: "Ninpo: Snake Devouring Formation!"

In the blink of an eye, countless snakes surged toward Vidalus in the center from all directions like a tide.

The ground seemed to come alive, writhing and rolling, the snake swarm dense as a living carpet.

The next second, every snake opened its bloody mouth at once. What was chilling was that from every snake's mouth spat a gleaming cold sword; countless sword lights intertwined in the air and instantly descended upon Vidalus.

But Vidalus was not nervous at all. His finger plucked the strings, and he shouted loudly: "Sound Blade: Death Chord!!"

A piercing hiss suddenly rang in the air, sharp enough to make one's scalp tingle. Visible sound waves, like countless invisible blades, instantly wove an impenetrable net in the air.

"Pfft pfft pfft!"

Only a dense cutting sound was heard; those aggressively charging snakes were instantly sliced into fragments by the sound waves. Blood rained down, and in the blink of an eye the ground was dyed a striking crimson.

Orochimaru's pupils contracted sharply, and his body reacted instinctively. He twisted his body into unbelievable angles like a flexible snake, barely avoiding the attack.

"Hiss!"

A sound wave brushed past Orochimaru's cheek, leaving a thin bloodstain on his pale skin.

Sound waves cut everything around them. The walls were instantly covered in crisscrossing cracks, the ground was shattered into pieces, and gravel flew everywhere.

Seizing the opponent's opening, Orochimaru narrowed his eyes and quickly formed hand seals. "Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

A huge water dragon condensed from the void, roaring as it charged toward Vidalus.

However, just as the water dragon was about to touch its target, Vidalus's hair suddenly moved as if alive, forming an impenetrable barrier.

The water dragon struck the hair barrier and was instantly absorbed completely.

Vidalus laughed wildly, his hair looking even more lustrous and smooth.

"Thank you for the water nourishing my hair!" Vidalus grinned, then shook his hair violently, letting it sway in the air.

Orochimaru frowned and quickly changed strategy. He formed hand seals, and the ground suddenly rose up. "Earth Release: Mud Bullet!"

Countless clods of mud shot toward Vidalus like bullets.

Vidalus plucked the strings smugly, and the piercing sound waves swept over again, instantly crushing the stones.

"Useless, useless! Your magic is like tickling to me!"

Orochimaru remained expressionless, a glint of sharpness flashing in his eyes.

He kept changing hand seals, trying different ninjutsu again and again, but could never break through Vidalus's defense.

"Hahaha!" Vidalus laughed loudly, "Is that all you've got?"

His fingers plucked the strings wildly, the intensity of the sound waves growing greater, and sound blades poured down like a rainstorm.

Orochimaru quickly formed hand seals with both hands, and the ground rose up instantly. "Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!"

Before his voice fell, the ground rose instantly, a thick wall of earth shooting up from the ground before him.

The sound blades slammed heavily into the earth wall, slicing it full of holes, but at last bought Orochimaru a chance to catch his breath.

Without the slightest pause, Orochimaru began moving quickly around Vidalus.

His figure flickered like a ghost, constantly changing positions, even appearing on the ceiling, while the seals on his hands changed without stopping.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

"Lightning Release: Lightning Strike!"

Dense ninjutsu poured down, bombarding Vidalus wildly, but none could break through the opponent's defense. Vidalus grinned savagely, plucking the strings wildly. The piercing sound waves swept over again, slashing fiercely at Orochimaru.

"Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!" Orochimaru growled lowly, and a thick earth wall rose up from the ground again.

The sound waves struck the earth wall and exploded with a boom. Gravel flew, smoke and dust billowed.

Another wave of sound followed closely, rushing straight at Orochimaru.

Orochimaru quickly formed hand seals with both hands, and a new earth wall rose up at the sound, barely blocking the attack.

Such scenes repeated endlessly; Orochimaru switched back and forth between attack and defense, always maintaining a certain rhythm.

The entire space was filled with the roar of ninjutsu and piercing sound waves, gravel flying and dust rising.

But soon, Orochimaru's complexion grew worse and worse, countless capillaries burst, and blood flowed down his face.

Vidalus's laughter grew even more arrogant: "What are you doing? Struggling before death? Too bad, all of this is useless! My Death Rock will completely decompose every cell in your body!"

Orochimaru remained silent, a strange light flashing in his eyes; his hands kept forming seals to attack, while one earth wall after another rose to block the sound blade attacks.

Soon, Vidalus's movements paused slightly, his brow furrowed tightly.

He suddenly increased the force in his hands, only to find that the Death Rock music was gradually weakening.

"What's going on?" Vidalus widened his eyes, clearly in disbelief.

A cold smile curved Orochimaru's lips: "Look around you."

Vidalus suddenly looked around, and only then did he notice that, unknown when, the surroundings had already been surrounded by countless earth walls.

Dense earth walls divided the entire space into small compartments; his sound waves were constantly weakened within these compartments, their power greatly diminished.

"Could it be!" Vidalus widened his eyes, finally realizing something.

"Earth Release: Rock Peak Thrust!" Orochimaru pressed his palms together with a low shout.

In an instant, the surrounding earth walls suddenly came alive. Countless sharp earth spikes grew wildly from the wall surfaces; the entire space was filled with earth spikes, crisscrossing, forming a sound-deadening area.

The sound of Death Rock suddenly vanished, completely devoured by the surrounding environment. Vidalus widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief.

"Impossible! Sound Blade, Death Chord!" Vidalus plucked the strings frantically; sound blades kept striking the surrounding earth spikes, while the spikes kept growing, and in a short time he could not break out.

And Orochimaru outside suddenly bit his finger and pressed it to the ground: "Summoning Ninpo: Snake Mouth Binding Technique!"

In an instant, a fleshy wall rose out of nowhere, enclosing the entire combat area. Meanwhile, Vidalus was trapped within dense earth spikes, completely oblivious to the changes outside.

Orochimaru watched coldly, forming hand seals once more: "Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"

In an instant, a vast amount of water poured down like a waterfall, surging toward the surrounded Vidalus.

At the same time, the surrounding flesh walls began to writhe, secreting a colorless, odorless poison that silently merged into the water flow.

Vidalus watched the water level rise continuously, a disdainful smile on his face: "Drown me? Don't forget my hair can absorb all water!"

His hair moved like a living thing, quickly spreading out, greedily absorbing the surrounding moisture.

However, in the next instant, his expression suddenly froze.

"No, no, no! My hair!!!" Vidalus let out a heart-rending scream.

Only to see his proud long hair actually begin to rot at a speed visible to the naked eye. Strands fell one by one, revealing the corroded scalp beneath.

This terrible corrosion continued to spread, from the hair roots to the scalp, then downward to erode his cheeks.

Vidalus waved his hands frantically, trying to stop this terrible process, but it was all in vain. His screams were filled with despair: "What is this?! Stop! Stop it quickly!"

Soon, Vidalus's body rapidly disintegrated in this terrifying toxin. Muscles, internal organs, blood vessels—everything vanished under the erosion of the poison.

Finally, all that remained standing in place was a skeleton, its skull part unmistakably a ferocious skull head. The guitar he was proud of slipped from his bony hand, emitting a dull sound.

The next second, Orochimaru unsealed the Earth Release, walked over, and looked down at this skeleton: "Hehe, Death Rock, truly not bad magic."

(Chapter End)