"Lin Yu-kun, is this all your strength? I am most disappointed!"
Orochimaru calmly dodged Lin Yu's attacks and casually struck Lin Yu on the back. Lin Yu ignored it, enduring the blow, and punched Orochimaru in the chest, trading injury for injury!
*Bang!*
Both attacks landed simultaneously. Lin Yu took Orochimaru's palm strike squarely, feeling a burning pain across his back.
*Hiss!* Orochimaru, you just wait! You hit this hard, don't blame me for being impolite later!
The look of pain on Lin Yu's face flashed and vanished. He slammed his fist heavily towards Orochimaru. Orochimaru didn't have his physique; taking a full punch from him would not be pleasant.
*Whoosh!*
The expected impact sound didn't come. It was as if his punch had landed on air, with no sense of touching Orochimaru at all.
Soft body modification!
How could this be? Orochimaru had already mastered this? He had only just begun his experimental research.
With no time to dwell on it, Lin Yu quickly retracted his right fist and dodged an "inferiority kick" from Orochimaru!
A bead of cold sweat trickled down his forehead. Kushina and the others' happiness was almost gone! Damn it!
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"
Lin Yu rapidly formed hand seals, creating afterimages. He had already received his reward, doubling his hand seal speed!
"Oh? Is this the stage for a ninjutsu battle? Why didn't Lin Yu-kun announce it?"
"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!"
Orochimaru spoke casually, but his hand seal speed was no slower than Lin Yu's.
As everyone knew, fire overcomes wind. In terms of elemental advantage, Orochimaru's best response should have been to use water-style jutsu. Yet, he chose a wind-style ninjutsu, which demonstrated his confidence in his own jutsu!
Both were C-rank ninjutsu, but the power displayed by Lin Yu and Orochimaru was comparable to B-rank ninjutsu. A fierce storm swept towards the scorching fireball, and the two clashed with intense friction, neither yielding to the other.
*Boom!*
The wind mixed with embers suddenly blew outwards, and a ring of shockwaves rippled outwards, gradually dissipating.
A draw!
But Lin Yu knew that Orochimaru was still a step ahead, because fire overcomes wind!
However, this was not the time to ponder such matters. As the wind subsided, Lin Yu's figure had already moved close to Orochimaru.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"
After a rustle of white smoke, a hundred Lin Yus appeared on the field, surrounding Orochimaru. Each Lin Yu was rapidly forming hand seals.
"Water Style: Water Colliding Wave!"
Though a C-rank ninjutsu, with a hundred Lin Yus performing it, the water volume surpassed that of a Great Waterfall Technique, but the chakra consumed was also unimaginable.
Orochimaru's eyes narrowed. Multiple Shadow Clone Technique? Combined with the Uzumaki clan's vast chakra reserves, it was somewhat troublesome, but only troublesome.
And what was Uzumaki Lin Yu doing? Creating so many shadow clones for just one C-rank ninjutsu?
Several thoughts flashed through Orochimaru's mind. While he was thinking, Orochimaru didn't slow his actions. Though unsure of Lin Yu's ultimate intention, disrupting his ninjutsu was surely the right course of action!
Orochimaru's figure weaved rapidly between Lin Yu's shadow clones. *Puff puff puff,* in the blink of an eye, dozens of shadow clones performing water-style jutsu were exploded.
But ultimately, due to their sheer numbers, the ground was gradually covered by flowing water. By the time Orochimaru had exploded more than fifty Lin Yus, the water on the ground had reached his ankles.
Hiruzen Sarutobi had already leaped onto a treetop, frowning as he watched the ever-increasing amount of water. He pondered, should I tell him the four hand seals?
Don't your hands get tired from making so many seals?
Lin Yu: They do! But that's how many I copied!
After Orochimaru had exploded most of the Lin Yus in the field, a cold voice echoed from behind him.
"Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
Lin Yu used the volume of water condensed by nearly a hundred clones to perform the Water Dragon Bullet Technique, pouring chakra out recklessly. Its power rivaled an A+-rank ninjutsu. A fifty-meter, ferocious water dragon materialized in the air, roaring as it dived towards Orochimaru, its momentum astonishing!
A look of horror flashed across Orochimaru's face. He seemed to feel that this power was not inferior to Hanzō's, but Lin Yu was only ten years old, yet he could already wield such power. His future was truly unpredictable!
"Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall!"
Facing a ninjutsu of such power, Orochimaru dared not confront it head-on. He rapidly formed hand seals and slammed them onto the ground, causing an earthen wall to rapidly rise, meeting the descending water dragon.
*Bang!*
The earthen wall could not withstand the water dragon's impact and dissolved into mud, falling back to the ground after less than three seconds. Without the obstruction of the earth wall, the water dragon's massive body shot straight towards Orochimaru, giving him no chance, and swallowed him whole!
*Phew,* Lin Yu was drenched in sweat. Even with his chakra reserves, such large-scale ninjutsu usage was taxing. However, it seemed the outcome was favorable.
"Oh? So that's how it is. You used shadow clones to mask your main body's location, then used clones to perform water-style jutsu to confuse me, while your main body hid in the shadows, gathering chakra to unleash the Water Dragon Bullet Technique?"
Just as Lin Yu was about to step forward to check on Orochimaru's condition, Orochimaru's sinister voice suddenly sounded from behind him. Before Lin Yu could react, a cold hand grabbed his neck, lifting him entirely.
Lin Yu's face was filled with disbelief. How could this be! How could Orochimaru be behind me? Then who was that just now?
As if sensing Lin Yu's confusion, Orochimaru's gaze shifted towards the figure submerged by the water dragon. No, it had now turned into a pile of mud. This was his earth clone.
Lin Yu followed Orochimaru's gaze, his expression darkening. He said, "I lost this time, Teacher Orochimaru."
Orochimaru ignored Lin Yu and continued, "At first, you used words to confuse me, then you launched a surprise attack, then you pretended to engage in taijutsu combat, followed by a sudden ninjutsu release, and then this time you used Multiple Shadow Clones to obscure vision and unleash the Water Dragon Bullet. If it were an ordinary ninja, they would have done very well up to this point! However..."
Orochimaru's hand, gripping Lin Yu's neck, suddenly tightened!
*Bang!*
A puff of white smoke dissipated. It was a shadow clone!
A slender white hand, infused with blue chakra, emerged from beneath Orochimaru's feet, moving with such speed that it was impossible to guard against.
"However, you are Uzumaki Lin Yu. How could I not guard against a move from you!"
As if foreseeing it, Orochimaru's body contorted at an incredible angle, dodging the chakra scalpel Lin Yu launched from underground. After Lin Yu fully emerged from the earth, Orochimaru gave him no chance to react.
Shadow Snake Hands!
Several black-scaled snakes erupted from Orochimaru's sleeve, coiling around Lin Yu's limbs and binding him tightly.
Orochimaru looked at Lin Yu mockingly and said, "Lin Yu-kun, do you have any other tricks?"
Lin Yu slowly opened his eyes and met Orochimaru's gaze. The three tomoe in his eyes spun frantically. He said softly, "Genjutsu!"