Chapter 723: The Terror of the Wind Domain!
'Water Release: Waterfall jutsu'
Orochimaru spat out a large amount of water to block the expanding ring of fire. The ring of fire hit the water and continued expanding through it, evaporating all water that came in contact with it!
However, Orochimaru continued spitting out more water and retreating until his back was to the barrier! By the time the fire could reach him, the water had absorbed all the heat and doused the fire. Orochimaru only felt a heat wave hitting his body.
He laughed and said, "The Hellfire Clap jutsu, brings back memories. You have grown old, sensei. In the old days, your fire would have made it through the wat…"
Orochimaru suddenly stopped talking and glanced outside the barrier. Hiruzen glanced in the same direction at the same time. Despite not having their chakra fields active, both instinctively felt that a large number of chakra signatures suddenly disappeared. Their eyes widened seeing the headless bodies around Fujin.
Soon after, a smile appeared on Hiruzen's face as he thought, 'So this technique has reached this level? Haha, not bad, not bad at all! A technique of this scale, I won't be able to replicate it entirely.'
Meanwhile, Orochimaru thought, 'It's that wind dome… So, not only can he control winds inside the dome but also spontaneously create wind jutsus inside the dome. It was a good thing that I attacked with a Fire jutsu instead of entering it. Otherwise, things would have been far worse…'
After their clash, Orochimaru rated Fujin extremely highly and considered him a great threat that needed to be eliminated if he wanted to destroy Konoha. However, Fujin's impression became even deeper in Orochimaru's mind after seeing what the Wind Domain could achieve. For a moment, he became unsure about whether the arrangements he made for Fujin were enough to deal with him.
Hiruzen chuckled, attracting Orochimaru's attention, and said, "It's true. My powers have waned considerably. However, there will always be a new leaf to replace the old leaves. If you want to destroy Konoha, I'm afraid that killing me won't suffice."