A Warrior's Path 64 Chapter 64. Battle...

Orochimaru " Ryu Uzumaki.... when did Konoha produce a monster like you?"

Ryu smiled " Konoha was always strong. You were also a shinobi from this village, so surely you understand."

Orochimaru smiled creepily, he removed the skin mask from his face revealing pale skin, purple marks that extends from the inner corner of his eyes and pupils like that of a snake.

Ryu didn't make a move. To enjoy this, he even used the seal to restrict his energy below Orochimaru's chakra level.

Orochimaru smirked, snakes suddenly came out of the ground and bit Ryu. He got close to attack but Ryu deflected it.

Orochimaru was shocked, he expected the boy he attacked to be a clone but it turned out to be the real one. He didn't understand, the venom from his attacks would kill a kage in seconds.

Ryu " Surprised? You shouldn't place too much faith in your poisons."

After his body produced Chaos, he was completely immune to all kinds of poison. When Orochimaru's poison got into his body, it was neutralised and absorbed.

Orochimaru gained his composure, his wariness towards Ryu increased. He made a few hand signs

" Wind style : Great breakthrough "

A huge gust of wind was blown towards Ryu, he retreated as he knew this was going to be a life and death battle, so he went all out

' I need to escape, this kid.... '.

He looked at Ryu warily, after gaining some distance, he bit his thumb and placed his hand on the ground.

" Summoning Jutsu "

Seals spread out in a circular manner, smoke came out. From the smoke a huge snake emerged.

Orochimaru said " Manda, try everything you can to kill him."

Manda hissed " Are you ordering me? Fine, as long as you give me a hundred human sacrifices."

Orochimaru readily agreed. He wasn't even sure if he will live.

Manda tensed his muscles, his body coiled inwards then released. He was like a bullet as he rushed to Ryu.

Ryu dodged each attack. Orochimaru was throwing out Jutsu in between the attacks. Ryu stopped dodging, he jumped up high.

Temperature dropped instantly, several objects slowly took shape around Ryu. Orochimaru looked closely, they were spears made of ice.

Ryu waved his hand, hundreds of ice spears were thrown at Manda. Before Orochimaru could help, he felt his blood freeze.

Orochimaru used replacement Jutsu to dodge, where he stood was now completely frozen.

Ryu " Not bad, good instincts. I was worried you would die easily."

Orochimaru was scared, he was powerless infront of this boy. Any attack he threw was negated, he couldn't get close to do his seal.

He looked at Manda's direction, the entire ground was frozen, Manda laid there with holes all over his body, no blood flowed out as everything was frozen.

' How could he have Ice style!? that's a kekkei Genkai of the Yuki clan!. Moreover why does it seem like it's a lot stronger than the usual Ice style!?.'

Ryu now practices chaos energy, so every one of his attacks use this energy. The ice produced from this Chaos will be stronger than Yuki bloodline. As the purity increases, the strength of it will Increase as well.

Ryu appeared before Manda and punched. Manda's body shattered to countless specks of Ice crystals. Manda who was feared for centuries died just like like that.

Orochimaru took this opportunity to escape ' Earth style: Hiding like a mole Jutsu '.

Ryu anticipated this, he said " Wood style : Wood dome "

Numerous wood emerged from the ground enclosing everything around a five mile radius.

Ryu " Earth style : Landslide "

Ryu didn't need any form of invocation to release a Jutsu when he uses Chaos energy.

The ground beneath him trembled and split apart. Orochimaru was trying his best to get out but wood blocked him in every direction. Not only that, now the ground is being flipped out. With no other choice, Orochimaru emerged.

Ryu " Now, are you ready?"

Before he could react, Ryu reached him and kicked. Orochimaru ducked, he used his hand as a pole and did a reverse kick.

Orochimaru used snakes as diversion and got close. His hands were like a scalpel as he tried to cut Ryu but every time he got close, Ryu dodged.

Ryu was checking Orochimaru's fighting style, he was amazed, he really is a snake. Snakes fight by confusing their enemies, Orochimaru was also like that. Between every attack, he would use snakes to divert Ryu's attention, then he would go for a fatal attack.

Every one of Orochimaru's attack was deflected, dodged or countered. After each attack, Orochimaru got more and more scared, he used his fighting style to get a sudden unexpected attack on his enemy but Ryu was somehow able to dodge everything. He was mentally strained, he couldn't find a way to defeat this boy.

While he was agonising, Ryu was having a blast. If possible, he wished for close combat, after all killing with a single move is boring. He want to experience every fighting style there is. His last life limited him but now he can soar. He already got a basic understanding on how Orochimaru fights, Ryu started trying it out.

At first, it was tough but after each exchange he got better. Orochimaru sensed the sudden change in his style, because of this he was able to get a couple of attacks in but they were superficial.

As they continued, Orochimaru was horrified as he saw how Ryu was using his fighting style and was getting better by each passing second.

Orochimaru thought ' Can't let this go in any longer!'

He retreated and threw a dozens of kunai with explosive tags. Ryu waved his hand, creating a gust of wind that blew the tags straight back to Orochimaru. Ryu didn't give him any chance, he got behind him and threw him towards his own attack.

Orochimaru was impaled by his own attack, the tags exploded.

After the smoke cleared, a bloodied body laid on the ground. Ryu watched on, the bloodied body split from the middle. Orochimaru rose up from those disgusting fluids.

Orochimaru's face was pale. Even though he could do the ' Living corpse reincarnation Jutsu ', it still took a lot of his chakra. Especially if the wounds were serious. He has been trying to find an opportunity to escape but Ryu didn't give him any chance. All he needs is a couple of seconds.

Ryu disappeared from his vision, he couldn't react as he was blown away by a punch to his gut. Orochimaru was nailed on the wood dome, he was sweating all over his body. He looked at Ryu,

' that monster isn't even panting.'

Ryu pointed his hand, his index and middle finger were straightened like a sword. He used his fingers as a sword and slashed.

The air rippled, a grey crescent shaped light flew towards Orochimaru. He was horrified seeing this, he felt death.

The attack sliced through the Wood dome. The dome collapsed raising a cloud of dust. Ryu didn't try to find Orochimaru as he sensed him disappear.

Ryu thought ' For him to disappear like that..... either he used teleportation or he was summoned. First can be removed as he doesn't have space abilities, as for the other.... reverse summoning is the only thing that can achieve that. Guess Kabuto found something suspicious.

Well...doesn't matter, he will appear on the Chunin exams, so all is well."

Chapter end