Naruto: The Strongest Sage.

As mentioned before, this team can fight Orochimaru together, but this is without summoning beasts.

In the ninja world, summoned beasts are mostly used to assist in combat, such as the Uchiha clan, the contracted ninja cat, Kakashi's contracted ninja dog, and Kai's contracted turtle.

These psychic beasts do not have much combat power and can only provide help in information transmission and intelligence.

But those top-level ninjas often have more powerful summoning beasts.

Let's not talk about others, such as Hanzo, the Rain Ninja's Salamander, whose summoned beast is a giant Salamander. In its heyday, it beat the three Konoha people without any chance to fight back. And half of the credit goes to that giant Salamander.

In addition, Sarutobi Hiruzen's summoned beast, the Sarumo, not only has human wisdom, but can also change into various forms at any time, provide weapon support, or directly fight. Its strength is equivalent to that of an elite jonin.

The next higher level is the spiritual beasts of the three holy places. The spiritual beasts of the three holy places are outstanding in that they are huge in size. And their intelligence is no different from that of ordinary people.

Not to mention the higher level creatures of the Holy Land, who can use various innate ninjutsu. In fact, just based on their size, 99% of the ninjas in the ninja world cannot cope with them at all.

The appearance of the snake charmer directly broke the defense of the pursuit team. This super-large summoned beast requires the use of large-scale ninjutsu of the corresponding level to fight against.

But don't forget, there is Orochimaru above the other side. There are some ninjas who can deal with this combination, but not this team.

“Hurry…Run…”

Aoba shouted from a distance, alerting the frozen crowd. Even a few Root ninjas ran away without hesitation.

They were also wondering, originally this was just a play between the Root and Orochimaru. Why did Orochimaru seem to be serious now?

"Wood Release, the tree world is coming."

The leading Root captain released a Wood Release Ninjutsu in the direction of the snake player.

Dozens of huge trees rose from the ground, trapping the snake and Orochimaru. After that, the captain of the root did not stop and turned around and ran away.

Aoba, who was not far away, saw this scene and immediately understood who this guy was. Wasn't this the later Yamato? After all, Wood Release was too conspicuous.

But what can I say about the opponent's Wood Release level?

Hashirama used Wood Release to conquer the world, while Yamato used Wood Release to protect the land. These words seem so apt now.

With just one encounter, Orochimaru defeated the entire pursuit team. After that, he did not stop, but chased after the Root team directly.

Before long, the entire valley fell into silence.

At dawn, the valley was once again filled with movement. Qingye's figure rose and fell in the ruins several times and reached the deepest part of the valley.

Here, Orochimaru was already waiting. Beside him, there were two young men, who looked to be Kimimaro and Jūgo. At this time, Suigetsu and Karin had not followed him yet.

"Long time no see, Lord Orochimaru."

"Tsk tsk, Aoba-kun, it really is you. You really are beyond my expectations."

Orochimaru licked the blood on his face with his tongue and looked at Aoba with a strange look.

Orochimaru has complicated feelings towards this former subordinate.

The other party was one of the few assistants who could keep up with his actions in both thinking and practical ability. Before leaving, he even asked Qingye if he was willing to leave with him.

But Aoba chose to stay in Konoha. This disappointed Orochimaru. But what interested him more was that Aoba actually escaped the interrogation of the torture department. He was just exiled.

"Aoba-kun, you told me in your letter that you know information about Akatsuki. Do you want to make a deal with me?"

"Yes, if my information is correct. Lord Orochimaru, you should have joined Akatsuki two years ago and then left there. Am I right?"

This matter was very secretive to ordinary people, but many people knew about it. At least the top leaders of Konoha definitely knew about it.

"It seems that Aoba-kun does know something. I am now looking forward to our transaction. But before the transaction, I still need to confirm one thing."

Hearing Orochimaru say this, Aoba had already begun to gather chakra secretly. He was mentally prepared that to trade with a dangerous person like Orochimaru, he generally needed to show his qualifications first.

Simply put, you need to demonstrate the ability to trade on an equal footing.

But what surprised him was that after Orochimaru looked him up and down for a few times, he actually spoke.

"Haha, don't be nervous, Aoba-kun. For the sake of our past friendship, let's forget about the test. Let's just get started. Tell me, what do you want?"

Orochimaru had so many good things in his hand that Aoba wanted to take them all. But he knew that was impossible. Transactions needed to be done step by step.

"That depends on what information Lord Orochimaru needs. According to my intelligence, you should be most interested in Uchiha Itachi and the leader of the Akatsuki organization who has the Rinnegan. Am I right?"

"It seems that Aoba-kun is very interested in his information. In this case, the first thing I want to know is the detailed ability of Uchiha Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan."

At this time, Orochimaru was obsessed with Uchiha Itachi. The main reason was that he was so arrogant that he was instantly defeated by the other party with just a glance.

This made Orochimaru, who was already interested in the Sharingan, even more obsessed with Uchiha Itachi. However, due to the last encounter, he would not take action against Uchiha Itachi until he was absolutely sure.

"I know this information. In exchange, I need a Kusanagi sword."

There are actually many Kusanagi swords in the Naruto world. Orochimaru has more than one.

Qingye is good at swordsmanship, but because he is a commoner, he does not have any weapons made of chakra metal.

Therefore, he had set his sights on the Kusanagi sword a long time ago. However, most of these things were in the hands of Orochimaru. Therefore, he planned to take this opportunity to get one from Orochimaru.

"Haha." Orochimaru laughed and then performed his signature move.

He opened his mouth and spit out a white snake. Then the white snake opened its mouth and spit out a Kusanagi sword from its body, which fell directly in front of Aoba.

Qingye looked helplessly at the Kusanagi sword covered with mucus. After thinking for a while, he took out a sealing scroll and sealed the sword in it.

"You've got what you wanted. Now, tell me what I want, Aoba-kun." Orochimaru's tone was somewhat dangerous. Kamikawa Aoba had no doubt that if he dared to run away with the sword, the other party would definitely fight him to the death.

"of course."