Despite his demeanor, Orochimaru was quite impressed with the Priest. However, he did not show it. Nonetheless, this technique seemed to well covered, and as such, they would move on. Orochimaru kept his silence, as he exited the dark crypt through a secret entrance, looking back to show the Priest that he should follow him.
"Now, the next skill, is quite a peculiar one. Made famous by someone..well know throughout the Ninja World. I assume you know how to do the shadow clone technique.."
Orochimaru says, as slams his hand onto the ground, causing the ground before them to open up and burst upwards, revealing a dark crypt beneath. A horrid smell follows, as some bodies could be seen coming up with the platform, with the more open area now. However, these bodies weren't dead, no. They were subjects, ones Orochimaru had used to test the Curse Mark with. About 4 subjects emerge in a rage and blast towards both Orochimaru and the Priest. Or so the Priest thought, as Orochimaru disappeared in a plume of smoke. A clone, the original standing high above the field on the building from whence they came.
"..Try making...more clones. Up to 8 can be made. Its a Kinjutsu, and you'll have to force your chakra to do so, or I am afraid, you won't survive the attacks of the subjects and they seem pretty...angry."
He says, as his sinister laugh echoes over the screams of the raged Curse Mark test subjects.
A rather silent response from Orochimaru and though Priest would have expected a kudos, but that means, the man would be going against his own reputation. Priest smirks. Instead of responding, the man enters deeper into darkness while motioning Priest to follow suit. Priest would not hesitate and would do as said. Priest would have to deal with the pungent smell oozing from dead organics on the way, majority of them been used tissue, snake skins that had been shed, corpses, worms and other creepy things. Orochimaru himself is creepy and Priest wondered if he too would turn out creepy like the snake himself. But if he becomes like Oro, people won't come to him for confession and santification. Maybe if he promises them he'll make them younger, they'll turn up. No, now they'll think he's into voodoo stuff.
"Now, the next skill, is quite a peculiar one. Made famous by someone..well know throughout the Ninja World. I assume you know how to do the shadow clone technique.."
Priest wonders how peculiar a jutsu could be for Oro to sugar-coat it so well. However, when he hear him talk about if him knowing the shadow clone technique, he begins to re-think his expectation if its mere shadow clone technique. Priest was initially feeling relaxed as he had mastered the jutsu Oro mentioned even from his time in the academy. He was at ease not until everything becomes more creepy, gloomy and smelling.
Oh! What is that? Wait, you no longer feel the smell? I could...
Priest was interrupted by the emergence of living beings, coming out from the shit hole. Almost reminiscent to a horror movie, only they don't look like a Zombie. However, the way they look and lunge towards, Priest he'd be dead if he is not alert. Orochimaru on the other hand, had tricked him as he poofed away while his maniacal voice echoed from somewhere, telling him to make more that the default amount of clones that can be made. Priest needed time to process the info before he could actually focus, but the beasts Oro set him up with are upon him. He would cause snakes to burst forth from his sleeves while adding his killing intent to immobilize them in pairs, holding two together in a tight grip on each sides while the white snakes slithers around and constricts them. Priest knows the bondage is not going to hold them for long so in the short timeframe, he tries to understand the jutsu.
Thinking....
" Shadow clone needs me to equally divide my chakra into four places and use my chakra to manifest my own form as a separate physical being in four places. By using more chakra for the manifestation and splitting my chakra reserve into something much more than before, I can transcend the amount of clones I make. The jutsu is cool to overwhelm an opponent or to even up the scores when one is overwhelmed, however, the risk is too much. My chakra would suffer a drastic cut in the process. This is not a jutsu to be used anyhow unless, my chakra is quite buoyant or I'm in dire need. Any which way, I can not use it when my chakra is low."
With this understanding, Priest weaves a single handseal while imbuing more chakra with perfect chakra control, distributing it into 8 different portions and then manifesting his own image around the chakra, making them to take form as his clones. Immediately the clones were made, the snakes holding the beasts got tired and poof back to Ruichi Cave. The clones would quickly get to work, taking the beasts, 2 to 1 and in no time, they'll defeat them, tiring them out and restraining them in the cave.
[Snake Authority Spell]
[Sakki]
[Taju Kage Bunshi]
[Techniques used by the clones]
Priest having defeated the beasts with his clones, make them poof away while he flickers and appear behind Oro.
That was sneaky, Orochimaru. Were you testing me by trying to kill me? That's sick.