Chapter 171: So Pretty, and Utterly Useless!
Things were getting a little strange.
The White Snake Sage continued to avoid Naraku Uehara.
During their journey, the empty caves only had small white snakes. They couldn't even find a snake large enough to be stewed in a pot.
A fireball suddenly shot out from Naraku Uehara's hand, fiercely shooting forward to illuminate the path and forcing back a group of small white snakes that were spying on them.
"What does the White Snake Sage mean by this?"
Naraku Uehara's expression grew increasingly unpleasant. A golden glint appeared in his eyes as he instantly activated Thrill of the Hunt to observe everything nearby.
Naraku Uehara watched as those small white snakes slithered into the depths of the cave and said coldly, "Even if Ryuchi Cave doesn't welcome my arrival, at least send a snake to say so, right? Without a reason, how can I have the nerve to just turn hostile!"
"..."
Orochimaru's brow also furrowed slightly.
To be honest, Orochimaru was also very curious about this question.
However, at this very moment, a small white snake suddenly drilled out of the ground, climbed up Orochimaru's leg to his shoulder, its forked tongue constantly flicking as if it were saying something.
Orochimaru looked at the small white snake on his body with a puzzled expression, his face a little unpleasant. Clearly, he understood the snake language it was speaking.
"It wants me to drive this brat out of Ryuchi Cave?"
Orochimaru slowly turned his head to look at Naraku Uehara beside him, his eye twitching slightly. If he had that ability, would he have needed to bring Naraku Uehara in!
This White Snake Sage clearly didn't understand the situation!
Crack!
Naraku Uehara suddenly reached out and pinched the small white snake on Orochimaru's shoulder, looking coldly at the trembling little thing, and said softly, "Go and tell the White Snake Sage that it didn't come out to greet me, which is disrespectful. I'm going to burn this place down!"
"Hiss!"
The next moment, this trembling small white snake instantly grew larger!
In just the blink of an eye, the white snake that was the length of a chopstick had instantly transformed into a giant python tens of meters long, swallowing towards Naraku Uehara in one bite.
This was really not scientific at all!
Bang!
Uehara slammed a fist on its head, creating a huge deep pit on the head of this white giant python, instantly killing it!
Naraku Uehara shook the blood from his hand and curled his lips, "Mr. Orochimaru, you saw it. A member of Ryuchi Cave attacked me first."
Orochimaru: "..."
What kind of logic was that!
A guy who spoke so arrogantly, insulting the White Snake Sage and saying he would burn down Ryuchi Cave, why shouldn't people attack you?
After Naraku Uehara finished speaking, a cloud of mist suddenly rose from within the cave and rushed towards Naraku Uehara and Orochimaru.
"Go and kill him."
An aged voice came from the mist and entered Naraku Uehara's ears.
The next moment, three thick pythons shot out from the mist, rushing towards Naraku Uehara. Each python was almost no smaller than Manda!
The figures of each python were like fragmented images, sometimes disappearing, sometimes reappearing, leaving one dumbfounded!
Clearly, the identities of these three pythons were not ordinary. They should be the enforcers of Ryuchi Cave, similar to the three Gamabunta brothers, right?
"It's invisibility… Nether Blade!"
A mysterious smile appeared at the corner of Naraku Uehara's mouth. He slowly extended his palm, and a highly irregularly shaped Nether Blade appeared in his hand.
"Riftwalk!"
Naraku Uehara's figure disappeared, abruptly appearing on the head of one of the giant pythons. He fiercely swung the Nether Blade in his hand and stabbed it into the giant python's head!
The scales on this giant python's head were extremely hard. Even the Nether Blade could only penetrate a little, which slightly surprised Naraku Uehara.
The other two giant pythons discovered his tracks. After their figures instantly turned invisible and disappeared, the next moment one of the pythons appeared beside Uehara, opening its mouth to swallow Uehara whole!
"My Style Secret Art! Smokescreen! Sage Mode, open!"
After a puff of smoke dissipated, Naraku Uehara quickly replenished his chakra. When his chakra energy and natural energy were equal, he instantly activated Sage Mode!
Two pairs of white wings appeared from Naraku Uehara's back. His life energy instantly skyrocketed. Neither his strength nor his speed was something these few giant pythons could capture!
Bang!
A rain of blood fell from the sky!
One of the pythons was hit on the head by Naraku Uehara's fist!
The immense force caused the giant python's body to collapse internally. Cracks appeared all over its scales, and blood flowed out from the cracks, enveloping its entire body and turning it into a blood python. It was clear it wouldn't live for long.
"Hiss!"
The remaining two giant pythons, as if driven mad, pounced towards Naraku Uehara again, but their bodies were still flickering between invisible and visible states!
"Stop."
That aged voice came from the mist again.
The two giant pythons looked back at the mist with some reluctance, then at Naraku Uehara with his four wings, and finally slithered away unwillingly.
Seeing this, Orochimaru chuckled lightly, "I thought Naraku-kun would kill them all! I suffered a lot from them when I was in Ryuchi Cave back then…"
"Tsk, these will all be my subordinates in the future."
Naraku Uehara's wings hung by his side as he chuckled lightly, "Mr. Orochimaru, didn't you say that as long as I defeat the White Snake Sage, it will acknowledge me as its master?"
"..."
Orochimaru's face immediately stiffened.
However, the mist in the cave suddenly began to change dramatically. Anyone could tell that the master of this cave was definitely very angry right now.
It was just unknown who it was angry at.
After a moment, the mist finally stabilized, gradually spreading outwards, slowly enveloping Naraku Uehara and Orochimaru.
Immediately after, the mist slowly dissipated.
Naraku Uehara looked up and surveyed his surroundings. They were already in an ancient and tall temple. And on the seat above the temple was coiled a giant white-scaled snake.
The body of this white-scaled snake was exceptionally large. The huge seat could only accommodate a small part of its body, while its entire body extended throughout the temple and even out of the temple, making it impossible to see how long its true body was.
On top of this white-scaled snake's head was a terrifyingly huge beast face. In the beast's mouth was a huge scroll.
On the scroll was written the name of Ryuchi Cave.
The eyes of the White Snake Sage on the seat suddenly glared at Naraku Uehara. It slowly crawled towards him and said in a muffled voice, "A new sage? A newborn sage clan? Do you wish to challenge the power of Ryuchi Cave?"
For a thousand years, the three great sage regions had often fought.
Strictly speaking, Shikkotsu Forest was in a category of its own. It was estimated that besides the White Snake Sage of Ryuchi Cave and the Great Toad Sage of Mount Myoboku, no one dared to go to the Slug Sage's Shikkotsu Forest.
Only the toads of Mount Myoboku and the snakes of Ryuchi Cave often fought.
They mainly fought over territory rich in natural energy. For example, Gamabunta had once killed a snake that had entered Mount Myoboku.
When the White Snake Sage saw Naraku Uehara's Sage Mode, it probably thought Naraku Uehara was here to seize Ryuchi Cave, this blessed land rich in natural energy.
The white-scaled snake coiled on the seat slowly raised its body again, looking down at Orochimaru on the ground, "Orochimaru, I gave you the opportunity to sign the Ryuchi Cave blood contract when you were a youth, yet you brought another sage clan to attack Ryuchi Cave…"
"Please allow me to explain."
Orochimaru smiled and spread his palms, concealing the shock in his eyes.
Originally, he had thought he had sufficiently overestimated Naraku Uehara's strength, but he hadn't expected to have still greatly underestimated it. This little brat had actually cultivated Sage Mode!
And it was even from some clan outside the three great sage regions!
This seemed normal too. After all, this Naraku Uehara fellow had many powerful summoning beasts!
Orochimaru composed himself and continued to divert the trouble, "White Snake Sage, that was just a joke. This Uehara Naraku beside me is a genius ninja who very much wants to challenge the White Snake Sage, which is why I brought him here."
"No, I just want the Ryuchi Cave summoning contract."
Naraku Uehara chuckled lightly, then slowly raised his head to look at the summoning blood contract above the White Snake Sage's head. The reward for obtaining the summoning contract would definitely not be low!
"???"
The smile on Orochimaru's face froze.
What did this little bastard Naraku Uehara mean? Was it because he felt he couldn't beat the White Snake Sage and wanted to screw him over at the last minute?
Was it fun to always screw him over?
Naraku Uehara saw Orochimaru's expression was a bit broken. After a light laugh, the expression on his face gradually became serious, "Alright, I was joking. I want the Ryuchi Cave contract scroll, and I want a summoning beast like the White Snake Sage too!"
"A newborn brat is always so boastful… huh…"
The White Snake Sage slowly returned to its seat, its voice gradually lowering, seemingly without much reaction.
The next second, the entire area's terrain changed dramatically!
Naraku Uehara abruptly raised his head, only to see that this temple had actually grown countless sharp spikes, rushing towards them at high speed. The most important thing was that this small area did not allow Uehara any other place to land!
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A Nether Blade instantly appeared in Naraku Uehara's hand. He fiercely cut down a patch of spikes, but still couldn't stop these spikes from forming!
Even Orochimaru was completely controlled by the spikes.
Even the White Snake Sage itself was surrounded by dense spikes.
It was just that its body could change at any time, sometimes becoming large, sometimes small, weaving through this death forest created by the spikes!
"Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation."
The White Snake Sage spoke in a muffled voice, reopened its eyes, and said slowly, "Everything here is under my control. You have no advantage fighting here, brat. State your clan!"
This sentence was not without basis.
Ryuchi Cave was originally the residence of the White Snake Sage.
This was the most suitable area for it to fight. No one could defeat it here, not even the Slug Sage who countered it!
"Fire Release: Flame Storm!"
A ball of flame appeared in Naraku Uehara's hand, burning the incoming spikes. However, these spikes actually couldn't be burned, and the battle situation still couldn't be changed!
I was a bit careless!
If I remember correctly, in the original story, Kabuto Yakushi could also use Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation, but it didn't seem to show much power. From the looks of it now, it was because Kabuto himself was too weak, far different from the White Snake Sage's Inorganic Reincarnation.
The Inorganic Reincarnation used by the White Snake Sage didn't even leave Naraku Uehara a place to land. Even if he destroyed these inorganic spikes, they would regenerate at an even faster speed.
Naraku Uehara quickly activated Divine Judgment's Moment. The golden light shield instantly blocked a group of densely packed incoming spikes, and he couldn't help but frown.
Naraku Uehara abruptly extended his palm towards the White Snake Sage. A chain flashed between the person and the snake. Naraku Uehara decisively used Hijack to directly steal the White Snake Sage's technique, to see if there was a way to break it.
However, after seeing the stolen technique, Naraku Uehara almost wanted to curse the skill for being nonsense. Why was it that when he stole from the White Snake Sage, he actually got a skill to observe the history of the ninja world for the past thousand years?
What the hell was the use of this!
Naraku Uehara wasn't completely clear on the thousand-year history of the ninja world, but he was very clear about the most important matters of the Otsutsuki family.
Riftwalk!
Naraku Uehara's body instantly disappeared. The next moment, he appeared in the cave outside the temple. However, the entire cave had also been covered with dense spikes!
Naraku Uehara could only swing his Nether Blade to find a foothold for himself. He also finally got a full view of the White Snake Sage.
A white-scaled giant snake whose end could not be seen!
And this white snake's body was rapidly slithering between the spikes. Its body sometimes expanded, sometimes shrank. When it couldn't pass through the spikes, it would even turn into a cloud of mist!
How could he fight this?
Naraku Uehara was not in a good mood.
The battlefield was already unfavorable for him. The White Snake Sage could travel through the jungle of sharp spikes in Ryuchi Cave without any obstacles, while Naraku Uehara still needed to use his Nether Blade to open up a foothold for himself.
He couldn't even cancel the invincibility of Divine Judgment's Moment, otherwise he would instantly be pierced by countless spikes!
The White Snake Sage hadn't even used its full strength. It just used one move of Inorganic Reincarnation to give life to inanimate objects and manipulate them to attack, which directly put Naraku Uehara at a disadvantage.
Damn it, this changing the battlefield trick is too annoying.
"Surrender, brat."
The White Snake Sage's body slowly coiled around a spike, and it persuaded in a muffled voice, "Brat, tell me your clan's name. I can spare your life on account of a newborn clan."
"Heh heh… just a long worm."
Naraku Uehara abruptly raised his head to look at the White Snake Sage, brought his palms together, and shouted in a low voice, "Ninpō: Summoning Jutsu!"
This time, he still attempted to summon Galio.
The White Snake Sage shook its head and sighed softly, "The natural energy in Ryuchi Cave is too concentrated, and I have set up a summoning restriction barrier. Besides snake-type creatures, no other ninja beast can reach here through summoning…"
As expected.
Naraku Uehara couldn't help but frown. He had wasted chakra for nothing and didn't see Galio. Just how strong was this White Snake Sage, that even a summoning beast couldn't cross over to here!
Fortunately, he did have a snake-type summoning beast.
Well, if a naga could be considered a snake.
"Ninpō: Summoning Jutsu!"
Naraku Uehara wasn't in a hurry. He just quickly performed his summoning jutsu again, "Then let me see how beautiful the Spirit Blossom skin is!"
A puff of smoke sounded.
A beautiful white tail fiercely swatted away a patch of spikes, and a captivating female voice suddenly appeared in Ryuchi Cave, "This environment, it really suits me!"
Naraku Uehara couldn't help but look up. A graceful long robe of light purple came into view, wrapping around a delicate and alluring body.
A woman hooked the corner of her lips into a wicked smile. Her face made one involuntarily search for a word to describe it. Sexy, alluring, tempting?
It was just a pity that her lower half was a snake's tail!
Cassiopeia, the Serpent's Embrace (Spirit Blossom)!
Naraku Uehara looked at her body, unable to stop feeling a little regretful, but two men couldn't help but come to mind, one surnamed Xu, one surnamed Li.
How could you blame others for this kind of thing?
But it was good that he could summon her now.
Naraku Uehara finally breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed this summoning beast, Cassiopeia, shouldn't be too weak either. After all, she was also summoned with a high chakra cost, just like Galio.
The next second, Naraku Uehara's entire expression collapsed!
The White Snake Sage just glanced at Naraku Uehara's summoning beast, and then instantly manipulated countless barbs to pierce through Cassiopeia's body, directly turning this just-summoned snake woman into a puff of smoke.
Naraku Uehara watched the alluring figure of the snake woman disappear, his face immediately darkening, "So much chakra to summon you and you can't even put up a decent resistance. What's the point of you coming out if you can't help at all in a fight?"
(End of Chapter)
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