With the appearance of these eyes, Tōshirō's aura became extraordinarily sharp, even capable of rivaling the aura released by the White Snake Sage.
"A Mangekyō Sharingan... It's been a long time. It even contains the power of Mōryō from the Land of Demons. How interesting." The White Snake Sage flicked her tongue, examining Tōshirō's eyes: "How did you do that?"
Tōshirō grinned: "I just had to eat it."
Hearing this, a rare look of surprise appeared in the White Snake Sage's eyes. Then, as she made a connection, she laughed: "Don't tell me you're planning to eat me too."
"You're a joker, ma'am." Tōshirō laughed: "Even if I did have that thought, I would need the ability to do so, wouldn't I?"
If Mōryō hadn't been crippled, Tōshirō would never have had the chance to take advantage of the situation.
"The truth is often hidden in a joke."
The White Snake Sage let out a cold laugh: "Interesting. You want to eat me? Then I'd like to see how you'll do it."
The White Snake Sage's aura suddenly skyrocketed. She opened her mouth, and a ball of flame ignited deep within. A column of fire shot out, incredibly hot.
This was no ordinary flame, but a Fire Release imbued with Sage Art power. The scorching temperature could even melt steel with ease.
The White Snake Sage and the Toad Sage were not only incompatible in their relationship, but their favored jutsu were also incompatible. One used Water Release, the other Fire Release, as if they were born to be rivals.
The column of fire surged forward like lightning, incinerating everything in its path.
Tōshirō's eyes narrowed.
A swirl of blue flames gathered and surged, blocking the incoming column of fire.
"BOOM!"
The vertically surging blue flames and the horizontally surging crimson flames collided, exploding. Crimson and blue flames scattered everywhere, one cold, one hot, intertwining and clashing, holding each other at bay.
"Th-this is..."
Orochimaru's widened eyes reflected a massive blue humanoid creature whose arms were as thick as crab claws, and whose body exuded a dangerous aura.
It was this blue figure that had just blocked the White Snake Sage's column of fire.
Ichikishimahime, who was watching, gasped, her face filled with shock as she looked at the blue giant that had appeared, whose size was enough to rival the White Snake Sage.
"S-Susanoo? Isn't that jutsu very risky? This lunatic."
If she had insisted on getting revenge on Tōshirō back then, she would have probably been ground into a pulp.
The White Snake Sage stared at the blue giant in front of her. Others might not recognize it, but with her eyesight, she wouldn't mistake it: "Tōshirō, your dōjutsu isn't Susanoo, is it?"
The change in address represented a change in attitude. In a sense, the White Snake Sage had already acknowledged Tōshirō and no longer regarded him as a mere human.
Tōshirō, standing on the head of the Soul Flame, admitted frankly: "That's right, this is my dōjutsu, Soul Flame."
"Soul Flame?"
"The flames released by the Soul Flame have the ability to freeze all things, including even souls."
Tōshirō explained, and the Soul Flame in front of him cooperated with his explanation, flipping its palm to ignite a ball of blue flame.
The White Snake Sage narrowed her eyes: "You said souls?"
Tōshirō grinned, his tone teasing: "If you happen to lose to me, I won't hesitate to devour your soul."
Looking at the blue giant, a look of realization appeared in the White Snake Sage's eyes: "I see. It was this thing that ate Mōryō's soul, which is why your eyes contain Mōryō's power."
"As expected of the White Snake Sage, you understand with just a hint."
Tōshirō praised her without holding back, but it sounded particularly grating to the White Snake Sage's ears: "Hmph, I don't need your praise, brat. To dare to covet my soul, then you will compensate me with your body."
"I was just joking, why are you taking it seriously?"
Tōshirō claimed it was just a joke, but the White Snake Sage was not joking at all. She swung her tail to thrust forward. The seemingly clumsy tail had an unimaginably fast speed.
The Soul Flame, with a dexterity no less than the White Snake Sage's, swung its arm and smashed the snake's tail away with a punch.
The tail was blasted away, but the White Snake Sage continued to use her tail to attack. A tail whip came.
The Soul Flame did the same, batting the snake's tail away.
The tail strike was separated again. The White Snake Sage didn't change her strategy, but instead chose to swing the same tail over and over again, whipping it relentlessly with increasing force. She wanted to see how many times this Soul Flame could block her.
The Soul Flame kept punching, only defending and not attacking.
As the White Snake Sage's power continued to rise, the Soul Flame began to show a decline, unable to fully fend her off.
"WHACK!"
The tail whip struck the Soul Flame's body, and the Soul Flame stumbled.
The White Snake Sage seized the opportunity and suddenly launched an attack. With a "Hiss," she opened her bloody mouth wide and lunged forward to devour him.
The Soul Flame reacted quickly, spreading its arms, one up and one down, to hold off the lunge of the abyssal maw.
The White Snake Sage swiftly moved her massive body, coiling around the Soul Flame and trapping it. No matter how the target roared or struggled, it could not break free.
Under the immense squeezing force, cracks appeared on the Soul Flame's body, and this phenomenon was intensifying.
As expected of an old monster who had lived for thousands of years.
To deal with this situation, Tōshirō took steps to further increase his dōjutsu power.
Blue flames ignited on the Soul Flame's body.
The White Snake Sage was set on fire, and the flames spread to her entire body in an instant, raging wildly.
The White Snake Sage did not panic. A massive amount of Sage Art chakra surged from within her, blocking the continued invasion of the blue flames.
Seeing that even this method couldn't stop the White Snake Sage, Tōshirō avoided her edge and chose to directly deactivate the Soul Flame, causing her lunge to miss its target. He then leaped sideways, taking the opportunity to create distance.
Hmph, trying to run?
The White Snake Sage spat out a ball of black venom. It was extremely fast and had strong corrosive properties. An ordinary person would be poisoned just by smelling it, and if it accidentally touched them, they would be dissolved into white bones.
So fast.
No time to use the Soul Flame.
It was already close. A mass of black chakra gushed from Tōshirō, converging into a row of bones that attached to his front—it was Susanoo.
The venom sprayed onto the surface of the Susanoo, fizzing and giving off white smoke, dissolving a hole. But the hole was quickly filled by the black chakra that re-covered it.
"How terrifying..."
Tōshirō's feet landed on the ground, and he bent over to steady himself. Looking at the giant white snake in front of him, he suddenly regretted provoking her.
The White Snake Sage looked at the black skeleton covering Tōshirō with a bit of disdain: "If it's only at this level, your Susanoo isn't as good as your Soul Flame."
Susanoo can be divided into three types based on its appearance: skeleton, humanoid, and armored. A more detailed breakdown includes having legs or not.
The strength the Soul Flame just displayed was roughly equivalent to the legged humanoid form. The White Snake Sage's words that Tōshirō's current skeletal Susanoo was not as good as his Soul Flame was basically what she meant.
Tōshirō didn't mind and replied: "But what if I add the power of the Soul Flame?"
"..." The White Snake Sage was slightly stunned.
Tōshirō's mouth curved in a smirk, and he deactivated the Susanoo on his body.
Immediately after, he leaped. The face of the Soul Flame appeared beneath his feet. It then opened its mouth and swallowed him.
However, this was just a preliminary step. Tōshirō's figure appeared in the triangular shape of the Soul Flame. A black chakra gushed from his body, flowed throughout the Soul Flame, and converged to form a black skeleton within it.
Armored Susanoo: First Stage
Seeing this, the White Snake Sage's gaze became a little more serious. Judging by the energy feedback from this form, although it was still some distance from the Perfect Susanoo, it was not to be underestimated.
"Interesting. You can actually combine two dōjutsu."
The White Snake Sage's massive body erupted with even more powerful Sage Art chakra, her aura astonishing: "Well, in that case, I'll show a bit more of my power."
The White Snake Sage in front of him flew into the air, and her appearance began to change visibly. The fact that her size increased by several times was secondary; the main thing was her overall shape.
Her head was like a camel's, eyes like a rabbit's, neck like a snake's, belly like a clam's, scales like a fish's, claws like a hawk's, palms like a tiger's, and ears like a cow's.
Looking at the White Snake Sage floating in the air, no, the White Snake Sage in front of him could no longer be called a snake.
Tōshirō couldn't help but be stunned.
Th-this is a dragon?
No, if he looked closely, there were still some differences from a real dragon.
Specifically, the horns on her head were not a pair, but flat, and she only had one pair of claws, not two.
Seeing this scene, Tōshirō thought of a word.
Flood Dragon?
Judging by her tone just now, the White Snake Sage hadn't even shown her true power yet.
Tōshirō couldn't help but wonder again if her true power would be to transform into a real dragon.
Thinking of this, Tōshirō suddenly understood why this place was called Ryūchi Cave.
The White Snake Sage, who had become a Flood Dragon, floated in the air, looking down at Tōshirō, and laughed: "Let's have another round."
Tōshirō's face fell, and he could only brace himself and move forward.
(End of Chapter)
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