Time stopped flowing.
Logan drew the Destruction Sword, the bandage wrapping around it unraveling with a flick of his wrist.
Ripples and natural forces surged into the blade. The sword, already nearly two meters long, extended again—becoming a ten-meter-long sword of light.
Logan and Star Platinum exchanged a look and stepped forward at the same time.
The sword slashed, and the cries of "Ora!" echoed.
One man and one Stand unleashed absolute speed and overwhelming power.
They cut down the White Snake Immortal's massive body from head to tail, cleaving and smashing it with every strike until the colossal snake was reduced to chunks of flesh and scattered scales.
Its tail had merged with the floor of Ryūchi Cave, allowing an endless stream of natural energy to flow into its body from the ground.
Logan raised his sword overhead—and brought it crashing down in one mighty blow.
Nine point nine seconds. Not a single moment wasted.
Time resumed.
Shiiick—
The White Snake Immortal, who just moments ago had worn a cold and lofty expression, now burst into a spray of blood from every inch of his pale, scaled skin. Chunks of flesh carrying an otherworldly scent scattered everywhere—one piece landing directly in the eyes of the stunned green snake.
"S-So... even the White Snake Immortal... can bleed?"
The green snake stood frozen in disbelief.
Princess Tuanjin, trembling, was already overwhelmed with fear.
It felt all too familiar.
This was exactly how the Wooden Golem had been pounded to death. Then came Wan Snake. Then Xinya.
And now… it was the White Snake Immortal's turn?
Her heart sank.
Was Logan really going to beat the legendary White Snake Immortal to death just like the others?
What kind of monster have we provoked? she thought. The reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths himself?
Tuanjinji looked at Logan.
But he wasn't smiling. In fact, his expression was grim, the grip on his sword tightening slightly.
The next moment, she saw the blood and flesh on the ground begin to vanish—absorbed by the earth itself.
Then, unbelievably, the White Snake Immortal's body—pulped and unrecognizable only seconds ago—was suddenly restored to its original form, as if nothing had happened.
Of course…!
Princess Tuanjin slapped her forehead mentally. It had been so long since she'd seen the White Snake Immortal in action that she'd almost forgotten—she was invincible.
Immortal. Indestructible.
Overflowing with arcane magic.
Omniscient.
No one in this world could kill the White Snake Immortal.
"Nice warm-up," the White Snake Immortal said calmly, brushing himself off and rising to his full height.
"It's a pity, though—no matter how strong you are, you can't kill me. No one can kill me."
His jaws parted—and a phantom red dragon clutching a luminous pearl flew from his mouth.
"Sage Art: White Radiance Technique!"
The red dragon spun rapidly around the gem at its core, faster and faster—until it abruptly exploded.
Blinding light filled the cave. The deafening shockwave followed, strong enough to rupture eardrums and blind unprepared eyes.
Air vibrated unnaturally with ultra-high frequency, and the pulse of that force transmitted instantly to Logan.
His skin, muscles, and even bones trembled violently.
The natural forces and ripples within his body were disturbed, his movements restrained.
One single technique—yet it could render all five senses useless and paralyze the target completely.
No wonder this monster had survived since the era of the Sage of Six Paths. The light explosion was only the beginning—the real attack followed immediately after.
"Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation!"
The earth beneath them surged like a living sea. Rocks warped into massive stone lions, swords, and spears, each infused with the sheer force of nature. They rushed toward Logan at speeds too fast for the eye to track.
Time stopped again.
Logan winced, rubbing his sore eyes as he calmly strode toward the White Snake Immortal.
This time, he didn't strike immediately.
What he'd just seen had changed everything.
The White Snake Immortal's regeneration wasn't like Orochimaru's or even Logan's own.
Orochimaru survived by modifying his body endlessly and relying on forbidden life-saving jutsu.
The Cult Leader Logan had fought survived through sacrificial rituals that stole life from innocent people.
Logan himself had his ripples, natural forces, and deeply awakened genetic enhancements.
But each of these regeneration methods had a limit—when energy or life force was exhausted, healing would stop.
The White Snake Immortal, though… was something else entirely.
When Logan first attacked, he'd injected ripple energy into the Immortal's body to destroy it from the inside out. Under normal circumstances, the life field should have fluctuated during recovery—there should have been a dip before regeneration kicked in.
But there was none.
Instead, the White Snake Immortal's life field had become even stronger.
Logan narrowed his eyes, walking right up to the snake.
He reached out and placed a hand on its body, channeling ripple energy inward.
He traced the natural forces flowing through the creature—and followed the trail as it ran deeper and deeper…
Until it flowed into the earth.
Time resumed.
"You're... one with the land?"
The realization dawned.
It all made sense now.
No wonder the White Snake Immortal couldn't be killed.
No wonder there was no dip in vitality.
After thousands of years of cultivation, she had merged completely with the earth itself. And that Inorganic Reincarnation technique—it wasn't just some flashy jutsu. It was a direct consequence of that fusion.
The White Snake Immortal's tail tapped the ground, sending her pipe back into her mouth.
"You figured it out so quickly?" she mused. "You're quite sharp."
She smirked.
"Unfortunately, you young people always suffer from the same flaw—"
"No respect for your elders."
"Sage Art: Super Inorganic Reincarnation!"
The earth began to change again—but this time, the scope wasn't limited to Ryūchi Cave.
The natural force surged outwards.
Everything within a three-kilometer radius—the rocks, soil, roots, even the air—was granted life.
"For thousands of years, I've watched the land shift—rivers bend, mountains rise, oceans recede," she said.
"I saw your fight with the Wooden Golem. You can manipulate waves. But earthquakes, landslides, tectonic shifts… those are the waves of the earth."
Behind her, the land began to rise, forming titanic shapes and roaring structures.
Stones, animals, trees—everything else became insignificant, like droplets swallowed by an ocean.
Only when standing before a rising wave of earth itself could one feel how truly small they were.
The White Snake Immortal's cold eyes bore into Logan.
"So tell me—can you handle this kind of wave?"
The power on display far outstripped any tailed beast.
This wasn't just raw might—it was a natural disaster incarnate.
Logan narrowly avoided a collapsing section of ground, snatched Sasuke from the battlefield, and launched into the air.
Giant stone hands reached up to grab him. When dodging failed, Logan swung his blade and sliced them to rubble.
At a thousand meters high, the attacks could no longer reach them.
The earth below calmed, like the sea after a storm.
The White Snake Immortal exhaled, lazily puffing smoke. With a flick of her tail, she picked up a small wriggling "snack" from the ground and tossed it into her mouth with a crunch.
"My eyes see everything in this world, Logan," she said. "With your strength, you could go anywhere—do anything."
She gestured toward the sky.
"Anywhere… except for three places."
"Mount Myōboku. The Wet Bone Forest. And my Ryūchi Cave."
Three places.
Three sages.
Toad Sage. Katsuyu Sage. White Snake Sage.
The ancient triad who had each chosen different paths and survived across eras.
The Toad Sage walked toward the future, skipping through time itself to make plans and predictions.
The Katsuyu Sage chased the past, achieving a state of perfect unity—every slug clone connected, all one body.
And the White Snake Immortal?
"I'm a pragmatist," she said. "I live in the present. The strongest Sage Art. The earth beneath my feet. That's my power."
She threw another "snack" into her mouth and chewed loudly.
"As for what you said about cannibalism?"
She exhaled smoke—and spat out a tiny skull.
"I ate them."
"What can you do about it?"
Her eyes narrowed.
"You want to kill me?"
Her tail lashed.
"You think you're f*g worthy?!"
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