"Garaga?"
Yao narrowed his eyes.
Tagitsuhime explained, her tone carrying a hint of apprehension:
"Garaga is the oldest and most powerful great snake in Ryūchi Cave!"
"It is a gigantic, one-eyed, crimson snake, far larger than Manda!"
"Its body contains an extremely massive and violent amount of senjutsu chakra!"
"Not only is its power terrifying, but its movements are extremely agile, its aggression is intense, and its speed is shockingly fast."
"It possesses an innate ability! It can spray special senjutsu chakra from its mouth that can instantly turn opponents into stone statues!"
"Sounds formidable!"
Yao licked his lips.
"Garaga is indeed powerful!"
Ichikishimahime laughed. "But... Garaga's personality is extremely violent! Reclusive! And difficult to get along with!"
"It lives in the deepest, most dangerous area of Ryūchi Cave!"
"It does as it pleases. Even the other snakes in the cave detest and fear it; no one is willing to get close."
"Even the White Snake Sage can't do anything about Garaga. It's considered an anomaly and a nuisance in Ryūchi Cave."
Ichikishimahime looked at Yao, her eyes twinkling with the anticipation of a good show:
"If you truly have the skill to subdue Garaga and make it willingly become your summon..."
"Then it will absolutely be the most powerful combat partner! What do you say, young man? Interested in a challenge?"
Hearing the description from the three snake princesses, Yao's eyes brightened slightly.
Setting aside combat power.
Just the labels "Strongest in Ryūchi Cave" and "Even the White Snake Sage has a headache over it" piqued his interest.
Owning a powerful summon was undoubtedly a very... cool and practical thing!
"Garaga... huh?"
Yao's mouth curled into an intrigued arc. "Sounds like a guy with a lot of personality!"
"Where is it?"
Seeing that Yao wasn't scared off but instead eager to try, the three snake princesses all wore expressions of anticipating a good show.
"Its lair is in the deepest part of Ryūchi Cave, near where the erratic ley lines converge. The natural energy there is chaotic and violent; ordinary snakes can't stand it at all!"
Ichikishimahime pointed to a passage leading deeper into the darkness:
"Follow this path straight down. When you reach the hottest, most unsettling place, you're probably there. However..."
"If you go there just like that, nine times out of ten it will treat you as an intruder. It won't listen to reason!"
"I understand!"
Yao nodded. "Thank you three for the information. I'll go meet Garaga!"
With that, he turned and walked toward the depths of Ryūchi Cave's main cavern.
Having just mastered Sage Mode, Yao urgently needed a battle to verify his current combat capabilities.
Garaga...
Was a good choice!
The three snake beauties watched his retreating figure and couldn't help but exchange smiles.
"Do you think he'll succeed?" Tagitsuhime licked her lips.
"Who knows?"
Ichikishimahime chuckled lightly. "But he's the first one in centuries to dare entertain the idea of Garaga."
"Just that courage alone is interesting, isn't it?"
...
Venturing deeper all the way.
Finally, passing through a long, narrow fissure, he arrived at an unimaginably huge underground magma cavern.
Below was a slowly flowing, scorching magma lake with steam churning. Countless sharp stalactites hung from the ceiling.
And coiled on a massive protruding black rock platform in the center of the magma lake was a colossal creature.
It was a gigantic snake, crimson as coagulated blood.
Just coiled there, it looked like a small mountain range!
Every single one of its scales was the size of a shield, with sharp edges.
It had only one eye; the other was blind.
The remaining single eye glared toward the cave entrance, filled with violence.
Clearly.
The moment Yao stepped into this cavern, Garaga had already discovered him!
(Image: Garaga)
"Hiss!!!"
Violent senjutsu chakra mixed with pure malice crushed toward Yao like a tsunami.
Garaga had no intention of "communicating." It sprang up abruptly.
Its massive tail tore through the air, carrying the force of a thousand jun, and swept viciously toward where Yao was standing.
Wherever it passed.
Even the hard rock platform was plowed with deep gouges!
"So fast!"
Yao's heart shivered slightly. This speed was more than a notch faster than Aoda!
"Sage Mode!"
Yao's eyes turned into vertical slits, and white hair and dragon horns appeared.
With the enhancement of Sage Mode, his neural reactions and physical speed also reached a terrifying level.
Whoosh!
Yao's figure blurred instantly, leaving only an afterimage in place.
The snake tail whipped viciously onto the afterimage and the rock, sending shattered stones flying.
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Garaga missed with a single strike, and the vicious light in its single eye burned brighter. Its snake head shot out like lightning, its gaping, blood-red maw wide open, bringing with it a gust of foul wind.
At the same time, its thick snake body moved like the most agile whip, blocking off Yao's escape routes from every angle.
However, Yao, having entered Sage Mode, was faster.
His figure flickered in and out of existence within the cave, like a ghost. Garaga bit, swept, slammed...
Every attack landed on empty air; it couldn't even graze the corner of Yao's clothes.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The cavern trembled violently under Garaga's furious attacks. Falling rocks rained down, and the magma lake churned ceaselessly.
This feeling of being toyed with completely ignited Garaga's violent temper.
"Roar!!!"
It suddenly reared its head, opened its giant mouth, and sprayed a stream of viscous, dull-gray liquid.
Innate Ability: Petrification!
Wherever the gray liquid touched, even the splashing magma and hard rocks rapidly lost their color, turning into lifeless stone.
"Too slow!"
But Yao's voice came from another direction. His hands slammed together in front of his chest, and the chakra and natural energy of Sage Mode gathered frantically!
"Sage Art: Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!" Yao clapped his hands.
Rumble, rumble, rumble!!!
Countless gigantic vines and gnarled trees, entwined with senjutsu chakra, burst directly through the rocks and lava.
In the blink of an eye.
The entire cavern was covered by a lush, green forest.
The scorching magma was suppressed and diverted by the root systems of the giant trees, and the violent natural energy was harmonized by the forest.
Garaga was instantly entangled, bound, and squeezed layer upon layer by countless vines and branches of senjutsu Wood Release.
It struggled furiously, tearing apart layer after layer of vines.
But more Wood Release immediately replenished them, endlessly regenerating!
The toughness and suppressive force of senjutsu Wood Release were incomparable to ordinary Wood Release; it was shockingly powerful.
"Roar!!!"
Garaga roared unwillingly.
Aside from violence, a flash of shock and rage passed through its single eye.
This puny human was not only incredibly fast but also possessed such terrifying power!
"Garaga, do you yield?"
Yao's voice came from above the forest, carrying a hint of amusement.
"Damn human!! Die!! Die for me!"
Garaga struggled violently, exerting all its strength to spray several large globs of gray liquid.
It dyed the thick senjutsu vines binding its mouth and the nearby trees grayish-white, causing them to shatter temporarily.
"Refusing a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit!"
Yao looked at the giant snake still putting up a stubborn resistance and shook his head.
Vines surged from all directions, tightening around Garaga's massive mouth so it could no longer spray the petrifying liquid.
"Since you don't like listening to reason, then we'll communicate in a more direct manner."
Yao changed his hand seal: "Sage Art: Wood Release: Wood Human Technique!"