Naruto: Eating Kaido's Azure Dragon Devil Fruit-Chapter 326 The Tide of Snakes Presses Upon the Shore
Ascension Island.
On the distant horizon, dark clouds gathered, and eerie winds blew.
Dense, serpentine shadows churned amidst the dark clouds and sea waves, their hisses merging into a chilling tide, approaching from afar.
A vast, sinister, terrifying aura, filled with greed and killing intent, pressed down upon Ascension Island.
At the island’s edge, Tagitsuhime watched, her face pale, at the swarm of snakes in the distance that almost blotted out the sea and sky, and at the enormous white-scaled serpentine figure coiled upon a sinister cloud at the swarm’s center.
The White Snake Sage.
’This is bad, I overplayed my hand...’
Tagitsuhime’s heart sank, and her palms grew slightly sweaty.
At the entrance to the underground laboratory, Nonō, Kurenai, Kabuto, Yumi and Ayumi, and Miyamoto Ichirō all felt the suffocating pressure, their expressions grim.
"It’s Ryūchi Cave... they’ve really come knocking!"
Nonō glanced deep into the laboratory. Sora’s body was still lying quietly within the preservation unit.
She hesitated for a moment, but ultimately shook her head.
’We can’t disturb him. He’s at a critical stage right now, and besides, he believes we can protect this place.’
Thinking this, Nonō’s gaze grew resolute.
She quickly formed hand seals and slapped her palms on the ground.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
Poof. Poof.
Two large puffs of white smoke erupted.
From the smoke, the first to appear was Shanjun, over five meters tall, entirely snow-white, with a proud and imposing gaze.
As soon as it appeared, its fierce aura, befitting the king of beasts, spread out, diluting some of the coldness brought by the snake swarm.
Immediately after, another puff of white smoke dissipated, revealing a figure over two meters tall.
It was the anomaly of the Enma clan, the Six Eared Dragon Ape, Tenji.
Just by standing there, it gave a feeling of immovable stability, yet also contained explosive power.
Seeing Shanjun, Tagitsuhime felt a bit more at ease.
She had witnessed Shanjun’s terrifying combat power after its enlargement, comparable to a Tailed Beast.
As for that ape called Tenji, although its size wasn’t large, the feeling it gave her was even more unfathomable. Especially that faint, dragon-like aura on its body, originating from the same source as Sora’s but more狂暴.
Nonō did not stop. She formed hand seals again.
"Summoning Jutsu."
After a small puff of smoke, Chinchilla appeared on her shoulder.
"Chinchilla, it’s urgent."
Nonō quickly said to Chinchilla, "If, if we cannot hold them off, you must immediately go inform Sora at the fastest speed possible."
"Meow. That will be one thousand ryo."
Chinchilla did not respond directly, instead extending a cat’s paw.
Nonō was speechless. She pulled a silver note from her chest and handed it over.
"Here, one thousand ryo."
"Meow. Thank you, Boss Nonō. I guarantee completion of the mission."
Chinchilla stored the silver note, then jumped into the shadow of a nearby rock, its cat eyes fixed on the approaching snake swarm in the distance.
With Shanjun and Tenji’s reinforcements, Tagitsuhime took a deep breath, suppressing the panic in her heart, and straightened her back again.
She felt confident again.
The budding dragon horns on her head emitted a faint light. The aura of a flood dragon spread out, faintly opposing the White Snake Sage’s oppressive pressure from afar.
...
The snake swarm finally reached the outskirts of Ascension Island and stopped.
The White Snake Sage’s massive serpentine pupils first fell upon Tagitsuhime. When she saw the already quite developed dragon horns on Tagitsuhime’s head, her pupils contracted sharply. Jealousy and killing intent in her heart nearly erupted.
"Tagitsuhime..."
"Seeing this Sage, why do you not kneel and await your execution?"
Tagitsuhime forced herself to stay calm and responded with a cold laugh.
"White Snake Sage, this land belongs to my master, Sora. Unwelcome guests are not welcome here. Please turn back."
"Master. Hmph. How low you have fallen."
The White Snake Sage’s voice was filled with disdain, but her gaze involuntarily swept over Shanjun and Tenji behind Tagitsuhime.
Both actually carried a pure dragon clan aura. Moreover, Tenji’s condensed physique gave her a sense of threat.
’How many monsters has this Sora cultivated?’
The White Snake Sage’s heart grew even more fervent, and she became even more determined to capture Sora.
"This Sage gives you one final chance. Hand over Sora, cripple your own cultivation, return with me to Ryūchi Cave to receive punishment, and perhaps your life may be spared."
"In your dreams."
Tagitsuhime refused without hesitation.
"Stubborn fool."
The White Snake Sage completely lost her patience. Her massive serpent tail swung fiercely. "All of Ryūchi Cave, for this Sage, trample this island flat. Whoever captures Sora alive will be granted the secret technique of dragon transformation."
"Sssss."
Hearing the four words "secret technique of dragon transformation," the eyes of all the snakes turned red. They surged towards Ascension Island.
"Prepare for battle."
Tagitsuhime shouted sharply, instantly transforming into a nearly hundred-meter-long flood dragon body. Roaring, she charged forward.
"Roar."
Shanjun let out a heaven-shaking tiger’s roar. Its body rapidly expanded within a white light, transforming in the blink of an eye into a colossal beast nearly a hundred meters long.
Its four limbs exerted force, and it leaped up violently. Whirlwinds actually coiled around its body, briefly suspending its massive form in the air. Its tiger claws slammed fiercely towards the densest part of the snake swarm.
Under one claw strike, dozens of snakes, large and small, were instantly crushed into pulp.
"Heh, it’s been a while since I moved these old bones."
Tenji twisted its neck. During the incident at the Valley of the End last time, because Danzo had set up a barrier in advance, it had not participated in the battle, which had left it extremely displeased.
It charged into the snake swarm like a golden lightning bolt. Its six ears twitched slightly, accurately capturing the attack trajectory of every snake.
Fist, foot, elbow, knee.
Every part of its body became a most terrifying weapon.
Bam. Bam. Bam. Bam.
Wherever it passed, snakes burst apart one after another. Not a single one could withstand even one exchange.
Its taijutsu was simple, violent, and efficient to the extreme.
Perfectly continuing Sora’s distinctive style.
The flood dragon form of Tagitsuhime was even more ferocious. The flood dragon body writhed in the sea and air, claws tearing, dragon tail sweeping. From its mouth, it occasionally spat out blue-black energy breaths. Wherever it passed, the snake swarm was thrown into chaos, with heavy casualties.
The flood dragon’s oppressive pressure it emitted had an extremely strong suppressing effect on ordinary snakes, greatly reducing their combat power.
The three main combatants were like three sharp blades, thrusting fiercely into the black tide of snakes.
"Useless."
The White Snake Sage looked at the heavily depleted snake swarm and snorted coldly.
The three Snake Sages by her side, Kōjinja, Ichikishimahime, and the newly added Snake Sage, immediately understood. Simultaneously, they flew out.
Kōjinja went for the seemingly most mysterious Tenji. Ichikishimahime, gritting her teeth, charged towards Tagitsuhime, whom she deeply hated. And the new Snake Sage, along with a large number of elite snakes, entangled Shanjun, who was wreaking havoc in the air.
The battle instantly escalated.
Kōjinja used various bizarre sage art genjutsu, attempting to confuse Tenji.
However, Tenji’s six ears twitched, and a mocking smile appeared on its face.
"These crooked tricks, how dare you show off your mediocre skills before an expert?"
It completely ignored the illusory scenes. Relying on its terrifying intuition and speed, it directly closed in on Kōjinja and threw a punch.
Kōjinja was greatly alarmed. She hurriedly used a substitution technique to dodge. The ground where she had been standing was blasted into a deep crater.
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