Konoha's Hextech Ninja

After exchanging a few words, Orochimaru took out the contract scroll of Ryuchi Cave, activated the technique, and sent Yagami Yoruichi to Ryuchi Cave.

Chapter 280 Dragon Cave, White Snake Immortal Submits

Inside Ryuchi Cave.

"As expected, it's an alternate dimension separate from the ninja world; its natural energy is even more concentrated than that of the ninja world..."

Yagami Yoruichi looked around.

This is a dark cave with features similar to a karst cave, with stone pillars of various shapes leaning up from the cave ceiling.

The air was very humid and had a faint fishy smell.

Yoruichi Yagami could sense that the natural energy here was very concentrated, but it was slightly different from the natural energy commonly found in the ninja world.

It seems to have some... characteristics of snakes?

It is because the giant snake in Ryuchi Cave has lived in such an environment for a long time. While being affected by the natural environment, it has also caused certain changes to the natural energy.

As Yagami Yoruichi pondered this, he extended his senses outwards.

……

Deep within Ryuji Cave.

The White Snake Sage sensed an incredibly terrifying chakra and was immediately awakened from his slumber.

"This chakra... is the goddess of the rabbit."

"No, she's even stronger than the Goddess of the Rabbit!"

The White Snake Immortal's massive body trembled slightly. He called the Three Snake Princesses to his side and instructed them, "A guest has arrived. Go and invite him over. Be respectful and do not offend him!"

"Guests? And you expect them to be respectful?"

The three Snake Princesses were all taken aback.

This was the first time they had ever seen the White Snake Immortal in this pose.

But none of them dared to disobey the White Snake Immortal's order, so they immediately agreed and rushed to the entrance of Dragon Cave.

The Three Snake Princesses are extremely familiar with the environment of Ryuchi Cave, and can even sense every corner of Ryuchi Cave by using natural energy.

With only Yagami Yoruichi as an 'outsider' and not deliberately concealing his presence, he was still quite easy to find.

"Human? Ninja?"

The three Snake Princesses were all taken aback. They sensed an immense amount of natural energy and chakra emanating from the humans in front of them.

That terrifying chakra even gave them a trembling feeling, as if they had encountered a natural enemy.

Even the White Snake Immortal didn't exert this much pressure on them.

At this moment, they finally understood why the White Snake Immortal had instructed them to be respectful and not to offend this 'guest'.

If this guest is angered, Ryuji-dong might face annihilation.

"Honorable guest, I am Princess Tashin/Princess Ichikishima/Princess Takitsu. I have come to greet you on the orders of the White Snake Sage. Please forgive any neglect I may have caused." The Three Snake Princesses said respectfully to Yoruichi Yagami.

"The White Snake Sage is quite sensible." Seeing the attitude of the Three Snake Princess, Yagami Yoruichi had some guesses in his mind and became much more optimistic about the purpose of his trip to Ryuchi Cave. He said, "Take me to see the White Snake Sage."

"Please wait a moment, guest," said Princess Tianxin, her chakra spreading far and wide.

A moment later, a loud rumble came, and a large blue snake crawled out from a side cave, stopped in front of Yagami Yoruichi, and lowered its head.

"It is the Green Serpent, one of the largest serpents in Ryuchi Cave, second only to us in status. It will temporarily serve as your mount," explained Princess Tianxin. "Please ride on the Green Serpent, and we will take you to see the White Serpent Immortal."

Yagami Yoruichi wasn't worried about any hidden dangers. She placed her hand on the blue snake's head and said, "Hurry up, don't waste my time."

"As you wish." Princess Tianxin said, seemingly conveying some command to the green snake in the manner of a snake, and the green snake immediately moved at high speed.

Despite its speed, it was extremely stable. Yagami Yoruichi stood on the blue snake's head and didn't feel the slightest jolt.

"Tsk tsk, is this still the unruly Ryuchi Cave Serpent? It's more docile than a pet." Yagami Yoruichi thought to himself.

Indeed, only strength can change other people's attitudes.

The giant snakes of Ryuchi Cave are all unruly and arrogant. They are like ten thousand snakes. When Orochimaru summons them to fight, they must first provide him with living people as sacrifices, otherwise they will bite back at Orochimaru.

Not to mention the three great snake princesses, countless ninjas who entered Ryuchi Cave were devoured by them.

The White Snake Sage's method of teaching Sage Mode is even simpler and more brutal: he simply bites the target and injects the unique Sage Chakra of Ryuchi Cave into their body.

Being able to adapt to Sage Chakra and survive is considered mastering the Sage Art of Ryuchi Cave.

Those that cannot adapt will be eroded and petrified by natural energy, becoming food for the giant snakes.

Compared to Mount Myoboku and Shikkotsu Forest, which would seriously teach their clients a little and even take the initiative to help them eliminate risks, Ryuchi Cave's attitude towards its clients is completely the opposite extreme.

But this unruly Ryuchi Cave, after sensing his chakra aura, became incredibly obedient and docile.

This is the importance of strength.

A moment later, the view ahead suddenly opened up, revealing a grand hall.

At one end of the main hall, a huge white-scaled serpent coiled on a massive stone throne.

"I am connected to the natural spring of Ryuchi-dong and cannot leave this chair. Please forgive me, my guest."

The White Snake Sage took the initiative to explain why he did not personally greet Yoruichi Yagami.

It was called an explanation, but in reality it was an admission of weakness.

"I thought the giant snakes in Ryuchi Cave were all ferocious, but it seems the rumors aren't entirely true," Yagami Yoruichi said with a smile.

“The attitude towards ordinary ninjas is naturally different from that towards powerful ones.” The White Snake Sage did not shy away from the topic and said directly, “If we treat a powerful person like you with the same attitude as we treat ordinary ninjas, I fear that the end of Ryuchi Cave will come.”

"You're quite sensible." Yagami Yoruichi nodded slightly and went straight to the point: "Now that I want to unify the ninja world, although you summoning beasts are not human, you are still part of the ninja world and must be brought under my rule. All intelligent snakes in Ryuchi Cave must become part of the Land of Fire and abide by its rules. Do you have any objections?"

"As expected, they've come with ill intentions!"

The White Snake Immortal, wary, asked, "If we agree, what do we need to do? And what will we get in return?"

"I don't want to see a situation like that, where a summoned beast has to sign a contract with a ninja from the Land of Fire to serve the Land of Fire, just like a regular summoning beast. I don't want that to happen again."

After stating her request, Yagami Yoruichi changed the subject, saying meaningfully, "If you can do these things, Ryuchi Cave will have value in continuing to exist. If you refuse, then there is no need for Ryuchi Cave to continue to exist."

"Your request... is excessive." The White Snake Immortal paused for a moment, then tentatively asked, "May I witness your strength and see if you are qualified to make such a request?"

The White Snake Sage could sense an incredibly terrifying chakra emanating from Yagami Yoruichi, even greater than the pressure exerted on him a thousand years ago by the Rabbit Goddess who nearly destroyed the entire ninja world.

But, aura, perhaps, can be used to disguise it.

For example, using illusion-like techniques to deceive its senses, etc.

Only through actual combat can we confirm whether Yoruichi Yagami truly possesses sufficient strength to make excessive demands on Ryuchi Cave.

The White Snake Sage was unwilling to believe that Yagami Yoruichi's strength was truly that great, but she also feared that Yagami Yoruichi was indeed stronger than the Rabbit Goddess from a thousand years ago, and that her request might anger Yagami Yoruichi and bring annihilation to Ryuchi Cave. So she desperately layered her armor and said, "If Your Excellency truly has sufficient strength, even if Your Excellency's request is excessive, this old woman will grant it."

“Alright, then I’ll show you.” Yagami Yoruichi nodded, clasped his hands together, and frantically drew in natural energy.

Almost instantly, all the natural energy within the entire Ryuchi Cave alternate dimension was drained by Yagami Yoruichi.

As natural energy entered her body, red lines appeared on Yagami Yoruichi's face, a sign that she had entered Sage Mode.

"The Immortal Mode of the Damp Bone Forest? You are a contract holder of the Damp Bone Forest?" The White Snake Immortal was startled and said repeatedly, "Enough, enough, I believe in your strength. Please stop!"

Although I didn't actually fight, I simply entered 'Sage Mode'.

But it seemed to have no trouble draining the entire natural energy of Ryuji Cave in an instant.

This alone gives it the power to destroy the entire Ryuchi Cave.

If Yoruichi Yagami continues to drain the energy, even the 'Nature' that sustains its life will be depleted.

The immortals of the three sacred sites can live for thousands of years, entirely by relying on natural energy to maintain their vitality.

If they lose their natural energy, they will die in a very short time.

The older one gets, the more afraid one becomes of death. The White Snake Immortal, who has lived for over a thousand years, does not want to die for such a ridiculous reason as 'losing natural energy'.

Seeing that the White Snake Sage had backed down, Yagami Yoruichi did not continue and released the natural energy she had absorbed into her body.

However, with this inflow and outflow, the natural energy was reduced by nearly 10%.

It was absorbed and assimilated by the chakra within Yagami Yoru's body in this extremely short period of time.

Sixth Path level chakra undergoes a qualitative change, becoming able to directly assimilate most energies, including natural energy, and directly create chakra.

In other words, at this level, chakra is no longer limited to the chakra that one has extracted.

Almost all energy can be used to create chakra, and endurance will be greatly increased.

The reason why the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura Otsutsuki were able to fight Kaguya Otsutsuki for months without stopping was because of this.

Of course, only those who have reached the Six Paths level and completed the 'transformation of life level' can do this.

Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, who were forcibly given the 'Six Paths Experience Card' by the Sage of Six Paths during the Fourth Shinobi World War in the original work, could not have done this.

"I am willing to comply with Your Majesty's request, but I am connected to the Spring of Nature and cannot move. I can only have the Three Snake Princesses and the other great snakes respond to the ninja's summoning."

The White Snake Sage looked at Yagami Yoruichi with lingering fear and said, "However, for a ninja to summon a giant snake, their own chakra must be strong enough, otherwise they cannot complete the summoning jutsu. You should know this."

In other words, what level of power is required to summon a giant serpent of the corresponding level?

Yagami Yoruichi roughly estimated that elite Jonin-level chakra was enough to summon giant snakes like Manda and Shinja.

With chakra at a mid-level Kage rank, he could barely summon one of the three Snake Princesses.

The peak chakra level of a Kage allows one to summon all three Snake Princesses at once.

As for those below the elite Jonin level, they can only summon ordinary Orochi, whose summoning power is relatively weak.

However, even an ordinary giant snake is a powerful helper for ninjas.

"I will command all the great serpents to cooperate with your actions. The situation where the serpent demands sacrifices from its contracted party will absolutely not happen again. I will give it a stern warning."

Seeing that Yagami Yoruichi was silent, the White Snake Sage assumed that Yagami Yoruichi was dissatisfied, and cautiously said, "The contract scroll of Ryuchi Cave is with Orochimaru, but if Your Excellency needs it, I can make a new one."

“That’s fine. Orochimaru is also one of my subordinates, so we can use his contract scroll.” Yagami Yoruichi nodded and said, “Later, I will have the selected ninjas sign the contracts. Also, I will be going to destroy Mount Myōboku in a while. I heard you like to eat food rich in natural energy? Do the toads of Mount Myōboku suit your tastes?”

Upon hearing Yagami Yoruichi's words, the three snake princesses' eyes lit up.

But in front of the White Snake Immortal, they dared not interrupt at all, and could only desperately try to wink at him, hoping that he would agree.

"Ahem, the toads of Mount Myōboku, I certainly don't like them. If Your Majesty needs them, all the snakes of Ryūchi Cave will fight for you."

The White Snake Sage initially agreed, but then changed the subject, saying, "However, relying solely on Ryuchi Cave, on Mount Myōboku's home turf, I'm afraid it will be difficult to defeat that group of toads. I cannot leave Ryuchi Cave, and the strongest toad sage of Mount Myōboku, the Great Toad of the Rock, cannot be dealt with by the Three Snake Princesses and the other great snakes alone."

"You don't need to worry about these things." Yagami Yoruichi waved his hand and said, "With me here, Mount Myōboku has no chance of winning."

Having confirmed that Yagami Yoruichi would personally take action, the White Serpent Sage had no more worries and immediately said, "As long as you summon, all the great serpents of Ryuchi Cave will join the battle!"

"Then it's settled. After a while, once I'm ready, I'll summon you all to join the battle." Yagami Yoruichi was too lazy to make any kind of contract with the White Snake Sage.

A verbal agreement is sufficient.

Yoruichi Yagami's strength is the most effective guarantee to ensure that this agreement continues to be executed.

Having achieved her goal, Yagami Yoruichi didn't linger. She quickly memorized the chakra characteristics of all the powerful serpents in Ryuchi Cave, then withdrew her senses and activated teleportation back to the ninja world.

But in a corner that none of the great serpents, including the three snake princesses and the white snake sage, could detect.

A mark left by Yagami Yoruichi's Sage Chakra quietly seeped into the depths of the soil.

This is a positioning coordinate.

With this coordinate, even if Ryuchi Cave changes the location of this alternate dimension within the spatial interlayer, Yoruichi Yagami can locate it anytime and anywhere and teleport back.

If Ryuchi Cave goes against the agreement and breaks the promise, they will immediately understand what 'annihilation' means.

Of course, if Ryujidong is sensible, then this location coordinate will never be used.

Chapter 281 'Plow' in Hand! Hope for Going Home!

It was already late when we returned from Ryuji Cave.

After communicating with his clone on the moon and learning that Sunagakure Village showed no signs of an immediate attack, Yagami Yoruichi was too lazy to rush to the scene.

Anyway, Sunagakure Village and Kirihime Village are right there.

Whether it's destroyed sooner or later, it will have a negligible impact on my plans.

Yoruichi Yagami simply returned to Konoha to find Kurenai Yuhi.