Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 391 Flood Dragon

With the appearance of these eyes, Aokiji's aura became exceptionally sharp, even capable of rivaling the aura released by the White Snake Immortal.

"The Mangekyou Sharingan... It's been a long time since I've seen one. It even contains the power of demons from the Land of Demons. How interesting." The White Snake Sage flicked his tongue, examining Aokiji's eyes. "How did you do that?"

Aokiji grinned: "All we have to do is eat it."

Upon hearing this, a rare look of surprise appeared in the eyes of the White Snake Immortal. Then, as if making a connection, he laughed and said, "You wouldn't be planning to eat me too, would you?"

"You old man, you really love to joke," Aokiji laughed. "Even if I really had that idea, I'd still need the ability to do it, wouldn't I?"

If the demon hadn't been crippled, Aokiji wouldn't have had a chance to take advantage of the situation.

"The truth is often hidden in jokes."

The White Snake Immortal sneered, "Interesting. You want to eat me? Then I'd like to see how you plan to do it."

The White Snake Immortal's aura suddenly surged. He opened his mouth wide, and a ball of flame ignited deep within his mouth, shooting out a pillar of fire that was incredibly hot.

This is no ordinary flame, but a fire jutsu containing sage-level power; its intense heat can even easily melt steel.

The White Snake Sage and the Toad Sage are not only incompatible in their relationship, but their respective escape techniques are also incompatible. One uses water escape techniques and the other uses fire escape techniques, as if they were natural enemies from the very beginning.

The pillar of fire came with lightning speed, burning everything in its path.

Aokiji opened his eyes and stared intently.

A ball of blue flame gathered and surged, blocking the oncoming pillar of fire.

"boom"

The vertically erupting blue flames collided with the horizontally erupting crimson flames, exploding and scattering across the land. The cold and the hot flames intertwined and stained each other, vying for dominance in different areas.

"This, this is..."

Orochimaru's wide eyes reflected the image of a huge, humanoid creature with a blue body, arms as thick as crab claws, and an aura of danger emanating from its entire being.

The pillar of fire that blocked the White Snake Immortal just now was this blue figure.

Princess Ichikishima, who was watching the battle, gasped in shock as she stared at the blue giant that appeared before her, whose size was comparable to that of the White Snake Sage.

"Susanoo? Isn't this technique very risky? This madman."

If I had insisted on seeking revenge against Aokiji back then, he would probably have been thoroughly humiliated and beaten to a pulp by now.

The White Snake Sage stared at the blue giant before her. Others might not recognize him, but with her keen eyesight, she wouldn't mistake him: "Aokiji, your eye technique, it's not Susanoo, is it?"

The change in address signifies a change in attitude. In a sense, the White Snake Sage has accepted Aokiji and no longer regards him as an ordinary human.

Standing atop the Soul Flame, Aokiji readily admitted, "That's right, this is my eye technique, Soul Flame."

"The fire of the soul?"

"The flames released by the Soul Fire have the ability to freeze everything, including souls."

As Aokiji explained, the soul fire in front of him accompanied his explanation, his palm flipping upwards to ignite a ball of blue flame.

The White Snake Immortal narrowed his eyes: "You mean the soul?"

Aokiji grinned, his tone flippant: "If you happen to lose to me, I won't hesitate to devour your soul."

Looking at the blue giant, the White Snake Immortal's eyes lit up with realization: "So that's how it is. It seems that it was this thing that devoured the soul of the demon, which is why your eyes contain the demon's power."

"As expected of the White Snake Immortal, he understands immediately."

Aokiji praised him generously, but to the White Snake Sage it was particularly grating: "Hmph, brat, I don't need your praise. You dared to covet my soul, so you'll make amends with your body."

"Just kidding, why did you take it seriously?"

Aokiji said it was just a joke, but the White Snake Master was not joking at all. He swung his tail and thrust, and the seemingly clumsy tail had an unimaginable speed.

With agility no less than that of the White Snake Sage, Soulfire swung his arm and smashed the snake's tail with a punch.

The tail was blasted open with a punch, but the White Snake Immortal continued to manipulate the tail to attack, and the tail whip came down.

The Soul Fire followed the same method, slapping open the snake's tail.

The tail strike was blocked again, but the White Snake Immortal did not change her strategy. Instead, she chose to swing the same tail repeatedly, lashing out wildly with increasing force. She wanted to see how many times this soul fire could withstand her attacks.

The Soulfire kept throwing punches, only defending and not attacking.

As the White Snake Immortal's power continued to rise, the Soul Flame began to weaken and was starting to falter.

"Smack."

The whip lashed out at Soulfire, causing it to stagger.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the White Snake Immortal suddenly launched an attack, opening its blood-red maw with a "whoosh" and lunging forward.

The Soulfire reacted swiftly, spreading its arms wide, one above the other, to brace against the abyss's gaping maw.

The White Serpent Immortal swiftly moved his massive body, coiling it around the body of the Soul Flame and binding it, preventing the target from breaking free no matter how much it roared or struggled.

Under the immense constricting force, cracks appeared in the Soul Flame's body, and this phenomenon seemed to be intensifying.

No wonder he's an old monster who's lived for over a thousand years.

In response to this situation, Aokiji took measures to further enhance his pupil power.

Blue flames ignited on the Soulfire.

The White Snake Immortal set himself on fire, and in an instant, the flames spread throughout his entire body, raging wildly.

The White Snake Sage remained calm, unleashing a massive amount of Sage Chakra from his body to block the continued onslaught of the blue flames.

Seeing that even this method could not stop the White Snake Immortal, Aokiji avoided the attack and chose to directly extinguish the Soul Flame, causing the target to miss. He then jumped to the side and created distance.

Hmph, trying to run away?

The White Snake Immortal spewed out a ball of black venom at great speed. It was highly corrosive, and ordinary people would be poisoned just by smelling it. If they were accidentally exposed to it, they would dissolve into bones.

Wow, that was fast.

There wasn't enough time to use Soulfire.

At close range, a ball of black chakra surged from Aokiji's body, coalescing into a row of skeletons that clung to him—it was Susanoo.

The venom sprayed onto the surface of Susanoo, making a hissing sound and emitting white smoke, dissolving a gap, but it was quickly filled by the black chakra that covered it again.

"That's terrifying..."

With his legs on the ground, Aokiji bent down to steady himself. Looking at the giant white snake in front of him, he suddenly regretted provoking it.

The White Snake Sage looked at the black skull enveloping Aokiji with some disdain: "If this is all there is to it, Susanoo is not even as good as the Soul Flame."

Susanoo can be divided into three types according to its face shape: skull, human face, and armor. Further subdivisions include those with legs and those without legs.

The power that Aokiji displayed with his Soul Flame was roughly equivalent to a human-faced, legged form. This is roughly what the White Snake Sage meant when he said that Aokiji's current skeletal Susanoo was inferior to his Soul Flame.

Aokiji scoffed, replying, "But what if we add the power of the Soul Flame?"

"..." The White Snake Immortal was slightly taken aback.

Aokiji smirked and deactivated his Susanoo.

Immediately afterwards, he leaped into the air, and the face of the Soul Flame appeared beneath his feet. Then, he opened his mouth and swallowed it.

However, this was merely a preliminary step. The triangle of the Soul Flame revealed the figure of Aokiji, and black chakra surged from his body, flowing throughout the Soul Flame and coalescing into a black skull within his body.

Armored Susanoo - First Stage

Seeing this, the White Snake Sage's gaze became slightly serious. Judging from the energy feedback of this posture, although it was still some distance away from the complete Susanoo, it should not be underestimated.

"Interesting, they actually managed to combine two eye techniques."

The White Snake Sage's massive body unleashed even stronger Sage Chakra, his aura astonishing: "In that case, I'll unleash even more power."

The white snake immortal in front of them flew into the air, and his appearance began to change visibly. His size increased several times over, but that was secondary. The key point was his overall shape.

Its head resembles a camel's, its eyes a rabbit's, its neck a snake's, its belly a clam's, its scales a fish's, its claws an eagle's, its paws a tiger's, and its ears a cow's.

Looking at the white snake immortal floating in the air—no, the white snake immortal in front of me can no longer be called a snake.

Aokiji was taken aback.

This...this is a dragon?

No, if you look closely, there are still some differences between it and a real dragon.

Specifically, the horns on her head are not a pair, but flat horns, and she has a pair of claws, not two pairs of claws.

Upon seeing this scene, Aokiji thought of a word.

蛟？

Judging from his tone just now, it seems that the White Snake Immortal hasn't shown his true abilities yet.

Aokiji couldn't help but wonder if that true ability was to transform into a real dragon.

Thinking about this, Aokiji suddenly understood why this place was called Ryuchi-dong.

The white snake immortal, now transformed into a dragon, floated in the air, looking down at the blue pheasant, and laughed, "Let's have another match."

Aokiji's face darkened; he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go ahead.

(End of this chapter)