Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 392 Restored to Youthful Form

After a fierce battle, the surrounding area was reduced to ruins, with thick fog drifting across the ground.

The White Snake Immortal gazed intently at the dust and sand created by her destructive attack. She thought that with Aokiji's strength, he shouldn't have died from that attack.

Soon, the guess came to fruition. As the fog gradually thinned with the wind, a faint figure emerged.

The White Snake Immortal's eyes locked onto the figure.

As the fog dissipated, Aokiji was seen kneeling on one knee, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. His complexion was rather pale and he appeared weak and disheveled, but he still possessed the strength to fight.

A hint of appreciation flashed in the White Snake Immortal's eyes; even someone as strong as Aokiji was far from reaching his limit.

The White Snake Immortal lived longer than anyone else, so naturally he mastered many secrets unknown to others.

For example, the Otsutsuki who once set foot on this territory were beings she feared, and they might be of use to Aokiji in the future.

Aokiji, supporting himself on his knees, slowly rose, licking the blood from the corner of his mouth: "How horrible..."

The White Snake Immortal transformed back into her old grandmother form, with kind and gentle eyes, showing no trace of the fierce monster she had just been: "You're quite good, kid. I'll just admit it for now."

"Then may I acquire your divine powers, sir?"

"It will hurt a little right now, you'll have to bear with it."

"???"

What kind of rabid and inhuman words are these?

The White Snake Sage suddenly stretched out his neck, moving so fast it was like a white blur. In an instant, he aimed his teeth at Aokiji's neck and bit down, piercing the surface. A massive amount of Sage Chakra flowed through his teeth and into Aokiji's body.

Having done all this, the White Snake Immortal retracted his neck and said calmly, "All done."

Orochimaru approached Aokiji and asked with concern, "Aokiji, how are you feeling?"

When Orochimaru first obtained Sage Chakra, his physical body immediately collapsed, but he managed to survive using a secret technique.

Aokiji smirked: "It feels pretty easy to control."

Aokiji's body was originally a Sage Body, so injecting Sage Chakra into his body was naturally a piece of cake.

"Don't say things so early."

In addition to injecting Sage Chakra into Aokiji, the White Snake Sage also infused him with a bit of his original power.

"It should be about time for them to react," the White Snake Immortal muttered.

Just as Aokiji was about to ask what it meant, his body reacted. He frowned, and his body began to grow involuntarily until he reached the height of a young man over 1.8 meters tall, at which point he stopped growing.

Orochimaru watched all this in astonishment, and before he could ask what was going on, Aokiji's symptoms changed further.

Ice crystals continued to ooze from his face, expanding rapidly. In the blink of an eye, Aokiji himself had vanished, replaced by a gigantic creature the size of a tailed beast.

Its appearance is somewhat similar to that of a lizard, its body is covered with ice crystal-like substances, and it has a pair of huge wings. You can also vaguely sense the aura of the White Serpent Immortal from this creature. In fact, the temperature around it dropped considerably as this ice dragon appeared.

Orochimaru had mentally prepared himself, but seeing this face still shattered his self-perception: "Aokiji, you…"

Ice Dragon spoke in a human voice, uttering a magnetic tone that was familiar to him: "Don't be nervous, Orochimaru. You're not like someone who jumps around like that."

After saying that, he turned his gaze to the White Snake Immortal, waiting for an explanation.

The White Snake Immortal looked up at the creature and laughed, "So this is your true form. How interesting."

"This is not interesting at all."

Ice Dragon spoke coldly, literally meaning "ice dragon." Whenever he spoke, icy cold air would flow from his mouth, enough to frostbite an ordinary person just by touching it.

But that's secondary.

The truly fatal thing is that he can no longer revert to his human form.

The ice dragon said in a deep voice, "I can no longer revert to human form."

Orochimaru was taken aback, his eyes widening: "You said you can't revert to being human."

Aokiji further explained his situation, especially why he maintained the appearance of a child.

After hearing this, Orochimaru suddenly realized: "No wonder you've always kept your childlike appearance."

The ice dragon slammed its claws into the ground, causing it to tremble. Its eyes were fixed on the old woman beneath it: "Old hag, turn me back to normal, or I'll tear down your dilapidated temple."

His current form is too dazzling; if he doesn't change back, many things will be difficult to handle.

"I actually think you look much better this way."

The White Snake Immortal covered his mouth and chuckled.

After saying that, she specifically asked the people around her, such as Tianxin Shenji, "Don't you think so?"

The three of them were about to speak when Ice Dragon glared at them with a fierce look, and they wisely shut their mouths.

Ice Dragon's eyes were in Sharingan mode, his gaze locked on the White Snake Sage. His scarlet eyes were filled with a violent aura, as if he would be forced to fight to the death if the other party didn't take him down.

The White Snake Immortal had tricked Qingzhi, which was unreasonable. His smile faded, and he exhaled, "I understand. I'll teach you a magical technique."

"Celestial arts?"

Ice Dragon looked bewildered, but upon seeing the White Snake Immortal in her old grandmother's posture, he immediately understood what was going on.

The White Snake Sage's true form is a giant white snake. Her ability to use a human form now is probably due to some special ninjutsu.

Aokiji asked, "How long will it take?"

The White Snake Immortal gave an ambiguous answer: "It depends."

Aokiji pondered for a moment and asked, "When do we begin?"

"You can start anytime you want."

"Then let's do it now."

"Can."

Having reached an agreement, Aokiji said to Orochimaru, "Let this clone return to your main body first, and then we can discuss the specifics and contact each other."

Orochimaru nodded. If this clone didn't return, the main body wouldn't know the situation here.

Goodbye then.

Orochimaru formed hand seals, transformed into a wisp of white smoke, and vanished without a trace in the wind.

Inside the Akatsuki organization, Orochimaru received all the information from his clone, and a smile involuntarily crept onto his face: "Hehe, this is getting more and more interesting."

Orochimaru stuck out his long tongue and licked his lips.

Since they're working so hard over there, he needs to work hard too. He needs to take down Hiruko first, and then use the excuse of rebuilding the team to lure Zetsu from the organization over...

After making up his mind, Orochimaru looked for an opportunity to kill Hiruko while contacting Aokiji in Ryuchi Cave to pass on information.

A few days later, Orochimaru returned to Ryuchi Cave using the Reverse Summoning Technique and found that Aokiji was no longer in the place he was originally staying. Theoretically, Aokiji should have been very conspicuous given his large size.

However, he simply couldn't see it.

Out of curiosity, I came to the temple where the White Snake Sage lived and happened to see Princess Tashin. I asked, "Where is Aokiji?"

Princess Tianxin smiled and said, "She should be sleeping in her room."

As they were talking, she saw a figure appear behind Orochimaru, raised her chin, and smiled, "Here they come, aren't they?"

Even without her saying anything, Orochimaru had already sensed it from the footsteps. He turned around and saw a white-haired, blue-eyed young man standing behind him. He was handsome and about 1.8 meters tall, and it was Aokiji in his youth form.

Orochimaru stared at the face for a moment, then understood what was going on and congratulated him with a smile, "It seems you have successfully mastered that technique."

"More or less."

Orochimaru noticed that Aokiji didn't seem very happy: "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

"In some ways, it's a minor issue."

This statement reminded Orochimaru that he had vaguely sensed a drop in the ambient temperature when Aokiji appeared, but his mind wasn't on it at the time.

Seeing Orochimaru's confused expression, Aokiji extended his hand, gesturing for a handshake: "Try it for yourself."

Orochimaru, puzzled, reached out to touch it; it was ice-cold, even the temperature of a corpse seemed warm compared to it: "Why is your body temperature so low?"

Aokiji's body temperature is at least minus forty degrees Celsius.

(End of this chapter)