Chapter 64

After flying in the air for a while, Manda crashed into the cave wall and finally stopped. Its body ached from the blow it received.

"He is very strong." Manda thought as it looked at Naruto walking slowly towards it. But Manda still decided to attack again, because it was an arrogant creature who felt quite superior to the other kinds.

Manda was quite cautious this time compared to the previous one. It had adjusted its body to react immediately to a sudden attack. It was also watching Naruto's every move with its eyes.

Naruto said with a mocking grin on his face as he approached Manda, "You don't need to be so nervous. I won't kill you after all, maybe?"

The remaining three snakes had secretly escaped from there. The reason Naruto didn't notice them as they ran away was that they were too weak to pose any threat to him. To be honest, he could kill them with one move.

Manda was crawling quickly on the ground, starting to circle Susano. All of a sudden, it quickly wrapped around Susano's body and began to compress it. But unfortunately, no matter how hard it squeezed, Susano was still unharmed.

At that moment, thorn-shaped black flames emerged from Susano's armor and stabbed into Manda's body.

"Tsshhhh*" Mandas suddenly cried out in pain from the pain it felt in most parts of its body. The thorns made from Amaterasu began to burn Manda's body inside and out, destroying it.

Manda began to writhe on the ground in agony as it had no strength left due to the intense pain it felt.

After Naruto cast a glance at the writhing Manda, he drew his sword and cut off its head. Thus, Manda died comfortably without any further suffering. Naruto is a really kind-hearted person.

At that moment, a loud noise came from the depths of the cave. Also, the source of the noise was fast approaching upwards towards Naruto.

Naruto felt that a being of gigantic size was rushing towards him. He sensed that the approaching thing was crawling on the ground, so it was most likely a snake.

Just a few seconds later, a swift and powerful tail blow quickly attacked Naruto. Naruto had already anticipated the attack coming towards him, so he shielded his arms in front to minimize the damage.

Naruto was being pushed back despite Kurama and Susano's defense.

After being pushed back for a while, Naruto finally stopped and glanced at his foe.

It was a huge white snake that attacked Naruto. It was certain to be the biggest snake Naruto had ever seen. It wore a cap on its head and a green necklace around its neck.

"You must be White Snake Sage, the leader of Ryuchi Cave, right?" said Naruto.

"So you know me, but you are still brave enough to attack Ryuchi Cave. Or should I say stupid?" Snake Sage said with a slight hint of anger in its voice.

Snake Sage was quite angry, after all, someone publicly attacked its place and even killed one of its senior members. But still, why did he come here to create a problem?

"What did you come here for?" Snake Sage asked curiously.

"I came here to absorb the natural energy that has accumulated." Naruto spoke the truth without hiding.

"So you came here just for it." Snake Sage said. It was thinking about what to do with him at the same time.

Of course, Snake Sage would not allow him to absorb the natural energy that had accumulated here. Because it was using it for its own research.

Also, the chakra it felt from Naruto was the same as it felt from someone many years ago. Unfortunately, it had never been able to examine that chakra, as it could not deal with that creature at that time. But this time, it appeared to be a perfect person and also did not radiate a feeling as strong as the previous person. That's why it thought it could handle him.

After catching him, it would work with his chakra and figure out how to use it. In this way, it would become stronger and its life would be longer.

"Tou will not suffer if surrender now." Snake Sage said as it gathered its body back and curled up.

"Don't you see me as too weak? You're overconfident." Naruto said sarcastically, grinning.

As Naruto spoke, he was secretly studying the impact of the blow he had received on his arms. It seemed that as a result of the blow, Susano's armor on arms was destroyed but it started slowly regenerating. Also, Kurama's body, which was under the armor, was damaged.

As a result of all this, Naruto realized that in his current state, he would not be able to defeat it that easily. That's why he decided to move on to the next stage to make this fight even easier.

Also, Naruto was getting pretty excited about this fight. Because it was the first time that he would use a large part of his power against an enemy.

"No, I don't scorn you. But you're weaker than what I've encountered a creature before. Right, before we fight each other, shall we have a little chat about that? No matter how hard you try to hide it, I can feel its presence inside you, don't try to deny it." Snake Sage said. It was also very curious about this subject. So it would be great if it could get some information from him now.

"Oh? So you can feel it? I'm not trying to hide its presence too much though. So it's normal that you can spot it." Naruto said.

If someone had seen it closely before, they would have noticed its presence. Snake Sage knew of its existence because it had encountered Juubi before.

Snake Sage began to scrutinize Naruto, who was standing inside Kurama. It then noticed that his eyes had turned into Rinnegan and said, "Oh? So you have eyes just like that kid. Now you're starting to look even more interesting to me. I wonder if you have the eye of that creature too?"

Snake Sage was becoming more and more attracted to Naruto. It wanted to get him as soon as possible and explore his whole body. Every. Single. Detail.