Chapter 153: The White Snake Sage's Alarm – This Boy Is Outstanding!
Chapter 153: The White Snake Sage's Alarm – This Boy Is Outstanding!
Faced with an almost certain-death scenario, Uchiha Ci had very few options left if he wanted to continue fighting.
Against multiple "Wind Release: Wind Blades"—A-rank Wind Release techniques that had undergone complete shape transformation, ignoring elemental countermeasures—his only counter was to employ his strongest Fire Release: Chakra Mode.
By channeling all his chakra into the Kusanagi Sword and compressing it continuously, just as he did in his Flame Fist form, he created a blazing, white-hot sword that shone as brilliantly as the sun!
This sword, formed by highly condensed Fire-attribute chakra and reshaped using the Kusanagi Sword, had the capability to cut through the Wind Blades. Furthermore, its sustained battle readiness made it an invaluable weapon in this crisis.
Yet, such an act was undoubtedly reckless!
At this moment, Uchiha Ci was in his Cursed Seal form. The chakra within his body, the power of the Heaven Curse Seal, and the Natural Energy of Ryūchi Cave—constantly transforming his body—were in a state of mutual entanglement and constraint.
Extracting all his chakra to gain the power to break through meant he was essentially surrendering his entire body to Ryūchi Cave's Natural Energy!
While his chakra was still present, this Natural Energy had already begun forcibly transforming his genes, altering his eyes, legs, and subtly remolding his entire body.
One by one, snake-like abilities had manifested on him—infrared sensing, snake-scale defense, snake-body manipulation, speed akin to a black mamba, and many other powers yet to be uncovered.
The chakra that still belonged to him was the last barrier preventing him from fully turning into a snake. And now, Uchiha Ci—
He drained it all without a second thought!
Even Orochimaru would be utterly dumbfounded by such a move!
However, to Uchiha Ci, none of this mattered at all!
He wasn't afraid of death, so why would he fear becoming a mere snake?!
At this moment, he fell from the sky and lay on the desert sands, his entire body screaming in pain. Staring at the rain of descending Wind Blades, he clutched the radiant white-hot sword in his left hand.
He didn't even have the strength to stand and swing his sword! He had given everything he had. Now, all he could do was gamble with himself on the table!
Uchiha Ci's bloodshot snake-like crimson eyes fixed intently on the Wind Blades about to strike him. His face twisted in pain as he coughed up blood and gripped the sword tightly.
Then, with his last ounce of strength—
He placed the sword against his own neck, aiming it at the Heaven Curse Seal!
It looked as though he was about to slit his own throat!
The extreme heat of the blade instantly scorched through his outer skin, revealing the dense white scales beneath his neck.
Next—
Uchiha Ci roared at himself with a threatening snarl:
"Right now! Immediately—"
"Heaven Curse Seal!"
"Give me power!!"
"Give me the strength to defeat my enemies, break through this predicament, and shoulder the future and my dreams!"
"Forget good or evil—disregard everything! No matter the cost!"
"Even if I become a crawling reptile!"
"It doesn't matter!"
"Do you hear me?! If it's power, then give me all of it!!!"
As Uchiha Ci's crazed voice echoed, the next moment—
From the origin of the Heaven Curse Seal, a green glow suddenly flared!
The scales broke open, and a small white snake emerged.
The snake suddenly opened its mouth wide, and from it, a black-haired, deathly pale youth crawled out with great effort.
At that moment, a hoarse voice, filled with disbelief and shock, resounded:
"Uchiha Ci, what have you done?!!!"
---
Meanwhile, deep within Ryūchi Cave, one of the legendary Three Great Sage Lands, inside a temple—
On a throne beneath a Buddha statue, wrapped in layers of dense white snake scales reflecting the Buddha's glow, lay a thousand-year-old white-scaled serpent.
This massive snake wore a green cat's eye stone around its chest, held by a purple sash that served as a forehead protector. Its headpiece was adorned with green horn-like ornaments and a crimson luminous pearl, while it held a pipe in its mouth. Its colossal body resembled a bridge spanning a river, with two golden rings encircling its torso.
This was none other than the White Snake Sage, the master of Ryūchi Cave revered by the world as a true sage!
The White Snake Sage spent most of her time sleeping, as the constant noise from events in the ninja world transmitted to her ears was unbearably irritating.
However—
"Give me power!"
"Do you hear me?! If it's power, then give me all of it!!!"
A clear and furious voice of a young man suddenly pierced through her dream and entered her ears!
The White Snake Sage's golden serpent eyes snapped open, filled with shock.
"What the hell!"
"How is this possible?!"
"Someone outside Ryūchi Cave has mastered the Sage Mode of Ryūchi Cave?!"
Only a human with the stature of a sage could penetrate her dream with their voice, a threshold she had set for her slumber.
Every human who mastered Ryūchi Cave's Sage Mode was an excellent pawn and toy, worthy of her manipulation to attempt breaking free from the stagnant fate.
But this voice...
The White Snake Sage raised her massive snake head abruptly, her golden eyes piercing through the mists of the world to gaze outward.
And there, she saw Uchiha Ci lying in the desert of the Land of Wind, roaring in defiance.
When she examined the chaotic state of his body, she gasped in astonishment.
"Hiss!!!"
A cold chill coursed through her as a bead of sweat, larger than a bus, slid down her forehead.
What rare sight had she just witnessed?!
She recalled the words of a previous visitor seeking immortality—"Live long enough, and you'll see something interesting."
But now, what she saw wasn't just interesting—it was unparalleled!
This boy was a divine prodigy unmatched in the thousands of years of Ryūchi Cave's history!
So effortlessly accepting Natural Energy!
So calmly embracing the distortion and evolutionary transformation of life itself!
So brazenly seeking her power, asking for a path to ascend from snake to dragon!
He was practically a godsend!
The moment she saw Uchiha Ci, the White Snake Sage's golden eyes narrowed to a needle's point.
In all her thousands of years, she had seen countless lunatics in pursuit of power.
But never had she encountered a human so utterly mad!
Natural Energy did not rampage within him. Instead, his battle-hungry cells had subdued it, granting him abilities far beyond the human species while enabling him to sustain such extreme combat.
He was now one step away from sacrificing himself entirely to fuel his power.
Yet, the Natural Energy within him was still too weak to support his evolution beyond humanity.
And this boy—possessed such immense potential!
His unyielding will, which surpassed everyone else who had come to Ryūchi Cave for power!
His complete indifference to abandoning his humanity!
This was precisely the "Snake to Dragon" figure Ryūchi Cave had sought all along!
"No, I can't let this boy die!"
The White Snake Sage's massive serpent body trembled violently, shaking the entire Ryūchi Cave.
She suddenly lifted her giant head and tore off the green cat's eye stone around her neck with her tail!
With a furious roar, she bellowed within the temple:
"Tagitsuhime! Tagorihime!"
"Ichikishima! you three brats, where are you?!"
"Quick, bring me the 'Jade' immediately!"