"You should be very familiar with this place, right?" Lexon said, looking at Orochimaru.
The White Snake Sage, the patriarch of Ryuchi Cave, injects natural energy with its fangs into those who come to Ryuchi Cave seeking power. Those who can withstand the transformation into a snake live, while those who cannot will gradually turn into snakes and, with the White Snake Sage's consent, be devoured by other snakes in Ryuchi Cave.
And for a guy like Orochimaru who can transform into a snake to this extent... being very familiar with Ryuchi Cave should be correct, right...?
Under Lexon's gaze, Orochimaru shook his head and said, "Not familiar."
"Then what use are you?" Lexon's eyes instantly carried a hint of disdain.
Lexon's sign-in talent related to anime was [Comic Knowledge Proficiency]. It was only at the proficiency level, not expert level, and this [Comic Knowledge Proficiency] covered numerous comics, so it couldn't be comprehensive.
So Lexon really wasn't sure if Orochimaru was familiar with Ryuchi Cave or not; he just associated that Orochimaru, who could turn into a snake, must have a great relationship with Ryuchi Cave.
But facts told Lexon that this was a wrong idea.
What do you think I brought you here for... Isn't it just to try and solve the problem as peacefully as possible... To let me sign in for Sage Mode through your connections?
I didn't expect you to be so useless.
Lexon thought, looking at Orochimaru.
As one of the Three Great Sage Regions, Ryuchi Cave's patriarch, the White Snake Sage, is a White Phosphorescent Serpent that has lived for over a thousand years and mastered Senjutsu Chakra. Its strength is at least at the Super Kage level, and the worst estimate puts its strength even reaching the Six Paths level.
At this moment, Lexon, apart from the Eight Inner Gates' "Gate of Death," could only reach the peak of the Super Kage level even at full power. Only by opening the "Gate of Death" could he fight against a Six Paths level existence.
But Lexon dared not be certain if the Demon Transformation could completely offset the side effects of opening the "Gate of Death."
Therefore, if possible, it would be better to sign in peacefully.
This was also one of the purposes of bringing Orochimaru along.
"I came to participate in the trials of Ryuchi Cave before, but I failed in the end, so I didn't undergo any training in Ryuchi Cave. I'm not that familiar with it," seeing Lexon's reaction, although Orochimaru's cheek twitched, he still explained.
"Then there must be someone you have a pretty good relationship with, right?" Lexon asked.
"Yes, there is," Orochimaru replied.
"That's good," Lexon said as he walked into the cave of Ryuchi Cave.
Orochimaru followed.
The light in the cave was not as dim as imagined; instead, there was a strange brilliance that appeared magnificent and mysterious.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, a magnificent castle suddenly appeared before Lexon and Orochimaru's eyes.
"That is the trial," Orochimaru whispered beside Lexon while looking at the castle. "There is a lot of food inside, but whether it is the castle or the food, they are all transformed from a snake of Ryuchi Cave. As long as you eat the food, your chakra will be sucked away and your body devoured."
However, before Lexon could respond or act, the huge castle in front of them suddenly dissipated.
A woman as beautiful as a flower floated in mid-air, looking down at the two with an extremely cold gaze.
The woman's green hair was tied up, and she wore a golden crown topped with a golden sphere. She had golden vertical slit pupils, red eye shadow extending to her nose, pale skin, and wore a long white shirt. Around her neck hung a fluttering haori, which seemed to be the support for her floating.
"Orochimaru." The woman's voice was cold enough to freeze the air. Her icy gaze fell on Orochimaru, and her lips parted lightly. "You are someone who has already failed the trial... You do not have the qualification to undergo the trial again. I advise you to leave quickly... You should know, if the Sage hadn't appreciated you last time, you would be a dead man."
"Hehehe... I won't die that easily... Just you lot can't kill me." Facing the woman's icy words, Orochimaru acted very indifferently and even spoke provocatively.
Hearing Orochimaru's words, the woman's small face became even colder.
Seeing the atmosphere of swords drawn and bows bent between these two, Lexon asked Orochimaru, "You have a grudge?"
"A grudge," Orochimaru nodded.
"Then who is the one you said you have a pretty good relationship with?" Lexon asked again.
"My powerful summoning beast, Manda." Speaking of his summoning beast, Orochimaru's sinister face carried a few points of pride.
Manda was one of the strongest snake beasts in Ryuchi Cave, and having a summoning contract with it was something to be very proud of.
"Then besides Manda?"
"None," Orochimaru said.
"None?"
"None."
"Hehe." Lexon narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Orochimaru, laughed, and then said, "I'll have a word with you when we get back."
"..." Listening to Lexon's words, Orochimaru felt a chill in his heart for no reason.
So not only are you no help, but you're also drawing aggro, right?
Lexon thought to himself.
During their conversation.
Two more women in the same attire floated to the side of the first woman who appeared, staring at Orochimaru and Lexon with burning gazes.
One woman with dark blue hair and one with brown hair, both extremely beautiful.
"Let's eat both of them..."
"It just so happens the Sage is sleeping today and won't care..."
"Eat them..."
"Orochimaru isn't weak. Ichikishima Hime, Tagitsuhime, you deal with him. I'll eat this man first..."
The words spoken by the three beautiful women were exceptionally terrifying.
In the next moment, their faces suddenly became extremely ferocious. Long tongues extended, eyes became narrow and long, and snake-like scale patterns appeared on their faces, completely shattering their beautiful appearances.
Their killing intent and malice permeated the air.
"Truly troublesome," Lexon murmured. A deep azure long sword suddenly appeared in his empty right hand. "Originally, if your target was Orochimaru, I wouldn't have had any objections... Why did you have to include me..."
"Eat you all!"
"Tear you into eight pieces!"
"Chop up and eat!"
The three snake women grinned ferociously and quickly attacked Orochimaru and Lexon.
Demon Slayer Mark...
Strange pale patterns emerged on Lexon's face.
Mist Breathing...
Faint mist dissipated from the corner of Lexon's mouth.
"Seventh Form: Obscuring Clouds."
The Nichirin Sword slashed, and thick mist surged along the trajectory of the sword swing, gradually turning into three clouds of mist.
"What is this!"
"What is this..."
"Get away!..."
The three snake women of Ryuchi Cave resisted fiercely, mobilizing the Senjutsu Chakra in their bodies to use special techniques, surging wild winds to blow away the mist. But it had no effect at all; all the wild winds fell into the mist as if falling into deep water, without any response.
"Damn it!"
The dark blue-haired snake woman screamed. Her position was relatively forward, and she couldn't dodge in time, getting enveloped by the incoming mist cloud.
Subsequently, the mist cloud enveloping the snake woman instantly turned into azure flowing water, plummeting downwards.
That water seemed unimaginably heavy. In mid-air, no matter how the snake woman struggled or mobilized her Senjutsu Chakra, she couldn't escape the wrapping and control of the water flow.
She fell straight to the ground.
The snake woman smashed onto the ground carrying the flowing water, actually creating an extremely deep pit. And in that instant, the snake woman turned into pure minced meat.
Fresh blood flowed with the water...
The remaining two snake women, floating and dancing in mid-air to dodge the mist clouds, couldn't help but change their expressions drastically upon seeing this scene, their hearts trembling with fear.
Not long after, the brown-haired snake woman was also enveloped by a mist cloud, following in the footsteps of the dark blue-haired snake woman, turning into minced meat and dying.
Extremely miserable.
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