An extremely strange and ominous aura suddenly erupted from the person in front of her.
The White Snake Sage couldn't help but frown, but her movements didn't stop.
Having lived for thousands of years, these things couldn't scare her...
But immediately following that was crimson, violent steam that took on a tangible form, exploding outwards with unstoppable force. The momentum it carried forced the White Snake Sage to retreat.
What is this?
A look of confusion appeared on the White Snake Sage's aged face.
She was somewhat puzzled.
The moment the strange aura erupted just now, she had already felt that the strength of this human brat had risen by a large margin. Even if he hadn't reached her level of strength yet, he could barely be considered to have stepped into the tier of strength she resided in.
But the instant the red steam exploded, she felt that the human brat's strength had risen by another large margin... In fact, at this moment, she actually couldn't see through the opponent's strength?
The White Snake Sage understood this point very well; for this to happen meant that the opponent's strength had at least reached the level she was at.
Why can his strength suddenly become so strong?
The White Snake Sage couldn't understand this point at all.
Have I stayed in Ryuchi Cave for too long? Am I behind the times of the outside world? Is it possible to triple-jump in strength like this?
I must treat this brat seriously.
The White Snake Sage's expression gradually became solemn and serious, truly regarding the human brat in front of her as an opponent of the same level.
Lexon had activated [Demon Transformation] and opened the [Gate of Death] of the [Eight Inner Gates].
His current strength had reached the true peak he could currently achieve.
Six Paths level.
As for where he stood within the Six Paths level, Lexon wasn't clear.
Was he a mid-tier Six Paths... or a peak Six Paths... he didn't know.
There were too few Six Paths level combatants in the Naruto world to make a concrete comparison, so it was difficult for Lexon to estimate.
He only knew that he was strong now, very strong.
Around Lexon, the red steam and the pitch-black ominous aura constantly intertwined and converged. The power radiating from him seemed to drag the environmental air of the entire Ryuchi Cave into a deep quagmire.
In the Cave of Ten Thousand Snakes deep within Ryuchi Cave... millions of writhing snakes seemed to sense the power radiating from the stagnant air, and all of them trembled before fainting from the shock.
Lexon's outer skin was flushed red at this moment. His body after Demon Transformation was already terrifying, and with the boost from the Eight Inner Gates, it became even more dreadful.
It seems my guess was correct. The nearly undying vitality brought by [Demon Transformation] can indeed offset the consumption of vitality by the [Gate of Death] of the [Eight Inner Gates].
Lexon felt the state of his body, his thoughts turning.
Just as Lexon expected, the consumption of vitality by the final gate of the Eight Inner Gates was perfectly offset by the characteristics of the Demon Transformation he had signed in for in the Demon Slayer world.
It's just that... the speed of this vitality consumption seems a bit fast...
Lexon had this thought because the vitality draining from opening the Gate of Death of the Eight Inner Gates was too rapid.
It was explained in the Demon Slayer world that a demon's vitality was near-immortal, but not completely immortal.
Stamina was an important standard for measuring vitality.
Just like Gyokko back then...
He was forcibly hacked by Lexon, who had activated Demon Transformation, to the limit of a demon's vitality, reaching a near-death state.
So in other words, Lexon couldn't keep the [Gate of Death] open forever.
For him, the [Gate of Death] which originally consumed life force had turned into consuming stamina.
And the rate of stamina consumption was very fast.
So compared to Might Guy, he could just open the [Gate of Death] and sustain it for a much, much longer time, and the final result wouldn't be death...
But exhaustion of stamina.
However, this "much, much longer time"... was actually very long.
By Lexon's estimation, with his stamina, he could maintain the [Gate of Death] state for at least ten hours!
After all, he had stacked a tremendous amount of physical fitness through sign-ins, reaching an incomparably terrifying and unimaginable level.
Lexon put the Nichirin Sword back into his space ring.
Given the material of the Nichirin Sword, if the current Lexon swung it, it would probably turn into fragments in an instant.
So he wouldn't use the sword.
Moreover, the Eight Inner Gates... was originally a form of Taijutsu.
Only Taijutsu could bring out the full effectiveness of the Eight Inner Gates.
Under the extremely wary gaze of the White Snake Sage, Lexon stretched his body slightly, twisted his waist, shook his limbs, and rolled his head.
This was his first time facing an enemy using pure Taijutsu.
And the opponent wasn't someone he could crush easily.
No matter what, the White Snake Sage was on the same level.
A powerhouse who had stayed at the Six Paths level for a very long time.
"Let's try it out like this first..." Saying that, Lexon attempted to throw a punch at the White Snake Sage.
The moment he threw the punch, red steam surged around Lexon. A fist shadow, slightly tinged with red light and magnified dozens of times like a shockwave, instantly raided towards the White Snake Sage's small humanoid body.
The fist shadow emitted an incredibly ear-piercing sonic boom during its flight, and the spreading shockwaves shattered all the surrounding ground.
So strong!
The White Snake Sage could clearly feel the incomparably powerful force carried within the fist shadow; its power made her dare not underestimate it in the slightest.
Around the White Snake Sage, dense natural energy gathered, and Senjutsu chakra surged from it.
"Phantom Sage Snake Shadow!"
The White Snake Sage raised her hand.
Senjutsu chakra instantly converged into an incomparably ethereal and massive illusory snake shadow, striking against the fist shadow Lexon had swung.
For a moment, the fist shadow surged, and the snake shadow raged.
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