Uchiha Yue's strength was undoubtedly superior to that of any ninja the Sage had encountered in his long life. But compared to the Sage himself, he was negligibly weak. In fact, what can you expect from yesterday's philistine, who found his gift just twenty days ago?
Before his rebirth, Uchiha Yue was an ordinary young man, and even after he remained one in his soul. If it hadn't been for the shock that turned his world upside down, he would have stayed that way.
Realizing this, the Sage White Snake rejoiced. It all fit! His guesses turned out to be correct.
— Csu-S... Uchiha Yue," he hissed, and his hissing turned into mad laughter, "your power will become mine!"
With that triumphant roar, the Sage rushed into the deathly void that surrounded his enemy. Eight gigantic snake heads wriggled towards Yue.
As soon as his scales crossed the invisible boundary, he felt the very life drain out of him, drying up his flesh. No matter how hard he tried to contain this flow, the leak wouldn't stop. But it didn't matter anymore.
He was a Sage, a being of a different order from the pitiful mortals. Any ninja who fell into this trap would be doomed to a slow death from exhaustion. Even the old him, if he had fallen into this zone of dead silence, would have died in despair.
But now it was different. Not because he has learned to resist absorption, but because…
boom!
A storm of natural energy erupted outside. Violent currents surged into the part of his colossal bulk that remained outside the sphere, continuously replenishing its lost strength. The strategy was primitive, crude, but the only right one. As long as the influx of energy exceeded Yue's absorption rate, he could maintain his power and crush the boy.
Of course, this only worked because there was still natural energy left on the planet, and the Sage's body was so huge that Yue could not cover him completely.
It was necessary to solve everything with one swift blow!
Sage White Snake was acutely aware of the condition of his body. Even though he was pushing through Yue's defenses with brute force, it couldn't go on like this for long. Uchiha's technique was terrifying. Despite being nourished, too much of his body was in the absorption zone, and he was slowly but steadily losing his essence. He had already burned his own flesh and spirit to maintain this delicate balance. A little more, and the senjutsu chakra will get out of control, and then he will not need the help of an enemy to die.
"You want my power?" Well, come and get it," Yue grinned, feeling an insane flow of energy pouring into him. — At the same time, let's see what the so-called Sage is capable of!
There was a satisfied twinkle in his eyes. What a pleasure... What power! Is Sage White Snake really so kind that he decided to personally feed me to the brim?
Right now, his opponent was like a giant whirlpool that violently sucked in natural energy, transformed it into senjutsu chakra, and immediately gave it to him. Lunch served on a platter.
boom!
At the same moment, eight snake heads closed on Susanoo. There was a deafening crack like a glacier splitting apart. The ring of concentration that held back the power of the dojutsu shattered into myriad pieces. The huge sphere of dead silence abruptly narrowed, revealing almost a quarter of the White Serpent's body.
"So that's it! The Sage roared in his mind, his real voice swallowed up by the darkness. "You're not as strong as you look!" All the power of your technique was based on this artifact!"
Uchiha Yue looked at the pieces without a trace of concern. It could always be created anew. It is a pity that this time the snake turned out to be more cunning than Ootsutsuki Ishiki, who, although he crushed Susanoo, did not destroy the ring itself.
He jerked his head up, and a crimson light flashed in his hand. Gathering his last strength, he grabbed one of the snake's heads and delivered a crushing blow to its eye.
At the same time, the other heads squeezed the gigantic avatar. Terrifying kinetic energy that exceeded the absorption limit many times over surged into Susanoo. The giant figure was covered with a network of cracks and exploded with a bang.
As soon as Yue's fist landed on the White Snake's head, its defenses finally shattered. At the same time, the snake managed to twitch, and the blow did not hit exactly in the eye socket, but…
There was a monstrous hole in his head, in place of an eye, from which smoke was pouring out and it smelled of burnt flesh and baked brain.
— AH-Ah-Ah!!!
An inhuman, agonized scream burst from the seven remaining throats. The giant body of the Sage convulsed like a disturbed worm. Half of the skull on one of his heads just disappeared.
— UCHIHA YUE!!! "Stop it!" he roared, and rage momentarily drowned out the pain. "I'LL TEAR YOU TO PIECES!"!!
The seven remaining heads, their mouths agape, furiously rushed at Yue's defenseless body, which had lost the cover of Susanoo.
The power in Uchiha's body boiled up. He dodged the attack with a lightning dash. Despite the Sage's colossal power, his gigantic size made him unwieldy. If Yue could hold out long enough, he would have a chance.…