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Chapter 116: Return, Sealing the Hidden Trap
Naturally, she would return to train.
Konan silently took the scrolls and used pen and paper to record the two Sage Arts.
In Ryuchi Cave, it wasn't convenient for Alex to show himself.
With a cheat code that could drastically increase cultivation speed, why should she stay here and study bitterly?
She quickly finished transcribing the Sage Arts and handed back the scrolls.
"Are you sure you want to go back to train?" Tagitsuhime put away the scrolls. "The Natural Energy in the outside world is far inferior to Ryuchi Cave. It will greatly delay your cultivation of Sage Arts."
Konan shook her head. "I have decided to return now."
With Alex's miraculous copying ability, she wasn't affected by the sharp decrease in Natural Energy at all.
"Since you've decided, you may leave from here."
Tagitsuhime shook her head and waved her hand. A dark, deep opening appeared on the stone wall to the right.
"You can return to where you came from through here."
Konan spread her wings and flew into the tunnel with a whoosh, disappearing quickly.
Tagorihime, who had been silent all this while, looked at the gradually closing wall and said with great regret:
"Sigh, what a pity. To miss out on such perfect, delicious food."
"You're still thinking about that?" Ichikishimahime said with a smile.
"She learned Perfect Sage Mode instantly. You have no chance to eat her~"
Anyway, she didn't lose out.
During the second trial earlier, she had already recovered a large amount of chakra crystals from this human.
She could savor them slowly.
"Hmph!" Tagorihime snorted coldly, revealing her long, narrow snake face again. "It's not like there won't be chances in the future. If she dares to summon me for battle, hehehe..."
She licked the corner of her mouth, a fierce glint flashing in her eyes.
Tagitsuhime shook her head. This sister of hers had always had a heavy appetite.
When encountering delicious food, she could barely control her desires.
It was her nature, hard to correct.
If she really were summoned to cause trouble, she probably still wouldn't get to eat.
That human was not someone to be trifled with.
If she was careless and underestimated her, she would receive a beating sooner or later.
"Let's go. We need to report back to the Ancestor."
Tagitsuhime flew up and headed deeper into Ryuchi Cave.
The other two Snake Princesses followed closely behind.
...
On the other side.
It was the same snake cave entrance.
The massive amount of poisonous snakes frozen three days ago had been devoured by a new batch of snakes the moment the ice dissipated.
Now, the snake cave had returned to its original state.
Countless poisonous snakes were piled together, densely packed.
Deep in the snake cave, Konan flew calmly.
Unlike when she entered, perhaps because she had mastered Snake Senjutsu or because she carried the scent of the three Snake Princesses, the surrounding poisonous snakes did not attack her. instead, they all lay on the ground, shivering.
It saved her the trouble of attacking again.
Konan flew out of the snake cave, completely leaving the range of Ryuchi Cave and returning to the outside world.
"The Natural Energy in the outside world is indeed scarce."
She flew high into the sky, focusing her senses.
Compared to Ryuchi Cave, the concentration was almost ten times lower.
If one hadn't mastered Sage Mode, it would be very difficult for an ordinary person to sense the Natural Energy in the atmosphere.
Alex flew beside her: [The Natural Energy of the entire ninja world was devoured once by the God Tree, so it's not as good as it used to be.]
Konan looked back at the snake cave. "Humans claim to be the masters of the ninja world, yet they cannot occupy any of the Sage Regions."
"To learn Senjutsu, one must undergo trials by these non-humans. It's truly laughable."
"In the future, after unifying the ninja world, I will absolutely not allow these beasts to occupy the Sage Regions and remain outside worldly control."
[Exactly!]Alex nodded in agreement.
The ninja world absolutely could not allow such powerful existences to go unchecked.
Whether human, snake, or toad, as long as they had intelligence, they had to be under their control.
Especially since they dared to leave a hidden trap inside Konan's body.
Hmph...
Purple light lit up on Alex's paper body, pulling out the two forces bound within Konan.
"This is..." Konan looked at the red and white threads of light twisting constantly within the purple light, her face full of shock and suspicion.
[The white thread is the hidden trap left by the White Snake Sage when he injected Natural Energy into you.]
[As for the red one, it entered your body when you signed the Summoning Blood Pact. They all wanted to drill into your brain.]
Seal!
Purple light radiated brightly from Alex, completely sealing the two threads of light.
[Fortunately, I detected and controlled them. Otherwise, Konan, you likely would have become a puppet of the White Snake Sage.]
[Once activated, your life, death, and fate would all be in the hands of that old snake.]
Now that they were out of Ryuchi Cave and thousands of meters in the sky, they didn't have to worry about being discovered.
He decided to extract and seal these two creepy things as soon as possible.
Konan's eyes were cold, and fear lingered in her heart.
She hadn't expected learning Senjutsu to be so dangerous.
Not only was the learning process deadly, but even after successfully learning it, it was still life-threatening.
As expected of an insidious and venomous snake.
How could it be so kind as to teach humans Senjutsu and grant them powerful strength for no reason?
It turned out everything had a price marked in the dark from the very beginning.
Ryuchi Cave didn't just want a return; they were extremely greedy, intending to take her entire being.
Konan suppressed the killing intent in her heart. This debt would be collected sooner or later.
"The Sage Regions shouldn't be occupied by these animals. We must reclaim them in the future."
Alex nodded: [Natural Energy is indeed a good thing. We certainly can't let a bunch of poisonous snakes and frogs monopolize it.]
[Keep this safe. Don't destroy it, to avoid being detected by the White Snake Sage.]
Konan took the purple sphere.
It was the size of a glass marble. The two threads of light inside were firmly sealed, unable to move.
She stored it away carefully.
Then, she gently held Alex. "I still have a massive amount of Senjutsu chakra in my body."
"Rather than letting it dissipate naturally, it's better to store it in your body."
[Alright.]
Alex instantly felt the Senjutsu chakra surging in wildly.
The purple shadow on Konan's eyelids slowly faded until it disappeared completely.
All Senjutsu chakra transfer was complete, and she exited Perfect Sage Mode.
She frowned slightly. "I didn't expect the burden of Sage Mode to be so great. My body aches everywhere."
[The energy level of Senjutsu chakra is much higher than ordinary chakra. Your meridians and internal organs haven't adapted to such high pressure yet.]
[In the future, as you use Sage Mode more, your body will slowly adapt.]
[Or when your physical strength increases to a certain level, you should be able to directly immune the burden of Sage Mode.]
Alex remembered that the Sage of Six Paths seemed able to maintain Sage Mode 24/7, making it his normal state of daily life.
Konan also needed to strive in this direction.
Striving to reach a balance between consumption and fusion of Senjutsu chakra one day.
So her body could withstand the pressure and maintain Sage Mode permanently.
Now that Konan had mastered Sage Mode, her strength had undoubtedly reached Super Kage level.
As for the other two Sage Modes, if there was a chance, she definitely had to learn them.
The three Sage Modes focused on different aspects. If she could learn all of them and combine all their advantages, a three-in-one Sage Mode would definitely be stronger.
"Let's go back."
Konan hugged Alex and accelerated back to the Aerial Fortress.
Her strength had crossed another step. Next, it was time to complete the Otsutsuki bloodline.
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