Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

Upon seeing this, Kirito sneered.

He was well aware of the White Snake Immortal's purpose in suddenly revealing this ability; it was simply to tell him that she still had a trump card to save her life, that she couldn't be killed by him, and thus save face.

A few minutes later, in the huge cave deep inside Ryuchi Cave, large white-scaled snakes intertwined with each other, eventually forming an enormous white-scaled serpent.

The complete version of the White Snake Sage has been resurrected.

At this moment, the three snake sages from Ryuchi Cave—Tenshin-hime, Ichikishima-hime, and Takitsu-hime—arrived before the White Snake Sage. All three were prostrate on the ground, trembling.

Because the White Snake Sage was clearly very angry, his Sage Chakra fluctuations and killing intent were being unleashed without any concealment, which caused many powerful snakes in Ryuchi Cave to quickly abandon their petty thoughts.

The White Snake Sage remains the same incredibly powerful snake sage, and has not fallen from his throne in Ryuchi Cave because of a single defeat.

Suddenly, a spatial fluctuation appeared, and a black-haired man in a black and gold suit appeared in front of the White Serpent Sage. He was the Rock God Puppet who had just arrived here using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

"White Snake Immortal, please keep your promise and answer my question."

Kirito's voice came from the mouth of the Rock God Puppet.

"Stop talking nonsense, kid. I haven't lost."

The White Snake Immortal said coldly.

After returning to Ryuchi Cave, her fear of Kirito greatly decreased, and she suddenly didn't want to answer Kirito's questions anymore.

"White Snake Sage, please think twice. I suppose you don't want to provoke a powerful enemy like me. I am a Konoha ninja, not a lone wolf."

Kirito's tone turned cold as he saw that the White Snake Sage was trying to renege on his promise, and he spoke threateningly.

Ryuchi Cave is powerful, but its strength lies solely in the White Snake Sage. With his current abilities, he might struggle to face the White Snake Sage alone, but with a group of reliable Jonin and several Kage-level shinobi, the chances of defeating her are very high.

If the White Snake Immortal is ungrateful, destroying Dragon Land Cave is not out of the question.

"Kid, you dare threaten me!"

The White Snake Sage was enraged when threatened by Kirito.

A giant snake tail swept towards the Rock God Golem like lightning, but the Rock God Golem's right hand was instantly covered with thick black rock, forming a huge rock fist, which then clashed head-on with the White Serpent Sage's snake tail.

Sage Art: Earth Release: Rock Fist Technique!

"Boom!!!"

A deafening crash resounded.

A violent tremor occurred throughout Ryuchi Cave.

During the process, the Rock God Golem retreated more than ten meters before stopping, but its body was unharmed, except that the rock fist formed by the Rock Fist Technique was covered with cracks.

"I'm just stating a fact. I don't want to be your enemy or Ryuchi Cave, but if you dare to mess with me, you'll have to bear the wrath of my Tohsaka Kirito. I'm not someone to be trifled with."

Kirito replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"..."

The White Snake Immortal fell silent.

She had no choice but to remain silent. That attack was something she had planned for a long time, yet she couldn't even destroy Kirito's puppet. In fact, he even managed to use the puppet in Sage Mode to block her attack.

This formidable strength made her wary upon returning to her lair, and she finally began to rationally consider whether it was worth offending such a powerful enemy as Kirito for a face that had little value.

She certainly didn't think Kirito was capable of killing her, but she had to consider whether Kirito could kill her if he brought a large group of Konoha ninja.

She had spent a long time observing humanity, and she knew just how despicable and powerful they were. Once these creatures set their sights on her, even though she was at the top of the food chain in this world, she would be in great danger.

"White Snake Immortal, please answer my question. My request is that simple. I do not intend to ask you for anything more. Of course, if you think my question is of great value, you can also make some reasonable requests to me."

Seeing that the White Snake Sage was silent, Kirito knew that the other party finally understood what fair dialogue meant, and continued speaking.

Upon hearing this, the White Snake Immortal slowly closed his eyes, which emitted a terrifying red light in the darkness, and his entire body completely merged into the darkness and disappeared.

Then, an orange-haired old woman holding a cane slowly appeared in front of Kirito.

"Lord White Snake Immortal."

Upon seeing the old woman, the three snake immortals, including Tianxin Shenji, immediately stepped forward, bowed respectfully, and said in unison.

The old woman was the form that the White Snake Immortal had temporarily conjured using her unique illusion-type immortal magic. She looked at her three useless subordinates and said coldly, "Get out of the way. I want to talk to this human alone."

The three snake immortals quickly took their leave.

When the White Snake Sage was fighting Kirito, the three of them were watching from the shadows. Knowing that their strength was nothing compared to the two, they certainly didn't want to stay and be caught in the crossfire.

After the three snake sages left, the white snake sage came to the rock god golem and said with a stern face, "Watch closely, human. I'll demonstrate once, and whether you can find what you want is up to you."

Before Kirito could react, she plunged her cane into the ground, and a special image appeared above it.

This is another of the White Snake Sage's special abilities, the power of telekinesis, which allows him to record and play back images, and to re-enact past events.

As soon as the image appeared, Kirito's gaze was immediately drawn to it, because the image on the screen was actually Otsutsuki Hamura, who was now an old man, surrounded by many descendants with Byakugan.

In the scene, Ōtsutsuki Hamura and his descendants are inscribing an enormous sealing array in a huge underground space.

However, most of the sealing formations were completed by Otsutsuki Hamura, as his descendants lacked the sealing skills and could only perform some auxiliary tasks.

Based on Kirito's current sealing technique abilities, he could tell that Otsutsuki Hamura's sealing technique abilities were extremely high. There were many parts of the huge sealing array that he had drawn that he couldn't understand, because these parts all involved spatial sealing techniques.

Kirito didn't dare blink, focusing intently on recording the entire process of Ōtsutsuki Hamura inscribing the sealing array.

He understood why the White Snake Sage had been hesitant to tell her the answer. It was because the old man didn't actually know where the location was. She had only recorded the process by which Ōtsutsuki Hamura created a spacetime passage to the moon using a sealing array.

Thousands of years have passed, and the world has changed dramatically.

The sealing array that Hagoromo Otsutsuki and his descendants carved underground to represent this type of spacetime may have already been destroyed.

Looking back now, Kirito realizes he's fallen into a misconception. The reason the Otsutsuki clan members on the moon were able to come to the ninja world in the movie was probably not because of the time portal left by Otsutsuki Hamura, but because they re-established a time portal in the ninja world.

They possess the legacy of a spacetime-type sealing array left behind by Hamura Otsutsuki, making it not impossible for them to recreate a new spacetime passage.

The video lasted for about an hour. With the help of his descendants, Ōtsutsuki Hamura finally managed to inscribe a huge spacetime sealing array, and then placed a stone disc with spatial coordinates engraved on it into the core of the sealing array.

As the sealing array operated normally, a stable spacetime passage appeared above it, and a smile appeared on Otsutsuki Hamura's face.

Clearly, the sealing formation was successful, and the established spatial coordinates were also correct.

That's the end of the video.

"Huff, huff, huff, humans, these are all the answers I know."

The White Snake Immortal, having exhausted himself with his special abilities to produce this footage, spoke breathlessly.

"Thank you so much, you've really helped me a lot."

Kirito said with a smile.

Although the White Snake Sage did not reveal the location of the space-time portal left by Ōtsutsuki Hamura, he still gave him a key to the moon. He had already memorized the process by which Ōtsutsuki Hamura carved that space-time sealing array using his extraordinary memory.

Although there were still a few parts he didn't understand, he was confident that he could quickly crack them with his abilities and then recreate Otsutsuki Hamura's space-time sealing array.

Then he can use that to go to the moon.

"Hmph, then get lost. Ryuchi-dong doesn't welcome you."

The White Snake Immortal decisively issued an order to leave.

Kirito had already gotten what he wanted, and there was no need to continue to pester the White Snake Sage. He said goodbye and then used the Rock God Puppet to perform the Flying Thunder God Technique and disappeared into Ryuchi Cave.

After the Rock God Puppet disappeared, the old woman that the White Snake Sage had transformed into also vanished. The White Snake Sage's enormous figure reappeared in the darkness, and she said, "Summon that brat Orochimaru to see me immediately."

……

On the other side, in the Land of Waterfalls, the former headquarters of the Root Clan, now the hiding place of Madara Uchiha.

Black Zetsu, possessing a white Zetsu body, slowly appeared in a dark room.

The next moment, a red eye and a purple eye suddenly opened in the darkness, emitting two different lights.

The red eye was a Mangekyou Sharingan, and the purple eye was a Rinnegan. Their current owner was Uchiha Madara. He looked at the suddenly appearing Black Zetsu and asked in a cold voice, "Have you found the whereabouts of the Four-Tails?"

"I'm sorry, Lord Madara, Iwagakure has hidden the Four-Tails Jinchuriki very well right now, and we haven't found his exact location yet, but we've discovered something even more interesting."

Black Zetsu replied.

Upon hearing this, a cold glint flashed in Madara Uchiha's right Rinnegan.

Black Zetsu's body was instantly blasted away by a powerful force, crashing heavily into the wall.

"Stop talking nonsense and get to the point."

Madara Uchiha said ruthlessly.

After being attacked by Madara Uchiha's Shinra Tensei using the Rinnegan, Black Zetsu shakily got up from the ground and said in feigned fear, "Yes, Lord Madara, I recently discovered the whereabouts of Kirito Tohsaka. He was fighting against the White Snake Sage of Ryuchi Cave at the time."

"Kirito Tohsaka is fighting the White Snake Sage? Interesting. You must have recorded it."

Madara Uchiha became interested when he heard Black Zetsu say that.

He desperately needs information about Kirito. Kirito is fighting the White Snake Sage, and with the White Snake Sage's formidable strength, he will surely be able to force Kirito to use some of his true abilities.

Black Zetsu certainly had a record of Kirito's battle with the White Snake Sage, and he immediately used a similar telekinetic ability to recreate the scene of Kirito's battle with the White Snake Sage in front of Madara Uchiha.

Madara Uchiha watched very intently, and the more he looked, the more alarmed he became.

Through this battle, he realized that Kirito likely possessed the ability to remotely control puppets in combat. Furthermore, the puppets he created were so lifelike that it was difficult to detect his true identity.

"This guy must have obtained some of the abilities of the Six Paths of Pain from the Rinnegan. Damn it, his research on the Rinnegan has reached this level."

Madara Uchiha said with a grim expression.

During the period when the Rinnegan was transplanted into Nagato's body, as it gradually grew within him, it also gave rise to many abilities that he was unaware of.

As he transplanted the Rinnegan back into the body, he gradually gained new abilities from it, including the method of creating the Six Paths of Pain.

This also made him understand the value of the black rods created using the Yin-Yang Release technique of the Rinnegan.

Chapter 312: Pain and Orochimaru

Black rods not only possess excellent chakra conductivity, but can also transmit chakra over long distances, making them arguably the highest quality material for creating puppets.

Madara Uchiha was certain that the puppets Kirito had just fought against in Sage Mode were all equipped with black rods, and that Kirito had already deciphered some of the Rinnegan's abilities and was using them effectively in combat.

"Lord Madara, that kid is a puppet master. It's not difficult for him to use the mafia to create puppets. But that's nothing special. That kid is definitely not as adept at using the power of the Rinnegan as you are. As long as you find a few suitable ninja bodies, you will definitely be able to create even more powerful puppets with the help of the Rinnegan."

Black Zetsu had always stayed by Madara Uchiha's side and worked hard for him without complaint, so he naturally already knew some of the abilities of the Rinnegan.

Because of Pain's new ability, Madara Uchiha has begun to have him secretly search for the corpses of powerful ninjas.