Chapter 92

She was not alone,

when she first came to this world, she had other clansmen with her,

it's just that no one knows where those clansmen went!!

Even if the entire shinobi world pooled its strength together,

her son, joined by Gamamaru of Mount Myoboku, was unable to kill that woman,

they could only seal her up!!!

According to the White Snake Sage's observation,

there is currently an invisible force stirring in the entire shinobi world,

its purpose seems to be to save this woman sealed on the moon.

But the White Snake Sage,

has never wished to take part in it, from ancient times till now,

he clearly understands that clan of people,

just how powerful they are!!

And what is most frightening is not even this,

from that woman's mouth,

they learned,

beyond the distant starry sky,

there are many, many more Ōtsutsuki like her.

66. Orochimaru, Questioning His Life: The senjutsu of Ryūchi Cave is this simple?!

After taking a deep look at the Hashirama Senju before him,

the White Snake Sage discovered,

this reincarnation of Asura before his eyes,

was probably far more terrifying than he had imagined!!!

His strength surpassed every previous Asura,

even his temperament and mind surpassed every previous Asura!!!

He is more like a combination of Asura and Indra,

perfectly merging the two's strengths together!!!

He possesses Asura's patience,

and also possesses Indra's decisiveness!!

The White Snake Sage had a premonition,

that probably in Hashirama Senju's hands,

this world was about to undergo a great upheaval!!!

And this upheaval would sweep across the entire world,

no one could avoid it,

its scale would even surpass the upheaval thousands of years ago when the Sage of Six Paths sealed his own mother!!

Having thought through this point,

the White Snake Sage immediately felt much more at ease,

he did not consider it a disgrace to hand Ryūchi Cave's senjutsu over to Hashirama Senju.

On the contrary,

he believed that perhaps through this incident,

he could also pick a side,

could stand by the side of this current reincarnation of Asura,

and witness this transformation with his own eyes!!

The White Snake Sage believed,

that this time, no matter what, he could not avoid this upheaval.

If it were like before,

then Ryūchi Cave might not be able to continue to exist as it had before!!

【Fourth Raikage: Why do I feel like I can't quite understand the conversation between the White Snake Sage and the First Hokage…】

【Rasa: Hearing the White Snake Sage say this, it seems the First Hokage's relationship with Asura is unusual? Does reincarnation truly exist in this world?】

【Terumi Mei: Even someone as powerful as the First Hokage has something he fears—could there really be such a terrifying hidden hand in the shinobi world, lurking behind the scenes and manipulating everything?】

【Orochimaru: I'm actually quite interested in a lot of the shinobi world's history. Many things in this world are indeed different from what we imagined. There are many important places in history that show traces of being artificially altered… It seems someone wants to hide everything, doesn't want us to know certain things…】

【Tobirama Senju: In the Senju clan's history, I haven't noticed too many things that seem off, but now that big brother has put it this way, I think if there's a chance, I really should go back and carefully look through the clan's history.】

【Hashirama Senju: Honestly… although this screen is showing a version of me from another world, I honestly have no idea what he's talking about, and I don't know what he's thinking…】

【Minato Namikaze: Hmm… the First my lord from another world, although he also has Senju clan origins and possesses Wood Release, he feels like a completely different personality from the First my lord of our world… Their thoughts are also entirely different.】

【Jiraiya: Who would have thought, besides wanting to collect Ryūchi Cave's senjutsu, the First Hokage also seems to have quite an interest in Shikkotsu Forest's senjutsu. Can someone in this world really learn all three Sacred Grounds' senjutsu at once? …】

【Great Toad Sage: Little Jiraiya… wanting to learn all three Sacred Grounds' senjutsu at once, even I and the other two can't do it. Although the three Sacred Grounds' senjutsu all strengthen oneself by mastering natural energy… they represent three different branches. To learn all three at once would mean… surpassing the three Sacred Grounds in the control of natural energy…】

【Great Toad Sage: However… perhaps the Hashirama Senju of another world can do it.】

……

In the Land of Grass, inside Orochimaru's experimental base.

At this moment, he was staring fixedly at the Hashirama Senju on the screen.

Many years ago,

he had already attempted to travel to the Ryūchi Caverns to train in the White Snake Sage's senjutsu.

As his partner, and likewise one of the Legendary Sannin, Jiraiya had been able to travel to Mount Myōboku to learn senjutsu from the Great Toad.

Not to mention that back then his talent far surpassed Jiraiya's,

yet Orochimaru was rejected by the White Snake Sage,

who deemed him to have no talent for cultivating senjutsu.

After many soul transmigrations,

Orochimaru's soul had grown increasingly frail,

and his spiritual strength had grown ever weaker!!!

This also caused him to be utterly unable to sense natural energy,

unable to use natural energy to enter Sage Mode!!

And his subordinate Jugo was the legendary Sage Body,

born with an extremely strong affinity for natural energy.

Orochimaru studied Jugo's body for a long time,

but in the end only developed something like the Cursed Seal.

Only he himself knew,

that this was merely a defective version of Sage Mode,

not even worthy of being called a defective version.

It could never compare to the state of using natural energy to enter Sage Mode,

for using the Cursed Seal,

was nothing more than forcibly channeling natural energy into the body,

while simultaneously causing the user's mental state to become extremely unstable.

If the situation was severe, the user might even harm their own body and die of exhaustion!!!

Having failed to cultivate the Sage Mode of the Ryūchi Caverns,

was Orochimaru's regret of so many years,

and also a thorn in his heart!!

Back then, Orochimaru had been proud and arrogant,

although the White Snake Sage had denied him,

he believed that through his own efforts he could still complete the cultivation of Sage Mode!!