Blinding golden light burst from the pit, shooting skyward like a golden pillar.
The three priestesses, Tagorihime, Ichikishimahime, and Tagitsuhime, were hovering in midair when the beam caught them. Like mosquitoes smacked by a giant club, they went flying backward, their heads ringing.
Below the pit.
The giant Stone Golem and the crystals along the pit's edge were instantly sliced to pieces by the Golden Light Sword. But under Hanfu's Tenseigan Dojutsu Power, the Stone Golem was restored in the blink of an eye and kept digging furiously toward the depths.
Hanfu put away his Divine Power and looked up. The night sky had grown much brighter, as though the golden beam had pierced the clouds overhead and revealed the dazzling stars beyond.
"That's enough..."
An old woman's weathered voice drifted faintly from deep underground.
Hanfu recognized the White Snake Sage's voice and gave a cold snort. "White Snake Sage, I've only just reached your doorstep, and you're already losing your nerve?"
"Gekko Hayate, are you trying to start a Shinobi World War?" the White Snake Sage threatened coolly.
"A Shinobi World War?"
Hanfu laughed. "Sorry, but if you don't give me a satisfactory answer today, Ryūchi Cave will become history!"
Now that was a real threat!
Hanfu gave himself full marks for it.
"Impudent!"
The White Snake Sage seemed enraged. Her normally placid voice trembled, and the ground below shuddered with it. "You're nothing but a shinobi who luckily obtained the Tenseigan, yet you dare run your mouth in front of Ryūchi Cave?"
"I did. What are you going to do about it?" Hanfu shot back arrogantly.
As far as he was concerned, no matter how powerful the White Snake Sage was, she was still old. The Great Toad Sage of Mount Myoboku was practically on death's door, and