"Can I draw out its soul shard?"
Lin Qing decided to try a different approach.
"No."
The White Snake Sage said, "Its will is closely tied to its body. Unless you can beat it until it can't get back up, or give me ample time to draw out its soul shard."
Lin Qing nodded.
The White Snake was only suited for ambushes or dealing with defeated enemies.
Against the White Snake Sage, who could observe everything in the Ninja World and excelled at manipulating Natural Energy, neither a surprise attack nor an ambush would work.
Even if the White Snake Sage were beaten into a pulp, it could still counterattack and evade.
The "little snack's" head rolled across the ground.
Lin Qing stared at it silently for a few seconds, then suddenly said, "Sasuke, wait for my signal, then use Ninjutsu Nullification."
Sasuke's eyes widened. "Brother Qing, you've figured out how to kill this stinking snake?"
"It's an attempt, at least. Get ready—"
As Lin Qing spoke, Star Platinum appeared, grabbed Sasuke by the collar, and lifted him high into the air.
"Huh?!" Sasuke froze for a moment.
"ORA!"
Star Platinum flung him violently into the sky.
"Waaaaah—"
Sasuke cried out in alarm.
At the same time, Lin Qing charged at the White Snake Sage again, the Blade of Ruin on his shoulder.
The White Snake Sage sneered. "You could try a thousand times, ten thousand times, and it still wouldn't work!"
It manipulated the earth, sending fist after fist formed from the ground crashing toward Lin Qing.
Lin Qing weaved between the earthen fists, occasionally pushing off the ground with his feet to accelerate his descent. Just as the distance between him and the White Snake Sage shrank to a hundred meters—
"Time Stop!"
The world turned gray and