The Three Goddesses are capable of using Sage Mode.
They can indeed switch freely between their giant snake forms and human forms.
Furthermore, when in human form, they are identical to normal humans.
All of this is achievable through the use of senjutsu chakra.
That is why they were so shamed and enraged when Yeyu said what he did.
However, Yeyu did not ask that question to tease them; he was genuinely curious.
Yeyu had assumed they achieved it through genjutsu.
Seeing Yeyu in such distress, the Three Goddesses were delighted.
White Snake Sage, however, did not think so.
She frowned as she watched Yeyu.
This guy, is his talent perhaps too overwhelming?
Even now, there hasn't been the slightest sign of snake-like transformation.
I wonder what his Sage Mode form will look like.
The Three Goddesses did not know that Yeyu had bypassed the most critical stage of metamorphosis entirely, skipping the most agonizing period and arriving directly at the fusion stage.
Yeyu was in such pain not because he was failing, but because the chakra within him was rapidly converting into senjutsu chakra.
White Snake Sage could sense that Yeyu's body was frantically absorbing natural energy from the surroundings.
The speed of his absorption was actually no worse than her own.
One must understand that she is an animal, naturally more adept at absorbing natural energy than humans.
As the White Snake Sage, her speed in absorbing natural energy is far faster than almost any other summoning beast in the Ninja World.
The only ones in the Ninja World who could compare to her speed in absorbing natural energy are the Toad Sage of Mount Myoboku and the Slug Sage of Shikkotsu Forest.
Yet, Yeyu's speed in absorbing natural energy was nearly on par with hers.
Yeyu truly felt intense pain.
The sweat on his body had already soaked through his clothes.
His consciousness also began to grow somewhat blurred.
Yeyu sat cross-legged, gritting his teeth as he endured the transformation of the senjutsu chakra within him.
He even forgot to use the Flying Thunder God to teleport away.
White Snake Sage stared at Yeyu with a furrowed brow.
The Three Goddesses were already licking their lips, deciding whether or not to swallow him whole in a moment.
A full hour passed.
Yeyu's clothes were completely drenched.
He finally opened his eyes.
In an instant, his gaze shifted into snake pupils.
Black and red senjutsu chakra appeared on his body, extremely dense, resembling a Tailed Beast Shroud.
Black and red lightning flickered across it.
Yeyu gasped for air frantically.
"Almost died!"
Yeyu said, panting.
White Snake Sage looked at Yeyu with eyes full of shock, "A perfect-level Sage Mode, yet there isn't the slightest sign of snake-like transformation."
"What kind of monster is this kid? Is this level of talent a reincarnation of a god?"
Yeyu slowly stood up, the sweat on his clothes evaporated by his own senjutsu chakra.
Yeyu stood tall, looking up at White Snake Sage, "Does this count as a success?"
White Snake Sage nodded mechanically.
"It seems I have at least a little talent for senjutsu cultivation."
White Snake Sage's mouth twitched, "More than just a little talent; your talent is practically that of a reincarnated god."
However, she could not say these words aloud, lest Yeyu become arrogant and complacent.
But the look in her eyes as she watched Yeyu was full of admiration.
After Yeyu was able to absorb natural energy, he discovered that his chakra reserves had surged.
"It's a bit strange, why did my chakra increase several times over when entering Sage Mode?"
"White Snake Sage, what is going on?"
White Snake Sage patiently explained to Yeyu, "Because all of your chakra has converted into senjutsu chakra; under normal circumstances, after entering Sage Mode, your chakra reserves will double."
Yeyu frowned, "But I feel like my chakra reserves have increased by more than double."
White Snake Sage fell silent.
What was she supposed to say?
That he was a monster?
"That might be because your original chakra reserves were already vast, so the multiplier effect is different," White Snake Sage said.
Yeyu didn't doubt her.
Ever since he inherited all of Akainu's power, he felt that he learned every ninjutsu with incredible speed.
He had always assumed this was Akainu's talent.
He even thought to himself, why didn't Akainu learn more skills back in the Pirate World?
With that kind of talent, learning a few more skills would have pushed him far beyond the level of an Admiral.
He just didn't know that his own talent was already several times higher than Akainu's.
Just as his strength was several times greater than the original Akainu's power.
At this moment, the Three Goddesses floating in the air looked at Yeyu with eyes full of shock, "He, he actually learned it?"
"How is this possible? Why can this shameless scoundrel learn Sage Mode?"
"We spent thousands of years of painstaking cultivation to learn this sage art, and this shameless scoundrel learned it in just an hour?"
"The heavens are too unfair."
"Can't eat him now, what a pity."
The Three Goddesses still wanted to eat Yeyu.
It wasn't because they liked eating humans, but because they really detested Yeyu.
Yeyu looked at himself in Sage Mode and felt a bit troubled, "This color, why do I feel like I look like an evil villain?"
The color of Yeyu's sage chakra was black and red, somewhat similar to a Tailed Beast Shroud, but more like the color of the lightning when releasing Conqueror's Haki.
His sage cloak was indeed wreathed in a massive amount of black and red electric arcs.
Hearing Yeyu's words, White Snake Sage was speechless, "How could it be a villain? It looks so good, so imposing."
White Snake Sage quite liked the look of Yeyu's Sage Mode.
It was very domineering.
The Three Goddesses floating in the air drifted over to Yeyu's side.
They circled him once, nodded, and said, "Indeed, quite imposing, it looks very good."
"It has a very intimidating presence."
Yeyu looked at them, knowing there was no point in arguing.
Yeyu actually thought it looked pretty good too, but in stories, this color was always used by villains.
Yeyu sighed, "Forget it, villain it is. This color is actually quite cool."
"Right, I came here to find a summoning beast."
"White Snake Sage, can you take me to see the great snakes of your Ryūchi Cave?"
"I want to find a strong one."
White Snake Sage looked at the Three Goddesses, "The three of you take him to find one. I'm tired and need to rest."
She was indeed tired.
Injecting sage chakra into Yeyu had consumed a great deal of her power.
The Three Goddesses had been circling Yeyu, examining his sage cloak.
They were a bit unhappy about being sent by White Snake Sage to take Yeyu to find a summoning beast.
But seeing White Snake Sage's exhausted appearance, they didn't say anything.
"Let's go, shameless scoundrel."
Yeyu followed the three of them to the entrance of a cave.
"There is a great snake inside. It is the strongest great snake in Ryūchi Cave, but it hates humans. It just depends on whether you have the ability to subdue it."
Tagorihime floated to Yeyu's ear and said.
Before walking into the cave, Yeyu asked Tagorihime with some curiosity, "Why do you always call me a shameless scoundrel?"
"I didn't have any malicious intent just now; I was really just asking out of curiosity."