"Hmph! Junior, stop!"
Just as Qian's long blade was about to strike Ichikishimahime, a cold snort rang with perfect clarity in his ears.
Qian's mind was affected slightly, and his movements slowed for an instant.
In that very instant, a white snake tail appeared, coiled around Ichikishimahime, who had only three-quarters of her body left, and pulled her out of the range of his blade.
Rumble—
The long blade struck the ground again!
After a bout of earth-shaking tremors, another long ravine appeared in the land.
However, Qian no longer cared about that.
He turned his head, his eyes wary as he looked toward the spot in the distance where the mountain peak's node had originally been.
There, at this moment, stood a somewhat short and plump elderly woman.
Having skimmed through Tagorihime's memories, he recognized her identity in an instant. She was none other than the master of Ryūchi Cave, the White Snake Sage, who had survived since the era of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
In Tagorihime's memories, there was not much intelligence regarding her strength.
However, based solely on the fact that she had been able to affect his mind with nothing more than a cold snort just now, Qian could determine that her strength was definitely not simple, and that she was worth taking seriously.
After all, Susanoo's protection over him was all-encompassing, whether against ninjutsu or Genjutsu.
Not to mention, he also had 45 points in his "Spirit" attribute, and the Genjutsu resistance it provided could not be underestimated.
Yet even with these advantages, he had still been affected just now by the sound-type Genjutsu she had used.
That was enough to explain the problem.
While Qian was on guard against the White Snake Sage's strength, he had no idea that the White Snake Sage was also surprised