The White Snake Sage? That Old Snake! (Continued)

Hearing these words,

both snake princesses frowned slightly.

This human—

he was far too rude to the White Snake Sage!

Before the White Snake Sage could say anything,

a voice with a very deep and heavy aura

emerged from not far away:

"Who dares to be so rude to our Ryūchi Cave?"

A huge dark shadow

cast over Aogetsu Hyuga.

Aogetsu Hyuga calmly raised his head.

When facing cute girl voices,

he could still flirt a little,

but towards a deep, old man's voice,

he had zero interest,

and in his heart,

he even

felt somewhat annoyed.

Deep within the passage,

a serpentine body wrapped in deep purple snake scales

appeared before Aogetsu Hyuga.

A pair of lantern-sized eyes

shifted onto Aogetsu Hyuga.

Aogetsu Hyuga kept his hands in his pockets:

"Long time no see."

The two snake princesses looked at Manda.

Manda

actually knew this human.

Yet,

when they cast puzzled gazes over,

Manda's expression

was something the two of them could not comprehend.

Behold,

that pair of green snake pupils belonging to Manda

shivered slightly,

its massive body

arched upward,

and its huge snake head

cowered inward.

Manda—

why was it showing such a reaction?!

"Hyuga Aogetsu! What are you doing here?!"

Manda roared out.

The voice was so loud

that the entire cave was trembling,

yet everyone could hear

that this roar,

rather than being a deterrent,

was more like an attempt to cover up the fear in its heart!

Manda looked in disbelief at the human who was so much smaller than it.

Back then, it was still Orochimaru's summoning animal,

and although

it had only caught a brief glimpse of Aogetsu Hyuga's attack,

that short moment was enough

for Aogetsu Hyuga's world-destroying strength to be deeply engraved in Manda's mind.

At that very moment,

the