Dragon pill enters the stomach.
After a short silence, the desires and temptations previously suppressed by Linto erupted again, even more fiercely.
Boom—boom—boom!
Linto's heartbeat was incredibly heavy, like a war drum, or like thunder, booming loudly.
Initially, the sound was confined to Great Toad Sage's room.
But soon, the sand and stones around Linto, under an invisible force, broke free from gravity and slowly floated up.
The ground, following his heartbeat, trembled together, echoing throughout Mount Myōboku.
The trembling spread along the ground, causing Jiraiya's hand to shake, and a drop of ink fell onto his manuscript.
He didn't bother to wipe it off, turning his head to look in the direction of Great Toad Sage's room.
Jiraiya knew Linto had come.
But since Linto was discussing serious matters with Great Toad Sage, he thought he'd wait a while before catching up with Linto.
But this sound…
"Could they be fighting?"
Thinking of the rumored White Snake Sage who had been chopped up, Jiraiya suddenly stood up.
His legs below the knees were still stone, but his thighs could exert force, and he hopped towards the top of the mountain.
Not only Jiraiya, but all the toads still on Mount Myōboku sensed the trembling and the terrifying natural power contained within it.
Fukasaku and Shima, the two elders, reacted immediately and rushed over, followed closely by Gamabunta, Gamaken, and other large toads.
They leaped through the mountains, also carrying Jiraiya, who was hopping on two legs like a kangaroo.
A large group of toads came rushing over. Just as they landed, they heard a loud crash. The walls of Great Toad Sage's house shattered and collapsed, dust filled the air, obscuring their vision.
Gamabunta immediately drew his sword, ready to charge forward.
Fukasaku quickly stopped him.
"Don't rush."
A gust of wind blew through, scattering the dust. They saw Great Toad Sage sitting in his chair, covered in dust, with dirt filling his teacup.
But he didn't care about any of that. His usually drowsy eyes were wide and round, staring intently ahead.
The toads followed his gaze.
Linto sat cross-legged, suspended in mid-air, emitting surging natural power. The breeze swirled dust, circling around him, like an immortal descending to earth.
But when Jiraiya saw Linto's face clearly, his pupils shrank. He felt like a firecracker had been stuffed into his head, exploding with a bang, making his mind go blank.
Half of Linto's face had turned into a snake's face, with pure white scales growing on his skin. And in his snake eyes…
Were intense, evil emotions that no human could possess!
"White, White Snake Sage!"
The half-snake face grinned widely. The memories of White Snake Sage were reviving, growing like a virus in Linto's soul, flesh, and cells.
The dragon pill, a gift of life that no creature could refuse, was one of White Snake Sage's trump cards.
"I thought you could restrain your greed, but I was wrong… you are ultimately just a mortal!"
The half-snake face was gleefully ecstatic, but behind the joy was deep resentment.
"Linto!"
White Snake Sage roared, "Your body is good, now it's mine!"
The dragon pill released a large amount of life force. Scales wriggled, spreading towards the other half of the body along with White Snake Sage's laughter.
But the next second, the laughter stopped abruptly.
The scales… were being devoured.
Linto's flesh was like concentrated sulfuric acid. Spreading upward, all the snake scales it touched were rewritten from the genetic level by ripples and natural power, transforming back into human skin.
White Snake Sage's laughter turned into fearful wails.
It could feel itself being eaten away, little by little.
From life energy, natural power, to the dragon transformation technique it had cultivated for thousands of years, all were being eaten by the human in front of it, bit by bit, mouthful by mouthful.
If it were the real White Snake Sage, it might still be able to have a flash of inspiration between life and death.
But it was just a wisp of memory residing in the dragon pill, no different from those small snakes that escaped from the golden egg.
It couldn't stop it, it could only watch helplessly as everything that belonged to it was plundered by Linto. And it even saw…
Two jade-like dragon horns, with no trace of snake aura, slowly growing on Linto's forehead!
Fukasaku's wrinkled old face was full of astonishment. "This is… White Snake Sage's dragon transformation technique?!"
No, this is not an ordinary dragon transformation technique at all!
White Snake Sage's remnant soul roared in its heart.
Pure ripple power erased all the impurities of "snake", allowing it to step into the dragon realm with a pure body, without any drawbacks!
This was a realm that White Snake Sage had pursued for its entire life but never reached. Fear, hatred, and jealousy almost swallowed it, its teeth chattering loudly.
It was not willing!
It would drag Linto down to die with it!
Unlike White Snake Sage, the toads and Jiraiya held their breath, forgetting everything, wanting only to remember the scene before them in their hearts.
They were witnessing a miracle worthy of being written into history, the miracle of a human transforming into a dragon—
Crack.
Countless thoughts were broken by this cracking sound.
Linto reached out and snapped off the two dragon horns that were about to form, throwing them casually on the ground.
White Snake Sage, gritting its teeth and vowing to fight Linto to the death, froze.
It stared blankly at the dragon horns on the ground, Linto's voice echoing in its ears:
"You thought I would give up my body's potential and solidify my body into a 'dragon'?"
"You underestimate me too much."
The perfect, flawless "dragon transformation" that it had pursued for its entire life was being thrown on the ground like garbage.
White Snake Sage's eyes turned dull. The scales clinging to Linto's body like barnacles fell off with a rustle, turning to ashes in the blink of an eye, scattering with the wind.
The consciousness hidden in the dragon pill completely collapsed and disappeared.
Linto brushed off the fallen snake scales, met the gaze of the toads, and finally turned his gaze to Great Toad Sage, saying with slight embarrassment, "Sorry, I didn't expect such a big commotion… How much will it cost to rebuild? I'll pay you."
Great Toad Sage waved his hand, "You let me witness a miracle, which is much more precious than this house. How do you feel now?"
Linto didn't know how to describe it. Under the dragon pill's vast life and natural power, every cell in his body seemed to have been "reset", like a newborn baby.
His control over ripples and natural power was more refined, and…
Linto looked down at his feet.
He could faintly sense the power of "the ground".
Although he couldn't achieve immortality like White Snake Sage, as long as his feet were on the ground, his ripple power, natural power, spirit, recovery, etc., would be comprehensively enhanced.
The ripple power, which had been stuck in a bottleneck and couldn't find a direction for improvement, had a few directions worth exploring under the enhancement of the ground.
However, this would require Linto to take the time to slowly figure it out.
"First the 3,000 soul fragments, then the large amount of gold and silver treasures, and now you've helped me find the direction for improving my ripple power."
Linto thought of Orochimaru, who was still providing him with technical support even after death.
"It seems… I have a connection with 'snakes'."
For the next period of time, Linto was like a day student.
After eating breakfast in Kirigakure, he would bring the lunch made by Mayuri to Mount Myōboku for training. In the evening, he would teleport back to Kirigakure to host the night classes.
The natural power of Mount Myōboku was rich, making it easier for him to adapt to the improved power. If he encountered problems he didn't understand during his training, he could consult Great Toad Sage while he was awake.
Of course, Linto was not just taking.
The Ryuuchi Cave's dragon transformation technique was recorded in the dragon pill. During their exchanges, he told Mount Myōboku about it, making up for the shortcomings of Mount Myōboku's Sage Training.
Three months passed in a flash.
In the past three months,
Jiraiya's legs had finally recovered from petrification, and he no longer had to hop around like a kangaroo every day.
Tsunade took office as Hokage.
Terumi Mei successfully negotiated with Sunagakure Village, dispatching a team to guide Sunagakure ninjas in the "awakening course". The leader of the course was Iwamine Genya, who had recently become very popular in the village.
As for Linto—
He floated in the air, countless small stones surrounding him. He opened his palm, and a strand of golden flame burned in his palm.
"Finally done."
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