With his goal exposed, Satori no longer held back. It swung its two massive arms downward, smashing the ground. The already hollowed surface immediately collapsed in large sections.
The underground courtyard where the Dragon Veins converged, as well as Sara running toward it, were all exposed to Satori's perception.
"It's mine! All mine!" Satori roared furiously before preparing to dive down.
"Only a seal is the fate you deserve!" Seiki instantly teleported above its head and launched a Big Ball Rasengan that sent it flying.
Boom!
Satori's body plowed a long trench across the ground, barely stopping after crashing through a tall tower and sliding backward.
Although waves of pain surged over them like endless tides, Satori had no time to dwell—its full attention remained fixed on the courtyard below.
"Darn it! I won't make it!" Seeing Sara approaching the courtyard, Satori howled in fury. Ignoring the previous lesson from Seiki redirecting distant attacks, it fired off several energy spheres.
"You never learn, do you? These little tricks are useless!"
Seiki spread open a Chakra Barrier, teleporting the incoming energy spheres directly onto the Flying Thunder God Technique Form markings on Satori's back.
Roar!
Instantly, several mushroom clouds exploded behind Satori, splattering blood like a fountain onto the ground.
However, its actions sparked an idea in Anlusan.
"Rather than letting Sara shut down the Dragon Veins, why not let them erupt in full-scale overload?" Thinking this, Anlusan took advantage of Yamato's distraction and charged forward at full speed toward the cave's entrance, enduring the surrounding attacks.
"Not good! Stop him now!"
"Sara, watch out!"
Although they understood Anlusan's intention, no one could match Seiki's overwhelming power. With Anlusan charging recklessly at full cost, their released Ninjutsu couldn't halt his steps.
Several beams of energy cut through the air, directly striking the Dragon Vein altar [a sacred site of energy convergence].
Startled by the shout from above, Sara instinctively looked up just as dazzling purple rays reached her eyes. Instinctively, she threw herself flat on the ground.
In the next instant, the altar shattered into pieces upon impact.
"What? How could this happen?" Sara stared blankly at the scene, completely stunned and helpless.
Before her, the altar erupted like an exploding volcano, gushing forth solidified chakra in wild surges.
Just as the chakra was about to consume her, Seiki teleported in and pulled her away from the epicenter.
...
Meanwhile, in another space-time.
"What should we do? We've lost Naruto and Captain Sakura!" Sakura screamed in frustration, smashing a heavy punch straight through the nearby wall.
Sai silently watched from aside. According to Naruto's warning, better not interrupt "Captain Sakura" when she's angry, or else one might face life-threatening danger.
Though unsure whether this counted as being angry, his instincts strongly warned against speaking up.
Suddenly, however, the previously stable Dragon Pulse Chakra violently surged, spilling out like a tidal wave of energy and engulfing Sakura entirely.
Sai summoned an Ink Bird [Flying Brush Creation: Ink Bird] and intended to ride it into the sky to pull Sakura back down. But the chakra vortex was too strong—it sucked both Sai and his ink bird straight in.
"Oh my God! What's going on?"
"The answer's obvious. We're turning into Naruto and his crew."
...
The surging Dragon Pulse chakra filled the entire Loulan city. Satori greedily devoured the escaping chakra, "Incredible! I never thought even scattered chakra could taste this good!"
"I'm sorry. It's all my fault!" Yamato blamed himself bitterly. He'd been preoccupied with whether to reveal to Naruto their connection through the Fourth Hokage, which gave Baizu an opening to attack.
Guy shouted excitedly, "Youth doesn't last forever — don't waste it on regrets!"
Mizuki spoke coldly, "We don't care. At worst, we'll just fail the mission and retreat. But for you two, if you keep acting recklessly, watch out for getting trapped permanently in our world!"
Those harsh words jolted Yamato back to awareness. That's right — Sakura and Sai were still waiting for them! How could he let gossip distract him like this?
Thinking this, Yamato solemnly answered, "I understand. I'll definitely be twice as careful during the next battle!"
Soaring high above, Satori continued to laugh maniacally, "Even the chakra floating in the air is enough to replenish me! Ha ha! Brats from Konoha, I'm not afraid of you anymore!"
Taunting loudly, Satori fired over a dozen Energy Spheres toward the shattered altar, attempting to intensify the Dragon Pulse's rampage.
Down at the altar:
"I'm sorry. I couldn't do it!" Sāra said sadly, trapped under Seiki's arm.
"Don't worry. This isn't your fault," Seiki comforted her, suddenly sensing strange fluctuations in the surrounding chakra.
Then he saw two ninja riding an ink animal emerging from the chakra vortex.
"It's Sakura and Sai... How did they get here too? Wait, does this mean there's now a fixed passage between our worlds?" Even Seiki, usually so composed, found himself unable to remain calm at the thought of such a possibility.
Two worlds meant double the resources — and far more room for mistakes.
He hadn't considered this before because the space-time link had been unstable.
Like how Baizu and Naruto with Yamato crossed through time — though following one another, they ended up separated by six whole years.
Under such unpredictable conditions, dimension crossing was extremely dangerous.
For example, what if upon arrival you immediately faced Infinite Tsukuyomi smashing your face, or Kaguya Otsutsuki initiating her world annihilation technique?
Even for him, those scenarios were far too risky!
That's why he'd never seriously considered such reckless ideas before.
"Now things might actually work. However, for my current situation, it's still too early!" Putting that thought on hold for now, Seiki turned his attention to the stunned Sakura and Sai.
"Careful! Quickly hide behind me!"
"Huh?"
Still dazed, Sakura and Sai instinctively obeyed Seiki's convincing tone, guiding their flying bird to move beside him.
Looking up, they spotted over a dozen Energy Spheres radiating terrifying fluctuations hurtling toward them.
"That's some intense chakra!" Sakura's breath caught in her throat. The sudden attack covered too wide an area, making it impossible to dodge within such a short time.
Seiki calmly observed the sky above. "Does this hothead really think I can't handle a few more copies?"
[Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!]
[Flying Thunder God Technique!]
The dozen or so clones he summoned sprang toward the energy spheres, teleporting each one away the moment they touched.
Satori silently watched as dozens of new clones suddenly appeared below him. "Overconfident and careless... That was reckless, waaah waaah waaah..."
Above them erupted terrifying waves of energy, generating violent gusts of wind that tossed the two riding atop the giant bird like leaves in a storm.
"Incredible!" As she steadied herself, Sakura exclaimed, eyes fixed on the battle above. "Isn't this the legendary Flying Thunder God Technique from The Fourth?"
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