Chapter 519: Naruto
One month ago.
Land of Hot Water.
This small country located in the southeast corner of the Land of Fire, as its name suggests, has an abundance of natural hot springs, picturesque scenery, and a pleasant climate, making it the most suitable place for a relaxing trip.
However, the master and disciple passing through here were not here to soak in the hot springs.
As ninja, they had their own purposes: training or gathering intelligence.
—Of course, occasionally including peeping and drinking with hostesses.
In an isolated small mountain in the Land of Hot Water.
An extremely dangerous training session was underway.
"Roar ah ah ah—!"
In the center of the clearing, a boy enveloped in ominous dark red chakra glared with murky yellow and dangerous beast eyes, roaring in pain.
His orange hair, the whisker-like marks on his cheeks, and the evil and powerful Tailed Beast cloak revealed his identity.
That was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki... Naruto Uzumaki!
And this training was exactly learning how to control the power of the Tailed Beast—controlled Tailed Beast transformation training.
"Come on, Naruto, hold on!" Jiraiya stood aside, nervously looking at the tails behind Naruto, cheering loudly.
In front of him, three tails had already condensed behind Naruto. The massive and evil chakra exuded terrifying pressure!
"Control the Nine-Tails' chakra well, don't let his negative emotions cover you, Naruto!"
"I... I understand!" Naruto struggled to control the power of the Nine-Tails, his voice coming out intermittently.
"Perverted Hermit... be careful... I'm going to proceed to a deeper level...!"
Gurgle gurgle.
More of the Nine-Tails' chakra was extracted by Naruto, and another tail gradually formed behind him.
"Entering the Four-Tails Mode..."
Jiraiya swallowed hard.
During Naruto's Tailed Beast transformation process, the first three tails were only superficially borrowing the Nine-Tails' chakra.
Under the Three-Tails Mode, Naruto was draped in an orange-red Tailed Beast cloak, emotional but still able to maintain his reason.
But after growing the fourth tail, everything would be completely different...
The Four-Tails state is the so-called semi-Tailed Beast transformation stage. In this state, Naruto's strength, speed, and reaction ability are greatly enhanced, and his destructive power rises sharply, but at the same time, his consciousness will also be eroded by the Nine-Tails' evil thoughts, thus gradually losing his reason!
Naruto in this state is very dangerous...!
The expression on Jiraiya's face was taut, not daring to be the slightest bit careless, staring intently at Naruto.
He saw the whiskers on the boy's face become thicker and thicker as the Tailed Beast transformation deepened. His exposed skin was burned and eroded by the continuously surging black chakra, and the color of the Tailed Beast cloak gradually changed from translucent orange-red to a rich and dangerous dark red.
The expression on Naruto's face blurred, the light in his eyes gradually dimmed, and the overflowing chakra spontaneously wrapped the boy into the shape of a demon fox...
Four-Tails Mode, achieved.
Jiraiya's heart shuddered, and he also entered Sage Mode.
"Naruto?" His chakra condensed vigilantly, ready to form hand seals, "Are you still okay?"
The small demon fox lay on the ground, panting heavily, exuding an awe-inspiring terrifying aura all over its body.
For a moment, Jiraiya thought Naruto had lost consciousness.
Then a rough and slow voice came from the middle of the clearing:
"I... am okay..."
The voice didn't sound childish and hoarse like a boy whose voice was breaking at all, but rather low and deep, like a giant beast.
Relying on astonishing perseverance, Naruto suppressed the backlash of the Nine-Tails. The bestiality gradually faded from the pair of murky orange-yellow vertical pupils, recovering a little clarity.
After multiple practices, he had gradually become accustomed to this state.
Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief.
"Very good, successfully stabilized it this time too..." He wiped the sweat beads off his forehead and said, "It seems you have completely mastered the Four-Tails state."
"Then, the next step is to try generating the fifth tail... Give it a try, don't force it, Naruto!"
Naruto nodded laboriously.
After entering the Four-Tails state, his main energy had to be placed on resisting the erosion of the Nine-Tails' negative thoughts on him, leaving almost no strength for complex thinking.
However, compared to his previous state of raging madness, this was a massive improvement.
Compared to the original Naruto, because Sasuke in this world didn't defect, and Sakura didn't make a heavy request to him, the dark side in Naruto's heart wasn't big. Therefore, after entering the Four-Tails Mode, it was less easy for his emotions to lose control, and he could relatively stably manipulate the Tailed Beast chakra in the Four-Tails state...
He took a deep breath.
More of the Nine-Tails' chakra surged out, condensing the fifth tail behind him.
Five-Tails Mode... activated.
More of the Nine-Tails' evil thoughts surfaced from his sea of mind as the chakra overflowed.
Naruto's vision went dark. From deep within came continuous negative emotions screaming "kill, kill, kill". All sorts of dark and negative thoughts hidden deep in his memories surged up, filling his entire mind with killing intent. He gritted his teeth, trembling all over, holding on with strong willpower and endurance, forcefully suppressing the tyrannical thoughts continuously surging in his mind! After a long while, Naruto finally calmed down.
Didn't lose control...
After getting used to the Four-Tails Mode, I can also hold on and endure the Five-Tails Mode, which hasn't changed much, relying on perseverance!
This thought flashed vaguely in Naruto's mind.
"Hoo... hoo..." His breathing was unusually heavy, rumbling like a savage giant beast, "I... I held on!"
Jiraiya nodded solemnly.
"You succeeded..." He smiled gratifyingly, giving Naruto a thumbs up and saying, "Then, test the power of the Five-Tails Mode, Naruto!"
"...Understood..."
Naruto said, slowly raising a hand.
His hollow eyes looked indifferently at the empty forest. Naruto took a deep breath, and then, forcefully swung downward!
Instantly, a strong wind blew up, whistling!
Just by swinging his arm, Naruto had seemingly stirred up a small storm!
"What...?!"
Jiraiya frowned and stared wide-eyed. He saw the sharp claws formed by chakra cut through the air. The resulting shockwave turned into a thick wall of air, crashing unstoppably into the forest not far away!
The raging wind force sliced through the forest like a sharp blade. For a time, gravel splashed, broken branches flew everywhere, the wind destroyed trees, leaving a mess!
"So strong!"
"This almost has the power of a Wind Release ninjutsu..."
Jiraiya stared intently at the forest that looked as if it had been ravaged by a storm, momentarily speechless.
Naruto slowly retracted his hand.
His gaze fell on a boulder in the forest, treating it as an imaginary enemy. Then his body arched, his feet pushed off hard, and he bounded out like a red fox!
"Hah ya!"
Naruto shouted fiercely, his palm turning into a sharp claw, grabbing at the boulder.
Its power was so great that with one swipe of his claw, the hard granite stone was crushed into powder like tofu!
Boom boom boom!
After several continuous claw strikes, the boulder turned into fine powder, and even a deep pit was dug out of the ground!
Shattered rocks splashed, hitting Jiraiya who was watching from the side, causing a faint pain.
Naruto was still not satisfied.
The minor test just now aroused his desire for destruction; this level of violence could no longer satisfy his desires. He suddenly raised his head and let out a long howl at the sky. Countless small chakra balls popped out from his body, merging into a black chakra ball above his head.
The ultra-high-density chakra ball, exuding a terrifying momentum like a natural disaster, floated quietly above Naruto's mouth.
"That's... a Tailed Beast Ball?!"
Jiraiya's scalp tingled, his heart horrified. He couldn't help but step back a few paces, murmuring to himself!
The boy held it in his mouth.
The next moment, the Tailed Beast Ball shot out rapidly from Naruto's mouth!
Rumble!
Hearing only a loud bang, a bright light more dazzling than the sun suddenly came from afar. The whole earth jumped, the earth-shattering rumble resounded throughout the sky, and a transparent and thick wall of air visibly spread out.
When the strong light, loud noise, and strong wind subsided, Jiraiya raised his head and looked far away.
The small mountain in the distance had vanished without a trace.
"Amazing..."
Jiraiya shrank his neck, pulling a stiff smile at the corner of his mouth.
Just relying on this speed, strength, and amount of chakra, he was already above most Jonin, and could be considered excellent even among Kage levels.
And the destructive power of the Tailed Beast Ball was even more extraordinary. Even Orochimaru would die a miserable death if hit completely by this move!
Even if Jiraiya activated Sage Mode, he would find Naruto in this state tricky to deal with!
The only drawback was that in this mode, it was too easy for Naruto to be eroded by the Nine-Tails and lose his self-consciousness, fighting purely on instinct...
"That's enough, Naruto." Jiraiya clapped his hands and advised, "Let's stop here for today!"
Naruto slowly turned his head.
Looking at the emotionless smile on the corner of the boy's mouth, Jiraiya was stunned.
"...No, not enough..." Naruto said mechanically.
Jiraiya's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the Tailed Beast Ball aggravated the corrosion of the Nine-Tails' evil thoughts on him?
"Wake up quickly, Naruto!"
Naruto seemed not to hear, took a deep breath, and suddenly roared wildly: "Roar oh oh oh—!!"
Nine-Tails chakra surged out madly!
Accompanied by the overflow of the Nine-Tails' power, the sixth tail also slowly grew out from behind Naruto!
"Damn it! If this continues, the Nine-Tails will completely escape the seal... Naruto will die!"
Jiraiya was scared out of his wits, quickly formed hand seals, and rushed forward fiercely!
"—Naruto!"
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