Chapter 96

He also lost his usual calm expression.

In the previous histories,

It wasn't that he had never seen Asura's reincarnation before,

But one as strange as this time,

This truly was his first time seeing it!!

He felt the matter was somewhat beyond his understanding,

Leaving him unable to grasp it!!

Especially the Sage Body on Hashirama Senju,

The Slug Sage could feel just how tremendous the life energy contained within it was.

Even he, who had lived for several thousand years, fell somewhat short,

The senjutsu of the Wet Bone Realm inherently focused on the cultivation of life energy.

If comparing other things,

The Slug Sage himself didn't think he would be stronger than the other two great sanctuaries!!

But if speaking of survival ability,

Endurance…

The Slug Sage believed the other two great sanctuaries couldn't catch up to him no matter how hard they tried!!

But the Hashirama Senju before his eyes,

He himself had clearly already reached this point in this aspect,

Why did he still come to the Wet Bone Forest to train senjutsu??

The Slug Sage even believed,

If Hashirama Senju were not human,

The position of leader of this Wet Bone Forest could be handed to him!!!

【Fourth Raikage: It seems the sages of the three great sanctuaries aren't as difficult to talk to as I imagined… Facing the First Hokage, I feel they're no different from us…】

【Rasa: It's not that they're not difficult to talk to, but it depends on who they're talking to… If you went up to talk to them, I guarantee the attitude definitely wouldn't be like this…】

【Ōnoki: I now feel that after the First Hokage strolls around the three great sanctuaries like this, all three great sanctuaries will likely participate in the reform process this time!!!】

【Tsunade: The senjutsu of the Wet Bone Forest does indeed match the constitution of our Senju clan very well, but the help really isn't that great… It can't produce a qualitative change. Our Senju clan, even without using the senjutsu of the Wet Bone Forest, already has an extremely strong constitution, with recovery ability far stronger than ordinary ninja…】

【Naruto Uzumaki: …Looking at it this way, it's fortunate I learned the senjutsu of Mount Myōboku, otherwise if I had learned the senjutsu of the Wet Bone Forest, I'd probably look even uglier…】

【Minato Namikaze: Naruto, you've already reached the stage of training senjutsu? It seems Teacher Jiraiya still took special care of you. I believe the effect of your senjutsu training will definitely be much greater than mine.】

【Jiraiya: …Mm, Minato, among the few of us, Naruto is probably the most suitable person for training senjutsu. He's even more suited to training senjutsu than I am, and only he can perfectly match the constitution required for senjutsu training.】

【Kushina Uzumaki: Speaking of which, besides the Senju clan… only our Uzumaki clan has such a strong constitution.】

【Sasuke Uchiha: If that guy Naruto also trains senjutsu, wouldn't the gap between him and me become even larger??】

Sasuke Uchiha lay on the hospital bed,

Clenching his fist tightly!!

He had never regarded Naruto Uzumaki as his rival,

Back in the ninja academy,

He was a top student,

Without a single flaw!!!

While Naruto Uzumaki was nothing but a dead last,

Unable to complete even the most basic Three Body Techniques!!

But during the Chunin Exams,

He had already discovered,

The secret on Naruto Uzumaki was no smaller than his own!!

Sasuke even believed that if Naruto went all out and fought him,

He might not be Naruto's match!!

And now there's actually this thing called senjutsu?

Once Naruto Uzumaki trains senjutsu,

To what extent would the gap between the two of them reach?

Sasuke Uchiha declared he could not accept this outcome,

If things continued like this,

Then what year and what month could he kill that man,

And exact their Uchiha clan's blood debt from Itachi Uchiha?!

Sasuke, who had still been hesitating,

Immediately firmed up his resolve!!

He must leave Konoha as soon as possible,

And go to Orochimaru to raise his own strength!!

……

The dense slugs of the Wet Bone Forest,

At this moment were all uneasily twisting their bodies in the soil.

They could all feel,

One that was about as powerful as the Slug Sage,

An existence even more powerful than the Slug Sage was rapidly approaching the Shikkotsu Forest.

This powerful aura made them deeply uneasy,

their bodies instinctively warning them of danger!!

"Looking at it this way... the Shikkotsu Forest actually looks quite similar to our Senju clan."

"This vast, thriving life force is indeed far stronger than the other two holy lands."

"If the people of the Senju clan were to also train in the Shikkotsu Forest's senjutsu, their survivability would at least improve several times over!!..."

Hashirama Senju stroked his chin,

sizing up the slugs of the Shikkotsu Forest.

Although he had already reached a preliminary agreement with Mount Myoboku,

having the people of Mount Myoboku help him train the Senju clan in senjutsu.

But not every member of the Senju clan could successfully complete Mount Myoboku's senjutsu training.

No matter how hard many of them tried, they simply couldn't grasp natural energy,

but Hashirama Senju believed

that those who couldn't master Mount Myoboku's senjutsu

didn't necessarily mean they couldn't train in the Shikkotsu Forest's senjutsu.

The Senju clan training in the Shikkotsu Forest's senjutsu

had quite a few innate advantages,

it's just that their own physiques were already extremely powerful,

and continuing to train in the Shikkotsu Forest's senjutsu

would produce relatively limited effects,

not as strong as the results from Mount Myoboku and the Ryūchi Cave.

"Honored guest, welcome to your arrival."

"If there's anything you need my help with, you may come in and discuss it with me."

"The little ones at the entrance are rather fragile... your aura is simply too powerful."

"If you stay any longer, I'm afraid these little ones won't hold out much longer before returning to the embrace of nature..."

A gentle voice sounded in Hashirama Senju's mind.

He knew this was the voice of the leader of the Shikkotsu Forest, the Slug Sage.

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