Naruto: I, Shikotsumyaku, Byakugan Princess

"Jump, jump down!?"

The ink on his forehead seemed to have spread even more. Naruto craned his neck to see how far he was from the ground, but found that the air below was filled with a layer of light purple miasma, making it impossible to see the specific situation.

It was like a bottomless abyss.

Sasuke couldn't help but glance at Hui Li, who was sitting calmly to the side, wondering if the unreliable examiner Anko had overlooked something.

Noticing Sasuke's puzzled look, Hui Li chuckled to herself and continued to admire the scenery.

The inspiration for this assessment came from the famous game PUBG from the previous life. It just so happens that these genin are all in team mode, competing for the final spot to clear the stage, which can be said to perfectly match the game's conditions.

The lobby on the first floor of the teaching building is the game hall, the ninja school playground is Lu Benwei Square, and this is naturally where the airplane is!
To this end, she even went so far as to find the remains of the elephant bird that she had blasted to death years ago, which were preserved at the root, and used the ever-changing gray glass cells to recreate it. The big bird on her head is actually her flesh and blood clone.

"Of course, we should jump! That's right!"

Faced with the genin's questions, Anko nodded matter-of-factly and pointed to the misty land surrounded by earthen walls below: "You don't have much time to prepare. Once the elephant birds fly out of the paradise, those who are still in the birdcage will be treated as having abandoned the exam."

"What a joke."

The group walked shakily to the edge of the birdcage, stepping on the wooden planks beneath their feet. Just looking at the mist below, their legs trembled.

Thanks to the chakra within their bodies, ninjas are extremely resistant to blunt force trauma, but jumping from a height of hundreds or thousands of meters is still beyond their limits.

If someone were to jump, they would at least suffer ruptured internal organs, broken bones, and brittle tendons. They might even be smashed into a pile of minced meat. No wonder this exam requires signing a life-or-death contract first; it turns out they're really trying to kill them!
"I...I'm not playing anymore!"

A Kusagakure genin, pale as a sheet, sat on the ground gripping vines, refusing to stand up no matter how his teammates tried to persuade him, shaking his head vigorously.

"It's okay. The second exam is different from the written exam. If one person is eliminated, it won't affect the teammate's advancement."

Hongdou was not surprised by this, or rather, Yedu had a plan: "If you encounter a life-threatening crisis, the best option is to just raise your hands and surrender. We will send someone to take you out."

Seeing this, the two hermits who had been trying to dissuade their companions immediately stopped trying.

"So have you thought it through? If you're really scared, that's understandable." Anko kept teasing everyone with her words, watching the changing expressions of the many genin, and her playful side was aroused.

As expected of the test set by the Root leader, he really knows how to manipulate people. As someone who was once persecuted by the Root, she now truly understands the Root's pleasures.

"Just high-altitude flight!"

"We go first!"

Just as everyone was hesitating, three warriors—one man and two women—emerged from the crowd, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

The three were all short and looked to be around the same age as Naruto and the other rookie ninjas, with star-patterned headbands on their heads.

It was Ang, Beidou, and others.

They looked at the five great nations' ninjas, who were terrified by the height of the sky, with a hint of pride on their faces.

Hoshigakure has always considered itself the sixth greatest ninja village. In order to rival the five great ninja villages, the leader of Hoshigakure calls himself Hoshikage, and what they rely on is that special star chakra.

flight?

miasma?

Isn't this a test tailor-made for their hidden star?
"The Peacock's Wondrous Technique: Peacock Feathers Transform into Beasts!!!"

The three of them clasped their hands together at the same time, roared, and released chakra from behind them in a way that was completely different from that of normal people, forming semi-transparent chakra wings.

Immediately afterwards, the three of them leaped into the air and flew towards the purple miasma clouds.

Whoosh!

Chakra wings unfurled and flapped rapidly, and the three Hidden Stars disappeared in an instant, like three large birds.

"Those hidden stars can actually fly!"

The eyes of the Grass Village ninjas in the crowd gleamed, and some even openly revealed their covetousness. In the ninja world, the ability to fly was as rare as bloodline limits.

Gray light burst from Hui Li's eyes, and his pupil power pierced through the miasma to directly lock onto the three people's whereabouts.

The Hidden Star Village was once struck by a meteorite, hence its name.

Later, the First Hoshikage discovered that the meteorite contained peculiar energy. By using the Chakra Extraction Technique to absorb it, he could obtain the Star Chakra. The so-called Peacock Technique is a derivative secret technique of this special chakra.

Because the Peacock Technique is similar to the Tailed Beast Cloak, many people in the previous life suspected that the meteorite was the remains of the Ten-Tails.

But this thing is no longer useful to her.

Even if the fully-formed Ten-Tails were placed in front of her, she wouldn't dare to absorb it. After all, given her physical condition, she probably wouldn't even need to adapt to being possessed by Kaguya Otsutsuki.

rustle……

The blood-smelling yellow sand swirls in the birdcage, quickly forming a square platform.

"Let's go too!"

Seeing that the elephant bird had already reached the center of the park, Gaara glanced at Gray and, seeing that it showed no sign of leaving, jumped directly onto the desert float.

Temari and the others followed suit and quickly jumped up as well. Gaara, with his arms crossed, rode away on the yellow sand, his back view already showing some of the dashing appearance of the future Kazekage.

"Let's go!"

As the elephant bird flew halfway through its flight, Hui Li got up and leisurely walked to the edge of the birdcage. Sasuke and Naruto exchanged a glance, cautiously staying close to Hui Li, their Adam's apples bobbing uncontrollably.

Ignoring their subtle actions, Hui Li stepped directly out of the birdcage and stood in mid-air amidst the shocked gazes of the crowd.

Before Naruto and Sasuke could fully prepare themselves, they suddenly felt as if something had pushed them from behind, causing them to step into thin air.

"Ah..."

The two were so frightened their hearts nearly jumped out of their chests, but they soon realized that the air beneath their feet was extremely solid, like a piece of transparent tempered glass.

They shakily stepped on it a couple of times and found that the transparent air beneath their feet was quite solid, but the two still dared not relax and followed closely behind Hui Li, like two flute-playing boys behind an immortal.

"This kind of flight?"

Those ninjas from other villages who had experienced that night frowned, feeling an overwhelming sense of familiarity. The gazes of Chojuro and the others from Kirigakure as they looked at Hairi also subtly changed.

The examiner, Yoru, seemed to float in mid-air without any visible chakra fluctuations. Could he be...?

Night Crossing's apprentice?
The eyes of the three members of the Hidden Mist were gleaming with intelligence; they felt they had already guessed the truth.

No wonder she received preferential treatment from the ninjas during the inspection; this girl was a disciple of Yato.

How can a teacher's subordinates not take care of their students?

Konoha is truly treacherous!

Ye Du went to be the chief examiner, and he actually sent his own disciple to take the exam. In that case, it makes sense that the written test was completed in five minutes. The other party must have stolen the questions.

The more they thought about it, the more they realized it made sense, and their eyes turned to Hui Li with a deep killing intent.

Since Ye Du killed Qing in front of the gate, it's only natural for us to kill their disciple!

Unaware of Hozuki Suigetsu and the others' ridiculous ideas, Kairi glanced at Orochimaru in Kusagakure and led Naruto and Sasuke directly downwards.

"Let's chase!"

Hozuki Suigetsu grabbed Chojuro and Ringo Ameyuri and jumped down. Orochimaru and Danzo exchanged a glance and followed Hairi and the others.

The insects filled the sky, forming a tornado-like shape. Hinata and Kiba, pale-faced, could only close their eyes as they followed Shino, enveloped by the insects and falling. The power of the parasitic insects prevented them from flying, but gliding to reduce the acceleration due to gravity was still possible.

Since we're already here, we can't just be eliminated without even taking the exam!

The others also used various methods, jumping down with their eyes closed. In an instant, the sky seemed to be filled with dumplings, and countless dark shadows fell downwards through the thick miasma clouds!

……

boom!
A figure, like a heavy weight, slammed into the reddish-brown cone-shaped rock, then exploded like a tattered water balloon.

"Water Release: Water Wall Technique!"

A thick wall of water stretched across the sky, then quickly folded and tilted, and Chojuro and Ringo Ameyuri stepped on it, going downstream as if surfing.

Boom!

The crashing waves shattered the reddish-brown rocks, and the two landed with the force of the impact, staggering slightly under the influence of gravity but otherwise unharmed.

The exploding Hozuki Suigetsu shrank back into a bizarre water-like humanoid form, with its brain appearing first and its neck and limbs still repairing itself, making it look like a slender jellyfish.

The three members of the Hidden Mist team landed unharmed.

Stepping on the reddish-brown rocks of the mountain, the three stood atop the peak and looked down.

The air was filled with cloud-like purple miasma, and the swamp, bubbling with brown bubbles, completely covered the ground. Countless towering, reddish-brown peaks stood in the swamp, densely packed and uncountable.

Those peaks are not conical in the conventional sense, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom; their shape is more like icicles hanging from the eaves of houses in the dead of winter.

Thick, dark green vines, resembling bridges, intertwine and spread across the mountain peaks, looking as if chains were inserted into the swamp, imprisoning and sealing this area.

And they are now at the very top of a bamboo shoot-shaped mountain!

"How can this be?"

Chojuro's right hand, which was pushing up his glasses, trembled slightly. He stared blankly at the scene at his feet, feeling as if he had inhaled too much miasma and was hallucinating. Hozuki Suigetsu and Ringo Ameyuri, who were standing next to him, were equally dumbfounded.

Click!

Ringo Ameyuri took a step forward, and the reddish-brown stones rolled down the edge of the cape, sinking into the swamp without a sound. Wisps of misty, pale purple vapor seeped out from it, merging with the clouds in the air.

The three of them swallowed hard; they finally knew where the miasma in the sky came from!

at the same time.

Sunagakure also quickly passed through the miasma layer and entered the Death Paradise.

"Where did this come from for me?"

Avoiding the endless miasma clouds, Temari and Kankuro stood on the desert floating platform, looking down at the surrounding scenery, their eyes filled with a sense of bewilderment like college graduates facing unemployment.

The clouds in the sky were as dark as ink, and the air was filled with a nauseating and cloying stench.

The ground was covered with the ghastly white carcasses of countless animals, with mounds of bones piled up in some places. The bones were strangely and eerily shaped, clearly not from the same species, but strangely pieced together.

The dense, bright red fungi resembled some kind of weed, deeply rooted in the marrow, and from a distance looked like patches of ominous red hair.

Gaara's eyes were filled with confusion as he gazed at the hellish scene of red and white piled up beneath his feet.

His control over desert levitation is so perfect that the possibility of him accidentally falling to his death and going straight to hell... shouldn't happen!

Whoosh!
Just then, the miasma layer above suddenly tore open a twisted hole, and an oval-shaped blue sphere crashed into the pile of white bones below with a loud bang.

Karala!

The bones shattered, and the twisted blue sphere spun wildly, instantly pulverizing the bone fragments wrapped around the red hair, which flew outwards like dust particles flung by a tornado.

With his arms crossed and a cold expression, Gaara caused a high wall to rise instantly from the desert beneath his feet, blocking all the flying bone fragments.

Sand and bones flew everywhere.

buzzing...

The wildly spinning chakra orb slowly came to a stop. Neji's eyes were contorted with rage, and his hands were enveloped in a blue chakra aura. Lee and Tenten stared in stunned silence at the hellish scene.

"There are people in the sky!"

Neji's calm voice quickly brought Lee and his companion back to their senses, and they both looked up at the sky.

The towering sand wall slowly retracted, and Gaara, his eyes filled with murderous intent, slowly raised his hand, his five fingers curled as if grasping the three of them in his palm from afar.

A hell of red and white bones suddenly erupted, and a cloud of yellow sand swept fiercely towards the terrified Neji and his companions.

Not a word of nonsense.

Konoha's Team 3 accidentally stumbled into the bone forest and immediately began fighting Gaara's Sand Village team!

……

hum!
With a deathly gray light emanating from her eyes, Hui Li slowly opened them.

She didn't expect Neji to be so unlucky, encountering the Sand Village team, who are the most effective counter to taijutsu ninjas, right from the start.

Kankuro's puppetry countered Gentle Fist, Temari's Wind Release countered Tenten's shuriken, and even Rock Lee was completely suppressed by Gaara's Sand Armor.

Although the battle in the original work seems to be very exciting, in reality, even if Rock Lee opened all five gates, he couldn't make Gaara bleed.

To put it bluntly, the defenses weren't breached at all.

We can only hope that Neji, under her guidance, can create a miracle.

Hui Li slowly shook her head, no longer paying attention to the movements of the Bone Hell.

With Neji and Lee's strength, although they couldn't defeat Gaara, this was, after all, a death paradise, not a narrow arena for fighting. With their speed and stamina, even if they couldn't win, running away wouldn't be difficult.

"So beautiful!"

Naruto and Sasuke walked down the air steps and looked at the magnificent scene before them, a certain halo seemed to flash across their eyes.

On the plain before them, there appeared an enormous, almost perfect bowl-shaped depression with extremely gentle slopes at the edges and a deep bottom, comparable in size to a meteorite crater.

What is most peculiar is not its shape, but the structure at the center of its bottom.

It wasn't solid ground, but a huge hole, perhaps hundreds of meters in diameter, like a giant drain on the surface.

Countless winding streams converge from afar into the "giant bowl," but instead of forming a lake, they spiral downwards along the bowl's walls at an ever-increasing speed, eventually being completely swallowed by the holes at the bottom and disappearing without a trace.

The inner wall of the giant bowl has even been eroded by water over the years, forming a smooth, spiral-patterned rock wall that reflects a moist luster in the sunlight.

"Is this the Death Paradise?"

Sasuke stared at the strange giant bowl, racking his brains to try and explain the formation of this landform using his knowledge of geography from school.

"Do not."

Gazing at the original giant arm and the abyss-like pit, Hui Li felt a pang of nostalgia for the waterfall that had helped her cultivate her Wind Escape technique, and for the jungle whose life force she had drained.

To test the combined power of the Eight Gates, the Tailed Beast Cloak, and the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, she unleashed a powerful punch that completely altered the surrounding landscape, even opening up hidden underground caverns and rivers.

"This is the final circle." (End of Chapter)