Naruto: The Shadow Lord of the Nara Clan

The world changed suddenly.

When Lu Ying opened her eyes again, she found that she was no longer in a pitch-black cave, but in a lush and verdant forest.

In some respects, it is very similar to the Forest of Death.

However, unlike the Forest of Death, this place is fraught with unknown dangers.

Within Lu Ying's perception range alone, there were seven or eight beings emanating terrifying auras.

The deer's shadow flashed, leaping to the top of a towering tree, overlooking the source of the danger.

The next second, one yellow attribute bar after another appeared.

【lv 11·Hunter's Swarm of Bees】

【lv 36·Sabertooth Leopard】

【lv 41·Death Black Bear】

……

It seems they noticed the deer's shadow and were aware of their presence.

These jungle hunters, who had been lurking throughout the forest, no longer concealed their movements and surged toward him.

Seeing this, Lu Ying showed no sign of panic; instead, a faint smile appeared on her lips.

"Let's begin."

The words fell on the shadows, creating ripples that spread outwards.

The next moment, one silent shadow soldier after another emerged.

They remained silent, yet seemed to understand each other perfectly, coordinating seamlessly to transform into death scythes in an instant, slaughtering all living things around them.

Wailing cries, blood, and death poured onto the shadowy armor of this silent legion, shrouding them in a terrifying veil even deeper than shadow itself.

Deer Shadow strolled along the blood-soaked path littered with severed limbs, watching with amusement as its experience bar rapidly increased.

Aside from occasionally needing to replenish his MP, he doesn't need to think about anything else.

Because Number Two will be in charge of everything for the Legion.

At this moment, Lu Ying realized that she had underestimated the effect of [Clarity of Mind and Strategy].

They also discovered that his previous command of the legion was completely amateurish.

However, he didn't care about this. Since he himself was not good enough, he could just train a very capable subordinate.

The [Clear Mind Strategy] provided by [Shadow Kin - Nara Shikamaru] can create a perfect legion commander.

The only downside is that the number of soldiers in the legion limits the commander's ability to perform.

With this in mind, Lu Ying decided to go all out and wage a full-scale legion war.

Due to the limitations of his profession, he only has twenty [Shadow Storage] slots, meaning that he can only store twenty shadow soldiers in the Legion space.

However, the number of shadow extractions is not included in this range.

As long as his MP can hold up, he can extract one hundred shadow soldiers!

This has already reached the initial scale of a legion!

As a result, the dungeon monsters that had just fallen merged into the shadows, transforming into one cold, shadowy soldier after another.

The slaughter continues.

Blood was spreading.

The shadows are encroaching.

The monarch is advancing.

……

After drinking what seemed like the umpteenth bottle of blue potion, Lu Ying stood atop the mountain, surveying the entire Training Ground No. 0.

He cleared out almost all the small monsters around the entire dungeon.

Objects that were originally classified as yellow (posing a slight threat) have now all turned white (posing no threat at all).

Only the monster in the center of the instance remains at a yellow danger level, and there is a glaring orange spot in the deepest part of the center of Training Ground 0.

"The boss?"

Lu Ying muttered to herself, but a hopeful smile remained on her face.

However, he did not rush into the boss's territory, but instead ordered the shadow soldiers to conquer it step by step.

Several hours later, after clearing out all the monsters except the boss, Lu Ying created a shadow clone to fight the boss in place of her main body.

Just as Lu Ying stepped into the boss's territory, in the dark green swamp at the very center of Training Ground No. 0, a giant, dark green python, its body curled up, slowly raised its head.

It flicked its forked tongue like a shadow, and between its open jaws, its sharp teeth gleamed with a dark, pale purple light.

The surrounding environment changed constantly with its breath, each exhale accompanied by thunder and rain, all of which demonstrated the boss's powerful status.

Standing on a tall tree trunk dozens of meters away, Lu Ying gazed at the dungeon boss looking towards him, and for the first time, he focused his mind and gave it his all.

Although the orange monster is not as dangerous as the red monster, it is still enough to threaten his life.

Even though it was just a shadow clone, Lu Ying didn't want to lose.

He lightly leaped down from the branch and slowly walked towards the giant python coiled around its body.

Behind him, shadows appeared one after another.

Just like his own ever-spreading and expanding shadow.

……

With a deafening roar.

The enormous corpse collapsed to the ground, powerless.

Putrid, dark green blood oozed from the numerous wounds on the thick snake's body, dripping onto the bottomless swamp with a hissing, burning sound.

Lu Ying sat wearily on the snake's head and casually opened the rewards for the [Daily Quest].

[Reward 1: Restore 100% status]

The next moment, under the light of the pale green glow, his depleted physical strength and energy quickly returned to their best condition.

Turning his attention to the snake beneath him, Lu Ying's lips curled into a slight smile.

This boss is arguably the most powerful opponent he has ever faced.

They are far superior to the previous Jonin of the Nara clan.

The sheer strength of the snake's body alone was enough to make Lu Ying suspect that this guy might be able to rival Orochimaru's Manda.

Not to mention, it also has the ability to summon wind and rain and control the climate.

This ability caused him considerable trouble during the boss battle just now.

This also made Lu Ying realize the importance of the combat environment.

If we can bring this python boss under our command, then the Shadow Legion's weakness in this area will be perfectly compensated.

After calming his excitement, he stood up, lightly stepping on the snake scales, and whispered:

"Stand up."

……

After confirming that there were no other loot items in Training Ground 0, Lu Ying reluctantly left the instance.

Inside the dark cave, a spatial ripple gently spread.

Then, the smooth and upright body slowly came into view.

With a smile on his lips, Lu Ying stepped out of the cave, feeling the warmth of the sunlight and feeling extremely happy.

He made a fortune from this dungeon run.

I ate so much experience that I was stuffed, and my level jumped straight to 30!

All of his ninjutsu skills have been improved to varying degrees, especially Shadow Stitching Technique, which has now reached level 3 due to its most frequent use.

They also obtained a dungeon-specific item—Magic Crystal.

This is an energy mineral derived from the body of a monster in the dungeon—a magical beast—which contains considerable magical power.

Although it's unclear how to use magic crystals for the time being, Lu Ying feels that there's a lot of potential for development in this area.

After adding it to the system's warehouse, he looked at his shadow legion.

He wasn't the only one who received a huge boost this time; the shadow soldiers did too.

But what he was most looking forward to was the dungeon boss.

That's right, Lu Ying successfully brought the boss under the legion's command...