Konoha: I, Naruto, will eat the Forest-Forest Fruit!

"At least, before the demons destroy the world."

But when Naruto actually let go, Shion hugged him even tighter.

"You don't want to die, right?"

Shion was stunned, and at that moment, Naruto turned around, and their noses touched.

"Are you saying that the prophecy won't come true as long as you die?"

Seeing her blush, Naruto chuckled, "Little priestess, you can be shy?"

Ziyuan quickly turned her head away, changing the subject: "Impossible, the prophecy will definitely come true. If you don't die... I'll be the one who dies."

"You won't die either." Naruto smiled and put her down. "Sit for a while, I'll take care of things here first."

"Someone has to die..."

Naruto walked towards the group of stone soldiers.

Shion clenched her fists, "I can't die... I mustn't die..."

Rumbling--

At that moment, a stone soldier was blasted away by Naruto's punch.

It crashed into a distant mountainside, sending countless rocks tumbling down.

But after the smoke and dust cleared, the stone soldiers remained intact.

"Wow~"

"This is what an army should look like when resisting the Otsutsuki."

"It can attack and defend, but it is essentially a puppet. It has no pain, no thoughts, and can only obey orders."

"Hmm... a puppet created using magic."

"The magic is like Yin-Yang Release version of chakra... It is this magic that firmly holds the stone in place."

"I see."

After figuring it out, Naruto instantly appeared behind a stone soldier.

"The downside is that it's too slow."

"If I were to equip a second-tier White Zetsu... that wouldn't be a bad idea, or I could cover myself entirely in explosive tags."

"With so many advantages, the slow speed doesn't seem to be a disadvantage anymore."

His hand rested on the stone soldier's body.

The stone soldier slowly turned his head and raised the axe in his hand.

It was about to fall.

"The Power of the Forest - Absorbed".

hum-

The next instant, a large amount of magic power surged into Naruto's body.

At the same time, the stone soldier's body began to disintegrate, and the axe that landed on Naruto's shoulder turned directly into rubble.

"Is this magic?"

Naruto carefully sensed this unfamiliar power.

The power of the priestess within her resonated.

Naruto's azure eyes deepened and emitted a faint purple light.

Even though he suppressed this unfamiliar power, Shion, who was not far away, still felt a heart-palpitating force.

"The Terracotta Army...were defeated?"

Ziyuan stared wide-eyed, her face filled with disbelief.

"That's impossible... These terracotta warriors couldn't possibly be defeated!"

After Naruto transformed into his elemental form, he left behind a white clone that absorbed the terracotta warriors.

"Let's go."

Shion's mind went blank. She raised her head somewhat blankly and stared at Naruto's face.

"Who...who are you?"

"Why would the terracotta warriors of the demons...?"

Naruto simply picked her up and carried her in his arms.

"Naruto Uzumaki, don't you already know?"

Ziyuan looked at that gentle smile and lowered her head slightly.

"These terracotta warriors can move... that guy is nearby."

Naruto looked up at the terracotta warriors that kept appearing and laughed, "There are quite a lot of them. My clones can handle them."

After saying that, Naruto slowly took to the air.

"Now that you're flying close to the ground, you're not afraid anymore, are you?"

"Who...who's afraid?!" Ziyuan retorted stubbornly with her eyes closed.

whoosh-

Immediately afterwards, Naruto flew over the heads of countless terracotta warriors and headed towards the entrance of the Sealed Shrine.

Meanwhile, Bai Jueban's wooden clones also began to reap the rewards.

Once he enters the Sensen Immortal Mode, any terracotta warriors he touches will have their magic power drained by the Sensen Power.

Rumbling--

In the blink of an eye, a large number of terracotta warriors collapsed.

In the dark and long passageway, Naruto carried Shion as they walked slowly.

Behind me, I could hear the continuous sound of terracotta warriors turning into countless pieces of stone and crashing to the ground.

thump—

Ziyuan's heart suddenly raced, and her eyes turned into purple patterns.

I saw Naruto die once again as his chest was pierced by a demon.

"You saw the image of my chest being pierced again?"

Naruto asked softly, and Shion, with her eyes closed, replied, "No way... You could even defeat the Terracotta Warriors..."

However, she herself did not believe it when she said it.

In her world, prophecies are absolutely accurate; if they are inaccurate, it means she dies.

Before long, the two arrived underground.

The dark environment disappeared, replaced by lava on the ground that emitted a dark red glow.

At first glance, it was completely empty.

The scene that Ziyuan saw became clearer and more complete.

"You...you died here..."

Naruto put her down and tapped her head helplessly.

"Look more carefully next time, check if there's any blood on my chest."

"Hmm...hmm?" Shion didn't understand what she meant.

But then, a figure slowly stood up from a bench in the distance, and a voice came over.

"You've grown up."

Ziyuan looked in the direction of the sound and met Huangquan's gaze.

That ferocious face made her instinctively hide behind Naruto.

"Heh heh, you really look like Maitreya." Huang Quan chuckled sinisterly, his voice strange.

"Then let's formally greet the young shrine maiden."

After he finished speaking, countless terracotta warriors appeared and surrounded the two of them.

"Konoha ninja...you must be Naruto Uzumaki?"

Huang Quan narrowed her eyes. "My name is Huang Quan. I am someone whose ambitions were once thwarted by her mother, Miroku."

As she spoke, Yomi looked at Shion behind Naruto.

"Do you remember what happened that day?"

"The resurrected demons, leading us... intend to recreate the millennium kingdom."

"If it weren't for your mother, that witch..."

"Stop talking!"

Ziyuan looked at the terracotta warriors that were constantly surrounding her, and then gave a low shout.

The brooch hanging on her chest emitted a wisp of red light.

The transparent bell hanging on the pin contained the sealed red stone.

call out--

A thin laser beam shot out and severed the head of the terracotta warrior.

Huang Quan chuckled strangely, "What are you surprised about?"

"Don't you... understand your own power?"

"What have you learned so far?"

"Has he been practicing sealing techniques all along?"

Having said that, Huang Quan slowly sat back down and sneered:

"Then seal me away as soon as possible and see."

Seeing that she was still scared, Naruto took the proud priestess's hand and led her over himself.

"Is the threat posed by those evil uncles really that terrifying?"

Seeing that Naruto was still in the mood to tease her, the little shrine maiden wanted to retort, but Huang Quan suddenly snorted coldly.

She was so frightened that she burrowed into Naruto's arms.

After glancing at Naruto, Huang Quan was slightly startled, but he was more confident in the power of the demon.

"Let me tell you, I can't kill you."

"But you have no power to make me disappear."

"If you ask why... it's because we originally shared the same body."

Ziyuan was stunned, then quickly poked her head out, "Nonsense!"

"Are you trying to deceive us with lies?"

Huang Quan retorted, "Is there any need for me to lie to you?"

Ziyuan raised her finger, "I'll personally..."

Huang Quan glanced at her. "The so-called seal is to merge you and me into one."

"That's how your mother, Maitreya, was."

"So, your mother... is inside my body."

Naruto nodded slightly, indeed sensing three forces within Yomi's body.

"The priestess's power was too great, so in order to misuse that power, she split her heart and mind in two."

"To survive with mutual resentment."

"At some point, it became the names 'shrine maiden' and 'wraith'."

"Impossible!" Ziyuan roared and rushed to the sacrificial altar.

Huang Quan kept his eyes closed and did not stop them, nor did Naruto.

boom--

After Ziyuan finished reciting the incantation, a large amount of purple light emanated from the altar.

"A barrier?"

Huang Quan slowly opened his eyes, glanced at Naruto, and then revealed a chilling smile.

Inside the barrier, the purple orb of light spun wildly.

call out--

Huang Quan suddenly floated up, passing directly through the barrier, and was about to stick to Shion's back.

Snapped--

Naruto also appeared behind Shion.

At this moment, Huang Quan's face became extremely stiff, as if he were dead.

But the voice did not disappear.

"You...you were actually able to enter the barrier?"

"Heh, but even if we could get in, it wouldn't make a difference."

"You're too impatient, priestess."

Huang Quan's corpse lay on the ground, its veins bulging all over its body.

"We'll have to wait for this guy to die of old age before we can set up a barrier."

Ziyuan finally realized that all those words were meant to lure her into opening the barrier.

At this moment, a dark red smoke erupted from Huang Quan's corpse.

"Once the barrier is activated, we will be unable to leave."

"Until we take control of the other side."

"And what determines this is each other's chakra."

At this moment, the stone tablet, which resembled a boundary marker, was opened.

It was pitch black inside, as if it connected to another world.

"Hahaha~"

"Return, my flesh!"

call out--

The demons instantly disappeared into it, and at the same time, the opened stone door closed.

"What should we do... Naruto... You must have a way to get out, right?"

"Run! Run!"

Shion, holding Naruto's hand, said somewhat absentmindedly.

The demon's voice came again: "Young priestess, I am deeply grateful to you."

"Because you are indispensable to break the seal on this shrine."

As the voice of the demons faded away, the purple barrier also disappeared.

Ziyuan knelt on the ground, tears streaming down her face.

"What...what did I do...?"

"Up until now... what has it all been for?!"

"Naruto... I... am of no value to you... to you all."

Rumbling--

At this moment, countless stone pillars inside the underground palace cracked.

The loud noise brought Naruto back to his senses.

"I see. That explains why the power of the demons seemed a bit strange."

"So it was assimilated into the ninja world... no, it was suppressed by the power of the Otsutsuki and the God Tree."

At that moment, the body of the demon emerged from the ground like liquid.

A dark purple sphere envelops the aster.

The transparent bell on Ziyuan's chest emitted a burst of light, and the sealed red was releasing the power within her.

At the same time, a dark purple smoke dragon attacked Naruto.

"The necessary ceremonies are over."

"Just as I guessed, this kind of ritual is required to successfully use the power of another world."

"It's like using ninjutsu and needing to form hand seals."

The dark purple smoke dragon passed directly through Naruto's body.

Naruto walked towards the dark purple sphere that enveloped Shion.

"I...I'm still alive?"

"In that case... Naruto will..."

Shion suddenly opened her eyes, "If this continues, Naruto will... Naruto will..."

Memories flooded her mind, still set in the shrine of the shrine maiden.

"Why can't you understand?"

"With the power of the demons, plus your magic, ruling this world will be a piece of cake!"

The people below said, puzzled.

The priestess above shook her head and said, "How foolish! Why don't you trust humans?"

"Do people...believe in other humans?"

"Do you really think so, Miroku?"

The scene changes.

Ziyuan was lying on her mother's lap, her eyes closed. "If only I could stay by my mother's side forever... It hurts so much..."

Ziyuan looked up and saw that her mother, whom she remembered, had lowered her head slightly, still wearing a gentle smile on her face.

However, his hand had somehow already pinched her cheek.

"Mother...it hurts so much...hmm?"

With a blink, the light of memory vanished.

Inside the purple sphere, she was completely naked, and Naruto was pinching her cheek. Seeing that she had woken up, he even laughed:

"My dear daughter, you're awake?"

Shion: "???"