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

"Naruto...you must live!"

Without hesitation, Shion placed the sealing red stone on Naruto.

"I didn't expect you to be able to get in... I've seen that power once before."

"Is this alright? To give the shrine maiden's amulet to someone else?"

"Even if he gets in, it won't change the outcome."

The voice of the demon faded away.

Naruto then made a grabbing motion in the air, and a figure appeared in front of him.

At the same time, without the power of the sealing red stone, Shion instantly transformed into a shrine maiden's power cloak, just like her mother.

"This power... now is the time to use it!"

"open!"

Immediately afterwards, just like Tsunade breaking the Yin Seal, light appeared on Shion's forehead and incantation marks appeared on her body.

Then, her whole body radiated a dazzling light, her hair stood on end, and she looked like an angel.

Not bad, an angel in a bikini.

After taking one last look at Naruto, Shion shed tears.

At that moment, she understood the power within her.

"From this day forward, you will live in this world; this is my destiny...you big liar!"

However, as she painfully closed her eyes, a large hand pinched her cheek again.

"What are you doing?"

"Is he fantasizing about being a savior again?"

When Shion opened her eyes, she saw Naruto standing safely in front of her.

At the same time, there was a shadowy figure behind her, whose size resembled her mother from her memories.

"Stupid shrine maiden."

Naruto tapped her on the forehead.

In an instant, Shion returned to normal, and the bikini-clad archangel disappeared.

In the blink of an eye, Naruto pulled him out of the demon's body.

The demon was also dumbfounded.

Maitreya's power has vanished.

That is to say, the power that suppressed it is completely gone.

"Hahaha~"

The demons laughed wildly.

They haven't realized the seriousness of the situation yet.

Rumbling--

The underground magma was churning wildly, seemingly poised to erupt at any moment.

"Naruto..." Shion called softly.

"Didn't you just call me mother?"

As he spoke, Naruto reached out and absorbed the phantom behind him into his body.

"I was just momentarily distracted, and you really want to trade your life for the life of a demon?"

Shion lowered her head, tears streaming down her face, and threw herself into Naruto's arms, sobbing uncontrollably.

The courage to face death is gone; all that remains is endless fear.

Naruto held her with one arm while absorbing the uncontrollable power of the priestess within her.

whoosh-

At this moment, Bai Jueban's wooden clone, which had absorbed the magic power from all the terracotta warriors outside, appeared.

"The main body, the terracotta warriors outside have been completely drained."

"There are still many terracotta warriors left, and the other clones have already gone to absorb magic power."

"The Land of Demons was very cooperative. With the help of Nadeshiko Village and Nadeshiko Country, the situation in the country quickly stabilized. At the same time, we also helped the Land of Demons eliminate those evil landlords and ninja leaders."

puff--

"Naruto!"

Ziyuan's pupils suddenly contracted.

It happened... the prophecy came true... but did Naruto still die?

Why...? Just now, if I had died, you wouldn't have died...

"No, you stupid shrine maiden, that's my clone... Why are you so agitated? And look closely."

Upon hearing this, Ziyuan finally realized what was happening.

Following Naruto's finger, one could see that the black and purple mist hand of the demon had indeed passed through the chest of the White Zetsuki clone.

However, strangely, Bai Jueban's wooden clone did not disappear.

Upon closer inspection, Shion realized that her clone's chest had somehow turned into wood.

The thing that was pierced by the black and purple mist was wood.

"Um?"

The true form of the demon was still that wisp of blackish-purple mist.

It transformed into a hideous face.

Why is this happening?

"Who exactly are you?"

Why can't I contact my ghostly army?

"hateful!"

The next instant, the dark purple mist transformed into countless dark purple dragons, rushing towards Naruto and Shion.

"The underground volcano is about to erupt. Wait here for me."

whoosh-

Naruto appeared at the entrance he had come from, carrying Shion in his arms.

"After the volcanic eruption, this place will be revitalized... The Land of Demons is rich in resources, and after things are settled here, Konoha will send researchers here..."

After thinking for a moment, Naruto called out from inside the sealed space, "Kurama, tell Zabuza and Haku to get ready to bring the researchers to the Land of Demons."

"Also, tell Zabuza and Haku that there is a special secret technique in the Land of Demons, similar to the Transformation Technique, but once you transform, you can't turn back."

"Got it... This is a perk for long-term employees, right?" Yang Banshen Jiuwei picked at his ear.

"You said it's a benefit, so don't charge them anything."

"Uh... Hmph, mind your own business!"

Naruto smiled helplessly and exited the sealed space.

At this moment, the White Wood clone appeared behind him and slowly disappeared into Naruto's elemental back.

In an instant, countless magical powers surged forth.

But these are not the root forces.

Unlike Naruto who absorbed Shion's power, directly incorporating that power, or rather, the bloodline limit power, into his body, thus generating the power of a priestess himself.

Therefore, the spirits were created because the previous priestess Miroku was near the entrance connecting the Demon World and the Ninja World.

Essentially, they are a type of creature belonging to the demon realm.

The priestess Miroku of the Land of Demons possesses special powers, or rather, a kind of bloodline limit.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to withstand the birth of the demons, nor to seal them away.

They watched as the dark purple mist and ghosts attacked.

Naruto frowned and analyzed:

"This demon realm cannot be entered rashly."

"It's currently uncertain whether the wraiths are beings from the demon realm."

"If it is a living being, then entering the demon realm is not impossible."

"If it's not a living being... then there's only one answer."

whoosh-

The dark purple mist penetrated Naruto's body.

When Shion closed her eyes and opened them again, it looked as if Naruto's body had been pierced through.

Her pupils contracted sharply, and just as she was about to move, she suddenly realized that Naruto didn't seem to react at all.

Upon closer inspection, the dark purple mist of the demon seemed to pass through a phantom.

Naruto turned into a phantom?

She rubbed her eyes, and then, at the same time, she and the demon cried out in surprise.

Shion discovered that Naruto was actually absorbing the dark purple mist, which was actually a demon.

No, it should be said that all that dark purple mist went into Naruto's body.

The demon was completely dumbfounded.

It tried to escape, but it couldn't.

Naruto was like a black hole, with a huge suction force constantly absorbing the black and purple mist that it had transformed into.

Even if it exerted its full strength, it couldn't shake that terrifying suction force at all.

At this moment, even the dumbest thing couldn't possibly not have thought of it.

What happened to its massive ghost army of terracotta warriors?

"You...you can actually absorb my power?"

"Who are you...? In this world... apart from the priestess of the Land of Demons... no one could possibly absorb my magic!"

"Damn it... my power is constantly draining away... Naruto Uzumaki!"

"Let me go! If I die, that little witch will die too!"

However, Naruto ignored it.

He merely glanced at the demon and then narrowed his eyes.

"If this thing isn't a being from the demon realm..."

"That can only mean that the previous generation's priestess, Miroku, entered the juncture between the ninja world and the demon world, and inhaled the demonic energy of the demon world... The existence of demonic energy is like chakra."

"If demonic energy alone can possess such immense power... the Demon Realm is definitely several levels above the Ninja Realm in terms of power."

"Interesting...interesting. This ninja world isn't as simple as it seems. The so-called Otsutsuki doesn't seem to be the strongest."

Perhaps the worlds inhabited by the spirits and deities of the ghost and spirit realm are even more advanced than this demon realm.

"The three sacred lands are more like three entrances to the ninja world."

"If Mōryō had succeeded back then, the ninja world would have had four sacred lands... That outcome isn't impossible."