I'm retrieving corpses in Konoha.

Uchiha Natsu's wood clone looked at the Fourth Raikage, who was surrounded by lightning, and asked in a hoarse, low voice:

Are you qualified to be my prey?

Everyone was completely baffled.

They noticed this person because the masked man's appearance was too abrupt and his appearance was really peculiar.

But now it seems that it's not worth their much attention.

However, just as a group of Kage-level powerhouses were preparing to make their move again...

Uchiha Natsu controlled his wood clone, forming hand seals and aiming them at the two Yugito beside the Fourth Raikage.

"Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!"

Chapter 64 A Secret Maneuver

"Rumble..."

As Uchiha Natsu finished speaking, the ground beneath their feet began to tremble violently, as if it were an earthquake.

Immediately afterwards, an even larger wooden dragon emerged from the ground beneath the feet of Uchiha Natsuki's clone.

"Roar!"

Uchiha Natsu's wood clone originally occupied one-third of the original body's chakra.

Therefore, the Wood Dragon Technique used with all its might was far more powerful than the Wood Clone that had attacked the Five-Tails earlier with only one-sixth of its chakra.

Half of the wooden dragon's body emerged from the ground, its size seemingly blotting out the sky.

Everyone looked as insignificant as a chick in front of the wooden dragon.

Only Yugito in his tailed beast form is roughly the size of half a wooden dragon.

The wooden dragon's eyes instantly turned to Yugito, who had transformed into a tailed beast.

Yu Muren's heart skipped a beat; he suddenly had a bad feeling.

Just as the wooden man was filled with premonition and doubt, the wooden dragon moved.

"Roar!"

With another roar, the thick wooden dragon charged directly at the wooden figure, creating a deafening sound as it tore through the air!

With a quick wit, the wooden man turned and ran the instant the wooden dragon moved.

Cats react extremely quickly, especially Yugito in her tailed beast form, who is just like a cat, with remarkably fast reactions and speed.

However, in the face of the wooden dragon, the wooden man ultimately could not escape.

The thick wooden dragon forcefully pulled the wooden figure back, and the moment it touched it, it lunged forward.

In a panic, the wooden man raised his claws and kept slapping the wooden dragon's hard body, but to no avail.

In just a moment, she was forcibly entangled by the wooden dragon, just like a kitten.

Amidst Yugito's screams, the wooden dragon completed its entanglement, leaving Yugito unable to move.

"Thousand Hands Kamima!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi and his two advisors recognized "Senju Kamima" at a glance.

The others, though unaware of Senju Shinma, had already witnessed the power of the wooden dragon from afar.

Therefore, when Uchiha Natsu used the Wood Dragon Technique, everyone quickly moved away from him.

At the same time, he remained secretly vigilant.

After all, Wood Release is very special to the entire ninja world.

Because Wood Release often represents Hashirama Senju, who was known as the God of Shinobi many years ago.

Combined with the legendary wooden dragon and the name "Thousand-Handed God," everyone present was filled with astonishment and doubt.

Uchiha Natsu's wood clones were originally capable of producing three ordinary wood dragons.

However, when this wood dragon, which has been strengthened to the extreme, is used, the chakra consumption is exceptionally high.

The remaining chakra is insufficient to unleash a second one.

However, Uchiha Natsu's goal has already been achieved.

Then, the wooden dragon's body glowed slightly, and a large amount of chakra was drawn out from Yugito's body.

The extracted chakra flowed continuously into Uchiha Natsuki's clone.

Feeling his chakra rapidly replenishing, Uchiha Natsu controlled his wood clone and looked at the Fourth Raikage.

“You are all very strong, and now you are all my prey.”

After saying that, Uchiha Natsu formed hand seals and poured his chakra into the ninjutsu without any restraint.

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"Wood Release Technique!"

"Shh!"

Uchiha Natsu's wood clone slammed his hands on the ground, and immediately, all the trees within a radius of 100 meters began to dance.

"Puff puff!"

Countless branches burst forth from the ground, entangling the Fourth Raikage, Onoki, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Gamabunta.

As for Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, they were simply ignored.

Everyone present was greatly shocked.

Such a wide-range Wood Release ninjutsu requires an absolutely terrifying amount of chakra.

At this time.

Yukito, who was forcibly entangled by the wooden dragon and left with only a cat's head visible, stared wide-eyed.

She felt her chakra being drained from her body at an alarming rate.

Yukito was in a panic and tried to struggle, shaking his exposed little head back and forth.

But he found that he couldn't move at all.

They could only let the wooden dragon do as it pleased, and despair filled their hearts.

The Wood Release technique, when used, didn't actually have much effect on these Kage-level powerhouses.

Each person possesses their own unique skill, and each uses ninjutsu to evade the constraints.

However, many of the corpses on the ground had already been dragged underground by tree branches.

Uchiha Natsu already knew that this kind of ninjutsu, which disperses power, could not pose a threat to several Kage.

Therefore, this move was actually a covert operation to take the corpse off the ground.

Meanwhile, Uchiha Natsu's true form was already waiting several meters underground, having used Earth Release to create a large space in advance.

Once all these dozens of corpses were transported here, they were immediately taken back on the spot.

Since the level of the corpses was unknown beforehand, Uchiha Natsu no longer distinguished between them.

There were a total of forty-six corpses in this small area of ​​the battlefield.

With a 10-point credit rating bonus, there are 32 genin corpses with a credit rating of 50 or higher, and 11 chunin corpses with a credit rating of 60.

There were two bodies of Jonin who scored 70 points, but in the end there was only one body that scored 80 points.

Eighty points is already at the level of an elite Jonin.

Even in a place as strong as Konoha, there are only a dozen or so people.

The rewards from recovering the corpses of the thirty-two genin will, unsurprisingly, all enhance one's own abilities.

Chakra did increase somewhat, but only by about one percent.

Even this one percent is more than "one card," reaching the total amount of an ordinary Jonin.

After recovering the eleven Chunin corpses, in addition to the resistance to various attributes, we unexpectedly obtained another summoning beast.

This time, the summoning beast is still a bear, but its appearance may be somewhat different from Big Grey's.

Of the two remaining Jonin corpses, one had obtained the advanced Bloodline Limit Activation: Wood Release.

As the name suggests, it is a bloodline activation technique for Wood Release, and has no effect on the Mangekyou Sharingan.

However, Uchiha Natsu discovered...

After this advanced bloodline activation, his control over Wood Release has directly reached a new level.

The original plan was to hone the Wood Release technique through combat.

Now, one bloodline activation is more effective than using Wood Release to completely deplete chakra a hundred times.

Moreover, after the activation of the Wood Release bloodline limit, some strange changes also occurred in his body cells.

However, this change cannot be described verbally, and Uchiha Natsu is also unclear about what this accompanying change is.

It feels like it has gained a vibrant "life force," but this force is still very small at present.

The corpse of another Jonin was recovered and yielded a Wood Release defensive ninjutsu called [Wooden Barrier].

The corpse of the elite Jonin from Iwagakure was recovered, and a ninjutsu even more powerful than the Wood Dragon Technique was obtained from it.

【Wood Release: Wood Man Technique】

Chapter 65 Fierce Battle

Summoning beasts, advanced bloodline activation? Wood Release, Wood Wall, Wood Human Technique.

These four items are the main takeaways from this recovery.

The Wood Golem Technique, when used by the First Hashirama, was even able to catch the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball with one hand and throw it back.

However, the Wood Dragon Technique, which was also used by Hashirama, was completely defeated by the Tailed Beast Ball.

Therefore, it is clear that the Wood Human Technique is definitely a more powerful ninjutsu than the Wood Dragon Technique.