From the night of genocide, marching towards the strongest.

Naruto's dark side?

Can someone as naturally optimistic as Naruto also have dark sides to his heart?

Upon hearing this, Sakura was taken aback. It was one thing for Naruto to have a second personality like her, but it was actually a dark personality.

"Pain, resentment, madness, and even loneliness and sadness are the soil in which he grew. He even grew to the point of becoming a second personality of yours, Naruto. It's just that your sunny and kind nature suppressed him, so that he hasn't affected you all these years."

What Yakumo didn't explicitly say was that she sensed Naruto's second personality was extremely terrifying, filled with intense hatred and a strong desire for destruction, just like Ido in her and Sasuke's inner world back then.

Thinking of his sunny companion's childhood experiences, Yakumo sighed inwardly, not surprised at the origin of the dark side in his heart.

Upon hearing this, a complex look flashed in Naruto's eyes. After a moment of silence, he smiled and said, "So I have a dark side too. I didn't know that before. Hehe. But no matter which side of myself I am, I am still myself. Yakumo, please help me and let me see him."

"........"

After a moment of silence, Yakumo nodded: "Okay, but be careful. If I find anything wrong with you, I will make you withdraw from your inner world."

Yakumo did not stop Naruto. She knew that merging with her second personality was a way to greatly increase her mental energy in a short period of time.

Moreover, she knew that Naruto would eventually face the darkness in his own heart, just like her.

It's just a matter of time. Rather than waiting for this dark personality to suddenly erupt someday, it's better for her to help Naruto enter his inner world.

In this way, even if there is any danger, Yakumo can ensure that Naruto is not swallowed by darkness and turned into a bloodthirsty monster.

However, at this moment, Yakumo also had a strong urge to complain. His teammates in Class 7 all had mental problems, all had schizophrenia, and all had a second personality.

Sasuke has it, Sakura has it, she has it, and Naruto has it too.

Moreover, they all ultimately chose to merge with their second personality, and Naruto is no exception now.

"Don't worry, there won't be any problems!"

Naruto flashed a bright smile: "Teacher Chen told me that the first thing an excellent taijutsu ninja must do is not to defeat others, but to surpass himself. I can definitely do it!"

"it is good!"

Yakumo nodded, said nothing more, and formed a hand seal.

Illusion—Inner Illusion!

After a dizzying spin, Naruto found himself in a mental space where the sky was filled with endless darkness. A person who looked exactly like him, with a fierce and tyrannical expression on his face, appeared in front of him.

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In a mountain range, in a forest, somewhere in the Land of Fire.

"Lord Yugao, what do you plan to teach me today?"

Tsuchigumo Hotaru looked at Utakata with anticipation and spoke.

A few days after Utakata woke up, Tsuchigumo Hotaru discovered that the unruly man she had picked up was a powerful ninja.

So she pestered him, asking him to guide her in her spiritual practice.

Yu Gao glanced at the girl and said coldly, "I already said that I have never specifically taught you anything. Don't misunderstand, you only learned my ninjutsu because you refused to leave the side."

The girl in front of him was driving him crazy. If she hadn't saved his life, he would have really wanted to kick her out.

"hey-hey."

The girl chuckled, unperturbed by Yu Gao's cold tone, and said cheerfully, "When I was learning from you, Lord Yu Gao didn't chase me away, did he? So, in a way, Lord Yu Gao did guide me. Therefore, Lord Yu Gao, please be my master!"

"Shut up, I'm not going to be your teacher!"

The word "master" seemed to have touched a taboo for Yu Gao, instantly enraging him.

"what?"

Yu Gao's sudden outburst of rage caught Tsuchigumo Hotaru off guard. Just as she regained her composure and was about to apologize, Yu Gao's furious expression instantly changed, becoming extremely wary. He pulled her behind him and said in a deep voice:

"Stay behind me and don't move!"

"Uh, okay." The girl nodded blankly.

Yu Gao looked at the tall, pure white-haired boy who slowly walked out of his sight and said in a deep voice, "Who are you? Are you also a member of the Hidden Mist Hunting Squad?"

Is this girl a celestial being?

The immortal clone glanced at the Earth Spider Firefly and saw that the girl seemed to have transformed into a human-shaped vortex, constantly attracting the surrounding free-floating natural energy to flow towards her.

This ability to naturally absorb natural energy is a characteristic unique to those with an immortal-like physique.

However, after only half a second of observation, the immortal clone denied the conjecture that the girl had an immortal-like physique.

In his observation, the girl's entire body was not absorbing natural energy like his; she was only absorbing it from her back, and the absorbed natural energy was not combined with his own chakra to form Sage Chakra.

It simply means storing it there, and the amount cannot be too large.

It must be some kind of special ninjutsu.

The immortal clone withdrew its gaze and looked at the wary Yu Gao, saying, "I've come to ask you for something, and..."

"You have no right to refuse."

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Chapter 312 Lord of the Sound Village (End of this volume)

A series of violent tremors and deafening roars echoed through the forest, before the commotion gradually subsided after several minutes.

The once lush and dense forest had been plowed into flat ground, becoming scattered and broken, and the roads were twisted beyond recognition.

The immortal clone stood on the flat ground, showing no signs of having fought.

Five meters away from him, the Six-Tails Jinchuriki Utakata and Tsuchigumo Hotaru lay unconscious on the ground.

Since the Sage clone lacks the illusionary skills of the original body, and Utakata is a perfect Jinchūriki with a spiritual connection to the Tailed Beast, the Sage clone naturally couldn't defeat the opponent instantly.

However, given the current strength of the Sage's clone, as long as it's not the Nine-Tails version of the perfect Jinchuriki, it won't take much time to deal with the perfect Jinchuriki of other Tailed Beasts. Even the Eight-Tails and Killer Bee would only be slightly more troublesome.

After summoning Silver Horn to devour Utakata's Six-Tails chakra, the Sage clone walked up to the strange girl who could automatically absorb natural energy and examined her back.

"Yin-Yang Vortex Force Field?"

On the fair back of the earth spider, grotesque blood vessels bulged out, and at the center of these crisscrossing, menacing vessels, a small black ball embedded in the flesh appeared.

A chakra sphere formed by the fusion of Yin and Yang Release techniques.

The human body can hardly achieve absolute yin-yang balance, but the ninja tools made by humans can.

In a sense, the small black ball in front of you is equivalent to a miniature human body, a miniature human body specifically designed to absorb natural energy in place of your own body.

Moreover, because it is not absorbed by the main body, it largely avoids a series of risks such as the main body becoming petrified or losing emotional control.

Of course, if too much natural energy is absorbed, the yin-yang balance of the chakra ball will be broken. Not only will the chakra ball be destroyed, but the main body will also be affected, and may even die.

However, the ninja who created this secret technique seems to have a countermeasure. So he made this forbidden technique into a Yin-Yang Release chakra ball and embedded it in the user's body. It absorbs the body's physical and mental energy, forming a parasitic relationship with the user.

In this way, the stronger the caster's physique and the more resilient their will, the more natural energy this chakra ball can absorb!

A brilliant idea!

The immortal clone secretly thought that the ninja who created this secret technique might have accidentally discovered a mysterious energy in the world—natural energy.

With the amplification of natural energy, the power of ninjutsu has been explosively enhanced. However, because natural energy is extremely dangerous, the authentic methods of cultivating sage techniques are only possessed by the three holy lands.

Therefore, this ninja created a chakra ball that formed a vortex force field by fusing the absolutely balanced Yin-Yang Release power to replace the human body in absorbing natural energy, thus avoiding great danger.

However, because it doesn't know how to properly cultivate Sage Mode, this secret technique cannot merge with the Yin-Yang Release within it to form Sage Chakra after absorbing natural energy.

Therefore, according to the immortal clone's speculation, the power of this secret technique is released in an extremely brutal and rude way, presenting a 360-degree all-round earth-shattering explosion centered on the caster!

The stronger the practitioner's physical and mental energy, the stronger the Yin-Yang Escape power within the secret technique that coexists with it, and the wider and greater the range and quantity of natural energy that can be absorbed.

Therefore, this is a secret technique whose power is theoretically limitless!

If the caster is strong enough and has enough Yin-Yang Release power in the chakra ball, then it is not impossible to even gather the natural energy of the entire earth's surface, just like Six Paths Naruto did in the final battle at the Valley of the End in the original timeline!

'This secret technique is useful to me, and very useful at that!'

The immortal clone's eyes gleamed, a hint of excitement in his heart.

He naturally looked down on the so-called alternative to the human body absorbing natural energy and the kind of brutal and forceful release method.

What he valued was the boost this secret technique could provide.

If he learns this secret technique, the range and efficiency of the natural energy he can absorb will be greatly improved.

At least ten times!

In other words, this secret technique is a tenfold amplifier for him to absorb natural energy, allowing him to cultivate immortal arts at more than ten times the efficiency of his own.

For the current immortal clone, there is no need to worry about absorbing too much natural energy and causing it to go out of control. The only concern is that its efficiency in absorbing natural energy is too slow!

Thinking of this, the immortal clone cast an illusion spell on the girl and obtained the secrets and cultivation method of this secret technique from her.

Sage clones can also use genjutsu, and with the amplification of Sage Chakra, their effects are extremely powerful.

"Is this secret technique called the Wrath of Heaven Technique?"

The immortal clone's gaze was solemn. Just as he had guessed, the secret forbidden technique of the Earth Spider Clan, "Raging Heaven," first involves absorbing natural energy through basic energy storage, and then releasing it outwards from the user's center. The longer the energy is stored, the greater the destructive range.

According to the Earth Spider Clan, the power of this gate is theoretically capable of destroying everything within millions of kilometers.

However, according to Sasuke's reasoning, if the user is strong enough and gathers enough natural energy, the ultimate power of the Raging Heaven Technique is limitless!

"This trip has been incredibly fruitful; we've returned with a wealth of experiences!"

The sage clone sighed, satisfied. His original purpose in coming here was simply to collect the Six-Tails' chakra from the Jinchuriki Utakata.

Little did he expect that this trip would bring him such a big surprise.

This surprise even exceeded the purpose of his trip.

If he can thoroughly study the technique of "Angry Heaven" after he returns and use it for himself...

His efficiency in cultivating immortal arts will increase tenfold!

"It's time to go."

Seeing that Ginkaku had absorbed enough chakra from Utakata's body, the Sage clone retrieved Ginkaku's corpse and took to the air, flying towards the Land of the Sea.

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