Konoha: Superman template, the spoiled brat becomes strong.

Chapter 402 Chakra Cycle Regeneration

Gravel slipped through Naruto's fingers.

He wiped the blood from his lips, leaving dark red marks on the coarse cloth headband with the back of his hand.

In the distance, a monster five stories high was reassembling its body. The amber crystals embedded in its metal armor refracted an eerie purple light, making the entire desert appear like a ghostly realm.

Sasuke's Susanoo emitted a crisp sound of bones rubbing together, and when the giant bow formed from purple chakra was fully drawn, it generated an electric buzzing sound.

Three lightning arrows shot through the air, but were shredded into pieces by suddenly emerging metal tentacles just as they were about to pierce the crystal on the monster's forehead.

Arcs of electricity leaped between the tentacles, giving the monster a dangerous electric glow.

Chakra was circulating and regenerating. Naruto pressed his aching chest, the key-shaped patterns on his skin gleaming faintly.

The sound of chains snapping in the amber space still echoed in his ears, and he could feel Kurama's chakra stirring restlessly in his veins.

The swirling gash on the monster's chest began to slowly rotate again, and countless pained faces surged within the depths of the vortex.

Suddenly, a hand wearing a deerskin glove covered the back of his hand that was forming a hand seal.

Naruto turned and met the girl's glassy eyes. The silver bells entwined in her hair tinkled softly in the wind. "The light within you is mourning." The girl's fingertips touched his violently heaving chest, where golden and red chakra was on the verge of going berserk, but the mournful cry concealed the cry of dawn.

Sasuke's cold snort came from mid-air.

The complete Susanoo spread its wings, and a forty-meter-long chakra katana, accompanied by the sharp cry of Chidori, slashed down.

The monster let out a metallic hiss, its six tentacles twisted into drill shapes to meet the attack, but were ignited by a sudden surge of purple flames at the moment of impact—Amaterasu Black Flame climbed up along the flow of chakra, dyeing half the sky dark red.

Now! Naruto grabbed the girl's cold fingers with his other hand, and the moment nine chakra tails burst forth from his body, the key pattern suddenly spread across his neck.

He could feel his heart being clenched by an invisible hand, and a power older than the tailed beast's chakra was rising up his spine.

The moment the Rasengan lit up in his palm, the azure chakra core revealed a pattern of three tomoe.

A giant sword covered with talismans appeared out of thin air, the chains wrapped around its hilt rattling loudly.

As Naruto leaped into the air, he heard the girl's soft voice drifting on the wind: "Don't forget you hold the chakra of two people." When the giant sword cleaved through the burning metal tentacles, he clearly saw a pale green chakra glow flowing along the blade.

Sasuke suddenly swooped down from the sky, his Rinnegan capturing the flow of chakra as the monster regenerated.

As Naruto's sealing sword pierced the core of the vortex, all the wailing faces suddenly turned to a certain direction—at the junction of the monster's nape and spine, a piece of amber the size of a fingernail was vibrating at a high frequency.

Sasuke's Rinnegan suddenly contracted, and on the surface of the rapidly vibrating amber fragments at the back of the monster's neck, he detected countless spiraling chakra circuits. "Three o'clock!" he roared at Naruto, and his Perfect Susanoo suddenly reversed its blade, pinning the metal tentacles that were trying to block it to the sand dune—that thing was devouring the earth's ley line energy!

The Rasengan in Naruto's palm suddenly tripled in size, with the three tomoe patterns spinning wildly at the core of his chakra.

The mysterious girl suddenly placed her hands on his shoulder blades, and pale green chakra wrapped around his meridians like vines.

Nine crimson-gold tailed beast cloaks instantly covered the sky, and the sand and gravel on the desert were swirled into spiraling tornadoes by the hurricane.

Five seconds! Sasuke's Susanoo suddenly spread its wings to block the oncoming giant metal claw, and the purple armor cracked with spiderweb-like fissures under the heavy blow.

An electric arc danced across the surface of the katana, counting down: three, two—

Naruto transformed into a golden-red meteor that streaked across the battlefield, his Rasengan and the sealing sword simultaneously piercing the trembling amber.

The moment of contact, countless faces burst forth from the shards, and screams nearly tore our eardrums apart.

The girl's green light suddenly seeped into the sword's edge, and those distorted faces suddenly solidified into translucent crystals, turning into dust with a crisp cracking sound.

The monster's roar, as it raised its head, unleashed a sandstorm that caused rock formations within a hundred miles to crumble simultaneously.

Sasuke's Susanoo was entangled by three suddenly mutated metal tentacles around his ankles. The moment his Rinnegan caught the fatal attack trajectory, a crimson tailed beast cloak suddenly appeared in front of him.

Naruto used his back to block the falling serrated giant blade, and blood splattered onto the crystal armor of Susanoo.

"Idiot!" Sasuke's voice trembled as his chakra katana severed the tentacle; he had never seen the Nine-Tails' cloak torn apart by a physical attack.

Suddenly, all the silver bells on the mysterious girl's body exploded, and the green light that surged out formed a barrier to block the second wave of attacks. Blood spilled from the corner of her mouth dripped onto Naruto's red-stained headband.

The mutation came without warning.

The disintegrating monster remains suddenly transformed into liquid metal and seeped into the cracks in the ground, causing the entire desert to undulate like ocean waves.

The compass needle on the girl's waist spun wildly as she grabbed Naruto's wrist and shouted: "The ley lines are flowing backward!"

A sand dune a hundred meters away exploded with a roar, and the monster's body, which had reformed, was covered with dark red crystals, with twelve compound eyes arranged in a ring on its head.

Even more terrifying is that the surface of those metal tentacles has key patterns similar to Naruto's, and each swing carries energy fluctuations like those of a Tailed Beast Ball.

Sasuke's Susanoo landed beside the two of them, and his purple armor was slowly being repaired.

He noticed that golden-red spots were seeping from the wound on Naruto's back; that was the Nine-Tails' chakra overflowing out of control.

The mysterious girl is pressing acupoints around the wound with her glowing fingertips, but her palms are beginning to turn transparent.

The newborn monster did not attack immediately; the vortex on its chest sucked up the sand and gravel within a ten-mile radius, creating a vacuum.

Naruto could feel the key pattern burning on his collarbone, as if countless locks were being opened simultaneously inside his body.

As the first dark red Tailed Beast Ball condensed in the monster's mouth, Sasuke suddenly grabbed his sword-wielding hand.

This time, I'll be the shield. The Uchiha clan crest flickered in the chakra flames, and the wings of the Complete Susanoo suddenly extended into a barrier shape.

The mysterious girl suddenly pressed her forehead against Naruto's blood-stained chest, and the transparent parts began to solidify again: Don't let the light go out.

The desert horizon began to distort, and a second and a third Tailed Beast Ball appeared around the monster.

Naruto looked at the strange patterns that appeared on his palm—a new mark formed by the fusion of the girl's green chakra and the power of the Nine-Tails, which flickered in and out with his heartbeat.

As the sound of Sasuke's Susanoo Arrow piercing the air rang out, he heard the crisp sound of chains snapping deep within his bones.

Chapter 403 Joyfully Obtaining the Key

The Susanoo's wing barrier cracked, and fine beads of blood seeped from Sasuke's chakra armor.

The golden-red light on Naruto's back suddenly surged, and nine illusory tails swayed and pierced the night sky amidst the sandstorm.

He felt the key-shaped lines on his collarbone melting, flowing through his veins to his limbs and bones.

Three seconds. Sasuke's Rinnegan shed tears of blood, and the Susanoo's arrows were covered with spiderweb-like cracks.

The three dark red Tailed Beast Balls around the monster emitted a sharp shriek at the same time, and the vacuum field crushed the sand and gravel within a radius of a hundred miles into dust.

The mysterious girl suddenly pressed her transparent hand into her chest.

Countless emerald threads of light burst forth from her body, binding Naruto's rampaging Nine-Tails chakra: "Use my meridians." Her hair began to burn and dissipate inch by inch, as some ancient sealing technique spread along their pressed skin.

Naruto felt a jolt of electric shock running down his spine.

The girl's chakra flowed like cool spring water into the magma, and the Nine-Tails' furious roar gradually subsided.

His hand gripping the Rasengan trembled slightly—this was no ordinary medical ninjutsu; the other party was using the burning of life force to rebuild his chakra circuits.

"Idiot, here we come!" Sasuke roared, his voice mingling with the sound of bones cracking.

The barrier completely collapsed the moment Susanoo's arrow left the bowstring.

The first Tailed Beast Ball grazed past their heads, melting the distant rocky mountains into crimson lava.

Naruto shattered the rock beneath his feet and soared into the sky.

The azure Rasengan, enveloped in a stream of emerald light, traced a comet-like trajectory across the night sky.

He saw a geometric pattern, identical to the key pattern, faintly emerging deep within the vortex of the monster's chest cavity.

As the second Tailed Beast Ball hurtled towards them, Sasuke's arrow pierced the monster's right shoulder.

The ball of destructive energy suddenly twisted three inches in front of Naruto's nose, and was caught in a net woven from the Nine-Tails' chakra and emerald light threads.

The mysterious girl knelt on the sand and coughed out particles of light. Her hands, which were maintaining the seal, were so transparent that her finger bones were visible.

Now! Naruto charged forward using the shockwave from the Tailed Beast Ball explosion, and the moment the Rasengan was pressed into the monster's chest, the key pattern suddenly appeared on his collarbone.

He heard the twenty-seven chakra points in his body popping one after another, as if a giant bronze gate had suddenly opened deep within his bloodline.

Sasuke's complete Susanoo disintegrated at this moment.

Using the momentum of his fall, he threw the Kusanagi sword, the sharp blade wrapped in Amaterasu's black flames precisely piercing the gap created by the Rasengan.

The monster let out inhuman howls, and the third Tailed Beast Ball exploded out of control in mid-air, illuminating the entire desert as bright as day.

When the bright light dissipated, Naruto was kneeling on one knee at the bottom of the circular pit.

His combat uniform had scorch marks on the front, and his palms still flickered with lingering chakra sparks.

Sasuke propped himself up with his broken sword and found that the mysterious girl's figure was as faint as the morning mist, with only the sand she had touched showing faint fluorescent veins.

The monster's remains are turning into particles of light and rising.

Naruto suddenly pressed his collarbone—the key pattern that had appeared there had become a physical entity, and a kind of resonant tremor came from the earth's veins.

He turned to look at Sasuke as if to say something, but found his companion staring intently at something behind him.

On the scorched earth, the moonlight suddenly refracted into eerie, angular shapes.

The sand and gravel at the bottom of the circular pit flowed gently, and the moonlight refracted into starlight on the surface of the bronze key in Naruto's palm.

The key's end was engraved with the same geometric patterns as the monster's core. The moment his five fingers closed, the golden-red tail flames formed by the Nine-Tails' chakra suddenly increased threefold.

Sasuke's Mangekyou Sharingan contracted slightly.

He could see that the originally violent chakra in Naruto's body was forming an orderly vortex, and the twenty-seven chakra points were flashing like stars in the meridian system.

The mysterious girl staggered and fell to the ground on the sand, her translucent fingers digging deep into the sand to barely steady herself.

Is this the true power of the key? Naruto opened his palm, and the second key automatically floated next to the first key.

The two bronze artifacts made a mechanical sound as they meshed like gears, combining to form a crescent-shaped device that embedded itself into the pattern on his collarbone.

Suddenly, the chakra in the desert formed a visible blue torrent, rushing wildly into his pores.

Sasuke used his broken sword to slash open his palm, using the pain to stay conscious.

He noticed that the Six Paths Sage's tomoe pattern appeared in Naruto's pupils, and the originally azure Rasengan core was turning into dark gold.

The sandstorm automatically split off ten meters away from Naruto, as if an invisible barrier was protecting him.

Chapter 404 Remnants of Akatsuki

The mysterious girl suddenly coughed violently, and the scattered particles of light from her fingertips spelled out ancient characters on the sand.

Sasuke caught a glimpse of words like "sacrifice" and "container," and his pupils contracted sharply.

He was about to question her when the girl used her last bit of strength to erase the marks on the sand.

Konoha is in crisis... Naruto grips the key device tightly, and the surge of chakra causes radial cracks to appear in the surrounding sand.

As he turned his head, Sasuke saw a fleeting dark red glint in his friend's eyes—a strange change resulting from the fusion of the Nine-Tails' chakra and the power of the key.

Three purple signal flares suddenly rose in the direction of Sunagakure.

Sasuke's Sharingan pierced through the night, revealing a giant summoning beast ramming against the gold dust barrier a hundred miles away.

Onoki's Iwa ninja forces were faintly visible on the horizon, and further away, the lightning of Kumogakure could be discerned.

There was only one key left. Naruto condensed his chakra into a materialized golden chain and wrapped it around his waist.

As he headed toward Sunagakure, the key device resonated with the earth's veins, and the withered poplar trees along his path sprouted new buds.

The mysterious girl suddenly grabbed Naruto's headband.

Her wrists were so transparent that the emerald light flowing through her veins was visible: "We can't go directly to Sunagakure..." Before she could finish speaking, she coughed up a large cloud of light mist, and her body began to gradually dissipate from her feet.

Sasuke's Kusanagi sword suddenly emitted a buzzing sound.

Twelve dark figures appeared out of thin air as if they had emerged from the moonlight, the leader wearing a mask with a white swirling pattern.

Their position blocked all paths to Sunagakure, and the chains held by the three in the front row resonated with the golden chain around Naruto's waist.

Remnants of Akatsuki? Naruto flicked a chakra scalpel from his fingertip, only to find that the barrier formed by the key's power was interfering with the chakra's shape transformation.

Sasuke has already activated the complete Susanoo skeleton, but this time the purple giant is taking more than five times longer to form than before.

The masked man raised his hand and formed the Yin seal.

Naruto's key device on his collarbone suddenly became hot, and the signal flare from the direction of Sunagakure went out at the same time.

The bronze containers at the waists of the twelve black figures hummed, and a dark purple energy, similar to the chakra of tailed beasts, rose from the earth's veins.

The key wasn't for opening doors. The masked man's voice, carrying a sandpaper-like grating, was for feeding. Simultaneously, the shadowy figure behind him unfurled a scroll, revealing a psychic array covering hundreds of miles across the desert.

The runes at the core of the formation perfectly match the pattern on the key in Naruto's hand.