Naruto exited the Sealing Space, his consciousness returning to reality. He opened his eyes and saw over thirty Shadow Clones staring intently at him.
Naruto shook his blonde hair and deliberately struck a pose. "Yo, guys, how do you like my new look?"
Hearing this, all the clones stared at him expressionlessly. After a brief silence, they erupted in unison.
"Damn it, the original actually managed to show off."
"Here we are, sitting on our butts to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique, while you're over here secretly pinky-promising the Nine-Tails to unlock the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode."
"Hmph, I want what the original body has too."
"I'm going back right now to add another training memory for you as a protest."
Poof!
The clone closest to Naruto's original body formed a release sign with his hands, and vanished into a cloud of white smoke.
"Us too."
Poof, poof, poof...
The remaining Shadow Clones exploded into white smoke one after another.
Before dispersing, the last Shadow Clone didn't forget to shout at Naruto, "Original body, remember to use the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode next time you summon Shadow Clones."
Naruto stood there speechlessly. The next moment, thirty sets of training memories for the Flying Thunder God Technique flooded into his mind all at once. He used Absolute Control to categorize and organize them all.
After sorting them out, Naruto's lips twitched involuntarily, but then he smiled.
The thirty Shadow Clones had sent back over thirty sets of insights. After a massive amount of sensory details were combed through and integrated by Absolute Control, the spatial perception—the most critical part of learning the Flying Thunder God Technique—vaguely showed a concrete direction for a breakthrough.
Striking while the iron was hot, Naruto formed a cross hand seal, and the Chakra inside his body gushed out in an unprecedentedly abundant state.
Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!
Once the smoke cleared, forty golden Narutos stood on the open ground by the pool. All of them were shrouded in the same golden Chakra cloak, their hair upturned into horn-like shapes, magatama patterns appearing on their collars, and their pupils slit vertically.
The golden clones looked at their glowing, identical companions beside them, and then at the original body.
"Everyone, back to work. We must complete the first stage of the Flying Thunder God Technique tonight."
Naruto stood before the cave, golden Chakra flowing all over his body.
"Roger that, original body!"
Forty golden Narutos replied in unison, then quickly dispersed, each finding a spot to sit cross-legged and train. Then, with their eyes closed, they immersed themselves in learning the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Standing at the cave entrance, Naruto looked down at the golden Chakra cloak flowing over his body. He had unlocked Kurama Chakra Mode, but this was only the first step.
Absolute Control allowed him to suppress the surging Chakra in a short time and achieve basic utilization, but some high-level techniques still required dedicated practice.
It was like a person suddenly being gifted with a thousand pounds of arm strength. Swinging a fist was no problem, but using that strength to thread a needle was a completely different matter.
The most practical aspect of Kurama Chakra Mode was using Chakra to condense extendable arms around the body.
In the later stages, Naruto would master this technique to perfection, using the Chakra Arms to grab distant enemies, protect companions, and even form Rasengans for long-range strikes.
But right now, he hadn't even condensed a single Chakra Arm yet, he had to start from scratch.
"Let's start with the simplest thing first."
Naruto raised his right hand, focusing his mind on the outer side of his shoulder. Golden Chakra welled up from his right shoulder. At first, it resembled a shapeless mist, but under the guidance of his will, it began to stretch and take shape.
Absolute Control played a massive role at this moment. He could precisely perceive the flow direction and density distribution of every shred of Chakra during the shaping process.
His fingers made a grasping motion, combing the Chakra into shape fiber by fiber. A golden Chakra Arm slowly extended from his right shoulder. First came a wrist, then a palm, and finally, five fingers.
This Chakra Arm was larger than his entire body. With its fingers spread, it was a full five meters long, hovering outside his right shoulder and emitting a golden glow under the moonlight.
"It's done."
Naruto exhaled, then frowned slightly. "No, the control precision can still be improved. The Chakra density at the fingertips is too low, the tips will disperse first when grabbing something."
He readjusted the distribution ratio of the Chakra, increasing the density at the fingertips by about twenty percent.
Then, he condensed a second Chakra Arm, this time extending from his left shoulder. It took shape even faster than the right one, taking less than ten seconds.
Two golden palms hovered on either side of his body, fingers slightly splayed, ready to perform various complex movements at any moment.
Adaptation training required an actual object to practice on.
Naruto looked around, his gaze landing on the cave behind him. This naturally formed, semi-open stone cave was too small. Moreover, if he wanted to use this place as a long-term secret training ground, a stone cave less than two meters in diameter was clearly insufficient. He needed more space to stretch his limbs.
"Then I'll use you for practice."