Mount Myoboku.
At the Toad Oil Waterfall, as Hyuga Yu completely entered that state of "in this world, only I exist," Fukasaku Sage—who was observing the situation from the side—saw what was happening, and his pupils suddenly shrank!
On the other side, inside the oversized "hamster" generator, Toad Gamabunta, who had been running to generate electricity, also came to a sudden halt. While gasping heavily to calm his heart rate, he abruptly snapped his head up, as if... sensing that something incredibly terrifying was about to happen!
This reaction was rooted in the extraordinary sensory capabilities of Mount Myoboku's Toad Clan. They possessed a nearly 360-degree panoramic field of vision, coupled with a motion detection capability that was highly sensitive to fast-moving objects.
It was precisely because of this that a toad's eyes could keenly capture any moving object within its line of sight.
However, this moment was different from any other time in the past. Gamabunta was instantly horrified to discover—it wasn't just a specific object or a "prey" within his field of vision that was moving. In his sight, the entire world, after the gap of a microsecond blink...
Had begun to move!
Every single grain of sand on the ground began to sway. The leaves of plants and even the root systems buried deep within the soil layers trembled. Water droplets on the leaves shook violently and shattered. Insects and ants, not knowing what was happening, immediately began to crawl out of their nests in swarms, migrating further away. Primate creatures began fleeing from the forests around the Toad Oil Waterfall toward more distant locations...
At this very moment, the entire world had "moved" in Gamabunta's eyes!
"What... what is going on here?"
"Is something about to happen?!"
Gamabunta's heart skipped a beat, and he pulled back his neck, inexplicably shivering. His gaze rapidly shifted to the root cause of all this commotion—
It was none other than that small yet majestic figure sitting cross-legged right in the center of the open-air laboratory!
Gamabunta did not know who he was, what his name was, or why he had come to Mount Myoboku.
Gamabunta only knew that this youth was terrifyingly strong!
The very instant they met, the boy had given him the impression of a man whose power far exceeded his own, someone standing at the very peak of the food chain!
And right now, it seemed an incredibly terrifying transformation was occurring within this person. Looking for the source that caused all of this, Gamabunta immediately lowered his head and turned to look down at Fukasaku Sage, who was standing right next to the youth. "Elder!"
He instantly asked in an urgent tone, "Is this young... is this gentleman training in Sage Jutsu? But how can training in Sage Jutsu trigger such an exaggerated commotion?!"
Down below, Fukasaku Sage's pupils had shrunken almost into a single horizontal line, and he could not help but mutter to himself, "How... how is this possible? It has been less than an hour, yet he has already sensed natural energy. Little Hyuga's training efficiency is simply too insane!"
"And..."
"Not good!"
Fukasaku's expression changed drastically. He abruptly looked up and shouted at the top of his lungs toward Gamabunta, who was inquiring about the situation: "Gamabunta, leave this place immediately!"
"Little Hyuga's training speed is too fast—so fast that he seemingly cannot adapt to this transformation! Furthermore, the sheer volume of the natural energy spectrum he could sense right from the start is far too exaggerated. The natural energy of Mount Myoboku is now frantically converging toward him!"
"An even greater disaster is about to happen very soon!"
Hearing this, Gamabunta's face trembled, and a look of terror flashed in his eyes. As a high-ranking member of the Toad Clan, Gamabunta had also trained in the senjutsu arts; in fact, an extremely powerful sage chakra resided within his body right now. Upon hearing Fukasaku Sage's words, he instantly understood the meaning behind this scene—this was by no means a commotion that could be caused by Toad Sage Jutsu. Gamabunta had never seen anyone who came to Mount Myoboku seeking the way of the sages achieve what this man was doing... Fukasaku Sage had likely taught this Little Hyuga the ancient, impossible-to-master method of Sage Jutsu cultivation.
For that ancient style of senjutsu training, the method itself was inherently ambiguous, relying entirely on intuition. It was just like tearing a martial arts manual to shreds, leaving only a title to hand over to someone for training—whether one could cross the threshold depended entirely on fate.
Yet neither Fukasaku nor Gamabunta had expected that Hyuga Yu... had actually pulled it off!
And the current commotion was merely the beginning. As for what would happen next, absolutely no one could predict it!
The root cause of this phenomenon was:
There were many types of natural energy, encompassing a considerably vast spectrum. Even Toad Sage Jutsu could only select a portion of it to absorb into the body and fuse into sage chakra.
But right now, Hyuga Yu seemed to have shattered that limitation!
His body unexpectedly appeared compatible with nearly all types of natural energy. Moreover, his own baseline chakra was incredibly massive, comparable to a Tailed Beast!
With this kind of 1+1+1 combination, the resulting effect was bound to be far greater than 30!
Gamabunta was instantly left dumbfounded and shocked by this unexpected turn of events. But he quickly snapped out of it and looked urgently at Fukasaku Sage. "Elder Fukasaku, if I leave, what will you do?"
Fukasaku's face was solemn, and he immediately bellowed, "You must leave! If you don't go now, by the time Little Hyuga's acceptance of natural energy increases further, the sage chakra inside your body will be forcibly pulled out if you stay here, sucking you dry!"
"My senjutsu cultivation is stronger. Staying here allows me to suppress a portion of the rampaging natural energy, preventing Little Hyuga from being instantly assimilated by it."
"But if things continue like this, he will soon turn into a natural wonder, just like the Stone Toad Forefathers!"
"Gamabunta,"
"Hurry and seek help from the Great Toad Sage! As things stand, only the Great Toad Sage can suppress a disaster of this caliber!"
Hearing this, Gamabunta also realized the severity of the situation. He nodded fiercely and was about to turn around to leap away, intending to jump a hundred meters in a single bound toward the Grand Toad Sage's temple on the northern side of Mount Myoboku.
However, right at that moment—
"——RUMBLE!!!"
As a terrifying, muffled boom echoed from the horizon, Gamabunta raised his head in horror. He suddenly saw that the entirety of Mount Myoboku had unexpectedly turned dark!
The heavens and earth darkened abruptly, and dark clouds swirled violently!
Above Mount Myoboku, the air currents visibly warped, twisted by an invisible force into dozens of transparent spiral channels that swirled toward the center. It looked like a massive, swirling grindstone. Starting from a mere twenty square meters, it expanded at lightning speed, swelling to 500 meters, 1 kilometer, and then 5 kilometers!
Moreover, it was visible to the naked eye that this colossal atmospheric grindstone would continue to expand!
Where the spiral vortex cast its shadow, the atmospheric pressure plummeted, causing countless living creatures to look up in horror as their breathing became extremely difficult!
Right at this time, in the northern part of Mount Myoboku, inside the center of a massive temple that was clearly not built for humans, beneath a high wall constructed from countless giant scrolls, a toad sat high upon a giant green stone chair. He was massive in stature, with an orange body, a face full of wrinkles, wearing a set of prayer beads inscribed with the kanji for "Oil" and a scholar's cap. This ancient toad suddenly snapped his eyes open. This giant toad was none other than the founder of Mount Myoboku, the one who prophesied the words of the "Child of Prophecy" and guided Jiraiya and the future Naruto Uzumaki onto the path of saviors—the Great Toad Sage!
At this moment, his expression shifted slightly. He turned his head, looking toward the southern side of Mount Myoboku, as if seeing something worthy of nostalgia. Straining to force his eyelids wide open, he muttered a sentence in astonishment: "That is..."
"Six Paths Sage Jutsu?"
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