Konoha: The New Will of Fire

"Art fire escape ho fireball!"

The fire escape chakra condensed in the mouth poured out in one breath, and the blazing flames turned into a huge fireball and rushed towards the head like a mountain.

The flames with a temperature of over a thousand degrees instantly burned all the branches that were chopped down above the head into charcoal. The fireball rose to a certain level and exploded with a bang, like a rain of fire falling all around.

The menacing vines could only retreat in the face of natural enemies like flames. The surrounding area was instantly empty. Sasuke shouted: "Retreat!"

After saying that, Sasuke quickly rushed outside, followed closely by Naruto and Sakura. The three of them used the sea of ​​fire to push back the vines and branches before escaping from the big tree.

This kind of scene didn't just happen to Naruto, every team encountered this situation. The surrounding trees suddenly attacked, and various animals appeared in the forest... no... I should say monsters.

There are tigers with three heads, snakes with two heads, tiger heads with leopard bodies... These monsters are not only powerful, but also full of aggression.

The entire forest comes alive, attacking the intruders who rush into the forest.

Faced with this situation, the strong team easily responded and solved the crisis. The weak team was either killed by the wild beast or caught by the trees, swallowing all the chakra and life.

This sudden change disrupted the plans of all the teams. No one thought that this forest was actually alive, and both plants and animals became enemies.

"Damn, what the hell is going on?"

Shuiyue swept out the big knife in his hand, and the sharp blade easily split the big tree in front of him in half. Suiyue resisted the big knife with his shoulder, and said with an annoyed look: "There are endless trees that can attack everywhere, this forest What is it? Why do these trees seem to be alive?"

Shuiyue had many doubts in his heart, but no one gave him answers.

It wasn't just Shuiyue who was also confused. The surviving team all had such doubts. For a moment, everyone was at a loss when facing this living forest.

However, the teams that were able to persevere until this moment are all excellent. Everyone quickly found different ways to deal with it. Some stayed away from the forest and approached the stream, and some directly relied on their strong combat power to run rampant in the forest and cut down the attacking trees directly. In half.

"Shadow binding technique. Strangulation!"

Shikaku exerted a little force and controlled the shadow to break the neck of the six-legged white wolf in front of him.

"call…"

Shikaku breathed a sigh of relief, looked around, and suddenly realized: "So that's it. The secret of this forest is here. I finally understand it. No wonder the jonins keep it secret."

"What do you mean? Why are all the animals in this forest such monsters? Not only the animals, but also the trees, as if they are alive."

Listening to Ino's complaint, Shikaku ignored it and said to himself: "If my guess is correct, these monsters should be the failed products of Orochimaru-sama's failed experiments, and this forest is probably also the result of Hokage-sama and Orochimaru's failure. The adults worked it out together."

At the same time, Naruto's side.

Sasuke was analyzing the previous situation: "The entire forest is alive. It seems that this is why it is called death hell."

"But how is this done? How can plants attack humans as if they are alive?"

Sakura looked puzzled. She had already come into contact with medical ninjas and was reading related books. According to common sense, it is impossible for plants to have consciousness.

Naruto spoke at this time: "I know a little bit. One night I heard my father say something. He said that only ninjas would be attacked in that place. He didn't object."

Sasuke had some understanding: "Now it seems that this forest is what the Fourth Hokage said. I understand a little bit. These trees do not have consciousness and life. They just have an instinct to swallow chakra. That's it." Like eating, they sense chakra and attack."

"It seems that it should be so."

Sakura nodded, only in this way could she explain everything they had experienced.

Sasuke frowned and analyzed in a deep voice: "If you want to reach the center, you have to go through the forest. Entering the forest means fighting the entire forest, and facing attacks from all directions all the time. This is not the biggest thing. The difficulty, the biggest difficulty is the rest of the teams.”

Sakura was a little confused: "What do you mean? Why are there other teams?"

"Because we want to snatch the tokens," Naruto interjected and explained: "When Master Shisui announced the rules, he did not explain how many tokens there were, but judging from the fact that there are only ten places in the arena competition, the number of tokens will never exceed ten. The number of teams participating in the second exam was 41.”

"In other words, even if all the tokens are found, only ten teams will be able to pass the exam."

"hiss…"

Sakura, who understood, couldn't help but gasp. Such few tokens meant that the fight would be extremely fierce, which meant that the battle was unavoidable.

Not only did she have to face such a harsh environment, but she also had to face such a fierce battle. This exam was too difficult, and Sakura felt discouraged.

Sasuke glanced at Naruto, took over Naruto's words and said: "The real danger has not yet come. If you want to pass the exam, finding the token is necessary, and it can also increase the success rate."

Sakura heard this and asked in confusion: "But if we find the token, doesn't it mean that we will attack everyone?"

"Battle is unavoidable, and we will face battle even if we don't find the token. In this case, it is better to find the token, so that we can take the initiative."

After Naruto finished speaking, he looked at Sasuke and asked directly: "You must have paid attention, Sasuke, let me know if you have anything to pay attention to."

"I can't say it's a good idea. I just thought that instead of taking the initiative, it's better to wait and see. This forest is so large, and trying to find a small token in such a large area is no less difficult than finding a needle in a haystack, so my The idea is to go directly to the central mountains and wait.”

Naruto and Sakura's eyes lit up when they heard this.

"What a great idea. Whoever finds the token must climb the mountain. When the time comes, we just need to snatch it from those who climb the mountain."

Seeing how excited Naruto was, Sasuke immediately poured cold water on him: "Things are not that simple. It's not just us who thought of this method, I'm afraid there will be many people. Although my method avoids the embarrassing situation of looking for tokens, but But we need to face a higher-intensity battle.”

"Fight? I can't wait."

Naruto looked eager to try, without the slightest fear in his heart. Instead, he hoped to fight against the geniuses of the remaining ninja villages. Only by practicing in battle could he improve his strength.

Although Sakura was a little worried, looking at Naruto and Sasuke, the fear in her heart disappeared. She knew very well how strong these two people were, and with these two people, there would definitely be no problem.

"I'm fine too!"

However, the three of them didn't know that a crisis was coming towards them.