Konoha: A golden flash from the tomb

(It seems like I've just finished another chapter, save the trouble: the sea tower stone is in place, the passage is opened, Uncle Snake vomits blood and Naruto goes to help him,)

But after Minato returned to Punk Hassad from the moon, his injuries had healed to a great extent. A thunderous gossip could not break his bones. The reason for the slow healing of the wounds was more due to the Overlord wrapped around Kaido's weapon. Color and Armament Color Haki destroys the elemental body of the Thunder Fruit.

After gaining power, you need to bear the burden brought by this power, but it is more impractical to abandon the Thunder Fruit. Speed ​​is the core of Minato's power and the core of his skills.

Knowing Minato's eagerness, Shanks also increased the intensity of training again. The practice of domineering requires practice step by step. In addition to facing the battle of life and death, if you want to grow, you can only exchange it with sweat.

"Apart from Wano Country, are there any other places where sea tower stones are produced?"

After finishing today's training, Minato walked to Shanks' side with his exhausted body.

"Seastones only appear in a specific small area of ​​​​sea, that is, in the country of Wano and its nearby seas. The seastones with the largest production and the highest quality come from the islands of Wano and several small producing areas controlled by the navy. It’s actually better than nothing.”

"It's just a tidal island in the waters of Wano. It's difficult to mine and the quality is average. It's also heavily guarded. The World Government will not allow Kaido to completely monopolize the production of seastones. This is Kaido's appeasement to the World Government. .”

"How much do you need? If it's not too much, I can ask Kaido to give me a favor."

"The purity is over fifty, at least two hundred tons."

Minato had already purchased four batches of seastones from Kaido, with a total amount of nearly one hundred tons, but in order for the roots of the sacred tree to spread, at least twice as many seastones were needed.

"I'll get half of it back for you. One hundred tons is almost the annual trading volume of the World Government. Since this year's trading hasn't started yet, there must be some in the mine."

"Aren't you afraid that the world government will break up with you? This is a big trouble."

"I am a pirate. Before I changed my name, I was a pirate."

Shanks smiled heartily, "And they don't dare to do anything to me."

"Thanks, Shanks."

"It's a small thing, but I can only do this. I can't completely break up with Kaido yet. Although I pursue adventure, I also promised one person that I will maintain the stability of this sea."

There was a hint of apology in Shanks' voice: "Whether it is the navy, pirates or the world government, before the changes in the world settle, I need to let them maintain a certain degree of balance, otherwise the turmoil of the sea will cause The disaster will be the end of the world."

"However, even though I have broken up with Kaido, if you only need the Sea Tower Stone, there is actually another place to get it. Although it is more troublesome than the original mine, it is more convenient than getting it directly from the sea water."

"Where is that?"

Minato, who suddenly regained his energy, moved forward. Since Kaido couldn't sell him the sea stone, he could only continue to risk going to the mines in Wano except to steal the navy.

Shanks raised a finger, then pointed to the sky.

"Sky Island."

"Whether it is island clouds or sea clouds, their composition itself is due to the volcanic eruption that washed up a large number of Pyrobroin particles into the sky. After mixing with water vapor, special clouds are formed due to different densities."

"I was lucky enough to have a banquet on Sky Island, so I have a certain understanding of it."

"But you need to promise me, please don't offend those inhabited empty islands. There are not many residents on the empty islands anymore. There are also many deserted islands in the sky, and those should be enough for you."

"I'll remember that, I owe you a favor, Shanks."

Shanks nodded slightly, and then left gracefully. He is now going to Wano Country to find Kaido to buy him some favor.

"Hashirama, Kimimaro, it's time for us to set off. We have to work hard to get back the gap in the [-]-ton sea tower stone."

The electric-driven spaceship rose into the sky. When they arrived above the planet, they looked down at the planet below, searching for the island in the sky that looked extremely small against the backdrop of the planet.

"Bika...is this my hometown that Enelu destroyed with his own hands?"

After several hours of searching, Kimimaro successfully found an island in the sky hidden behind ordinary clouds. The color of the island clouds was a little darker than ordinary clouds, somewhat similar to dark clouds, but the difference was that the distance was far enough. is almost indistinguishable.

The reincarnation eye made great achievements at this moment.

But after arriving on this empty island with ruins and desolate people, Minato, who looked through Eniro's memories, recognized the name of the island.

Minato was completely unable to understand the idea of ​​destroying his hometown without any scruples just because of differences in certain ideas and beliefs. However, things had already happened and he could not change the reality.

The architectural ruins on Sky Island are all in white. The residents cut the island clouds as building materials to build houses and build their cities. Everything here is completely different from the blue world below.

After stepping on the clouds that were no different from the earth, the three of them couldn't help but feel a little amazed.

Minato took out a glistening branch and handed it to Hashirama who was standing aside. Hashirama, who had activated the fruit's ability, struggled to decompose the branch of the sacred tree.

Although the Sensen Fruit can make Hashirama the incarnation of nature, the life level of the sacred tree is completely beyond what Hashirama can absorb at this moment. Even with Minato's permission to open up and suppress the instinctive resistance of the sacred tree, he can still only decompose the The sacred tree particles are plated on the surface of the roots, so that the area in contact with the sacred tree is enlarged as much as possible.

Just like squeezing a sponge, when the island clouds are shattered by roots, the particles of seastones in them are swallowed up by the sacred trees. Compared with the sea, the amount of seastones in the island clouds is greater than the amount of seastones dissolved in the sea water. A little more.

Almost every cubic meter of Island Cloud can produce one to two grams of pure sea floor stone without impurities. Compared with filtering in seawater, Island Cloud's output is almost several times higher.

What's more, Shima Cloud is different from sea water. Contact with Shima Cloud will not suppress the Devil Fruit. Even if Shima Cloud, which exists in a solid state, comes into contact with the body, the Sea Tower Stone Factor will not suppress the power of the fruit. However, the area is much larger than Shima Cloud. The sea of ​​clouds, which is many times larger, has almost the same properties as the sea.

They are all 'fluids' and will greatly suppress the fruit ability user when they come into contact.

After directly demolishing Sky Island Bika, the harvest was still less than one ton. The huge island turned into ordinary clouds, which quickly dissipated under the strong wind blowing from high altitude. Many fragments of debris were It also fell into the sea of ​​clouds below.

I wonder which lucky person will get this unexpected wealth falling from the sky?Of course, the premise is that the lucky person won't get his head smashed by the objects thrown from high altitude. The special product of Sky Island, Sky Shell, is now considered a very rare treasure in the blue sea.

"It is very convenient to extract Island Clouds, and the yield is good, but... there are probably not many empty islands like Bika in the sky. You still need to rely on Haiyun to collect Hailou Stones."

"Although it's a little more troublesome, the yield is still much higher than that of seawater, about twice as much."

Hashirama, who was controlling the branches stirring in the sea clouds, gave an estimate.

"It's still too slow. If we had started collecting sea floor stones earlier, we might have collected enough in the extra few months..."

"Let's try another way, Hashirama."

Minato, who was watching the rolling sea of ​​clouds, suddenly slapped his head and expressed his thoughts. Hashirama quickly created a frame about a hundred meters long.

Countless slender and flexible rattans were woven into a large net, and the fragments of the sacred tree were evenly distributed on it.

But when the flying boat moved forward at full speed, the large net dragged behind it filtered through the sea clouds below. Most of the sea floor stone particles were absorbed, and a 'sparse' line appeared on the sea of ​​clouds composed of sea clouds. traces of.

The efficiency of obtaining sea floor stones in this way on the sea is too low, but when used in sea clouds with a higher concentration than sea water, the effect is surprisingly good.

Almost one kilogram of high-purity sea floor stone can be extracted with each drag. A 50.00% purity raw ore requires two hundred tons, but the quantity required for sea floor stone of this quality will be halved.

They had forgotten that they were constantly busy in this vast sea of ​​clouds during the three days of alternating day and night, but when they came back to their senses, this vast sea of ​​clouds had been cut into countless fragments by them.

The sea clouds that turned into growing clouds were blown away by the high-altitude strong winds, and the torn sea of ​​clouds was also torn apart by the strong winds. Perhaps at some point they will gather into an invisible sea of ​​clouds, but now, it is It's time to say goodbye.

The spaceship loaded with cargo flew toward the moon. After a short rest, they came to the sacred tree planted on the moon.

As dozens of tons of water poured out, the roots of the sacred tree spread again, and its power to resist the infusion of natural energy increased a little more.

"There is still the last quarter left. If Shanks gets it, the root channel will be able to be penetrated."

"Don't let anything happen, everyone..."

Minato watched as the sacred tree whispered softly, then returned to Punk Hassad.

At the port built by Hashirama, a very familiar-looking ship is docked here. The red-haired pirates' scratched skull flag is flying on the mast of the Red Foss, and there is also a towed behind the ship. On the cargo ship, a group of people holding a banquet and drinking wine at the dock waved hello when they saw the flying boat approaching.

"The sea floor stone has arrived. Due to time constraints, I only got 110 tons. Is it enough?"

"It should be enough." Minato nodded, this amount can almost feed the sacred tree.

"Thank you."

Although I don't need to say too many polite words, Shanks' help was indeed timely. Every minute and every second nowadays is torture for Minato. When he has not confirmed the situation in the ninja world, he has been thinking about it. Never gave up.

"Want to go see it together? To the moon?"

Upon hearing Minato's invitation, Shanks paused briefly, then nodded, "I'm curious too."

The roots of the sacred tree emerged from Minato's hand and pierced into the warehouse full of ore. After completing the initial refining, the spaceship took off again and returned to the moon.

The towering sacred tree looked extremely small when compared with the moon, but after getting closer, Shanks was slightly surprised by the giant tree that was thousands of meters high.

The location where the sacred tree takes root is at the North Pole of the moon, which is a permanent shadow area without sunlight. Minato is not worried that someone on the blue planet will be able to observe the existence of the sacred tree.

"Even if this is a man-made miracle, it is still a breathtaking spectacle. Perhaps only the mangroves rooted in the red earth continent... can have such a huge size."

"mangrove?"

Minato asked with some confusion as he dumped the sea stone.

"The Shampoo Islands are islands woven by the roots of mangroves. From the Fishman Island, which is [-] meters under the sea, to the red earth continent towering into the clouds, they are all places where the roots of mangroves spread."

"As far as I know, long before the establishment of the World Government, when the Kingdom of Gods still existed, mangrove trees were already living in this world, but now, no one can see where the trunk of the mangrove tree is. "

Shanks has been exploring the mystery of the 100-year disappearance, and because of this, he has also gained many things that people have never known in his constant adventures. Whether it is the Kingdom of God or the mangrove, Minato is the first to do so. Hear.

"Is this the passage to your hometown?"

Shanks pointed to the portal woven by the roots of the sacred tree and changed the subject.

"That's right, but it's different from when we came here. When we came here, the time we experienced in it was much slower than the time in the outside world. If we go backwards from the passage..."

Minato expressed his guess.

"It is very possible that we have spent ten, 20 or even more years in it, and only one or two months have passed outside, maybe even shorter."

"Of course, if you haven't walked through it personally, this news may not be accurate. Now I want to open a safe passage that is not affected by the flow of time in the passage. I left the seeds when I came here. Now I will germinate the seeds. It turned into roots connecting the two places."

"Aren't you afraid that someone will come in from here and force their way to your hometown?"

Shanks looked at Minato thoughtfully. He liked Minato's frankness and sincerity, but as a friend and teacher, he also needed to be reminded of this issue.

"The sacred tree is me, and I am the sacred tree. The opening and closing of the passage can be done by my thoughts. Without absolute control, I dare not take such risks. After all, my hometown is too weak compared to this place. ."

"To be honest, there are not many people who can stand firm in this world like me and withstand the pressure of this world."

Although the sage mode has begun to be promoted, it is already a big deal for dozens of sages to appear among the hundreds of millions of people in the ninja world, not to mention the need to complete the practice of the Eight Gates of Dunjia. After possessing the strength and strength of at least seven gates, After perfecting the sage mode, visitors to the ninja world can not be overwhelmed by heavy pressure the moment they come over.

Soon, Minato ended his chat. With his mind focused on sensing the spread of the roots of the sacred tree, he entered a vague fugue state. His perception and consciousness extended all the way along the roots of the sacred tree, towards the exit at the end. Explore.

But after the last seed sprouted and grew, the earth of the moon suddenly shook slightly. After the sacred tree of the moon found an outlet, it successfully let its roots completely occupy the entire underground of the moon, and the outlet of natural energy... ..

The calm sky in the ninja world began to change color. The sacred tree growing in the ninja world stretched its body crazily. The dense leaves almost covered the entire area of ​​Konoha City. Amidst Orochimaru's heart-wrenching screams, the experiment The floor of the room was instantly crushed and turned into ruins.

"Uncle Snake...are you okay?"

Naruto, who had quick eyes and quick hands, supported Orochimaru's shaky body and asked with concern.

"I...poof~"

Orochimaru gritted his teeth as blood spurted out.

"If you don't give me an explanation! Minato, I'm not done with you!"

"What are you still doing? Rescue the data! Idiot!"

The murderous Orochimaru divided hundreds of clones and worked with the staff. Although he said so, his eyes never left the entrance of the tunnel woven by the sacred tree from the beginning, waiting nervously and eagerly. .