Naruto's Journey to Training

After some introductions to each other, Tornado and the others also fully understood the composition of this S-level adventure team.

It can be said that these people are either the second generation of imperial officials or the second generation of emperors.

In response to this, Tornado began to look at Ace with some suspicion. After all, the second generation is not very reliable.

He had reason to believe that the Adventurer's Guild forcibly promoted this group of second-generation adventurers to S-class adventurers in order to please the emperor or high-ranking officials of the empire.

Ace seemed to feel the gaze from Tornado and blinked at her.

Then the two of them walked towards a quiet place nearby.

"Ace, exterminating a symbiote dragon-level monster is no joke. You can find a group of second-generation duo, is that appropriate?"

As soon as they arrived at the place, Tornado couldn't help but mutter.

Ace was speechless for a while.

"Do you think the emperor's brother is a loser, or do you think the little princess of the prime minister's family got to the top by relying on connections?"

"Isn't it!" Tornado rolled her eyes without showing any weakness.

Ace smacked his head for a second.

"Tornado, I can only say that you are overthinking it. Please don't use ordinary society to measure the empire!

Besides, I am the leader of the Salus Adventure Group, and I will never joke about the lives of my team members.

Not to mention Sasuke and Naruto, let’s just talk about Hinata. She is not only the little princess of the empire’s most powerful family, but also the apprentice of the Emperor of the Empire, and possesses the most advanced bloodline limit, the Rinnegan.

With her presence, we can not only get the greatest security guarantee in exploring and detecting the enemy.

Even if she faces a dragon-level monster, she is still the absolute main force in our team. Don't underestimate them just because they are the second generation. It is a very difficult process for adventurers to upgrade to S-level. Without strength, even if you are a royal family, the world's adventurers will not buy it. "

After hearing Ace's explanation, Tornado was silent for a moment. "Are they as powerful as you say? Why do they look so young to me?"

“Haha, if we, Salus, are called the new superstar among adventurers, then the Nine-Tailed Fox is the one in the Adventurer’s Guild who is most likely to reach the top of the 99th level of the ladder.

Although I don't want to admit it, Naruto-senpai and his men are definitely our most difficult opponents in the future!"

Ace gave a wry smile.

"Okay, I'll trust you for now. When will we set off?"

Tornado raised her head and asked, no longer worrying about the identities of Naruto and the others. Ace didn't look like he was joking.

"The sooner the better!"

After saying that, the two returned to the team again. Naruto, who was originally communicating with the hero team, looked at Ace suspiciously.

"Ace, where are you guys going? Are you..." Naruto stretched out his voice with some sarcasm.

Seeing this, Ace quickly said, "No, we just went over to talk about what to do later!"

"oh....."

Naruto obviously didn't believe it, but as a senior in the Adventure Guild, he didn't want to make fun of his juniors easily.

Afterwards, the group made some preparations and boarded the empire's special transportation for exploring the wild. Accompanied by the roar of the huge engines of three off-road vehicles full of futuristic technology, they quickly set off towards their destination.

Along the way, Naruto looked at the abandoned city, with a hint of fluctuation in his eyes.

"It seems that this world has experienced a great disaster in the past!"

"Naruto-kun, with the Empire here, I believe the light of civilization will soon return here!"

Hinata held the furry Nine-Tails and sat next to Naruto and said softly.

Naruto retracted his gaze from the window, "Yeah! But now I am more and more looking forward to that dragon-level monster. I hope they can hold out longer in our hands!"

"Hmph! Just two weirdos! What's there to look forward to? In my eyes, they are nothing but pets that can be easily destroyed!"

Sasuke supported his head with one hand, and looked through the car window with his scarlet eyes, carefully observing every move outside the car. There was a hint of disdain in his eyes, but his focused and vigilant look obviously did not show as much arrogance as he said.

Chogoku and Atomic Samurai, who were sitting behind them, couldn't help but look at each other after hearing the conversation between the two.

"Are they always like this?"

Atomic Samurai asked Zoro on the far right, and Zoro gently wiped the sword in his hand.

"That's about right! After all, they are the only two S-level adventure groups in the Adventurer's Guild, so they have the strength to say that."

Then the entire convoy gradually fell silent, and the only sound in the quiet and empty wilderness was the roaring engines of three off-road vehicles.

The entire convoy drove in the no-man's land for three full days, and naturally encountered many attacks from strange creatures during this time.

But they will be wiped out soon. After all, this team can be said to have gathered the strong men from three worlds. Unless they encounter new dragon-level monsters, it will not be enough to make them go all out.

During this period, Tornado and others finally understood the magic of this almost second-generation adventure group.

No matter how the monster attacks, it can be detected quickly and eliminated at an extremely fast speed.

Sometimes they didn't even have to get out of the car, and Naruto and others sitting in the front could eliminate the monsters with unexpected moves.

The black flames that appeared out of nowhere, the huge hand that seemed to control the invisible gravity, or the terrifying blue darts with sharp sounds, all made the S-class hero team see clearly how terrifying the strength of the so-called S-class adventure group of the Adventure Guild was.

There are many ghost-level monsters among them, and these monsters used to make them busy and confused for a while.

Now each of them is like an ant that can be crushed to death at will, dying so casually.

At this point, Tornado finally understood why Ace said that Naruto and others were the strongest opponents they would face in the future.

Another two days passed, and suddenly Ace stopped the SUV.

"It's right here! Naruto-senpai!"

Ace, who was sitting in the front vehicle, looked at the map in his hand and spoke to Naruto behind him.

Naruto slowly turned his gaze in that direction, and saw a vast and boundless forest in front of him.

The sunlight shines through the gaps between the branches and leaves, forming patches of mottled light and shadows, but at this moment the forest is unusually quiet, as if time has stopped here.

There was no sound of insects or birds chirping around, even the rustling of leaves in the wind disappeared without a trace.

This kind of deathly silence is creepy. You know, for a forest of such a large scale, such a situation is simply unbelievable.

A group of people got out of the car one after another, and they stared quietly at the peaceful yet mysterious forest in front of them.

A chill rose involuntarily in everyone's heart, and that vague feeling of danger loomed over them like a shadow.

"It seems that there is no mistake. The monster is lurking in this forest. Let's go in and take a look!"

After saying that, Naruto led the team inside, followed by Sasuke, Hinata and others. At this moment, their expressions were not as relaxed as when they first arrived, because they could more or less feel that something was wrong here.

Ace and his group followed closely behind, only to see Tina opening the small backpack on her back. Several round machines quickly flew up and began to explore the surroundings.

But after a moment, Tina frowned.

"Brother Ace, my electronic equipment doesn't work!"

Ace was stunned for a few seconds, then he touched Tina's furry head and asked, "Can the drone be taken back?"

Tina shook her head. "It was normal at first, but after being a hundred meters away from us, those devices had no signal at all!"

"Well, Tina, I get it!"

At this time, Hinata in the front also opened her Byakugan to the maximum, but a fog slowly rose.

It only took a few seconds to block everyone's vision. Hinata's Byakugan, which could see far away, could not see the situation in front of her at all. Everything in her sight became white.

"Naruto-kun! Be careful, my view is blocked!"

"What, Hinata even blocked your view!"

Naruto's surprised voice was heard, and the whole team stopped collectively in an instant.

"Hinata-senpai, how is this possible? Can't your eyes see through everything?"

Ace asked hurriedly, because the spread of his observation Haki was severely blocked.

At this moment, it was like being stuck in a quagmire. The area that originally covered thousands of meters suddenly became so large that he could only see the area that was in line with his line of sight.

"Humph! You think a mere mist can defeat me, Tornado? Watch me!"

After saying this, a strong wave of mental power emerged from Tornado's body. In an instant, a strong wind blew over, stirring up a hurricane that spread in all directions.

However, after everything was calm, the surrounding fog just surged, and the scene in front of me was still white.

At this moment, everyone knew that this fog was definitely not simple, as it could actually block all prying eyes.

"Don't waste your time. We are clearly caught in a large-scale illusion. The illusion has actually been activated since we stepped into this forest!"

Sasuke's cold voice sounded.

"Yes, what should we do now?"

Sasuke rolled the four-magatama Sharingan in his eyes.

"There's no other way. Now we can only try to find this guy's true form!"

After saying that, Sasuke activated his eye technique. In an instant, the ground around him began to surge, and the entire earth began to rise and fall like layers of waves.

The sound of "rumbling" is endless.

Tornado and the others were horrified to feel a violent tremor happening around them.

"What kind of power is this? Why do I feel like the whole world is shaking?"

Superalloy Darkshine exclaimed.

"Don't be nervous, this is Sasuke-senpai's eye technique. He is changing the surrounding terrain. Apparently, everything that is happening to us now is related to the trees in this forest."

As Ace explained, the fog around them really began to dissipate, and everyone could see everything clearly again.

They discovered that the place where they were standing was an extremely tall mountain. The height of this mountain almost surpassed everything around it. At a height of thousands of meters, they could see the entire forest at a glance.

Only then did they see clearly that in the center of the forest, there stood an equally tall tree. On the trunk of the tree grew a gigantic human face, and on the densely packed branches hung countless dried and rotten corpses.

And at the top of the tree, a giant black crow was lying on the crown of a huge bird's nest that looked like it was built with countless bones.