What Is Combat Experience?

"That's ridiculous?"

Naruto exclaimed in shock and quickly retreated.

With the boost from the Nine-Tails' Chakra, coupled with his body being strengthened by the System numerous times, his speed was almost comparable to the Body Flicker Technique.

In less than two seconds, Naruto had retreated over ten meters.

Uzuki Yugao wasn't as lucky.

She leaped up and retreated to a tree branch, only to be attacked from both front and back by two Root ninja.

However, Uzuki Yugao's swordsmanship was skilled, allowing her to fend off both Root ninja simultaneously.

Boom boom boom!

Beneath the trees, where Naruto and Uzuki Yugao had been standing.

Various ninjutsu bombarded the area, creating explosions.

The commotion from the ninjutsu was loud enough to surely alert the Ninja Academy teachers who had brought them.

More Root ninja, seeing Naruto attempting to escape, quickly disengaged and pursued him.

Naruto continued to retreat while forming hand seals.

"Adamantine Sealing Chains - Modified!"

Five golden chains imbued with sealing power floated in mid-air.

Naruto controlled these Adamantine Sealing Chains to attack the Root ninja.

Clang clang~

The Root ninja drew their ninja swords and struck the Adamantine Sealing Chains, producing the sound of steel colliding.

Due to the overwhelming number of opponents, some still managed to reach Naruto.

Naruto casually pulled a kunai from his waist and slashed at them.

The Nine-Tails Chakra Cloak could greatly enhance Naruto's speed and power.

But the Root ninja seemed extremely confident in their own strength, or perhaps they simply didn't know what danger was.

The Root ninja who charged to Naruto's front raised their ninja sword and slashed at him.

The kunai and the ninja sword collided.

With a bang.

Sparks flew.

The Root ninja sword shattered in response.

Logically, the quality of a Root ninja's sword should be much higher than a kunai.

But upon closer inspection.

Naruto's kunai had been infused with a lot of Nine-Tails Chakra.

After shattering the ninja sword, the kunai was used by Naruto to stab the Root ninja in the chest.

The combat experience Naruto gained through the System came into play at this moment.

His gaze locked onto the pursuing Root ninja, and he bent down, reaching for the Root ninja clutching his chest.

Then, Naruto quickly retreated.

When the pursuing Root ninja arrived at Naruto's previous position, they were engulfed by a sudden burst of flames.

It turned out.

Naruto had just reached into the defeated Root ninja's storage pouch and activated all the explosive tags stored inside.

Explosive tags don't perform very well in the original story.

But that's because the enemies they faced were usually Kage-level, or even Super Kage and Six Paths level.

Undeniably, the power of explosive tags was still considerable.

The three or five Root ninja who were at the front couldn't react in time.

They were directly blown away, their bodies ulcerated, rendering them unable to act.

Without medical ninja, they would likely die automatically before long.

Naruto hadn't been idle during this time either.

He went and came back, snatching a ninja sword from an enemy who was half-dead from the explosive tags.

With the five Adamantine Sealing Chains delaying them, only six Root ninja were left who could catch up to Naruto.

Naruto charged forward, holding the ninja sword in his hand.

Six well-trained Root ninja didn't hold back, surrounding Naruto.

The two sides engaged in close-quarters combat.

But...

One of the Root ninja's ninja blade slashed towards Naruto.

Naruto, however, acted as if he didn't notice.

The ninja blade smoothly pierced Naruto's forehead.

Yet, no blood flowed out; instead, his form began to flicker and fade.

"Is this a Clone Technique?!"

The ninja exclaimed in surprise.

At the same time, a scream echoed from a distance.

It turned out Naruto had used a Clone Technique to delay the six pursuers.

His main body had returned to eliminate the Root ninja who were dealing with the Adamantine Sealing Chains.

On the other side.

Uzuki Yugao had successfully dealt with two Root ninja.

However, her condition was not good, with blood flowing from one of her arms.

Uzuki Yugao rendezvoused with Naruto and then said to the remaining six Root ninja, "Give up. Naruto Uzumaki isn't as weak as you imagine, and the Nine-Tails is also helping him."

"Once the Hokage arrives, if you are captured alive, your identities will be exposed."

"You don't want to see your superior caught doing bad deeds, do you?"

A few words were enough to make the Root ninja hesitate.

Originally.

They had never expected Naruto to be this strong.

Not only did he possess extraordinary physical abilities, but he also had the Nine-Tails' support.

He even had incredibly high combat experience.

They were all experienced Root ninja.

People who had been doing Danzo's dirty work for years.

Assassinations, battles, almost every day.

But now?

With so many of them, they were being toyed with by Naruto.

Even if the six of them attacked Naruto and Yugao together now, it wouldn't achieve anything.

Even if they could kill Yugao, or even subdue Naruto.

The members of the Sealing Team were already dead.

Therefore, this mission had failed!

The Root ninja exchanged glances and turned to flee the scene.

The battle had erupted and ended in just under two minutes.

After the Root ninja retreated.

Yugao sheathed her ninja blade and collapsed onto the ground, her face contorted in pain.

Her arm had been cut, the wound was deep.

Naruto looked down at it and immediately panicked, "Holy crap? What do we do?"

Although Naruto was very strong.

He had gained physical strength through the System, several powerful ninjutsu, the Senju bloodline, abundant combat experience, and decent taijutsu.

However, Naruto's knowledge did not extend to first aid!

Yugao's delicate lips were tightly pressed together, her face pale.

She struggled to stand up and walked towards the river, leaving a trail of bloodstains along the way.

Seeing this, Naruto followed and took out a kunai to cut open her sleeve.

After removing the sleeve, Naruto saw the gruesome wound on her arm.

Blood was dripping down her arm, staining the fair skin a scarlet red.

Yugao said to Naruto, "I have medicinal powder and bandages in my ninja tool pouch."

"Oh..." Naruto reached out and took the ninja tool pouch from her waist.

Then he found the medicinal powder and bandages inside.

During this time, Yugao scooped up some river water to rinse the wound slightly.

"This is it, right?" Naruto asked Yugao, holding a small bottle in his hand.

Yugao nodded.

Naruto opened the cap, poured the powder into his palm, and pressed it onto the wound.

Yugao's expression shifted slightly, and she let out a soft hum.

After that, Naruto bandaged her up with gauze.

"You're really calm," Yugao said, looking at Naruto's serious expression. She couldn't help but praise him, "Just as expected of his descendant."

Naruto's demeanor was nothing like a ninja academy student's.

Yugao had only seen that kind of composure and experience in battle from the Head of Anbu...

Only the Head of Anbu possessed Naruto's calm and seasoned demeanor in combat.

This was too terrifying. Could Minato have become a ghost and secretly taught Naruto?

Seeing that Yugao's condition had improved, Naruto spoke, "Let's head back to the camp to rest. Thank you for your help this time."

Although.

Even without Yugao, Naruto wouldn't have been in trouble.

But she had helped, after all.

So he still needed to thank her.

Yugao chuckled, "What a polite little fellow~"

Seeing the handsome young man Naruto's serious face, she couldn't resist reaching out with her uninjured hand and pinching his cheek.

Naruto suddenly felt a strange sensation...

The two returned to the camp and found Sakura Haruno, who was trembling with fear and hiding in a tent.

It was obvious that Sakura Haruno had also heard the sound of the ninjutsu explosion.

She was very scared!