"Sasuke! Naruto!"
Sakura jogged over to her two fallen teammates and used the Mystical Palm Technique to heal them, but it failed without exception. She simply could not help either of them quickly shake off their weakened state.
Naruto's condition was caused by the Five Elements Seal and Orochimaru's Chakra disrupting the balance within his body. He needed to slowly recover as his body adapted. The Mystical Palm Technique could only alleviate physical injuries; it did nothing for the Chakra rampage caused by the sealing technique. As for Sasuke, his condition was entirely due to the Curse Mark's side effects.
Although the Curse Mark could grant tremendous power, it used Chakra to alter the recipient's constitution until it approached Jugo's state. The process was excruciating, and most people who received the Curse Mark might die during the first stage.
Sasuke was naturally no ordinary person. Relying on his willpower, he endured the pain of the transformation and obtained a different kind of power from that foreign Chakra.
"Sasuke..."
Sakura looked at the Curse Mark continuously spreading across Sasuke's body, worry appearing on her face.
"Don't worry. I've never felt better."
Sasuke felt the power surging through his body. Unlike his inexperienced counterpart in the original story, he was now much steadier and did not lose himself after suddenly gaining immense power.
"This energy is very similar to the Natural Energy that, according to the clan's secret scrolls, can only be possessed in Sage Mode. Then, can I use it to cultivate that technique..."
Sasuke sensed the power brought by the Curse Mark within his body. Before Gu Sheng left the Naruto World, he had also left the Uchiha Clan some secret techniques and knowledge. After the incident six years ago, most of those things had been left in the