Hyuga Kagami spread his arms and began absorbing the natural energy nearby, as though he had stirred the tides of the sea, setting off a surging torrent of energy above the Aerial Fortress.
At that moment, visible natural energy surged in from every direction and poured wholesale into Hyuga Kagami's body.
Standing atop the altar, Hyuga Kagami remained calm. The Tenseigan in his eye sockets shone with dazzling light, as though they truly contained the stars of the heavens!
Inside the chakra transfer area.
Shion, Naruto, and Haku almost simultaneously looked up at the Aerial Fortress, their eyes filled with astonishment.
For ninja like them who had mastered Senjutsu, the increasingly violent energy tide around the distant Aerial Fortress was impossible to ignore.
It was like a torch in the night—no, an erupting volcano!
It instinctively left these ninja, who were familiar with natural energy, shaken and even trembling, because that natural energy was simply too vast, too terrifying!
Soon after, Karin, Gaara, and Neji also sensed it.
Although they could not directly perceive natural energy, the natural energy in the distance was too dense and too turbulent. Even without using their eyes, they could sense it instinctively as living beings.
Neji asked, "What's happening over there?"
"It's natural energy, an extremely powerful mass of natural energy!" After a pause, Haku continued, "My lord seems to be drawing in and absorbing that natural energy!"
Naruto clicked his tongue. "Th-this absorption speed is way too outrageous, isn't it?"
Inside Naruto, the Nine-Tails, who was sitting cross-legged with his hands pressed together as he absorbed natural energy, opened his eyes and glanced at the distant Aerial Fortress. A trace of surprise flashed through his gaze before he looked away and said, "There's nothing strange about it!"
Naruto blinked, looking even more confused.