Looking at the key before him that could open the seal on the Gelel Ore Vein.
Naruto did not hesitate in the slightest.
Following the method recorded in the Book of Gelel, he directly opened this seal that had existed for who knew how many ages.
The instant the seal opened, Naruto could feel a dense surge of Life Energy suddenly dispersing from the mural before him.
In just a few breaths, the Life Energy spilling from the mural had completely filled the entire Underground Palace.
Even Naruto, with his Uzumaki Bloodline and the Nine-Tails' Chakra, could not help but be deeply alarmed by this Life Energy.
"Is this the power said to be enough to conquer the world?"
"Just a trace of leaked Life Energy is already no weaker than the vitality of the Uzumaki Clan."
Naruto could not help but sigh in admiration, then continued observing the changes in the mural before him.
In the blink of an eye, the outer wall of the already pitch-black mural depicting the empire's destruction began to peel away without warning.
As fine stone chips and dust drifted down, the mural's true appearance gradually revealed itself before Naruto.
"This mural really is abstract."
Naruto could not help making another sarcastic remark. He had never possessed much artistic sense to begin with.
Without the Book of Gelel's description, all he could tell from the mural was that two people were holding hands.
But he did not need to understand it, because the mural soon underwent another change.
The seamless mural split down the middle, revealing a faint, ghostly glow within.
Soon, the crack widened more and more, and the two separated stone walls moved apart to either side.
At last.
After the mural parted, a crystal stone embedded in the mountain, as clear