Inside the laboratory.
Naruto wrapped his right hand in Nine-Tails Chakra, held up the meteorite from beyond the Ninja World, and brought it before him to observe it closely, sensing the power within.
It was an irregular round stone, its surface pitted with many depressions, and pale purple mist burned over it.
That purple mist was a special energy released from within the meteorite. It was similar to Chakra, yet different, and it poured out endlessly, as if inexhaustible.
Naruto could feel that this power could help shinobi refine Chakra, restore Chakra, and strengthen Chakra.
But when Naruto held it in his hand, the meteorite also gave off another strange energy fluctuation. The waves came one after another, as if it carried its own vitality, producing a pulse.
This strange energy fluctuation also attached itself to the Chakra wrapped around Naruto's arm as the original energy was released, and it continuously eroded the Chakra on Naruto's hand.
Naruto narrowed his eyes slightly, carefully observing the frequency at which the meteorite released its energy.
To describe it more vividly, it was radiating this strange energy in a regular pattern, like ripples spreading when a stone fell into a calm lake, yet the rhythm was hard to grasp.
At times fast, at times slow; at times surging, at times faint.
After holding it for a long while, Naruto felt that the strange energy on the meteorite was far too weak. Even after all this time, it still had not eroded away the small amount of Chakra he had covered over the surface of his body.
He figured he might as well experience it personally, and planned to directly absorb some of the energy released by the meteorite.
"My Lord, if you absorb the energy inside it, it will cause extremely serious harm