"Going to the Shikkotsu Forest?" Shiyu was also somewhat bewildered. He had already mastered the immortal techniques of Ryūchi Cave and even become a new Snake Sage, yet he was going to the Shikkotsu Forest again.
"Are you serious?" Shiyu asked again to confirm.
"Of course!" Tsunade replied in an unquestionable manner.
"Slug Sage! Please take this little brother with you." Tsunade pleaded again, and then the Slug Sage's clone crawled onto Shiyu's body.
Shiyu instantly understood why Suigetsu wanted to rub salt into these guys' wounds.
"Sticky. As expected of a slug. Of course, Shiyu could only think about it."
"Are you ready?" The Slug Sage then vanished with a "bang," taking Shiyu with him.
"That kid! I hope you'll come back with something!" Tsunade then left Konoha to search for Jiraiya.
Shiyu followed the Katsuyu to a new scene, surrounded by a vast, dense forest. The trees were covered with enormous leaves that blocked out the sunlight.
Even though it's daytime, you can't feel much sunlight here at all.
The soil beneath Shiyu's feet was also very soft.
"What... what is this?" Shiyu felt something wriggling under her feet.
The Katsuyu immediately replied, "Don't worry, that's just a split offspring of the Slug Sage, just like me."
However, as soon as Shiyu stepped onto another spot, she felt a strange "wriggling" sensation again.
"What is this again?" Shiyu felt the soft sensation again.
"Sorry, this is still a clone," the Katsuyu said again.
"Oh my god." Shiyu originally wanted to return to Konoha to check if there were any problems with his Konoha Bank. Besides, he hadn't even learned the Eight Inner Gates yet, and now he'd been brought to Shikkotsu Forest.
"These are all my clones. You just happened to be standing in the wet soil. You should be standing on top." After the Katsuyu reminded him, Shiyu immediately did a few cool front flips and walked onto solid ground.
Shiyu angrily retorted, "Is it still a split entity?"
"No." The Katsuyu shook its head, pointing to its antennae.
Shiyu saw that this time it was indeed not a split body, but a human skull. With a thought, Shiyu activated his eye technique and discovered that the surroundings were full of human skeletons.
"You Katsuyu... are you all murderers? How can you have so many human remains?" Shiyu couldn't help but complain.
"No, these people were all trying to enslave the Katsuyu's body, but they were melted by the acid sprayed out by the body," the Katsuyu explained.
"Since humans know the location of Shikkotsu Forest, it must not be far from Konoha's forests?" Shiyu guessed.
The Katsuyu then said, "That's not the case. Shikkotsu Forest is located on an island in the ocean, quite far from Konoha Forest."
"What!? On an island in the ocean. "Shiyu was also a little confused.
He used his pupil technique to observe his surroundings, and sure enough, the edge of his vision stretched out to the boundless sea.
"It's called Shikkotsu Forest because we Katsuyu don't like sunlight and prefer to live in soft, damp soil. This island is sheltered from the sun and is very humid, making the whole environment more suitable for us," the Katsuyu explained.
Shiyu nodded. "I see. So how can one receive the Slug Sage's inheritance?"
The Katsuyu immediately jumped to Shiyu's feet and merged with the other split entities, becoming a giant Katsuyu much larger than Shiyu.
"Next, please follow me to my true form," the giant Katsuyu reminded him. "Remember, you must walk in the same places I have walked before."
The Katsuyu didn't explain why, but Shiyu quickly understood.
Large amounts of acid were flowing in some areas, there were sticky substances on the ground from time to time, and there were also swamps where one could easily sink in. In short, the ground environment was extremely dangerous, and even Shiyu was much more cautious.
After following the Katsuyu for a while, we finally arrived at our destination.
"There's nothing here," Shiyu reminded him, but the giant Katsuyu said, "Don't be impatient."
Then the giant Katsuyu leaped forward as if diving, and immediately swarms of Katsuyu appeared out of nowhere all around it.
Shiyu was also startled; for someone with trypophobia, this scene would be absolutely devastating.
In less than ten seconds, the Katsuyu all gathered together and eventually merged into one enormous Katsuyu.
"Wow, it's huge! It's enormous!" The Katsuyu in front of me is definitely much bigger than the White Scales serpent in Ryūchi Cave.
"Are you the Slug Sage?" Shiyu asked, though she already knew the answer.
"Shiyu, I am only one-tenth of the Slug Sage's true form, "the Slug Sage said.
"Lady Tsunade means for you to inherit my skills, but I'm not good at fighting." The Katsuyu shook its head. "I only have four special skills. Once you learn these four skills, then you will have inherited the Slug Sage's Senjutsu."
Shiyu nodded and said, "I've already received the inheritance from Ryūchi Cave. The immortal Senjutsu there are more suitable for head-on confrontations or sneak attacks. Combat ability is actually what I have the least to lack right now. If there are any auxiliary skills, please teach me as much as possible!"
Shiyu naturally wanted to develop herself in a more comprehensive way.
After hearing what Shiyu said, the Slug Sage replied, "I'm sorry, I don't quite understand what you mean by 'head-on confrontation'."
"In short, let me briefly explain my four abilities."
"The first type is group healing ability. It can quickly transfer chakra from my body through Katsuyu to achieve a healing effect, but the extent of the healing depends on the amount of chakra the user has."
"I know that, which is why Tsunade developed the Hundred Healings Technique, which saves the people of Konoha from danger every time." Shiyu nodded.
"Yes, the ability to split should also be counted as part of my healing abilities. Compared to Ryūchi Cave, as a Katsuyu, I'm not good at fighting," the Katsuyu said quite honestly.
Shiyu also expressed her understanding.
"The second ability is acid, which is an offensive technique. If we understand it in human terms, would you consider it a Kekkei Genkai? You could think of it as a rather special Kekkei Genkai," the Slug Sage said.
Shiyu also thought of a certain person.
"Tongue-Tooth Acid, is that considered Lava Release? I wonder what Mei Terumi is doing right now?"
"My third ability is that my body contains extremely powerful Senjutsu Chakra, which is Natural Energy. What you see now is only one-tenth of what I possess."
"If I could summon my entire being, I would even possess the power to bring the dead back to life," the Slug Sage said with great confidence.
"Resurrection?!"