Catastrophe Dragon Lord

Ten days later, a lightly equipped team of adventurers set off from the fortress city of [Ye-Lantir] and headed towards the Great Forest of Tob, north of the city.

The Great Forest of Tob, which surrounds the southern section of the Azerlisia Mountains, is a vast primeval forest with a U-shaped distribution, providing humans with abundant biological resources—herbs, timber, and game.

However, the depths of the forest are also home to a large number of dangerous Magic Beast, so ordinary humans can only carry out gathering activities within a range of about one hundred meters on the periphery of the forest.

Adventurers with some skill will venture deeper in search of more precious herbs or other treasures, where visibility will drop rapidly to about ten meters due to the dense trees.

At the same time, the monster's figure will rise rapidly, and you could be attacked by the monster lurking in the darkness if you're not careful.

But that's all in the past.

A wide cement road, constructed using Earth and Wood Ninjutsu, leads directly to the junction of the northern Great Forest of Tob and the Azerlisia Mountains.

The three great rulers of the forest—the great southern Magic Beast [Wise King of the Forest], the powerful regenerative battle ogre [Eastern Giant], and the [Western Demon Snake], whose upper body is that of a human elder and whose lower body is that of a snake—were all captured and brought to Konoha.

The remaining weaker monsters were even less of a concern. The only thing that rendered the Combat Ninja helpless and even caused many casualties was a giant plant-type monster discovered deep in the northeastern part of the Great Forest of Tob through a thorough search!

According to the ninja's detection, its strength surpassed that of an ordinary Kage Level. Chiyo of Sunagakure was defeated and forced to retreat under the attack of the Demon Tree.

If the Demon Tree weren't so difficult to move, Chiyo would most likely have perished on the other continent.

"Your Leader, according to intelligence from the Siren Theocracy Iwagakure, the Demon Tree, known as the [Catastrophe Dragon Lord] Setolqui, was one of the many terrifying monsters that appeared hundreds of years ago when the sky suddenly ripped open. It possessed the power to destroy the world, and was later defeated or sealed away by the True Dragon Lord."

Uchiha Takeyasu, who was traveling in a clone, was accompanied by Minako Uzumaki, who was riding a warhorse.

Uchiha Takeyasu sat on a four-legged beast that looked like a hamster, with silver fur and a snake tail. Its body was over two meters long, and its tail, covered in snake scales, was over twenty meters long. Its soft fur had the feel of a top-quality sofa.

This monster was none other than the [Wise King of the Forest] Kusuke. After having over ten kilograms of blood drained from it and having some of its fur and scales cut off, it was used as a mount by Uchiha Takeyasu and roamed the Great Forest of Tob.

Upon returning to his homeland, Kusuke wore a bittersweet smile, a smile of relief at having narrowly escaped death, and walked briskly on the solid cement road.

Its sensitive nose can detect the countless monster skeletons buried beneath the earth.

Therefore, while Kusuke felt extremely fearful of the important person sitting on him, he also felt an inexplicable sense of peace.

Follow the big shots, and you'll get three meals a day.

Behind Kusuke were Chiyo riding a horse and several Sunagakure ninjas handling miscellaneous tasks.

The three women of the [Four Weapons] were also by his side. Uchiha Takeyasu sent them out to broaden their horizons. Among the humans of the Mana Continent, adventurers of the Orichalcum Level were already rare experts.

However, in the ranking system of the Ninja World Continent, they are only around the level of Chunin. Facing a powerful demonic tree like the [Catastrophe Dragon Lord] is enough to broaden their horizons and prevent them from becoming complacent.

Chiyo gazed at Uchiha Takeyasu ahead, her mind racing, and she couldn't help but recall the scene when she first encountered the Demon Tree.

It was a tree with a trunk that was a hundred meters tall, and six tentacle-like branches that were over three hundred meters long. In the center of the trunk, below the open mouth, there were terrifying serrated rings. Its powerful aura was like that of a beast about to go berserk, and it was at least Five-Tails Tailed Beast.

(Just like the Ninja World Continent, the Mana Continent has both incredibly weak individuals and monstrously powerful ones!)

A sense of unease crept into Chiyo's heart—she was doing well with Uchiha Takeyasu, but she wondered what Bunpuku's unit, the One-Tails Jinchuriki, would face upon arriving in the Desert City.

If a being like the [Catastrophe Dragon Lord] existed, the Sunagakure could truly fall into Abyss if they weren't careful.

Fortunately, Hanzo of the Salamander was also weakened by the Bahamas Empire's counter-ambush, leading to a true stalemate in the war with the Empire.

The war between Iwagakure and the Siren Theocracy is progressing at an increasingly slow pace. With Amegakure serving as a cautionary tale, the Fifth Generation Han is becoming increasingly cautious in the face of the strongest Slane Theocracy in Strongest Human.

Among the three Kage villages, Kirigakure is the most powerful. In its conquest of the Agrand Council Nation, it has chosen the same strategy as Konoha against the Re-Estize Kingdom, constantly replacing the local demi-human race administrators. Recently, there have been rumors that it has encountered a formidable obstacle.

The fact that the top three Kage villages were all in trouble gave Chiyo a sigh of relief. She no longer had to worry about the Sunagakure falling far behind. In her heart, she sent her blessings to Bunpuku and his group, who were far away in the vast desert—hoping that everything would go well for them.

Unaware of Chiyo's thoughts, Uchiha Takeyasu slowly said, "The essence of the Mana Continent is no less than that of the Ninja World Continent. First there was the True Dragon Lord, and now there's an object from New World. Let's practice with [Catastrophe Dragon Lord] Setolqui."

"Minako, this battle is in your hands."

In battles at the Six Paths level, Uchiha Takeyasu struggled to control himself, but in battles below the Six Paths Uchiha Takeyasu, he remained confident.

Minako Uzumaki responded with a gentle and confident smile.

Time passed slowly, and when the cement road came to an end, the group walked into the forest, where they soon came to a desolate scene.

A towering, Cthulhu-like demonic tree, with six winding, dragon-like branches and tentacles, pierced the earth. The surrounding trees and earth turned gray at a visible speed, and all life was being taken away by the demonic tree, becoming nutrients for its own growth.

The people of the Ninja World were alright; they knew that there were enormous Tailed Beast in the world, but when they saw [Catastrophe Dragon Lord] Setolqui, they were simply shocked.

However, the three women of the Four Imperial Knights stared in disbelief at Setolqui, which lay sprawled across the earth, like ants looking at an elephant. Their very existence instinctively gave rise to the thought that they were no match for it, and their past smugness was completely shattered.

"For those who are level 80 or above but haven't reached level 90, Minako is the perfect fit."

With his consciousness connected to the Sea of Magic, Uchiha Takeyasu used his powerful Spiritual Power insight technique to discover the [Catastrophe Dragon Lord's ] power level. At the same time, the strong aura of another dimension emanating from the opponent stirred something within him.

(Looks like I won't be lonely anymore.)