After swallowing Kaguya, the power inside Yi Zhengnan continued to rise. He advanced almost one level every second, and in the blink of an eye, his strength surpassed Naruto and Sasuke's.
Originally, either one of them could have defeated Yi Zhengnan on his own. But in just an instant, Yi Zhengnan's strength had skyrocketed.
No one had expected this. After all, who would go around guarding against something like this? They weren't psychopaths. How could they have imagined that Yi Zhengnan would actually eat people—and that doing so would make him stronger?
What had happened in that instant was beyond anything they had considered possible all these years.
"How could this happen?" Naruto and Sasuke stared in shock, still unable to believe it.
"I knew there was something off about him. So this was what he was waiting for." Senju Tobirama watched Yi Zhengnan with a grave expression.
The shinobi profession didn't exactly value human life. Nearly every ninja received missions to wipe out bandits when they advanced through the ranks, and those missions generally targeted everyone in the bandit hideout, including the old, the weak, the sick, and the young.
No shinobi was softhearted. Even Senju Tobirama himself often conducted human experiments. He didn't place much value on human life, yet the moment Yi Zhengnan swallowed Kaguya—
Tobirama felt an unmistakable revulsion toward him. If even someone like him couldn't accept what Yi Zhengnan had done, what about everyone else? Sakura, especially, had crouched down and vomited at the sight of such a gruesome scene.
"So this is what power feels like?" Yi Zhengnan closed his eyes and savored the steadily growing strength inside him. Advancing a level every second felt incredible. He realized he had fallen in love with the feeling.
He slowly opened his eyes. He no