Konoha.
"I want to go to Shikkotsu Forest."
"Sure."
The blonde beauty immediately traced a complex Summoning Technique with chakra, then touched her fingers to the ground.
Reverse Summoning Technique, activate!
Tsunade, who had inexplicably felt a sense of impending danger, was learning how to be submissive.
Even if it felt awkward to her.
In the next instant, the fabric of space-time warped slightly. Their bodies and minds seemed to twist together into a single rope. In the blink of an eye, they left Konoha and arrived in a strange place. Then they returned to normal.
Shikkotsu Forest lay before them.
A mysterious land of inheritance, on a par with Ryūchi Cave and Mount Myoboku.
It was home to Katsuyu, who could divide herself, heal, and attack. Her founder, Katsuyu Sage, had been born in the same era as Gamakichi and had witnessed Otsutsuki Kaguya ruling the entire planet.
Senju Hashirama's Sage Mode had also been taught by Katsuyu Sage.
"First, learn the basics. Once you've mastered them, you can develop and expand the technique on your own until you can safely absorb Natural Energy from other worlds."
After settling his teammates in, Uchiha Xiu never forgot that his own strength was the foundation of everything.
"This forest has existed for more than a thousand years."
Once they landed safely, Tsunade, who was something of a local, took the initiative to explain.
All around them stood vast stretches of towering trees, their dense foliage blocking out the sky.
Beneath their feet lay a boundless swamp.
The air was thick with Natural Energy.
In the terms of a cultivation world, this was a paradise of spiritual energy.
By all logic, a primeval forest and wetland of this scale should have nurtured plenty of high-quality ninja beasts.
But after a quick look