Forest of Death

After gaining a fairly thorough understanding of the skills he was about to train in, Qian stopped lingering in the room. He quickly packed up his gear, then went out and headed for the Uchiha clan's Training Ground.

However, when he arrived at the Training Ground, he discovered that quite a few people were already there.

Qian could not exactly be called socially anxious, but he had many secrets, and he had long since grown used to training alone, so he did not want to practice with these people.

With that thought, he simply left the Uchiha clan's Training Ground and headed straight for a dangerous area within the village—the Forest of Death!

Standing on a large tree, Qian looked at the circular forest ahead, more than twenty kilometers in diameter, and listened to the roars of beasts within. After observing it briefly, he vaulted over the wall and leaped inside.

As soon as he arrived here, he sensed an oppressive aura.

However, that was all there was to it.

As a venue used by Konoha for certain important rounds of the Chunin Exams, its danger was only relative to low- and mid-ranked ninja.

For a Kage-level expert like Qian, it was no different from an ordinary forest.

Wait—

There were still some differences.

Qian raised his eyes and looked toward a certain spot in the forest.

The next moment, a beast resembling a tiger, but with a sharp horn on its head and a faint flow of chakra within its body, appeared in his sight.

It circled him, constantly shifting position, as if searching for an opening.

Seeing this, Qian's heart stirred. At a certain moment, he took a slight half step back, withdrew the aura around his body, and showed a frightened expression.

Sure enough, the very next