"Who are you?" the burly, barefoot man in black asked warily, tightening his grip on his massive sword as he stared at Naruto, who had suddenly appeared.
"The one who's going to kill you." Naruto could not be bothered to waste words. He activated Time Acceleration and appeared before the man, trailing a string of afterimages.
The burly man's pupils contracted. Without hesitation, he held his massive sword before him like a door to shield himself, but he was still a step too late. The Heavenly Thunder Sword plunged viciously into his body, and lightning destroyed every one of his internal organs.
He was dead beyond any doubt.
With a calm expression, Naruto picked up the man's Storage Pouch and sent his divine sense inside to search it carefully.
A few seconds later, his expression shifted. A silver page flew out of the Storage Pouch, and he caught it in his hand.
The corners of Naruto's mouth lifted. A ball of flame rose from his palm, and he began burning the Silver Page.
Soon, the Silver Page's outer layer began to melt, gradually revealing the brilliant gold beneath. At last, a golden page appeared before him.
With a flick of his hand, Naruto fired several streaks of sword aura at the Golden Page.
This sword aura was an auxiliary spell art he had gained by cultivating the Azure Essence Sword Art.
When the sword aura entered the Golden Page, it vanished like a stone sinking into the sea, without eliciting any reaction.
Naruto was not disappointed. Instead, excitement surged through him, because only a genuine Golden Page connected to the Azure Essence Sword Art would absorb sword aura rather than be destroyed by it.
Once the Golden Page absorbed enough sword aura, the inheritance contained within it would burrow into