The sea was a great place to train!
Covered in blue-purple snake scales, Uchiha Naruto proved surprisingly adept at swimming, surging several hundred meters along the seabed in one go like a dragon entering the sea.
Compared with Yoyogi Park, the seabed of Wakasa Bay held even more abundant natural energy, greatly accelerating Uchiha Naruto's progress in training his Sage Transformation.
Conversely, however, his natural energy fell out of balance more frequently, and more quickly.
Unlike his panic when he first lost control, Uchiha Naruto now had nothing to fear. He calmed himself and felt the natural energy moving through every part of his body.
"Glug, glug-"
A few bubbles escaped Uchiha Naruto's mouth. He stroked the scales on his cheeks with his clawed hand, a hint of curiosity flashing through his slit pupils.
"The natural energy in the sea is no different from the natural energy in forests on land. I thought losing balance while training Sage Transformation in the sea would turn me into a toad..."
In the world of Naruto, only the Three Great Sage Lands possessed traditions of Sage Transformation.
They were Mount Myōboku, Ryūchi Cave, and Shikkotsu Forest.
The animals people turned into after failing their Sage Transformation training differed as well.
Those who failed their training at Mount Myōboku turned into toads, eventually becoming stone toad statues that remained at the Toad Oil Waterfall forever; those who failed at Ryūchi Cave turned into snakes and were swallowed by the White Snake Sage before they could turn to stone; as for Shikkotsu Forest, that remained unknown for now.
Before entering the sea, Uchiha Naruto had wondered whether the natural energy in the ocean might differ from that on land.
Then he could turn into a snake on land and a toad in the sea.
That