"Pfft!"
Shihōin Naraku spat out a mouthful of blood!
The senjutsu chakra produced by Ryūchi Cave's Sage Mode and Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode clashed wildly inside him, severely damaging his internal organs.
But Naraku's regenerative ability had already reached an inconceivable level. Even though his internal organs were badly injured, they returned to normal in the blink of an eye.
"Looks like I got ahead of myself."
Naraku sat cross-legged and dispersed the natural energy and senjutsu chakra inside him, allowing his body to settle down again.
"I thought combining the two different Sage Modes from Ryūchi Cave and Shikkotsu Forest might create even stronger senjutsu chakra, but I overlooked the conflict between them."
Naraku had obtained Ryūchi Cave's Sage Mode through the Lottery!
He had only just learned Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode from the Katsuyu Sage!
In Naraku's view, combining these two powerful Sage Modes into one would surely bring him even more benefits.
He had never expected the two Sage Modes to give him such a big surprise right at the start.
If he could resolve the conflict, getting hurt would hardly matter.
But Naraku could see no way to resolve the clash between the two Sage Modes inside him, so he abandoned the idea for now.
"I still feel that, although the two energies clash violently, merging them isn't impossible. There must be something missing."
"What could it be?"
Sitting cross-legged on the grass, Naraku propped his chin on one hand and began to think.
Right, of the Sage Modes of the Three Great Sage Lands, he had only mastered two. There was still one he had yet to learn.
Mount Myōboku's Sage Mode!
Perhaps the absence of Mount Myōboku's Sage Mode was precisely why such a violent conflict had occurred.
If he could master all three