Chapter 950 Sea of ​​Trees

At this critical moment, Sasuke suddenly appeared. He quickly formed a seal and performed a fire escape ninjutsu. The flames collided with the dark tornado water flow, producing a huge water vapor smoke. "Huh, Naruto is always so reckless." Although Sasuke said this, his eyes revealed a trace of worry. While the smoke was thick, Sasuke rushed to Naruto, grabbed him and Sai and evacuated to a distance. Seeing that the prey was about to escape, the water tiger roared and attacked again. Sasuke protected Naruto behind him and drew out the Kusanagi sword, the sword body flashing with cold light. He whispered to Naruto: "You restore your chakra first, leave it to me." Naruto gritted his teeth and began to concentrate on recovering. Sai was also alert to the surroundings. Sasuke and the water tiger started a fierce battle. He was agile and cleverly avoided the water tiger's attacks and kept counterattacking. As for Naruto, after a brief breathing session, he felt his chakra gradually recovering. He clenched his fists, ready to rejoin the battle and defeat Mizutora together with Sasuke.

After Naruto's chakra was almost recovered, he shouted, "Rasengan!" and rushed towards the water tiger. Seeing this, Sasuke cooperated with Naruto and used his sword to draw sword energy to disrupt the water tiger's vision. Sai was not to be outdone and drew a few flying birds to rush towards the water tiger. The water tiger was attacked from three sides and gradually fell into a disadvantage. But it was unwilling to fail, and suddenly absorbed water to swell its body, becoming larger and more ferocious. At this time, Sasuke had an idea and shouted to Naruto and Sai, "Let's attack its weak point in the abdomen at the same time!" The three of them understood. Naruto took the Rasengan, Sasuke held the sword in front, and Sai summoned several beasts to cover. The moment they approached the water tiger, they simultaneously attacked its abdomen. The water tiger let out a deafening scream, and its huge body fell down. After the battle, Sasuke patted Naruto on the shoulder and said, "Don't be so impulsive next time." Naruto scratched his head and smiled foolishly. Sai smiled weakly and said, "Thanks to you." Then, the three of them looked at the sky. The black rain gradually stopped, and the sun began to shine through the clouds. They knew that the crisis was completely resolved.

However, the calm did not last long. The ground suddenly shook violently, and a huge crack slowly opened, from which a strong dark aura gushed out. A mysterious figure slowly rose up, emitting a terrifying evil power.

"Do you think this is the end? How naive." The mysterious man sneered.

Sasuke and the others immediately became alert and took a fighting stance. Naruto was the first to shout, "No matter who you are, we are not afraid of you!"

The mysterious man raised his hand slightly, and a black whirlwind swept in. Sasuke quickly used defensive ninjutsu, but it was easily broken. Sai's attack was also ineffective.

Just when everyone felt desperate, a group of ninjas flew over from afar. It turned out that they were reinforcements from Konoha Village. The leader, teacher Kakashi, shouted, "Everyone hold on!" Many ninjas worked together to release various powerful ninjutsu to fight against the dark power of the mysterious man.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the mysterious man snorted coldly and disappeared into black smoke. Sasuke breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It seems that we need to improve our strength." Naruto nodded firmly, and Sai also agreed. Afterwards, they returned to the village with the Konoha team, ready to face more challenges in the future.

After returning to the village, Sasuke came to the training ground alone. He knew that he was far from enough to face such a powerful enemy. Naruto was also busy, pestering Iruka to learn various ninjutsu knowledge. Sai received special training in the Anbu, hoping that he could protect his companions more effectively in the next battle.

A few days later, news came from the village that several surrounding villages were attacked inexplicably, and the dark aura left at the scene was similar to the mysterious man they had met before. Sasuke, Naruto and Sai volunteered to go investigate.

When they arrived at the first attacked village, they found that the villagers were all controlled by a strange illusion. Naruto tried to break the illusion, while Sasuke and Sai were on guard. Just when Naruto was about to succeed, the mysterious man appeared again. "You dare to come and die." The mysterious man laughed. Sasuke said coldly: "I will definitely defeat you this time." The three of them cooperated tacitly. Sasuke used fire escape to contain, Sai used ninjutsu to create an illusion and confuse, and Naruto found the right time to attack at close range. The mysterious man did not expect them to have made such great progress and was confused for a while. Finally, Naruto used the newly learned ninjutsu to hit the mysterious man's vital point, and the mysterious man finally fell down, and the dark aura dissipated. They smiled at each other, knowing that they had grown a little and had stronger confidence in protecting the village.

After resolving the crisis in this village, the three continued to investigate other attacked villages. On the way, they discovered a secret base hidden in a cave, which was full of strange runes and experimental instruments.

Sasuke speculated that this might be the work of the forces behind the mysterious man. When they explored further, they triggered the trap and countless hidden weapons were shot at them. The three of them dodged flexibly and found the hub that controlled the trap and destroyed it.

Then, they found a scroll with forbidden techniques in a secret room, which mentioned that they could absorb the power of nature to enhance their own strength, but the risk was great. Naruto wanted to try it, but Sasuke stopped him and said he would take it back to the village for research first.

At this moment, the base began to shake and collapse. It turned out that they had triggered the self-destruct device. The three of them hurriedly ran out. After finally escaping from the base, they were surrounded by puppet soldiers outside.

After calmly analyzing the situation, Sai worked with Sasuke and Naruto. Sasuke cut off batches of puppets, Sai drew paintings with sealing power to trap some puppets, and Naruto used powerful ninjutsu to blast a way out. In the end, they broke through the encirclement and successfully set out on the road back to the village, ready to bring the intelligence they obtained to the village to deal with the greater threats that might come.

After returning to the village, they handed the scroll to the Hokage. The Hokage gathered the wise men in the village to study it and found that if this forbidden technique was used improperly, not only would the user's life be in danger, but it could also cause natural disasters in the surrounding areas. So they decided to seal the scroll.

Not long after, news came from the border that a large number of unknown creatures were gathering and were suspected to be heading for Konoha Village. Sasuke, Naruto and Sai set out again to meet the enemy. After arriving at the border, they discovered that these creatures were actually mutant beasts controlled by dark forces.

During the battle, Naruto discovered that these beasts had a core energy source in their bodies. Sasuke suggested that he and Sai attract the firepower, and Naruto took the opportunity to destroy the energy source. After the plan was implemented, the effect was remarkable. But just when they were about to win, the voice of a mysterious man sounded: "Do you think this can stop my plan?"

Suddenly, all the remaining beasts merged together and turned into a huge monster. The monster sprayed corrosive liquid, and the three were unable to resist. At the critical moment, Naruto remembered that he had seen a similar energy fusion principle in the forbidden scroll. He took the risk of using a modified ninjutsu and successfully broke through the monster's protective layer. Sasuke and Sai followed up and attacked together to destroy the monster. After that, the village temporarily returned to peace, and the three continued to work hard to practice and prepare for the next unknown challenge.