Speaking of Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura suddenly remembered him. The two of them rushed forward. A few hundred meters away, Sasuke had already fainted, lying on the scorched ground.
The curse mark on his body had receded. When Yoruha and the others reached Sasuke's side, Sakura worriedly held him up. "Yoruha, is Sasuke okay?"
Yoruha smiled and said, "He's fine. Right now, he's doing quite well." "But Sasuke has fainted," Sakura was still very concerned.
Yoruha explained, "Orochimaru's soul imprint has been removed. After this, he just needs to try to master this curse mark."
"This curse mark will become a pure Sage Chakra converter." "Once he masters this curse mark, it's equivalent to entering Sage Mode."
Naruto walked over, looking puzzled, and asked, "Sage Mode?" Yoruha nodded, looking at the curse mark on Sasuke's neck, and said, "As long as Sasuke can skillfully use this curse mark, it's equivalent to entering Sage Mode." "Sage Mode is a state where you can utilize Sage Chakra."
Naruto nodded, half-understanding, "Doesn't that mean Sasuke will be really strong in the future?" "Even without this curse mark, he would be strong in the future.
It's just that with this curse mark, he gains an additional source of power." "However, to make this curse mark function as I described, it needs some modifications."
Yoruha moved beside Sasuke and began forming hand seals. "I'm going to modify this curse mark now." After finishing the seals, Yoruha placed his hand on the curse mark.
As Yoruha's chakra flowed in, the curse mark on Sasuke's neck activated. Runes began to spread across Sasuke's body. The curse mark emitted a fierce orange-red glow.
After the runes spread across Sasuke's body, their shape continuously changed. After a dozen seconds, the runes all retracted back into the curse mark. Yoruha withdrew his hand.
"It's done. From now on, Sasuke can absorb an equivalent amount of natural energy based on his chakra level." "Natural energy won't erode his consciousness." "It's just that his chakra level is still too low to maintain Sage Mode for long."
Thanks to Yoruha's modifications, Sasuke's curse mark no longer harms his body. He can even briefly enter Sage Mode. However, since Sasuke's chakra level is still too low, he probably can't maintain Sage Mode for even a minute.
But it's enough to use as a trump card. "Once he masters this curse mark, his strength will definitely be at the elite jonin level." Yoruha's lips curled into a slight smile.
He found it quite interesting. After all, he had created a Sage Mode. "I wonder how interesting it will be when the Fourth Shinobi World War comes, and Sasuke, after awakening the Rinnegan, can maintain Sage Mode for a long time."
Yoruha thought to himself. Naruto looked at the unconscious Sasuke and, hearing Yoruha say Sasuke could enter Sage Mode, felt a bit envious. "I wonder how strong Sage Mode is."
Yoruha glanced at Naruto and smiled, "You don't need to be envious. Once your chakra is sufficient, you can learn Sage Mode too." "With Sasuke's current chakra level, his Sage Mode can only be used as a trump card."
"You really need to put in more effort, especially on the basics. Your ninjutsu theory is quite lacking," Naruto was told, feeling a bit embarrassed.
"I'll try my best," he replied, though the thought of studying made his head hurt. Naruto really had no interest in learning, and he wasn't particularly gifted in that area either.
The effort he envisioned was training in ninjutsu and taijutsu. That kind of effort he could handle. But when it came to studying theoretical knowledge, he had no interest whatsoever.
Just looking at a book for a few moments would put him to sleep. Yoruha knew Naruto's personality well. But this was Naruto's issue, and Yoruha couldn't help him study.
After erasing Orochimaru's soul imprint, Sasuke found controlling the curse mark much easier and without any risk. Once Sasuke adapted to the curse mark, his strength would far surpass Naruto and Sakura's.
Naruto would need to master Sage Mode and strengthen his basics before he could catch up to Sasuke. At this point, Sasuke was far stronger than he was in the original storyline.
After resolving everything, Yoruha lifted the spatial seal around them and emerged from the alternate space.
Since earlier, Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and Orochimaru hadn't realized they were in an alternate space. Naruto looked around, puzzled by the unchanged environment, and asked, "Yoruha, what's going on? How did the destroyed area return to normal?"
Yoruha explained, "We were in an alternate space just now. The destruction occurred there, so it didn't affect this space." Naruto was astonished, "Your space-time ninjutsu is that advanced? You can actually create your own space."
Sakura was equally surprised, looking at Yoruha. "It's nothing special. It's just a derivative of the Flying Thunder God Technique. It's not that difficult," Yoruha said, making it up, as it had nothing to do with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Creating an alternate space was extremely challenging, a derivative of the Space Sphere technique.
Yoruha simply didn't want to reveal his ninjutsu to them. Sakura and Naruto, unfamiliar with the Flying Thunder God Technique, didn't realize Yoruha was bluffing.
They marveled, "The Flying Thunder God Technique is truly powerful. The Fourth Hokage mastered it, so he must have been incredibly strong back then."
"He was a key figure in ending the Third Shinobi World War, so having such power is understandable." Sakura and Naruto continued the conversation, following Yoruha's lead.
However, even Minato didn't possess space-time ninjutsu like Yoruha's.
In fact, within Yoruha's spatial seal, Minato couldn't use space-time ninjutsu at all. In a sealed space, Minato's abilities would be significantly weakened.
But Yoruha clearly wouldn't be an enemy to Minato; even if Minato were to be resurrected, he'd be on Yoruha's side. After a while, Sasuke woke up. He felt his body was much lighter than before.
He touched the curse mark on his neck. "What's going on? I don't feel any pain."
Sasuke activated the curse mark, feeling the heat it emitted, but his body didn't experience the previous intense pain. Instead, he felt filled with power, a strange but comfortable chakra flowing through him. "Such powerful chakra."
Sasuke looked at Yoruha, "Yoruha, what exactly happened?" Yoruha watched as Sasuke activated the curse mark and explained,
"I've modified the curse mark. It won't hurt as much when you use it, and I've erased Orochimaru's soul imprint from it. Now, you can gradually familiarize yourself with the curse mark. It allows you to briefly enter Sage Mode and use senjutsu chakra."
"The more chakra you have, the longer you can maintain Sage Mode. But right now, entering Sage Mode would drain your chakra in less than a minute, so unless it's absolutely necessary, you should avoid using it casually."
Read 200 chapters ahead at:
[email protected]/ChakraMaster