Naruto: Talent Analyst-Chapter 183: Six Paths Sage Mode

The empty and silent Shikkotsu Forest was full of pale and bare woods.

The trees here are bare and their color is like white bones, so it has the title of "damp bone forest".

Among the large white forests, large and small Katsuyus are scattered around. These Katsuyus are all clones of the main Katsuyu.

In the entire Shikkotsu Forest, there is actually only one living body, Katsuyu.

Katsuyu's body is extremely huge.

Standing under it and looking up fills a person's entire field of vision, making it impossible to see the whole picture.

Now, in a place where the natural energy concentration is relatively high, Yuta was sitting cross-legged.

Beside him, there was a one meter long Katsuyu, watching boredly.

The natural energy of the entire Shikkotsu Forest was rapidly gathering toward Yuta.

The natural energy here was now so dense that it was visible to the naked eye.

However, Yuta was like a bottomless pit.

Facing this massive amount of natural energy, it was still all absorbed into his body.

"It feels like Yuta-kun is about to change."

Katsuyu, who was beside Yuta, muttered.

It had a very strange feeling. It seemed that Yuta was undergoing some kind of metamorphosis.

Thinking of this, Katsuyu breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, it's about to end now.

Otherwise, the natural energy of Shikkotsu Forest might not be enough.

In the short period of time since Yuta had come to Shikkotsu Forest, the natural energy of the entire forest had already been consumed by a full one-third.

The concentration of natural energy had dropped significantly.

Fortunately, there was only one creature in Shikkotsu Forest, Katsuyu.

If the place was Ryūchi Cave or Mount Myōboku, this kind of consumption likely could not be sustained.

"Any moment now!"

The tentacles on Katsuyu's head moved, keenly aware of the changes in Yuta.

The roots of Yuta's hair turned white.

The whiteness continued spreading, and at the same time, Yuta's absorption of natural energy became even faster.

Boom!

The entire Shikkotsu Forest was almost boiling.

The natural energy spread throughout the forest was all mobilized at this moment and gathering toward Yuta.

Katsuyu, who was lying quietly in the forest, observed the scene but did not intervene.

With the influx of this massive natural energy, Yuta's transformation accelerated.

His hair turned completely white, and his entire body began to transform.

His body, which had been sitting cross-legged on the ground, automatically floated upward.

His entire figure radiated a terrifying aura—like a god!

Click!

The ends of his hair turned fully white, and bits of debris fell off.

Yuta opened his eyes, and an astonishing aura spread out from him before quickly settling down.

At this moment, Yuta floated cross-legged in the air. His chakra and the natural environment fully integrated.

Ordinary sensory ninjutsu could no longer detect his presence.

"So, this is Six Paths Senjutsu. I see."

Yuta murmured to himself as he carefully felt the changes in his body.

Katsuyu tilted it's head curiously and asked, "Like the Sage of Six Paths? Did you master the Six Paths Senjutsu, Yuta-kun?"

"What is the difference between Six Paths Senjutsu and the Senjutsu of the three sage regions?"

Back then, after the Sage of Six Paths had visited the three sage regions, he had mastered Six Paths Senjutsu and ultimately defeated Kaguya.

However, the exact nature of the Six Paths Senjutsu remained unclear to the Sages of the three sage regions.

Yuta floated cross-legged in the air, and pondering for a moment.

Then he explained, "It's more of an evolution than just Six Paths Senjutsu."

"The so-called Six Paths Senjutsu is a method of absorbing natural energy and incorporating the power of nature into oneself."

"The reason it's called Six Paths Senjutsu is because it requires the power of Six Paths as an introduction."

Awakening the Rinnegan is considered the preliminary step to mastering Six Paths Senjutsu.

With this foundation, one can gather massive amounts of natural energy and complete the transformation of their life level.

This is a leap in the level of life!

"Perhaps, this can be regarded as the true Six Paths level. In the history of the ninja world, only the Sage of Six Paths and his brother have likely reached this level."

Yuta continued slowly, "Mastering the power of Six Paths requires special conditions. Even among the Ōtsutsuki clan, very few can achieve it."

"And evolving through Six Paths Senjutsu after mastering the power of Six Paths is somewhat like the God Tree absorbing natural energy."

"The God Tree absorbs a large amount of natural energy and produces the Chakra fruit, granting immortality to those who consume it."

"Although evolving through Six Paths Senjutsu is slightly inferior, the transformation of life has already begun."

Katsuyu tilted it's head in confusion.

It understood the part about the God Tree.

The fruit of the God Tree was what Kaguya had consumed to obtain her immortality.

And the Six Paths level...

"Why does it feel like Yuta-kun knows more about ancient matters than me?"

Katsuyu was curious.

It had lived since a thousand years ago.

Why did it know less about these secrets?

Yuta chuckled softly but didn't answer.

He stood up and glanced around Shikkotsu Forest, sensing that the natural energy had diminished considerably.

The current natural energy was probably less than half of what it had been before his arrival.

In this short time, he had already absorbed more than half of the natural energy in Shikkotsu Forest.

Yuta murmured to himself, "Sure enough, the number of true powerhouses that a planet can sustain is limited unless there's a way to replenish it sustainably."

The Ōtsutsuki clan plant the God Tree, draining the natural energy of entire planets to produce Chakra fruit.

In doing so, the entire planet becomes a barren wasteland.

When Kaguya had consumed the God Tree's fruit, it had not yet drained all of the planet's natural energy.

This allowed the world to slowly recover.

However, this recovery process was extremely slow and would take hundreds or even thousands of years.

"In return for absorbing so much natural energy, I will take on the responsibility of defending the world against any future threats." Yuta promised Katsuyu.

The tentacles on Katsuyu's head twitched as a thought occurred to it.

Katsuyu asked, The future enemies of the world... Are you referring to the people Kaguya feared back then? Who are they?"

Who could possibly frighten the seemingly invincible Kaguya?

As for the depleted natural energy, Katsuyu didn't mind. After all, it was the only being that required natural energy in Shikkotsu Forest.

With time, the natural energy would gradually recover.

If the energy could be used to cultivate a protector for the world, it was well worth the cost.

"A group of people who like to plant trees."

Yuta paused for a moment, wearing a strange expression.

Suddenly!

For the first time in a long while, the voice of the system echoed in Yuta's mind.

[Congratulations! Host's comprehensive strength has upgraded to the Six Paths level.]

[The Host's overall strength has advanced by one stage. System is analyzing new talents...]

[Analyzing Ōtsutsuki Hamura's talent...]