The first thing Naruto did upon entering the hunting dimension created a thousand shadow clones.
There were many divine arts in this map that he still needed to perfect. Although he had mastered the divine arts of the Sovereigns, there must be knowledge unknown even to the Sovereigns but seized by the common beasts in this map.
With his main body, he headed towards the bosses' nests.
Each boss had a nest, and in these nests, there were elements similar to the gray mist, and the fire tree of the lion boss, among others.
For an entire week in the hunting dimension, Naruto dedicated himself to hunting beasts, absorbing the powers of the Sovereigns, and enhancing the use of the new divine arts, be it the God of Time-Space Art or the other divine arts.
It was a long and highly accelerated process, during which he had to recreate the shadow clones a total of eight times.
As for the profit... Well, let's just say he obtained approximately one million red orbs alone!
It was breathtaking.
The fact that he managed to stay in the hunting dimension for a week contributed to his acquiring so many orbs.
After he came out, Naruto looked at his mental dimension and smiled.
"Alright!" Naruto opened his eyes and clapped his left hand onto his right palm.
Pa!
Getting up, he went to take a shower and get rid of the sweat.
"Okay, it's time to enhance my defense a bit more..." Naruto murmured.
In his mental dimension, a golden and black rune gleamed. Naruto was preparing to use it. But before that, he created shadow clones - this time, he made five hundred of them, filling every room in the house. He distributed the crystal orbs from the second map and the purple orbs among them.
Several hours later, in the late afternoon, Naruto slowly opened his eyes. An intricate golden and black rune shone in his eyes. Immediately after, a robust set of black and golden armor enveloped his body.
The armor covered Naruto entirely. It wasn't particularly fancy, but it was quite thick, emanating a domineering aura. It seemed that his defense was very strong. He stretched out his hand and struck the armor.
Beng, Beng, Beng!
The metallic sound echoed in the surroundings.
Despite being formed by the first divine art of the body, the armor was extremely resistant. Naruto nodded, satisfied. Although not particularly stylish, it was efficient.
Currently, this black and golden armor was only within the familiar domain.
Hmm, he should give a name to this armor. Naruto pondered deeply. Considering that this divine art was related to the body, he decided to call it: Anubis.
Naruto nodded, satisfied with the choice of name. After that, he got up from the bed and stretched.
Before taking a bath and changing clothes, he started to dispel the shadow clones, receiving all the knowledge they had acquired during this time.
After the formation of a planetary seed, a peculiar wave spread throughout Naruto's body. The fusion of the other forces and spiritual cells became much easier. Naruto didn't need to make the slightest effort. As the Natural Energy penetrated his cells, it automatically merged with the cell nucleus. Gradually, small planetary seeds began to emerge.
As an increasing number of these seeds integrated into his cells, present in the Ren and Du meridians, the two channels of energy shone. The state of mortal evolution is also subdivided into nine levels, corresponding to the nine levels of body refinement - skin, flesh, tendons, bones, the five internal organs, and the six viscera, in addition to the twelve main meridians and the Ren and Du meridians.
Complete perfection in the state of body refinement could allow martial artists to open more channels in the state of opening the apertures. Achieving fullness in the state of opening the apertures could grant an individual an impeccable spiritual body.
If there was any flaw in the spiritual body, the defective area would be unable to form a planetary seed. This would make it more difficult to reach the planetary state.
Everything began with foundations. If the base was not solid enough, advancing would become nothing but a distant dream. Only a perfect spiritual body like Naruto's would leave no gaps behind. Each of his steps was meticulously calculated.
The sequence in the formation of the planetary seed was precisely the reverse of the order in body refinement. In the former case, the process occurred from the inside out - starting especially with the Ren and Du meridians. At the moment when all his cells transformed into planetary seeds, he could consider the possibility of breaking through the planetary state. Of course, this was still a distant scenario for Naruto. After all, he was just a beginner in the level one mortal evolution state.
Naruto directed his Natural Energy to the Du meridian and, with great satisfaction, began the transformation of that energy into planetary seeds. With each formation of a new seed, his body became gradually more robust. He deeply relished this sensation of strengthening.
He even felt compelled to assume the lotus position and start Zen Meditation, making use of the purple orbs from the second map.
Naruto was unaware that as his cultivation level ascended, a powerful pressure also emanated from his body. This oppressive force leaked in waves, affecting all the villagers.
Tsunade, who was engaged in a discussion with high-ranking shinobi of the village, glanced towards Naruto's parents' house. What the hell was Naruto doing?
She felt the pressure increasing constantly. It was incredibly intense...
Everyone stood up and left. Along the way, they encountered other villagers, quickly noticing the alarmed expressions on their faces.
"What powerful being is stirring in the village?"
"Are we being attacked by the Akatsuki?"
"Possibly..."
"Wow, this pressure is getting stronger and stronger!"
"I feel like I'm being crushed to the ground!"
"Don't give up! Keep running!"
Those who lived near Naruto fled their homes, seeking a safe place.
At a certain point, Tsunade appeared accompanied by some shinobi, and together they created a barrier around Naruto's house.
"We cannot allow this aura to continue affecting the village, be quick!" Tsunade ordered with an unwavering commanding voice.
"Yes!" Kakashi and the others responded in unison.
Eventually, the pressure began to spread to other areas as well. Luckily, Tsunade acted quickly and, with the help of a high-ranking ninja, managed to establish a barrier around Naruto's house.
"Naruto..." Tsunade looked towards Naruto's house with a complex expression.
Kakashi shared the same sentiment. He was aware of what was happening with Naruto, as well as the fact that he had taken possession of the belongings of his mother and Kakashi's mentor, Minato.
Silence prevailed in the air, as no one dared to utter a single word. All the ninjas could only exchange glances, but deep down, they harbored the same questions. They all felt that Naruto was reaching a level of power far beyond what an ordinary ninja could achieve, something that perhaps only ninjas of the caliber of the First Hokage had achieved before.
After all, this unintentional release of pressure could be largely attributed to a recent leap in his power. Was Naruto truly possessed by some demon? How could someone improve their power in this way?
Meanwhile, the nearby people heard Naruto's name and looked on curiously. Everyone directed their gaze towards Naruto's house, which was now surrounded by a barrier created by the Hokage herself and other powerful ninjas of Konoha.
Naruto was aware that he had released the pressure, but there was nothing he could do about it. As Natural Energy flowed through his two meridians, he could feel improvements in every area of his being. It was as if every cell in his body was being massaged. This felt much more pleasurable than when he used the red orbs to strengthen himself.
Three hours later, the Natural Energy he had gathered completely merged with his Ren and Du meridians. Pieces of planetary seeds sparkled.
Naruto's Ren and Du meridians gleamed with a color similar to the white energy released by the lords of the hunting dimension in his pocket. Naruto could feel that he had formed about 10% of the planetary seeds in his Ren and Du meridians after assimilating all the power acquired by the shadow clones.
If he wanted to continue improving, he would need more orbs, but Naruto had just reached the state of mortal evolution. At the moment, he wasn't in the mood to continue cultivation, nor did he have the time for it. He slowly opened his eyes. Naruto evaluated his power. He wasn't sure what level his combat power would reach when using his divine art with full force, but it should be considerably stronger than before.
In comparison, he should be more powerful using Natural Energy than chakra. Perhaps only by using the full power of Kurama could he match the power of his Natural Energy.
This only underscored how potent the state of mortal evolution was.
As for how powerful he was now, Naruto didn't know. Maybe he was at level 7 or 8 of Mortal Evolution? Perhaps, by using his most powerful attack, he could even reach level 9.
It was hard to say, as he himself was unaware.
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