I just activated my Eternal Eye and joined the chat group!

"This! This is completely the power of the Fountain of Life, isn't it?!" Ban exclaimed in shock. The earth had undergone a similar change when he used his blood to irrigate the Fairy Forest before!

As time went by, Escanor gradually got used to and mastered this feeling. The light on his body gradually subsided, but the aura of life became even stronger. He just stood there, like a walking fountain of life, bestowing vitality upon all things.

This scene completely stunned everyone.

But Escanor ignored them and looked behind them instead.

With Elizabeth's healing, Merry has slowly regained consciousness, but his eyes are now cold and indifferent, a far cry from the captain they know.

"Oh? Still want to fight?" Escanor smiled. "If you want to fight, I'm always ready!"

Escanor wasn't just talking nonsense. Having grasped the other side of the sun's vitality, he can now enter an invincible state at any time, and Merry is definitely no match for him at this moment.

Merry stood up and said, "I didn't expect you to have actually reached this level. Was it that person who guided you before?"

“That’s right, he’s the one who told me about this method.” Escanor readily admitted it, as it wasn’t something he was trying to hide.

“That’s impressive. I never imagined the power of the sun could be used like this in all these years.” Merry said coldly, “What happens next is none of your business. Get out of here.”

"Hey, Captain~ you're not planning another solo operation, are you?" Ban teased.

"This is my own business and has nothing to do with you."

With that, Merry chanted a spell, gathered the commandments from the ground, and, carrying his foolish brother in one hand and Elizabeth beside him in the other, flew up and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Captain!"

Everyone felt saddened to see Merry disappear, but they also understood that with their current strength, it was impossible for them to get involved in Merry's affairs.

In the distance, Sasuke, who had been watching the spectacle, shook his head and said, "Merry still intends to become the Demon King and use the power of the Demon King to shatter the curse on him and Elizabeth."

"Isn't there really no other way?" Ah Ling said, biting her handkerchief. "Three thousand years, watching the person she loves die in front of her one hundred and six times, Merry is truly miserable!"

"Why did you suddenly become like this?" Sasuke's expression changed slightly.

"That Demon King and Goddess are insane too. Do those two just have to fight? They're both supreme gods who have transcended the world, I don't know what they're fighting over!"

Sasuke completely agreed with this, and he also felt that these two supreme gods were utterly oblivious to the fact that Chaos had abandoned them.

"Let's go, there's nothing left to do here. Let's go back and continue eating, drinking, and having fun!"

Chapter 165 If you die, your family...

In the world of gourmet food, a year has passed in the blink of an eye. Sasuke has obtained the free experience entrusted to him, parted ways with Rin, and returned to their respective worlds.

"We were gone for a year, and only two months have passed here?"

When she got back, Karin looked at the digital clock on the coffee table, which showed that their year wasn't over yet.

"So, I'm a year and a half older than Naruto now?!" Sasuke said, stroking his chin with a serious expression.

"Don't worry about these weird things..." Kaguya said with a sidelong glance, "I'm going to dry the room."

As she spoke, Kaguya went to the basement, lit the stove, and turned on the underfloor heating.

Sasuke and Karin came out decisively and sat comfortably by the lake to cool off.

A short while later, Kaguya also came out in casual clothes.

~

That day, after finishing his training, Sasuke planned to take a stroll around Naruto's place.

Are you coming back for lunch?

"necessary!"

In Naruto's office.

Wow~

A spatial ripple appeared, and Sasuke appeared in front of Kakashi.

That's right, the person working in Naruto's office right now is none other than Kakashi, the Prime Minister of the Population Department.

"Kakashi? Why are you here?" Sasuke asked.

Kakashi glanced at Sasuke and said helplessly, "Because Naruto discovered that I can turn into a pink dragon, he used this to blackmail me into doing his job."

"Kakashi-sensei, if you don't want others to know you're a..."

The phrase suddenly popped into Sasuke's mind, and he shook his head repeatedly to dismiss it—it was just too offensive!

Sitting on the sofa, Sasuke laughed and said, "It's just a pink dragon, what's so shameful about it?"

Kakashi glanced out the window and shook his head, saying, "You wouldn't understand! By the way, what do you need Naruto for? He's not in town right now."

"It's been so long since I've seen him, I'm planning to go over and catch up."

"That's really unfortunate. Naruto has been checking out the Dragon Vein these past few days, trying to make use of its power," Kakashi said.

Sasuke frowned slightly: "Why activate the power of the Dragon Vein? That's not an easy power to control!"

"You'll have to ask Naruto about this. We don't know the reason either." Shikamaru pushed the door open and said, "The economy has been developing very fast recently, but Orochimaru's technology has also developed very fast. Judging from their combat strength alone, they are no longer someone our genin can handle."

Speaking of this, Shikamaru was quite troubled. He never expected to face a technologically advanced nation in this era. If Orochimaru were allowed to develop for a few more years, who knows what he might create? Would peace still be possible then?

Shikamaru remained skeptical.

Sasuke couldn't really say anything about this. Should he tell Shikamaru that Orochimaru was just raising pigs and planned to replace all the powerful figures with his own people in a few years? If he did, Shikamaru would probably only become more wary of Orochimaru, and he'd just be wasting his hair.

To prevent Shikamaru from going bald, Sasuke decided not to tell him the news.

Knowing Naruto's location, Sasuke used Kamui to travel to the ruins of Loulan, where the dragon vein was located.

Upon landing, they saw Naruto sitting at the spot where the Fourth Hokage was sealed.

At this moment, the seal had been partially opened, and a small amount of purple chakra was leaking out, but the amount was so small that Sasuke had not noticed it at all before.

At this moment, Naruto is trying to absorb the power of the Dragon Vein into his body, just like practicing Sage Mode.

"This guy is really daring," Sasuke remarked. "The energy of the Dragon Vein is unstable; it can easily backfire and harm someone. Only someone as reckless as Naruto would do something like this, right?"

If it were Sasuke, he would never take such a risk!

At this moment, the Nine-Tails inside Naruto has already noticed Sasuke's arrival and is hesitating whether to wake Naruto.

But Naruto's fusion this time was too successful, the most successful one in more than a month. If it were interrupted, he didn't know if Naruto could enter this state again next time.

"Don't interrupt him." Sasuke's voice entered Kurama's mind: "I will keep an eye on Naruto's energy from now on."

Hearing the sound, Nine-Tails felt much more at ease.

Although I don't want to admit it, this evil Uchiha is indeed more capable of ensuring Naruto's safety than Kurama (the Nine-Tails).

As Naruto absorbed more purple chakra, a golden chakra cloak gradually appeared on his body, and Truth-Seeking Balls emerged behind him. However, his aura seemed to be completely integrated with nature. If Naruto hadn't been right in front of him, Sasuke wouldn't have been able to sense Naruto's presence through his energy.

"Wuhu~~!"

Suddenly, a dragon's roar came from beneath the ground, and the seal left by the Fourth Hokage was completely shattered. A purple dragon phantom appeared behind Naruto!

At this moment, Nine-Tails consciously shut its mouth and dared not breathe loudly!

Sasuke examined the phantom; it showed no signs of life, yet it contained a great deal of vitality!

"The dragon vein has a very strong life force. Could this be the true power of the earth?" Sasuke guessed.

Unfortunately, this phantom lacked self-awareness and was unable to answer Sasuke's question.

Moreover, as Naruto's aura grew stronger, the phantom became increasingly solid, and combined with the aura emanating from him, Sasuke felt that it was a real dragon.

Unfortunately, it lacked any sign of life.

At that moment, Naruto opened his eyes and laughed at Sasuke, "You were quite surprised by my strength, weren't you! Hehehe!"

"I was really startled. I almost never saw you again." Sasuke said, "How did you even come up with the idea of ​​fusing with the dragon veins? And you even tried it. It's really lucky that you succeeded."

But don't worry, if anything happens to you while you're merging with the dragon vein, I'll take care of your wife and daughters!

"Ah! What are you saying?!" Naruto was instantly taken aback!

Sasuke chuckled twice and then asked, "So, how did you come up with such a brilliant method?"

"Grandpa Toad told me I could try this!" Naruto scratched his head and said, "When I was training in Sage Mode at Mount Myōboku, Grandpa Toad told me that if I wanted to take it a step further, I could come here and try fusing with the Dragon Vein!"

"And then you actually came?" Sasuke rolled his eyes, annoyed. "That stinky toad clearly had bad intentions!"

"How could that be!" Naruto refused to believe the giant toad would harm him, retorting, "Look! Haven't I successfully fused with it now?"

"But failure means death. Given your situation, it would be best to try again in a hundred years, or wait for me to come back and I'll keep an eye on things for you, instead of coming here to do something that's no different from suicide."

Naruto laughed and said, "I think I can definitely succeed!"

Sasuke didn't know where this guy got his confidence from, and he didn't know what to say. He could only warn him, "Think more about the consequences before you do things like this in the future. I don't want to actually support your wife and children."

"Ah! You're bringing it up again!!"

Chapter 166 Let's go rack up points!

"Super Giant Rasengan!" Naruto rolled a giant Rasengan in his hand and hurled it directly at Sasuke!

Sasuke stood still, waiting for Naruto's Rasengan to hit him before laughing and saying, "Full Counterattack!"

boom! !

The Rasengan landed perfectly on Sasuke without pausing.

"Cough cough!" Sasuke fanned the dust around him, muttering to himself, "Mastering this Full Counterattack with Magic is even more difficult than mastering physics. The principles of the two are similar but very different. I guess I can only rely on the power of the chat group to master it."

During this time, he accumulated some more points, which he had nowhere to use, so he decided to save them to buy the full counterattack. It only cost 90,000 points, which would take several years!

In the sky, Naruto asked in confusion, "Why didn't you dodge?"

"Hmph, I just wanted to tell you that you can't hurt a single hair on my head right now!" Sasuke said calmly.

Naruto looked helpless. He had known this from the beginning and didn't understand why Sasuke had to prove it again.

Turning around, Sasuke said to Naruto with his back to him, "The time is almost up. I hope you become stronger so you can face the dangers of the future."

"Don't worry!" Naruto smiled confidently.

After confirming that Naruto was alright, Sasuke bought some seasonings and went home.

~

During this time, Zoro and his crew took a trip to Zou Island, where they obtained the Poneglyphs and the friendship of Zunesha.

Of course, this friendship is mainly for Luffy; Zunesha isn't very fond of the other members of the Straw Hat crew.