NARUTO: THE STRONGEST UZUMAKI

The animals with the weakest minds were out of their senses, to the point of crashing their bodies against the barrier until death.

The bodies that collided with the barrier, especially those coming from the sky using gravitational force, managed to create deformations in the barrier, but none came close to breaking it.

It was clear that the Divine Tree wanted more than anything to stop Tanaka, but couldn't do it on its own, trying to control the minds of those outside the barrier in a desperate attempt to survive.

The survival instinct of the Divine Tree was admirable, but the fact that all the power it possessed was consuming this planet, to the point of eventually causing it to collapse and be destroyed, showed that it was not simple at all.

'9%...'

When he saw this, a smile curved on Tanaka's lips.

The end of the Divine Tree was near. And, doing this for hours, wasn't really pleasant. It was a situation similar to punching a very thick wall with bare hands. If he couldn't see the 'MP' bar, he would have given up after one hour.

The fiery hurricane around the Divine Tree started to grow, and the tree's cries became a deep lament.

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[You gained ???? EXP!]

[You leveled up 4 times! You are now Rank S, Level 5!]

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[You obtained x1]

[You obtained x1]

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Tanaka canceled his attack. Everything became a kind of silence the moment the Divine Tree was destroyed, on the verge of nothing left, burned by flames and shredded by wind while the controlled animals and humans broke free from its control.

Soon, loud and soft thuds echoed, some sounds of metal hitting the ground.

Almost all those who were controlled – whether human or animal – fainted the moment they were freed from the Divine Tree's control.

As he processed what appeared and was happening around him, a blue screen with tribal golden and silver borders appeared before his retina.

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[You achieved a great feat by destroying the Divine Tree!]

[Congratulations, you earned 100 attribute points!]

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When he opened his status, he saw he had 130 points to distribute. It had been a while since he had seen so many accumulated points.

Having these points gave him a great margin of flexibility in how he could use them.

Meanwhile, he saw that although this dungeon did not close, he had essentially completed it. Now, even if he could enter this dungeon again, he could choose to enter the medium difficulty mode that had unlocked. In other words, he now had the option to re-enter with an increased level of risk.

This reminded him of some games he played in his previous life. As soon as he completed the first difficulty level, a new level was unlocked. Some even had secret rooms or different monsters.

And, as he initially chose the world of Naruto, he could only choose along this line, but with increased difficulty. In other words, it could be the same this time, with a random period selected, or he could choose a canonical period.

Setting that aside for a moment, he looked at Kaguya.

For now, he wanted to get to know her a little more before leaving. After all, not much time had passed outside.

Initially, he intended to stay a maximum of 2 more days, but he changed his mind.

[1+2=3]

Due to the time difference between the two 'worlds,' if one can say so... Tanaka's clones on the outside, who communicated with the main body, took a few minutes, sometimes even hours, for each message exchange. Among the messages, there was a request from the main body to attempt summoning a clone directly from inside the dungeon.

The one who responded to this request was the Tanaka clone pretending to be the main body in Amegakure.

In a special room, the clone created a summoning circle drawn with iron sand infused with energy, then struck his hand down, and the summoning circle began to glow.

Normally, a summoning like this would be instant, but it was taking longer than usual, and MP was being consumed at an alarming rate.

Using a buff while giving a battle cry, ten zombies appeared and were drained to the last drop, converted into MP for Tanaka, who repeated this process for 20 minutes until something finally appeared.

"Poof!"

With that sound, an identical clone of Tanaka appeared in the summoning circle.

"Success," he murmured with a smile, and the clone that appeared smiled back at him.

"Yes, although the process was at least strange. If I hadn't created this protective bubble, I would have been crushed by an unknown force while I was being summoned... Yes, it was a success." The clone stood up, saying, "Tell me the whole process."

"Yes." The clone began describing the entire summoning process, as well as the high MP consumption.

"I see, that makes sense..." Tanaka touched his chin, then said, "Very well, I'll take over now."

"Hm." The clone nodded, forming a hand seal, and disappeared.

Meanwhile, Tanaka picked up a notebook and began writing using Psychokinesis. It was a quick and efficient way he had devised to write.

After finishing, he placed it in the inventory with the label "E."

[22-22=0]

[Amegakure, Revolutionary Army base]

The one who retrieved the note labeled "E" from the inventory was "Ace." After reading it, he summoned all the clones.

"So, we need to send a response to the main body while preparing to summon new clones," Killua said.

Nothing more needed to be said; they were all Tanaka and shared the same thoughts. It was necessary to replace the clones infiltrating the Revolutionary Army, especially given his growing strength.

When everything was ready, and the message exchange through the inventory was completed, each of them began summoning a clone. During the process, they used a battle cry to summon zombies and drained the 'life' from the zombies.

Minutes later, new clones appeared, taking on the respective appearances of those who summoned them, while the previous ones vanished after sharing information about events in Ame.

[1+2+2=5]

Back in Uzushio.

Tanaka exchanged messages with the clone beside Shiori and learned that the war was nearing its end, moving towards the surrender process of the other villages.

Thanks to this, the two clones were about to return to Uzushio with Shiori and the others.