"Roar!! Humans, I won't let you off!"
After an earth-shattering roar, golden flames surged from the mouth of the enormous Dragon-headed Lion Demon Beast, ready to be unleashed on the golden fox before it.
But suddenly, the Dragon-headed Lion perceived the lightning and thunder in the sky. Lightning quickly converged into the form of a Kirin-shaped Thunder Beast, roaring toward the heavens amidst the dark clouds.
"Not good...."
The Dragon-headed Lion suddenly sensed something amiss, alarm bells ringing in its mind, it immediately tried to evade. However, this was natural lightning, summoned together under the influence of Lightning Release Chakra, forming the Lightning Release Kirin.
How fast is natural lightning? Even as a Tier Six Peak Demon Beast, the Dragon-headed Lion found it difficult to dodge, especially as the Lightning Kirin had already struck its body by the time it noticed.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
"Roar...."
After the intense thunderous roar, came the painful wails of the Dragon-headed Lion.
From a distance, Uchiha Sasuke saw this and hurriedly shouted, "Naruto!"
"I understand!"
The golden Chakra fox immediately opened its mouth, a massive Tailed Beast Ball already formed inside, and after the Lightning Release Kirin descended, it directly shot towards the Dragon-headed Lion.
Boom!
The massive explosive impact surged skyward, the intense rumbling was clearly perceptible even more than a hundred kilometers away, making it difficult for ordinary people to stand steady.
Once the shock and impact of the explosion gradually subsided, Naruto and Sasuke moved forward to check the situation.
The Dragon-headed Lion was already dead, having suffered two consecutive severe injuries. Although its fur was highly defensive and protected by fighting spirit, the damage dealt by the Lightning Release Kirin and the long-charged Tailed Beast Ball was too great.
The Dragon-headed Lion was killed amid the explosion, though the body wasn't shattered by the Tailed Beast Ball; it was shaken to death by the close-range impact of it.
Uchiha Sasuke carefully probed with his Sharingan, used a few Ninjutsu to test, then closed his Sharingan and said to Naruto, "It seems it's dead, the rest is up to you."
"Dead is good, what a headache, rarely meet one that could communicate, yet this guy had no intention of talking at all...."
Uzumaki Naruto also disengaged his Kurama Sage Mode, scratching his head, he said, "If this Exotic Beast could calm down, maybe we could gather more intelligence...."
"It was looking for its child, there's no way we could give it to it, under such circumstances, communication was impossible..." After Uchiha Sasuke finished speaking, he glanced around, then said to Naruto, "This should be where it originated, but the surroundings have been destroyed by the Tailed Beast Ball, try to search for possible treasures as much as possible."
"Oh right, the treasures.... I should have used Rasenshuriken earlier!"
Naruto suddenly remembered, then looked at the surroundings where deep craters had been blown open by the Tailed Beast Ball, feeling that the treasures might have been destroyed.
Fortunately, it was just a forest nearby, plan to use Earth Release to restore the ground to a flat space later, then replant some trees.
After calling Nara Shikamaru over, Uzumaki Naruto entrusted the task of cleaning up here to Shikamaru, as he himself had to convene a Five Kage meeting to inform the other four Kage of the death of the sixth Exotic Beast.
This Exotic Beast happened to appear near an uninhabited forest in the Land of Fire, and because of the commotion it caused, it was discovered by Konoha Ninja, but it was able to fly into the air to attack from below.
Ordinary Ninja couldn't deal with it, Naruto called on Sasuke to head over once the message returned to the village.
Upon arriving, they found that the Dragon-headed Lion could speak human language. Uzumaki Naruto was pleasantly surprised and wanted to communicate, but the Dragon-headed Lion had just given birth and couldn't communicate with its child separated, in the end, both could only fight.
"Sasuke, I'm heading back, what about you?"
After finishing the Five Kage meeting, Uzumaki Naruto planned to return to the village, he had a heap of matters still unhandled, once back, there'd be more work to do.
"I'll stay here for a while, to prevent that Exotic Beast from having resurrection abilities, also...."
Uchiha Sasuke noticed the fatigue on Naruto's face, stared for a few seconds, then continued, "What you need to do now is maintain your energy, in case stronger Exotic Beasts or disasters appear, if you don't have the energy to deal with them, it would pose a threat to the whole Ninja World."
"Haha, are you concerned about me? I'll keep that in mind."
Uzumaki Naruto responded with a satisfied smile to Uchiha Sasuke, who didn't speak and simply turned around.
Subsequently, Uzumaki Naruto said to Uchiha Sasuke, "Sasuke, once you're done here, come back too, you haven't been home in a long time."
".....Yeah, got it.
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After Nara Shikamaru brought the Exotic Beast back to Konoha, Uzumaki Naruto said to him, "Shikamaru, the other four Ninja Villages want to send people to study together, they will arrive tomorrow, you'll be in charge from here on."
"So urgent? There are still four more Exotic Beasts to appear, and once they arrive, we won't have much energy to spare for hosting..."
Nara Shikamaru was surprised for a moment, then thought that the other four Kage might be thinking about the treasures the Exotic Beasts might bring; however, the battlefields had already been thoroughly searched by Konoha Ninja, with nothing found.
"Anyway, each Ninja Village is only sending five people, if they want to come, let them; if they actually research something worthwhile, sharing benefits everyone."
After Uzumaki Naruto finished speaking, the topic shifted, smiling, he asked, "Shikamaru, how's Temari, has she forgiven you?"
"Hmm, everything's alright now, she should be at home doing chores...."
Recalling Temari brought a smile to Nara Shikamaru's face as well, "Temari's temper has improved a lot, she doesn't lose her temper at the drop of a hat like before...."