BOOM!
Golden lightning pierced through massive rocks, continuing unabated to strike the trees behind them.
"Devil Fruit?"
It wasn't strange for Naruto to think this way. After all, in this world, the most convenient and common way to master natural forces was by eating Devil Fruits.
But soon, Naruto dismissed this thought.
Because another horned tiger appeared nearby.
It looked smaller in size. Perhaps this tiger's mate?
Then, under Naruto's somewhat surprised gaze, this horned tiger also shot out a bolt of lightning from the top of its head.
Obviously, this ability didn't come from a Devil Fruit, but was a power unique to their species.
The lightning bolts crossed, forming an "×" shaped mark, but unfortunately failed to hit Naruto.
"Come on!"
Perhaps because he hadn't exercised his muscles for too long, Naruto rarely felt enthusiastic.
He rolled up his sleeves, wanting to have a physical confrontation with these giant beasts.
In the ninja world, he had barely encountered any enemies that required Naruto to take seriously.
Even those long-famous ninja, when it came to actual fighting, it was often just a matter of a few minutes.
Most ninja battles were information warfare. Often the side with more intelligence or abilities that were harder to guard against had a greater chance of winning.
When facing opponents with unknown abilities, Observation Haki, which achieved the effect of briefly predicting the future, was simply too overpowered.
Basically, as long as Naruto's reaction speed could keep up, it was unlikely anyone could ambush him.
At least not yet.
Gripping the giant tiger's head fur with both hands, Naruto then delivered a knee strike directly to the center of its forehead.
The massive tiger, dozens of meters tall, was knocked backward by this blow, crushing a large area of forest.
It tried to struggle to its feet, but the dizziness from its head kept the giant tiger swaying, unable to stand completely.
Naruto wouldn't show mercy to these beasts. He jumped directly onto its chest, then delivered another fierce punch to the tiger's face.
Throughout the entire process, he never used Haki. He was truly relying completely on physical brute force to beat this beast.
When Naruto's fist hit the tiger's skull, it was like a nail hitting an eggshell. He barely felt any resistance before shattering a large portion of bone.
The force carried by his fist continued to impact the giant tiger's brain.
Easily turning the contents into mush.
Even if Naruto chose to spare it now, this tiger would most likely become a "vegetable tiger."
Withdrawing his arm, Naruto's upper body was stained with the beast's blood, his face wearing a relaxed and joyful smile.
He looked as innocent as a child taken to an amusement park.
Seeing its companion beaten to within an inch of death in just one encounter, the remaining giant tiger let out a roar, then dense lightning shot out from its horns like it cost nothing.
The range of the lightning even enveloped its companion.
This electric light lasted for over ten seconds before gradually dissipating.
The giant tiger also showed signs of fatigue.
Obviously, using this ability wasn't without cost.
"Is that it?"
At this moment, a voice like a demon's whisper rang out from the smoke.
Although unable to understand what Naruto was saying, this giant tiger showed humanized emotion for the first time.
Giant beasts injected with the special drug "SIQ" originally shouldn't feel fear.
But in certain situations, biological instinct could overcome the effects of drugs.
As the smoke cleared, Naruto stood bare-chested in place, his body emitting faint smoke just like the other giant tiger.
Fortunately, he had used Haki to protect his clothes and hair, or he would definitely have turned into an Afro by now.
Opening his mouth, he exhaled a puff of smoke.
Naruto moved his neck and shoulder bones.
"Not bad. If it's meant as a wake-up service."
After saying this, Naruto's figure instantly vanished from his position.
The next moment, the tiger's jaw was precisely struck by his whip kick.
The tiger's head, larger than a house, instantly spun three or four times around its center, then the tiger's corpse belatedly collapsed to the ground.
"Refreshing!"
Naruto roared loudly, as if wanting to express all the unpleasantness he had experienced in the ninja world.
It was like returning to when he was seventeen or eighteen, when he only needed to defeat all the enemies in front of him without thinking about so many other things.
While shouting joyfully, he began making a fire to roast meat, simultaneously taking out various seasonings from the sealing scrolls he carried.
Yes, Naruto had even prepared a separate scroll to store these daily necessities.
However, perhaps because his voice was too loud, or because the smell of roasted meat was too conspicuous, soon he heard rustling sounds nearby.
New gladiators had joined the battlefield.
An ant the size of a giant bear poked its head out from not far away, though its head was more like that of a mammal.
It looked like its threat level couldn't compare at all to these lightning-shooting giant tigers.
But these ants weren't solitary creatures.
Dozens, no, hundreds of ants soon surrounded him from the sides, eyeing Naruto and the two giant beast corpses on the ground.
Obviously, in their eyes, all of these were their food.
To this, the smile on Naruto's face, which hadn't completely subsided, expanded once again.
Then, the next battle seamlessly connected.
More and more giant beasts were attracted by the sounds of fighting, rushing toward this direction one after another.
Each one wanted to be the mantis catching the cicada, but none could retreat unscathed after approaching that blood-scented area.
Fists colliding with shells, bones, and fur created sounds like a symphony.
This was a battle's movement.
Naruto vented all the power within his body on this group of beasts. After fighting, he would make a fire and eat, then continue fighting after eating.
This feeling of emptying his mind made Naruto feel as if he were in heaven.
Mecca also heard these sounds.
However, this middle-aged woman didn't dare approach that direction at all.
As an ordinary person, she could only carefully hide her form in the crevices of tree stumps, waiting for this terrifying battle to end.
Mecca was a native inhabitant of this floating island. Perhaps because of living at high altitude year-round, their tribe had a ring of slender feathers growing along the edges of their arms.
It seemed they might have some relation to real Sky Island people.
The village where Mecca lived was surrounded by special plants called "Daft Green."
The scent they emitted would make those violent giant beasts retreat, but they themselves also contained a deadly poison.
The reason Mecca had left the village "protected" by Daft Green plants was because her mother had been infected by this poison, developing green spots on her body.
Once the green spots covered the entire body, the patient would become rigid like a real plant and die in agony.
To save her mother, she had to leave the village to search for a medicinal herb called "IQ," which was originally used to make antidotes.
However, currently, most IQ herbs were monopolized by Golden Lion.
Because this herb could also be used to make "SIQ" drugs that made wild beasts go berserk and ignore pain and fear.
Therefore, Golden Lion's subordinates had almost dug three feet into the ground. The remaining wild IQ herbs were almost all in areas with high concentrations of beasts that ordinary people couldn't approach.
Like here.
"Please, let it end quickly..."
This ordinary middle-aged woman huddled trembling, talking to herself in her heart.
"Hmm? What are you doing here?"
When she suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice, Mecca instinctively looked up.
She saw Naruto, who looked like he had been fished out of a blood pool, currently looking at her with curiosity.
This poor woman only had time to let out a scream before her head instinctively jerked up and hit the tree trunk, instantly knocking herself unconscious.
Naruto: "..."