Second Body recalled that since the Dragon Veins were a source of almost infinite energy, and besides planetary energy, Second Body couldn't think of anything else that had an almost infinite energy source.
The manifestation of planetary energy in this world was Natural Energy, so Lou Lan must be in a place where Natural Energy was extremely abundant.
Therefore, Second Body decided to enter Sage Mode to investigate the Veinsof Natural Energy; as long as she went to the place where Natural Energy was emitted or gathered, it would undoubtedly be Lou Lan.
Second Body simply closed her eyes and began to intercept the Sage Art Chakra produced by the Stigma, adding to the Sage Art Chakra she refined by absorbing Natural Energy. After one minute, Second Body's aura changed dramatically.
A mysterious emerald vertical linesappeared between her eyebrows, and the ethereal aura belonging to a Sage emanated from her body, immediately startling Pakura, who was near Minato.
After entering Sage Mode, Second Body immediately began to use that extremely Chakra-consuming sensory state. As Second Body entered the state of'sitting and forgetting,' the world gradually became clear and vibrant before her.
Minato watched Second Body enter Sage Mode as if no one else was around and felt helpless at Second Body's lack of caution. He could only heighten his vigilance, guarding against possible surprise attacks and Pakura's potential betrayal.
In reality, Minato was overreacting. The Wind King Barrier on Second Body's body had been maintained at low power, so even if she were suddenly hit by a high-level Ninjutsu, it could block it once.
It was impossible for Pakura to kill her in one go. As long as she wasn't cut in half, Second Body could revive herself using Reversal Technique.
Even if she were cut in half, Second Body could use her remaining Curse Power to summon Enka to heal herself, and she would be fine, unless she was completely obliterated into a pulp in one go.
Currently, only Ōnoki's Dust Release, the Nine Tailed Beasts' Tailed Beast Ball, and Madara should be able to break through the Wind King Barrier and turn Second Body into ashes in one go.
However, Second Body also had a Second Body, and she could quickly revive. She was so hard to kill; only by attacking her soul could she be truly killed.
This could only be achieved by the Rinnegan and the Reaper Death Seal. Unfortunately, Second Body knew Flying Thunder God, and under the perception of Sage Mode, any malice or attack could be detected.
As for Pakura, whom Minato was guarding against, I apologize, but she would be punished by the curse mark even for harboring malice towards Second Body, let alone having killing intent and ambushing Uchiha Ling.
Moreover, Pakura didn't know what Second Body was doing. Sunagakure didn't even understand Sage Mode very well; she probably thought Second Body was performing some kind of Jutsu.
After amplifying her perception and breathing in sync with heaven and earth, Second Body once again felt the energy nodes on the planet.
And centered on Second Body, Second Body had already discovered the nearest energy node. That was not a natural node, but a section of something similar to a root that plunged directly into the planet's origin.
This root drew surrounding Natural Energy from the planet's origin, then continuously transformed it into a mysterious Chakra, which then participated in the planet's circulation.
Second Body guessed that this root was one of the roots of the Divine Tree from back then, not removed by Otsutsuki Hagoromo. Since Hagoromo tacitly allowed the existence of this root, it was probably compensation for this land.
A thousand years ago, Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Ōtsutsuki Hamura jointly sealed Kaguya, fighting for three months, and the entire continent was turned into a desert.
Although Hagoromo later sorted out the Veinsof Natural Energy, allowing the Land of Fire and its surroundings, far from the battlefield, to recover vitality first, the Land of Wind, as the main battlefield, had its Natural Energy Veinscompletely destroyed.
Second Body only sensed the Dragon Veins node in the desert. The vast deserts of the Land of Wind were also caused by the lack of Natural Energy.
The small amount of Natural Energy overflowing from the Dragon Veins sustained the last vitality of this desert. This was probably why Hagoromo did not deal with this section of the Divine Tree's root.
Otherwise, the Land of Wind would be even more desolate. At least now, the Land of Wind still has many Oases, but because these people only know how to take and not how to manage, desertification is becoming increasingly severe.
The carrying capacity of the land in the Oasis was completely unable to cope with such extreme development, so the people of the Land of Wind were somewhat reaping what they sowed.
Because the Divine Tree's roots could extract Natural Energy to synthesize Chakra, but with only the roots left, it could only synthesize a small amount, and it was also mixed with Natural Energy.
This also meant that the circulation of Natural Energy was mixed with special Chakra, which might be one of the reasons why the summoned beasts living in the small space of the node possessed Chakra and high intelligence.
Second Body sensed that in that direction, quite a bit of special Chakra was being intercepted. According to the original work's deduction, it should have been used by An Lushan as energy for the city and puppets.
"Everyone, I've found the direction. It's about 200 kilometers from here, 23 degrees west of north."
Second Body opened her eyes and exited this state similar to the unity of heaven and man. This few seconds consumed half of her Sage Art Chakra.
Second Body could still maintain Sage Mode for five hours, but if she fought, it would probably last half an hour at most. Ninja battles are very fast, and half an hour would be enough to clear Lou Lan.
For Second Body to permanently stay in Sage Mode, she needed to make the speed at which she absorbed Natural Energy and refined Sage Art Chakra greater than the speed at which it was consumed to maintain Sage Mode.
However, Second Body estimated that the Stigma with Hashirama cells might barely balance consumption and expenditure. To truly maintain Sage Mode permanently, she still needed to transform into a Sage Body.
"Two hundred kilometers, you can sense that?" Uchiha Obito wiped his sweat, somewhat surprised by Second Body's perception range.
"Then let's go directly. Let's not waste time. We need to complete the mission quickly and then support the war front."
Minato Namikaze interrupted the others who wanted to ask questions. Although he didn't know where Second Body learned her Sage Mode, he knew that Second Body's Sage Mode was incredibly perfect.
Sage Mode was secret information concerning a Ninja's life and death, so it was best not to reveal it. Second Body, at her age, needed some trump cards to protect herself.
Two hundred kilometers was just over an hour's flight for Second Body. With a direction, everyone's mood improved significantly.
Time quickly passed. Flying in the air, everyone could already see a group of vague, tall buildings appearing on the horizon in that direction.
The vagueness was due to the high temperature, which distorted the air, but from a distance, the architecture of this city was also very different from the style of the Ninja World.
Gothic spired buildings, each building was one or two hundred meters high, a complete cyberpunk city, a city in the desert.
Many Oases were distributed around this city, where some food crops were planted, as well as dates and the like, enough to supply the city's materials.
However, the desertification was too severe, and the Oases were clearly receding, with much yellow sand spreading into the dwindling forests.
The small lakes in the Oases were also somewhat dry. Even without sealing the Dragon Veins, Lou Lan would probably decline completely within ten years.
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