"Human—!"
The Nine-Tailed's roar, imbued with immense hatred and a terrifying mental shock capable of crushing the minds of ordinary Ninja, fiercely slammed into Naruto's tiny consciousness!
The viscous Chakra liquid in the space churned violently, and the sealing iron cage groaned under the strain.
This hatred was a culmination of its millennia of animosity; it wanted to crush the will of this tiny insect that dared to invade its domain!
However, the anticipated scene of collapse and screams did not occur.
Naruto stood steadily on the churning, blood-red Chakra liquid, without even a single sway.
He was enveloped in an extremely faint yet incredibly tough golden aura—a natural barrier formed by the combined effects of Nine-Tails Chakra Control Technique LV4 and Uzumaki Bloodline LV3!
Especially the Nine-Tails Chakra Control Technique, it allowed Naruto to manipulate the Nine-Tailed Chakra as easily as moving his own limbs! In simple terms, the Nine-Tailed came in second place in the competition of controlling its own Chakra!
The Nine-Tailed's Chakra was a harmless and great tonic for Naruto!
The Nine-Tailed's hatred-filled impact, strong enough to drive even Kage-level experts insane, struck this aura like an invisible city wall, merely stirring a tiny ripple before dissipating into nothingness.
Naruto felt nothing, even finding it a bit noisy?
Sure enough, this Fox Spirit was naive; he hadn't even started provoking it, and the Chakra was already pouring in!
Feeling the progress bar of Uzumaki Bloodline in the AFK slot rising again, Naruto smiled like a Dragon King, thinking he should provoke it a bit more!
He picked his ear, and instead of fear, an extremely annoying and slightly impatient expression appeared on his face:
"Hey, hey, hey, Big Fox, why are you roaring so loudly? You're going to deafen my ears!" Naruto picked his ear with his pinky finger, then flicked it in the Nine-Tailed's direction!
"!!!"
For the first time, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's vertically slitted pupils, burning with rage, clearly reflected the complete outline of Naruto's tiny figure, and clearly showed his annoying expression!
This immense hatred-filled impact... was ineffective?!
The Nine-Tailed's massive body suddenly stiffened, its roar caught in its throat, turning into a low growl filled with doubt and surprise. It stared in disbelief at the human brat who stood motionless amidst its waves of hatred, even daring to tease it!
How was this possible?! How could a three-year-old human child withstand its millennia of hatred?!
It felt like its full-force claw strike had landed on an ant, but the ant was not only unharmed but also flipped it off in return!
An unprecedented sense of absurdity and offended rage instantly replaced the pure hatred!
"Roar! Ant... what did you do?!" The Nine-Tailed's voice was as deep as rolling thunder, full of doubt.
Its giant head moved closer to the sealed iron cage, its pupils locked onto Naruto, trying to see through the secret on his body. That faint golden light... was it the sealing power of the Uzumaki Clan? No! This was its own Chakra!!!
"Roar!"
The Nine-Tailed roared:
"You damned thief! So it was you! You've been stealing my Chakra all these years!"
Sure enough, as soon as the Nine-Tailed got agitated, the Chakra came pouring in!
"Did what?" Naruto put his hands on his hips, looked up at the terrifying beast head, close as a mountain, with no fear on his face, even a hint of smugness, "Didn't do anything? I just thought the Chakra you leak out every day is too little, not enough! So I came in to discuss something with you."
He extended his small finger, pointing at the Nine-Tailed's enormous body, his tone matter-of-fact, as if haggling in a market:
"Besides, how can you call this stealing! Look at you, you're locked in here, idle anyway. All that Chakra leaking out is a waste, why not leak a bit more to me? I'll help you consume it, so you don't feel stifled!"
Naruto pointed to himself, "And me, I just happen to be short on energy. This is called mutual benefit! How about it, Big Fox, consider it?"
"..."
The Sealing Space fell into an eerie silence.
The Nine-Tailed's huge head tilted slightly, and for the first time, an emotion called bewilderment clearly appeared.
It, the mighty Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, leader of the nine Tailed Beasts, possessing the power to destroy the world, was being cornered by a three-year-old human brat at its own doorstep, demanding more Chakra to be leaked to him? And he even called it mutual benefit? So it wouldn't feel stifled?!
How utterly absurd and ridiculous! A joke of the highest order!
"Roar, aooo, aooo—!!!"
After a brief moment of bewilderment, came an even more violent, more hysterical surge of boundless rage! The Nine-Tailed felt it had suffered the greatest insult since its birth!
Its enormous body struggled wildly, crashing against the iron gate, producing a grating metallic screech! The entire Sealing Space trembled violently!
"Despicable insect!!! Arrogant!!!" The Nine-Tailed's voice was distorted by extreme anger, "How dare you covet my power?! How dare you treat me as a tool for you?! You're asking for death!!!"
Violent Chakra erupted furiously from the Nine-Tailed, slamming fiercely against the inner wall of the sealing iron cage! It wanted to tear apart this damned cage! It wanted to crush that ignorant brat outside, along with his soul, into dust!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The entire Sealing Space shook violently, the sealing gate tottered, desperately resisting the Nine-Tailed's impact. Although the seal was strong, the intense tremors still transmitted to Naruto's consciousness.
"Tsk, what a foul temper." Naruto pouted, his body swaying slightly with the tremors of the space, but his face still showed no sign of tension. He looked at the Nine-Tailed's impotent rage, even finding it a bit amusing.
"If you can't agree, you flip the table? No business ethics at all!"
As he felt the widening loopholes in the seal due to the Nine-Tailed's rampage, a cunning smile of success played on his lips. Chakra surged wildly into the AFK slot!
On the system panel:
Uzumaki Bloodline LV3 (9.1%... 9.3%... 9.5%...), experience points soared at an unprecedented rate!
Nine-Tails Chakra Control Technique LV3 (16.1%... 16.2%...), also steadily increasing!
"Yes! Just like that! Maintain that anger!"
Far from being afraid, Naruto excitedly clenched his small fists, encouraging the enraged Nine-Tailed, "Go, Big Fox! I'm rooting for you! Your Chakra, it's strong, and the quality is really good! Super efficient!"
"Roar—!!! Shut up!!!"
The Nine-Tailed was absolutely furious! This damned brat not only wasn't afraid of its hatred, wasn't afraid of its coercion, but now he was even treating its violent power as... as nourishment?! And even commenting on it?!
It had lived for over a thousand years and had never seen such a shameless, audacious human with such strange abilities! What was going on with its Chakra, why did it disappear out of its control as soon as it left the sealing gate!
Damn humans, it had been three years that its Chakra had been stolen like this, and although it was only a very, very, very small part of it, as a Chakra life form, it felt humiliated!
Rage and frustration intertwined in the Nine-Tailed's heart. It frantically slammed against the seal, venting its anger, but sadly realized that its violent power really seemed to be becoming nourishment for that brat?! This feeling was even more unbearable than being sealed!
"You damned brat! I'll tear you to shreds! I'll chew your soul to pieces!" The Nine-Tailed could only rage impotently, its crimson Chakra pouring out like water.
And Naruto, standing comfortably in the eye of the storm, felt the thrill of soaring experience points, watching the rapidly jumping numbers on the system panel, smiling like a little mouse who had stolen oil.
"I'm raking it in! This is a huge profit! A Fox Spirit brand perpetual motion machine, worth having!"
Naruto thought to himself with satisfaction, "It's just a bit noisy, if only I had earplugs!"