Naruto, this game world seems a bit real.

Chapter 289 Returning in Time

Chapter 289 Returning in Time

Ye Li recalculated the people to be resurrected, making sure that their lifespans wouldn't be exhausted all at once. She wasn't planning to resurrect them now.

Before that, she planned to meet Black Zetsu and eliminate him. Although her final mission was to release Kaguya in order to open the path back to reality, eliminating Black Zetsu first would not conflict with her plan.

She wondered if she wouldn't have to go back if she didn't do this mission, but she couldn't... Such a wonderful experience was enough, truly enough...

Ye Li disappeared from the spot and arrived at the place where he had agreed to meet Hei Jue.

With just one glance, she instantly realized that 'he' had followed her.

She had to put the matter of eliminating Black Zetsu on hold for the time being; she couldn't afford to alert him.

Otherwise, if 'he' escapes, finding him again would be incredibly difficult, a devastating disaster for the world. She couldn't gamble on that, nor did she dare to.

"Your 100,000-strong army hasn't been discovered, has it?" Ye Li asked before Hei Jue could speak.

"Don't worry! We won't let the Five Great Shinobi Villages affect us," Black Zetsu replied, then eagerly asked, "When do we set off?"

"Ten days later!" Ye Li stated the time.

Upon hearing the exact time, Black Zetsu vanished from the spot.

Ye Li stared at the spot where he had disappeared, his eyes filled with an unreadable expression. "This Black Absolute must have been bewitched."

She already had a plan in mind: she used the new spell 'Demon Extermination Seal' that she gained upon advancing to the Nascent Soul stage.

Ye Li left this place and returned to the place where he was preparing to revive people.

She now possessed a copy of the 'Uchiha Izuna' gene, which Black Zetsu had given her earlier.

Over the years, under the guise of "Impure World Reincarnation," she obtained the blood of those she wanted to revive, collected from Black Zetsu, Orochimaru, and herself in Konoha.

"Let's begin!" Ye Li murmured, his expression hardening. He sat cross-legged in the middle of the arranged puppets and began the soul summoning.

Summoning so many souls at once left Ye Li extremely weak. It took him half a day to recover his strength before he could cast the 'Resurrection Spell'!

As expected, it was much easier for a Nascent Soul cultivator to perform the 'Resurrection Technique' than for a Golden Core cultivator. However, with so many people, it was impossible to resurrect them all at once. It took her five days to rest and take breaks.

Ye Li did not awaken the resurrected people, after all, now was not the time, and they would naturally wake up when she left.

Back at the place where she lived with Itachi, Ye Li didn't see Itachi and was extremely disappointed. "She misses him so much and wants to see him again!"

Ye Li sat blankly on the stone bridge, gazing at the sky. He sat there for a whole day, and the time he was supposed to meet with Hei Jue was getting closer and closer.

"Itachi, why aren't you back yet?"

Suddenly, a burning sensation brought her back to her senses.

She looked up at the sky and saw countless meteorites falling, heading straight for Konoha Village. If they were to hit, the entire village would be destroyed.

Almost everyone in Konoha noticed this situation.

"What is this? Is it an enemy attack?" someone murmured, looking up at the sky. Many more people frantically tried to flee Konoha, their cries of fear echoing throughout the air.

Minato Namikaze felt a sense of powerlessness upon witnessing this scene.

He tried countless methods, but he couldn't figure out how to save Konoha.

There were simply too many meteorites; he could only move a few at most.

Just then, a figure appeared in his line of sight in the sky.

"Uchiha Yo!"

"What is she trying to do? Is she going to fight these meteorites all by herself?"

Many people noticed this scene, which reminded them of a figure from a few years ago who also protected the entire Hidden Leaf Village in the same way.

Ye Li made a hand seal, directly extracting two-thirds of the spiritual power from her body, and the entire Konoha Village was enveloped in a protective shield.

Immediately, she summoned the sword within her body and with a gentle swing, shattered the entire wave of meteorites.

Ye Li's sword strike caused her body to show clear signs of collapse.

She calmed herself down, and in that short time, the second wave of meteorites followed.

She had no intention of making any more moves; Ye Li's target was a crystal core that was still some distance away and shimmering with light.

Ye Li carried his sword and weaved through the meteorites, slashing down any that he couldn't avoid.

Even though it looks close, we still haven't reached our destination.

"It looks like someone deliberately manipulated it."

Are you kidding her?

After leaving Konoha, Itachi Uchiha remained in a state of unease.

He had just finished arranging things, but he couldn't calm down, as if something terrible was about to happen.

As Itachi prepared to carry out the mission, his unease intensified, and his heart began to ache.

He immediately said, "Abandon this mission and return to Konoha."

After saying this, Itachi ignored his subordinates' reactions and rushed towards Konoha Village at the fastest speed he had ever traveled.

Ye Li exhausted the last of her spiritual power to obtain the crystal core. Her body was weak and her reactions were much slower. She didn't notice her current condition and her body fell straight down.

As soon as Itachi Uchiha arrived in Konoha, he saw Ye Li fall from the sky. He instantly activated his complete Susanoo and flapped his wings to catch Ye Li as he fell from the sky.

Ye Li was stunned when she saw Itachi. "Is she hallucinating?"

But the warm touch clearly showed that this was not an illusion.

"Itachi...you're back."

"Ye...are you alright?!"

They spoke at the same time, their eyes met, and a surge of longing made them embrace tightly.

"Itachi, you look really cool." Ye Li couldn't help but praise Itachi when she saw his complete Susanoo form, and casually injected the crystal core she had obtained earlier into his body.

"And, I miss you so much, so much, so much, so much." Ye Li murmured again before fainting. With Itachi by her side, she could finally relax.

Upon seeing this, Itachi Uchiha's heart clenched instantly. After checking Ye's body, he found that she was only slightly weak and had fainted. He deactivated Susanoo and took Ye back to their small dwelling.

Without that crystal core, no more meteorites fell from the sky, and the crisis facing Konoha Village was averted.

Seeing what had just happened, Hiruzen Sarutobi realized just how wrong he had been.

Minato Namikaze watched them leave, then led the village ninjas to tally the casualties.