The blond-haired Hokage, starting from before Hinata's wedding.

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"Click!"

"Xiao Ming!" Suddenly, the bedroom door was pushed open from the outside.

Upon entering the bedroom and seeing this scene, Sakura froze, standing there dumbfounded.

In Xiaoying's eyes, Karyu was a gentle, virtuous, dignified and elegant woman. Seeing her like this in front of Qiu Xiaoming, she was immediately shocked.

"Ah!" Karyu was startled when he saw Sakura suddenly barge in. He quickly pulled the bed sheet over to cover his exposed body.

"Xiao Ming, stop right now!" Jia Liulu shouted at Qiu Xiaoming, feeling ashamed and indignant, when he saw that Qiu Xiaoming still had no intention of stopping.

Yecang is her subordinate, and she is not afraid of being discovered by Yecang; she can even drag her down with her.

But Sakura is different. Sakura is not under her control. Now that she has been discovered, how can she face people in the future?

However, Qiu Xiaoming was not afraid of these problems and continued his attack.

Seeing that Qiu Xiaoming wouldn't stop, Galiluo covered her face with a pillow in embarrassment and anger, burying her head in the sand like an ostrich, letting Qiu Xiaoming do whatever he wanted.

Sakura was only stunned for a moment, then sighed softly, closed the door, and walked towards Qiu Xiaoming.

She was already used to Qiu Xiaoming's methods. He could win over both Yabuki and Mikoto, so what if he won over Karyu?

Besides, while Karyu was taking care of Gaara these past few days, Sakura had already played with Qiu Xiaoming with Yekura, so it wouldn't be a big deal for her to play with Karyu and Qiu Xiaoming now.

"Qiu Xiaoming, you ate Temari, but you didn't even spare Aunt Karura!" Sakura walked to the bedside and said irritably.

"What? You ate Temari too!" Karyu sat up abruptly after hearing Sakura's words, his almond-shaped eyes widening in disbelief as he asked.

Qiu Xiaoming blinked innocently, then said with an extremely smug expression, "Auntie Karura, when are you going to play with Temari-nee and me?"

"I'll play..."

"Go easy!" Galuro wanted to scold him, but he couldn't stop Qiu Xiaoming from speeding up his attacks.

Chapter 261 Leaving the Village to Search

"Mom, should I go out with Xiaoming?" Gaara frowned and said to Karuro at the entrance of Sunagakure.

"Your injuries haven't healed yet, so just stay in the village and rest. Besides, village affairs are busy, so just stay here and don't wander off." Karyu touched Gaara's forehead and said gently.

“But that mysterious person is incredibly powerful and unpredictable. If you encounter him, you will be in danger!” Gaara said with continued concern.

"It's alright, Sakura and Yekura will be with us this time. With them there, there won't be any problems," Karyura comforted Gaara with a smile.

“Sakura just finished treating me, so let her rest for a while longer. There’s no need to trouble her,” Gaara shook his head and refused.

"It's alright, this was another mission I came here for anyway," Sakura said with a smile. "Besides, your injuries haven't fully healed yet, so you're the one who should be resting the most."

Although she was indeed a little tired, after spending the whole night with Qiu Xiaoming, she didn't want to be separated from him.

Hearing Sakura say that, Gaara stopped insisting.

"Alright, alright, enough of this nonsense. Go back and rest. We're off now." Karyu gave Gaara a few words of advice, then led Qiu Xiaoming and the others away from Sunagakure.

"Xiao Ming, which direction should we search in?" Galuro asked as he traveled through the desert.

"Hmm... I'm not really sure either, because I don't know if there are any teleportation channels near Sunagakure, so we can only rely on luck to find them." Qiu Xiaoming scratched his head and said with a wry smile.

"How can we find it in this vast desert? It's a hundred times harder than finding a needle in a haystack!" Galyu said, frowning. Although she had lived in this desert world since she was a child, the desert was too vast, and finding it was no easy task.

"Sigh, we can only try our luck," Qiu Xiaoming sighed helplessly.

The teleportation channel where Kushina and the others were located was something he discovered by chance during his travels. Nobody knows whether Sunagakure still exists or where it is now.

"Of course, it would be best if there wasn't that teleportation channel here," Qiu Xiaoming said with a shrug.

"Let's wander around for a bit." Galuro nodded gently and led Qiu Xiaoming and the others on a leisurely stroll through the vast desert.

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and Qiu Xiaoming and his companions searched for traces of the teleportation passage in this vast desert region.

"I'm so tired," Garyu said wearily, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

"There's not a single unusual phenomenon. Could it be that we don't have a teleportation channel here?" Ye Cang asked doubtfully, fanning herself with her small hand.

"It would be best if there wasn't one, but we need to make sure there isn't one first." Qiu Xiaoming was also sweating profusely, wiping the sweat from his brow with his sleeve as he spoke.

Qiu Xiaoming glanced at the vast desert, then looked at Galullo and asked, "Aunt Galullo, how many places are left to visit?"

"We've only searched about a quarter of the way," Gariu shook his head and sighed.

"Only a quarter!" Sakura couldn't help but exclaim. The territory of Sunagakure is really vast. It's been more than ten days, and it's only a quarter of the territory.

It's all thanks to Qiu Xiaoming. Once you get used to having Qiu Xiaoming around, Xiaoying would be so depressed if she couldn't play for more than ten days at a time.

“There’s an oasis up ahead. Let’s rest there tonight,” Galyuro suggested, pointing to a spot not far ahead.

Qiu Xiaoming and the others nodded and quickly headed in that direction, all seeming somewhat impatient.

Once we reach the oasis, it's time to play again.

"Bang!" However, before the group could get close, a huge explosion came from the oasis.

"Who's fighting over there?" Ye Cang frowned. Just from the aftershocks of the explosion, she could tell that the battle was extremely fierce.

"Let's go take a look!" Qiu Xiaoming pondered for a moment, then his figure flashed and he rushed towards the oasis first.

"Xiao Ming, wait a minute!" Seeing Qiu Xiao Ming running so fast, Jia Liuluo hurriedly shouted and followed closely behind.

"咻咻咻~~~"

The group moved with incredible speed, arriving near the oasis in the blink of an eye.

"boom!"

Almost as soon as Qiu Xiaoming stepped into the oasis, a blinding light suddenly erupted from within the oasis, and a powerful force spread outwards, blasting Qiu Xiaoming, who was relatively close to the oasis, away.

This force was so powerful that it shook the desert, causing sand dunes to surge and form sand waves several meters high.

"Xiao Ming!" Ye Cang was the first to react, leaping up to catch Qiu Xiao Ming, who had been thrown away, and landing steadily in the desert.

"Xiaoming, why are you running so fast?" Jialulu stood beside Yecang and scolded Qiu Xiaoming reproachfully.

"I'm fine, don't worry." Qiu Xiaoming waved his hand, then looked at Xiaoying beside him and asked, "Sister Xiaoying, is that aura Shennong's aura?"

"It should be." Sakura nodded gently, a serious look appearing in her beautiful eyes.

"Then who was the one who fought Shennong?" Qiu Xiaoming's eyes grew even more serious.

I haven't seen him since Shennong and the others escaped last time. I never expected to run into him here again.

"Shennong? Who?" Galyu asked in confusion after overhearing their conversation.

"It's not a good thing; it collaborates with organizations from another world," Qiu Xiaoming briefly explained Shennong.

"Who are you?! What do you want?" Just then, a delicate shout rang out, and a woman with dark skin and short blue-green hair was seen flying in mid-air, with a pair of butterfly wings behind her.

Although the woman had darker skin, like Yu Liu, she had a hot figure, curvaceous and beautiful, a rare beauty.

"Fu, the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki!" Sakura exclaimed in surprise as soon as she saw the woman flying in mid-air.

"Fu?" Qiu Xiaoming frowned upon hearing this and muttered, "Why is Shennong causing trouble for Fu?"

"Little girl, stop struggling. Hand over the Seven-Tailed Chongming inside you obediently, and I might spare your life." Shennong appeared in his disgusting snake form before them, staring at Fu with a sinister smile.

"Hand over the Seven-Tails? That's practically sending me to my death! Do you think I'd agree?" Fu sneered.

"Heh, you won't agree? If you don't agree, then don't blame me for being impolite," Shennong sneered.

"Shh!"

Shennong stretched out his arms, and two thick tentacles immediately extended out, heading straight for Fu.

"I'd like to see what you're capable of to take my Seven-Tailed Fox." Fu sneered, flapping her butterfly wings a few times, and transformed into a blur to dodge Shennong's attack.

Chapter 262 Zero-Tail vs. Seven-Tail

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~" Shennong's black chakra was drawn out like a long snake. Each lash carried a powerful chakra wave, as if it could destroy everything. When it struck the ground, it left a deep trench, showing its great power.

Fu was very fast, and after dodging Shennong's whip, she immediately launched a counterattack.

"Secret Technique: Scale Powder Concealment!" Fu flapped her wings, and a violent hurricane swept up, swirling up countless crystal powders that fell and obscured the view.

"Hmph!" Shennong snorted coldly, a hint of mockery appearing at the corner of his mouth. He waved his black tentacles, blowing away all the crystal powder without causing any damage.

Fu Xiu frowned slightly, her expression shifting unpredictably. She hadn't expected Shennong to be so powerful.

Shennong sneered, and with a flick of his black tentacles, he slapped directly at Fu.

"Ah!!!" Fu suddenly roared to the sky, her face showing a painful expression, as if she was enduring inhuman torture.

Immediately afterwards, a dazzling black and red light erupted from her body, and a blood-red pillar of light shot into the sky, enveloping her within it.

"Ah!!!" Fu let out another shrill scream, her eyes turning blood red, and a tail suddenly appeared beside her, wrapping around her.

Immediately afterwards, several more tails suddenly appeared, swaying around Fu's body. Each tail emitted extremely terrifying energy fluctuations, making people feel awe.

"Is this the power of the Tailed Beasts?" Shennong was not afraid of Fu's Tailed Beast transformation. On the contrary, the greed in his eyes grew stronger. "The power of the Seven-Tails! If I absorb this power, my strength will increase dramatically!"

Shennong licked his lips, a morbidly ecstatic expression on his face.

"Roar!!!" A beastly roar resounded, and a beetle with six wings and a tail flew in mid-air, its six pairs of wings slowly flapping while emitting sonic attacks.

"Boom! Boom!" The sonic attack stirred up a cloud of yellow sand, preventing Shennong's black tentacles from advancing an inch. Some tentacles were even torn apart, bleeding profusely.

However, Shennong did not back down because of this; on the contrary, the excitement in his eyes grew stronger.

"What exactly is that? How can it fight the Seven-Tails to a standstill?" Karyu looked on in astonishment as he watched Shennong battle the Seven-Tails.

Tailed beasts are the most powerful beings in the world, and few can rival them. It is unexpected that Shennong could fight a tailed beast to a standstill and not be at a disadvantage on his own.

“It’s Zero Tail,” Qiu Xiaoming said, squinting.

"Zero-tailed? There's such a tailed beast?" Ye Cang was taken aback and asked in surprise.

“The Zero-Tails is not a normal tailed beast, nor is it part of the Ten-Tails. It was created by humans and generates enormous dark chakra by relying on the darkness in people’s hearts,” Qiu Xiaoming said slowly.

"So that's how it is." Galyuro suddenly realized.

"However, the Zero-Tails shouldn't be as strong as the Seven-Tails, right? In any case, it's not part of the Ten-Tails," Ye Cang said after a moment of contemplation.

"It's hard to say." Qiu Xiaoming shook his head slightly and continued, "After all, everyone has a dark side in their heart, and the more dark power there is, the more dark chakra it has."

"Bang bang bang!" While the group was chatting, Shennong and Qiweifu had already exchanged attacks dozens of times, each using all their skills to desperately attack the other, neither giving an inch.

"Swish swish swish!" Countless black tentacles of Shennong were severed by the wings of the Seven-Tailed Fox. Even so, countless black tentacles still grew back and continued to lash out at Fu.

"You'd better hand over the Seven-Tailed Fox obediently, otherwise, I can't guarantee what I might do." Shennong looked at Fu, his tone calm but filled with murderous intent.

"I will absolutely not let you succeed!" Fu said through gritted teeth.

"Since that's the case, then die!" Shennong's eyes flashed with a bloodthirsty light, and a cloud of black mist suddenly surged from his body, instantly spreading throughout the entire desert and enveloping everything in it.

"You think you can do anything to me with just this? Wishful thinking!" Fu shouted angrily, her six wings flapped, and a huge black sphere appeared behind her.

"Boom!" After the black sphere was formed, it rapidly expanded, growing from the size of an egg to the size of a basketball in the blink of an eye, and even getting bigger and bigger.

"Get out of the way! It's a Tailed Beast Ball!" Sakura's expression changed drastically when she saw the Tailed Beast Ball that Fu had conjured. She grabbed Qiu Xiaoming and fled into the distance.

Yekura reacted quickly, pulling Karyuro along with her to evacuate.

As the Tailed Beast Ball grew larger, the immense pressure of its chakra also intensified, causing the surrounding air to solidify.

Shennong stood still, watching the Tailed Beast Ball grow larger and larger, his face still bearing a calm smile, but the greed in his eyes grew even stronger.

"Hahaha! Bigger! Bigger!!!" Shennong showed no fear whatsoever. He laughed maniacally, urging Fu to continue condensing the Tailed Beast Ball.

"Since you want to die, then I'll grant your wish!" Fu sneered, flapped her six wings, and hurled the enormous Tailed Beast Ball at Shennong.

Shennong's smile grew wider and wider. Looking at the Tailed Beast Ball coming towards him, he not only did not dodge, but instead met the Tailed Beast Ball head-on.

Countless black chakra-formed snake whips enveloped the Tailed Beast Ball.

"Pfft!" There was no explosion as expected, only a muffled sound came from the Tailed Beast Ball wrapped in black tentacles. Then, a wisp of blue smoke rose up, and the black tentacles were corroded away.

The black tentacles were corroded away, and then new black tentacles wrapped around them, enveloping the Tailed Beast Ball and squeezing it continuously.

"Whoosh~" The Tailed Beast Ball failed to fire, and the massive chakra went out of control, overflowing and forming a large sandstorm.

"Absorb it!!!" Shennong manipulated those black tentacles to absorb the out-of-control chakra and transform it into his own chakra to strengthen himself.

"Boom!" An even greater power than before suddenly rose up, and Shennong's snake body was covered with dense runes, moving around as if it were alive.

"So this is the power of the Seven-Tails' tailed beast, it's really powerful!" Shennong murmured, a satisfied smile on his face.

"How could this be!" Fu cried out as she saw her strongest killing move being neutralized by Shennong.

"Give me all your Seven-Tailed Power!" Shennong grinned maliciously, and countless black tentacles, carrying destructive power, rushed towards Fujuan.