The Journey (Naruto x Solo Leveling Fanfiction)

Battle Hunger

I don't own solo leveling or Naruto

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Traversing through the long whinny tunnels of the dungeon Sasuke couldn't help but think about how cold it was. With faint wisps of fog hanging in the air penetrating the thin barriers of his school uniform.

Releasing a breath, he was able to perceive the air retreating from his lungs condescending into fog. If there weren't any of the luminous stones scattered randomly across the walls he would honestly doubt being able to see anything in here, at least without his sharingan.

'Speaking of which...'

As he walked onward, he started lightly dragging his hand across the wall noting how unnatural the carvings along the walls were. Something that could only be performed with some kind of drill. He theorised that whatever made these unnatural carvings was the one that formed the tunnels that he currently trekked. It wasn't too far-fetched, especially considering the serpent he'd taken down not too long ago.

'It's safe to say that I'll hear it coming when it does close in on my location or maybe I'll encounter it in a space exceeding the volume of these tunnels. A space big enough to contain it,' Sasuke thought.

However, he could be wrong and all these carvings were created by hundreds of smaller creatures working in tandem with one another, either way he was going to get a challenge and that's all he was here for.

Nothing much happened after all that internal speculation and he walked on until he encountered a divergence in the tunnel. One leading left and the other to the right.

"A fork in the road, huh? It certainly makes things more interesting," he smirked, hand on his chin trying to decide which direction he would be best off going down.

He didn't have to think long though because he was able to pick up a familiar scent on the tip of his nose, the smell of something distinctly metallic when exposed to the air.

Blood.

'Hmm, it's towards the right,' turning his head in that direction, he immediately took notice of the difference in lighting to what he had grown used to in these tunnels. It was darker, considerably so.

Rushing through several hand signs, sparks flew off from his palm in the form of Chidori and he rammed the jutsu into the wall, creating rubble that ran along the floor.

"That's good enough. This way I won't get lost," he said, activating his sharingan to burn the image in his mind, a nice perk of his visual prowess. Photographic memory.

After that, he rushed to discover the source of the blood and was, shortly, greeted to the sight of torn-up fur limbs, and crimson-red blood spilled all over the show. 'These are dungeon jackals judging by their fur…' he inspected the corpse of a jackal that was still intact, 'Judging by the blood stains this massacre occurred recently, probably two hours ago. Which means that whatever monster or monsters did this are still around in this area somewhere.'

He looked up when the ear-piercing screeching of bats penetrated his ears. With the minimal lighting of the tunnel, it would be very difficult for even an experienced hunter to track their movements, but this wasn't an issue for Sasuke and his Sharingan. The bats flew and swarmed around the Uchiha, using the darkness and their superior numbers to attempt to overwhelm the young Uchiha and sink their teeth and talons into his flesh.

Most likely a similar tactic they employed against the dungeon jackals. He would be equal to it though and without the need for hand signs.

[Chidori Stream]