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Chapter 108: Shiki Fujin: Release and Sever
Chapter 108: Shiki Fujin: Release and Sever
Fully aware of his impending fate, Orochimaru showed little concern for his impending death, knowing that only a soul clone of himself had appeared here. The only regret he had was that the research results from these past few days would be lost with the death of this soul clone, unable to be transmitted back to his original body.
"May I do it myself?" Orochimaru made one last small request.
To this, Huyi Xuan Yue gave the same answer as when Orochimaru had refused his proposal during the Chunin Exams:
"For someone of your caliber, I cannot afford to let my guard down."
"Very well." Orochimaru smiled ruefully.
Huyi Xuan Yue didn't waste any more time. A scorching fireball struck Orochimaru, completely burning away the moisture in his body before incinerating the corpse.
With the potential threat eliminated, Huyi Xuan Yue clapped his hands and performed a summoning jutsu.
"Impure World Reincarnation."
Another coffin rose from the ground.
Soon, another "Huyi Xuan Yue" stepped out of it.
Looking at his other self, Huyi Xuan Yue's eyes narrowed slightly. Without hesitation, he swiftly formed hand seals.
Snake - Boar - Sheep - Rabbit - Dog - Rat - Rooster - Horse - Snake.
Finally, with a 'pa' sound, he brought his hands together.
"Sealing Technique: Ghost Shroud Seal!"
In an instant, a gigantic silhouette of the Shinigami appeared behind Huyi Xuan Yue.
Huyi Xuan Yue turned his head to look: "So this is the Shinigami?"
Only the caster of the Shiki Fujin could see the true form of the Shinigami.
During the Chunin Exams, Huyi Xuan Yue, who had not met this condition at the time, had not seen the Shinigami.
Seeming to sense Huyi Xuan Yue's gaze, the Shinigami, with a ninja sword in its mouth and two horns protruding from its long white hair, its face contorted in a greedy expression, glanced at Huyi Xuan Yue with greedy eyes.
Once the Shiki Fujin was performed, the caster would enter into a contract with the Shinigami, selling their soul to it.
In addition to the enemy's soul.
Feasting on two souls at once, the Shinigami was naturally satisfied.
Noticing the Shinigami's expression, Huyi Xuan Yue coldly hmphed and turned back, continuing with his plan.
Poof!
Huyi Xuan Yue's clothes tore open, revealing a large hole in his front and back as the Shinigami's arm pierced through his chest, grasping his soul while, at Huyi Xuan Yue's command, it reached out towards the Impure World Reincarnation body.
Soon, the soul fragments within the reincarnated body were pulled out by the Shinigami's arm.
The sound of fluttering paper filled the air.
The Impure World Reincarnation body disappeared.
Once again, the Shinigami had snatched a soul from the underworld. However, this time, the underworld made no attempt to resist, unlike when Huyi Xuan Yue had tried to break free from its grasp, and had been pulled back with force.
The Shinigami's arm, carrying Huyi Xuan Yue's soul fragment, began to retract.
Just as it was about to return to Huyi Xuan Yue's chest, along with his soul, Huyi Xuan Yue hooked his mouth and formed hand seals once more.
This set of hand seals was very similar to the Shiki Fujin, except that they were performed in reverse and had a few additional seals.
"Shiki Fujin: Release!"
Along with the final clap of his hands, Huyi Xuan Yue shouted.
As his voice fell—
Crackle! Crackle! Crackle!
The sound of breaking chains reverberated endlessly in the void.
Huyi Xuan Yue clearly sensed that the contract he had just made with the Shinigami was being forcibly torn apart.
The Shinigami's silhouette behind him let out a silent roar of anger, as if cursing Huyi Xuan Yue for his betrayal.
Not only that, but it also glared at Huyi Xuan Yue's back, its other arm reaching for the ninja sword in its mouth.
In an instant, it was as if a sharp blade slashed through the void, piercing through Huyi Xuan Yue's chest and slicing towards the Shinigami's arm within.
ROAR~
This time, the Shinigami let out a tangible roar of anger.
For its arm had truly been severed.
The timing was just right.
In the moment the Shinigami's arm was cut off, Huyi Xuan Yue's soul fragment, which it had been grasping, was about to be pulled out along with his original soul.
With its arm severed, the Shinigami's hold on the soul fragment loosened, and Huyi Xuan Yue's original soul was freed.
In that fleeting moment, as Huyi Xuan Yue welcomed it, his original soul and the momentarily freed soul fragment rapidly fused back together.
A sense of elation and immense satisfaction washed over Huyi Xuan Yue's body and mind.
Finally!
After more than half a year, his reincarnated self had finally regained his peak condition, with no more weaknesses.
But the surprises didn't end there.
Soon, Huyi Xuan Yue noticed that the severed Shinigami arm had turned into specks of light. Instead of dispersing, the light actively merged into his soul, as if providing a great boost to his being.
It felt as if he had just received a powerful supplement.
With the specks of light from the Shinigami's arm merging into his soul, the soul fractures that had remained even after the fusion were now rapidly healing at an incredible speed.
Once everything was restored to its original state, perfect and intact, the remaining specks of light continued to merge into Huyi Xuan Yue's soul.
Huyi Xuan Yue could feel his soul power growing stronger by the moment.
The benefits of a powerful soul went without saying.
Additionally, it seemed like a new technique had been added to his mental repertoire.
Huyi Xuan Yue was delighted by this unexpected turn of events.
On the other hand, the "self-sacrificing" Shinigami was not feeling too pleased after losing an arm.
It was always the one consuming others' souls; it had never imagined that one day, someone would consume its power.
Especially when it saw Huyi Xuan Yue turn around, his eyes greedy, as if contemplating doing it again.
The Shinigami's expression darkened.
"It seems you are not as emotionless and rigid as some assume, nor are you a mere fixed program," Huyi Xuan Yue said, addressing the Shinigami's silhouette.
The Shinigami could feel greed and anger.
It was not simply an embodiment of death or a fixed will driven by a program, as some had speculated.
The development of the Shiki Fujin technique was likely due to an ancestor of the Uzumaki clan inadvertently discovering the existence of the Shinigami, an incredibly powerful being with great control over souls. Using the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques, they established a contract with the Shinigami, leading to the Shiki Fujin technique that has persisted to this day.
As long as the contract was adhered to, the Shinigami would fulfill its end of the bargain.
Even the method to remove the Shinigami mask left behind by the Uzumaki clan was part of the contract.
Hence, in the original story, when Orochimaru put on the Shinigami mask and attempted to cut open the Shinigami's belly to retrieve the sealed souls, the Shinigami still carried out its end of the contract.
However, this time, not only had Huyi Xuan Yue forcibly torn the contract, but he had also taken the Shinigami's arm.
Evidently, the Shinigami was truly enraged.
This was the wrath that Orochimaru had spoken of.
At that moment, dark clouds covered the sky, blocking out the sun's rays.
In the increasingly gloomy atmosphere, Huyi Xuan Yue and the Shinigami stood in silent confrontation.
(End of Chapter)
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