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Chapter 151: Completion of Immortal Technique
Chapter 151: Completion of Immortal Technique
In the lush spring of March, when grasses turn green and birds sing merrily, an eerie chill permeates a desolate canyon outside Luoqian Village.
"Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence!"
With a shout devoid of any emotion, trees sprang from the earth, their gnarled branches reaching menacingly towards a man garbed in simple white robes, his brow marked with three arched lines in a bluish-violet hue.
With a calm gaze, Yu Yi Xuan Yue, also known as Feather Cloak Dark Moon, surveyed the scene, his eyes closing briefly as invisible natural energy surged into his body.
Just as countless vines and branches were about to entangle him...
Feather Cloak Dark Moon opened his eyes.
"Mystical Ninja Art!"
In an instant, a blue shadow appeared at the corner of his eyes.
Before the vines could draw near, an overwhelmingly powerful surge of mystical ninja art chakra erupted from his body, obliterating the encroaching tendrils.
Under this substantial pressure, within a ten-meter radius around Feather Cloak Dark Moon, the wood-style technique, no matter how wildly it extended, could not come any closer.
Feather Cloak Dark Moon's gaze shifted to the caster of the wood-style jutsu, and he stepped forward with his right foot.
Whoosh!
He covered a hundred-meter distance in the blink of an eye.
Feather Cloak Dark Moon threw a punch, and under the Impure World Reincarnation technique, the dazed Senju Hashirama stumbled back, half his body turning to dust.
However, soon after...
Amidst a flurry of paper fragments, Senju Hashirama's Impure World Reincarnation body swiftly regenerated.
Senju Hashirama clapped his hands together once more.
"Mystical Ninja Art!"
The visage of a sage appeared on his face, just like Feather Cloak Dark Moon's.
Unlike Feather Cloak Dark Moon's monotonous transformation, where only the corners of his eyes changed in Sage Mode, Senju Hashirama's face was adorned with intricate sage patterns, and even the color of his irises underwent a subtle shift.
Additionally, while Feather Cloak Dark Moon's sage eye shadow was blue, Senju Hashirama's was a deep crimson.
This disparity did not indicate a difference in the power of their mystical ninja arts.
It was merely a result of their distinct ninja arts—one derived from the Slug Sage Art, which, when mastered by humans, inevitably bore the influence of slugs in Sage Mode; the other was a recent development, specifically designed for humans.
At this moment, with both Feather Cloak Dark Moon and Senju Hashirama having activated their Sage Modes, transmuting the chakra within their bodies into mystical ninja art chakra, they clashed once more. The battle that ensued was far more intense than their previous encounters.
Several minutes later, the once picturesque canyon resembled the aftermath of a powerful earthquake, reduced to a desolate wasteland.
As the canyon teetered on the brink of total collapse, Senju Hashirama, who was about to throw another punch, suddenly froze, his body emitting a radiant white light.
Feather Cloak Dark Moon also halted, and as he watched, the sound of fluttering paper fragments filled the air once more, signaling the end of Senju Hashirama's Impure World Reincarnation.
After a few breaths...
The paper fragments adorning Senju Hashirama's Impure World Reincarnation body fell away.
When all was said and done, Senju Hashirama's body vanished, leaving behind a stranger's corpse, clad in Iwa-nin forehead protector and an elite jonin jacket.
"Is this all there is?"
Feather Cloak Dark Moon sighed softly, a hint of disappointment in his voice as he beheld the scene before him.
The Impure World Reincarnation technique he possessed was not the complete version perfected by Orochimaru, and as such, it always presented various shortcomings when he used it.
Even though he had spent over a year researching it further, his primary focus had been on cultivating and merging the seven attribute chakras, as well as developing mystical ninja arts, so he had not achieved any significant breakthroughs.
The Impure World Reincarnation technique employed by Feather Cloak Dark Moon still lacked the ability to awaken the caster's consciousness, and there remained unresolved issues that arose during its maintenance, as evidenced by Senju Hashirama's abrupt logout.
The sacrifice for Senju Hashirama, who had just appeared, was a Hidden Stone jonin who had been active in this area recently.
By infusing Hashirama's cells into the body without worrying about immune rejection and then immediately performing the Impure World Reincarnation technique, Hashirama was able to manifest with a considerable amount of his strength, even capable of performing Sage techniques. He was undoubtedly more powerful than he had been during the Third Great Ninja War.
It was just a shame that it couldn't last very long.
Fortunately, with the Hashirama cells collected from Root, he could cultivate a portion of flesh in the growth vat, which was enough for him to continue using the Impure World Reincarnation technique to summon Senju Hashirama as his personal sparring partner.
The only thing he needed to consider was the issue of sacrifices.
The White Zetsu was an excellent experimental material, but he had few in his possession, and Yu Yi Xuan Yue was reluctant to waste them on the Impure World Reincarnation technique.
As for sacrifices like the Hidden Stone jonin, they were also rare.
If it weren't for the fact that the Stone ninja had been making frequent small moves lately, seemingly aware of the abnormalities here like Konoha and sending people to investigate secretly, only to end up delivering themselves to his door, he would have had to go out of his way to find such sacrifices.
"Speaking of which, it's about time to relocate Lock Front Village."
Because of his trip to the Land of Fire with Sasuke, which had drawn the attention of the ninja world, Lock Front Village now had sufficient time to prepare an escape route.
The Joint Investigation Department established during the second Five Kage Summit had proven to be quite capable, as they had managed to stall for over a year.
Thinking of the intelligence Samui, who had also joined the Joint Investigation Department, had sent back a few days ago, Yu Yi Xuan Yue made up his mind.
However, before that, as he felt his Sage Mode coming to an end, Yu Yi Xuan Yue's eyes flickered as he released the Yin Seal, attempting to store the senjutsu chakra within his body into the seal.
Before he could input much, the Yin Seal began to vibrate violently.
Yu Yi Xuan Yue quickly stopped the process.
"It seems I'm still a bit lacking."
After his encounter with the Forbidden Hair Heavenly Technique on Mount Katsuragi, where he had gained valuable insights, Yu Yi Xuan Yue had made smooth progress in his senjutsu development.
Recently, he had finally accomplished a feat unmatched in the ninja world - successfully developing a senjutsu suitable for humans to cultivate.
This was the reason why when he entered Sage Mode, his eyes displayed the most orthodox blue chakra color, and his body did not undergo any bestial transformations, remaining mostly unchanged.
It was just that, having just completed it, the duration of his Sage Mode was not very long.
Yu Yi Xuan Yue, who wanted to achieve extended periods of activation, tried to infuse senjutsu chakra into the Yin Seal for storage, ready to use whenever he needed it.
This was not a far-fetched idea.
From the black bead that stored the Forbidden Hair Heavenly Technique, Yu Yi Xuan Yue had gained plenty of inspiration, even modifying the structure of the Yin Seal because of it.
But now, it seemed that there was still much work to be done.
After all, the black bead could only temporarily store energy.
If he wanted to further develop the Yin Seal into a Senjutsu Seal, further strengthening himself, Yu Yi Xuan Yue knew that he had a long way to go.
Of course.
Regardless, the successful development of senjutsu meant that Yu Yi Xuan Yue's strength had taken another step forward.
With his current strength, he had surpassed Eternal Kaguya.
As for whether he could defeat the complete body of Senju Hashirama or the Reincarnation Kaguya, that remained to be seen.
(End of Chapter)
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