Chapter 188: Pure-Blooded Otsutsuki Clone

Shisui Uchiha, Obito Uchiha, and Itachi Uchiha could be said to be the three strongest ninjas in the Uchiha Clan today; within the entire Uchiha Clan, only these three sensed the true source of this terrifying aura.

Yet, when the three of them arrived at the main gate of the Naka River Shrine, they each felt as if they had stepped into a quagmire, unable to take another step inside. Under the suppression of the terrifying aura, all three of them instinctively activated their Three-Tomoe Sharingan, yet they still felt their bones creaking—it was an auditory hallucination caused by the immense pressure of the aura.

"What on earth is going on? What exactly went wrong inside?"

Shisui Uchiha looked at Itachi Uchiha with a somewhat suspicious and uncertain expression. To this, Itachi Uchiha only gave a wry smile; theoretically, as the son of the Uchiha Clan head, he should have known many secrets.

——But his old man had kicked the bucket when he was only eight or nine years old, so he didn't know what was wrong with this shrine either!

"Doesn't everyone usually hold meetings at the Naka River Shrine? Could there really be some deity inside?"

Obito blinked his eyes and made an ignorant declaration, causing Shisui Uchiha to only roll his eyes:

"How is that possible? What is enshrined in the shrine are the ancestors of our Uchiha Clan. It couldn't possibly be our Uchiha ancestors causing such a huge commotion! Besides, are there any deities in this world?"

Shisui Uchiha felt that he was already considered naive enough within the Uchiha Clan, but compared to Obito, he felt he was truly "too Uchiha."

"Uh... how about I go in and take a look first?!"

They knew that this world had a Pure Land, and they knew that this world had Immortals; those with broader knowledge even knew of various demons and evil gods.

After saying this, he followed behind Obito and walked into the gate of the shrine courtyard, and Itachi Uchiha likewise followed behind Shisui Uchiha.

Obito looked at the youth before him and shouted loudly. Setting aside the suppression coming from the bloodline, just based on the youth's appearance, Obito was certain this guy was no ordinary person.

As an Uchiha, to not even be clear about the shrine dedicated to his own ancestors—Obito Uchiha's performance could only make Itachi Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha sigh that he was truly worthy of being the legendary "idiot."

A cracking sound came from the ancestral hall. The three of them looked at each other and prepared themselves for caution. Even Obito Uchiha, this "idiot," had rolled through the battlefields of the Third Shinobi World War filled with piles of dead bodies; he might be a bit silly usually, but when truly encountering danger, this guy was also a Konoha Jonin.

"Uh... so this shrine is dedicated to our ancestors? Hahaha, I really didn't know that!"

Shisui Uchiha reached out and covered his face, sighing after a moment:

"Let's all go in together! It'll be easier to look out for each other if something happens!"

Naturally, although this shrine location was quite large, there were no priests or shrine maidens; it was just a place for the Uchiha to remember their ancestors.

After pushing open the gate to the shrine courtyard, the three of them didn't discover anything, and then their gazes all turned toward the ancestral hall in the center of the shrine.

But now, even they couldn't enter the shrine; even if the Hokage came to provide support, what use would it be?

However, just at this moment, that overwhelming aura, which had been growing stronger like a monstrous wave, suddenly receded. The change in aura was so fast that all three Uchihas couldn't control themselves for a moment and nearly fell to the ground.

One must know that all three of them were Shadow-level ninjas. Because they hadn't awakened the Mangekyo, they couldn't be counted as the strongest among the Shadow-level, but they were definitely not mediocre. Even though the number of strong individuals in Konoha had nearly exploded in recent years, those who could rival them would not exceed the count of ten fingers.

Ninjas in the Ninja World actually had no concept of ghosts or gods. The Reanimation Jutsu could directly fish the dead out of the Pure Land for a stroll; expecting these guys, whose supernatural power belonged to themselves, to have a sense of awe was truly wishful thinking.

"Be careful... I feel that the other party hasn't left, but has merely restrained their aura..."

That cracking sound was like a floorboard being pushed open, followed by a burst of light footsteps. Amidst the creaking sound, the door of the ancestral hall was pushed open, and a youth with a smile on his face, looking no more than seven or eight years old, walked out.

Pale skin, two small horns on his head, snow-white long hair draped behind his back, and in his pitch-black eyes were three blood-colored tomoe, exactly the opposite of the Uchiha's red eyes with black tomoe.

"You... who are you?!"

"Alright, regardless of anything, let's just wait here for a while! I've already sent someone to notify the Hokage, but if even just the aura suppression makes it impossible for us to enter the shrine, it's likely meaningless for ordinary ninjas to come here."

But it was limited to just knowing; expecting them to have any sense of awe was impossible. In the eyes of ninjas, these things were just creatures more powerful than them—and perhaps not even necessarily stronger than certain ninjas!

However, upon seeing this youth, the Uchiha trio only felt their bodies trembling, as if a unique suppression from their bloodline made them instinctively take a step back and adopt a defensive posture.

Itachi Uchiha spoke with a cautious expression, yet at this moment, Obito Uchiha had already carelessly reached out his hand and pushed open the shrine's door directly. Only then did he hear Itachi Uchiha's words; his entire body froze there, and he turned his head:

Although the youth's appearance was extremely refined, this peculiar appearance, combined with that aura that was completely unlike a human's, told the three Uchihas before him that this guy was definitely not human.

Most people in the Ninja World looked more or less the same, but there were a very small number of ninjas who, due to genetic mutations, the practice of special ninjutsu, or human body modification, looked completely different from ordinary people, such as ninjas like Hoshigaki Kisame, Sakon and Ukon, or Kinkaku and Ginkaku.

But regardless, none of them were like this seven or eight-year-old youth before them, who just by being looked at gave one a strange sense of alienation; in no way could one equate him with an ordinary human.

"Does the cultivation method of the Shenzong Demon Sect have such an aftereffect? Or is it the result of combining it with the local chakra system? I remember that the ordinary Otsutsuki Clan didn't seem to have such a strange temperament. This is being directly expelled from the human race!"

The strange youth did not answer the Uchiha trio's question, only muttered a few words to himself, then raised his head and looked at the three of them.

Black pupils, blood-colored tomoe—this feature, which was the exact opposite of the Sharingan, made the Uchiha trio unable to help but overthink. Obito, the most reckless in personality, stepped forward and shouted:

"You guy, don't talk to yourself, you haven't answered our question yet!"

"Hehe... answer your question..."

The youth raised his head, the tomoe in his eyes rotating. Before the three Uchihas could react, they felt the world spinning, and in an instant, they lost consciousness.

Seeing the three of them unconscious, this youth finally withdrew his gaze and reached out his hand to look at his own hands:

"Is this the feeling of a pure-blooded Otsutsuki? I easily knocked these three guys down... but this pure-blooded Otsutsuki Clone I separated is a bit too small. It seems I need to absorb more chakra to grow."

Clearly, this youth who was only seven or eight years old was the pure-blooded Otsutsuki Clone separated by Uchiha Feiyu. Originally, according to Uchiha Feiyu's calculations, he could have separated the pure-blooded Otsutsuki Clone within about five years, but later, in order to better develop the bloodline potential of the Otsutsuki Clan, he had spent an extra three years of accumulation.

Facts proved that his three years of accumulation were not in vain. Although the Otsutsuki Clone before him was only in a youth, or even child, form, the quality of the chakra within his body had already reached the level of a Bloodline Web, far exceeding the original Uchiha Feiyu.

"It's just that the body of a young Otsutsuki, in terms of basic physical fitness... is still somewhat worse than the original body..."

Not to mention the power, speed, and defensive capabilities reduced due to being young, just the fatal flaw of having short arms and legs could self-reduce his Power Level by thirty percent in combat at the same level.

Therefore, the Power Level of this Otsutsuki Clone now, compared to the original body, actually hadn't increased much; at most, he had changed from the original magic warrior to an existence closer to a pure mage.

However, there was no need to worry about the problem of his future cultivation path being contaminated. The Otsutsuki Clone before him could completely use a large amount of Chakra Pills for cultivation. According to Uchiha Feiyu's calculations, in just a few short months, the strength of his Otsutsuki Clone could double again.

Moreover, this kind of bloodline clone wasn't something that couldn't be fused back once separated. In the bloodline fusion state, the Power Level Uchiha Feiyu displayed was much stronger than it had been a few years ago!

The sound of footsteps came, and another person walked out of the ancestral hall; it was Uchiha Feiyu's original body.

A day ago, Uchiha Feiyu had reached a critical moment in his cultivation and felt that he was about to break through, so he hid in the underground secret chamber of the Naka River Shrine and finally broke through the fifth level of the Shenzong Demon Sect's cultivation method, separating the pure-blooded Otsutsuki Clone.

After completely stripping away the pure-blooded Otsutsuki Clone, there was no longer any chakra energy within Uchiha Feiyu's body. However, relying on his strong foundation, his physical fitness and mental energy were still far beyond that of an average ninja, so he wouldn't completely become a grunt.

And as long as a thought crossed his mind, he could re-extract a portion of chakra from the pure-blooded Otsutsuki Clone, or even have the pure-blooded Otsutsuki Clone return directly into his body, so he didn't feel any sense of crisis.

Even during the time Uchiha Feiyu walked near his clone, he had already secretly used the chakra refinement method to synthesize chakra again from his own mental energy and physical energy.

It was just that without the Otsutsuki genes, even though his physical energy and mental energy were far beyond that of ordinary people by who knows how many times, the chakra Uchiha Feiyu could refine was not much, just about the same as an ordinary Shadow-level ninja.

Now Uchiha Feiyu was also not afraid of what impact chakra would have on his future cultivation system; in any case, no matter how much chakra there was, it could all be stuffed into the Otsutsuki Clone.

"Very good, in the short term, first strengthen my clone to the limit, kill Nagato, and then find a way to harvest a big one; by then, I can convert my cultivation system!"

"It's thanks to this guy Nagato for maintaining the stability of the entire Ninja World all these years; the current population of the Ninja World is nearly saturated, and it's already time for a harvest!"

With a thought, the pure-blooded Otsutsuki Clone turned into a stream of light and entered Uchiha Feiyu's body. Uchiha Feiyu didn't undergo any major changes, only his hair transformed into a silver-white color, but his aura was incomparable to just a moment ago.

With a movement of his figure, accompanied by a ripple in space, Uchiha Feiyu's figure vanished without a trace.

Uchiha Feiyu had placed the Hunyuan Treasure Box in the four Ninja Villages he controlled, using them to make use of waste by serving as tools for carrying out the death penalty.

Although there were no large-scale wars, because the jurisdiction of the four Great Ninja Villages had expanded a thousandfold and now encompassed four countries, and on top of that, almost everyone in these four countries now possessed chakra, even if used only to deal with death-row inmates, the Four Primordial Treasure Boxes had absorbed tens of thousands of people over these past few years.

The Naruto world had already entered modernization, but as a world possessing extraordinary power, all kinds of criminals could be described as emerging one after another; especially since these years happened to be the time when the policy of universal chakra was being implemented, the crime rate had increased by nearly dozens of times overnight, which also allowed the four Hunyuan Treasure Boxes to have their fill.

Added to the massive amount of chakra, Soul energy, and blood energy that Uchiha Feiyu had previously stored within the Hunyuan Treasure Boxes, it could be said that the power of the four Hunyuan Treasure Boxes was almost no less than a God Tree Fruit.

Relying on powerful Space-Time Ninjutsu, Uchiha Feiyu quickly arrived ahead of time at the place where Konoha kept the Hunyuan Treasure Box, which was Konoha Prison.

There was no help for it; although the Hunyuan Treasure Box was the type of secret within the Ninja Village that could not be spoken of but was known to upper-level ninja, it was impossible to bring it out and use it openly just because of that.

Placing it in Konoha Prison was naturally the best location; as soon as it was determined which ninja in the prison had no value, they could be thrown directly inside to be refined into a Pill.

In the pitch-black lowest level of the prison, Uchiha Feiyu casually reached out to perform a Seal, opening a layer of Barrier; as the Barrier gate was opened, it revealed a box inside the size of a coffin.

As a refined magical artifact, the Hunyuan Treasure Box also possessed a certain ability to change size at will, but the reason the Hunyuan Treasure Box had become this large was not because Uchiha Feiyu had mobilized its ability, but simply because there was too much energy inside, and even with its space compression function, it had still bloated the entire Hunyuan Treasure Box.

(End of this chapter)