Chapter 62: The Death of Chiyo

Knowing who was in the room, Uchiha Feiyu had no interest in going to find Pakura—the soul of the Fourth Kazekage was also a huge harvest, not to mention that this guy was currently on the verge of death, with Chiyo, who had lost an arm and whose strength had plummeted, as a bonus.

When Uchiha Feiyu walked directly into the room, Chiyo finally sensed that something was wrong; she waved her hand, and several puppets immediately spat out a large number of poison needles, shooting directly toward the direction Uchiha Feiyu had entered.

The sound of *ding-ding-ding-ding* rang out; sword light swirled in Uchiha Feiyu's hand, knocking the poison needles away, and then the white light on the sword in his hand surged, slashing toward a puppet in an instant.

Fighting in a room like this, the puppets had nowhere to hide and were instantly cut in two, but even though this puppet was cut in two, Chiyo waved her hand and could still make it function; sharp poison blades spat out from the scattered parts, charging directly toward Uchiha Feiyu.

Following this destroyed puppet, the other four puppets controlled by Chiyo also began to act, but Chiyo herself retreated rapidly, not even sparing a glance for the Fourth Kazekage or the Medical Ninja standing by the bed who was supposed to be taking care of the Fourth Kazekage.

Chiyo, missing an arm, could only manipulate five puppets and at most counted as an Elite Jonin; knowing full well that she was by no means a match for that Konoha Ghost, just as she was about to smash through the wall behind her, she saw that Konoha Ghost reveal his true form, with two tomoe slowly rotating in his blood-red eyes.

"Sharingan? Not good..."

Chiyo's heart felt a slight shock; a two-tomoe Sharingan did not have much effect on a ninja like Chiyo, at most making her slightly dazed for a moment, and that was only because she was currently agitated and had lost an arm.

Under normal circumstances, even if she were dazed for a moment, it would be difficult for an enemy to break through the defense of ten puppets and attack her true body directly; however, she now only had five puppets on hand, and the opponent could easily bypass this line of defense full of flaws.

So when Chiyo reacted, she saw a white light slashing down at her head; with a *crack! * sound, the Chiyo under the white light turned into a puppet and was slashed diagonally into two pieces.

"Puppet Substitution Technique? Heh, let's see how many times you can substitute your life!"

Uchiha Feiyu sneered; don't look at how Chiyo's Puppet Technique could even manipulate broken puppets, in reality, once a puppet was broken, it could be used at most one or two more times.

Having had two more puppets destroyed, Chiyo now posed almost no threat to Uchiha Feiyu!

"Run! Tell all the Sand Ninja and Pakura that the Konoha Ghost is here!"

The disheveled Chiyo roared, and a puppet blasted open the wall with a cannon, grabbed the Medical Ninja, and threw them out.

During this process, Uchiha Feiyu had already slashed and destroyed another puppet and appeared in front of Chiyo; the blade light turned into an arc, and with a *crack! * sound, the Chiyo who was slashed turned into a puppet body once again.

However, having used the Puppet Substitution repeatedly, plus the puppets destroyed by Uchiha Feiyu, Chiyo now only had one complete puppet left in her hands; a look of despair appeared on her face as she watched Uchiha Feiyu charging over, and she suddenly gave a cold, sharp smile as a huge fluctuation of chakra appeared within her body.

"Brat, let me show you the methods of a true veteran ninja!"

As soon as the words fell, Chiyo saw the figure of Uchiha Feiyu, who had been charging forward, flash and disappear without a trace in a puff of smoke.

This old Puppet Master was stunned for a moment, and then heard *pop-pop* sounds as two Shadow Clones appeared before her.

"Des... despicable..."

Chiyo opened her mouth; the two Shadow Clones charged up at high speed, and with a flash of blade light, they stabbed into Chiyo's heart; the old Puppet Master instantly exploded into a cloud of blood mist, and the highly corrosive blood directly corroded this Shadow Clone into a puff of white smoke.

A moment later, Uchiha Feiyu's figure emerged from the ground, and looking at the house that had been corroded beyond recognition, he felt extremely fortunate:

"The old thing actually had this trick; sure enough, these old-aged ninjas almost all have a trump card prepared for mutual destruction!"

"Luckily, this old hag didn't know that villains die from talking too much; she shouted when she wanted to take me down with her, otherwise I would have been in real danger this time!"

Uchiha Feiyu reflected inwardly; there have always been plenty of ninjas who were defeated by those of lower rank due to tactical errors.

Because the nature of a ninja is that of a glass cannon, with output far exceeding defense by dozens of times, even a so-called Shadow-level Ninja can still be stabbed to death by a Genin with a kunai.

Not to mention that although Chiyo's strength was inferior to his own, her vision and experience were far beyond his, and she had a certain understanding of his intelligence; it was by no means impossible for her to risk her life to take him with her.

Of course, regardless of everything, Uchiha Feiyu ultimately achieved victory; he turned his head to look around and happened to see the Fourth Kazekage take his last breath under the corrosive blood, and a look of joy immediately appeared on his face.

He reached out his hand and gave a light beckon, and two confused souls arrived in Uchiha Feiyu's hands; feeling that the quality of these two souls was no less than that of Hatake Sakumo, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"Chiyo the old hag is whatever; at most she supplements my Medical Ninjutsu and chakra manipulation ability, but the Fourth Kazekage's Magnet Release is just too useful for me."

Hatake Sakumo's strength was not inferior to the Fourth Kazekage, and might even have been superior, but their fighting styles were completely different: one was a mage with integrated offense and defense, and the other was a high-agility, high-attack magic swordsman; these two different combat modes could deal with more diverse enemies.

Moreover, Uchiha Feiyu had long understood one thing from the memories of many ninjas—synthesizing a Bloodline Limit is a very rare method for a ninja to raise their own ceiling.

The chakra system has a visible ceiling because chakra itself does not have a complete cultivation method like Inner Energy; it can only be indirectly increased through physical training and mental stimulation.

But no matter how one trains the body or stimulates the spirit, there is an insurmountable ceiling, and developing a Bloodline Limit is the only way in the chakra system to raise that ceiling and modify one's aptitude.

Theoretically, if you could fuse the seven chakra attributes of water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, yin, and yang into one and refine a Truth-Seeking Ball, you could become a Six Paths Level figure, easily crushing those Otsutsuki who rely solely on eating fruits and know the 'what' but not the 'why'.

Of course, in reality... the difficulty of fusing seven chakra attributes into one is equivalent to more than billions of times that of synthesizing a Bloodline Limit from two chakra types; it is simply not a cultivation that humans can complete.

(End of chapter)