Chapter 77: Bloodline Evolution and the Three-Tomoe

Having obtained the status of a Root ninja, the best thing for Uchiha Feiyu was that he could enter and leave Konoha at will; when leaving the village, he only needed to report to Danzō that he was going to execute a mission.

As long as he could eventually bring back the head of the mission target, Danzō did not care whether Uchiha Feiyu was doing his own private work in the meantime; the reason he had such a privilege was precisely because Uchiha Feiyu's strength was formidable.

Many missions that were extremely thorny for Root were easy for Uchiha Feiyu; Root had a grand reputation, but there were actually very few ninjas who could truly be called elites.

Not to mention anything else, just the Hattori Ichiro whom Uchiha Feiyu killed during his first mission—looking across the entire Root, apart from Shimura Danzo and Orochimaru, there were few so-called elites who were a match for this spy.

Shimura Danzo, this leader, and Orochimaru, this Root collaborator, certainly could not go out to hunt down a minor spy; an elite squad would very likely be killed in reverse by the opponent, and having a large number of Root ninjas act would easily alert the enemy.

In the past, when facing such a tough nut to crack, Danzō's Root would have to lose quite a few men to even have a chance of taking down Hattori Ichiro; if the opponent didn't possess Konoha secrets, Root would at most just keep track of the opponent's movements and would not be willing to chew on such a bone at all.

Until now, with a Wazamono like Uchiha Feiyu, Root finally had the capital to clear away such tough nuts.

Even if Uchiha Feiyu only went on a mission once every ten days or half a month, it was enough to clear out many of the backlogged missions in Root; for such a good blade, even if he wasn't very controllable, Danzō's outward attitude was still quite good.

If you have power and don't use it, it will expire; during this period, Uchiha Feiyu basically left the village every ten days or half a month under the name of executing missions. His true purpose was, of course, not just to execute missions, but more to establish a Blood Pool.

The corpses of two thousand ninjas needed to undergo various treatments, and only after being refined through the methods included in the Swallow Spirit Refining Blood Secret Art could they truly be refined into a pool of blood.

It was thanks to the fact that this world had a ninjutsu like Shadow Clone Jutsu that Uchiha Feiyu was able to successfully create the Blood Pool in just four months.

In a forest 20 kilometers away from Konoha, Uchiha Feiyu dug down over a hundred meters underground before he began to create the Blood Pool.

When he first started creating it, the size of the Blood Pool was a full 30 meters, but by the time all the processes were completed, the final result was a pool about five or six meters in diameter, about the size of a small bathhouse.

"It's finally completely built... This thing doesn't look like anything good; it lives up to being a Demonic Path inheritance!"

Looking at the small pool in front of him, Uchiha Feiyu sighed. The edge of the Blood Pool was wrapped in a substance like white jade, yet Uchiha Feiyu, who had personally refined it, knew very well that it was actually a pool wall made of human bones.

As for the pale red, slightly sweet-smelling liquid inside that resembled wine, it was actually refined from pure fresh blood. The essence blood refined from the blood of over 2,000 people only covered a shallow layer at the bottom of the pool.

"Theoretically, now that the Blood Pool is just finished, even without starting the sacrifice, it has a certain effect of strengthening the bloodline. It just so happens that I can test it out."

Stripping off his clothes, Uchiha Feiyu sat cross-legged at the bottom of the pool and began to circulate the Swallow Spirit Refining Blood Secret Art. The red liquid, which had only just covered Uchiha Feiyu's thighs, instantly boiled, and in an instant, it wrapped around Uchiha Feiyu's entire body, turning into a large red cocoon.

The red meat cocoon pulsed like a heart. Wrapped inside, Uchiha Feiyu felt as if he were an infant enveloped in amniotic fluid, and he gradually fell into a state of stillness.

The sun on the horizon slowly sank, and until the moon was in the middle of the sky, the meat cocoon that had been pulsing finally slowed down and became quiet. The vivid, blood-colored meat cocoon also gradually withered like dead skin. A moment later, with a 'Rip!', a hand like white jade poked through the withered meat cocoon and tore the entire cocoon open.

Uchiha Feiyu, who walked out of the meat cocoon, had skin that looked as fair and tender as an infant's. A pair of blood-colored Three-Tomoe Sharingan swirled continuously in his eye sockets. The powerful chakra in his body leaked out as if it could not be suppressed, and it only converged after a full few minutes.

"What a strong feeling... It's practically a rebirth; it's much more enhanced than when I first awakened my eyes and synthesized Magnet Release chakra."

The Uchiha bloodline within Uchiha Feiyu's own body could only be considered barely passable; after all, he was only 1/4 Uchiha, and under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for him to awaken his eyes in his entire life.

Even with the help of cheats to awaken the Sharingan, the advancement of the Sharingan was still fraught with difficulties.

If it were any other ordinary Uchiha who possessed the ability to control souls and had absorbed so many animal soul grievances, not to mention Mangekyo, a peak Three-Tomoe Sharingan would definitely be guaranteed. However, burdened by the thin bloodline in his body, Uchiha Feiyu had always only had a Two-Tomoe Sharingan.

Until now, he had completed the Uchiha bloodline in his body, and the Sharingan had truly evolved to the level of the Three-Tomoe.

"However... the evolution of the Sharingan is only one aspect. My reaction ability, Yin Release level, chakra intensity, chakra control, and even my ethereal ninjutsu talent have all increased significantly."

"No wonder the Uchiha Clan is so arrogant. Even without awakening the Sharingan, the bloodline passed down from the Otsutsuki Clan makes their physical fitness, ninjutsu talent, and chakra volume far exceed that of ordinary civilian ninjas."

"Not to mention the bonus of a small cheat like the Sharingan. Every time the Sharingan advances, it is not just an increase in functionality, but also a development of the bloodline; nerve reactions and chakra will all improve."

"With such a huge gap, unless an ordinary ninja is a heaven-sent genius with top-tier inheritance, they will never catch up even if they work themselves to death."

Focusing his mind slightly, Uchiha Feiyu did not even need to perform any seals; faint lightning light began to permeate his body. In the past, this was something that could only be done after receiving the soul possession of Hatake Sakumo, but now it was easily achieved by Uchiha Feiyu.

"White Fang sword technique... Now, purely in terms of level, there is no essential difference between me and Hatake Sakumo; there is only a difference in experience..."

It could be said that Hatake Sakumo's soul now provided little bonus to Uchiha Feiyu, or rather, through possession training and 'borrowing the false to cultivate the true', Uchiha Feiyu had already digested all of Hatake Sakumo's abilities.

In other words, Uchiha Feiyu's true self had already truly stepped into the Shadow-level!

(End of chapter)