Chapter 99: Bloodline Evolution

In a secluded tent at the Leaf Ninja camp, Uchiha Feiyu pushed the door open and entered, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth as he looked at the scrolls piled into a small mountain.

"Looking at this quantity, there are at least a thousand... This time, the Blood Pool is truly going to have a grand opening!"

"Speaking of which, Teacher Orochimaru is really generous this time. Logically speaking, this guy should also need quite a few cadavers for his research... Could it be because he is in a very good mood?"

As for the reason for his good mood, after this great victory over the Cloud Ninja Village, theoretically, Orochimaru's position as Hokage should be set in stone.

"Does he think that if there are no accidents, his position as Hokage is secure? What a pity..."

"I feel that in Konoha, the thing least lacking should be accidents, right?"

Although Uchiha Feiyu had never killed a Leaf Ninja, he had collected quite a few souls of Leaf Ninja on the battlefield. Relying on the knowledge and insights from these souls, he actually had a deep understanding of the current Konoha.

Although Konoha still maintains the title of the number one Great Ninja Village, in reality, hidden dangers have long been buried. The upper echelons are not exactly rotten to the core, but they are conservative and stuck in their ways; it is likely difficult for them to tolerate a leader like Orochimaru, who is full of personality and has a strong character.

Of course, this kind of thought only flashed through Uchiha Feiyu's mind; whether Orochimaru can become Hokage has little to do with him, this opportunistic disciple.

Thinking of this, a cold glint flashed in Uchiha Feiyu's eyes, and a cold sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

A lack of investigation is, in some respects, a flaw. Given his current status in Root, if Shimura Danzo did not know the cause of his parents' death like the back of his hand, how could he not have investigated it further?

It was not that he found some Root ninja who directly carried out the mission, but rather that Uchiha Feiyu discovered that Root had not conducted any investigation into his parents' deaths.

The person in Uchiha Feiyu's heart who took the opportunity to act against him was naturally his boss in theory, Shimura Danzo of Root.

When he is truly invincible in the world, so-called power will naturally flock to him, just like the First Hokage; even if he acted like a fool, it did not stop him from being the most powerful person in the entire Ninja World at that time.

"However, in the eyes of the Konoha upper echelons, I should also count as one of Orochimaru's people, and I am also an Uchiha... If something really goes wrong, it's hard to say whether some people will take the opportunity to act against me..."

Although he had helped Root complete many missions and it seemed like they had a tacit understanding, Uchiha Feiyu had never let his guard down against Danzo, especially after he had searched the souls of Root ninja.

With the Book of Demonic Inheritance, Uchiha Feiyu believed that one day he would be able to reach the level of Madara Uchiha, Senju Hashirama, or even Otsutsuki Kaguya, and this level would not even be his limit.

Having stayed in Root for a few months, Uchiha Feiyu did not just carry out missions. Through secret investigations while in Root, although he did not find any direct evidence, he vaguely felt that his parents' deaths were likely related to Root.

Now that his wings have grown full, if he were to truly part ways with Konoha, it would be Konoha's loss, not his. Considering his hatred, he felt a bit eager to try.

"Those idiots in the Konoha upper echelons, I hope you are truly as I expect and stir up some trouble!"

Cleaning up the battlefield, pushing the front line to the Land of Frost to guard against the Cloud Ninja... there is nothing more to say about these remaining matters.

After the Cloud Ninja returned to the Land of Lightning, Konoha would not pursue them, and it is estimated that it is unlikely for battles to occur in the future. Uchiha Feiyu went to ask Orochimaru for leave, preparing to go to the Blood Pool for a baptism.

This time, Uchiha Feiyu not only sent all the Cloud Ninja corpses to Ryuchi Cave but also found quite a few Leaf Ninja corpses—after all, only Orochimaru, who does the final count, knows how many corpses are left on the battlefield in the end; Uchiha Feiyu taking half of them would not cause any problems.

Not to mention anything else, corpses like those of the Hyuga Clan, because they possess the bloodline of the Otsutsuki Clan, have effects dozens of times stronger than those of ordinary ninja. How could Uchiha Feiyu let them go?

A ninja's footwork is swift, and Uchiha Feiyu is a top-tier speed-type ninja; it took him half a day to reach the Blood Pool.

Subsequently, Uchiha Feiyu summoned the snakes of Ryuchi Cave to transport the corpses one by one. To avoid these corpses being eaten by the snakes of Ryuchi Cave, he specifically sprinkled some snake-repellent powder on the corpses. Now it seems the effect is quite good; the number of corpses has remained largely unchanged.

After counting, the two thousand corpses were all integrated into the Blood Pool. The red blood in the pool instantly permeated almost half of it.

"Seven or eight times more than last time. It's probably because the quality of the corpses last time wasn't high enough, and also, creating the Blood Pool itself consumed a lot of energy."

After making a rough estimate, Uchiha Feiyu jumped into the Blood Pool, closed his eyes, and began to circulate the Soul Devouring Blood Refining Art.

The blood inside the entire pool rotated rapidly, forming a small blood-colored vortex. In the center of the vortex, a meat cocoon resembling a heart began to beat once more.

Several hours passed, and the once-vibrant meat cocoon gradually turned into withered dead skin. With a 'crack' sound, Uchiha Feiyu walked out of the meat cocoon once again.

"It didn't evolve into a Mangekyo... but it seems a bit different from a normal Three-Tomoe."

Uchiha Feiyu felt the pupil power in his eyes, which was full to the limit, and was slightly surprised. As the three tomoe in his eyes rotated, a pale black chakra skeleton actually emerged on his body surface.

"Susanoo... I can only open it to the half-body skeleton state; it can be called the initial form of the initial forms..."

"However, there was no decrease in pupil power when using it. Is this because my eyes are not Mangekyo?"

"I remember that the ancestor of the Uchiha Clan, Indra, possessed the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, yet he could display the abilities of a Mangekyo. Could my current situation be an atavism toward that direction?"

"The observation ability, copying ability, Genjutsu ability, dynamic vision, and reflex nerves of the Sharingan have all improved by a percentage roughly equivalent to the evolution from Two-Tomoe to Three-Tomoe, directly raising it by a notch."

"In addition, the quality of my chakra and my physical strength have also increased by two or three times. Now, using the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, I can at least use it to the level of the Fourth Raikage."

"The Fourth Raikage's Lightning Release Chakra Mode, combined with the White Fang sword technique, I can now be considered a powerhouse among the Shadow-level!"

(End of chapter)