Chapter 109

But the information in his mind was undeniably real!

Wood Release was far from as complex as he had imagined; on the contrary, it was incredibly simple.

It was not much different from Ice Release, Lava Release, or Boil Release.

It was merely a Kekkei Genkai formed by fusing Earth Release and Water Release!

The only thing affecting the power of Wood Release was the amount of Yang Release chakra, or rather, the amount of chakra!

If you wanted to unleash Wood Release with the power of the First Hokage, then you must first possess the chakra reserves of the First Hokage!

Otherwise, you could only be like Yamato, working as a construction worker!

"I wonder how much power my Wood Release can wield right now?"

Ishihara felt a surge of eagerness in his heart, quickly shut down the laboratory, and rushed out to the lakeside.

He extended one palm, gently pressed it against the ground, and began to condense Wood Release.

Buzz—

Wood Release chakra flooded into the ground.

Crack!

The ground shattered.

Tender green sprouts burst forth from the earth, then began to grow wildly, turning into a towering tree in the blink of an eye.

Immediately after.

Tree after tree burst forth from the ground around him.

In the twinkling of an eye, a dense forest of towering trees had appeared here!

Seeing this scene from afar, Orochimaru was so shocked that his mouth fell wide open.

After all, this was Wood Release!

The secret technique used by the First Hokage to pacify the ninja world!

In the eyes of a ninja like Orochimaru, who grew up in Konoha, Wood Release was far more mysterious and terrifying than the Sharingan.

Especially since Orochimaru had personally overseen Konoha's First Hokage Cell Transplantation Project.

He knew even better the terrifying nature of Wood Release!

But now, Ishihara had actually mastered it!

Orochimaru walked over and asked in a daze, "You developed Wood Release?!"

Ishihara was stunned, then nodded.

This...

Orochimaru felt somewhat lost and empty.

He had been unable to solve the problem of First Hokage cell transplantation, even once believing it was impossible.

But now it had been easily solved by Ishihara.

This made his mood somewhat indescribably complex.

Seeing this, Ishihara understood his state of mind and said with a smile:

"Teacher, there is no need to worry too much; actually, Wood Release is no different from other Kekkei Genkai."

"The Wood Release cultivation method already exists; if Teacher is willing, you can master Wood Release soon!"

Orochimaru shook his head with a bitter smile.

"Originally, I had already prepared First Hokage cells for you, thinking you could research them when you had time in the future."

"I never expected you to have solved it already!"

Ishihara helplessly said, "Didn't I get a Wood Release arm from that masked man who controlled Yagura before? So I just researched it on the side."

"To be honest, I didn't expect the research on Wood Release to be completed so quickly either."

This speed was far faster than his research on Boil Release and Ice Release.

Hearing this, Orochimaru couldn't help but laugh.

"Only you would dare to say such things; others, let alone creating a Wood Release cultivation method, cannot even transplant First Hokage cells."

Is it really that difficult for a Kekkei Genkai to fuse successfully?

If one has Ishihara's cultivation method, then it is truly not difficult at all; one can master a Kekkei Genkai simply by following the steps of cultivation.

But if one does not have it, then it is simply harder than climbing to the sky!

Otherwise, the ninja world would not have gone so many years without a new Kekkei Genkai appearing!

Even though he conducted multiple forbidden jutsu studies, he still had very few leads.

One can only say that the gap between people is too great!

Afterwards, Ishihara and he discussed matters and discoveries regarding Wood Release.

Orochimaru immediately became excited.

Having deeply researched First Hokage cells, he was well aware of the terrifying nature of the First Hokage's constitution!

But the Sage Body he cultivates is even more powerful!

It completely surpasses the First Hokage's constitution!

Even now, having only cultivated for a short while, his own chakra reserves have increased by more than double.

Once completed, his chakra reserves will be unimaginably vast!

"If the power of Wood Release is related to chakra reserves, then does that mean I might also possess Wood Release like the First Hokage?!"

Ishihara nodded with a smile.

Actually, this theory can be applied to all jutsu and Kekkei Genkai.

As long as the amount of chakra you release is large enough, the power of the jutsu can reach a sufficiently strong level.

The power of the Great Fireball Technique cast with Genin-level chakra is naturally incomparable to that cast with Kage-level chakra.

Just like the Earth Flow Severance Technique he and Orochimaru cast together before, it possesses the terrifying power to alter the landscape.

In the time that followed.

Orochimaru began shifting the focus of his training to the Sage Body, using only Shadow Clones to cultivate even his Kekkei Genkai.

Ishihara did the same.

To even accelerate the progress of becoming a Sage, he kept the Heavenly Demon Tattoo permanently active.

In this state, the Heavenly Demon Tattoo automatically balances the proportion of natural energy within his body; at this time, cultivating the Sage Body accelerates the cellular transformation into a Sage!

The speed of becoming a Sage is two or three times faster than before!

While the original body trained, Ishihara's clones continued their research.

This time, however, the target had become the Shikotsumyaku.