Chapter 270: Missing

Spirit Pressure!

Or rather, the Shinigami, is the second stage within the Ishihara Immortality Method.

So after this idea was born, Ishihara immediately couldn't wait to begin acting on it!

But just as he was about to start, he suddenly froze.

All along, his method had always been to first run a simulation, or analyze the essence, before the corresponding secret art would be born.

But now he couldn't find a target to simulate at all — after all, he had no concept whatsoever of what the Shinigami's Spirit Pressure and Spirit Particles were.

Let alone knowing the essence of Spirit Pressure and Spirit Particles!

Hoo…

Ishihara exhaled, his expression turning solemn.

He realized that the hardest part of achieving Shinigami transformation all along was not the so-called secret arts, but finding this energy called Spirit Particles!

Even if it wasn't true Spirit Particles, as long as it could match the corresponding properties of Spirit Particles, it would do.

"The Shinigami's arm."

Ishihara's eyes flickered as he thought of the spoils he'd taken two years ago.

Perhaps to achieve his goal, he still had to rely on that severed arm!

During those two years he had briefly studied the arm, but found that if he studied it in the real world, he was bound to miss some things — the most suitable place to study it was the Pure Land!

"Looks like it's time to head to the Pure Land!"

Ishihara drew a slight breath; in the real world there was nothing left that could attract him.

Even the Rinne Sharingan — now that he possessed the Eternal Eye and had activated the Truth-Seeking Ball, its appeal to him had greatly diminished.

The growth of his strength had also temporarily stalled.

The progress of his body's Sage transformation was proceeding methodically; even if he entered the Pure Land, he had a way to continue it.

Deep within the base, a broad, dim underground plaza.

Orochimaru and the others had gathered here.

After two years of training, the appearances and strength of Kimimaro and the others had undergone tremendous changes.

In appearance, Kimimaro and the others now looked like youths of fifteen or sixteen, already matching their original-series selves.

In strength, under Ishihara's guidance and help, they had already mastered secret arts and achieved considerable results — their power had long since surpassed their original fates.

Ishihara looked at them and felt quite satisfied.

During these two years, he had re-deduced all kinds of secret arts, making them even stronger.

He re-transmitted the secret arts to the few of them, then additionally transmitted to each of them a secret art of their own.

Then Ishihara looked toward Kimimaro.

Previously he had never been confident he could resolve the hidden danger on Kimimaro's body, but now he could.