Chapter 903

It was so pure, as if it were the power of the original Divine Tree.

Kaguya had still overestimated the strength of Lin Cheng's body—he was still an underage child after all, his sinews, bones, and internal organs were all far too immature—and even the impatience and restlessness that Kaguya herself could not detect made her overlook these important factors, so now she could only lie on the bed, unable to move.

"How could something like this happen?" Hyuga Hiashi looked at his daughter, who could only lie there, unable to move even a single finger. Even though his expression was forcibly kept cold, a trace of worry still faintly seeped into his voice. He had watched Lin Cheng's recent growth with his own eyes, as if this daughter he had once held no hope for had changed a great deal in the meantime, and in many places had even exceeded his expectations. The disappointment of the original seventeen volumes was long gone, replaced by even greater expectations for Lin Cheng.

Kaguya was currently focusing on controlling the rampaging power within her body. These chakra that had returned to their primal state could only be controlled by someone like her, who had come into contact with the Divine Tree's fruit; these medical ninja were merely wasting their efforts. Without her secret guidance, Lin Cheng's body would have suffered far more than just ruptured meridians and displaced organs.

Hyuga Hiashi watched the beads of sweat continuously sliding down Lin Cheng's forehead and no longer dwelled on the cause of the matter. At this moment, he finally acted like an ordinary father, his main concern being asking the doctors to ease Lin Cheng's pain.

Those medicines were equally ineffective. This reaction was only a small part in the physical body, and involved more of a mental stimulus. Even Kaguya, who had endured torment for a long thousand years, had to grit her teeth and bear it.

Bones were wailing, muscles were trembling, blood was boiling. While no great change could yet be seen on the outside, a world-shaking transformation had already taken place inside Lin Cheng's body. After Kaguya had helped Lin Cheng activate the full potential of the Byakugan in his old bloodline long beforehand, she was now able to observe the entire process of the body's tempering at every moment.

Even though the current agony had already reached a level that anyone with slightly less endurance would have fainted from, Kaguya was still very happy inside. She could feel that after Lin Cheng's bone cells had rearranged themselves, the hardness and growth capacity of his bones had already drawn infinitely close to that of the Taketori clan, who possessed the Shikotsumyaku kekkei genkai.

This also meant that she would soon be able to once again possess the ability to release the Shikotsumyaku kekkei genkai.

In this world, everything that uses chakra as a medium—whether ninjutsu, kekkei genkai, or secret arts—is merely a part of this one's self.

Shifting the gaze to the cold and bewitching Orochimaru's side, at a certain snake-filled research institute on the outskirts of Konoha Village.