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Chapter 257 Obito's Ascension Ceremony!
This thing that looks like a Wood Release creature, but its actual strength and strangeness even surpassed Hashirama Senju's original cells, was completely beyond Danzo's cognition. He had never seen such a terrifying creature.

The most important thing is that this thing is still alive. It is not the kind of "alive" that has vitality like gradual cells, but a true "living body" at the biological level!
Moreover, the chakra contained in this monster's body is extremely huge. The reason why Danzo dared to tell Sarutobi Hiruzen that he could provide enough chakra for the Kidome ritual for two people was because of the existence of this thing.

This seemingly small creature that looks like a wood-style creature is just like... a tailed beast!
“You don’t need to care about these things.”

Cixian spoke calmly, raised his palm lightly, and several figures fell from his hand like scattered beans.

The sapling seemed to sense something. Its leaves and roots, which had been as still as ordinary trees, suddenly began to wriggle.

The next moment, the dozen or so wooden roots as thick as arms, like huge but slender deformed hands, rolled up the flesh and blood limbs on the ground, stuffed them into the holes that looked like mouths, and began to chew them.

As these people swallowed, the originally curled up saplings stretched out slightly, and its limbs seemed to expand a little, as if it had been slightly strengthened.

After eating the flesh and limbs, the woody roots swayed in the air, as if they wanted to continue eating. After waiting for a while without getting any food, they could only tremble and retract all the roots, then inserted them into the ground and began to devour something from the ground.

"What a monster..."

Danzo narrowed his eyes. He could clearly feel what was being continuously extracted from the ground by this guy.

Natural energy!

Directly absorbing the natural energy between heaven and earth for one's own use is truly shocking.

There is no doubt that natural energy is powerful, and to practice this mode, one not only needs to be strong, but also needs outstanding talent. Even if you look at the entire Konoha, or even the entire ninja world, there are only a few who can successfully practice the Sage Mode.

It all comes down to the violent and powerful nature of natural energy. If you are not careful, you will be eroded or even swallowed up by it.

But this guy can actually drink natural energy as water and eat it as food...

"When do you plan to begin the ceremony?"

Jigen's words made Danzo look away, and after thinking for a moment, he made up his mind.

Now that the conditions for the sacrifice are sufficient and his good friend has agreed to stand by him, it can be said that he has the best of both worlds.

If you hesitate, things will inevitably change, so it’s better to start the ceremony directly!
"Let's do it tomorrow!"

"Tomorrow?" Jigen looked at Danzo in surprise, but didn't say much. He nodded and said, "In that case, let's do it tomorrow. I will take you to the ceremony location then."

"So good!"

The noise caused by the Kigerara ritual is enormous. The ninja world today is full of Mizunotsuki's eyes, and it is impossible to carry it out in Konoha Village.

Since Jigen is willing to use his space-time ninjutsu that allows him to appear and disappear without a trace to help him choose the location for the ceremony, that would be the best thing.

"By the way, do you know why that guy slaughtered the Uchiha clan and collected so many Sharingans?" Danzo suddenly asked, "You should know his background."

Jigen's identity is extremely mysterious. The reason why Danzo cooperates with him is that after the other party appears, in addition to showing a terrifying power that Danzo cannot resist at all, the information and intelligence the other party possesses are of paramount importance.

In just a few words, the other party not only revealed countless secrets of Konoha over the past decade, including the matter of White Fang, but even the scandals and secrets of the Warring States Period and the early days of Konoha's establishment.

For example, the various secret moves made by the Second Hokage against the Uchiha clan, the demise of the Senju clan, etc.

Although the masked man had cooperated with Danzo before, Danzo didn't have much information about the masked man.

This time, he teamed up with the other party to deal with Uchiha, which was equivalent to leaving a handle in the hands of the masked man. Danzo naturally had some resistance to the masked man. If he could get some information about the masked man, Danzo could also deal with it as soon as possible.

"That guy's goal is the same as yours."

Jigen paused slightly, then raised his hand towards the Ten-Tails seedling in front of him as he spoke.

The Ten-Tails that devoured natural energy seemed to have received some command. It squirmed twice very unwillingly, and then slowly spit out some brown pill-like things from its mouthparts.

"The existence of the Sharingan can release the forbidden eye techniques of the Uchiha clan, thereby increasing the success rate of the ritual."

"And if things go as expected, he should also carry out the ceremony during this period of time."

"...Izanagi?"

Danzo's eyes darkened. If that was the case, he could not hesitate any longer!

……

The country of whirlpool.

This once prosperous Ninja Kingdom, which was allied with the Fire Nation, once stood at the top of the Ninja World.

During the Warring States Period, the Uzumaki clan of the Whirlpool Country made a huge name for themselves in the ninja world with their extraordinary physical strength and recovery abilities, as well as their own chakra power which was more powerful than other ninjas.

In addition, they also mastered the most powerful sealing technique in the world and even had a special sealing technique inheritance system, so that the Uzumaki clan of the Whirlpool Country directly created a ninja village by their own strength after the end of the Warring States Period!
Uzushio Village!
In addition, the engagement between the Uzumaki clan princess and the first Hokage made the relationship between Konoha Ninja Village and Uzushio Village increasingly close. Even the ninja emblem of Konoha Village is the mark of the Uzumaki clan.

Unfortunately.

Everything has its limits, and everything that prospers will eventually decline.

One day after the end of the First Ninja World War, the Uzushio Village was attacked by a terrifying force. Without Konoha even having any reaction, the once prosperous Uzushio Village was destroyed.

It is said that the battle was extremely brutal. All members of Uzushio Village were killed in the battle. Even the yolks of the eggs in the village were shaken apart. Only a few members of the Uzumaki clan scattered in the ninja world survived.

Some people think that it was the Hidden Mist Village that took action, but they had no motive to do so. Even if they coveted the sealing technique mastered by the Uzumaki clan, they were overseas and their attack from across thousands of miles would make too much noise.

It is possible for Iwagakure. The Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchuriki only came to the stage of Iwagakure after the Uzumaki clan was destroyed. The same is true for other major ninja villages, but there has been a special conspiracy circulating in the ninja world.

That's the person who did it, it's Konoha!
During the Ninja World War, Konoha destroyed the Uzushio Village with their own hands. The reason was that they did not want the Uzushio Village's sealing technique to appear anywhere in the world and only allowed it to appear in Konoha.

But unfortunately, after Konoha destroyed the Uzushio Village, it was caught by the mantis and the oriole, which eventually led to the Uzumaki clan's Jinchūriki sealing technique being obtained by various ninja villages...

Of course, these things can no longer be verified. The Uzushio Village has become the dust of history. This ruin full of war relics has begun to regain its vitality after decades of development. However, the buds of life have just grown, and today's Uzushio Village has welcomed an uninvited guest.

"Is this the location you chose?"

The space was distorted, and the original Uzumaki one-eyed mask had been replaced with a pure white mask, revealing a pair of blood-red alien Mangekyo dolls as Obito looked around.

This place didn't seem to be anything special, and was far inferior to the treasure land he had originally searched for in the Land of Earth.

However, since Black Zetsu asked him to come here, he naturally has his own ideas.

"This is the tidal cliff outside the Whirlpool Country. Every ten years, a huge ocean tide appears." Black Zetsu looked at the cliff with rolling waves in front of him and explained: "Although this is not a particularly rare phenomenon, it can still gather a lot of natural energy."

"Plus, your own chakra is of fire attribute. With the help of the water attribute power of this huge wave of tides, it can just balance the attribute bias in your body."

"Giant ocean tide?"

Obito was a little surprised. If it weren't for Jue, he might never have discovered such a place in his entire life.

However, the waves in front of him seemed no different from ordinary waves.

"There is still one day left before the next great ocean tide. You can prepare for the ceremony and adjust your condition within this day." Black Zetsu paused and said, "It is best to take it down in one go. Otherwise, whether it is chakra, sacrifice, or your body and mind, it will be a great test."

"Haha, don't worry."

Obito smiled confidently. Even Obito could survive this ritual, so how could he fail?

The only point worth noting is the fusion of souls. As long as he keeps his body and mind steady and uses the power of Yin and Yang to control it carefully, he believes he can do it all!
With Beiliuhu's ritual as a reference, the preparations for the entire ceremony went very smoothly. In just half a day, everything, including the construction of the altar, had been completed.

The perfect black laborer, White Zetsu, built a ritual altar on the top of the cliff according to Obito's ritual. At the same time, he arranged a series of sealing techniques and complex chakra transmission lines on the rock wall to ensure that the natural energy caused by the huge ocean tides could be used by Obito.

Obito sat quietly on the edge of the cliff, watching the ebb and flow of the sea and the sunset and sunrise in the distance.

"Everything is ready."

After hearing White Zetsu's report, Obito slowly stood up and looked at Black Zetsu: "It seems that your giant sea tide has not appeared yet."

"Don't be impatient." Black Zetsu looked into the distance. He has been in the ninja world for thousands of years and would not make mistakes in such matters.

The great ocean tide occurs once every ten years and was once one of the famous attractions of the Whirlpool Country during the Warring States Period.

Everyone looked into the distance and the sea in front of them seemed to have not changed, with faint ripples caused by the sea breeze as usual.

But when the morning glow filled the east, a huge roar came like thunder in the sky, exploding suddenly, and then the rumbling sound continued in the ears.

Such a commotion immediately frightened Bai Zetsu present and made him extremely panic-stricken. Obito narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance.

In his sight, the waves under his feet seemed to be stirred up by an inexplicable energy. Waves swept and rolled, becoming more and more intense. When those waves rushed to him, they had turned into raging waves.

The highest waves were even nearly a hundred meters high, hitting the cliffs at their feet heavily.

The majestic power of nature made all the White Zetsu present feel terrified. Except for the original White Zetsu, they were all so scared that they collapsed on the ground, staring at everything in a daze for a while.

Even Obito was quite frightened.

"Now is the time, Obito!" Black Zetsu said in a deep voice, "The tide of the ocean will continuously gather natural energy on this cliff, but this strange phenomenon will not last long. Seize the opportunity!"

Black Zetsu's reminder pulled Obito out of his shock at nature. After taking a deep breath, Obito waved his hand and released the five sacrifices that had been prepared long ago from the Kamui space.

The sensible White Zetsu quickly tied the five sacrifices on the altar.

Unlike Hokuro's Steel Release, Speed ​​Release, Dark Release, Magnetic Release and Sharingan, the sacrifices chosen by Obito, who knew the answer to the version, were all carefully selected by himself.

The top genius of the Hyuga clan, grandson of the Hyuga elder!

Descendants of the Gold Horn and Silver Horn bloodlines who inherited the purest six bloodlines!
In addition, there is the most talented elite of the Kazematsuri clan of the contemporary time, the elite jonin of the Hyuga clan who has awakened the corpse bone vein, and the Uzumaki orphan who possesses the Kagura mind and has an extraordinary physique!
In fact, there are better choices for these sacrifices, such as Kaguya-kunmaro, Hyuga Hinata, etc., but there is no way. Due to various force majeure factors, this level of sacrifice is already the limit of what Obito can do at present.

Obito looked indifferently at the five people tied on the altar, then came to the chakra conduction instrument and took out a large number of black crystals and a special gourd-shaped instrument from the Kamui space.

The former was the chakra he had gathered during this period through the Iwagakure Village's rock protection plan, while the latter was a reserve of the dark chakra he had painstakingly collected using the pseudo-jinchūriki 'Kora'!

The reserves of these two chakras are extremely huge, coupled with the huge natural energy brought by the huge ocean tide at this moment, Obito already has full confidence in the progress of the ceremony!
The waves are surging and crashing against the shore.

After arranging everything, Obito stepped into the center of the altar.

Under the altar, Black Zetsu commanded several White Zetsu to operate various instruments for the ceremony, while activating the extraction of natural energy below.

"Everything is ready." After all the chakras were connected, Kuroko nodded to Obito.

Obito slowly opened his blood-red eyes, two Mangekyōs slowly rotated in his eye sockets, and his tone was calm.

"In that case, let's get started!"

(End of this chapter)