Naruto: I, Shikotsumyaku, Byakugan Princess

Chapter 198 Attribute Fusion

The fishing assessment took place that night.

Kakashi released the small fish from the fish bucket and used the remaining five large fish to cook a grilled fish feast for Hai, Naruto, and Sasuke.

The preparation method isn't particularly unique, but the taste is excellent.

He grills the fish over an open flame until it's about 70-80% cooked, then stews it in a special spicy sauce, adding apple slices for a touch of sweet and sour. The result is a fish with crispy, fragrant, and chewy skin, and tender, fresh, and incredibly flavorful meat.

Hui Li tore off a piece of fish skin with her chopsticks, wrapped it around the tender meat, dipped it briefly in the sweet and spicy red soup, and then put it in her mouth to chew. She felt incredibly refreshed.

Naruto and Sasuke ate with gusto, their heads practically hanging up, rave about the food. They praised it endlessly and admitted that "Make-Out Paradise" was indeed a masterpiece that was a must-see in the art world.

Using his superb culinary skills to clear his name of the injustice of being accused of reading erotic novels, Kakashi worked even harder at his cooking, and for a time, everyone was happy.

After that night, Class Seven was officially established.

According to the normal procedure, they will then start to increase their mission attempts, and once they have accumulated enough strength and experience, they will begin the process of advancing to Chunin.

Unfortunately, this class is really not normal.

Leaving aside Kakashi, one of the top elite Jonin in the village, Naruto and Sasuke alone are two exceptionally high-ranking Jonin.

Sasuke's early mastery of swordsmanship, coupled with the inherently overpowered Sharingan, allowed him to progress rapidly in strength. His only weakness was a lack of chakra; once his chakra seeds matured, he would be able to directly enter the ranks of Jonin.

Naruto trained under Guy. Although his chakra was too strong to open the Eight Gates, his muscle strength grew extremely fast with the support of his terrifying chakra. He was able to reach the Jonin level with pure taijutsu and shadow clones.

Because he has no genjutsu skills and his ninjutsu control is not very good, he lacks decisive and long-range abilities. Therefore, Naruto is slightly weaker than Sasuke in normal circumstances. However, once he activates the Nine-Tails' chakra, his potential can directly reach the level of a Kage.

Finally, with the addition of Hui Li, who already has one foot in the Super Kage realm, this genin class is filled with powerful individuals and a gathering of heroes. Sending them on a D-rank mission would be like using a nuclear bomb to kill a mosquito; it would be a huge waste of manpower.

But this is an inevitable process for advancing to Chunin.

Without sufficient mission experience, one cannot participate normally in the Chunin Exams and will ultimately only become one of the three powerful Konoha Genin.

If everything is done according to the rules, Kakashi can't do anything about it.

Everyone goes through this. Back when Minato Namikaze graduated, he already had Jonin-level strength, but he still ended up picking up trash.

Although Naruto and his companion were indignant, they had no choice but to accept it and use the time to repair their weapons.

Ordinary ironware is very cheap; a decent ninja tool can often be purchased for two or three thousand taels of silver. However, once rare chakra metals are involved, the price can increase dozens of times.

The more chakra metal a weapon contains, the higher its price. Most importantly, even so, these ninja tools are still in short supply, and it is difficult to buy suitable weapons even if you have money.

Naruto is alright, though.

His fighting style requires very few weapons; he can just buy a pair of knuckle dusters from a ninja tool shop and make do. Although ordinary ninja tools have low chakra conduction efficiency, and only two or three-tenths of the power remains after ten parts of chakra are inputted, he has a lot of chakra!
Using the most advanced chakra conduction metal, which is the legendary 100% conduction metal, that is, ten chakra, to unleash the power of ten chakra.

He could use ordinary iron tools to directly input one hundred or one thousand calories of chakra. Even if only one or two tenths of his chakra remained, it would still be enough to crush other people's chakra metal tools.

It can be said that great effort can produce miracles.

Sasuke, however, did not have such a miracle.

His swordsmanship is inherited from Hatake and Uchiha, and his slashes are dazzling, with sparks and lightning streaking across the path. However, it also requires extremely high chakra conduction performance from the blade.

In addition, his chakra is scarce and cannot withstand depletion, so he must use weapons made of chakra-conducting metal to unleash the true power of his swordsmanship.

Therefore, he handed the damaged ninja sword over to a professional for repair, and he was unable to leave the ninja village until the repair was completed.

So they took advantage of this time to stay in the village and perform simple tasks to transition, such as unclogging drains, picking up trash, and looking for cats... they wouldn't miss any task that could be repeated to increase their chances of completing it.

Hui Li won't help them pick up trash.

She casually sent out a shadow clone to follow Team 7, while her main body had already arrived at Root, her most loyal base.

It remains the third base.

"grown ups!"

In the brightly lit corridor, Root ninjas greeted each other in hushed tones, their eyes burning with an unfathomable intensity as they looked at Gray, who had rescued them from their suffering.

Has Danzo acted strangely lately?

Hui Li glanced at everyone and headed towards the Experiment Department. A Root ninja in charge of intelligence naturally followed and told him about Danzo's recent movements.

"As you predicted, Danzo used Kotoamatsukami on Foxfire! He wanted to modify Foxfire's will to make it loyal, but fortunately you reminded everyone to be prepared, so it didn't have any impact."

When the topic of altering one's will came up, the man's eyes were filled with fear and hatred.

The ability to modify one's will is terrifying. Once you are affected, you will unknowingly become someone else's puppet. Even if you are not affected yourself, what if your family and friends have their wills modified and they stab you when you are not on guard? How can you defend yourself then?

Thinking of this, his gaze toward Hui Li became even more grateful. If it weren't for the other party's reminder, they wouldn't have known that Danzo actually possessed such an evil ability, and Root would probably have become the other party's blade for evil again.

Loyalty to Lord Hui Li is the right thing to do!

Only she can lead everyone to overthrow Danzo's evil rule!

Hui Li nodded, glancing at the Root ninjas along the way as she walked. The light above their heads, filled with worship, gratitude, and loyalty, gave her a sense of peace.

The senses of good and evil between Kotoamatsukami and Kurama also created a synergistic effect.

She can use Kotoamatsukami to guide others to pledge allegiance to her, and she can also directly see whether the loyalty of her subordinates has decreased. Once a problem is discovered, it is the true brainwashing and physical elimination by Kotoamatsukami. Only in this way can she swallow up the Root organization that Danzo has been in charge of for decades.

Having ascertained that her roots remained loyal, Hui Li asked again:

"Any clues about the hidden assassins in the secret service?"

"Yes! In the past few days, Danzo has contacted some of his old subordinates who were hidden in the Anbu, including an Anbu squad leader and two Anbu intelligence agents. We were afraid of alerting him, so we didn't dare to make a move!"

The ninja in charge of intelligence knew the situation of the three people like the back of his hand and reported it to Hui Li one by one.

"The Root has been supplying blood to the Dark Division for years, it's impossible that they only have two or three small fry. Keep a close watch on these three and see if we can find a breakthrough from them!"

"Yes!"

After giving her instructions, Hui Li waved her hand to dismiss everyone and walked alone into the experimental department.

The honeycomb-like laboratory was much the same as before, except that the research on Hashirama cell transplantation had been replaced by the research on Hashirama cell chakra seeds. This was her order.

To enter the Six Paths, she now has control over three complete paths.

First, without relying on external objects, one can fuse the seven chakra natures to create a bloodline limit, naturally allowing one to directly enter the Six Paths.

Although this method is extremely difficult, it has no hidden dangers and is the most orthodox way of cultivation.

Secondly, she used the seeds of the Divine Tree to devour the corpse of Toneri Otsutsuki, seized the nine tailed beasts, and used the power of the Divine Tree to absorb the tailed beasts' chakra, thus creating a new chakra fruit. After eating the chakra fruit, she could naturally enter the Six Paths and become the new progenitor of chakra!

This method is riskier, with too many uncertainties, but it has the potential to completely eliminate the immortal Kaguya Otsutsuki, making it a method that can achieve instant success.

The third option is to directly devour the nine tailed beasts, transforming oneself into a mini-Ten-Tails, which would also grant the Bloodline Limit. However, this option carries the greatest risk, as Kaguya Otsutsuki could potentially usurp the throne, and it has already been abandoned by Hairi.

But after thinking about it, she realized that these three methods were essentially the same.

The absorption of tailed beast chakra by the Divine Tree is also a fusion of the seven types of chakra. Isn't the absorption of tailed beast chakra by the Divine Tree also a fusion of different types of chakra?

What's the difference?
The Tenseigan mode on the moon probably also involves chakra fusion, but the Tenseigan helps to skip this step. The fact that Otsutsuki Toneri degenerated after losing the Tenseigan is proof of this.

Naruto and Sasuke were able to enter the Six Paths realm by borrowing the chakra of the Sage of Six Paths and the Tailed Beasts. However, after defeating the Otsutsuki, they also fell from the Six Paths level.

There are countless methods, but in reality, there is only one path.

Looking beyond the surface, she realized that the path of chakra fusion was one she could never bypass.

Therefore, over the past five years, she has created numerous shadow clones to research methods of chakra fusion, and the ninjas in the experimental department have naturally been tasked with exploring the secrets of bloodline limits under her orders.

After years of experimental research, a breakthrough has finally been achieved.

……

It was still that basement where the Thousand-Hand Tree was sealed.

The green sea churned endlessly, and the fleshy base undulated gently. Time left no trace on this Thousand-Armed Tree. In a way, it destroyed the Thousand Arms, but also made it eternal.

In front of the tree.

Several shadow clones dressed in white lab coats were fiddling with bottles and jars; they were the ones she had sent to study Wood Release. These shadow clones all looked exactly alike, except for one Yang Release clone dressed in Root attire, which was relatively easy to identify.

Before she could even take a closer look...

The spikes slid across the ground, making a hissing sound.

Samehada crawled forward on the ground, looking like a large caterpillar. It crept into Gray's path, its mouth agape as if it had crawled there by accident.

Helpless, Hui Li fed it a chakra, and the greedy roadblock immediately wagged its tail and made way.

"coming?"

The busy Yang Release clone was attracted by the commotion and put down its work to walk towards Hui Li.

"I've heard about the research on bloodline limits..."

"See for yourself!"

Before the main body could ask, the Yang Release clone clenched its left fist and pressed it against its chest, the fake chakra core instantly synchronizing with the main body, and the massive memory fragments directly drilled into Gray Glass's mind.

Unlike the pain she experienced when sorting through her memories, she simply closed her eyes for a moment to ease the pain before fully processing the information.

Having used shadow clones for many years, she has become increasingly adept at this memory transfer method.

Furthermore, as the immortal body enters the second stage, based on the principle that yin arises from yang, the growth rate of the soul and spiritual power is no weaker than that of the physical body. She even suspects that her ability to release fear to her surroundings also comes from her unusually powerful soul will.

Therefore, while the side effects of the Shadow Clone Technique haven't completely disappeared, they've been minimized to a minimum, preventing her from experiencing dizziness and headaches after just a few transfers like before. Once her Sage Body reaches the third stage, she'll probably be able to use it as freely as Naruto.

As she perused the memories in her mind, Hui Li raised an eyebrow in surprise, as the findings of her shadow clones had truly overturned her preconceived notions.

"As you can see, I studied the properties of Wood Release chakra and found that its structure is a superposition of Earth and Water structures, with a little Yang Release mixed in between."

At first, I thought this was a characteristic of bloodline elimination, until later I realized that it wasn't actually the case..."

The Yang Release clone noticed the unusual expression on Hui Li's face and calmly explained the truth about Wood Release and even Bloodline Limits:

"The so-called chakra fusion is actually a fallacy."

Just as water is formed by the combination of hydrogen and oxygen, it is not that hydrogen and oxygen gases merge, but rather that their tiny atoms are linked by chemical bonds to form the unique compound that is water.

The same applies to chakra.

The smallest unit of chakra particles, when aggregated, forms the five primary structures: wind, water, fire, earth, and lightning. Different structures represent different chakra mimicry, forming the most basic nature changes.

It can also be called a simple substance!
While maintaining this fundamental change, extracting the smallest unit of single-element chakra particles and then combining these single-element particles will form countless compounds.

Chakra particles in compound form are larger and more complex in structure, and they also produce more and more peculiar changes in properties, which, when fed back to the macroscopic level, form what we know as bloodline limits.

Wood Release chakra particles are secondary particle structures built from primary structure particles of water and earth chakra, with Yang Release chakra serving as the 'chemical bond' connecting the two!

I suspect the same applies to other bloodline limits.

Using two types of chakra with the five elements as the fusion base, and yin and yang, the two most special and versatile properties that do not conflict with any attribute, as the middleware, the three can be combined to form a complex bloodline limit.

The Bloodline Limit combines the three basic nature changes, making it at least three times more difficult than a normal Bloodline Limit.

For example, Dust Release is associated with wind, fire, and earth.

This might lead to the construction of a unique triangular structure: wind (yin and yang) fire, fire (yin and yang) earth, and earth (yin and yang) wind.

However, it's also possible that bloodline limit and bloodline elimination are two different paths, and not as difficult as I imagined. Otherwise, that old man Onoki should have three bloodline limits.

In short, this is the basic theory of chakra fusion.

Intertwined between the two fundamental properties are Yin and Yang, ultimately forming five fundamental attributes, all linked by Yin and Yang—this is the so-called fusion of the seven chakra natures—Bloodline Limit!

(End of this chapter)