Naruto: I, Shikotsumyaku, Byakugan Princess

Huhu~
The hurricane howled, and the wildly spreading purple miasma filled the vast Death Paradise, leaving only a small part in the middle still empty.

Driven by the miasma, the remaining ninjas have all gathered here.

The landscape of Death Paradise has been completely changed after being manipulated by Takamagahara.

Mountains rise abruptly from the ground, and underground rivers are exposed to the air by the soil. Water flows down the cliffs, forming dozens of waterfalls of varying sizes.

The crisscrossing ravines and jagged white bones overlapped, and a huge swamp stretching for thousands of meters was piled up in the center of a giant bowl, bubbling and gurgling. The entire death paradise suddenly turned into the stomach of some kind of creature.

At this point, the Sound Four had already been defeated by Naruto and Sasuke.

Unable to enter the cursed seal state, the Sound Four were only at the ordinary special level. Facing the combined attack of Naruto and Sasuke, which was several times stronger than in the original story, they were electrocuted into charcoal in just a few moves.

Except for Orochimaru and Karin, all the ninjas from Kusagakure have been eliminated, and the elite teams from Kirigakure and Kumogakure have also been knocked unconscious by Shikamaru and his six companions.

The ninjas gathered here now include the Konoha Twelve, Jugo, Kimimaro, Kabuto Yakushi, Akatsuchi and Kurotsuchi who haven't had much combat experience, Gaara from Sunagakure, and the Star Ninja trio who want to challenge Kairi, Orochimaru, and Danzo.

The remaining soldiers from Oboro and Takumi villages, along with the remaining ninjas from various other villages, numbered less than thirty.

It can only be said that this Chunin Exam was indeed a gathering of heroes, and these people were even able to survive the aftermath of the Takamagahara.

Entering a completely new realm, many ninjas have undergone rigorous trials, and the naive and impetuous are now few and far between, all cautiously lurking on the edge of the final round.

The assessment will end when there are 20 people left, so you just need to wait quietly for others to be eliminated.

In the final rounds, whoever stands out will be surrounded and attacked.

in the sky.

As the chief examiner, Hui Li gripped the circle with one hand, and the miasma beneath her feet slowly approached, then she ignored the impending final battle below.

She wouldn't have participated in this game at all if it weren't for the need to ensure the Konoha Collapse Plan could proceed smoothly.

"The microscopic structure of Ice Release is similar to that of a snowflake. The secret lies in keeping the Water Release chakra molecules constantly fluid and allowing them to naturally aggregate and solidify towards the central cold nucleus..."

Standing on the crystal-clear ice mirror, Orochimaru clasped his hands together, demonstrating the fusion method of Ice Release to Haili again and again.

Having devoured Haku's soul for nearly three years, she had become intimately familiar with this method of fusion of bloodline limits. Even after changing bodies, she was confident that she could condense ice-style chakra and construct her own bloodline limit.

At this moment, Hui Li had removed her Wind and Thunder Armor and put on a loose kimono again. With her barrier magic to block her senses and vision, she was not worried about being exposed in the sky.

The Wind and Thunder Armor can tear everything around her apart, but once she reaches the Six Paths level, she can use Yin-Yang Release to condense a chakra cloak, just like the Sage of Six Paths and the others, and there will be no risk of her clothes being torn apart during battles.

Hui Li closed her eyes, and wind and water chakra began to appear in her hands, the invisible Yin Release combined with the equally invisible and intangible gale.

She intends to directly fuse a second bloodline limit here.

"The microscopic structure of Ice Release is not the difficult part, because once the fluid water molecules encounter cold air, they will naturally begin to freeze. So the real difficulty lies in how to use Yin Release to create the initial cold core..."

When Orochimaru saw the Yin and Wind nature chakra in Hui Li's hand, which moved with her narration with perfect precision and ease, his eyes widened.

She had already witnessed the opponent's mastery of Wind Release at Leigu Mountain, and had just taken the opponent's Wind and Thunder Armor head-on with her face, deeply experiencing its extreme sharpness. But this Yin Release technique, which was no less powerful than Wind Release, made her feel afraid.

If someone has mastered Yin Release nature transformation to an extremely high level, yet hasn't demonstrated any corresponding ninjutsu, there's only one possibility: she hasn't even reached the limit of her opponent.

An unnamed water shuttle from the Feng Shui alliance, armor from the Feng Lei alliance that maximizes physical enhancement, and an unknown ninjutsu that manipulates the earth and environment.

The Death Ash Eye Technique, whose effects are unknown, features hair with a shimmering metallic sheen. It has no hairpins or other decorations, yet its hairstyle hasn't changed even after several battles, suggesting that it may be hiding some strange secret technique.

Add to that the Ash Bones that could easily destroy the Kusanagi Sword, and the Yin Release technique that she accidentally discovered...

This person is like an iceberg floating on the sea; what she can see is perhaps only one-tenth of the other's true appearance.

Thinking of this, she became even more wary of this mysterious monster.

Meanwhile, Hui Li's ice-style fusion process went very smoothly.

The fusion of Yin Release and Wind Release is not difficult. She has experience and methods in practicing the Black Lightning Secret Technique. Cold Core is just replacing Lightning Release with Wind Release. She completed it easily after only a few attempts. The real trouble with Ice Release lies in using the coldness simulated by Yin Release.

Yin Dun is the most versatile power, and its manifestation is extremely similar to the legendary power of "I am thinking".

Nara can use Yin Release to control shadows, directly possess other people's bodies in the mountains, and Uchiha's Izanagi can rewrite reality, showing that coldness is not a difficult thing for Yin Release.

Yakumo Kurama was even able to directly influence reality through his paintings.

The lightning and flames it summons in the original work are pure Yin Release creations, not true Lightning Release and Fire Release.

"So the essence of Ice Release is using illusion to cultivate truth?"

"Using the false to cultivate the true? Yes, that's right!"

Upon hearing this somewhat unfamiliar term, Orochimaru paused for a moment before nodding rapidly.

Everything that Yin Dun (陰遁) conjures is essentially illusory.

For example, the flames condensed using Yin Release can generate heat, but they are completely different from flames in the physical sense.

The difference is that:

In addition to the main characteristics of light and heat, real flames are accompanied by numerous physical and chemical phenomena, while Yin Dun, limited by human imagination and cognition, only contains pure light and heat, and its properties are extremely simple.

The former is like a stereotypical theatrical character, while the latter is a living, breathing human being in the real world; the difference between them is indescribable.

However, a false Yin escape does not mean it cannot be transformed into a real one.

such as:

Place a piece of white paper on the Yin Release fire that emits heat, and you will soon get a piece of white paper burning with real flames. The principle is that the extremely high heat of Yin Release causes the white paper to be ignited on a physical level.

The same applies to Ice Release.

By using Yin Release to generate cold and mixing it with Wind Release to form a cold core, the free-floating Water Release will naturally be frozen and transformed into solid ice. This is the so-called "borrowing the false to cultivate the true".

Orochimaru thought about it more and more and felt that this word was very meaningful, as just four words completely revealed the essence of Ice Release.

When he looked at Hui Li again, his gaze held not only fear but also a hint of approval.

At first, she thought that Hui Li was a natural-born ninja like Hashirama Senju, relying on her invincible bloodline limit. Now it seems that in addition to her superior physical talent, she is also extremely skilled in the field of ninjutsu development and can easily see through the essence of bloodline limit fusion.

The opponent is practically the ultimate fusion of the First and Second Hokage, truly deserving of the title of Konoha's number one genius! Losing to such a terrifying guy doesn't seem so shameful.

Orochimaru comforted himself internally, then suddenly opened his mouth and vomited out four sticky scrolls.

Needless to say.

Seal within are quite complete training methods for the Impure World Reincarnation technique, as well as parts of the corpses of the Second Tsuchikage Mu, Yekura, and Bakusen-gari.

Clutching the precious materials he had painstakingly collected from various ninja villages, Orochimaru looked quite reluctant. If he could find a massive chakra source, these materials would be equivalent to three Kage-level fighters.

But now everything has benefited someone else.

"I hope you can let me see the Bloodline Limits with my own eyes, Lady Gray!"

Orochimaru handed over the four scrolls with both hands. Looking at the Yin Wind Release technique that had been perfectly fused in Hai Li's hands, the heat in his pupils seemed to ignite his chakra.

The two things she cared about most in her life were eternal life and the ultimate in ninjutsu.

Everything is now in the other party's hands.

Compared to the opportunity to witness the scenery of the Bloodline Limit, all the sacrifices she made now were worthwhile. Even without a threat to her life, she was willing to participate in Hui Li's Bloodline Limit plan.

As for whether it is shameful to submit to a ninja younger than oneself?
Orochimaru, who doesn't care about human form, moral boundaries, or gender, naturally wouldn't care about those trivial things.

"Wash it clean."

"Ice Release!" Gray Li commanded in a low voice, her hands moving without stopping. The aura that had fused Yin Release and Wind Release began to feel slightly cool.

Over the past five years, countless shadow clones have been cultivating and changing their nature day and night, and she has reached the pinnacle of all seven natures.

Although she rarely uses pure Yin Release ninjutsu, the Kotoamatsukami, Izanagi, and Reverse Eight Gates techniques she analyzed all required the participation of Yin Release.

The ninjutsu itself is not important; the experience and accumulation of Yin Release training are the real priceless treasures.

Years of accumulation have finally borne fruit. What are difficult and painful points that are hard for ordinary people to achieve are common sense for her.

moment.

"All right."

An invisible, icy air gathered in his palm, and his gray eyes shone brightly, his pupil power, a thousand times stronger than the Byakugan, controlling his chakra with meticulous precision.

"Is this...is this good?"

Orochimaru, who had just finished cleaning the four scrolls, looked at the cold core in Hui Li's palm, opened his mouth, and unconsciously stretched out his tongue to lick his chin.

Condensing the cold core is the biggest challenge of Ice Release. If she didn't have Haku's experience, even if she were told all the secrets of Ice Release, it would still take her a year and a half to study it.

How long has it been? The other party has already solved this problem. Doesn't that mean that Ice Release is already a piece of cake for them?

"Isn't this wrong?"

Hui Li manipulates the water molecules to attach to the condensation nucleus, and they can be seen to crystallize naturally, displaying a strange hexagonal lattice shape.

"Hiss..."

Orochimaru let out two astonished hisses, too shocked to speak as he stared at the hexagonal ice crystals gradually taking shape before him.

Is this right?
The Ice Release technique, which requires discarding gender to obtain, turns out to be so simple in someone else's hands.

She felt the unfairness of fate, but was powerless to do anything about it. Perhaps only a monster like this could glimpse the end of ninjutsu!

Unaware of Orochimaru's thoughts, Hui Li continuously adjusted the proportions of wind, water, and Yin Release chakra in her hands, causing the snowflake-like ice release chakra to change shape, appearing even more beautiful.

Simply having the right structure for chakra isn't enough; the proportions must be constantly adjusted until a stable structure is formed before it can be considered truly complete.

Normally, this final step would take a long time. When Wood Release was fused, it was only through years of trial and error by the Shadow Clones that it finally took shape. However, after the eye technique advanced again, the cost of trial and error for Gray Glass was extremely low.

With the help of Takamagahara's power, she could even edit the incredibly complex gene chains in human cells at will, and controlling and adjusting the proportions of the three types of chakra was simply a piece of cake for her.

Ten minutes later.

A stable hexagonal snowflake emerged from the void and then took full shape in Gray Glass's palm, reflecting a faint golden luster in the sunlight, and the air seemed to be filled with a chill.

"Clap clap clap..."

Orochimaru, standing to the side, pursed his lips and remained silent, only clapping numbly. His entire worldview had been severely shaken.

Kaka!

The moisture in the air was frozen by the chakra, making a crisp sound. Feeling the cold chakra, Hui Li couldn't help but think of the glorious days when he was on the run in Kirigakure.

At that time, she devoured the flesh of the Three-Tails and was almost frozen into an ice sculpture by the chakra inside. However, she also obtained the initial form of the Tailed Beast Cloak and the ability of Water Release without seals, and awakened her first nature transformation.

Now she has mastered the seven chakra nature transformations to their fullest extent, synthesized two powerful bloodline limits—Wood Release and Ice Release—and is even close to achieving the ultimate bloodline limit.

Playing with the beautiful snowflakes in her palm, Hui Li looked down at her feet, where genin from various countries fought like ants, vying for the final spot to pass the test. Orochimaru, one of the strongest ninjas in the ninja world, stood by her side, already considering himself her subordinate.

that's nice!

Hui Li grabbed a snowflake and swallowed it, feeling the cold chakra enter her meridians through her esophagus, eventually flowing into her trembling chakra core like a swallow returning to its nest.

In an instant, a cool sensation flowed through her heart, like drinking a refreshing spring in the sweltering summer. Every cell in her body seemed to be penetrated by the coolness, and she even felt an urge to groan.

The rich purple chakra core trembled violently, with patterns resembling icicles drawn on it. The purple chakra, which was of extremely high quality, was now flowing and decomposing, and then rapidly condensing under the newly formed chakra core.

A surge of chakra, as deep as an abyss, began to drift down from the sky.

At this moment, the Ice Release technique is complete!
Looking at the girl in front of him with her eyes closed, seemingly experiencing the changes within herself, Orochimaru licked his lips, looking somewhat awkward.

The Konoha Crush plan was clearly no longer feasible, but it could not be concealed, since the Cloud Village's forces were likely already on their way.

Having learned of Hairi's power from Danzo, in order to ensure the smooth execution of the Konoha Collapse Plan, she exchanged information about the mastermind behind the Raigūzan incident for the Fourth Raikage's full support, promising to share Konoha's resources with him.

Now we've really walked right into a trap!

What to do? (End of Chapter)