Promoting the Konoha threat theory, and talking about the Hidden Mist Belt!

Looking at Hozuki Shingetsu's tailed beast form, which was both demonic and holy, Enju Gyoza was also stunned and speechless.

After all, no matter how much he argues and makes a fuss, he can't possibly say that "Raging Heaven Technique" can be compared to the Tailed Beast Ball.

Putting everything else aside, the charging time alone is enough to completely overwhelm our own "Raging Heaven Technique".

Besides... you can talk about the matter at hand, but what's the point of calling out the Tailed Beast?

In this situation, facing a perfect Jinchūriki who is poised to unleash his power, would he dare to say no?

Seeing that En no Gyoza had finally calmed down, Hozuki Shingetsu nodded in satisfaction and, maintaining his tailed beast form, presented his conditions:

"It's definitely impossible for the Tsuchigumo clan to receive the same treatment as the Uzumaki clan. The Tsuchigumo clan will receive the same treatment as any other ninja clan we receive."

"However, while the nobleman's 'Raging Heaven Technique' is incredibly effective, it is also too indiscriminate in its use against friend and foe... Therefore, I allow the nobleman to select three A-rank ninjutsu from the village's collection as family heirloom ninjutsu after arriving in Kirigakure, in order to make up for the shortcomings of this forbidden technique."

Seeing that En no Gyoza seemed about to say something more, Hozuki Shingetsu said with a threatening look in his eyes and a smile, "Oh? It seems that Lord En no Gyoza has something else to say?"

Seeing the six tails behind Hozuki Shingetsu constantly swaying as if they were about to fall, the Traveler quickly stopped talking and nodded knowingly.

Just kidding. If they really angered Hozuki Shingetsu, and he unleashed a Tailed Beast Ball, how would the Tsuchigumo clan possibly resist?

Seeing that the En no Gyoza had finally nodded in agreement, Hozuki Shingetsu breathed a sigh of relief. With that, he had finally obtained the last piece of the puzzle for his cultivation of Sage Mode!

However, he really didn't expect that the process of subduing the Tsuchigumo clan would be so uneventful. It was just a simple matter of using tailed beast transformation to coerce and entice them, and the Tsuchigumo clan would submit.

Recalling the panic those two Tsuchigumo clan members had shown when they first learned of his identity, he couldn't help but wonder if his reputation in the ninja world was truly that outstanding.

In reality, Hozuki Shingetsu underestimated his reputation in the ninja world at that time. After all, in the more than ten years since the First Shinobi World War, the most important changes in the ninja world were the Uchiha uprising, the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools, and the internal strife in Kirigakure.

Coincidentally, all three events are inextricably linked to Hozuki Shingetsu; he either orchestrated them or participated in them.

Although the propaganda department of Kirigakure has been trying to beautify his image under his instructions, those things might fool ordinary people, but for various ninja forces, Hozuki Shingetsu has become another major focus of attention in the ninja world after Shimura Danzo.

Therefore, the voyages naturally became extremely wary of Hozuki Shingetsu and dared not easily disobey him.

Especially at this particular time, when the major powers of the ninja world are embroiled in a fierce battle and Kirigakure is relegated to a remote overseas location, Hozuki Shingetsu's decision to travel to such a small place as the Land of Tea to seek out the Tsuchigumo clan instead of focusing on development in Kirigakure only fueled his fantasies.

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"You wish to learn the art of 'Angry Heaven'?"

The day after the Tsuchigumo clan was officially incorporated into Kirigakure, Hozuki Shingetsu bluntly approached En no Gyoza and expressed his desire to learn the Raging Heaven Technique.

Of course, these are just excuses on the surface.

After all, he is the actual controller of Kirigakure. He has come all the way here and even activated his Tailed Beast form to coerce and entice others. There must be a reason for this, right?

Faced with this excuse, Yi Zhi Xing Zhe clearly believed it, after all, he was quite proud of his family's "Angry Heaven Technique." He also understood the mentality of others who went through great lengths to learn it.

However, while I understand, in this era where even B-rank ninjutsu is considered a treasure for small ninja clans to rely on, it's definitely not possible to expect others to reveal their secret training methods just by talking about it.

"The technique of 'Wrath of Heaven' has been practiced by our clan for generations and has long been integrated into our bloodline. Without the bloodline of the Earth Spider clan, it is simply impossible to practice it."

The traveler said this.

In fact, this is also a typical practice of ninja clans in the ninja world. From the moment they obtain or create a ninjutsu, they will try to add a lot of "personal touches" to this training process to ensure that even if the ninjutsu is scattered outside, it will not be learned by others.

The most common manifestation of this "personal agenda" is its close connection to one's bloodline.

This method undoubtedly greatly hindered the spread of ninjutsu, so after the ninja village era began, this practice was gradually abolished in the ninja villages.

A prime example is the series of ninjutsu invented by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, which directly eliminated the factor of bloodline and had no restrictions on training conditions.

Well, aside from the extreme increase in the difficulty of cultivation.

Hozuki Shingetsu was already aware of the Genji's polite refusal, but he took the opportunity to pretend to be very unhappy and asked to see the "Angry Heaven Technique".

Faced with this reasonable request, the traveler naturally had no choice but to agree immediately.

Seeing that the En no Gyoja agreed so readily, Hozuki Shingetsu felt a sense of unreality—wasn't the activation of the Wrathful Heaven Technique supposed to cost the caster's life?

With the explanation from the Enjouji, Hozuki Shingetsu finally understood some details about the Wrathful Heaven Technique.

As a forbidden technique whose explosive power is directly proportional to the amount of natural energy absorbed, the longer the preparation time for the "Rage of Heaven Technique" is, the more natural energy is stored in the body, and the greater the power will be.

For example, the Angry Heaven Technique, whose blast wave can reach hundreds of kilometers, has a gas storage time of up to half an hour.

As the amount of natural energy stored in the body gradually increases, the practitioner's control over this energy gradually declines, and when it gets out of control, they will naturally be affected as well.

This is why activating the "Wrath of Heaven" technique requires sacrificing one's life.

Therefore, as long as you can firmly grasp the natural energy in your body, you will naturally not need to worry about your life.

When Hozuki Shingetsu heard this, the image of the granddaughter of the Enma no Kyousha from the original story involuntarily flashed through his mind. She was forced to use the Rage of Heaven Technique, but in the end, she was unharmed. This gave him a deeper understanding of this forbidden technique.

In his final battle, the Traveler even proudly stated that even with a gas storage time of up to ten minutes, he could now guarantee his own safety.

Hozuki Shingetsu was overjoyed upon hearing this, as it would give him even greater confidence in having the Envoy unleash the Wrath of Heaven technique multiple times.

Moreover, the way the Traveler stores energy is clearly an alternative way of using natural energy. If he can successfully learn it, it will greatly accelerate the time it takes for him to learn Sage Mode.

Unaware of Hozuki Shingetsu's many schemes, and wanting to avoid trouble, he immediately set up a place far from the Tsuchigumo clan's village to demonstrate his "Raging Heaven Technique" and satisfy Hozuki Shingetsu's curiosity.

Chapter 115 What is an Immortal?

"This commotion... truly lives up to its reputation as a forbidden technique, the Wrath of Heaven!"

Sensing the visible flow of chakra around him, Hozuki Shingetsu couldn't help but marvel at it.

Meanwhile, in the forest far from the Tsuchigumo clan's territory, En no Gyōsha was unleashing the Wrath of Heaven technique as requested by Hozuki Shingetsu.

He clasped his hands together, his expression solemn, and as time passed, an inexplicable aura suddenly rose around him.

Under the influence of the Wrath of Heaven Technique, the body of the Traveler seems to have become a "black hole," absorbing certain special entities in nature that are imperceptible to ordinary people.

Woo!

The wind gradually picked up, causing the tree trunks in the woods to sway and the leaves to rustle.

Gradually, as time went on, the commotion grew louder and louder, and some faintly visible "blue ribbons" even appeared in the sky—that was a materialized phenomenon caused by the excessively high concentration of chakra.

These ribbons came from all directions, centered on the traveler, and flowed into his body like weary birds returning to their nests.

This unusual phenomenon was so obvious that even people like Hozuki Shingetsu and Uzumaki Muneto, who were originally unable to sense natural chakra, could now faintly feel the inexplicable flow of chakra in the air.

This feeling of chakra is completely different from human chakra; it is filled with an incomparably powerful yet all-encompassing feeling.

Mania and tranquility, these two diametrically opposed states, coexist harmoniously in natural chakra.

"Is this the legendary natural chakra? No wonder Lord Hashirama was able to quell the chaos and defeat Madara Uchiha with this power."

Under such overwhelming power of heaven and earth, the members of the Uzumaki Sect couldn't help but sigh.

Like the Senju clan, they are descendants of Ashura. With Mito Uzumaki, the wife of Hashirama Senju, being a member of the clan, the Uzumaki clan naturally has some records of the key points of Sage Mode training.

Regardless of the source of the records, the integration of natural chakra into the body is a crucial step in training Sage Mode.

Judging from its appearance alone, it's already in such a state. If it were to actually absorb all this natural chakra into its body, how dangerous would that be?

Unlike Uzumaki Munen, Hozuki Shingetsu, after a brief moment of reflection, focused all his attention on En no Gyosha.

Since it was still in the gas storage stage, Hozuki Shingetsu boldly approached En no Gyoja to get a close look at his current physical condition.

The core elements of the Heavenly Fury Technique and Sage Mode are natural chakra, or natural energy.

However, its manifestation is completely different. The technique of wrathful exploding pursues the ultimate explosion, which is to compress the ultimate natural energy, compress it again and again, and then release it all at once when it can no longer be sustained.

It can be said that the philosophy of the "Angry Heaven Technique" is to absorb as much natural energy as possible and then unleash it in a concentrated burst, without considering how to use it in a refined way.

The Immortal Mode, on the other hand, pursues a steady, long-term approach. Its philosophy is to find ways to utilize natural energy more efficiently within a given unit of time, thereby improving the efficiency of natural energy use.

It can be said that the two are both similar and different, sharing the same origin but developing new branches.

"If that's the case, then the ancestor of the Earth Spider clan who invented the Wrath of Heaven technique must have been no ordinary person... Could it be that the giant toad was also involved in conceiving and implementing the utilization of this natural energy?"

This thought suddenly popped into Hozuki Shingetsu's mind, but he quickly put it out of his mind.

Whether the truth is as it seems or not is of no use to him at the moment. His most important goal right now is to make good use of the Traveler and learn his own Sage Mode.

Five minutes passed, and when the En no Gyōzō sensed that the natural energy reserves were nearly depleted, he loudly warned Hozuki Shingetsu and the others to stay away from the area.

Naturally, they wouldn't be so reckless as to stand there and test their physical defenses, so they immediately moved away from the spot, running several kilometers away before stopping to watch.

Seeing that Hozuki Shingetsu and the others had gone far away, En no Gyoza immediately stopped hesitating. With a thought, the violent natural chakra within his body surged out like a flood. Under the transformation of some strange power, it turned into a violent shockwave that poured out in all directions!

Wow!

Nothing could withstand this violent shockwave. Trees, soil, rocks... everything within this range was swept away. The violent airflow gradually weakened only after a kilometer. Even several kilometers away, Hozuki Shingetsu and the others could still feel the gale on their faces.

"Such power... no wonder the 'Raging Heaven Technique' is listed as a forbidden technique!"

Even the usually carefree Yukinagi completely suppressed her smile at this moment, her expression becoming extremely solemn.

Under such overwhelming power, it's safe to say that unless Hozuki Shingetsu activated his tailed beast form for defense, none of the people present could escape.

As the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, Hozuki Shingetsu and the others looked around and saw that a "vacuum" zone had suddenly appeared within a radius of one kilometer.

In this perfectly round vacuum zone, apart from the Traveler, there was not a single other color, only a deathly yellowish-brown.

clap clap clap!

"As expected of the Tsuchigumo clan's signature technique that has allowed them to dominate the ninja world, this Raging Heaven Technique truly lives up to its name!"

Hozuki Shingetsu clapped as he approached Yoru no Gyoza and offered his compliments.

"Not at all... Compared to the terrifying power of Lord Mizukage Gengetsu, ours is far away!"