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Chapter 187 Achieving the Bloodstained Elimination Ring in One Fall

In fact, Xia Zuo had already noticed the problem during the process of fusing the core escaping technique.

Fortunately, the timely appearance of the Cataclysm Shazor, his shared enhancement of life essence, and Marvel Shazor's observation of Kree technology, suddenly elevated his understanding of the microscopic world to a whole new dimension.

Xia Zuo was able to easily fuse with the Core Release Bloodline Elimination by relying on his own strength and the convenience of looking down from a high position.

If I were to be eliminated by the Dark Release Bloodline Elimination today, only to be blocked by the Dust Release Bloodline Elimination, it would probably take countless years to accumulate experience and lessons from repeated failures before I could finally achieve a breakthrough.

One step at a time, one step at a time.

If Xia Zuo's strength improvement slows down, all subsequent plans will be disrupted.

If things drag on until Black Zetsu launches his plan and Obito is born, he won't have time to continue his planned path of ascending his bloodline limit.

Unable to reach the level of the Bloodline Limit in time, Xia Zuo also lacked the confidence to survive the world-destroying Infinite Tsukuyomi, let alone face Kaguya Otsutsuki or even Hagoromo Otsutsuki.

With this in mind, Xia Zuo's desire to accelerate the process grew wildly, like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, and he could no longer control it.

With everything prepared for the elimination of the Netherworld Blood Trace, he was just one step away from success and had absolute confidence that he would succeed this time.

He had also conducted preliminary research on the fusion of Dust Release and Bloodline Limit, but only practical verification was needed.

The reason why Xia Zuo chose to prioritize the fusion of Nuclear Release and Dark Release was because he obtained Onoki's flesh and blood when he beat Onoki up.

With the flesh and blood of the complete version of the Bloodstained Elimination Ninja, the fusion difficulty of Dust Release: Bloodstained Elimination must be greatly reduced, which is why he chose it as the final fusion target.

Of the two types of bloodline elimination, only the Wind Release chakra is the same, and coincidentally, their qualitative transformation requirements are completely identical.

Both Dark Release and Dust Release require Wind Release chakra to be materialized into fragments, which means further subdividing the cutting attribute of Wind Release until it is instantly weathered away.

Xia Zuo suddenly realized that he was now fully prepared and had the means to simultaneously fuse two types of Bloodline Elimination, thus creating the Bloodline Elimination Ring in one fell swoop.

Xia Zuo took several deep breaths and finally gritted his teeth and made up his mind. He was going to risk fusing two bloodline limits at the same time.

The Wind Release, Water Release, and Lightning Release chakras underwent a qualitative change, using the surface of the sealing array as the entrance and the middle layer of the seal as the space, and began to merge.

The Dark Release chakra, imbued with an aura of annihilation, successfully fused and was born. Its powerful and terrifying absorption force was controlled by the sealing array, allowing it to draw upon qualitatively changed chakra input from the outside. It grew slowly and orderly, giving Xia Zuo time to adapt and control it.

As the Dark Release chakra grew stronger, it absorbed power and continuously eroded the sealing array, while at the same time slowly merging with the sealing array under immense pressure.

The Yin-Yang balance space at the core of the sealing array underwent adaptive changes due to the fusion, and its changes converged with those of the Dark Release Chakra.

This is called a two-way effort under high pressure.

Seeing that everything was going according to plan, Xia Zuo tried his best to squeeze out the potential of his body and once again drew out wind chakra.

Even as Xia Zuo began to integrate with the Dark Release Bloodline Elimination, the extraction of a sufficient amount of Wind Release chakra was so powerful that he felt overwhelmed and had a strange feeling of his body being drained.

It took Xia Zuo a second to dispel this illusion. He squeezed out Fire Release and Earth Release chakra and began to undergo the corresponding qualitative change.

After completing all this, Xia Zuo used his left hand to make a cut on his right wrist, removing one of the thin seals on his wrist and taking out a small test tube.

He poured the still-fresh flesh and blood from the test tube into his palm, using the flesh and blood of Onoki as a starting point to fuse the transformed chakra of Wind Release, Fire Release, and Earth Release.

The flesh and blood of the most senior Dust Release Bloodstained Elimination Ninja played a huge role. Xia Zuo barely expended any mental energy, and a chakra with an aura of destruction was released.

This is the most difficult moment to simultaneously fuse the two bloodlines. The Wind Release chakra participates in the fusion of the two, and the Annihilation of Dark Release and the Destruction of Dust Release affect the Wind Release chakra, prompting it to change towards its own attribute more quickly.

Xia Zuo must use his own mental power to form a barrier to separate the changes between the two attributes, but he cannot completely sever the connection between the wind chakra.

Only in this way can the Wind Release chakra be used as a rope to pull the Dark Release and Dust Release to achieve balance, reduce the pressure on Xia Zuo, and minimize the difficulty when embedding the Bloodstained Elimination Ring next.

This is a really serious matter.

Xia Zuo felt as if he had become the rope itself, being pulled by two extremely destructive forces, and he had to pull on them with all his might to avoid being torn apart.

At the same time, he is also a barrier that blocks the two forces. When the two forces get close, he does his best to push them away to avoid being destroyed by the chain reaction.

In the midst of this agonizing struggle, Xia Zuo persevered until the moment when his Dust Release and Dark Release chakras bonded together, reflecting on his body's bloodline.

With the pressure greatly reduced, Xia Zuo was finally able to stretch his ribs and begin to breathe. At the same time, sweat was finally able to gush out, flowing down his well-defined muscles like a stream.

Yes, the dignified Fifth Hokage is still just a naked chicken.

Actually, whether he was wearing clothes or not made no difference.

Due to the clash between Dust Release and Dark Release, both forces experienced considerable chaos and spread.

The spreading power formed an energy domain with a diameter of over ten meters centered on Xia Zuo's body. It was also divided into a white dust-escape hemisphere and a black dark-escape hemisphere, with Xia Zuo's body's central axis as the boundary.

The newly built three-bedroom, two-living-room mansion disappeared once again; half of it was absorbed into Xia Zuo's body, and the other half was shattered into nothingness.

In this terrifying energy realm, Xia Zuo couldn't even care about his own hair, becoming bald, as if he were cosplaying Saitama.

No, Saitama-sensei just doesn't have hair. At least he has eyebrows and... well, how can he be as clean as Natsume?

Xia Zuo, the second son, didn't care that he was running around naked. All his attention was on breathing, seizing every moment to recover his energy and strength.

When the Bloodline Reflection had achieved initial results, he used Wind Release chakra as a lever to draw back Dark Release and Dust Release chakra into his body, then lifted them upwards and sent them into the Bloodline Elimination Ring.

The insertion of two new Bloodline Eliminations disrupted the original triangular balance of Wood Release, Steel Release, and Nuclear Release, triggering fierce resistance from the three Bloodline Eliminations.

At this moment, while Xia Zuo was under immense pressure, he also felt extremely lucky.

If the resistance caused by the elimination of three types of bloodstains is so terrifying, then if it were four types combined, he probably wouldn't be able to push it in at all with his current strength.

Without forming a blood-stained elimination cycle, he cannot effectively improve his strength.

This creates an impossible closed loop.

Gritting his teeth, persevering, and fighting desperately, Xia Zuo used all his strength and skills. Just when he felt he couldn't hold on any longer, seeing that little bit of progress gave him renewed strength to continue.

Finally, Xia Zuo pushed the Dark Release and Dust Release into the Bloodline Elimination Ring.

After a violent collision and shock, Wood Release, Steel Release, Nuclear Release, Dark Release, and Dust Release formed a perfect pentagonal distribution.

The rotation speed of the Bloodline Elimination Ring began to change. By connecting the two versions of Wood Release and coordinating with the Bloodline Limit Ring in the abdomen, after repeated oscillations of fast and slow, the running speed of the two rings stabilized.

Xia Zuo then felt changes in his body, a feeling of power growth a hundred times stronger than when the Bloodline Limit Ring was formed.

His vast chakra, accumulated over many years, was adjusted through two bloodline rings, carrying essential information about the ninja world, and returned to the cells of his body, guiding changes in the genetic information of the cell core.

Xia Zuo is changing little by little, and it's a change that starts from the root.

He stood naked in the sunlight, feeling the changes in his body and speculating on the next direction of those changes.

After a long while, Xia Zuo opened his eyes with a smile.

He first went to a small warehouse in the distance and found his spare clothes there.

As he dressed, he said, "You lecherous woman, haven't you had enough of looking?"

"Hehehe, it's quite interesting to see them all naked like this."

Tsunade stood with her arms crossed, appearing languidly at the warehouse door, seemingly indifferent in her response, but her eyes were fixed on a mysterious area with a sparkling light.

As Xia Zuo finished dressing, his demeanor changed.

The comical feeling of peeling a boiled egg vanished completely, replaced by a terrifying aura that caused Tsunade's pupils to shrink.

Her bright red lips parted, and she exclaimed in amazement, "You've gotten even stronger! What strange things have you accomplished in this past day and night?"

Xia Zuo laughed and retorted, "When did I do anything weird? I've always been working hard on the path of bloodline limits and bloodline elimination."

Tsunade's eyes widened: "No way, you've mastered another bloodline limit?"

Xia Zuo did not suppress his joy: "Yes, and there are two: Dark Release Bloodline Elimination and Dust Release Bloodline Elimination."

Tsunade laughed heartily: "Oh dear, it's a good thing that old man Sarutobi died early, otherwise, seeing you come up with new bloodline limits every now and then, and thinking about how he never managed to create a single bloodline limit in his entire life, he would probably be so angry that he would die."

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"Haha, it's Dust Release, and a Kekkei Tota at that! Ah~, Tsuchikage Onoki is going to go crazy again."

"However, since you've even mastered Dust Release, I think he definitely won't dare to say anything this time."

"Wait, Dark Release: Bloodline Limit? Isn't Dark Release a bloodline limit?"

Xia Zuo smiled and said, "Nether Release is a bloodline limit, but my Nether Release is a bloodline elimination, so there's no conflict between them."

Tsunade had long been convinced of Xia Zuo's abilities and had no doubt that he was lying to her.

The blonde woman with pigtails, now in her late twenties, clutched her head and muttered, "How could this be? Was everything I learned over the past 40 years just fake knowledge?"

Xia Zuo chuckled and said, "The knowledge we learn becomes wrong over time. This is a sign that the ninja world is developing vigorously and is on the right track."

"If all past knowledge is correct, and the older the ninjutsu, the stronger it is, then it can only prove that the ninja world is declining."

Tsunade nodded repeatedly, but she didn't like what Xia Zuo said next: "So, one should learn as long as one lives, and constantly improve oneself—"

Before Xia Zuo could finish speaking, Tsunade heard the word "old" and pounced on him without thinking, grabbing his right arm and biting it.

He mumbled incoherently as he chewed.

"You brat, how dare you complain about me being old?"

"Look at my skin, my lips, my career—where am I inferior to a young girl?"

"You little bastard, I'll bite you to death!"

Xia Zuo cried out, "Ouch! Ouch!" while using his left hand to rub the beautiful head.

Seeing that he couldn't pry it open, he resorted to verbal attacks: "What's wrong with you, 'big sister'?"

"Isn't it just that you're revealing your age by saying you've studied for 40 years?"

"One of the legendary Sannin of Konoha, acting like a puppy biting someone, aren't you ashamed?"

"Shut up! If you bite again—I'll bite you!"

"Hmph, I'll bite!"

"Okay, I'll take a bite too!"

"Waaaaah! Waaaaahh ...

"dirty, dirty, dirty (can be understood literally)" —

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After a satisfying game of mahjong, Tsunade, drenched in sweat, sighed and lay down lazily, letting out a comfortable hum.

She asked softly, "You brat, are there really two types of Netherworld Escape Technique?"

Xia Zuo activated Boil Release and Scorch Release to clean the stains off the two of them, and replied in a low voice, "There are indeed two types, and not only Dark Release, but Steel Release and Wood Release also have two types."

"The most obvious example is Wood Release."

"There are two Wood Release ninjas in Konoha now. Are my Wood Release techniques the same as Tenzo's?"

"Tenzo's Wood Release is a Kekkei Genkai, which is indeed not in the same league as the Dust Release Kekkei Tota of the past Tsuchikage."

"But is my Wood Release, and even the First Hokage's Wood Release, inferior to Onoki's Dust Release?"

Tsunade thought for a moment and nodded in strong agreement: "You're right, they're both Wood Release, but they are indeed two completely different bloodline limits."

"But why is this happening?"

Xia Zuo replied, "I guess it's for inheritance and reproduction."

Tsunade's face suddenly turned red, and she reached out to pinch her little lover, but Xia Zuo grabbed her hand and started playing with it, pinching and squeezing it.

Xia Zuo mocked, "Why are you so shy about such a serious topic? You're supposed to be Konoha's strongest medical ninja."

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Tsunade: "Hmph! Then tell me, what is the reason?"

Xia Zuo explained, "The power of a ninja comes from the chakra transmitted by the Sage of Six Paths, and the bloodline limit of a ninja comes from the talent contained in the bloodline of the Sage."

"As time went by, the bloodline of the immortals evolved into many bloodline limit families, but it also gradually became weaker, and ninjas with too weak bodies could not withstand the powerful talent."

"But the power of talent still continues in the bloodline of ninjas, and the weakened bloodline elimination will result in hunger."

"As the bloodline of immortals further dilutes, the bloodline elimination technique can no longer be passed down, and weaker bloodline limits are born."

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