Starting with Naruto, I'll become stronger through my own efforts.

Chapter 366 Finally, the Bloodline Connection is Completed

Kaguya Otsutsuki would naturally accept the deal proposed by Xia Zuo.

Although she doesn't understand the ways of the world and is politically clueless, she's not completely stupid.

She is currently sealed tightly, with Xia Zuo as the butcher and herself as the fish on the chopping block. Unable to exchange her chakra for freedom, she will be sealed away by her eldest son, Otsutsuki Hagoromo.

Unlike Xia Zuo's improved seal from the [Diamond Seal], the [Six Paths: Planetary Devastation] can truly seal her completely. Once sealed in the Heavenly Palace, she will never have a chance to escape.

When faced with two evils, choose the lesser one.

Kaguya Otsutsuki accepted Xia Zuo's deal without hesitation, her Byakugan eyes frantically moving up and down to express her attitude.

Xia Zuo nodded in satisfaction: "Very good."

As he spoke, he unlocked the golden chain from Kaguya's mouth: "However, Kaguya, you are too strong. I will not completely release your seal until our deal is completed."

Kaguya Otsutsuki stuck out her tongue, licked her lips, and asked, "Then when will you set me free?"

Xia Zuo replied, "When I advance to the Bloodline Limit, that will be the time you regain some of your freedom."

"Partial freedom?" Kaguya asked warily, "What does that mean?"

Xia Zuo said, "It means exactly what it says."

"You cannot arbitrarily absorb human chakra, nor can you kill people indiscriminately. If you cause harm to others, you will be required to pay compensation."

Kaguya Otsutsuki gritted her teeth and asked, "So if someone foolishly bothers me, I can't even fight back?"

Xia Zuo shrugged and said, "If someone is causing you trouble, then it's not within the scope of the agreement. You can extract chakra if you want, and you can kill if you want."

Seeing Kaguya Otsutsuki nod in satisfaction, Xia Zuo asked teasingly, "Now you're not going to shout, 'All chakra belongs to me!'"

Kaguya Otsutsuki gritted her teeth and replied, "Once you advance to the Bloodline Limit, I will no longer be your match. Even if I want to, I will have to hold back."

Xia Zuo laughed: "Heh, you're not even using 'I, the Empress Dowager' to refer to yourself anymore?"

Kaguya continued to grit her teeth: "That's a supreme woman's self-designation. I can't beat you, so why would I use such a noble self-designation?"

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Xia Zuo laughed loudly: "Good! Wise!"

"Dignity resides only on the edge of the sword, truth lies only within the range of ninjutsu!"

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki gritted her teeth, then couldn't help but ask, "What if I want to leave?"

Xia Zuo retorted, "Leave? Where do you want to go?"

Kaguya Otsutsuki said, "I meant leaving the ninja world and returning to the heavens."

Xia Zuo shook his head and said, "Don't talk nonsense. If you dared to leave the ninja world, would you have waited until today? Would you have given birth to the Otsutsuki brothers, Hagoromo and Hamura? Would you have gathered humans to create an army of White Zetsu?"

"Kaguya Otsutsuki, don't think I don't know about the Otsutsuki clan. You have no guts to leave the ninja world."

Kaguya Otsutsuki, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sasuke Uchiha were all stunned.

Naruto asked in surprise, "Sensei, what is the Otsutsuki clan?"

Sasuke then asked, "Does the Otsutsuki clan really exist?"

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki asked, "How do you know information about the Ōtsutsuki clan?"

Xia Zuo said to Naruto, "Ask Sasuke for details."

He then looked at Sasuke and said, "You don't need to doubt the first half of the Uchiha Stone Tablet."

He said to Kaguya, "How I know this is none of your business, and I won't tell you, but I just know, including your king—Otsutsuki Shibakai."

Before the stunned Kaguya could say anything, Xia Zuo clapped his hands together, creating an extremely powerful wooden clone.

Then he said to Kaguya Otsutsuki, "I need to send a clone to pick up a few people. Grant my clone access to Amenominaka."

"Don't worry, we won't let the Sage of Six Paths in."

Although Kaguya Otsutsuki was stubborn, she did respect reality and readily bestowed her own aura upon her clone.

The moment he sensed their presence, Xia Zuo's wooden clone trembled violently, then smiled and said, "I can sense Tian Tian and the others directly now. I'll bring them all back right away."

Flying Thunder God Technique

Just five seconds later, a huge cloud of white smoke exploded in the sphere.

Xia Zuo hadn't expected that his clone would bring Tenten, Uchiha Izumi, and Tsunade with him.

Just as he was speechless, staring at the three women in front of him, his scalp tingling from the sheer chaos, his wooden clone gave a wicked smile: "Original body, enjoy your happy time."

As soon as he finished speaking, the wooden clone released the seal and dissipated, turning into wood chips all over the ground.

The most painful hurt often comes from loved ones, but the one who can hurt you even more than your loved ones is yourself.

"Wow!"

Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha were stunned, cursing under their breath. They exchanged a glance, both seeing unparalleled terror in each other's eyes.

[Won't I get silenced by the teacher/Hokage?]

Fortunately, Xia Zuo wasn't that heartless. He waved his hand and summoned a circular black portal, saying to the two little ones, "Find a place to hide. It's going to be very unsafe here from now on."

"Yes! Fifth Hokage (teacher)!"

Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha hurriedly scrambled inside, as if they would be killed if they were even a step slower.

Only Xia Zuo, his three women, and a goddess captive remained in the primordial space.

But this isn't a battleground!

Let me emphasize again, this is not a battleground!!

The three female ninjas who had close relationships with Xia Zuo knew each other; they were aware of each other's existence and their relationship with Xia Zuo.

Therefore, this is not a battleground!

With three women making a drama, plus a goddess watching the show, the atmosphere on set was indeed a bit awkward.

And it's getting more and more awkward.

As a responsible man, Xia Zuo steered the conversation: "Alright, my clone probably doesn't have time to explain to you, so let me explain the situation now."

"Tian Tian, ​​thanks to you, this time we achieved the best result I expected."

"Kaguya Otsutsuki, the goddess of the rabbit, made a deal with me. She gave me most of her chakra so that I could advance to the Bloodline Limit, and I will set her free after I succeed."

"No, you also have to provide me with protection." Kaguya Otsutsuki seemed to have come to a realization. She proactively added a condition and explained, "After I lose most of my chakra, my strength will decrease drastically, making me vulnerable to attack by my son."

Xia Zuo thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay."

"I will do everything in my power to help you."

Kaguya Otsutsuki said with satisfaction, "Alright, I'll be living in your village, which is called Konoha Village, right?"

Kaguya's question was directed at a mass of black matter, which was the newly formed body of Black Zetsu, making up about one-twentieth of its total size, and only the size of a baseball.

Because of its small size, Black Zetsu has almost no intelligence and can only answer Kaguya Otsutsuki's question like an AI: "Yes, the Fifth Hokage, Natsuzo, resides in Konoha Village of the Land of Fire."

Xia Zuo glanced at the black Zetsu, his eyes suddenly turned white, then azure blue, and his enormous Tenseigan power surged out, enveloping the small white Zetsu.

[Reincarnation Eye - The Creation of All Things]

The form of Black Zetsu, this chakra life form, has been changed. Xia Zuo has set an upper limit for his life form, defining the maximum limit of his recovery as the current size of a baseball.

Black Zetsu's body will continue to coalesce, but it will become a second small black mass, a third, and so on—until the 20th.

Under such a limit on the number of individual life forms, Black Zetsu's body will remain in a cluster of 20 black balls, and his consciousness will never be able to recover.

In a sense, Black Zetsu has already been killed by Xia Zuo.

After doing all this, Xia Zuo explained to everyone, "Black Zetsu plotted against the ninja world for a thousand years in order to save his mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki, causing countless tragedies to us ninjas during that time."

"For us ninjas, Black Zetsu is a mortal enemy who must die. For Kaguya Otsutsuki, Black Zetsu is her most loyal and filial creation."

"Therefore, I came up with a compromise: I killed Black Zetsu's soul to atone for my sins, while preserving his physical life to protect Kaguya's feelings."

"Once you have fully recovered, you can re-infuse this soul with spirit, but it must never be Black Zetsu again."

Kaguya Otsutsuki sighed. She felt Xia Zuo's sincerity and seriousness, as well as his respect for her, and her resentment vanished completely.

Amidst these emotional fluctuations, Kaguya's trust in Natsume reached a new peak, and she said, "Let's not waste any more time, let's begin."

Xia Zuo nodded: "Okay."

"Tian Tian, ​​grant me luck so I can get promoted!"

The girl nodded seriously every day: "Don't worry, Brother Xia Zuo, I will do my best."

"Tsunade, keep an eye on Kaguya Otsutsuki's physical condition and help alleviate some of her pain."

Tsunade pouted: "Fine~ then, you bad boy."

As she walked toward Kaguya Otsutsuki, she muttered, "Honestly, I'm not that brat's wife, yet I have to take care of another woman for him. It's so annoying."

Xia Zuo looked at Uchiha Izumi one last time, said nothing, and simply nodded.

Uchiha Izumi nodded in agreement, and golden, materialized chakra began to appear on his body, forming a second-stage Susanoo that enveloped Tenten and Tsunade.

Having made all the preparations, Xia Zuo walked to Kaguya Otsutsuki's side, placed his hands on her shoulders, and began to circulate his Dark Release chakra.

[Nether Release: Chakra Siphon]

Buzz—Vi—!

An immense amount of chakra, far exceeding the three women's imagination, was extracted from Kaguya Otsutsuki's body and surged into Xia Zuo's body.

Because the amount of chakra was so large, it produced a distinct, sharp whistling sound.

The three women, including Uchiha Izumi, all changed their expressions. Such a terrifying amount and flow of chakra was no less lethal than a B-rank ninjutsu.

If such a chakra flow were to occur in them, whether it was flowing in or out, it would quickly take their lives and cause them unimaginable suffering.

The pain experienced by the person whose body is extracted can even exceed that of the tailed beasts that extract the body of the jinchūriki.

However, when Kaguya Otsutsuki was extracted by Natsusa, she only frowned slightly due to slight discomfort and did not even feel any pain.

Feeling the chakra flowing like a river, Tsunade suddenly felt listless.

As a ninja, Tsunade is also very proud.

Her pride is built on three cornerstones: medical ninjutsu, superhuman strength, and Yin sealing.

In particular, the Yin Seal, a technique developed by Tsunade herself, allows her to accumulate chakra for several years in peacetime and release it all at once in battle, overwhelming the enemy with the sheer amount of chakra.

However, the river of chakra flowing before him, in the time it takes to breathe, has already released more chakra into Xia Zuo's body than Tsunade could accumulate in a year.

Tsunade suddenly said with a weak self-deprecating laugh, "Now I finally understand what it feels like to be mocked when the elders say I lost a year's worth of mission funds in one go."

The surging chakra was injected into Xia Zuo's body and directly guided into his bloodline limit, the Wheel.

Driven by a massive amount of chakra, the Bloodline Limit Wheel began to spin faster, and the Reversed Five Elements Wheel also accelerated in sync.

Driven by the Bloodline Limit Wheel, the Bloodline Elimination Wheel also began to accelerate, and even the highest level of flesh and blood chakra showed signs of change.

Driven by the acceleration of the five wheels, the physical changes that had come to an abrupt halt during the previous breakthrough have loosened, and the body has begun to continue its progress on the original basis.

However, it's too slow.

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If this pace continues, it will probably take several months for Xia Zuo's body to complete its transformation.

This is absolutely unacceptable.

Leaving aside whether Izumi Uchiha and the others could endure such a long period without food or water, even Kaguya Otsutsuki couldn't sustain such a long extraction.

Moreover, outside the Heavenly Path of the Sage, there are also the Six Paths Sages eyeing the space with predatory intent.

Xia Zuo felt that three days was too long, let alone several months.

He opened his eyes, looked at Kaguya Otsutsuki who was slightly frowning, and asked, "Kaguya, your current speed is too slow. What's the fastest way for you to output chakra?"

Kaguya frowned and said, "The fastest way to output speed? Of course, it's by spitting out the [Expanding Truth-Seeking Ball] from your mouth — um?"

"Huh? Huh!!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Xia Zuo lowered his head and bit Kaguya's small red lips, then activated [Dark Release: Chakra Siphon] and sucked hard.

boom-!

The flow of chakra suddenly accelerated tenfold, and the speed continued to increase, indirectly causing a storm that put considerable pressure on Uchiha Izumi.

When the flow rate of chakra increased 20 times, Kaguya Otsutsuki felt intense pain.

She tried to scream, but Xia Zuo's mouth blocked her throat, and even her tongue was sucked away. She could only twist her body repeatedly, trying to relieve the pain.

The rapid and massive influx of chakra also brought immense pain to Xia Zuo.

But he was delighted to feel that the speed of his body's transformation had also undergone a qualitative change. The speed had increased not by ten or twenty times, but by a hundred or even several hundred times.

As the body changes and the speed of the five wheels turns faster and faster, the bloodline limit, bloodline elimination, and flesh-bloodline limit begin to merge into one.

These abilities are themselves products of the fusion of chakra through qualitative changes, and their fusion naturally leads to the fusion of the seven chakra attributes into one.

When the first burst of all-attribute chakra appeared, Xia Zuo officially broke through to the Bloodline Limit level.

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