Starting with the Uchiha clan, they began cultivating demonic arts.

Chapter 118 Finding the Target

The Grass Village may seem like just a small, second-tier ninja village, but after listening to the two ninjas' stories, Uchiha Touyu had only one feeling: chaos!

Uchiha Touyu originally thought that the Land of Grass had at most three or four thousand ninjas, but now he knew he was wrong. The number of Grass Ninjas was more than double what he had estimated, about six or seven thousand.

This number is comparable to that of the Sand Village back then. Logically speaking, the Land of Grass is just a small country, and under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for it to have so many ninjas.

However, there is a difference between the Land of Grass and the Five Great Nations. This country does not have a so-called Daimyo. The ninja villages take on the function of the Daimyo and directly control the economy and taxation of the entire country.

In this situation, most of the country's money is naturally invested in the development of ninja villages, and it is perfectly normal for the number of ninjas to exceed the quota.

Of course, while the quantity has increased, the quality...

Uchiha Touyu looked at the two ninjas he had just controlled. In a major ninja village, their strength would probably only qualify them as graduates of the ninja academy, but in this country, they were already senior genin.

Furthermore, among those six or seven thousand ninjas, at least five thousand were of similar strength to these two ninjas, which explains why the great ninja villages were indifferent to the Land of Grass.

Moreover, these ninjas were divided into many factions, such as the Flower Faction, Grass Faction, Leaf Faction, and the 12 Zodiac Leaders, which left Uchiha Touyu completely confused.

With such a small territory, they have so many ninjas and so many factions. It's like a small temple with a lot of evil spirits, or a shallow pond with many turtles.

Even until the very end, Uchiha Hiu had not heard any information about the Uzumaki clan. Clearly, either the captured Uzumaki clan member was still in the hands of the higher-ups, or the two ninjas were of too low a status.

From Uchiha Tou's perspective, it definitely belongs to the latter.

Without saying another word to the two ninjas, Uchiha Touyu stretched out his hand and formed a Great Dao Treasure Bottle Seal. The chakra emanating from his body condensed into a rough, illusory bottle shape, which suddenly unleashed a powerful suction force.

Two ninjas from the Land of Grass screamed as they were sucked into a cloud of blood mist by the powerful suction. Moments later, the bottle containing chakra disappeared, and some ashes-like residue fell into the void.

An invisible stream of blood energy merged into Uchiha Tou's body from the void, further enhancing his physical essence.

"The effect is getting worse and worse... The essence of ordinary people is not only scarce and of low quality, but also contains a lot of impurities. It must be slowly refined before it can be integrated into my essence."

"No wonder practitioners of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art always target those geniuses with special physiques. The essence of ordinary cultivators can only have some effect at the beginning. In the later stages, it is better to directly cultivate secret techniques and evolve one's physique faster than to devour ordinary people."

Furthermore, there is a limit to the increase of one's original essence. Once the limit is reached, a new physical essence must be integrated and stimulated to break through. At that point, the physical essence of an ordinary person is truly completely useless.

"Unfortunately, almost all the physical constitutions in the ninja world originated from the Otsutsuki clan. Even if the constitutions of the entire ninja world were to be fused together, at most a stronger version of the Otsutsuki would emerge."

This is still due to the amazing effects of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art's secret techniques; otherwise, secret techniques that devour physiques like this could never exceed their source of power.

Having casually swallowed two ninjas, Uchiha Touyu wasn't going to waste any more time and left the town directly for Kusagakure.

Even the five great ninja villages were powerless against Uchiha Touyu's genjutsu that manipulated the five senses, unable to detect his comings and goings, let alone the grass ninjas.

Even though Uchiha Touyu swaggered in through the gates of the ninja village, not a single ninja noticed anything.

After glancing around the ninja village, Uchiha Touyu quickly spotted a ninja who seemed to be of high status. Without saying a word, he walked up to the ninja and threw a Mangekyou Sharingan genjutsu at him.

The ninja controlled by the Mangekyou Sharingan genjutsu was a special Jonin of the Grass Village. Of course, in Uchiha Touyu's opinion, this guy's strength was probably only slightly stronger than a Chunin. Faced with the Mangekyou Sharingan, he naturally spilled all the information.

The Grass Ninja did capture a woman from the Uzumaki clan and discovered her special ability to heal bloodline limits. However, the Grass Ninja are still divided on how to make use of this unexpected gift.

Some people naturally hoped to turn this Uzumaki clan woman into a blood bag, while others had even more ambitious ideas. They wanted to sacrifice this Uzumaki clan member to the Box of Bliss, using the Uzumaki clan's immense chakra to open the Box of Bliss and make a wish to conquer the ninja world.

"What kind of stuff is this? The Box of Elysium is out too... I forgot to ask about it before, I didn't expect that something from this movie would actually be there."

Unfortunately, the so-called Box of Bliss didn't seem to be of much use, only producing a monster named Satoru. Since it offered no benefit, Uchiha Touyu naturally didn't pay any attention to it.

However, now that Uchiha Hiu has arrived, the woman from the Uzumaki clan naturally no longer needs to be a blood bag or a sacrifice. On the contrary, these people from the Land of Grass are probably more likely to become sacrifices for the Book of Demonic Path.

A moment later, led by the special Jonin from the Land of Grass, Uchiha Touya quickly arrived at the Grass Village prison.

"The Uzumaki clan woman who was captured is being held in prison. We'll decide whether to send her to the medical department or Hozuki Castle after the higher-ups have discussed it."

"Tsk... Throwing people into prison directly is really disgusting. But the Grass Ninja really doesn't have the ability to cultivate the Uzumaki clan, not to mention the possibility of being turned against by Uzumaki clan ninjas."

"So from the very beginning, it was decided to use it until the very end!"

Just like the Uchiha clan, once they awaken the three-tomoe Sharingan, they are destined to become Jonin, and even among Jonin, they are formidable and difficult to deal with.

Among the Uzumaki clan, those who can awaken their bloodline limit are at least at the level of Jonin, and may even be stronger than the Uchiha.

After all, the sheer volume of chakra is there; even as a mindless ninjutsu cannon, it can blast ordinary Jonin to their graves.

Did the Grass Ninja Village not know what kind of geniuses the Uzumaki clan, who had awakened their bloodline limit, were? Of course they did, but these Grass Ninja felt they couldn't handle such geniuses, so they simply didn't bother and just used them as objects until they died.

The Grass Ninja had a good plan, but unfortunately, Uchiha Tou arrived, so their plan naturally became meaningless.

Having located the target, Uchiha Touya stopped using genjutsu to conceal himself. With a casual kunai, he first killed the grass ninja who was leading the way, and then headed towards the prison step by step.

As soon as the genjutsu that concealed Uchiha Hiu's five senses disappeared, the ninjas of Kusagakure suddenly discovered that there was a strange figure in their village.

Uchiha Touya's swift elimination of the guide ninja with a single kunai was like stirring up a hornet's nest, making the grass ninjas tense.

"Who goes there? Someone has invaded the ninja village!!"

"Watch out!! Their target is the prison! Don't let them release the most dangerous criminals!"

Faced with these excited ninjas, Uchiha Touyu picked at his ear with a hint of helplessness and said calmly:

"How noisy!"

As soon as he finished speaking, an incredibly vast amount of chakra erupted from his body. The mere burst of chakra shook the ground, causing tiny cracks to appear in the earth.

The Grass Ninja, who had been on high alert, trembled as if facing a natural disaster under the immense pressure of this chakra. Some Grass Ninja even dropped their weapons in fear and fled.

"Such fighting spirit... truly befits a ninja known for being a fence-sitter!"

This was the first time Uchiha Touyu had ever seen a ninja so easily frightened away by chakra and aura.

It's important to understand that ninjas in the ninja world have all sorts of flaws in their personalities—they can be brutal, indifferent, crazy, or mindless. But those who are cowardly and lack the courage to fight their enemies are definitely the fewest.

Having stayed in Konoha for so long, Uchiha Touyu had never seen a ninja who would flinch before a battle and flee at the mere mention of their name. He had always thought that he was the only ninja who could do that.

Other ninjas, even if they were so frightened by the enemy on the battlefield that their legs trembled, would at least not turn around and run away at the first moment.

but……

"Trying to escape now is a bit too late..."

As Uchiha Touyu formed the Great Dao Treasure Bottle Seal with both hands, a massive amount of chakra formed a huge illusory treasure bottle above his head, unleashing an incredibly terrifying attraction.

Drawn by the treasure bottle in the sky, all the grass ninjas struggled to move and gradually withered away.

The attraction doesn't absorb matter, but rather the chakra existing within each ninja, or even their very physical essence.

Just moments later, those listless ninjas, unable to even stabilize their bodies, were sucked directly into the treasure bottle and turned into ashes.

"The stronger the ninja, the more vast and pure their origin. It seems that this Great Dao Bottle can only be used on experts from now on."

Having drained the life force of these grass ninja before him, Uchiha Touyu sensed it slightly and sighed again.

According to Uchiha Touyu's perception, extracting the essence from the bodies of genin and chunin would provide him with almost no benefit. On the contrary, clearing away those impurities would waste a considerable amount of time.

Only by reaching the Jonin level can he truly be of use to Uchiha Touyu, allowing his physique to develop in a stronger direction.

"However... soon, even Jonin will probably be useless to me... The stronger my physique and the closer my bloodline is to the Otsutsuki, the more powerful my source will be needed to improve."

With his hands down, Uchiha Touyu continued walking towards the prison. He had already killed the two ninjas guarding the prison gate. As for the seal on the prison gate, Uchiha Touyu simply waved his hand, and it vanished.

The Myriad Transformations Sacred Technique can turn the miraculous into the decaying. Through research, Uchiha Touyu eventually transformed it into a skill that absorbs chakra.

Besides the simplest absorption of chakra, it can also directly neutralize barriers and seals using the Myriad Transformations Sacred Technique. All skills that fall under the category of chakra are countered by it.

Unlike abilities like the Rinnegan and the Preta Path, the Myriad Transformations Sacred Technique can neutralize not only chakra, but more precisely, all energy. Therefore, even Sage Mode or Bloodline Limits can theoretically be countered by the Myriad Transformations Sacred Technique.

Furthermore, if one cultivates the Myriad Transformations Sacred Technique to a certain level, even natural phenomena or physical forces will fall within its scope of transformation.

However, Uchiha Touya certainly doesn't have that level of skill, and while these secret techniques have a high ceiling, they don't absolutely suppress ordinary chakra like the Six Paths or Otsutsuki techniques.

If the amount of ordinary chakra is large enough, even the Myriad Transformations Sacred Technique cannot turn it from magical to decaying. However, it is clear that this amount is at least measured in decimals.

After the seal on the Kusagakure prison was reduced to ashes, Uchiha Hiu simply pushed the door open, and a foul odor wafted out of the prison.

Frowning, Uchiha Touyu walked inside. He looked around, and the prisoners in the jail, seeing that it wasn't a Grass Ninja who had entered, immediately started to clamor.

"Let me out! Let me out now!!"

"Where did you come from, ninja? If you want to fight your way out of Kusagakure, you'll need our help, won't you?"

"They're quite active," Uchiha Touyu glanced at the people around him, but ultimately didn't say anything. Those who could be captured by the Grass Ninja were mostly Chunin and Genin, so they didn't mean much to him.

In his perception, there was indeed a vibrant aura deep within the prison, which should belong to the lady from the Uzumaki clan.

Seeing that Uchiha Hiyu ignored them and walked inside, the group of ninjas shouted even louder, even using foul language.

Seeing that these ninjas were being unreasonable, Uchiha Touyu gave a slight sneer and lightly stomped his foot on the ground.

With a crackling sound, thorns sprouted from all the cells in an instant, piercing the shouting men into skewers of meat.

The ability to perform ninjutsu without hand seals is one of the gains Uchiha Touyu made after comprehending the secret techniques of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art. He can even unleash any ninjutsu below rank A without needing to put his hands together.

The curses turned into screams, and a thick stench of blood emanated from every cell. Uchiha Hiu remained unfazed and broke through another seal, revealing the red-haired woman deep within the cell.

“Who…who are you?”

The red-haired woman looked at Uchiha Touyu approaching and asked in a trembling voice. She couldn't help but be afraid, after all, behind him were those prisoners groaning in pain and bleeding profusely, as a backdrop!

(End of this chapter)