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

Chapter 196 Hanzo the Salamander Captured

Almost at the same time that Uchiha Touyu opened his mouth to speak, Hanzo of the Salamander also formed hand seals and simultaneously unleashed his ninjutsu.

"Poison Escape - Poison Dragon Technique!"

The venom spat out by Hanzo the Salamander instantly swelled in the wind, transforming into a giant purple venomous dragon that enveloped Hanzo. Then, it extended its claws and reached for Uchiha Tou.

Uchiha Touya also became interested, and he poured a huge amount of chakra into the earth. With a series of rumbling sounds, a forest grew on the ground, and countless trees twisted and grew, condensing into a huge wooden dragon.

In terms of size, the wooden dragon was more than three times larger than the poisonous dragon, and it used the same claw to grab at the poisonous dragon.

Two claws, one large and one small, clashed together, producing a sizzling sound. The wooden dragon's outstretched claws quickly turned black, while the poison dragon's claws were crushed into a pool of venom, which was continuously absorbed by the power of the Wood Release.

No matter how terrifying Hanzo's Poison Release is, it still belongs to the chakra system. Therefore, the venom can still be absorbed as chakra. However, before the venom is decomposed into chakra, it also causes considerable damage to the Wood Dragon.

Although the poison dragon is small, its power is not much less than that of the wood dragon. With this skill alone, Hanzo the Salamander can do whatever he wants to everyone in the ninja world except himself.

However, even though Hanzo the Salamander's life form has evolved, he is still far inferior to Hashirama Senju in terms of pure chakra, and probably not even as good as Madara Uchiha, let alone Touya Uchiha, who is now considered one of the best in the Otsutsuki clan.

The difference in chakra energy quickly put Hanzo's Poison Dragon at a disadvantage against the Wood Dragon. No matter how the Poison Dragon melted the Wood Dragon's body, the Wood Dragon would fully recover in the next second under the massive chakra injected by Uchiha Hiu, while the Poison Dragon shrank smaller and smaller under the Wood Dragon's attacks, and its chakra was almost completely absorbed.

Seeing the situation take a sharp turn for the worse, Hanzo of the Salamander gritted his teeth and, no longer sparing his chakra, bit his own finger.

The blood flowing from his fingers was mixed with seven or eight kinds of venom that could boost life force and increase chakra in a short time. If an ordinary ninja drank even a drop of any of these venoms, his life would be burned as if he had awakened the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique.

Only a monster like Hanzo the Salamander, who has evolved into a poisonous being, can not only survive the stimulation of so many different kinds of deadly venoms, but also become mentally excited, physically activated, and have his chakra surge.

In just a few seconds, purple patterns appeared on Hanzo's face, and his eyes turned blood red. Stimulated by the venom, his chakra, which had been significantly depleted, not only recovered to its full strength but also increased several times over.

"Poison Escape - The Art of Poisoning People!"

Purple venom gushed out and condensed on the ground, gradually forming a giant venomous creature nearly 200 meters tall. After the giant was fully formed, the outermost layer of the originally liquid venom gradually solidified into a crystal-like solid.

Uchiha Touyu looked at the enormous poisonous giant before him and nodded slightly:

"It's confirmed—this guy definitely watched the battle between Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha!"

What Poison Dragon Technique, Poison Man Technique? They all look like variations of Wood Dragon Technique, Wood Man Technique, Susanoo, etc. So all ninjutsu is just plagiarism?

Considering that the Sharingan, when awakened to the Mangekyou Sharingan level, can automatically transform into a Gundam, perhaps the Wooden Puppet Technique was also a Susanoo modeled by Hashirama Senju…

While Uchiha Touyu was still lost in thought, Hanzo of the Salamander had already taken control of the Poison Giant without hesitation, clenched his fist, and slammed it down.

Standing atop the wooden dragon, Uchiha Tou felt the rush of wind and a slight smile appeared on his lips:

"We've had enough fun. It seems Hanzo the Salamander can't come up with anything new or exciting, so let's just end the battle!"

As soon as Uchiha Touyu finished speaking, he also clenched his fist and threw a punch at the poisonous fist that was falling from the sky and looked like a locomotive.

Two fists, one large and one small, collided "gently" amidst a fierce howling sound. Then, with a loud bang, the air exploded into rings of air waves, and a howling wind swept across an area of ​​hundreds of meters, stirring up large amounts of soil and trees grown by Wood Release.

The result of the collision between these two fists, which appeared to be vastly different in appearance, was completely unexpected. There was not even a fraction of a second of stalemate before the massive poison giant's arm exploded into dust!

The immense force of the punch, still lingering, soared into the sky, blasting a large hole through the clouds amidst a mournful sound, revealing the rare sunlight of the Land of Rain.

"How is that possible..."

At the very center of the poison giant, Hanzo of the Salamander wore an expression of disbelief. Although this enormous poison giant was not as powerful or durable as Susanoo and the Wood Golem Technique, the fact that he could shatter it with his bare fist was still beyond Hanzo's imagination!

No matter what, this thing is big enough. Even if the most powerful poison doesn't work, the physical attack power of the Poison Man Technique is much stronger than that of ordinary ninjutsu. What the hell is it to smash it with a fist?

However, Uchiha Hiyu obviously wouldn't give Hanzo of the Salamander any more time to think. After throwing the first punch, he continued to throw punches, creating huge air cannonballs.

Thunderous explosions rose and fell, shaking the earth. Amidst the booming sounds, the air blasts generated by Uchiha Hiu's fists alone shattered the entire giant poison man into dust.

The unlucky Hanzo the Salamander was swept across by the air fist, crushed and coughing up several mouthfuls of blood. His whole body was cracking and popping, and he didn't know how many bones were broken before he fell to the ground with a thud.

If it weren't for the fact that his life form had evolved after his rebirth, and that his physical vitality and defense had greatly increased, an ordinary ninja who took such a punch would probably be hard to find, not even a corpse the size of a fingernail.

"It's over, all done easily!"

Uchiha Touyu clapped his hands, jumped off the wooden dragon's head, and landed directly next to Hanzo the Salamander, who had fallen to the ground.

Hanzo the Salamander was covered in wounds, his body ravaged and severely injured. Despite his tenacious will to live, he had not yet died and even showed signs of recovery. However, his eyes were lifeless, and he looked utterly defeated.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Hanzo the Salamander was defeated by him with just a few punches. In reality, Hanzo the Salamander, whose life level had been raised once, could have fought Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, who fought at the Valley of the End, for quite some time.

Considering his unique poison release technique, there's even a tiny chance that Madara Uchiha might be caught off guard and suffer a setback—Hashirama Senju is practically impossible to kill with a first-time poison release technique, as the Sage Body has a much higher margin for error than the Sage Eyes.

Even though Hanzo of the Salamander was arguably the strongest non-Otsutsuki bloodline ninja in the ninja world in a thousand years, he was still powerless against Uchiha Tou.

Hanzo of the Salamander, already dead, lay flat on the ground. Seeing Uchiha Tou approach, he merely shook his head slightly and said:

"I can't believe I was defeated so easily... I thought that with my strength improved to this level, I could contend with you..."

"Fight against me?" Uchiha Hiyu curled the corners of his mouth and didn't say anything more to Hanzo of the Salamander. He just snapped his fingers, and a spacetime vortex immediately appeared behind Hanzo of the Salamander, swallowing him up.

As the only ninja in the entire ninja world to break through the level of life through cultivating techniques, his preciousness is self-evident, and Uchiha Touyu certainly wouldn't let him go.

After capturing Hanzo the Salamander, Uchiha Touyu turned around and looked around again. This place was originally the center of Amegakure, but after the melee between Uchiha Touyu and Hanzo the Salamander, the entire Amegakure was now in chaos.

Uchiha Tou's Wood Release ninjutsu is alright; although its attack range is huge, it doesn't have much destructive power under his control. However, Hanzo of the Salamander's Poison Release is uncontrollable in its power, and its destructive range is ridiculously large.

For ordinary ninjas, there was no need for the venom used by Hanzo the Salamander. Just a wisp of the venom after it evaporated was enough to kill them. If the treatment was even slightly slow, they would face certain death.

In the chaos of that battlefield, with all the ninjas still under Uchiha Hiyu's genjutsu control, how many people would think of saving others?

In this situation, the toxic gas released by Hanzo's venom almost instantly wiped out half of Amegakure.

"Seriously, if we fight a few more rounds, what if Amegakure isn't destroyed by my hand, but by Hanzo the Salamander's own ninjutsu instead... The key is that the ninjas killed by this guy aren't considered my sacrifices."

Seeing the poisoned state of the Rain Village ninjas, Uchiha Touya hesitated for a moment before deciding to relieve their suffering—he used a Wood Release technique to pack up all the Rain Village ninjas and take them away to refine them into pills.

There was no way to save them. Although Uchiha Tou's Yang Release chakra was powerful and his medical ninjutsu was extremely advanced, saving these thousands of people would require too much effort and time. So he simply decided to just kill them.

"We've secured this unexpected gain; now it's time to put an end to this war!"

Although all the ninjas of the Land of Rain were under the control of genjutsu at the moment, and he could harvest these sacrifices at any time, Uchiha Touyu was not prepared to do the job so crudely.

In any case, a battle involving millions of people will inevitably leave many traces in the Land of Rain. This is something that genjutsu cannot achieve. Uchiha Touyu must at least create those fabricated traces.

"It's a pity I don't have the Divine Tree... Otherwise, I could directly activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi, plunging the entire ninja world into a state of alternating reality and illusion, and easily obtaining a large number of sacrifices."

"However... even the Infinite Tsukuyomi requires the Divine Tree to absorb the chakra within the ninja's body in order to maintain the genjutsu..."

Infinite Tsukuyomi is an extremely powerful illusion that can cover an entire planet. Just by looking at the range that covers the entire planet, one can imagine how much energy this illusion consumes.

Even for the Otsutsuki clan, which has fused with the power of the Ten-Tails, such consumption is not something they can easily bear. Generally speaking, when activating Infinite Tsukuyomi, the Otsutsuki clan only provides a chakra to initially cast the genjutsu, while the genjutsu is maintained by the life forms controlled by Infinite Tsukuyomi themselves.

Although Uchiha Touyu already possessed a pure-blooded Otsutsuki clone, and with the support of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art and the Divine Sect Demonic Gate Techniques, the talent of the Otsutsuki clone was absolutely among the best, even in the entire Otsutsuki clan.

However, he had never eaten any chakra fruits, so in terms of chakra alone, he didn't have much of an advantage over a regular Otsutsuki. Even he couldn't withstand the Infinite Tsukuyomi, which covers the entire world, for long.

After imagining what it would be like to have the Infinite Tsukuyomi ability, Uchiha Touyu quickly returned to reality. You have to know that there are nearly two or three million ninjas and chakra soldiers in Amegakure at present. If he could swallow these sacrifices in one gulp, the amount of chakra that Uchiha Touyu would get would be roughly equivalent to a dozen or twenty ordinary tailed beasts.

Although the Ten-Tails' chakra is actually more than the sum of the nine tailed beasts, and the chakra fruit, in some ways, possesses even greater energy than the Ten-Tails, which is the God Tree.

So even if all that chakra were combined, it wouldn't be as good as eating a chakra fruit for Uchiha Touyu. But considering that a chakra fruit only appears once every thousand years, Uchiha Touyu felt that he had still made a huge profit.

This doesn't even include the soul energy and life force of these ninjas and chakra soldiers; for Uchiha Touyu, that's the real big deal.

"Without realizing it... I've gradually become cold-blooded. The lives of millions of people feel like just a few hundred candies..."

On second thought, Uchiha Touyu realized that he himself wasn't a good person either. Even from the very beginning, he didn't seem to care much about other people's lives. It was just that he didn't have enough power to carry out such a large-scale sacrifice before.

If he had been given this opportunity to sacrifice millions of lives and rise to the top in one step when he first transmigrated to the ninja world, he probably would have done it without hesitation and without the slightest regret.

(End of this chapter)