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

Chapter 62 The Death of Chiyo

Knowing who was in the room, Uchiha Touyu had no interest in looking for Pakura anymore—the Fourth Kazekage's soul was already a huge gain, not to mention that the guy was now on his deathbed, and there was also Chiyo, whose hand had been severed and whose strength had plummeted, as an extra.

When Uchiha Hiyu walked directly into the room, Chiyo finally sensed something was wrong. She waved her hand, and several puppets immediately spat out a large number of poison needles, which shot directly in the direction Uchiha Hiyu had entered.

The sound of clanging rang out as Uchiha Touyu's sword flashed, deflecting the poison needles. Then, the sword in his hand shone brightly and instantly slashed at a puppet.

In this kind of room, the puppet had nowhere to hide and was instantly cut in half. However, even though the puppet was cut in half, Chiyo could still make it work with a wave of her hand. Sharp poison blades were spat out from the scattered parts and rushed directly towards Uchiha Hiu.

After the shattered puppet, the other four puppets controlled by Chiyo also began to act. However, Chiyo herself retreated rapidly, even neglecting the Fourth Kazekage and the medical ninja standing by the bed, who was presumably taking care of the Fourth Kazekage.

With only one hand missing, Chiyo could only control five puppets, making her at best an elite Jonin. She knew very well that she was no match for the Leaf Village ghost. Just as she was about to smash through the wall behind her, she saw the Leaf Village ghost reveal its true form, with two tomoe slowly rotating in its blood-red eyes.

"Sharingan? Oh no..."

Chiyo was slightly startled. The two-tomoe Sharingan was not very effective against a ninja like Chiyo. At most, it would make her pause for a moment. This was only because she was currently in a state of unease and had lost an arm.

Under normal circumstances, even if she paused for a moment, it would be difficult for the enemy to break through the defenses of ten puppets and directly attack her main body. However, now she only has five puppets, and the opponent can easily bypass this flawed defense.

So when Chiyo realized what was happening, she saw a white light slash down on her head. With a crack, Chiyo, under the white light, was turned into a puppet and cleaved in two.

"Puppet Substitution Technique? Heh, let's see how many times you can substitute for someone else's death!"

Uchiha Touyu sneered. Don't be fooled by Chiyo's puppetry skills. She can even control broken puppets. In reality, once a puppet is broken, it can only be used once or twice at most.

Having shattered two more puppets, Chiyo is now virtually no threat to Uchiha Tou!

"Run! Tell all the Sand Ninja and Pakura, the Leaf Village Ghost is coming!"

Chiyo, with her disheveled hair, roared, and a puppet blasted open the wall with a single shot, grabbed the medical ninja, and threw him out.

During this process, Uchiha Hiyu had already shattered another puppet and appeared in front of Chiyo. The blade light turned into an arc, and with a snap, Chiyo, who had been cut down, once again became the body of a puppet.

However, after using the puppet substitute repeatedly, and with the puppet shattered by Uchiha Touyu, Chiyo now only has one complete puppet left. A look of despair appeared on her face as she looked at Uchiha Touyu rushing over. Suddenly, she smiled coldly, and her chakra fluctuated greatly.

"Kid, let me show you the skills of a true veteran ninja!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Chiyo saw Uchiha Touu, who had been charging forward, vanish in a flash without a trace.

The old puppeteer was stunned for a moment, and then she heard a series of bangs as two shadow clones appeared in front of her.

"Despicable...despicable..."

Chiyo opened her mouth, and two shadow clones rushed forward at lightning speed. With a flash of light, they pierced Chiyo's heart. The old puppeteer instantly exploded into a cloud of blood mist, and the corrosive blood directly corroded the shadow clone into a cloud of white smoke.

A moment later, Uchiha Hiyu emerged from underground. Looking at the house, which had been completely destroyed by the erosion, he felt extremely fortunate.

"That old geezer actually had that trick up his sleeve. Sure enough, almost every one of these older ninjas has prepared a suicide attack!"

"Luckily, this old woman didn't know the saying 'villains die from talking too much.' Before she tried to take us both down, she shouted something, otherwise I would have been in real danger this time!"

Uchiha Touyu reflected inwardly. Throughout history, there have been many ninjas who have been defeated by their inferiors and lost due to tactical mistakes.

Because ninjas are essentially glass cannons, their output far exceeds their defense by dozens of times. Therefore, even a so-called Kage-level ninja can still be killed by a Genin with a kunai.

Not to mention that although Chiyo's strength is inferior to his own, her vision and experience far surpass his own, and she also has a certain understanding of his intelligence. It is not impossible for her to risk her life to take him away.

Of course, no matter what, Uchiha Touyu ultimately won. He turned his head and looked around, just in time to see the Fourth Kazekage taking his last breath under the corrosive blood. Immediately, a look of joy appeared on his face.

With a gentle beckoning, two bewildered souls came into Uchiha Touyu's hand. Sensing that these two souls were no less valuable than Hatake Sakumo, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"Chiyo is one thing, she can at most supplement my medical ninjutsu and chakra manipulation abilities, but the Fourth Kazekage's Magnet Release is extremely useful to me."

Sakumo Hatake's strength is no less than that of the Fourth Kazekage, and may even be greater, but their fighting styles are completely different. One is a mage who combines offense and defense, while the other is a magic swordsman with high agility and high attack. These two different fighting styles can deal with a wider variety of enemies.

Furthermore, Uchiha Tou had already learned from the memories of many ninjas that synthesizing bloodline limits was an extremely rare method for ninjas, a way to increase their own potential.

The chakra system has a visible upper limit because there is no complete training method for chakra like internal energy cultivation. Chakra can only be indirectly increased through physical training and mental stimulation.

However, no matter how much physical training stimulates the mind, there is always an insurmountable limit. Developing a bloodline limit is the only way to raise this limit and modify one's aptitude within the chakra system.

In theory, if you could fuse the seven attributes of chakra—water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, yin, and yang—into one and cultivate the Truth-Seeking Ball, you could become a Six Paths level figure, easily crushing those Otsutsuki who only know how to use fruit but not why.

Of course, in reality... the difficulty of fusing the seven chakra natures into one is roughly equivalent to more than a billion times that of combining two chakra natures into a bloodline limit. It's simply not a training that humans can accomplish.

(End of this chapter)