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

Chapter 99 Bloodline Evolution

In a secluded tent in the Konoha camp, Uchiha Hiyu pushed open the door and entered. Looking at the scrolls piled up like a small mountain, a smile appeared on his lips.

"Judging by this number, there's definitely over a thousand... This time, the Blood Pool is really going to be a huge success!"

"Speaking of which, Orochimaru-sensei is really generous this time. Logically speaking, he should need quite a few cadavers... Could it be because he's in a good mood?"

As for the reason for his good mood, after this great victory over the Hidden Cloud Village, Orochimaru's position as Hokage should theoretically be secure.

"Do I think my position as Hokage is secure, barring any unforeseen circumstances? Too bad..."

"I think the one thing Konoha Village has in abundance is accidents, right?"

Although Uchiha Touyu had never killed a Konoha ninja, he had collected many Konoha ninja souls on the battlefield. Based on the knowledge and experience gained from these Konoha ninja souls, he actually had a deep understanding of the current Konoha Village.

Although Konoha still retains its title as the greatest ninja village, hidden dangers have long been brewing. While the higher-ups may not be completely corrupt, they are certainly stagnant and unlikely to tolerate a leader like Orochimaru, who is highly individualistic and strong-willed.

Of course, this thought only flashed through Uchiha Touyu's mind. Whether Orochimaru could become Hokage or not had little to do with his cheap disciple.

With the book of demonic inheritance, Uchiha Touyu believed that one day he would reach the level of Uchiha Madara, Senju Hashirama, and even Otsutsuki Kaguya, and that this level would not be the limit of his strength.

When he is truly invincible, power will naturally come his way, just like the First Hokage. Even though he acted like a fool, it didn't stop him from being the most powerful person in the entire ninja world at that time.

"However, in the eyes of the higher-ups in Konoha, I should be considered one of Orochimaru's people, and a Uchiha at that... If something really goes wrong, it's hard to say whether some people might take the opportunity to attack me..."

The person who would take advantage of the situation to attack him in Uchiha Touyu's mind was naturally his theoretical boss, Root's Shimura Danzo.

Although he had helped Root complete many missions and seemed to work well together, Uchiha Touya never lost his vigilance against Danzo, especially after Danzo had searched the souls of Root ninjas.

Having spent several months in Root, Uchiha Hiu did more than just carry out missions. Through his covert investigation within Root, although he didn't find any direct evidence, he vaguely felt that the deaths of his parents were probably related to Root.

It wasn't that they found any Root ninjas to carry out the mission directly, but rather that Uchiha Touyu discovered that Root hadn't conducted any investigation into the deaths of his parents.

The lack of investigation is, in a sense, a flaw. Given his current position in Root, if Shimura Danzo didn't know the cause of his parents' deaths thoroughly, how could he not have conducted a thorough investigation?

Thinking of this, a cold glint flashed in Uchiha Touyu's eyes, and a sneer appeared on his lips.

Now that he has grown powerful, if he were to part ways with Konoha, it would be Konoha that would suffer the loss, not him. Considering his hatred, he was actually somewhat eager to try.

"Those bunch of idiots in Konoha's upper echelons, I hope you really do what I expect and cause more trouble!"

Clean up the battlefield, advance the battle line to the Frostlands to prepare for the Cloud Ninja... there's not much to say about the rest.

After the Cloud Ninja returned to the Land of Lightning, Konoha would not pursue them anymore, and it was estimated that there would be little chance of further battles. Uchiha Touyu then asked Orochimaru for leave, preparing to undergo a baptism at the Blood Pool.

This time, Uchiha Tou not only sent the corpses of the Cloud Ninja to Ryuchi Cave, but also found a lot of corpses of Konoha Ninja—after all, only Orochimaru, who was in charge of the final count, knew how many corpses were left on the battlefield, so Uchiha Tou wouldn't have any problems taking half of them.

Putting aside other things, the corpses of the Hyuga clan, because they possess the bloodline of the Otsutsuki clan, are dozens of times more effective than the corpses of ordinary ninjas. How could Uchiha Touyu possibly let them go?

Ninjas are swift on their feet, and Uchiha Hiyu is a top-tier speed-type ninja. It only took him half a day to reach the Blood Pool.

Subsequently, Uchiha Hiyu summoned the giant snake from Ryuchi Cave and moved the corpses over one by one. To prevent the corpses from being eaten by the giant snake, he also sprinkled some snake repellent powder on them. It seems that the effect is quite good, and the number of corpses has not changed much.

After being counted, the two thousand corpses were all dissolved into the blood pool, and the red blood in the pool instantly filled almost half of it.

"It's seven or eight times more than last time, probably because the quality of the corpses last time wasn't good enough. Also, making the blood pool itself consumed a lot of energy."

After making a quick assessment, Uchiha Touyu jumped into the blood pool, closed his eyes, and began to circulate the Soul Devouring Blood Refining Technique.

The blood inside the pool swirled rapidly, forming a small crimson vortex. In the center of the vortex, a heart-like cocoon began to throb once more.

Several hours passed, and the once vibrant cocoon gradually turned into dry, dead skin. With a hissing sound, Uchiha Hiyu emerged from the cocoon once more.

"It didn't evolve into the Kaleidoscope... but it seems a bit different from the regular three-tomoe Sharingan."

Uchiha Touyu felt the eye power in his eyes reaching its limit and was slightly surprised. As the three tomoe in his eyes rotated, a light black chakra skull appeared on his body.

"Susanoo... can only be activated up to a half-skeletal form, which can be considered the initial form among the initial forms..."

"However, my pupil power didn't decrease at all when I used it. Is it because my eyes aren't kaleidoscopes?"

"I remember that Indra, the ancestor of the Uchiha clan, possessed the three-tomoe Sharingan, yet he could also use the Mangekyou Sharingan. Could my current situation be a regression to that ancestral state?"

"The Sharingan's observation, copying, genjutsu, dynamic vision, and reflexes are all improved by a percentage that is roughly equivalent to the evolution from a two-tomoe Sharingan to a three-tomoe Sharingan, directly raising it to a higher level."

"In addition, the quality of my chakra and my physical strength have increased two or three times. Now, when I use Lightning Release Chakra Mode, I can at least use it to the level of the Fourth Raikage."

"With the Fourth Raikage's Lightning Release Chakra Mode and the White Fang Sword Technique, I can now be considered a strong ninja among Kage-level fighters!"

(End of this chapter)