Konoha: The Soul King from the Uchiha Clan

Chapter 70 The Art of Spiritualization (Part 2)

In the original work, Kato Dan's death was most likely due to the discovery of his physical hiding place or his teammates' failure to protect him.

However, it cannot be ruled out that Kato Dan was caught up in the battle before he had a chance to use his spiritualization technique, thus suffering serious injuries and dying from his wounds.

However, the only drawback of the Spirit Transformation Technique does not exist for Uchiha Gen at all, because he has the Soul-Soul Fruit ability!

Conventional methods allow Homies like Zhu Rong and Wu Sheng to protect the physical body, and can even temporarily create a Homie territory.

Within the Homie domain, it is difficult for enemies to find his physical body, and even if they do, it is difficult for them to break through to his physical body, because his physical body can be transferred by the Homie.

Even if the enemy were so powerful that many Homies couldn't defeat them, they could still buy enough time for the soul to return to the body.

The best method is to use the Soul-Soul Fruit's ability to split the soul, allowing part of the soul to become spiritual and leave the body, while the other part controls the physical body, thus eliminating all risks!

In the original work, Kato Dan was already dead and no longer had a physical body, so he could freely traverse the battlefield, which is something a living person cannot do.

However, Uchiha Gen's soul strength far exceeded that of ordinary ninjas, and the distance he could traverse was beyond what the living Kato Dan could compare to.

Furthermore, due to the existence of the ability to split the soul, there is no time limit at all; the soul can be separated from the body for as long as it wants!

Furthermore, due to his ability to split his soul, Uchiha Gen could attack multiple people simultaneously, unlike Kato Dan who could only attack one target.

Of course, this requires the split soul to be powerful enough; otherwise, it will not only be unable to harm the target, but may also be damaged by the backlash.

For Kato Dan, every time he used the Spirit Transformation Technique, it was risky, like gambling that the enemy's soul was not as powerful as his.

There are very few ways in this world to damage the soul; the most common method is direct physical combat between souls, which involves devouring each other.

Whether it's hand-to-hand combat or devouring, both will cause varying degrees of trauma to the soul.

Soul trauma is extremely difficult to heal. For example, Orochimaru after being resurrected as a corpse has a greatly reduced resistance to genjutsu.

However, the fact that Kato Dan was able to learn the S-rank Spirit Transformation Technique proves that he has exceptional talent in the soul, at least his soul is stronger than most people's from birth.

By being careful and avoiding using it on renowned experts, the risk of backlash can be minimized.

Perhaps the souls of those powerful individuals are not necessarily stronger than those of Kato Dan, but a vast amount of chakra is still effective in resisting soul-based secret techniques.

As long as the difference in soul strength is not too great, a massive amount of chakra can reverse the situation.

However, the effects of chakra are ultimately limited, since the other half of chakra is physical strength.

With the Soul-Soul Fruit ability, Uchiha Gen doesn't need to worry about backlash.

Because after the backlash, Uchiha Gen can absorb the souls and lifespans of others to quickly heal his wounds.

For Uchiha Gen, the trauma to his soul was no different from the trauma to his body!

Through the power of the Soul-Soul Fruit, as Gen Uchiha's soul grows stronger, he will be able to traverse increasingly greater distances.

Sooner or later, the entire ninja world will be within the range of Uchiha Gen's Spirit Transformation Technique!

In moments of leisure, one can watch the waves rise and the clouds fall; in the morning, one can travel to the North Sea and in the evening, one can dine on the morning dew and the clouds; one is just like a demigod in a cultivation novel!

When murderous intent arises, it can travel thousands of miles in an instant, killing someone from afar without leaving a trace!

The headquarters of all the major forces in the ninja world were basically useless to him!

The special sensory barrier that can prevent soul intrusion is not something that every force can possess, and even if they do, it won't be activated all the time; it's usually only activated in emergency situations.

Even if it is activated at all times, it is not difficult for Uchiha Gen to infiltrate, because the Spirit Transformation Technique can possess other people and control their bodies!

With the physical body providing protection and shielding, it's very difficult to detect anything unusual using the sensitivity of the sensing barrier.

For Kato Dan, he could only control one person at most, and even that was only temporary. But for Uchiha Gen, as long as his soul was strong enough, there was theoretically no limit!

Furthermore, this ability to control the body can be further developed into the art of possession, allowing one to truly become someone else!

Even without deliberately studying the technique of possession, Uchiha Gen could have obtained the Reanimation Jutsu from Orochimaru.

The technique of resurrection is essentially a body-snatching technique, and a rather advanced one at that.

Although this technique has various limitations and is not perfect, it can transfer the caster's original strength to the target.

The weaker the soul repulsion, the more power can be transferred; the limit is 100%!

If Orochimaru had his assistance, it wouldn't be impossible for him to develop a perfect, side-effect-free Reanimation Jutsu.

This would provide a way to achieve immortality. Although this method of immortality does not involve a qualitative change in the level of life, it is at least a safety net.

Finally, the Spirit Transformation Technique can also assist Uchiha Gen in harvesting souls and lifespans, eliminating the need for him to personally travel around the world.

The divided soul, as the original soul, also possesses the abilities of the Soul-Soul Fruit, albeit a weakened version; the smaller the division, the weaker the ability.

However, the weakened ability still exists; it just takes some time to extract the soul and lifespan.

Possession can harvest souls and lifespans for a period of time, because the body will constantly reject the foreign soul due to the incompatibility.

Possession can continuously harvest souls and lifespans; as long as one doesn't die, that's an eternal shadow clone!

The harvested souls and lifespans nourish the original body, which in turn strengthens the effects and power of the spiritification technique.

In conclusion, the Spirit Transformation Technique and the Soul-Soul Fruit complement each other, promote each other, and advance together; they are truly a match made in heaven!

No matter how exquisite or powerful other ninjutsu were, none could make Uchiha Gen so eager.

Therefore, Uchiha Gen spent almost the entire night studying it on the sofa.

After nearly a night, Uchiha Genya had basically figured out the principles and precautions of the Spirit Transformation Technique.

This ninjutsu is not difficult for him; once he understands it, he can learn it immediately!

Without hesitation, Uchiha Gen, who was still full of energy despite not having slept all night, changed from a supine position to a cross-legged sitting position, forming hand seals.

The chakra within the body circulated to specific meridians according to the hand seal sequence, and the flow rate and amount were exactly as recorded in the scroll.

A wondrous chemical reaction occurred, and a light, cloud-like power flowed through the body straight to the Niwan Palace between the eyebrows. The gates of the palace opened, and the shackles that were both binding and protective were loosened.

The next moment, a transparent soul emerged from the top of Uchiha Gen's head...

This soul was much more transparent than the one that appeared during the Fourth Shinobi World War, and its facial features were somewhat blurred.

Although he was 99% certain, Uchiha Gen only allowed one-third of his soul to leave his body just in case.

Upon seeing this strange scene, Zhu Rong and Wu Sheng, who were resting, immediately flew over and stared at it with curiosity.

Uchiha Gen controlled one-third of his own soul and flew out of the house, ignoring the walls that blocked his way. He then continued flying forward and arrived at his neighbor's house.

Looking at his sleeping neighbors, Uchiha Gen had a sudden thought: this ninjutsu seemed quite effective for spying.

Ugh, that's so disgusting! He doesn't have a penchant for peeping!

With this thought in mind, Uchiha Gen manipulated his soul to pass through the roof and fly into the sky to play for a while.

As soon as he saw a ray of golden sunlight appear in the east, Uchiha Gen allowed his soul to return to his body.

Perhaps because of the unique power of chakra, ordinary people can hardly see souls, but ninjas can.

It is also possible that, due to the nourishment of chakra, the souls of this world are not afraid of wind and rain, sunshine and snow.

Therefore, Uchiha Gen could not fly around recklessly.

Furthermore, one cannot casually reveal the art of spirit transformation, otherwise, any secret schemes one plots in the future will be easily guessed, which would be no fun.

Looking at the clock, it was already 6:10, so Uchiha Gen got up and went to the kitchen to make breakfast.

After eating a simple bowl of fried egg noodles, Uchiha Gen went to his bedroom to rest.

He didn't need to go to work at the police department, and Orochimaru-sensei gave him a day off because he had taught him ninjutsu, so he could happily catch up on his sleep.

Although it's too late to make up for it, we should try to recover as much as we can; it's better than trying to stay healthy...

This chapter explains a bit more about the effects of the Spirit Transformation Technique on the protagonist; please forgive me.

(End of this chapter)