Revitalizing the Uchiha clan starts with becoming a Kage.

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However, such an attack only caused Shennong some minor injuries, and with his current recovery ability, he could recover almost instantly. To put it bluntly, it wouldn't be a problem to regard Shennong as a slightly simplified version of a tailed beast.

Looking at Shennong, who had leaped out of the ravine almost unharmed, not far away, Jiang Si's pupils couldn't help but show a hint of amazement.

It has to be said that Shennong truly deserves to be a minor boss in the original work. His strength is comparable to that of any enemy that Jiang Si has faced in the past!

To be honest, he might be slightly stronger than the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa!

Especially the fact that it swallowed a zero-tailed embryo whole.

That's why I said it: extreme scientists are a dangerous bunch!

Jiang Si wasn't too surprised that his illusion technique had no effect on Shennong. Illusion techniques weren't particularly powerful to begin with. In the original work, the only unfortunate person to be instantly killed by an illusion technique was Orochimaru.

But he is an exception!

Ultimately!

The power of illusion depends on the mental strength of the caster and the target. Even Kotoamatsukami, which is known as the strongest single-target illusion, cannot be effective on everyone. To put it simply, Shoji is confident that he can completely negate the control of Kotoamatsukami due to the essential difference in eye power and mental strength!

It cannot be easily remedied by a single technique.

If it were that easy, the original plot wouldn't be so complicated. Kotoamatsukami could handle everything, so why make it so difficult and complicated?

Ultimately, there are limits to any surgical technique!

Furthermore, the fact that Madara didn't use genjutsu in his fight against the Five Kage shows that at the Kage level, or even the level beyond Kage, genjutsu is no longer very lethal. Otherwise, if genjutsu were truly invincible, Madara would have been too busy fighting the Five Kage; wouldn't it have been easier to just use a genjutsu to instantly kill them?

For these powerful individuals who have reached the Kage level, it's hard to say about their physical abilities, but they must have undergone considerable mental and spiritual tempering!

Madara must have known that using ninjutsu and taijutsu to suppress the Five Kage was more direct and simpler than using genjutsu, which is why he chose that kind of battle!

In the original work, there is only one genjutsu that can truly be called a threat to Kage-level or even Super Kage-level beings. That is the 'Toad Song Technique' that Jiraiya used when he infiltrated Amegakure and summoned Fukasaku and Shima, two toads from Mount Myōboku!

Previously, if a general were to fall victim to this spell, they would be certain to die. However, now that they possess the Eternal Eye and their mental strength has been further enhanced, there is indeed a certain probability that they might be able to escape the effects of this spell. But to know for sure, one must experience it for oneself.

Of course, Shoji would never be so foolish as to test the strength of this technique. If he were to encounter Jiraiya in a battle, he would either not give him the chance to release this technique and strike ruthlessly, since Toad Song is different from other illusion techniques and requires preparation time.

Alternatively, you could be more decisive and choose to retreat.

So, in the end, illusion magic in this world is a kind of Schrödinger's cat-like magic, and it is difficult to define just how powerful this type of magic is!

Oh, Infinite Tsukuyomi doesn't count.

Strictly speaking, that thing no longer falls into the category of 'illusion'.

'Well, I thought I could capture you easily, but it seems I'll have to use a more forceful approach!'

After all, they still want to covet some of the important technologies and research content in other people's brains.

Jiang Si originally thought he could suppress Shennong in a relatively easy way, but now it seems that he needs to be more brutal!

401. Kill and handle

It seems that we need to resort to more forceful methods now, as Shennong's strength has far exceeded expectations.

If it were my past self before obtaining the Eternal Eye, suppressing Shennong now wouldn't just be a matter of putting in more effort, but a question of whether I could actually defeat him. We're both at the Kage level, so it's not really a matter of who can definitely defeat whom. Ninja battles aren't like a numbers game where whoever has the stronger attributes will definitely win. Besides, in truly free-for-all online games, it's not uncommon for players with inferior equipment and attributes to use their skills to defeat players with superior equipment and attributes.

Fighting is something like that.

Unless the difference in strength is truly extreme, the battles between them are indeed evenly matched, with each side having a chance of winning or losing!

Of course, this refers to the previous commander.

Even now that he has the Eternal Eye, Shoji is still far inferior to his ancestor Madara, but he can be considered to have steadily stepped into the Super Kage level!

There's no need to hold back.

"boom!"

This clamorous surge of chakra.

The purple-gold Susanoo vein shell that had gathered expanded even further the moment it covered the body, and the legs and hands that suddenly grew out, unlike the previous Tengu armor form, at this moment, the complete form of Susanoo was fully revealed!

That's right, Shoji also planned to take this opportunity to test just how powerful the Complete Susanoo would be after his eye power essence was sublimated!

Compared to Madara and Sasuke in their peak form in the original work.

Shoji's Susanoo at this moment is only missing a pair of wings. This is because he has only recently obtained the Eternal Eye and has not fully adapted to it. Although he can activate Susanoo to its complete form, it is still a little bit lacking.

However, this was almost indistinguishable from a human form, and it was even covered by an additional layer of armor. The purple-gold Susanoo exuded a terrifying aura at this moment!

I am experiencing the unprecedented sense of perfection that Susanoo brings.

A look of great satisfaction also appeared in Jiang Si's eyes.

This is the true ultimate secret of the Uchiha clan!

Not far away, when Shennong saw the magnificent, tall, and chilling Susanoo, the crimson color deep in his pupils seemed to fade considerably at that moment. For ordinary people, the awe-inspiring feeling brought by Susanoo is extremely direct and obvious!

Even Shennong felt a deep sense of shock and fear upon seeing the complete Susanoo, which was comparable to the power of a god.

'You bastard! You bastard! You bastard!'

This blatant display of intense pressure.

This made Shennong's face even more unsightly and gloomy. Just this outward aura was enough to make Shennong feel a sense of dread.

Even so, Shennong would never choose to give up here.

"Snapped!"

Shennong swiftly clasped his hands together, signaling his final, desperate struggle, and at this moment, he mobilized the maximum amount of chakra he could muster within his body!

"what!"

The words were spoken in a deep, resonant voice.

A dark green hue suddenly flashed on his palms!

The light and shadow spread out.

In an instant, layers of black ripples suddenly appeared on the ground around Shennong, as if the land had suddenly become soft, constantly undulating and wrinkling!

Then the next moment.

In Jiang Si's slightly narrowed gaze.

One after another, purplish-black, soft-bodied wriggling creatures, resembling loaches but dozens of times larger, emerged from the ground. A rough estimate suggests that in less than a few seconds, hundreds of them appeared.

"rush!"

And then, also under Shennong's command.

These vile, purplish-black soft creatures quickly gathered together, and the vile creature that gradually grew larger suddenly became almost the same size as Shoji's Susanoo!

'Zero-Tail? Did this guy cultivate it this early? No, judging from his actions just now, it shouldn't be a fully evolved Zero-Tail!'

Jiang Si raised an eyebrow slightly, looking at the disgusting thing in front of him that seemed almost identical to the one in the original work. However, upon closer inspection, he noticed that this purplish-black, soft, wriggling creature did not have a strong chakra fluctuation.

In the original work, Shennong certainly overestimated the strength of the Zero-Tails he cultivated, but in its complete form, the Zero-Tails was indeed close to the strength of a Tailed Beast. However, the monster in front of him was clearly far from being a Tailed Beast!

To put it bluntly, taking our own Five-Tails Mu-o as an example, the fully evolved Zero-Tails is qualified to fight it. Even if it is difficult to win, Mu-o would still need to put in a lot of effort to defeat it. But this soft-bodied monster that is suspected to be the Zero-Tails is far from being a match for it!

However, it still has some research value.

'If possible, try to capture them alive. If that's not possible, at least get some scraps to study!'

As Jiang Si looked at the purplish-black soft-bodied monster in front of him, he thought to himself with a leisurely air.

Shennong, who was in the opposite position, was of course unaware of the thoughts that were going through Jiang Si's mind!

Just as Jiang Si had predicted, this purplish-black soft-bodied creature was closely related to the Zero-Tail that Shennong had cultivated. In order to gain a glimmer of hope, he had swallowed the Zero-Tail's embryo!

However, it is not about completely devouring and assimilating it. Instead, it is about storing the Zero Tail in one's own body, similar to how tailed beasts are sealed in the bodies of Jinchūriki. This allows one to borrow the power of the Zero Tail at the same time. Even though it is just an embryo, it is still a being cultivated by Shennong based on the tailed beasts, and it has special effects that ordinary people cannot achieve!

At this moment, he is the zero-tailed embryo inside his body!

Then, through his own chakra, he condensed this monster.

It can be said that it already possesses three-tenths of the charm that Shennong himself envisioned for the fully-formed Zero-Tail!

The moment I saw that my expectations could be successfully realized.

A look of great excitement appeared in Shennong's pupils.

"on!"

Under Shennong's command.

"Ow!"

This simplified version of Zero-Tail also let out a roar.

"boom!"

Between stretching and contracting.

Its suddenly bursting form, moving at a speed completely disproportionate to its size, sped toward Jiang Si's location.