Ninja World: I, Kisame Hoshigaki, am no longer human!

However, Kisame recently discovered that the cheat device wasn't providing him with as much of a boost as it used to.

The reason for this is that the cheat device's ability only helps Kisame devour various ninja tools, and ultimately has certain limitations.

Kisame realized that even if he absorbed the Six Paths level ninja tools, he might not necessarily become a Six Paths level powerhouse. After all, those ninja tools were ultimately just things created casually by a powerhouse of the Sage of Six Paths level.

Therefore, if Kisame wants to go further, he must find a way to upgrade his cheat device.

It should not only help him devour various ninja tools, but also devour even more things, and even, like the Otsutsuki clan's divine tree, directly absorb the natural energy of the entire planet.

Devouring—this is the medium ability Kisame chose.

Now that all the preliminary work has been completed, it is time to officially begin cultivation and embark on the path of evolution.

Kisame knew that this process was extremely dangerous and could be full of unexpected events, so Kirigakure was not a good place for seclusion.

So he left the Hidden Mist and returned once again to the Wet Bone Forest Island deep in the vast ocean.

Kisame explained his purpose to the Slug Sage, truthfully informing him of his plan to abandon his human body and evolve into a more advanced being.

The live slug was quite surprised to hear this.

In its view, what Kisame was about to do was crazy and audacious; in its thousands of years of life, it had never seen another person like Kisame.

At the same time, it also developed a sincere admiration for Kisame.

After all, he is only fifteen years old this year, yet he already stands at the pinnacle of ninjas. It can be said that he has no rivals in the ninja world and is undoubtedly the number one person in the world.

Under such circumstances, Kisame was not content with the status quo and comfortably served as the Mizukage, demigod, and sage. Instead, he took enormous risks in order to advance further.

They are even willing to sacrifice the human body.

This fearless spirit deeply moved the live slug and touched it deeply.

Therefore, it said to Kisame very solemnly:

"Lord Kisame, you can make any request you have, and I will do everything I can to help you."

"I was a little embarrassed to say it at first, but since you put it that way, I won't stand on ceremony."

Kisame chuckled, revealing two rows of white teeth, and then asked the live slug, "During my training, I may need to use the hot springs in Shikkotsu Forest. The rich natural energy there might be a key factor in my success this time."

"Of course, no problem. Lord Kisame, I look forward to seeing what you look like after you evolve."

Without a second thought, the live slug readily agreed.

Accompanied by the live slug clone, Kisame arrived at the hot spring and immediately created ten shadow clones to begin his training.

According to Orochimaru, he took many detours in his training of the Eight-Headed Serpent Technique. Because he constantly experimented and explored on himself, he inevitably caused irreparable damage to his body.

Kisame learned his lesson from Orochimaru.

Compared to Orochimaru, his greatest advantage is that he can use his chakra, which is above the level of a tailed beast, to unleash the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique without restraint.

Through this technique, Kisame can continuously create clones, exploring various directions of evolution and attempting to transform into different forms.

Even if he fails, he will only lose a portion of his chakra and gain experience and memories of failure from his clone, allowing him to learn from mistakes, summarize, and improve.

Until he finds the right path.

On the shore of the hot spring, Kisame's shadow clones lined up in a row, spaced apart from each other, and began their training.

This is destined to be a long and arduous process.

three days later.

One of Kisame's shadow clones suddenly stirred.

Under the slug's astonished gaze, the clone rapidly expanded, quickly losing its human form and transforming into a large ball of flesh.

The ball of flesh continued to expand, its diameter increasing from three meters to five meters, and finally to ten meters.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh.

At the same time, many octopus-like tentacles grew out of the surface of the fleshy ball, waving wildly in the air.

"What is this thing... It's so scary and ugly."

The live slug was startled and trembled as it retreated a distance. It was clearly not mentally prepared for this alien creature that Kisame had evolved into.

Is this what Kisame-sama will become in the future?

Just as the live slug was making wild guesses, the fleshy ball suddenly let out a painful roar.

"Roar!"

After that roar, it continued to expand, but it could no longer maintain a stable spherical shape. Instead, it expanded to its limit and then exploded with a "bang".

It turned into countless pieces of flesh, mixed with blood rain, which fell to the ground.

tragic.

Kisame's first attempt at evolution failed.

Fortunately, this situation was within his expectations. Therefore, Kisame's other clones continued their cultivation without being greatly affected.

After absorbing the memories of his clone and cleaning up the bits of flesh and blood on the ground, his main body created a new shadow clone to replace it.

In the months that followed, Kisame experienced this kind of failure more than a hundred times...

193. The Ultimate Creature Kun

Shikulin Forest.

Kisame has been in seclusion for over three months, and in the process of exploring the path of evolution, he has taken one detour after another and entered dead ends hundreds of times.

Once, he evolved into a fathead fish. Its huge head alone took up three-quarters of its entire body. It was so big that it could hardly even turn over when it was lying on the ground. It was a complete failure.

On another occasion, he evolved into a giant snake with thick skin and sharp fangs, looking quite formidable. However, after fighting against the slug's clone, he was completely outmatched. Faced with the giant snake's constricting attack, the slug could split into countless smaller slugs, easily dodging the attack. Then, it sprayed corrosive mucus from its mouth, killing the giant snake on the spot.

On another occasion, he evolved into a giant bird-man with three pairs of wings, capable of soaring thousands of meters in the air, but unexpectedly, he was afraid of sunlight and exploded on the spot when exposed to its scorching heat.

……

However, despite Kisame's many failures, in general, with the more experience and lessons he accumulated, each of his evolutions was better than the last.

This is a process of continuous trial and error and continuous improvement.

Two more months passed just like that.

After thousands of trials and errors, evolving into various strange creatures such as flesh balls, fish monsters, birdmen, jellyfish, cows, horses, nine-headed dogs, and giant slimes, Kisame finally evolved the perfect creature of his dreams, thanks to his accumulated experience and a bit of good luck.

What appeared before Kisame looked like a giant whale at first glance, with a gaping maw as deep as an abyss, as if it could swallow everything in the world in one gulp.

However, unlike ordinary whales, this whale's body is covered with bony spikes like a jungle, it has two long baleen bars above its mouth, a huge shark fin on its back, and its tail is not a whale tail, but a long dragon tail.

In addition, whales have a pair of large wings on both sides of their bodies.

Rather than calling it a whale, it's more accurate to describe it as a fusion of four animals: whale, shark, dragon, and bird.

"This is... a Kun?"

Kisame suddenly realized that this big guy looked a lot like a creature called "Kun" from the myths and legends of his previous life.

In the Northern Ocean there is a fish, its name is Kun. Kun is so large that no one knows how many thousands of miles it spans; it transforms into a bird, its name is Peng. Peng's back is so large that no one knows how many thousands of miles it spans; when it flies in anger, its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky.

This is a creature that is neither fish nor bird. Its size is thousands of miles, and its outstretched wings are like clouds in the sky. When it laps the water, the splashes it creates can reach thousands of miles away. Then, it rides the strong winds of June and soars up to ninety thousand miles.

That's right, it's a Kun.

Just as Orochimaru's obsession with immortality transformed him into the Yamata no Orochi, Kisame's subconscious yearning for power and freedom ultimately led him to transform into the creature "Kun".

It is it.

Kisame's eyes burned with determination, and he made his decision without hesitation: Kun was the ultimate creature he would evolve into.

With a "bang," Kisame dispelled his shadow clone, and the clone's memories and experiences returned to his main body. He stood there, digesting and absorbing them, and after a moment, he was ready and eager to begin.

Kisame took off his suit jacket, leaving him in only shorts, and stepped into the hot spring filled with natural energy.

Then, he slowly raised his hands, forming dozens of mudras, and finally put his hands together in prayer.

boom.

An immense amount of chakra surged from his body, spreading onto the water's surface and creating huge waves.

"Roar!"

Kisame let out a painful roar, his muscles bulging as if something was bursting out of his body. Then, his skin tore open, his body swelled, and in an instant, he transformed into the form of a Kun.

Compared to the Kun that Kisame transformed into from his clone, the Kun that Kisame transformed into from his main body was ten times larger, nearly a hundred meters long, and occupied most of the hot spring.

At this point, Kisame could no longer be described as a "tailless tailed beast" or a "humanoid tailed beast." He had become a true tailed beast, and the most powerful one at that, with even the Nine-Tails bowing down before him.

But that's not enough.

In Kisame's mind, the Kun is a sixth-level creature that surpasses the immortals of the three holy lands. It is at least on the same level as the fully-formed Ten-Tails, or even more so, and is a true planetary overlord.

Kisame's current chakra is far from sufficient to reach that level of maturity.

Fortunately, in his Kun form, he perfectly fused the cheat device in his mind with the power of the Wet Bone Forest Sage Mode, thus forming an unprecedentedly powerful ability:

Energy absorption.

This ability is very similar to the divine tree planted by the Otsutsuki clan. Kisame can devour all forms of energy without restraint, absorbing them all with his all-encompassing Kun-like body.

As long as the energy supply continues, the growth of the Kun will never stop.

Kisame firmly believes that one day he will become a true Kunpeng, a super creature that stretches thousands of kilometers in length and lies across the entire Naruto world!

Let's absorb the natural energy from this hot spring first.

As the slug once said, the source of Shikkotsu Forest's natural energy is this hot spring lake formed by the surging seawater after an underwater volcanic eruption.

The natural energy in these seawaters is much richer than that in Mount Myoboku and Ryuchi Cave. If Kun could devour them, his power would undoubtedly undergo a qualitative leap.

He could even become a sixth-level being in one fell swoop.

Thinking of this, Kisame looked at the live slug's true form on the shore.

“Live Slug, although you agreed to let me use this hot spring lake, if I devour all the natural energy in the lake, it means that Shikkotsu Forest will no longer be a sacred place rich in natural energy, but will become an ordinary island. Can you accept such an outcome?”

Kisame didn't hide anything from the live slug and told it his plans for the future.

If doing so would cause great trouble for the live slug, Kisame would choose to give up and simply go to other parts of the ninja world to find the energy needed for evolution.