Konoha: Offer your heart to the Hokage!

When Shennong encountered a powerful enemy with similar strength and the same ability to quickly heal himself, he felt the urge to retreat. However, the surrounding vines blocked his escape, and the only way to break free was to kill Shen'er.

Shennong's mind was in turmoil.

He relied on forbidden techniques to build up his combat power, lacking any real foundation, and impatiently threw a punch, wanting to kill Shen'er.

But the more anxious he became, the more composed he became, even resorting to sarcastic remarks:

"I've already adapted to your physical techniques. The same physical techniques can't be used on me a second time."

"I can stay here with you all day without any problem."

"..."

Bang bang bang! !

A barrage of heavy punches echoed through the canyon. Shen'er, relying on his unique abilities, neither dodged nor evaded, directly exchanging blows with Shennong. Although his self-healing speed was not as fast as Shennong's, he was able to continuously absorb the opponent's chakra, making his punches increasingly powerful.

In contrast, Shennong's fist power and self-healing ability continued to decline, and his eyes were filled with fear and despair. He decided to risk his life in a final gamble, giving up all his chance of survival in one last strike.

Shennong suddenly changed his movements, switching from fist to leg. He stomped his left foot forward and lifted his right leg, his spine rotating as if carrying a million horsepower. He channeled all the power of the Death Gate into his right calf and swung it toward Shen'er's head.

The power surged forth, bringing with it a muffled gust of wind that seemed poised to tear space itself apart.

The terrifying wind pressure made Shen'er's eyelids twitch.

"No-print healing!"

"Reverse Spell!"

"The Yin Seal is broken!"

He even channeled all his Yang Release chakra into his arms, forcefully blocking the attack.

boom!

A dull, deafening roar resounded, the impact penetrating the ground and causing the earth beneath their feet to crack open like a spiderweb. The terrifying shockwave sent flying chunks of rock flying.

After taking the blow head-on, Shen'er's arms twisted and deformed, and were broken. The muscles in his calves also bled from the pressure.

Just as Shennong thought he had succeeded and was overjoyed,

Behind his arms, Shen'er remained indifferent, releasing the Earth Grudge Kagune from his back once more. It pierced Shennong's brain with lightning speed, pinning him to the Wood Release vines. Then, he slashed open Shennong's chest and removed his heart.

The deathly silent canyon was only filled with the echo of Shen'er's voice:

"ended."

Chapter 125 Post-War Harvest: The Cycle of Cause and Effect

At this moment, Shen'er was covered in blood.

His upper body clothing was completely destroyed, revealing his red and black tattoos, leaving only his cloth pants intact.

Shennong looked at his heart, which had been removed, and was now completely dead, and sighed, "Shennong, I probably won't forget you so quickly."

Unexpectedly, he encountered an enemy who could force him to activate the Yin Seal as a last resort right after leaving the beginner village of Konoha.

The ninja world is still too dangerous.

He even became aware of his own condition; at this moment, his state could only be described in two words.

He looks disheveled!

The Death Gate opened by Shennong is far less powerful than Might Guy's; it relies purely on numerical values ​​in combat. Techniques involving mechanics, such as Morning Peacock, Daytime Tiger, Evening Elephant, and even the final Night Guy, are completely unusable.

However, Shennong's desperate attack still brought him considerable danger, making him experience a situation comparable to that of Uchiha Madara.

He suffered comminuted fractures in both arms from the frontal impact, and his entire body was covered in bone injuries and contusions. His internal organs were also severely impacted.

He looked disheveled.

However, while being attacked, Shen Er simultaneously activates Healing with Seals, Reversal Technique, and Yin Seal, pushing his self-healing threshold to its maximum.

In the future, Tsunade will develop the Hundred Healings Technique and Creation Regeneration based on the Yin Seal, allowing her to quickly heal even if she is cut in half at the waist.

Shen'er is not yet capable of that level. In extreme cases where he is cut in half or half of his body is blasted apart, his self-healing ability will be rendered useless, and Shennong has clearly not yet reached the point where he could cause irreversible damage.

Now that the Yin seal has been broken, Shen'er no longer deliberately stored it away. Instead, he mobilized the Yang Release chakra within to accelerate his self-healing and simultaneously drew upon the remaining life force from the newly acquired Chloe's heart to aid in his recovery.

Not long after, the heart died due to depletion of its vitality.

The heart refined by the Earth Grudge doesn't only die from damage; it can also die from excessive impact or depletion of life force. As for this substitute, it's fine if it breaks; for Shen, as long as the Heart of Madara and the Heart of the Pillar are alright, that's all that matters.

"When we get back, we should really make Tsunade study hard and develop those two techniques as soon as possible."

Even without the enhancement of the Ninja Art Creation Regeneration, the Yang Release chakra stored in the Yin Seal can still repair wounds, but the chakra utilization rate is low, the speed is not only slow, but also a lot of it is wasted.

He stood still for a few breaths, and his internal injuries were basically healed.

He controlled the Earthly Wraith to devour Shennong's heart, filling all five heart slots once again.

However, Shennong soon discovered that the quality of his heart was unexpectedly poor.

His chakra nature is limited to earth and yang, and its quality barely reaches the level of a Chunin. His life force is almost nonexistent. Shennong's strength relies entirely on his physical body techniques and the Eight Gates, but his foundation is extremely poor; he is purely a figurehead.

Just like Azu who was injected with compound five, one chest shot and his true form was exposed.

Some were even disappointed; it was a losing battle.

"Sky Ninja, it's Sky Ninja again... The first thing to do at the start of the war is to wipe out the Sky Ninja."

Shennong's heart itself has no value, but the secret techniques he mastered are of great research value. The series of misfortunes caused Shen'er to silently harbor this grudge in his heart.

About thirty seconds later.

Once his bones regenerated and reconnected, his mobility returned to its peak. Turning his head to look at the other side of the battlefield, the battle there had already ended. More than a dozen Cloud Ninjas had perished at the hands of the Earth Grudge clones.

Shen Er clasped his hands together, and the two remaining clones turned into black lines and were all retracted into his body.

Looking around the entire battlefield.

Flames flickered, lava surged, lightning flashed, and wood-style vines intertwined, creating a spectacular scene. He single-handedly annihilated three elite Cloud Village squads, including Shennong, a near-Kage level fighter.

To say that he was completely unharmed is a bit of an exaggeration.

However, aside from the fact that he was exhausted both physically and mentally from consuming too much chakra, he was still relatively well-behaved overall.

Using chakra is a process of "loss". Mental and physical energy are constantly lost in a short period of time. Even if the tailed beasts act as a continuous power source, the fatigue brought to the ninja will still accumulate.

Just like charging a phone, charging efficiency is high when the screen is off, and the heat generated by the phone is also manageable. However, if you are playing a demanding game while using high-power fast charging, the phone's temperature will skyrocket, becoming so hot that it's almost impossible to hold.

This will be the case for the next three Raikage.

As a humanoid tailed beast, it died of exhaustion before its chakra was depleted.

...

After this battle, Shen Er also realized his current shortcomings.

Limited by his ninjutsu talent, he could only rely on the high quality of the chakra supplied by his heart to use low-level ninjutsu that involved throwing bricks with great force. He couldn't use any advanced ninjutsu that involved mechanics.

The current repertoire of ninjutsu lacks cohesion.

This situation offers an unparalleled advantage in military operations. However, against highly mobile ninjas like the Raikage or Tobirama, even with such limited attack methods, it's difficult to achieve effective results.

Faced with Chloe's explosive power and entry into Lightning Release Chakra Mode, Shen'er's taijutsu began to fall behind, and his eyes could no longer keep up with her movements, for which he paid the price with the loss of a heart.

What if you encounter the Raikage who uses Lightning Release Chakra Mode the whole time, or Tobirama with Flying Thunder God Slash?

The situation will only get worse. Theoretically, he's the strict father figure to all the Cloud Ninja, but being a strict father requires being able to withstand attacks. If his defenses are breached, no matter how much chakra he can absorb, he won't be able to heal.

In short, Shen Er still lacks sufficient combat ability against Kage-level opponents; his chakra cannot be fully converted into combat power. Against Kage-level monsters with complex mechanics, his stats are still too low to overcome them with overwhelming force.

"But this is a good thing."

Shen Er was not discouraged. He discovered the problem and then solved it. That was his way of ninjutsu!

Once we get back to the village, there will be plenty of time to solve these problems.

The most immediate and direct solution he could think of was to ask Uchiha Chiri for a pair of Sharingan eyes. Relying on the Sharingan's dynamic vision, the pressure would be greatly reduced when dealing with close-quarters combat against high-speed ninjas.

Or be a little more domineering...

I "ask" the Hyuga main family for a pair of Byakugan.

Get rid of distracting thoughts.

She first cleaned away the marks of battle from her body, then took out new clothes from the sealing scroll and put them on.

Having regained his dignity, he immediately began the finishing touches. He pressed his hands to the ground, and as the earth trembled, the vines disintegrated and retreated into the earth.

At this point, the most obvious trace left on the battlefield was the Lava Release ninjutsu.

The work process should be documented, and so should the combat process.

Because of its rarity, any bloodline limit can be traced back to the identity of the user and the faction to which they belong.

That's why it's necessary to erase the traces of Wood Release first.

Lava Release is also a bloodline limit.

The Four-Tails possesses the Lava Release bloodline limit, information known only to a very few.

With the development of Jinchuriki still in its infancy, the ninja villages were unaware of the chakra attributes granted by the other tailed beasts. Even the Konoha Anbu had to question their knowledge of the Four-Tails.

In this situation, if the Cloud Village, as the instigator, were to send an investigation team to investigate and discover traces of the Lava Release technique here...

What would they suspect first?

Fire Release is synonymous with Konoha, but Konoha has absolutely no connection to bloodlines related to Fire Release.

The Rock Village's Lava Release, the Mist Village's Melt Release, and the Sand Village's Scorch Release.

Undoubtedly, the Iwagakure clan, possessing the Lava Release bloodline limit, will be the primary suspect in the Kumogakure clan. Furthermore, the earthen wall, over ten meters high, not far away, further supports this view.

He uses both Lava Release and Earth Release; he practically has the words "Iwagakure" (meaning "Hidden Rock") etched on his forehead.

After a moment's thought, he decided to erase most of the traces of the earthwork. Leaving too many traces would make the deliberate attempt to shift blame too obvious; leaving only a few remnants would make it seem as if they were unintentionally left behind during the post-war cleanup.

After a thorough investigation, the Cloud Village concluded that the evil Iwagakure was responsible for the annihilation of the three elite teams!

Still the mastermind behind it all.

Still guiding people to the truth.

People only believe what they want to believe.