Fusion

"Hahaha..."

The patriarch laughed loudly and joyfully. Since his status had risen higher and higher, he had never laughed so unrestrainedly as he did today, without having to worry about anything else. His heart had never felt so relaxed.

The happier the elder laughed, the Black Zetsu's face became. He regretted more and more why he hadn't dealt with this old guy sooner when he had the chance, and instead dragged it out until now, and things had turned out this way.

In the distance, Kakashi's gaze towards the clan elder unconsciously shifted, becoming more respectful. Regardless of the most heinous things the elder had done in his life, the courage to face the situation with such composure was enough to earn his admiration.

"Come with me into eternal darkness!!!" The elder's laughter abruptly stopped.

With a flick of his right hand, Shinigami followed the elder's movements, gripping the sharp folding knife he was biting. In Black Zetsu's horrified gaze, Shinigami swung the knife down, easily severing Black Zetsu's soul in two.

"No... no..."

Amidst Black Zetsu's shouts filled with resentment and rage, Shinigami seized half of Black Zetsu's soul and devoured it. Of course, the Great Elder's soul was also devoured along with Black Zetsu's.

The Reaper Death Seal powerful, considered one of the ultimate Ninjutsu in Hokage. However, this Ninjutsu comes at a great cost: it requires the caster's soul as the price. In other words, after devouring the target's soul, the caster's own soul will also be devoured by the Shinigami). Afterward, the souls of the caster and the enemy will forever hate and fight each other in the Shinigami's belly, never to be reborn.

Shinigami devoured the souls of the two and vanished from the world. As for the elder, after his soul was devoured by Shinigami, his life, which had come to an end, finally dissipated, and his body slowly collapsed.

In his final moments before death, the First Elder was filled with pain, regret, and remorse... One by one, the figures of the deceased flashed before his eyes, including the Second Elder, the Third Elder...

"I'm sorry, my old brothers. I'm so sorry. My ambition led to the extermination of the Uzumaki Clan. My sins can never be washed away. Someone like me doesn't deserve to go to that Pure Land. I can only say sorry to you here. It's just a pity that I didn't Burial the culprit with me."

"But you don't need to worry. I've already found a successor for the Uzumaki Clan. Yemo Uzumaki, I was the worst leader in the history of the Uzumaki Clan, leaving behind a destroyed Uzumaki Clan for future generations. But I believe you can lead the Uzumaki Clan to rise again..."

"And Yukieru, Grandpa couldn't protect you. If you're still alive, then do everything you can to live on, no matter what. I'm sorry, Grandpa can no longer protect you..."

The elder's upright body slowly collapsed, his eyes closing with endless regret and remorse. Following the annihilation of the Uzumaki Clan, the elder, who had ruled the Uzumaki Clan for decades, finally disappeared from this world forever.

Thud...

Black Zetsu powerless. Looking at the fallen elder, he cursed wildly, "Madman, you old madman!"

Black Zetsu, being the will of Otsutsuki Kaguya, is different from ordinary people. His soul was sealed in half, but this did not manifest as half of his body losing its ability to move. Instead, his entire body was weakened. In other words, he only has half of his original self in every aspect. His core was injured by the clan elder, and he cannot recover from this injury unless someone breaks the Reaper Death Seal and releases his soul.

He had traveled the world for thousands of years and had never suffered such a fundamental injury. Even Madara Uchiha was just a pawn in his game. How could Black Zetsu not be furious that he had been injured like this by an old man?

A surge of anger welled up inside Black Zetsu, like a volcano about to erupt. He suddenly raised his hand, and a blazing flame flew from his palm, heading straight for the corpse of the elder.

Whew...

A gust of wind howled, scattering the flames. Black Zetsu looked ahead with furious eyes and saw Kakashi Hand Seals. He said, "The opponent is already dead. You not only don't show enough respect, but you also want to vent your anger on their corpse. That's going too far."

Hearing Kakashi's reprimand, Black Zetsu laughed in fury, "You little brat dare to lecture me? You're incredibly arrogant! Fine, if that's how it is, then I'll use you to vent my anger."

Just as Black Zetsu was about to make his move, a shockwave suddenly came from behind them. The shockwave wasn't very powerful, only equivalent to a gust of wind, but it attracted the attention of both Black Zetsu and Kakashi. Upon closer inspection, they realized that the shockwave actually originated from the flower bud.

The next second, Black Zetsu was furious. He saw Yemo's figure in the center of the flower bud and couldn't help but shout in anger, "Damn brat of the Uzumaki Clan!"

Rewind half a minute. Yemo, who had been thrown by the elder, flew straight toward the pink flower bud. Yemo wasn't stupid; he immediately understood the elder's intentions. Although he didn't know why the elder had done this, Yemo didn't want to waste the opportunity that the elder had fought for with his last breath.

During the leap, Yemo used his last Kunai to cut the thin threads binding him. This Kunai was given to him by Minato, and with it, Minato could use the Flying Thunder God to appear beside them at top speed. However, he Kunai know where the kunai had fallen to, and now Yemo really had no way out.

Having severed the Chakra threads around his body and regained his freedom, Yemo leaped into the air and landed steadily on a broken petal of a pink flower bud.

The flower buds of the God Tree, which is over a hundred meters tall, are naturally very large, with a diameter of six or seven meters. One of the buds is about three meters long. When Yemo, a child, stands on it, the petals only tremble slightly.

The flower bud had fully bloomed, but unfortunately it was broken and looked extremely ugly. If it weren't for Yemo's attack, the flower that had bloomed would surely have been incredibly beautiful, a rare sight in the world.

Yemo had no time to care whether the blooming flower bud was pretty or not. He looked at the center of the flower and saw that it did not have a beautiful bud like ordinary flowers. Instead, a ball of blood-red liquid flowed from the center of the flower.

The liquid flowed slowly, exuding a refreshing fragrance. It wasn't the bright red of an apple, nor the deep red of an oil painting, but a color that defied description. It was so beautiful that one couldn't help but look at it again after just one glance, as if drawn by an invisible force.

Even with Yemo's willpower, it took him several seconds to regain his senses. He had to admit that the liquid inside was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. But ironically, it was also the most evil thing he had ever seen.

This beautiful liquid was refined from the lives and blood of tens of thousands of the Uzumaki Clan. Extreme beauty can also be extremely evil, yet today, extreme beauty and extreme evil are perfectly fused together in this liquid.

Although he was filled with emotion, Yemo knew he didn't have enough time and had to act quickly. Without hesitation, he stepped into the liquid. It wasn't very deep, just covering Yemo's knees. Nothing special happened; it was as if the liquid was just ordinary liquid and had no effect.

Somewhat doubtful, Yemo still stepped into the liquid with his other leg, took two or three steps forward, and then slowly lay down in the extremely beautiful red liquid at his feet. Although the liquid was enough to cover Yemo's knees, Yemo lay down, his whole body sank into the liquid.

Yemo didn't know if fusing with this bloodline power required any Ninjutsu. All he could do now was lie inside and wait for his fate to unfold.

Fortunately, Yemo, who thought he had been abandoned by the goddess of fate, was now being cared for by her. Without the need for any sorcerers, Yemo felt a change the moment his body was immersed in the red liquid.

Yemo clearly felt a magical power surging into his body through the pores of his skin. As this mysterious power surged, the blood flowing smoothly within his body was pulled into a violent upheaval by an invisible force.