A Rather Outrageous Susanoo

Daren Yi let out a long breath, steeled himself, and slammed his fingers down on the plus signs before "Physique" and "Spirit." The next moment, the entire world became different.

The process of Life Evolution that organisms needed tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of years to complete with difficulty seemed to have been compressed into a brief instant. Yet that instant also felt like an incomparably long passage of time.

Daren Yi regained consciousness from his daze and felt as though his form of life had been partially completed on both a genetic and spiritual level. He had the illusion—or perhaps intuition—that he had transcended the human species and evolved ahead of time into a higher level.

If I keep evolving like this, will I develop reproductive isolation from ordinary humans? After all, by the later stages, we won't even be the same species genetically.

No wonder the stronger beings in all sorts of myths, legends, and novels are, the harder it is for them to produce descendants. The stronger they become, the more severely their genes mutate, and the greater their genetic differences from their own race. Naturally, the chances of producing offspring become lower. The principle is actually pretty scientific.

Daren Yi glanced at Izumi Uchiha, who stood quietly beside him waiting, and some strange thoughts suddenly drifted through his mind.

I'm only thirteen now. It's too early. No, no...

At the same time, the Mangekyō Sharingan blossomed within his eyes. Whether it was the individual sickle pattern or the overall flame pattern formed by three twisted sickles, both became more intricate and splendid. It had not yet evolved to the next level, but it was already close.

The attributes displayed on the Deep Blue Panel had also changed drastically:

＋Physique: 15

Physique Reserve Energy: 163%

＋Spirit: 20

Spirit Reserve Energy: 112%

Mental State Abnormality Degree: 37%

Chakra Strength/Recovery Speed Increase: 370%

Yin Release Ninjutsu/Genjutsu Strength Increase: 370%

"Susanoo!"

The two Mangekyō Sharingan resonated. The three sickle patterns in his eyes rotated inward, contracting and interlocking, as though they had collided with the ringing clang of cold weapons. Together, they unleashed the vast and majestic technique known as Godly Power.

Daren Yi did not release this Godly Power, which symbolized destruction and death, at full strength. Instead, he did his utmost to control and restrain it. Yin Release Chakra, as violent as a roaring ocean, poured out through his eyes and condensed into substance around his body.

First came enormous ribs and arms. Then countless bones formed into a whole, transforming into a pitch-black skeletal giant over ten meters tall, with only an upper body.

Next, meridians and flesh grew between the bones, while a Chakra cloak formed over its surface. A saber and a sword, crossed upon its back, materialized as well.

Colorless Transparent Flames burned quietly upon the saber and sword, dyeing the black weapons a deathly ash-gray. Merely looking at them from afar gave one the terrifying, lethal sensation that all vitality would be ground away.

A transparent circular mirror was embedded in the chest of the upper-bodied giant. Izumi Uchiha looked up at it once and immediately felt her consciousness blur for an instant, as if she had fallen into a dream.

Joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, worry, thought, and fear—every emotion surged into her heart at once. Countless negative emotions and thoughts buried deep in her mind churned up. She did not dare look again and hurriedly turned her head away.

Daren Yi felt that he was still far from his limit. Directly activating the complete form of Susanoo would not be a problem, and his body did not feel any discomfort or pain.

Is it because my Physique is stronger? Or did evolving through adding points partially solve the problems caused by the genetic defects of being an Otsutsuki descendant?

After thinking about it, he did not care much. He lightly moved the upper-bodied giant that enveloped him. It was enormous, yet extremely nimble and agile, without the slightest appearance of bulkiness or sluggishness.

Thanks to the amplification advantage brought by its size under the principle of leverage, the movement speed of its fists and palms was unbelievably fast whenever it attacked.

It far surpassed what ordinary ninja could imagine. If someone stood nearby during an attack, they probably would not even see an afterimage.

After briefly sensing the weapons and equipment inherent to his Susanoo, Daren Yi was somewhat surprised. The genjutsu he excelled at most seemed to have been fully integrated into it as well.

The Seven Emotions and Six Desires Blade and the Five Aggregates Bewildering Sword on its back carried wide-range emotional impacts and genjutsu effects with their physical attacks.

They could also transform the Colorless Transparent Flames, which originally stole life force slowly, into ash-gray negative-energy flames that consumed Chakra to directly erode and cancel out an enemy's life force.

Aside from the basic effects of the Seven Emotions and Six Desires, Five Aggregates Bewildering genjutsu, the Myriad Dust Mirror on its chest possessed an ultimate effect called "Body in the Mortal World, Heart Ascending to the Other Shore."

Simply put, it was the Other Shore State Daren Yi had once imagined while studying genjutsu.

It reversed the positions of "reality" and "illusion," turning reality into illusion and illusion into reality according to his will.

In this mode, everything in reality was but a dreamlike illusion. With a shift of thought, one could rewrite everything in reality, doing whatever one wished and having every desire fulfilled.

Of course, the Myriad Dust Mirror was nowhere near that outrageous. Rewriting reality required a corresponding amount of Chakra. In essence, it was like a "wish-granting machine" without an energy source.

Without even trying it, Daren Yi knew that activating this effect would consume far more Chakra than he could possibly afford at present.

The result of recklessly using it would only be squeezing himself into a dried-up husk.

However, a few basic applications were still no problem. As a faint glow flickered across the mirror, Daren Yi's Susanoo rapidly changed form.

Its black color turned green. The saber and sword on its back vanished, while a spiral sword appeared in its hand. Its Chakra cloak became a suit of knightly armor, and the transparent mirror on its chest became a Yin-Yang Mirror. Every aspect of its form rapidly drew closer to Shisui's Susanoo.

This should be close enough, right? It seems only Danzo and Root ever saw Shisui's Susanoo. When the time comes, I'll directly activate the complete form of Susanoo. The size difference will be so huge that even if there are some minor differences in the details, they'll definitely fill in the blanks themselves!

Daren Yi turned his body with satisfaction. Aside from the color, which he did not particularly like, Shisui's Susanoo form really was quite handsome.

"Come on, let's make the final preparations!"

After dismissing Susanoo, Daren Yi walked over to Izumi Uchiha and called to her.

The young girl, whose jaw had nearly dropped from the series of dazzling transformations, replied blankly, "Oh, oh, okay!"

Her eyes were filled with envy as she spoke. So cool, so beautiful, I'm so jealous, I want one too!

Unfortunately, she had only just awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan. Unlike a cheat-user like Daren Yi, she could not use Susanoo for the time being—unless she suffered another major emotional shock.

For the Uchiha, extreme emotions were the proper way to cheat.

"Let's go. Dawn will be here soon. The preparations before the performance are complete; it's time to raise the curtain!

I'm really looking forward to this!"