Good. First, the King of Hell Statue would release some of the souls it had only recently taken in.
Once the souls had settled, he would bind them in place.
His sensory range had already expanded to the limit of the technique.
Good. Everything was going smoothly.
As green points of light sprayed from the King of Hell Statue's mouth, Chiba's consciousness began to blur amid waves of intense exhaustion, as though every cell in his body were crying out in agony. Yet a trace of relief flickered through his heart.
Ever since awakening the Rinnegan, knowledge of the abilities he could currently use with his left Rinnegan eye had taken root in Chiba's mind, as if he had known them from birth—almost like instinct.
As a technique activated at the cost of one's life, the Reincarnation Justu was basically something anyone who possessed, awakened, and could use the Rinnegan could perform. It did not have many requirements.
Or rather, it had no requirements besides life force and Chakra.
At this moment, Chiba could use it as well.
To be honest, Chiba was still somewhat worried. Though he could use the Reincarnation Justu, he had already squeezed out the energy within his cells that sustained his life. Most of the cells in his body had even been drained by the Rinnegan, converted into physical energy and spiritual energy, then fused into Chakra.
After so many cells had been broken down into energy, Chiba's body had become what it was now. The fat all over his body had almost completely vanished, and even his muscle tissue was missing to varying degrees.
It could be said that Chiba's body was already being converted into the Chakra required by the Rinnegan and the Reincarnation Justu.
He was using his body—his life itself—to perform