Of the ritual's four stages, Hyuga Kagami had already mastered the first and second thoroughly. Thus, without any complications, he completed the first stage, "Kekkei Fusion," seamlessly merging six clones of different attributes into his Yin Release true body.
Before long, the swollen bulges of the "Demon Bud" beneath his skin gradually subsided, and his body returned to its original appearance. It was as though the writhing Demon Buds all over him, along with the sight of him swallowing six clones in one gulp, had been nothing but an illusion.
At that moment, he slowly raised his right hand, and a translucent ice crystal radiating cold air appeared in his palm.
The corner of his mouth curled up. He clenched and released his palm, and the transparent ice crystal floating above it transformed into an alluring purple flame swaying in the wind.
Then the flickering Purple Blaze vanished. A ghastly white bone blade extended from his palm, only to crumble into ash and scatter on the wind. Next came a faintly glowing pillar of light in his palm, followed by purple lightning and a sturdy wooden stake.
Lowering his right hand, Hyuga Kagami mused, The effects of this Kekkei Fusion seem even better than last time. Could my failed fusion last time have improved the compatibility between my clones and true body?
After only a brief test, he discovered that the Kekkei Genkai and Kekkei Tōta integrated into his body this time had fused even more completely and naturally than before.
Even he could not explain this situation, so he could only attribute it to improved compatibility.
After all, the six clones had indeed once fused flesh and blood with his Yin Release true body. Though he had later forcibly separated them again, it was reasonable that their compatibility had