Second Fusion of the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai

Fairy had participated in treating the Kekkei Genkai illness, and had thus deduced a solution to it.

That was to find someone who had naturally awakened a Kekkei Genkai and use their vital blood as a catalyst for cultivation. Not only could this resolve the troubles caused by the Kekkei Genkai illness, it could also reduce the difficulty of fusing Kekkei Genkai.

Someone capable of naturally awakening a Kekkei Genkai and undergoing a spontaneous bodily mutation must have a body aligned with the Great Dao, containing some crucial factor that the great figures of the Cultivation World had yet to discover.

Shazo was completely stunned.

After standing there in a daze for who knew how long, Shazo suddenly laughed.

The great figures in the Cultivation World could only deduce things from nothing, but in the Ninja World, he could obtain the flesh and blood of the corresponding ninjas.

He would be able to develop multiple Kekkei Genkai, perhaps even master several Kekkei Tōta.

Good. This was truly wonderful.

This dream gathering ended quickly. Once they had exchanged memories and power, the Shazos departed one after another.

After waking up, Shazo followed his usual routine and pretended to have a cramp, tearing open the transverse wound again and making Aunt Miko and Uncle Heishiro fuss over him for a while.

When morning training ended, he went alone to the courtyard and sat on a stone bench beneath a large tree, where dappled light and shadow fell across him. He recalled the Five Spirits Battle True Interpretation from Demon Xiazhuo.

Sharing had given Shazo clear memories, but not all memories were alike.

Memories of ordinary life, daily routines, and events were like his own memories. The instant they were shared, he could fully absorb them. Only memories that had originally been vague required careful recollection.

But well-organized professional knowledge was different. Such knowledge was like reference material stored in the brain; it could only be consulted gradually and could not be directly applied.

He had to carefully read and understand it, then apply it in practice before it could truly become knowledge he had mastered.

Shazo sat on the stone bench and slowly studied the Five Spirits Battle True Interpretation. The more he read its discussions of ninjutsu and Chakra, the more engrossed he became.

Thus, he read while doing everything he could to conduct Chakra experiments, verifying whether Chakra produced different effects and revising the contents of the Five Spirits Battle True Interpretation.

Immersed in his research, Shazo gradually figured out why the development of his Wood Release Secret Technique had not been going smoothly.

Before awakening his Kekkei Genkai, both of his conditions had fallen a little short. His Chakra transformation had not reached the optimal values, and his bloodline talent was not outstanding enough.

The solution was simple: fuse the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai once more using the correct method and correct the Wood Release he had awakened naturally.

After night fell, Shazo secretly slipped to the Creek at the northeastern corner of Konoha.

He repeatedly confirmed that there were no ninjas nearby, especially making sure there was no trace of Shisui Uchiha having appeared here, before finally relaxing.

Shazo first transformed his Water Release Chakra into mineral water and his Earth Release Chakra into humus. After a long period of adjustments, he brought them to the values required to fuse Wood Release in the Five Spirits Battle True Interpretation.

Then, holding Earth Release-transformed Chakra in one hand and Water Release-transformed Chakra in the other, he pressed them into the lower right side of his abdomen from both sides.

The two transformed Chakras entered his liver and immediately damaged it. Shazo gritted his teeth and endured the pain as he waited for the Chakra to change.

After several minutes of convergence and mixing, Water Release and Earth Release completely occupied his liver, driving out all Chakra of other attributes.

Without any warning, tiny specks of vitality appeared within his liver.

Those specks brimming with life were the Wood Release Chakra Shazo knew well. Following the Five Spirits Battle True Interpretation, he had successfully fused the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai.

The Wood Release Chakra rapidly linked together into a network, then swiftly spread throughout his entire liver, simultaneously eliminating the damage and pain it had suffered.

The Chakra transformed with the correct values and fused through the proper use of the liver possessed vitality far beyond the Wood Release Chakra naturally awakened by Shazo's bloodline.

His body's ability to heal injuries had now clearly surpassed Naruto Uzumaki's, reaching a level visible to the naked eye.

As Wood Release Chakra overflowed from his liver, the two kinds of Wood Release Chakra naturally attracted and fused with each other, while also transforming Shazo's body and further strengthening his Wood Release Kekkei Genkai.

As the Wood Release Chakra continued to grow, the balance among the original seven types of Chakra was broken, and the strength of Yang Release received a substantial boost.

Shazo did not panic. The seven types of Chakra could not possibly remain perfectly balanced forever; this was one of the most basic pieces of ninja common sense.

Moreover, the Five Spirits Battle True Interpretation recorded that Yang Release would inevitably improve. This was an indispensable step in advancing the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai into Hashirama's version.

Once Shazo could fully control his current Wood Release Kekkei Genkai and his Yang Release Chakra had grown sufficiently powerful, he could attempt to take Wood Release a step further.

The final step would be to develop the Sage Mode Template, fuse it with Wood Release Chakra, create Sage Chakra, and complete Wood Release's ultimate and strongest enhancement.

According to the understanding of the great cultivators, these were the three major stages of cultivation before reaching the realm of a True Immortal through the Five Spirits side path.

After that came merging Yin, Yang, and the Five Spirits into one to attain the realm of a True Immortal.

But the gap and threshold of that step were so immense that even the great cultivators clicked their tongues in amazement, believing it could only be crossed with the guidance of an Immortal or heaven-defying talent.

In cultivation theory, the height of the True Immortal threshold was precisely the fundamental difference between the path of the Great Dao and side paths.

In Shazo's understanding, an Immortal's guidance in the Ninja World was a Chakra Fruit, while heaven-defying talent meant being born with a Rinnegan or Tenseigan.

He let out a deep sigh. He had once fantasized about having incredible luck and actually obtaining a Chakra Fruit, or growing a Rinnegan in his eyes.

Then he would not need to bother with Wood Release at all. He could directly charge toward Kekkei Mōra, conquer all living beings in the Ninja World, and rush at the Mother of the Six Paths on the moon!!

Then he would break out of the Ninja World, charge toward the Otsutsuki Homestar, slaughter those pale tree-herders, and replace them as the rulers of the universe!

Who didn't know how to dream?

Shazo reeled in his wandering thoughts, mobilized the newly born and still immature Wood Release Chakra, aimed at the muddy bank beside the babbling stream, and used a ninjutsu.

[Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence]

Rumble—

The earth trembled as thick branches burst from underground, rapidly growing taller and turning woody as they spread enormous canopies.

In almost the blink of an eye, the lush grassland beside the Creek, covering no less than ten thousand square meters, had abruptly become a dense forest.

Even Shazo was startled. His mouth hung open, and he could not close it no matter what.

Only after a long while did he say smugly, "Now this is more like it. This is the grandeur of 'Hashirama's Wood Style brings peace to the world.' This is what it takes to convince the Konoha Ninja!"

"Compared to this, that old Wood Release, which could only force a hundred big trees to grow and did so at a snail's pace, could not be called Wood Release at all!"

Shazo was extremely satisfied with the new version of his Wood Release Secret Technique. His Wood Release Kekkei Genkai had only just been reborn, and his Wood Release Chakra was still in an immature stage of rapid growth.

Furthermore, he had not used all his Chakra—not even a third of it.

In another two days, once Shazo's Wood Release Kekkei Genkai stabilized, if he unleashed his Chakra with all his might, the forest created by [Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence] would surely cover the Uchiha Clan compound, completely turning that remote place into a forest.