The Sage Body!

Because the system had instilled it directly, Yo had also mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique!

Unfortunately...

Activating the Flying Thunder God Technique required a considerable amount of Chakra.

With Yo's Chūnin-level Chakra reserves, he could barely activate it a few times.

This severely diminished the value of the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Chakra!

It was a serious bottleneck on Yo's strength!

"A whole year!"

"Time to draw again! I wonder what I'll get this time?"

"I'm not hoping for something like the Eternal Mangekyo or the Rinnegan—those super cheats—but don't let me down either!"

Yo took a deep breath: "System, initiate the annual draw!"

Hum!

The semi-transparent light screen trembled slightly, and the attribute information vanished.

In its place appeared a golden roulette draw panel.

The roulette spun at high speed, flashing with dazzling, brilliant light.

Yo held his breath, his eyes fixed unblinkingly on the roulette.

A few seconds later.

"Stop!"

The roulette slowly came to a halt.

Whoosh!

On the pale blue light screen, a line of striking text quietly emerged:

[Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained the Sage Body (Hashirama Senju)!]

"Huh?"

Yo was stunned, then his eyes widened, a flash of surprise crossing his face.

The Sage Body?

He'd actually drawn the Sage Body? And it was Hashirama Senju's?

The corners of Yo's mouth lifted uncontrollably—not even an AK-47 could suppress it.

Surprise!

This was truly a surprise!

Hashirama Senju, a bona fide Super-Kage, the God of Shinobi!

And what was Hashirama Senju's greatest strength? Wood Release?

NO! NO! NO!

Wood Release!

It was indeed an extremely powerful and unique Kekkei Genkai.

But honestly...

It was just that!

Wood Release wasn't that much stronger than Lava Release, Scorch Release, Magnet Release, Ice Release, Boil Release... these other Kekkei Genkai.

What made Wood Release special was its binding power and its ability to absorb Chakra.

That was the foundation of Wood Release's ability to suppress Tailed Beasts.

What truly made Hashirama Senju powerful was his terrifying Sage Body!

The Sage Body granted Hashirama Senju a Chakra reserve exceeding that of a Tailed Beast, along with unparalleled vitality!

Combined with Sage Mode, that was what made Hashirama Senju the God of Shinobi.

It was like Fire Release.

In the hands of an ordinary Uchiha, it was at most used to control positioning.

But in Madara Uchiha's hands, a single Great Fire Annihilation felt like an unstoppable natural disaster descending.

"And now... I've also drawn Hashirama Senju's Sage Body?"

Yo was thrilled.

A terrifying Chakra reserve, unparalleled vitality and regenerative ability.

Just thinking about it was incredibly satisfying!

Just look at Orochimaru!

Look at Danzo!

He spent his entire life studying First Hokage Cells, but all he got were half-baked results.

Orochimaru's Great Snake Liquid Body Technique and Danzo's transplanted arm don't even come close to a fraction of the Sage Body.

Yamato?

Yamato counts as a Sage Body? His is diluted ten thousand times!

"I have the Flying Thunder God Technique and 108 kinds of Fire Release Ninjutsu, yet my Chakra level is only at the Chūnin rank!"

"That means neither the Flying Thunder God Technique nor high-level Fire Release Ninjutsu can be fully brought out!"

"Chakra capacity is exactly the weakness I need to fix right now!"

Now it's fine!

"System, fuse Sage Body!" Yo silently commanded.

"Fuse!"

The moment the command was issued, a warm current vast as the ocean appeared out of nowhere inside his body.

It instantly spread to his limbs, bones, organs, crown of his head, soles of his feet, and finally extended to every corner of his body.

There was no excruciating pain as he had imagined; everything happened silently, like spring rain nourishing the earth—fine and lingering.

Yo could clearly sense every cell in his body humming with joy.

They greedily absorbed the pure, life-filled energy.

Muscle fibers grew tougher; bone density became tighter; cells became more active...

But the biggest change of all?

That was his Chakra.

Yo's Chakra, originally at the Chūnin level, swelled wildly.

Even without deliberate refinement, an endless stream of Chakra gushed forth continuously.

The entire fusion process lasted about several hours.

When the warm current finally stopped completely and became indistinguishable from his body, Yo slowly opened his eyes.

Without needing to check deliberately, Yo could sense the Chakra inside him surging like the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, never ceasing.

The Chakra nature that originally belonged to the Uchiha, leaning toward Yin, had now perfectly merged with the vast, masculine, life-filled "Yang" attribute of the Sage Body.

Yo clenched his fist, his knuckles cracking crisply, and a sense of power far beyond before erupted abruptly.

"So this is... the Sage Body?" Yo murmured to himself.

"My Chakra capacity has skyrocketed at least a hundred times over, and the quality is extremely high, brimming with life!"

Yo tried to mobilize his Chakra; the process was smooth and effortless, like commanding his own arm.

"So strong! With this much Chakra, I can use the Flying Thunder God Technique without any restraint!"

Yo's heart surged.

The Flying Thunder God Technique is a space-time ninjutsu, a massive consumer of resources.

Before, with too little Chakra, he had to budget carefully and control consumption when using it.

Now?

He could waste it freely, never worrying about running out of Chakra again!

"More importantly!"

"This life force!"

Yo could feel that his body's recovery ability had reached an utterly monstrous level.

Some hidden injuries from training quietly healed at this moment.

And...

Yo pulled out a shuriken and directly slashed his arm.

Blood seeped out, but the wound soon squirmed and healed.

Yo wiped away the blood; his skin was smooth and fresh, with no sign of injury at all.

"The Sage Body doesn't just give me a massive ton of Chakra!"

"It also grants me unparalleled life force and self-healing ability!"

"Even if I suffer fatal injuries now—like being stabbed through or cut in half—I can recover quickly."

This is the Sage Body!

Yo's lips curled up: "And with Hashirama Senju's Sage Body, I can definitely develop Wood Release!"

Wood Release!

Among "Ninjutsu-type" Kekkei Genkai, it is the most unique.

It appears to be formed by the fusion of Water and Earth attribute Chakra.

But in truth, simply fusing Water and Earth won't yield Wood Release. The prerequisite is... a Sage Body!

The Yang Release Chakra unique to the Sage Body is the key.

Thus, Wood Release appears to be a Kekkei Genkai, but in reality, it is Water + Earth + Yang... a Kekkei Tōta!

"However..."

"With a Sage Body, my Sharingan will probably be very difficult to awaken!"

Yao was already twelve years old, yet he still hadn't awakened his Sharingan. It wasn't because his Uchiha bloodline was impure.

Rather, the Uchiha require intense emotional stimulation—violent fluctuations in emotion—to awaken their eyes.

Yao...

As a transmigrator with a mindset as steady as an old dog, it would be strange if he could awaken it.

Now that he had obtained a Sage Body, it would likely be even harder to awaken his eyes.

"But no matter. I just need to transplant a pair of Mangekyo!"

"With a Sage Body, even an ordinary Mangekyo, I can unleash the effects of an Eternal Mangekyo!"

A Mangekyo will go blind!

Unless...

You possess Hashirama's cells.

Like Obito.

He frequently used his Mangekyo, yet he never lost his sight.

It was precisely because the Hashirama cells within his body continuously healed him.

"I hope I can draw a pair of Eternal Mangekyo later. Otherwise... I'll have to go dig out someone else's Mangekyo!"

Yao shook his head.

"Open the status panel!"

Swish!

[Host: Uchiha Yao]
[Age: 12]
[Chakra Amount: Kage-level]
[Chakra Natures: Fire, Wind, Lightning, Water, Earth, Yin, Yang]
[Mode: None]
[Kekkei Genkai: Sharingan (Unawakened)]
[Physique: Sage Body (Hashirama Senju)]
[Ninjutsu: Three Basic Ninjutsu Techniques, Shadow Clone Technique, Flying Thunder God Technique, Fire Release Ninjutsu (108 types)]

"Why is my Chakra amount only Kage-level? Shouldn't it be Super Kage?"

Yao couldn't help but frown. "Is it because I just fused with the Sage Body? Or am I still too young?"

"It must be because I'm too young!"

"And my Chakra natures!"

"With Water and Yang completed, all seven of my Chakra natures are complete!"

"This means I can use ninjutsu of all seven natures!"