Shikotsumyaku?
Impossible. That was a Kekkei Genkai possessed only by the Kaguya Clan. Even among the Kaguya Clan, not everyone could awaken the Shikotsumyaku.
Outsiders had absolutely no chance of awakening the Shikotsumyaku.
That was what Kisame Hoshigaki and the others had believed, until they witnessed this scene.
After Uchiha Mai spoke the name of the technique, [Dance of the Larch], countless blood-red bone spikes burst from his body.
The spikes were a deep, dazzling red. Once they emerged from his skin, they intertwined, crisscrossed, and wound around one another, weaving a fierce blood-red suit of bone armor across Uchiha Mai's body.
"Phew."
Uchiha Mai breathed lightly, raised his hands, and carefully examined them, sensing his current condition.
The armor woven from hundreds of blood-red bones was incomparably tough, yet it barely affected his mobility.
Bone blades protruded from every part of his body that could be used for taijutsu attacks—his forearms, elbows, knees, shins, knuckles, and more—ranging from two inches to over a foot long.
Compared to the Dance of the Larch used by that ninja earlier, Uchiha Mai's Shikotsumyaku utterly crushed it. Both the number of bone spikes and the quality of the armor far surpassed the former's.
It was as though this was the true Shikotsumyaku, while what that man had used before was merely some cheap counterfeit technique.
Even more inconceivably, when the Sharingan learned, integrated, and recreated the Shikotsumyaku, it had actually copied the Kaguya Clan's unique physique as well.
Members of the Kaguya Clan possessed powerful regenerative abilities. They could quickly recover from injuries. Though that made for a perfect match with the Shikotsumyaku, it was not a necessary condition for using it.
For as long as [Dance of the Larch] remained active, Uchiha Mai's regenerative ability would be the same as that of