Yachihoko's Chakra Absorption Ability

Near the campfire.

The Uchiha, clad in hooded black robes, lowered their heads. Red light reflected in their eyes, their expressions somber.

Ingetsu's expression was calm. He gripped the black blade Dark Moon in his right hand, forming the "Chen" hand seal with his left.

This was the finishing seal for Wind Release.

A few Uchiha snapped out of their grief, staring intently at their captain, Ingetsu, confused and lost in thought.

In the Ninja World, generally speaking, ordinary people are born with multiple Chakra nature affinities.

To become a ninja, they would choose one or two affinities to cultivate, mastering the nature transformation of that Chakra.

Once nature transformation is mastered, the power of that elemental ninjutsu would greatly increase.

To become a Jonin, one must master the nature transformation of at least two Chakra affinities.

As for the Uchiha clan, who possessed the Sharingan, after awakening it, if their Pupil Power and the number of tomoe were sufficient, the Sharingan would grant the ability to replicate ninjutsu.

By observing more ninjutsu, it would allow some Uchiha, who were born with all five Chakra nature affinities, to master the nature transformations of all five elements faster.

Ingetsu reined in his thoughts, calmly gazing at Dark Moon.

The prerequisite for releasing Wind Release was to simulate Chakra nature transformation into wind, utilizing the properties of gas pressure to achieve effects such as extreme penetration and sharp cutting with Chakra.

The Chen seal was completed.

The Chakra refined within Ingetsu's body flowed rapidly through his meridians, faintly showing signs of condensing into wind and surging towards his throat.

Just like the Fire Release nature transformation he condensed last time.

Ingetsu guided this wind-natured Chakra into his right hand. He could clearly feel the high-speed flowing energy compressing the Chakra meridians in his right arm.

His right arm ached faintly.

As if pricked by a thousand needles.

Dark Moon sensed the wind-natured Chakra through the skin. Just like last time, it released a dense black mist, enveloping Ingetsu's right arm.

The black mist absorbed Chakra through the skin, slowly guiding it into the blade of Dark Moon.

The pain in his right arm disappeared.

Hum—

Dark Moon, originally pitch black, suddenly let out a hum. Its blade, as thin as a cicada's wing, flowed with a dark, ethereal black mist of wind.

The blade vibrated slightly and continuously, causing a visual distortion in Dark Moon's appearance, as if high-frequency vibrating particles were present.

Dark Moon now seemed capable of slicing through the very air.

Extreme sharpness became its most intuitive manifestation.

For a moment, the surrounding airflow surged.

The Uchiha, who had been silently immersed in grief, felt the sudden sharpness in the air. They abruptly looked up, their gazes fixed on Dark Moon, their pupils constricting.

Ingetsu blinked. As the Uchiha watched in stunned silence, he placed Dark Moon, now imbued with wind-natured Chakra, into the flames.

Hum—

The flames trembled.

The crowd was astonished to see that the flames cut by the wind-natured Dark Moon created an illusion of being cut in half and ceasing to burn.

The flames where Wind Release Dark Moon hovered were displaced, scattered by the dense wind flow.

The Uchiha stared intently at Dark Moon, swallowing hard. They had witnessed Ingetsu's entire process of manipulating Dark Moon.

Clearly, their captain, Ingetsu, could achieve Chakra nature transformation and Chakra shape transformation through this mysterious black blade.

This meant Ingetsu didn't need to form hand seals like them; he could release ninjutsu through the black blade!

This was completely different from the ordinary practice of imbuing a weapon with wind-natured Chakra to increase its sharpness.

Ingetsu slowly stood up, continuing to channel wind-natured Chakra into Dark Moon. He walked to the edge of the forest, assumed a drawing-sword stance, and gathered power.

A fierce wind suddenly rose.

Ingetsu drew his sword, consuming one-tenth of his Chakra. Through Dark Moon, he completed the Chakra shape transformation and released the extremely sharp wind-natured Chakra.

Compared to Fire Release, which possessed a high-temperature burning effect.

The sharp Wind Release was more suitable for long-range projection.

Under the moonlight, a black blade glowed as it slashed. A splash of ink-like wind storm spread out like a crescent moon. Instantly, the wind stirred up dust and sand, and the trees in the forest trembled slightly.

"Hoo—"

Ingetsu sheathed his sword, his expression calm. He stood in place and exhaled a breath of turbid air.

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The Uchiha held their breath, and seeing that nothing else happened, they breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment.

Flutter--

Birds in the forest took flight in alarm, and herds of beasts scattered.

Immediately after.

Explosions like exploding tags sounded one after another in the forest. The trees previously hit by the pitch-black wind vortex, regardless of their size, exploded one by one. Their interiors seemed to have undergone decomposition due to dense energy penetration, leaving none unscathed.

Ingetsu's expression was calm.

Just as he thought.

The Wind Release: Dark Moon was more suited for ranged attacks that utilized Chakra nature transformation.

"Is this Wind Release??"

Kurenai Yuhi, Uchiha Mikoto, and the others' beautiful eyes widened, their lips trembling, and their hearts pounded faster.

Suddenly.

In the eyes of the Uchiha clan, a cluster of blue airflow surged, igniting from Ingetsu. In the dark night, it appeared incredibly dazzling.

Yachihoko's tomoe appeared, rotating in Ingetsu's pupils.

Through adapting these past few days.

He had already mastered Yachihoko's control over others' minds, capable of brainwashing them or controlling their bodies through mental manipulation.

As for Chakra manipulation.

Ingetsu had previously attempted to develop methods to make others suffer backlash from their own Chakra.

Now, he intended to try mastering the last ability that Yachihoko possessed.

Chakra Absorption!

As his own deep blue Chakra burned on his body's surface, guided by Yachihoko, Ingetsu could clearly observe that centered around him, those who had been branded by Yachihoko were like prey on a spiderweb.

The spider silk woven by Yachihoko connected them.

Ingetsu's expression was placid as he closed his eyes.

Using the Yachihoko brand as a medium, he forcefully drew Chakra from the bodies of the Uchiha clan members, Kurenai Yuhi, and Nonō.

Everyone's bodies automatically condensed Chakra.

Streams of Chakra flowed into Ingetsu's body.

The deep blue Chakra airflow on Ingetsu's body became even more vigorous, the airwaves stirring up dust at his feet, and flattening large patches of grass nearby.

He extracted fifty percent of everyone's Chakra.

He drew his sword.

He swung his sword.

Slicing towards the night sky, instantly, a pitch-black wind vortex dozens of feet wide erupted like a full moon, sharp and unparalleled, transforming into a black ring that pierced the sky.

This slash was like a galaxy pouring down, cleaving a visible gap in the clouds that obscured the moonlight.

The Uchiha clan members felt their scalps tingle, staring at Ingetsu's retreating figure in disbelief.

Were those two slashes truly something a ninja could unleash so easily?

"As long as there's enough Chakra, this kind of Wind Release attack should be able to cut through Susanoo's defense."

Ingetsu thought to himself, sheathed his sword, dismissed Yachihoko, and the blue airflow on his body dissipated.

He did not stop infusing Wind Release Chakra into Dark Moon. Dark Moon still trembled, its sharpness chilling to the bone.

However, this time, Ingetsu used Yachihoko to absorb everyone's Chakra to continuously charge Dark Moon.

This meant that.

Keeping the Uchiha clan members around was like having a Chakra power bank.

Under the stunned gazes of the other Uchiha clan members, Ingetsu returned to the campfire and took down the roasted wild boar from the fire rack.

The subsequent scene caused the Uchiha clan members' eyes to widen, and they inwardly cried out about the waste of resources!

Ingetsu held the Wind Release: Dark Moon and meticulously sliced the wild boar meat. Wherever the blade passed, he used no force, easily cutting through bones and pork cleanly.

"Captain Ingetsu, this..."

Uchiha Nanpu's face showed anxiety, wanting to stop him but not knowing how to voice it.

If the Uchiha clan were still around, this mysterious black sword, with the potential it displayed, would undoubtedly be revered as a treasured heirloom of the clan.

It was likely on the same level as the ancestral "Flame Gunbai," a divine weapon. If it was a divine weapon, how could it be used to cut food?

No!

The honest and straightforward Uchiha Nanpu was heartbroken and decisively stood up.

He decided to do something for this divine weapon, at least to stop the captain from desecrating it!