Yamanaka Xingran had originally been on the list of those to be abandoned. If not for him, perhaps Xingran would have already been taken by Danzo and trained into a spy with no thoughts of his own, tossed into some remote corner of the shinobi world to gather intelligence that might have been useless to the village all along.
At that thought, the Third Hokage smiled silently again. How could someone he had his eye on lack a mind of his own?
Yin Healing Wound Destruction combined with the severalfold Chakra increase of the Eight Gates was simply a stroke of genius.
This report described Yamanaka Xingran's performance against the Cloud Ninja surprise attack force. Only after questioning him did they learn that, before opening the Eight Gates, he had covered most of his body with Yin Healing Wound Destruction. Setting aside how difficult that was, the Chakra consumption alone was unimaginable. Yet for Xingran after opening the Eight Gates, it was no problem. By casting the technique in advance, he had already established the Chakra circulation route through his meridians. All he needed to do afterward was withstand the violent Chakra. The overflowing Chakra would fill the circulation routes created by Yin Healing Wound Destruction, naturally producing the technique's healing effect.
The completed combination ninjutsu was terrifyingly effective. It turned him into a human bulldozer—what Xingran had dubbed his invincible mode. He did not need to fear injury at all. He just had to charge straight through.
It had something of the flavor of Creation Rebirth: Byakugou Seal, but it was an entirely different method.
In truth, this report was merely an explanation Xingran had improvised with his Super Brain after being questioned. Of course, its feasibility was quite high.
At the time, he had not used Yin Healing