Nine Mask Svāhā, a Fusion of Summoning Jutsu and the Soul Spirit System

"Get up."

"You are still weak. I will send you back first."

Huo Yuhao stood with his hands behind his back, his tone calm and composed:

"When the time is right, I will send my inheritor, Huo Yuhao, to help you take revenge."

"Remember, for now, you are only an outer-circle member of my Akatsuki organization."

"When you personally destroy the Iron Blood Sect and wash away your humiliation with your enemies' blood, I will personally grant you the status of an inner-circle member and bestow greater power upon you."

Tang Ya nodded respectfully, her eyes gleaming with fervent light.

So that was it...

No wonder little Yu Hao possessed such terrifying strength and cunning at such a young age.

He was the inheritor of Ancestor Tang Chen!

Seeing that the moment was right, Huo Yuhao said no more.

He sensed the outside world and confirmed that no one was still by Sea God Lake.

"Kamui."

The three-bladed pattern in his right eye slowly turned.

Ripples spread through the air as a black spatial vortex formed out of nowhere, instantly swallowing Tang Ya's figure.

The next second, she had been sent back to the desolate shore of Sea God Lake.

Huo Yuhao stood atop a stone pillar in the Kamui Dimension, gazing at the empty platform with a cold smile curling at his lips.

He was not worried at all that Tang Ya would betray him.

White Zetsu Cells did far more than merely enhance one's strength.

Just then, the long-unheard electronic voice rang out in his mind again.

[Ding]

[Congratulations to the host for guiding 1/2 key characters toward a fate different from the original story]

[Uchiha Obito (Tiger Mask) Template Unlock Progress: 1/2]

[Reward issued: Kamui intangibility duration increased by 20 seconds, Summoning Jutsu]

Huo Yuhao felt a cool sensation in his right eye, as though parched earth had been nourished by sweet rain.

The soreness caused by repeatedly using his eye technique vanished instantly, and his control over the Kamui Dimension rose to another level.

But what interested him more was the newly acquired ninja technique.

"Summoning Jutsu?"

Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged and began digesting the additional knowledge in his mind.

How could Summoning Jutsu be used in this world?

To summon ninja tools?

In that regard, storage Soul Tools were more convenient and efficient, and did not require hand seals.

To contract Spirit Beasts?

Wait... a contract.

Wouldn't that be another kind of Soul Spirit system?

A bold idea took shape in his mind.

Huo Yuhao did not hesitate. His consciousness instantly sank into the Sea of Consciousness.

Above that dark abyss, the gray pearl representing Electrolux's divine consciousness floated quietly. Its light was dim, as if it might go out at any moment.

"Old sir."

Huo Yuhao's voice echoed through the Sea of Consciousness. "Can you hear me?"

"I think I've found a way to stabilize your soul."

After a brief, deathly silence.

The gray pearl flickered faintly, and Electrolux's extremely weak voice came through:

"Oh? Cough, cough... Child, what are you thinking?"

Huo Yuhao did not waste words. He directly used his spiritual power to imprint a copy of the contract principles behind the Summoning Jutsu he had just obtained and sent it to Electrolux.

"This technique is called Summoning Jutsu."

"Old sir, do you think you could use this principle to establish a contract between your divine consciousness and my second martial soul—the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path?"

Electrolux fell silent.

He carefully analyzed the unfamiliar structure of the technique, growing increasingly alarmed the more he examined it.

Though the systems were different, the contract laws within were exceptionally ingenious.

"Wonderful... truly wonderful."

A trace of vitality entered the old man's voice. "Entrusting the soul to a contracted object, sharing life and energy..."

"Child, you truly are a genius."

"The core of that statue of yours contains an unimaginably vast life force. If I can establish a connection with it and borrow that vitality to nourish myself, this broken soul of mine... will certainly recover!"

"Then let's begin."

Huo Yuhao formed hand seals, and his Sea of Consciousness churned with wind and clouds.

"Summoning Jutsu!"

At the same time, Electrolux also mobilized the last of his divine consciousness, inscribing a gray Undead Magic Circle.

The two forces met in midair before heavily imprinting themselves upon the forehead of the enormous Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Buzzz—!

The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path suddenly shuddered.

A visible stream of green life energy flowed continuously through the contract channel and into the gray pearl.

The previously dim gray pearl instantly erupted with dazzling radiance!

Boom!

A vast spiritual pressure, as boundless as the sea, erupted within Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness.

Fragments reassembled, memories returned.

The Scourge of the Undead, who had once dominated an era and made an entire plane tremble, had returned.

An aged yet upright figure condensed within the light.

Dressed in a magnificent gray robe and holding a staff, he threw back his head and roared:

"With sun and moon in hand, I pluck the stars; no one in this world is like me!"

After a long while, the light faded.

Electrolux slowly descended. Looking at Huo Yuhao before him, the arrogance in his eyes turned into kindness and gratitude.

"I remember everything..."

"My name is Electrolux."

"Child, thank you for making this possible. Since we have already formed a contract, call me Elder Electrolux from now on."

Huo Yuhao nodded, neither servile nor overbearing. "Elder Electrolux, just call me Huo Yuhao."

As for worrying that Electrolux might betray him?

What a joke.

Even setting Electrolux's character aside, the contract had already been carved into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Under the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's absolute suppression, Electrolux was now essentially Huo Yuhao's "summoned beast."

His life and death were entirely at Huo Yuhao's whim.

Electrolux stroked his beard as he looked at the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path below, wisdom gleaming in his eyes.

"Yu Hao, that Summoning Jutsu from earlier gave me great inspiration."

"It bears a striking resemblance to an unfinished magic I researched in life—Soul Spirits."

"If you do not mind, we can try combining these two techniques."

Huo Yuhao's heart stirred. "Soul Spirits?"

"That's right."

Electrolux waved his staff, and countless golden runes swirled around him.

"Inside that statue's stomach, it has devoured a large bug."

"Its energy is far too immense. With your current body, you cannot possibly fully mobilize it."

"But if we combine Summoning Jutsu and Soul Spirit magic..."

Electrolux tapped his staff, and countless runes flew toward the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

"We can divide and reorganize the energy that you cannot digest."

"With Summoning Jutsu as the vessel and Soul Spirits as the core."

"We can create nine energy-summoned beasts with independent forms, wholly under your control, capable of using that power far more efficiently!"

Huo Yuhao's eyes immediately lit up.

Divide the energy?

Summoned beasts?

He had always been troubled by the fact that he could only borrow a tiny fraction of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's power and could only activate a Tailed Beast Cloak.

If he could turn that million-year cultivation into tangible combat power...

"Good! Let's do it!"

Under Electrolux's guidance, an entirely new technique was born, one that fused the Naruto system with Necromancy.

"Yu Hao, this technique was created jointly by you and me."

Electrolux smiled. "Give it a name."

Huo Yuhao looked at the nine clusters of energy. In his mind appeared a man from a Naruto movie in his previous life, someone who also wore a mask and also possessed Nine Masked Beasts—Uzumaki Menma.

A wicked curve rose at the corner of his lips.

"Since there are nine of them... then let's call it..."

"Nine Mask Svāhā!"