"Susanoo, release."
Somewhere along the border of the Land of Water, green light shot into the sky, slicing through the thick fog.
"The new ability I gained from Shikotsumyaku is actually a passive skill."
Shisui looked at the initial form of Susanoo summoned beside him. Its skeleton, which should have been made of green chakra, had now been replaced by a massive white skeleton. The green Susanoo chakra instead covered the white bones, like a green veil draped over white ribs.
"With solid white bones reinforcing it, Susanoo's defensive capabilities have improved qualitatively. I just don't know how powerful it is."
Thinking this, Shisui decided to test Susanoo's new form on the spot.
"Susanoo: Third Form."
Shisui went straight to Susanoo's strongest form at the moment.
Unlike before, with the passive boost from Shikotsumyaku: Dance of Susanoo, the first thing to take shape was a colossal half-body giant made of white bones. The skeletal frame, which should have been formed from chakra, had been completely replaced by bones that gleamed like white jade.
Green chakra then formed muscles and veins over the white bones. From a distance, the giant looked far more imposing and majestic than the one previously made purely of chakra.
And that wasn't all.
Once the green Crow Tengu Helmet covered Susanoo's body and it entered its third stage, Shisui willed it, and white bones sprouted across Susanoo's body as well. Following the helmet's basic shape, they extended into a Crow Tengu Helmet made of white bones. The Crow Tengu Helmet formed from green chakra covered the bone armor, preserving its original defensive capabilities while adding another layer of bone armor.
Under Shisui's control, a row of vicious, backward-pointing bone spikes jutted out from the armor. They could injure anyone who attacked it, and made Susanoo look