The Mythic Age

If genjutsu could affect something that was not alive in the first place, merely a puppet created through a secret technique, that would be far too absurd.

"You wouldn't understand even if I explained it to you."

Half-baked Yin-Yang Release still had some uses.

The four poorly controlled elemental heart monsters were the most obvious targets. After Hope and Gongzhi used the Seven-Tails' partial tailed beast transformation to fly into the sky, they effortlessly pierced the four monsters' hearts with ninja tools at close range. Naturally, under Mizuki's main body's cover, the sound-and-light effects were not only dazzling but exceptionally sacred as well. Justice defeating evil and gods purging demons required a solemn sense of ritual.

"As for you..."

After thinking it over, Mizuki decided not to kill the remaining main body using the earth-element heart.

His long silver hair suddenly lengthened, wrapping Kakuzu within it. Once Adamantine Sealing Chains paralyzed every chakra fluctuation in Kakuzu's body, Earth Grudge Fear finally settled down obediently as well.

"Why keep him alive? Do you want to study Earth Grudge Fear?"

Mizuki's main body shook his head.

"No need. This vile form of immortality only looks like a perfect eternal-life technique. In truth, it's merely a failed product."

Earth Grudge Fear was neither a Kekkei Genkai nor a ninja tool, treasure, or divine artifact. It was a secret technique!

That was right. This thing was actually a special modification method, fundamentally no different from Orochimaru's Soft Physique Modification technique. It had simply developed in a different direction.

Those who practiced Earth Grudge Fear discarded most of their bodies. Other than the heart, they essentially had no vital points. What sustained their life force were the blood vessels and chakra pathways throughout the body, modified together with the heart. They were also the foundation