Resistance

Though the Shinigami was not a complete life-form, it still possessed many instincts unique to living beings, such as the desire to survive.

To create a life-like being out of nothingness... no, more accurately, it should be called a god-like being. The Uzumaki Clan's sealing techniques were indeed far more advanced than Mizuki's current abilities.

The Dreamplay Mizuki had created still required spiritual obsession as its core, fragments of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as its vessel, and the nourishment of faith before it could barely take shape. The Shinigami, on the other hand, was even more mature than Dreamplay; it simply lacked anyone to control it.

Mizuki knew Dreamplay's shortcomings all too well. This genjutsu based on sealing techniques inherited the wondrous, imaginative ingenuity characteristic of Mizuki's original ninjutsu, but it also possessed an unseen fatal flaw.

Mizuki had spent far too little time researching the essence of life, and most of that time had gone into dealing with the vitality of the body. If not for the Eight Branches Technique he had traded from Orochimaru, he had no idea how long it would have taken just to develop Dreamplay to its current state.

Its prospects were enormous, but in terms of immediate, tangible results, it was still of little use.

The fragments of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had played a pivotal role in completing Dreamplay's Yang attribute and vessel, while the Shinigami was the Yin attribute catalyst Mizuki valued.

However, the remnants of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path were merely broken pieces of wood incapable of resistance. The Shinigami was nothing like that. The blade in its mouth, and the clawed hand poised at any moment to seize the Shinigami's blade that harvested souls, were no mere decorations.

It was not