No Longer a Parasite

When the last trace of resistance from the Chakra Seed vanished, a soft sound came from inside Lie Yang's body.

It was as if some clasp had finally locked shut.

The tiny roots spread throughout his meridians and flesh contracted at once, then swiftly merged into his cells, nerves, and bones.

In the past, they had dwelled within Lie Yang's body, absorbing mental and physical energy before converting both into chakra.

Now, this foreign structure had been completely assimilated by him.

It was no longer a parasite.

Nor was it an independently existing energy organ.

It had become a part of Lie Yang's body, a link in his own cycle of life.

Lie Yang opened his eyes.

Shenka in his left eye slowly turned.

The three wheat-like rays in his right eye lit up simultaneously.

He raised his hand and lightly tapped the tabletop with a fingertip.

He formed no hand seals.

Chakra flowed with his thoughts as fire, lightning, and wind transformations were completed at the same time.

The three forces intertwined at his fingertip without producing the slightest conflict.

"My control has improved."

Lie Yang spoke softly.

In the past, shinobi needed to guide chakra through hand seals when using Ninjutsu.

The faster the hand seals, the faster the technique could be cast.

But no matter how fast they were, there were always movements involved.

Lie Yang no longer needed those steps.

As long as he understood a Ninjutsu's structure, chakra could complete its nature and shape transformations on its own according to his will.

Ninjutsu below A-rank no longer posed much of a threshold for him.

Even a high-level Ninjutsu like Wind Release: Rasenshuriken was merely the combination of wind-nature transformation and the shape transformation of the Rasengan.

The two transformations that had once been difficult to