Uchiha Xuan's silver eyes suddenly condensed and locked directly on the inside of the mobile furnace.
Fluctuations in data flows are no accident.
On that blue tissue fragment that was crazily calcined by the remaining chakra of Ten-Tails, a qualitative change that was beyond normal was taking place.
Its density is soaring in a non-linear manner, and the originally soft biological tissue begins to condense into a crystal structure denser than diamond under the heat of 10,000 degrees.
It was a kind of clear, shimmering blue light... Chakra crystal!
A key piece of information stripped from the memory fragments of "First Devourer" flashed in Xuan's mind - "Mature Beacon".
Ōtsutsuki Clan is sown in thousands of worlds, and they do not monitor the growth of every "fruit" at all times.
It is this kind of "beacon" that they rely on.
When the Divine Tree factor in the host body is integrated with its own power to the extreme, the energy core will spontaneously crystallize to form this unique beacon.
It is like a lighthouse in the dark night, sending out the ultimate signal that "the fruit is ripe and ready to be picked" toward the dimension where Otsutsuki Main House is located.
The previous "Shadow Burial Protocol" was intended to completely destroy this interface and make the other party lose its coordinates.
But now, Xuan has changed his mind.
"Chiyo." He didn't even speak, and the cold thoughts were directly transmitted to Chiyo Saori's mind.
"My subordinate is here." The next second, Chiyo Saori's figure condensed and formed beside him like a ghost.
"Send the order, the furnace stops calcination." Xuan's command was concise and deadly, "Change to extreme low temperature mode and continuously inject the purest Yin Release Chakra into the core."
The scorching destruction turned into cold preservation.
These two completely opposite energy states will jointly create a perfect illusion - the host is on the verge of death after experiencing a violent energy explosion, and the fire of life is about to be extinguished. However, its energy core has crystallized prematurely due to an accident, and is in an unstable state that is half dead and may completely collapse at any time.
This is no longer a provocation, but a display of "defective products" full of temptation.
It can firmly attract the attention of "recyclers", but will not directly attract the large-scale arrival of Otsutsuki Main House because it appears too "mature".
"In addition," Xuan's eyes turned to Chiyo, "The three puppets of 'Forbidden Sequence' were secretly transformed. Their appearances were reproduced as Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Might Guy turned on the state of Eight Gates Gate of Death."
Chiyo Saori's heart skipped a beat.
These three people represent the pinnacle of power that humans can achieve in Fourth Shinobi World War!
"Implant them with special chakra circuits," Xuan continued to order, with a calculating light in his eyes. "In the core of the circuit, a small piece of Nine-Tails, Rinnegan, and Eight Gates chakra fragments are sealed. I need them to be able to erupt with Six Paths level energy fluctuations at critical moments."
"My lord, you want to..."
"Shinobi World, we need some dead souls of 'heroes' to decorate the facade." Xuan's mouth curved with a cruel arc, "I want to make those high-level observers mistakenly believe that although the harvest in this orchard is imminent, there are still a few annoying 'pests' making a final resistance. This will make them more cautious in deploying the 'scavengers' and make it easier to be fooled by appearances."
"Subordinate, obey!" Chiyo Saori's figure disappeared again, carrying out the order with absolute loyalty that was enough to subvert the entire Shinobi World's perception.
The fifth day, midnight.
Behind the cold moon hanging in the sky, the silent altar reacted again.
A wave of energy that is darker and more hidden than before, like an invisible eye, spans the void and projects towards the earth again.
On the throne of the high tower, Uchiha Xuan suddenly opened his eyes!
"Let's get started."
With one order, two traps thousands of miles apart were detonated at the same time!
In the mobile furnace, the blue crystal wrapped in low temperature Yin Release Chakra suddenly erupted with an extremely strong, yet fleeting, chakra pulse!
The feeling was like a heart that was about to extinguish, beating with all its last strength, and then fell completely silent.
At the same moment!
On top of the ruins of Valley of the End, beside the wreckage of Divine Tree, in the final battlefield ruins - three chakra light pillars tearing apart the night, soaring into the sky!
The golden Nine-Tails Chakra, purple Susanoo power, and blood-red Eight Gates steam, three completely different Six Paths-level auras, like the roars of three unyielding heroes at the last moment of their lives, briefly illuminated the entire Shinobi World night sky, and then quickly dimmed and disappeared completely.
A perfect curtain call.
Chiyo Saori Standing behind Xuan, she could clearly feel that Master Xuan's aura, which had always been as calm as an abyss, had an undetectable fluctuation.
"They... are here?" she asked in a low voice, with a trace of uncontrollable nervousness in her voice.
"Here we come." Xuan nodded, his silver eyes reflecting the distant starry sky, but his tone was cold and emotionless, "It's not the main force, it's the 'scavenger'. A low-level servant race raised by the Ōtsutsuki Clan. They are responsible for recovering experimental subjects that have failed or have abnormalities. They make a living by eating the remaining souls in order to gain promotion."
Chiyo Saori felt a shiver in his heart, scavenger?
Sounds like a garbage disposal.
Master Xuan worked so hard to catch something like this?
As if seeing through her doubts, Xuan said calmly, "I don't plan to fight them."
He paused and said something that made Chiyo Saori's soul tremble.
"I want... to tame them."
Two days later.
The Fire Country border is a wasteland that was completely reduced to scorched earth during the war.
A small meteorite with a diameter of less than ten meters, trailing a dark red tail flame, silently crashed into the depths of the earth.
There was no earth-shattering explosion, just a dull crashing sound, like a stubborn stone sinking into a mire.
Hundreds of miles underground around the crater, Uchiha Xuan had already led Chiyo Saori, as well as the twelve Uchiha Clan students who were the only survivors after the genetic overwriting and were transformed into absolute dead soldiers, and were quietly ambush.
"Click... click..."
The shell of the meteorite cracked, and three figures slowly crawled out.
They are nearly three meters tall, covered with a pale exoskeleton that seems to be a mixture of bones and carapace. There are thin insect-like wings on their backs, and they hold a huge bone sickle that is extended from their own spine in their hands.
There are no facial features on their faces, only a single eye that constantly flashes the light of data.
Otsutsuki Cleaner!
As soon as they appeared, they immediately began to scan the surroundings with their one-eye, searching for energy remnants numbered "U0".
However, Uchiha Xuan, who was hiding underground, did not reveal even a trace of murderous intent.
He just observed all of this indifferently through the micro-Crystal Release monitors already spread underground.
Until the search range of the three scavengers covered the entire wasteland.
"Start." Xuan's thoughts turned into a command.
The next second, "Grudge Resonance Array", which had been buried underground, was instantly activated!
This is not a profound technique, but Xuan uses Myriad Phenomena Devouring System to detonate tens of thousands of "fear gene templates" previously collected from the battlefield at once!
These pure negative emotional energies instantly resonated with the countless remnant souls of the war dead remaining on this land!
"Ouch--ouch--!"
In an instant, the situation changed!
Above the entire wasteland, an undead mist composed of countless twisted and wailing souls emerged out of thin air!
Heartbreaking cries, unwilling roars, desperate wails... these remnant souls who died in the war were catalyzed by the energy of fear and turned into a visible and tangible ocean of souls, which instantly drowned the three scavengers!
The scavengers' one-eyed flashing frequency suddenly accelerated, and they were obviously in chaos for a moment.
In their perception, this land is full of unpurified and primitive soul energy!
This is... a gluttonous feast!
Greed instantly overwhelms caution.
The three scavengers opened their chest carapace at the same time, revealing a digestive cavity full of sharp teeth, like a meat grinder, and began to crazily devour the surrounding undead!
Deep underground, a hint of bone-chilling coldness flashed through Uchiha Xuan's silver eyes.
Through the surveillance camera, he watched the bodies of the three scavengers continue to expand due to excessive devouring, and whispered coldly, as if speaking to future prey:
"Eat, eat more... When you become my stomach, you can eat bigger ones for me."
One of the scavengers was the most greedy, devouring several times the number of remnant souls as the other two, and its carapace even began to show energy-filled cracks.
That's it now!
At the moment when the scavenger swallowed the last huge resentful soul and closed his digestive cavity with satisfaction, Uchiha Xuan suddenly activated the remote link that Myriad Phenomena Devouring System had already buried!
His will turned into an invisible hook, locking the opponent's body accurately!
[Target lock: xenogeneic digestive cavity]
[Mode switching: Reverse extraction]
"Uh--!?"
The strongest scavenger suddenly let out a scream that was unlike anything a living thing could make!
It was horrified to find that the majestic soul energy that it had just swallowed but had not yet digested was flowing wildly along an invisible passage toward an unknown location like a flood that had opened!
Its body twitched violently, and the flesh and blood under its carapace shriveled up at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if all its essence had been drained out in an instant!
The other two scavengers were horrified when they saw this, and when they were about to react, they saw several jet-black chains shooting out of their withered companions, instantly piercing and binding them.
The majestic soul energy surged through the chains, and in just a moment, they were completely detonated, turning into two masses of blood mist mixed with bone fragments!
In just a few seconds, the situation was reversed.
On the wasteland, only the scavenger was left who had all the "inventory" drained. He knelt down weakly on the ground, his carapace shattered, and he raised his head tremblingly. With his one eye that shone with fear and confusion, he looked at Uchiha Xuan, which was slowly rising from the ground.
Under the horrified eyes of the other party, Uchiha Xuan's face showed for the first time an almost compassionate, yet more terrifying smile than the devil.
"Thank you," he said softly, "Try it for me to see if these unclean souls... are poisonous."
As he finished speaking, his eyes no longer focused on the surviving prey, but penetrated the other person and cast their gaze towards the deeper and darker underground beneath his feet.
This not-yet-dead "scavenger" will be his first and most convenient... scalpel to dissect the secrets of Otsutsuki Main House.