In the deepest part of the secret room, the air was cold and dead.
Uchiha Xuan ignored the mixed awe and fear look of Chiyo Saori behind him and walked straight towards an ancient altar carved from a single piece of obsidian.
Above the altar, a scroll covered with mottled traces of time lies quietly, like an ancient beast that has been sleeping for thousands of years. The Sealing Jutsu pattern drawn on it is complex enough to make any seal master daunted.
This is what he personally dug out from the Uchiha Clan's oldest forbidden land - "Abyss of Ancestral Remains".
He stretched out his hand, and the moment his fingertips touched the surface of the scroll, a throbbing originated from the depths of his blood.
The scroll did not resist. Instead, like a piece of ice meeting a soldering iron, it melted on its own Sealing Jutsu style and slowly unfolded.
There is no text inside the scroll, only a carefully preserved bone fragment.
It was a piece of finger bone, the color of which was like dark jade, but its surface was naturally formed with fine lines that resembled three Tomoe.
As soon as it appeared, the ether in the entire secret room seemed to solidify, and a vast, ancient, and overbearing pressure, like an invisible mountain, suddenly pressed down!
This is "Ancestral Bone Fragment". The legend contains the purest soul imprint of the Uchiha Clan First patriarch, the unknown pioneer who truly opened the glorious era of Sharingan.
Uchiha Xuan originally wanted to use this to test the reaction of the increasingly unruly Divine Erosion Flame in his body to the purest and oldest Uchiha Clan bloodline.
However, the moment he approached the bone fragment, a sudden change occurred!
The dark golden flame in his body that had just swallowed "Divine Afterimage" and fell into silence suddenly began to violently agitate without any warning!
It was neither excitement nor desire, but a kind of frenzy mixed with extreme disgust and violent murderous intent!
It was as if a false king who had usurped the throne of God suddenly smelled the scent of the old monarch in his own temple.
It hates this bloodline aura that represents "orthodoxy" and "authority", but it instinctively longs to devour the majestic power that belongs to the source of Uchiha contained in it!
"Interesting..." The corners of Uchiha Xuan's mouth raised a cold arc, and those silver pupils flashed with a crazy and rational light, "I want to eat, but I look down on you. You have a bad temper."
He gave the order without looking back, "Saori."
"My subordinate is here!" Chiyo Saori was excited and stepped forward immediately.
"Use your 'Heavenly Puppet Mystic Threads' to lock my limbs. Use your strongest binding technique to ensure that I can't move a finger." Uchiha Xuan's tone was terrifyingly calm, as if he was talking about a tool that had nothing to do with him.
Chiyo Saori's heart suddenly shrank.
She knew that when Master Xuan gave the order in this tone, what happened next was definitely beyond the scope of common sense.
But she didn't hesitate at all. With a flick of her fingers, hundreds of Chakra Threads, which were slender than hair but tougher than diamond, were instantly shot out. They accurately wrapped around Uchiha Xuan's wrists and ankles, cutting deeply into the flesh. The other end was buckled into the rune grooves on the wall of the secret room, forming an indestructible living cage.
"Very good."
Uchiha Xuan, who was firmly fixed in front of the altar, felt the severe pain coming from his limbs, but his face did not change at all.
He raised his head with difficulty and looked directly at the suspended bone fragment. Then, without hesitation, he used his mental power to activate his teeth and bit the tip of his tongue fiercely!
A drop of bright red blood with a hint of golden light was accurately sprayed out by him, and it landed on the piece of "Ancestral Bone Fragment" impartially.
Buzz--!
In an instant, the bone fragments shone brightly, and the ancient pressure suddenly increased a hundred times!
The entire Naka River Shrine underground was shaking violently, as if a sleeping ancient god was about to wake up.
In the interplay of light and shadow, a vague and tall figure slowly condensed above the altar.
He was wearing ancient armor and holding a huge fire Gunbai. In a pair of scarlet eyes, three Tomoe slowly rotated, looking down at the bound Uchiha Xuan with a judgment-like majesty.
It is exactly the image of the First patriarch in the Uchiha Clan legend!
"Descendant..." A low, solemn voice, as if it had traveled through eternity of time and space, echoed in the secret chamber. Every syllable carried the absolute suppressive power of blood resonance, "You are on the wrong path."
The voice was emotionless, but it contained an unquestionable verdict.
It is declaring that Uchiha Xuan's behavior of relying on devouring foreign objects and blaspheming gods to gain strength is a betrayal of the Uchiha Clan's glory!
Uchiha Xuan heard this and let out a deep sneer, his eyes full of mockery.
He didn't answer, nor did he bother to answer.
Because the "thing" in his body has already responded for him!
"Roar!!!"
A silent roar exploded from the deepest part of Uchiha Xuan's soul!
The Divine Erosion Flame that had been suppressed to the extreme completely exploded at this moment!
It was no longer a trickle, but turned into a world-destroying torrent that broke through the dam, broke through the shackles of the skin, turned into a ferocious and roaring dark golden fire python, and rushed straight towards the majestic phantom of the ancestor!
"Presumptuous!"
The ancestor's shadow was furious, and his pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan instantly glowed brightly. With one hand, Hand Seals, a majestic pupil power turned into invisible shackles, trying to forcibly suppress and seal this "rebellious" flame!
This is the suppression of pupils from the top of the Uchiha Clan bloodline!
Theoretically, any force activated by the Uchiha Clan tribe cannot be resisted!
However, the next second, a scene happened that shocked even that ancient will!
That dark gold fire python turned a blind eye to the shackles of pupil power that could seal Tailed Beast!
It didn't even pause for the slightest moment, and with a completely unreasonable and arrogant attitude, it directly broke through the invisible blockade!
It is as if the law of the gods is nothing but a thin piece of paper that can be torn when poked in front of it!
Pfft--!
Under the disbelieving gaze of the ancestor's shadow, the dark gold fire python slammed into his chest!
There were no explosions, no loud noises.
That majestic figure composed of majestic soul imprints is like a picture that has been splashed with acid. Starting from the middle, it is ruthlessly torn, devoured, and melted by the flames!
"Woo..."
An unwilling cry dissipated in the void, and the ancestor's shadow and the bone fragment were turned into ashes flying in the sky in just one second.
Divine Erosion Flame, in the most direct and brutal way, declares its rules to the world!
The flames devoured the last energy and did not immediately return to Uchiha Xuan's body.
It hovered in mid-air, the huge python body slowly shrunk and condensed, and finally turned into a slender fire snake, cruising quietly in front of Uchiha Xuan.
In Chiyo Saori's horrified eyes, the fire snake slowly rose up, like a gentle hand, and gently wrapped around Uchiha Xuan's neck. The top of the flame rubbed his cheek affectionately, like a loyal pet asking for credit from its owner.
Cold, and hot.
Surrender, and destruction.
Two completely opposite feelings emerged in Uchiha Xuan's perception at the same time.
At this moment, he completely understood.
This fire does not respect ancestors, does not worship gods, does not recognize bloodline, and does not respect authority.
It only recognizes one of the most primitive and barbaric jungle laws--
Whoever can give it the highest level and purest "divine nourishment" is its only master!
And he, Uchiha Xuan, is the only being in this world who personally killed Kaguya Otsutsuki, and used [Myriad Phenomena Devouring System] to take his most original "god core" as his own!
Compared with that creation god-level "material", the soul imprint of the First patriarch is nothing more than a piece of gravel on the roadside!
"So... that's it."
Uchiha Xuan whispered in a low voice,
He made a move that made Chiyo Saori's soul tremble.
He used all his strength to tilt his head back slightly, and spoke in a low and seductive whisper to the fire snake wrapped around his neck:
"Want... more?"
The fire snake paused for a moment, then began to tremble with excitement.
"Then look at me..." Uchiha Xuan suddenly turned his bound left arm, used the raised bones on his arm to aim at the artery on the inside of his wrist, and gave it a sharp stroke!
Poof--!
A blood arrow spurted out!
The dark bone dagger instantly condensed in his other hand. With a backhand stroke, the artery in his left arm was completely cut open!
What gushes out is the hot blood containing the essence of his life and the breath of Kaguya's divine core!
He actually took the initiative to introduce his own divine blood into the "mouth" of the fiery snake!
"Look at me, how can I turn the entire race of gods above the sky... into your feed!"
Boom!!!!
After coming into contact with Xuan's blood, Divine Erosion Flame seemed to have been thrown into a nuclear reactor with hundreds of millions of tons of high explosives, and it expanded violently in an instant!
The color of the flame faded from dull gold to an almost transparent, ultimate incandescent color in an instant!
Terrifying heat and light filled the entire secret room, and Chiyo Saori's puppet wire actually made an overwhelmed "crunching" sound and might melt at any time!
In this incandescent light, scenes of broken future fragments were briefly reflected!
It was a huge starship made of Divine Tree branches, crossing the boundless sea of stars.
It landed on a deserted planet that had long been deserted, and the hatch slowly opened.
The one who walked out was none other than Uchiha Xuan wearing a black divine robe.
And behind him were thousands of densely packed puppets. Each puppet's eyes were burning with the same incandescent Divine Erosion Flame!
Chiyo Saori stared at the illusion, his pupils shrank to the size of a pinhead.
Her reason was screaming for her to escape, but her body remained motionless. She just silently recorded the unique rhythm of every flow and pulse of the incandescent flame in an almost instinctive way.
The light dissipated, and the flame returned to Uchiha Xuan's body with satisfaction.
The bone-deep wound on his left arm healed quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the new skin was covered with a fine layer of bright enamel, like the cooled lava.
He broke off the Chakra Threads that was on the verge of melting, stood up slowly, and looked as if through the rock formations, looking in the direction of the Shinobi World battlefield, and also seemed to look at the more distant night sky full of stars.
"They thought 'Devourer' was a title..." He said calmly, without a trace of emotion in his voice, "As everyone knows, this is actually a curse."
After the words fell, he did not make any further explanation.
The power that had just experienced the ultimate transformation was rushing and colliding through his limbs, like a wild beast that was in desperate need of being tamed.
He could feel that the spine on his back was heating up, as if something was about to burst out of his body.
A new and deeper "brand" is being forcibly engraved on his soul and body.
It's time to completely turn this curse into his own authority.