In the deepest part of Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, the Rinne Sharingan, which was embedded in the remaining core and should have been completely dead, was trembling violently at an unprecedented frequency.
A ray of the Otsutsuki Clan's original aura that is so weak that it is almost imperceptible, but extremely pure, is like an awakening poisonous snake, spreading quietly along the intricate meridians, aiming directly at the core of White Zetsu Mother's life.
It wants to pollute, to assimilate, and to completely transform this huge collection of life into a hotbed for the advent of some ancient will.
However, at the moment when the breath was about to touch the core and set off a chain reaction, an invisible and massless "anchor point" with absolute suppressive power pierced through the void!
This anchor point was nailed to the source of that eyeball's will with incomparable precision. It was exactly the original imprint of [Myriad Phenomena Return to the Eye] that Xuan Zai quietly left behind at the beginning of his devouring.
It is like an eternal lighthouse, anchoring the ship in the storm.
Almost at the same time, deep in Xuan's consciousness, a cold system prompt suddenly sounded.
"Warning! Residual consciousness of high-dimensional life forms has been detected and is attempting parasitic assimilation!"
"[Myriad Phenomena Return to the Eye] The mark has been activated and forced suppression is in progress..."
"Suppression successful. Start the reverse analysis program... Analysis target: Otsutsuki Clan original will fragment... Estimated completion time: unknown."
In the wasteland, the energy storm that swept everything has subsided long ago.
Xuan Jing is suspended in mid-air without moving at all.
The Divine Seed light between his eyebrows that seemed to contain the birth and death of the universe slowly faded away, and the ferocious and twisted vine-like lines under his skin also receded like the tide, returning to its original whiteness and smoothness.
Everything seemed so calm, as if the shocking move that swallowed Divine Tree and shook Demonic Statue of the Outer Path just now was just a dream.
But only Xuan himself knew that a more dangerous war had just begun inside his body.
The newly born Divine Tree cells are like the most greedy predators, frantically trying to erode and assimilate every inch of his flesh and blood, completely transforming his "container" into the new Divine Tree body.
The other force is the "anti-source force field" transformed by the system's analysis of the origin of Divine Tree. It turns into billions of invisible shackles, layer upon layer, suppressing the riots of Divine Tree cells, forcibly maintaining a fragile balance.
Xuan slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, and his breath was actually mixed with a contradictory smell of freshness and decay of vegetation.
"Him"
Not far away, Chiyo Saori's slender fingers were flying like flying on the three strangely shaped puppets, Chakra Threads accurately connecting every joint.
These three puppets are not used for combat, but are specially made seals and life-support devices. They form a stable triangle formation, firmly fixing the completely unconscious Root elite - Silver Crow·Nightbeak in the center.
"The 'echo beacon' you implanted in his body has begun to feed back information." Chiyo Saori's voice was cold and efficient. She said without raising her head, "Madara Uchiha has noticed the abnormality of Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and is urgently reorganizing the disabled ones. The remaining White Zetsu troops. And the masked man, Obito Uchiha, has ordered the blockade of all Divine Tree root nodes connected to Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. They seem to want to cut off your source of 'nutrition'."
She finally completed the final adjustment, raised her beautiful eyes and looked at Xuan in the air, "They reacted very quickly and have already noticed that something is wrong."
"Just before they notice." Xuan slowly opened his right eye. In that eye, the five-color light wheel rotated rapidly, and finally returned to the bottomless darkness.
The corner of his mouth raised a meaningful arc, "A blindfolded lion is not scary. What is scary is that it thinks it has seen the movements of its prey. Let our 'messenger' wake up - I want him to go back with the most extreme 'fear'."
"Understood." Chiyo Saori didn't hesitate at all.
The moment she finished speaking, she suddenly retracted her hands!
Within those three puppets, the micro Explosive Tag arrays that had been arranged were simultaneously detonated by Chakra Threads!
The power of the explosion was accurately controlled to the smallest range, and it did not harm Yebei's life, but caused violent impact and electric current to surge throughout his body instantly.
"Uh-huh--!"
Silver Crow·Ye Beak was like a fish thrown ashore, it twitched violently, and its eyes suddenly opened.
But his pupils were completely dilated and lost all focus, leaving only a tremor originating from the depths of his soul.
His lips moved unconsciously, and he uttered a broken and hoarse whisper, "Scarlet Eye... devour... God... He... He is coming..."
Just uttering these few incomplete words, he seemed to have exhausted all his life force, his head tilted, and he fainted again.
But this heartfelt "performance" is enough to deceive any form of prying eyes. Even Madara Uchiha's pair of insightful Rinnegan can only read the most real and fabricated fear.
On the hidden observation platform further away, Torune Aburame stared at the data scroll in his hand, his brows knitted into a knot.
On the scroll, the energy readings fed back by the occult insects went through a drastic change that he could not understand in just ten seconds.
"The energy fluctuations of the target... disappeared out of thin air? How is this possible!" He murmured to himself, "Ten seconds ago, his chakra reaction was still at the critical point of infinitely approaching the Six Paths level. That size is comparable to the Tailed Beast collective! Now... it has become the same as an ordinary ninja? No, even lower! What kind of space folding ninjutsu is this, or some kind of secret method that completely hides the breath?"
The incomprehensible phenomenon caused a strong uneasiness in his heart.
He quickly picked up a pen and recorded everything he observed, preparing to report it to the coalition command immediately.
However, he did not know that every word flowing out of his pen was remotely intercepted by another Aburame Clan ninja - Baba Tesshin several kilometers away through the micro insect eggs that had been hidden in the special ink at a nearly simultaneous speed.
Xuan noticed this "eye" from Hidden Leaf Village from the very beginning.
The reason why he allowed Torune Aburame to get closer and even deliberately showed drastic changes in energy was to use him to grasp the operating rhythm and transmission method of the coalition intelligence network.
Now, the goal is achieved.
The night is falling, and the blood moon is in the sky.
Xuan sat cross-legged on the remains of a relatively complete altar, and the cold moonlight covered him with a layer of silver frost.
He opened his palms, and in his palms, the crystal core that merged the residual core of Divine Tree with part of his own pupil power was quietly suspended.
Inside the crystal core, in addition to the original chaotic color, there is now a trace of extremely incongruous, yet extremely noble golden veins, flowing slowly like a living thing, exuding an ancient aura that is superior to all chakras.
This was his biggest gain tonight.
At this moment, the system prompt sounded again.
"The reverse analysis program branched... Unknown gene template fragments were found... Comparing with the database..."
"Comparison successful! The fragment is suspected to be a highly concentrated residue of [the power of Kaguya Otsutsuki·Progenitor]."
"It has been detected that this fragment has extremely high fusion compatibility with the host... Do you want to try fusion immediately?"
Kaguya Otsutsuki!
Xuan's eyes suddenly condensed, staring at the faint but unignorable golden thread in his palm.
He could feel the terrifying power contained in it, which was the power of creation that was purer and older than Divine Tree itself.
As long as he nods, the system will immediately begin to integrate, and his strength will surely make another leap.
But he was silent for a long time, and finally slowly closed his eyes and took the crystal core back into his body.
"There's no rush." He said softly, as if he was saying to the system, but also to himself, "The food must be eaten one bite at a time, and the road must be walked step by step. Now... it's time to let those self-righteous chess players pave the way for me."
As soon as he finished speaking, on the distant skyline, several pitch-black spheres suddenly lit up, surrounding a lonely figure, emitting terrifying fluctuations that could annihilate all things.
That's Truth-Seeking Orb from Madara Uchiha.
The gears of war, in a corner that no one noticed, had begun to slowly turn in the direction he had planned to become more crazy and chaotic because of Xuan's intervention.
The seed of fear planted by him, wrapped in lies that could subvert the entire battle, was finally sent to where it should go.