Second Ring—Is This Observation Haki Version 2.0?

The Soul Beast suddenly charged at Zhao Wuji. Enduring the agonizing pain that felt as if his head were about to explode, Zhao Wuji grabbed the Soul Beast's incoming horns.

Although the Soul Beast's horns branched like antlers, their edges were extremely sharp.

Blood streamed from Zhao Wuji's hands as he held back the Soul Beast's horns.

Suddenly, Zhao Wuji felt something strange happening to his body.

Then, a fleshy tumor grew from his shoulder. It kept expanding before falling to the ground right before Zhao Wuji's stunned eyes.

At the same time, the tumor began to squirm, eventually taking on Uchiha Huan's appearance.

Seeing Uchiha Huan, the Soul Beast immediately tried to pull away and flee.

But how could Uchiha Huan possibly let it leave now?

This Soul Beast was the very reason Uchiha Huan had come here: the Time-Shatter Beast!

Wood Release: Root Binding Technique!

Uchiha Huan brought his palms together, and more than a dozen roots shot up from the ground, tightly binding the Time-Shatter Beast.

"Finally! I finally caught it... That wasn't easy." Uchiha Huan looked wistfully at the struggling Time-Shatter Beast before him.

Zhao Wuji sat weakly on the ground, but he could already sense fluctuations of Soul Power as it slowly recovered.

"You can leave now," Uchiha Huan said, turning to glance at Zhao Wuji.

"I... I don't have the strength right now..."

Uchiha Huan ignored Zhao Wuji and waited for his main body to arrive.

Half an hour later, Uchiha Huan's main body finally arrived at the scene.

Uchiha Huan then created four clones. Together with the Wood Human clone that had split off from Zhao Wuji, they stood guard around him.

The main body walked up to the Time-Shatter Beast. The beast's gaze toward Uchiha Huan was filled with fury.

Wood Release: Thorn Slaughter Technique!

Pfft, pfft, pfft—

Wooden spikes burst from the ground and pierced through the Time-Shatter Beast's body.

A deep-purple Spirit Ring rose from the Time-Shatter Beast's corpse.

Uchiha Huan sat cross-legged and began drawing in the Spirit Ring.

Zhao Wuji's eyes widened. Th-this guy was only a Quasi-Second-Ring Grand Soul Master?

He was absorbing a Soul Beast's Spirit Ring... He wasn't a transformed Soul Beast? Damn it, Flender, you really brought trouble upon yourself.

But could he succeed? A Quasi-Second-Ring Grand Soul Master was actually hunting a Soul Beast Spirit Ring that was five or six thousand years old.

Uchiha Huan felt pure Mental Power pour into his eyes.

This Mental Power was immense. Despite being only five thousand years old, it possessed the Spiritual Shock that only ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts should have had.

Yet before Uchiha Huan, the Time-Shatter Beast's Spiritual Shock was like a breeze brushing his face, unable to stir even the slightest ripple.

Suddenly, Uchiha Huan felt a sharp pain in his head. Then a pair of pointed horns grew from his forehead.

Zhao Wuji stared wide-eyed, his face full of disbelief.

A Soul Bone!? No... an External Soul Bone!!

Uchiha Huan immediately steadied his mind, suppressed the Mental Power, and began trying to fuse with and digest the External Soul Bone that had merged into him.

Less than half an hour later, Uchiha Huan opened his eyes.

His eyes' second soul skill: Danger Premonition! Wasn't this an enhanced version of Observation Haki?

Observation Haki could at most predict a few seconds ahead, but the Time-Shatter Beast had granted him a second-ring soul skill that lasted ten minutes.

At the same time, the External Soul Bone had also granted Uchiha Huan a soul skill: Void Moment!

Void Moment: Turn anything unfavorable that happened to oneself within ten minutes into a dream.

Wasn't this a strengthened version of Izanagi?

Izanagi required the sacrifice of a Sharingan, but his Void Moment did not consume a Sharingan.

Uchiha Huan began examining the origin of his Mangekyo Sharingan again. Though it had not evolved into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, it had taken a huge step down that path.

Zhao Wuji took a deep breath. A Spirit Ring that was five or six thousand years old had actually been absorbed by him so easily.

For most Soul Masters, that was about the age limit for their fourth ring, wasn't it?

Yet his second ring had absorbed a Spirit Ring of that age, and it had taken only half an hour.

Most importantly, a Quasi-Second-Ring Grand Soul Master like him had defeated both Zhao Wuji and Flender, a Soul Sage and a Quasi-Soul Sage.

This kid was simply a monster.

Having seen so many of his secrets, would he kill him to silence him?

However, Uchiha Huan's thoughts were not on Zhao Wuji at all. He was savoring the pleasure brought by the growth in his eyes' origin.

Though he had not yet reached the Eternal Mangekyō level, at least he would not have to worry about going blind anytime soon.

Uchiha Huan sensed his Soul Power again. Level 22.

A 5,500-year Spirit Ring and a pair of External Soul Bones had raised him by two levels. That was fairly reasonable.

There were still several miner clones at home. They had probably accumulated another one or two levels of Soul Power. If all of it returned to the main body, he could probably reach level 24.

Uchiha Huan put away the Time-Shatter Beast's corpse, glanced at Zhao Wuji leaning beneath a tree, then turned and vanished into the darkness.

As for whether Zhao Wuji would die here, that was none of his concern.

He now possessed the Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone skills: flight and Endless Vitality. Its powerful self-healing ability qualified him to challenge the Sage Art of Shikkotsu Forest.

Eye of Space! In the next instant, Uchiha Huan appeared within Shikkotsu Forest.

"Lord Huan, you have come."

Uchiha Huan looked at the enormous body before him, like several mountains connected together.

"Yes, I've come. I'm here to receive the inheritance of Sage Art."

The Slug Sage split off a clone, which came before Uchiha Huan and spat out a pool of mucus.

"Lord Huan, I can sense the surging vitality within you. It is like Lord Hashirama's back then. Please undergo the same trial that Lord Hashirama once faced."

Uchiha Huan removed his clothes and stepped into the mucus.

The instant his feet touched the mucus, the corrosion began.

Uchiha Huan felt an unprecedented pain.

However, a brilliant azure light shone from Uchiha Huan's right leg, beginning to repair the skin corroded by the mucus.

Ignoring the pain, Uchiha Huan lay down and allowed the mucus to corrode his entire body.

The mucus even began seeping into Uchiha Huan's mouth and nose, while the blue light continued working.

His surging vitality instinctively fused with Uchiha Huan's Wood Release, blooming into even more overwhelming life force.

Trees began growing all around him. Their roots drew energy from the earth before transforming it into pure vitality that surged into Uchiha Huan's body.

The trees also absorbed the Natural Energy permeating the air of Shikkotsu Forest.

After being absorbed by the plants that had been brought forth, the Natural Energy flowed into Uchiha Huan's body as well.

At first, Uchiha Huan still felt tremendous pain as the mucus eroded his body.

But gradually, he discovered that the surging vitality and Natural Energy were nourishing his body.

At the same time, Uchiha Huan finally realized why, throughout all these years, only Hashirama Senju had been able to use a perfect Sage Mode.

Whether it was Naruto, the Child of Destiny, Minato Namikaze, or Jiraiya—

All of them had time limits, while Hashirama Senju had no such restriction.

Whenever he wanted it, it came. He could maintain Sage Mode for as long as he wanted.

He could fight Uchiha Madara for three days and three nights and still remain in Sage Mode.

Because plants absorbed and transformed the energy, what Hashirama Senju took in was purified Natural Energy.

Unlike Jiraiya, Naruto, and Minato Namikaze, who used the Natural Energy of Mount Myoboku while enduring its side effects.

Once their bodies reached their limits, they would develop toad-like traits.

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