As the fake world's transformation accelerated, Uchiha Gen's presence grew increasingly ethereal.
Countless streaks of purple light merged into the green flames on Uchiha Gen's body, and wisps of a power he knew very well began flowing into him.
This was... natural energy from the Ryūmyaku!!!
As the Ryūmyaku's natural energy flowed into Uchiha Gen, whose strength had already been rising constantly with the world's transformation, he immediately felt some other changes occurring in his body again.
Yet Uchiha Gen could not pin down exactly what those changes were.
The fake world was transforming too quickly. Under the influence of his dōjutsu, Uchiha Gen's rapid growth in power completely masked the subtle changes caused by the natural energy entering his body.
According to Rōran's records, the Ryūmyaku was the lifeblood of the earth, an immensely vast concentration of chakra energy.
But the very core of that energy was natural energy!
Uchiha Gen had a feeling that, before it was contaminated by chakra, the Ryūmyaku had been entirely a concentration of natural energy.
Why did he think so? Because! After the Ryūmyaku's power was absorbed into the fake world, it immediately purged the chakra mingled within it on its own, leaving only the purest natural energy.
And that purged chakra was now slowly gathering before Uchiha Gen.
Uchiha Gen frowned deeply as he watched the deep purple chakra gathering and writhing before him.
The aura of this chakra... gave him an extremely sharp sensation. That sharpness was even more terrifying than Hatake Sakumo's keen edge, and... the chakra before him actually resonated with the ocular power of his Mangekyō Sharingan.
Who exactly did the chakra inside the Ryūmyaku belong to?
Raising his hand to confine the mass of chakra in place, Uchiha Gen stepped out and returned to reality.
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