Compared to the Cursed Seal, Uya's transformation into Sage Body was far more perfect.
The First Stage of the Sage Body Transformation is stronger than the first stage of the Cursed Seal of Heaven and Earth Cursed Seal One, and it only has benefits without any side effects.
The Second Stage is stronger than the Curse Mark Stage Two, and it also has only benefits without any side effects.
These two points alone completely surpass the Cursed Seal. After all, the Cursed Seal was merely a product of Orochimaru's research on Jūgo's body, while Uya's Sage Body modification was based on perfect Senjutsu Technique.
However, in the Third Stage, it's no longer enough for Uya to simply modify the person; the person being modified must also meet certain conditions, with their Chakra at least at the Kage Level.
Because completing the Third Stage of cultivation is almost equivalent to being in a slightly weaker, but permanent, Sage Mode!
Because Kimimaro and Haku were both too young, only six years old, Uya only gave them the First Stage of the Sage Body transformation; the Second Stage would be given to them later.
Kimimaro's blood disease also did not manifest due to his young age, so Uya could not be sure whether his Sage Body modification could suppress the blood disease.
Theoretically speaking, it should be possible, because the final stage of the transformation of the Sage Body is the perfect Sage Body, and the self-healing ability of the perfect Sage Body is extraordinary; the body is already the most perfect state below the Six Paths.
In the torrential rain, the seawater surged continuously, with wave after wave rolling up and down, causing the large merchant ship to bob and sway.
Just then, more than twenty dark figures suddenly appeared in the distance, walking on the sea and rushing towards the merchant ship.
The raging winds and torrential rain could not stop their progress, and the surging waves merely passed beneath their feet, failing to throw them into the sea.
Without a doubt, they were a group of ninjas.
On the merchant ship, due to the torrential rain, some people had been watching the scene on the sea. When they saw this group of ninjas running across the sea, they were first taken aback, and then their expressions turned to horror.
"Oh no! Pirates!"
The Land of Water and the Land of Fire are separated by a vast sea, and the two countries trade with each other, so the sea is not peaceful. Ninjas from small ninja villages often come to plunder supplies, and some missing-nin or powerless ninjas even form organizations that specialize in robbing merchant ships.
Because it takes place on the open sea, the sea can easily swallow everything if someone is robbed and then murdered to cover it up. So even though Konoha and Kirigakure are aware of this situation, they don't have any good solutions.
Only merchant ships could issue missions and hire ninjas for escort.
This merchant ship was a large merchant ship, escorted by two small teams of Kirigakure Ninja. These two teams consisted Chunin eight Mist Ninja, but there were no Jonin.
The attacking ninja numbered nearly twenty. If they had dared to launch such a large-scale operation during normal daytime, they would have been wiped out by Kirigakure or Konoha long ago.
But unfortunately, it's currently nighttime, and a storm is raging.
It was precisely because they saw this opportunity that these ninjas dared to take such a large-scale action, with their target being a large merchant ship.
Soon, the guard ninjas of Kirigakure were engaged in battle with the twenty-odd raiding ninjas.
In Uya's room, Kimimaro and Haku, who were training, heard the commotion and noise outside and stood up to look out the window.
" Lord Uya, what should we do?"
Seeing that Uya was still lying there, seemingly completely unaware of what was happening outside, Kimimaro waited for a while before respectfully asking Uya a question.
Uya casually replied, "Whatever."
In fact, Uya had already noticed the presence of those raiding ninjas when they first appeared, but he simply ignored them.
To Uya's slight surprise, there were even Jonin among these raiding ninjas, who managed to suppress two elite ninja squads from Kirigakure.
Several raiding ninja bypassed the Kirigakure ninja squad, boarded the merchant ship, and revealed a cruel smile, preparing to raid and slaughter them one by one from the largest cabin.
But just as one of them was about to kick open a door, the door suddenly opened, and at the same time a white spear suddenly pierced out, directly through the man's chest!
Blood splattered everywhere!
The other two were startled, not expecting there to be a ninja. As they retreated, they took another deep breath when they saw the 'white spear' clearly.
This wasn't a white spear at all; it was a bone!
Kimimaro emerged from the room, coldly glancing at the two raiding ninjas, and said, "Get off the ship. You've disturbed the master's rest."
The two raiding ninjas were initially horrified by the bone, but upon closer inspection, they were surprised to see that the other end of the bone was being held in a child's hand.
"What? He's just a child."
"That Kazama guy was so careless, he got killed by a child. He's so useless."
The two looked at the fallen corpse without showing any fear; instead, they stared at Kimimaro with slightly ferocious expressions.
Just then, Haku stepped out from behind Kimimaro and asked in a low voice, "Do you need my help?"
"Need not."
Kimimaro's eyes flashed with a sharp glint. Unlike Haku, he was not kind. In his eyes, anyone who dared to disturb Lord Uya deserved to die!
The next moment, Kimimaro charged directly at the two and engaged them in battle.
Both of them were Chunin strength, but Kimimaro was already very strong, and with the First Stage of the Sage Body modification, Kimimaro easily suppressed the two Chunin!
Kimimaro's movements were fluid and graceful, which Bai watched with some admiration; at least he couldn't do what Kimimaro did.
The two Chunin initially underestimated Kimimaro, but they were quickly horrified and began calling for backup. However, before their comrades could arrive, Kimimaro forcefully killed one of them!
The other person was terrified and tried to escape, but Kimimaro easily caught up with him and killed him cleanly.
Kimimaro killed two raiding ninjas, finally attracting the attention of the ninjas fighting in the distance. Because there were Jonin among the raiding ninjas, the Kirigakure ninjas quickly suffered casualties.
However, the Blood Mist Ninja were indeed very fierce. They lost five Chunin, but instead killed six raiding ninjas. The remaining three were all wounded, but they were still extremely brutal.
The Jonin three opponents alone, allowing the other ninjas to deal with Kimimaro.
More than ten raiding ninjas surrounded him. Since Kimimaro had just killed two raiding ninjas, they naturally wouldn't be careless anymore and charged forward with killing intent.
Faced with the attack of more than ten people, Kimimaro finally began to struggle, after all, he was only six years old at the time.
Seeing this, Bai quickly came to help. Together, the two managed to fight the dozen or so raiding ninjas to a standstill.
Although several of the dozen or so raiding ninjas were Genin and some were injured, the fact that Kimimaro and Haku could accomplish this much together had already shocked all the ninjas present.
With such talent, these two brats must not be allowed to live!
The group of raiding ninjas were filled with murderous intent, and their attacks became even more ruthless. However, Haku and Kimimaro grew rapidly in the battle. Due to the First Stage the Sage Body transformation, they gradually and perfectly mastered the power that had suddenly increased.
The battle gradually reached a stalemate.
Just then, a sudden gale swept across the sea, and amidst the torrential rain, a towering wave rose nearly a hundred meters high, seemingly sweeping across the heavens and earth, and crashing down upon the merchant ship!
Seeing this, the terrified civilians on the merchant ship were even more horrified, and even the ninjas paled in shock. (To be continued.)