Golem Genes Enhancement

Living in the war-torn era of the Ninja World was a painful thing.

Between the Hidden Villages, conflict and slaughter never ceased.

Without connections, resources, or strength, there was simply no way to survive the Third Shinobi World War.

After transmigrating, Uchiha Yuan had sworn that he would cherish this hard-won second life.

Therefore, before the Third Shinobi World War, Uchiha Yuan accepted Clan Head Fugaku's arrangement and became Orochimaru's student as a political investment.

From then on, the endless live experiments on prisoners tortured his fragile nerves day after day.

But Uchiha Yuan endured.

At least in the laboratory, he did not need to worry about dying to an attack from some ninja.

Dealing with experimental equipment every day, Uchiha Yuan stumbled upon a secret unique to himself.

His cells could fuse with the genes of other species and even retain most of the original species' abilities.

This discovery made Uchiha Yuan realize that he had found an opportunity to change his fate.

The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Moryo, Hashirama Cells, Tailed Beasts—there were many bizarre and exceptionally powerful creatures in the Ninja World!

Keeping it hidden from his teacher Orochimaru, Uchiha Yuan conducted even more thorough and in-depth experiments on his own cells.

Gradually, he discovered that after inheriting various abilities, his cells underwent no structural or morphological changes, but for a short period, they lost the ability to continue devouring the genes of other species.

The absorbed gene sequences had not fundamentally changed. Only some useless fragments of his own genes had been forcibly replaced.

From that moment on, Uchiha Yuan gradually realized something.

Even if he remained in the laboratory, his situation was no longer safe.

Although his teacher Orochimaru treated him, a political investment, with great courtesy, he was slowly going mad...

During the Third Shinobi World War, that cold-blooded research fanatic had already begun conducting human experiments on ninjas from his own village.

Uchiha Yuan knew that Orochimaru was shrewd, so after destroying all experimental records concerning his own cells,

he understood that what he needed was no longer to hide, but to pursue enough strength to protect himself.

Thus, he set his sights on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

As the trunk of the Divine Tree, the container of the Tailed Beasts, the true body of Otsutsuki Kaguya, and the progenitor of chakra, the Demonic Statue itself possessed all kinds of incredible abilities.

It could absorb chakra, devour souls, and possessed a resilient shell that not even a Tailed Beast Bomb could completely destroy.

These traits made Uchiha Yuan decide to use his short-term opportunity for cellular devouring and fusion on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Now was the time to carry out the plan.

Without waiting any longer, he injected the Golem Genes serum into his jugular vein without hesitation.

His dark-blue veins swelled, and a slick, burning sensation spread along his skin. Uchiha Yuan could feel his heart pounding.

Soon, scorching heat surged throughout his body, and an utterly irrational consciousness tried to seize his mind.

As he fought against that violent consciousness, Uchiha Yuan felt as though he had become a pool of boiling water, every muscle and bone melting and trembling.

Clutching his head with both hands, he passed out as the tearing pain in his body neared the limit of what he could endure.

He did not know how much time had passed. When Uchiha Yuan awoke again, the candle at the edge of the underground cave had not yet burned out.

"Finally, I made it through. I knew fusing with Golem Genes would hurt, but I didn't expect the pain to knock me out."

His voice was hoarse, and a bloody sweetness rolled in his throat. Uchiha Yuan fished out a mirror from his toolbox and examined himself.

At this moment, his pale skin was covered in hair-thin, writhing cracks. While he had been unconscious, his body had suffered terrifying injuries.

Now, those ugly wounds were slowly wriggling as they healed.

Half a minute later, the various injuries caused by cellular devouring and fusion had completely recovered.

"This is the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's self-healing ability. Old Madara's research notes mentioned it... That means I succeeded!"

Watching his skin turn smooth and pale in the mirror, Uchiha Yuan casually formed Hand Seals and fired a reduced version of the Great Fireball Technique at his forearm.

The burning pain on his skin and the exhilaration of absorbing the ninjutsu's chakra left Uchiha Yuan briefly dazed.

By the time he came back to his senses, the blackened, reddened skin on his forearm was slowly wriggling as it recovered.

This time, however, the recovery took a full five minutes.

After conducting two more control experiments, Uchiha Yuan quickly understood.

He had gained a basic Unmarked Self-Healing ability.

Under normal circumstances, self-healing only took half a minute. But as he consumed more chakra, or when he needed to fully absorb and convert a ninjutsu's chakra,

the Unmarked Self-Healing ability would weaken.

Normally, as long as his chakra remained above half, the speed of Unmarked Self-Healing would not change.

Besides that, Uchiha Yuan could also sense several interesting changes in himself, making him eager to try them out.

After browsing through the ninjutsu records collected by Old Madara for quite some time, Uchiha Yuan ultimately chose Water Style: Water Severing Wave and Genjutsu: Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, two techniques that deprived opponents of sight and killed instantly.

Uchiha Yuan believed that most ninjas who had awakened the Sharingan possessed combat abilities far superior to ordinary ninjas.

These two sets of techniques developed by the Second Hokage specifically to counter the Sharingan were even more devastating against ordinary ninjas.

That was true, but the two A-rank techniques still gave Uchiha Yuan some reservations.

Originally, with his Chunin-level knowledge and chakra reserves, mastering these two techniques in a short time would have been nothing but a fool's dream.

Yet as Uchiha Yuan closed his eyes and recalled the Hand Seal sequence and key points for performing the two techniques, his hands had already completed the seals.

The already dim candlelight was utterly swallowed by sudden darkness.

Uchiha Yuan heard the breath leaving his mouth shoot through the darkness like a water arrow.

When light returned to the underground cave, the sight before him left Uchiha Yuan stunned.

On the hard stone wall, a thumb-thick crack two or three meters deep still glistened with wet traces.

"Just as I thought!"

Clenching his fist excitedly, Uchiha Yuan's spirits soared.

Golem Genes had not only improved his physique, but also elevated his learning ability.

Even the geniuses of the Hidden Villages had to put in painstaking effort when learning A-rank and higher ninjutsu.

Yet he had spent only a few breaths! The price was merely a slight dizziness!

As an ordinary Chunin, he would normally only have enough chakra to use an A-rank ninjutsu once or twice a day. Any more and his body would be unable to bear it.

But now, Uchiha Yuan freely squandered chakra, repeatedly using Bringer-of-Darkness Technique and Water Style: Water Severing Wave.

Only after his body reached its limit did Uchiha Yuan, lying on the muddy ground and gasping for breath, finally confirm it.

His increased chakra reserves were roughly equivalent to five Kakashis.

However, casting both techniques at the same time had reduced their power somewhat.

And this flaw was not impossible to make up for.

Closing his eyes, Uchiha Yuan remained silent in the darkness for a long time, completely relaxing himself.

How long had it been since he had felt this free and happy?