Chapter 272: The Third Power, Susanoo!
Dust and smoke filled the air.
The already dilapidated streets of the small town now looked as if they had been swept by a level-eight hurricane—merchandise, wooden crates, rotting fruit, and dust scattered in all directions before finally clattering to the ground.
The salty sea breeze quietly drifted past.
"Waah!~ Waah!"
The cry of a baby girl shattered the abrupt silence.
Oyashiro En's expression remained cold as he cradled his crying daughter in one arm, his gaze indifferent as he stared at the massive crater he had casually blasted open.
His sclera and irises were entirely crimson, save for a pair of pitch-black, square-shaped pupils—an eerie sight to behold.
This was an evolution beyond the eyes of Chino from the original story.
With his wife's suicide and his overwhelming hatred fueling his slaughter of an entire clan, he had awakened a higher-level Blood Dragon Eyes—one that only those who had endured the most excruciating pain could wield.
It could shape reality through illusions, unleashing the power of Yin Release, using blood as a medium to manipulate the human body through both ninjutsu and genjutsu—ensnaring victims without them even realizing it.
Moreover, through the dojutsu Blood Dragon Art, he could summon colossal nine-headed blood dragons, a force so terrifying it could obliterate all conventional ninjutsu!
"Tch, what an annoying brat—waking up only to start wailing."
Oyashiro En gently patted the swaddling cloth to soothe his daughter, yet his gaze remained icy as he looked down at the crater beneath him.
"Now... have you finally realized your situation?"
However—
At that moment, an ominous, sinister chakra surged from underground!
"Hmm?" Oyashiro En's brow furrowed slightly, a sudden unease rising in his chest.
As the dust slowly settled—
His pupils shrank involuntarily at the sight beneath the shattered ground.
"What... is that?!"
Standing amidst the wreckage, Uchiha Ci remained motionless, his eyes closed. Around him, flickering embers of flame-like energy slowly floated and dissipated.
Caught between illusion and reality—
A transparent skeletal structure, glowing with fiery energy and resembling a human ribcage, was gradually fading away.
And within that protective framework—
Uchiha Ci, despite the overwhelming force of the previous attack, was completely unscathed!
Just then, lines of text flashed before his eyes:
[Final Evolution Path for Bloodline Selection Confirmed: Compensating for Genetic Deficiencies, Tracing the Primal Origins of Bloodline Power.]
[Comprehensive Fusion of Incomplete Ten-Tails Body, Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and Blood Dragon Eyes.]
[Talent Fusion Result: Incomplete Sage of Six Paths Body (S+).]
[Talent: Incomplete Sage of Six Paths Body—A fusion of Sage Body and Sage Eyes. You can now trace your bloodline back to the powers once wielded by the Sage of Six Paths himself!]
[You have mastered: The Third Power—Susanoo (S, Beginner, Ribcage Form).]
[Due to 'Master of All Martial Arts' passive skill, proficiency forcefully upgraded to: Proficient (Half-Body Form).]
[Warning: Your eyes have yet to fully evolve. Further power tracing is restricted—attempting to do so will automatically apply the 'Extremely Dangerous' status!]
[Warning: A new dojutsu seems to be awakening within your eyes...]
At that moment—
Beneath the suffocating darkness of the night, as the sea breeze grew fiercer—
Uchiha Ci slowly raised his hand and ripped off the black cloth covering his eyes.
A sinister crimson glow erupted!
His Three-Tomoe Sharingan, now fused with a black cross-shaped pupil, dripped with blood!
Then—
He tilted his head slightly upward, gazing indifferently at Oyashiro En, his eyes flashing with contempt, mockery, and seething fury!
"You dare... call me a prisoner?"
Uchiha Ci's gaze sharpened in an instant.
The next second—
The flames behind him surged and converged, forming a colossal dragon-like spine!
From this skeletal dragon spine, blazing flame-like bones rapidly materialized—
Shoulder blades, humerus, sternum, spine, mandible, cheekbones, nasal bone, frontal bone, parietal bone…
One by one, the bones rapidly took shape and grew!
Encasing Uchiha Ci within—
A towering, 30-meter-tall half-body skeleton erupted from the ground!
A massive skeletal hand pressed against the ground, lifting Uchiha Ci out of the crater!
Floating in midair, he looked down at Oyashiro En.
His gaze was ice-cold as he spoke in a chilling tone:
"Now... tell me—who is the real prisoner?!"
His words erupted like a storm of sinister chakra!
The flaming skull slightly lowered its head—
From its hollow eye sockets, two golden, sun-like beams of light shone directly onto Oyashiro En!
Oyashiro En's pupils shrank to needlepoints, and he instinctively took half a step back.
"This..."
He turned to glance at the blood dragons behind him. Compared to the towering behemoth before him, they were nothing more than toys.
"This... is the power that surpasses your Blood Pool Clan!"
Uchiha Ci looked down at him and stated flatly:
"The Third Power—Susanoo!"
At this moment—
Uchiha Ci had done what no one else had before—awakening Susanoo with just his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, much like the legendary Sage of Six Paths from a thousand years ago!
By forcefully fusing the Blood Dragon Eye, a dojutsu similar to the Sharingan and possibly derived from the Sage of Six Paths, with his Incomplete Ten-Tails Body and Three-Tomoe Sharingan, he had created the ultimate Bloodline Selection!
"Hiss..." Oyashiro En sucked in a sharp breath, his expression turning grim.
"So... the clan's legends were true."
"That expression… No wonder you've awakened such a forbidden power... This is the Mangekyō, isn't it?"
Oyashiro En suddenly froze, his gaze snapping toward Uchiha Ci's eyes.
He stared at the three rotating, jet-black tomoe orbiting the cross-shaped pupil—
And suddenly—he felt utterly lost.
Wait...
Shouldn't this brat's eyes be the Blood Dragon Eyes he implanted earlier?
And while the pattern was a bit odd... wasn't that just a regular Three-Tomoe Sharingan?!
Not even a Mangekyō?!
Meanwhile—
Now fully conscious and aware of his physical state, Uchiha Ci was starting to panic.
Damn it!
I've already activated the Susanoo skeleton—why the hell aren't you running yet?!
Susanoo drained ocular power like crazy, and overusing it could cause blindness!
Even though he had evolved, his Three-Tomoe Sharingan had limited reserves of ocular power.
Sure, he could awaken Susanoo like the Sage of Six Paths...
But that didn't mean he could maintain it for three days and three nights!
Moreover, from the moment he regained consciousness, his body was still weak—he could barely refine any chakra!
His upgraded Ten-Tails body and Sharingan had only raised his chakra cap—his technique arsenal had expanded massively, and in theory, he could obliterate his past self.
But what was the point if he didn't have chakra to actually use those techniques?!
Uchiha Ci knew—even if he burned out his eyes, he wasn't guaranteed to defeat Oyashiro En!
Especially since the man had never fought in the original story, making him a complete unknown—just like Hōzuki Mangetsu back then!
And honestly, there was nothing to gain from fighting him here.
He had already obtained the Blood Dragon Eye.
He still needed to rescue Hidan in the Land of Lightning.
He had to return to the clan and confirm whether Uchiha Setsuna was truly dead.
And he had to assess the current situation in the outside world.
He had no time to waste on this guy!
So why the hell wasn't he running?!
At that moment—
After a long, tense silence—
Both men, unable to endure any longer, simultaneously blurted out:
"You brat, let's make a deal!"
"You old bastard, let's make a deal!"
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