"Finally reached the eighth stage?"
Takemi looked at his new panel, his expression somewhat unreadable. After so much effort, he had finally gathered almost all of this god tree source.
Moreover, this time, the enhancement of the god tree source brought him some unexpected surprises.
"However, this 'releasable' feature seems quite interesting..."
Takemi took a deep breath, feeling the changes in the god tree beneath his feet.
The god tree now seemed to be full of vitality, which was vastly different from the Gedo Statue he had seen before.
The Gedo Statue was more like a dead thing. Its skin was withered like a dead tree, and its back had many protrusions like wooden stakes.
Although it had nine eyes, they were lusterless, and even though it contained life force within its body, it still gave off a sense of lifelessness.
"But my god tree is different..."
Takemi's god tree was full of vitality. Its massive trunk was lush with branches and leaves, and the immense life force it exuded was astonishing.
The flower bud at the top of the tree was already showing signs of blooming, and the Chakra contained within it was heart-stopping.
"Just one more to bloom. Then this god tree will have the Rinnegan, and so will I..."
Takemi touched his forehead. He could feel how closely the budding flower bud and the power within his forehead were connected.
Perhaps he was just a little bit away from gaining entirely new insights.
"Let's take it slow. But if this thing is released, its effect will probably be even more exaggerated than the True Several Thousand Hands."
Shaking his head, Takemi looked at the giant tree beneath him, momentarily lost in thought.
The thousand-meter height of the True Several Thousand Hands could already be described as covering the sky and obscuring the sun, but this thing was even more terrifying.
"Even if it can't compare to the god tree from the Fourth Great Ninja War, whose root system covered the battlefield and whose canopy reached the clouds, mine shouldn't be too far off. I just don't know what it will look like when summoned."
As he pondered, the giant tree beneath him suddenly moved. The massive trunks began to intertwine, and the flower bud suspended above slowly closed.
The endless roots converged on his body, instantly transforming into limbs, and a slender body stood upon the yellow sand, causing the earth to collapse in an instant.
Behind him, Ten-Tails rapidly appeared. The tails merely swayed gently, seemingly capable of stirring up heaven and earth.
"This is truly..."
Takemi stood on the head of the Ten-Tails. It was the first time he felt as if he was somewhat 'too small'.
He had never felt this way, even when standing on the head of the True Several Thousand Hands.
"The Chakra signature has completely changed. This is already pure natural energy..." Takemi murmured.
He was already very skilled in Sage Mode, and he had mastered that natural power exceptionally well. But the Ten-Tails' Chakra was truly formidable.
"But, no eyes?"
Lowering his head, Takemi looked at the sides of the Ten-Tails' face and found that this fellow's eyes were tightly shut, which made him feel a bit helpless and amused.
It seemed that his god tree source transformed Ten-Tails was linked to him. He had no eyes, and this Ten-Tails also had none. Only when that flower bud opened would this Ten-Tails likely gain eyes.
"Is this considered a defective product?"
Takemi complained, but then he remembered that the Gedo Statue summoned by Nagato also had no eyes, and he immediately felt balanced.
"Moreover, Nagato's thing constantly absorbs his energy, but mine doesn't need to at all. This is my own."
"Roar—"
As he thought, the Ten-Tails let out a roar, followed by a huge energy ball forming at its mouth.
This was the Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb.
The immense energy fluctuation was soul-stirring. The purple sphere slowly turned red, and then its shape also changed.
It transformed into a water droplet-like object, floating in mid-air.
Buzz—
The next moment, this Tailed Beast Bomb shot out instantly, flying straight into the distance, and then a huge roar, accompanied by a mushroom cloud and flames, erupted in this dimension.
"Very good..."
Feeling the shockwave coming at him, Takemi nodded in satisfaction.
This transformation of the god tree source was even better than he had imagined, and the changes the god tree source brought to him were immense.
Whoosh!
With a thought, six Truth-Seeking Balls instantly appeared behind him.
These Truth-Seeking Balls arrayed themselves neatly behind him. This time, the number of his Truth-Seeking Balls had also changed.
"Six now..."
Takemi murmured. He was actually a bit surprised. This enhancement actually brought a 2% development to his bloodline.
But then he thought about it, and it seemed reasonable. The god tree source hadn't advanced in a long time.
Although he had been feeding it Ōtsutsuki Chakra, its stage had remained unchanged.
"This time, did it release the long-accumulated power and give me a good reward?"
Moreover, his improvements were not limited to this. Apart from his body, he was increasingly feeling like an Ōtsutsuki.
"The greatest improvement must be in the core domain related to the god tree, right?"
Takemi could vaguely feel that his eyes were beginning to stagnate in absorbing Chakra, and new power seemed to be brewing.
Not only that, but he also gained a new ocular jutsu.
"Yomotsu Hirasaka? Not bad either..."
Takemi had already mastered all the abilities of the Tenseigan, plus all the basic abilities of the Rinnegan except for Rinne Tensei.
He had even obtained some techniques which specialized in extracting energy.
He had originally thought that he wouldn't be able to obtain more ocular jutsu, and what he most looked forward to were those Shinjutsu. He hadn't expected a new ability to appear.
"This is good too, it can differentiate my space-time ninjutsu from Takeshiki's. But isn't this thing a Kekkei Mora ability?"
Takemi scratched his head, a bit confused, but thinking back, when his Tenseigan was evolving, he could also use the next stage's techniques in advance.
Whether it was Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion or Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, he had used them one stage ahead.
So the appearance of Yomotsu Hirasaka was not something to be surprised about.
"However, in terms of ocular jutsu, my greatest need is for those Shinjutsu."
The power of Shinjutsu was undeniable. Although his Tensendō wasn't used this time, he could imagine its power.
If his Tenseigan evolved again, new Shinjutsu might appear.
"What's more, my Rinnegan should also be brewing and about to emerge once the Tailed Beast power is fully collected, so my Shinjutsu will only increase."
Thinking of this, his mood improved even further.
The Shinjutsu possessed by Otsutsuki Shibai were simply too numerous to be reasonable. He currently only possessed one Tensendō, so there was still quite a gap.
"Besides that, the most gratifying thing is probably the accelerated fusion of Chakra."
Kekkei Mora was something he had been waiting for, and that kind of power was what he craved the most.
"Madara, Obito, and Nagato, as well as Isshiki, my future..."
"It all depends on you!"