Chapter 26: The Unexpected Harvest of the Cursed Seal
Saiken writhed its body frantically, trying to shake Yuto off.
Now, Saiken regretted emerging, while inwardly cursing. Hadn't Isozaki said that the First Water Shadow had already been sealed by Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama working together?
What was happening now?
Unfortunately, no matter how Saiken twisted its body, Yuto seemed nailed to it, unmoving.
"It's about time to end this."
Looking at the darkening sky, Yuto muttered to himself.
With that, Yuto reached out and pressed his hand directly onto Saiken's head, and the terrifying suction force of Black Emperor erupted instantly.
Saiken, which had been writhing madly and attempting to flee into the distance, froze. In the next moment, it felt the once-surging chakra within its body rapidly draining away.
No matter what methods Saiken tried, it could not stop the loss of its chakra. As time passed, the speed of the loss only increased.
At this moment, Saiken finally understood the fear that Three-Tails Isozaki had felt.
This ability was practically the natural nemesis of tailed beasts. Saiken even felt as though it were facing the Ten-Tails, unable to resist or stop it, only able to watch itself being devoured.
A trace of fear appeared in Saiken's eyes. It would rather obediently stay inside Foam's body as a jinchuriki than be directly consumed by Yuto.
Even knowing it wouldn't die, no one wanted to experience the sensation of being controlled by another, especially not a proud tailed beast.
As Yuto continued to absorb, Saiken let out pleas for mercy, but Yuto's expression remained unchanged. Only after absorbing one-third of Saiken's chakra did Yuto stop.
It wasn't that Yuto didn't want to absorb more, but if he continued, Foam, as the jinchuriki, would likely be in danger, since a jinchuriki's life was closely tied to their tailed beast.
If Yuto absorbed around half of the tailed beast's chakra, the beast's consciousness would begin to transfer. In some ways, this was no different from directly extracting the tailed beast.
Feeling the terrifying suction force stop, Saiken let out a deep sigh of relief. But in the next moment, a cold voice reached its ears.
"You have two choices now: return obediently to Foam's body, or…"
Before Yuto could finish, Saiken's chakra began rapidly flowing back into Foam's body. Its massive form shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In the blink of an eye, Foam, covered in wounds and unconscious, appeared before Yuto.
Yuto raised an eyebrow, surprised that Saiken was even more sensible than he had expected.
"There's still some time before morning. Since there's no rush, I can use this vast chakra from Saiken to test an idea."
With a thought, Yuto muttered to himself.
With that, Yuto sat cross-legged, closed his eyes slightly, and began to channel the chakra of Sage Mode within his body.
As Sage Mode flowed through him, a small black circle appeared directly on Yuto's forehead.
Night had already fallen.
A gentle breeze blew, bringing a hint of coolness from the horizon.
Even without doing anything, under the enhancement of Sage Mode, Yuto felt his perception rapidly expanding.
It took quite a while for Yuto to fully master the state of Sage Mode. If an analogy were needed, it felt as though he had gained a pair of Sharingan, with everything around him—the objects and their trajectories—becoming far clearer than before.
However, this was of little practical use to Yuto. The reason for mastering Sage Arts was that in the later stages of the Naruto world, without Sage Arts, one might not even be able to break through an opponent's defenses.
The defense and attacks formed by Truth-Seeking Orbs were impervious to ordinary ninjutsu. Perhaps taijutsu could work, but using pure physical strength to touch Truth-Seeking Orbs was simply asking for trouble.
The power level of Black Emperor was at the "Alpha" level, while Yuto speculated that the Six Paths level of strength had likely reached the realm of the "Omega" level.
Even Otsutsuki Kaguya, in Yuto's view, had likely attained the "Omega" level. After all, the ability to freely create dimensions was not something an "Alpha" level power could possess, no matter how you looked at it.
Regardless, Sage Mode was a fundamental skill that had to be mastered. As for why Yuto didn't go to places like Mount Myoboku to learn it, with the cheat-like power of Black Emperor, why waste time learning it the hard way?
Yuto's eyes were slightly closed. With a thought, he began channeling the tailed beast chakra he had just absorbed, converting it into the chakra of Sage Mode.
As time passed bit by bit, until the moon hung high in the sky, Yuto slowly opened his eyes.
"The amount of Sage Mode chakra is sufficient, though the conversion rate is disappointingly low. Still, this is a shortcut. As long as there's enough chakra in the body, I can enter Sage Mode directly without any preparation."
Yuto felt the power within him and muttered to himself.
Next!
Yuto's eyes gleamed, and Sage Mode quickly faded. A cold, sinister aura began to spread from his body.
The power of the Cursed Seal!
As this power emerged, the circular mark on Yuto's forehead disappeared, transforming into a black diamond-shaped pattern.
Yuto closed his eyes again, and the tailed beast chakra in his body began to convert, this time into the power of the Cursed Seal.
The coolness of the night began to dissipate. The originally dark sky gradually brightened as a faint trace of dawn appeared in the east.
"Is it morning already?" Yuto opened his eyes and spoke softly.
He extended his arm, channeling the power of the Cursed Seal into it. His normal-sized arm suddenly grew massive, with sharp spikes forming on its surface.
With a thought, Yuto's arm quickly returned to its original state, then began to flatten, transforming into the shape of a curved blade, its edge faintly gleaming with a cold light.
A hint of amusement appeared on Yuto's face. He then directed the power of the Cursed Seal to his back.
Whoosh!
A pair of wings sprouted from Yuto's back. At his will, the wings shifted, first taking the shape of bat wings, then bird wings, alternating between seven or eight different forms.
Yuto discovered he could change the shape of his wings according to his thoughts, even creating forms that defied logic.
"The power of this Cursed Seal is rather interesting, though it's not of much use to me. However, I could grant this ability to my subordinates.
Compared to Orochimaru's Cursed Seal, which has a dangerously high failure rate, the Cursed Seal refined through Black Emperor's power has a significantly lower failure rate while retaining its full potency. This is practically a weapon for mass-producing soldiers."
Yuto's eyes lit up, his tone carrying a trace of excitement. This was truly an unexpected harvest!
(End of Chapter)
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