Chapter 319: Wood Release Obtained
The smaller the body changes after transplanting Hashirama Cells, the better the compatibility with Hashirama Cells.
Yoru experienced the initial rejection reaction, the woody manifestations on his body disappeared, he recovered, and stared at the four bottles of Hashirama Cell culture solution hanging from his hands and feet.
These culture solutions had lower concentrations and were semi-transparent milky white.
The culture solution entered the body and was quickly absorbed by the body.
Yoru asked: “Lord Orochimaru, I feel like Earth Release Chakra and Water Release Chakra are uncontrollably overflowing. Do I need to control these chakras?”
Orochimaru said: “I sense it too. For a Jonin, your chakra amount is too massive. Restrain the Earth Release Chakra and Water Release Chakra, don’t let them leave your body.”
Yoru followed Orochimaru’s instructions, using his body as a vessel to restrain all chakra.
Soon, the Earth Release Chakra and Water Release Chakra in his body were fully contained, and his muscles continuously swelled under the stimulation of the chakra.
Orochimaru leaned down with great interest, staring at Yoru’s arm like it was a work of art.
“This is… not edema…
It’s the Hashirama Cell culture solution stimulating the body tissues. The test subject’s body tissues are strengthening!
The super strong life force of Hashirama Cells is modifying the test subject’s physique!
Strange, why does the test subject show no rejection reaction at all?”
The culture solution dripped down drop by drop, the time was very long, giving Yoru ample time to adapt.
One hour later, the first round of implantation finally ended.
Yoru felt like his body was about to burst, filled with Earth attribute and Water attribute chakra inside.
He really wanted to use two ninjutsu to release these chakras.
Orochimaru’s shadow clone brought a syringe.
“Stand up, Fox. Proceed to the second round of implantation.”
Yoru climbed up from the experiment table. There was too much chakra in his body, too much power. When his palm pressed against the experiment table, he crushed the iron-wrapped edge of the table.
“Not bad. Your body is practically perfect, extremely compatible with Hashirama Cells.”
Orochimaru split into 18 shadow clones, each holding a 20-centimeter-long syringe.
Inside the syringes was thick, pure white Hashirama Cell culture solution.
Yoru’s shadow clone had monitored it; Orochimaru injected culture solution as thick as pine resin into the syringes.
The shadow clones crowded around Yoru. Yoru saw several crowded faces, brimming with excitement, full of exhilaration mixed with a hint of sinister smiles.
Orochimaru said: “Next is 18 injections of high-concentration culture solution into the muscles. Get ready, here it comes.”
Front: biceps of the arms, pectoralis major of the chest, rectus abdominis of the abdomen, quadriceps of the legs, one shot each side.
Back: triceps of the arms, trapezius and latissimus dorsi of the back, biceps of the legs, one shot each side.
Both sides of the neck, one each.
A total of 18 shots!
Orochimaru’s technique was extremely rough, pressing the 20-centimeter-long syringe all the way in one second.
After 18 shots, Yoru’s muscles rapidly spasmed.
His whole body convulsed, yet he persisted standing in place.
Orochimaru’s 18 shadow clones disappeared, leaving only the main body opposite him, excitedly recording.
“The test subject’s muscles are trembling!
In the muscle tremors, the Earth attribute and Water attribute chakra in his body are forcibly compressed, beginning to synthesize brand new chakra!
Looking at the effect… the compression is quite good!
The test subject’s muscles show woody phenomena, with obvious muscle fiber stretching, presenting a state of wood fibers.
This proves that the Earth attribute and Water attribute chakra in the test subject’s body are starting to combine, producing a small amount of Wood Release Chakra!
The test subject, with extremely strong adaptability, quickly eliminated the woody state in the body.
Woody transformation is the most terrifying side effect in Hashirama Cell transplantation.
Up to now, besides Fox, only one child has endured the second round of implantation without turning into a wooden puppet due to woody transformation.
But! Not enough! Still far from true Wood Release!
This is just a temporary bit of Wood Release Chakra produced under the stimulation of the reagent!”
Orochimaru took out the final syringe. Inside the syringe was a mass of red-and-white interspersed cells pulsing like a heart.
“Fox! Just one last step!
I will proceed with the third round of implantation: spinal injection of original Hashirama Cells!
While your body has produced Wood Release Chakra, let’s do it in one go!”
With that, without waiting for Yoru’s response, without waiting for Yoru’s muscle tremors to end, Orochimaru body flickered behind Yoru and fiercely thrust the long steel needle into Fox’s spine!
Yoru, stimulated, let out a painful low roar.
The original Hashirama Cells, carrying terrifying invasiveness, entered Yoru’s spinal cord.
Yoru threw his head back, his eyes filled with bloodshot veins, arms spread open, as if another person was forcibly squeezed into his body, the pain indescribable.
The Senju of the Forest bloodline limit, combined with Yoru’s strong body, caused his own aura to suddenly surge.
For a moment, his aura and the aura of the Hashirama Cells were evenly matched!
Orochimaru retreated to a distance, shocked as he watched Fox.
Orochimaru didn’t care whether Fox lived or died; either outcome would give him valuable experiment data.
After the third round of implantation, Orochimaru was shocked to discover that the Earth Release Chakra and Water Release Chakra in Fox’s body were rapidly decreasing.
However, his total chakra amount was increasing instead of decreasing.
Brand new chakra appeared!
Not the Wood Release Chakra from Hashirama Cells, but Wood Release Chakra synthesized by Yoru himself!
Orochimaru murmured in shock: “Why… why so smooth… No, something’s wrong… there must be something wrong!”
Orochimaru suddenly stepped forward half a pace:
“Yang Release Chakra!
Fox’s body provided massive Yang Release Chakra! That surge of Yang Release Chakra is the key to combining the Earth-Water dual attribute chakra!
Fox’s physique is too strong. After receiving extreme stimulation, the body instinctively produced a large amount of Yang Release Chakra.
Yang Release represents life, Yin Release represents consciousness.
Yang Release Chakra repaired the damage to his body, forcibly driving the combination of Earth attribute and Water attribute chakra with life force!
Earth, Water, Yang—or rather Earth, Water, life force—that’s the key to Wood Release!
The core ability of Wood Release is stimulating big tree growth; the stronger the life force, the stronger the Wood Release.”
For a full hour, Yoru stood in place, continuously shuddering and trembling.
Within a few meters on the ground, it was all sweat dripping from him.
The last bit of abnormal sensation disappeared. The diluted Hashirama Cell culture solution, high-concentration Hashirama Cell culture solution, and original Hashirama Cells were all digested by Yoru’s body.
Yoru turned his head to look at his arm.
There were two short slits on his shoulder, like two closed eyes.
After transplanting Hashirama Cells, some concrete manifestation of Hashirama Senju would always appear on the body.
Two slits on Yoru’s shoulder were already an extremely minor mutation. Uchiha Madara placed Hashirama Senju’s face on his chest, Danzo placed Hashirama Senju’s face on his shoulder.
He himself only had two eye slits.
Yoru put on his vest and clothes, slightly panting as he said:
“Lord Orochimaru, your transplantation technique is too gentle. It ended before I could even enjoy it.
I suggest increasing the dosage when transplanting others.
Lord Orochimaru, you didn’t hold back on the precious Hashirama Cells and shortchange me on the injection, did you?”
“Shortchange? Haha, hahaha!” Orochimaru laughed:
“I know your strength is very high, so I increased the dosage.
For ordinary test subjects, the dosage is only one-tenth of yours. Up to now, only one test subject has survived the second round of experiments.
That test subject is named Tenzo.”
Root’s Tenzo was the later Yamato. Turns out Yamato’s modification used only one-tenth the dosage of his.
No wonder Yamato could only do landscaping.
Orochimaru asked: “Fox, can you use Wood Release now?”
Yoru extended his hand, and a wood vine quickly extended from his palm, nimbly coiling up his mask.
In the next instant, Yoru’s eyes flashed, and he suddenly exerted force. Dozens of wood vines burst from his palm and wrist.
These wood vines, like nimble tentacles, swept away all the syringes and infusion devices.
He was unwilling to leave his body tissues for Orochimaru.
Orochimaru was stunned, holding the record book, unable to stop it in time.
Yoru said: “Sorry, Lord Orochimaru. When we allied back then, we agreed your core demand was the Scroll of Seals.
I will use Wood Release to prove your research is a success. You’ll soon get the Scroll of Seals from Danzo Advisor.
At that point, the basis for our cooperation will disappear.
These syringes might contain my tissue cells. I have to take them.”
Orochimaru grinned, half-smiling as he said:
“I didn’t expect you to be so cautious.
Getting the Scroll of Seals is just my first step. Next, I still need to research the forbidden jutsu on the Scroll of Seals.
Believe me, we still have basis for cooperation.
Fox, use Wood Release to deal with Uchiha Madara. Before you return, I won’t tell the higher-ups you’ve mastered Wood Release. Wait for your stunning reveal—that will best shock Danzo and have the greatest effect.
Then, Danzo will eagerly bring out the Scroll of Seals, begging me to transplant.”
“Stunning reveal?” Yoru said:
“Lord Orochimaru, I can produce Wood Release Chakra, but I haven’t learned Wood Release yet. Without Wood Release ninjutsu, I can’t pull off a stunning reveal.”
Orochimaru tossed a scroll to Yoru.
“Inside are some Wood Release ninjutsu, prepared by Danzo for Tenzo.”
Yoru caught the scroll and opened it to see three Wood Release ninjutsu.
Thorn Technique, Wood Style: Wooden Wall, Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence.
One offensive, one defensive, and one large-scale control ninjutsu.
“Lord Orochimaru, did Danzo only give you three Wood Release ninjutsu, or are you only willing to give me three Wood Release ninjutsu?”
“Hehe.” Orochimaru said: “Fox, your cleverness will get you killed.
You only need to know: continue cooperating with me, and I’ll give you more Wood Release ninjutsu.
Wood Release is useless to me, but invaluable to you, isn’t it.”
Yoru asked: “Lord Orochimaru, have you considered mastering Wood Release yourself?”
“No.” Orochimaru said: “My physique is special; I can’t withstand the terrifying life force of Hashirama Cells.”
Yoru guessed that with Orochimaru’s desire for power, he must have tried Ryūchi Cave sage arts long ago.
Yet he failed to master perfect Ryūchi Cave sage arts, perhaps suffering injury while cultivating them.
Yoru slowly placed the scroll into his ninja tool bag and said: “Lord Orochimaru, I will definitely vindicate your experiments and help you obtain the Scroll of Seals…”
Yoru’s body sank into the ground, disappearing beneath the surface.
Orochimaru turned back to summarizing the experiment report.
As he wrote, he felt some regret.
The dosage he gave Fox seemed a bit low. When transplanting for Danzo, he must increase it.
Even more regrettable was that Fox took all the syringes. Who would have thought that Fox, right after transplantation, would be so lively and vigorous. According to his estimates, there should have been three days of weakness post-transplant.
Orochimaru thought to himself, how strange. Those with Senju bloodline all had far inferior transplantation results compared to Fox. What exactly is Fox’s physique?
Yoru left the Root Base and body flickered to the dense forest above the Hokage Rock.
He didn’t look at the scroll first but checked his own panel.
His chakra amount had actually become 8 times Kage level.
Mastering Wood Release brought powerful life force in the short term as the biggest effect.
His chakra amount had risen from 6 times elite Jonin level to 8 times Kage level in just two days.
Such rapid growth—luckily Hashirama Cells reinforced his body, or it would have collapsed from being unable to bear so much chakra.
Opening the scroll, Yoru looked at the three Wood Release ninjutsu by moonlight.
Thorn Technique: thrust forward a several-meter-long wooden spear. When the wooden spear pierces the enemy, it explosively grows inside, turning into over a dozen spikes that pierce the enemy’s internal organs and burst out from the back.
Wood Style: Wooden Wall: a row of wooden pillars bend up from the ground to form an arched wall for protection.
The more chakra invested, the higher the strength and toughness of the Wooden Wall, the stronger the defense.
The upgraded version of this technique is Wood Release: Ranked Order Technique, which can block Susanoo slashes.
Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence: a ninjutsu launched using one’s chakra as a life source. Multiple trees rapidly grow from the ground.
In an instant, it can create a forest, with all attacks and defenses within the forest controlled by the user.
This is a large-scale binding ninjutsu. Weaker opponents will be directly crushed to death by sprouting tree trunks.
Besides the three mature Wood Release ninjutsu, extremely flexible wood vines appeared in Yoru’s hand.
He seemed to have a natural talent for controlling wood vines.
He named this technique Wood Release: Iron Vine.
These next few days, including on the way to the Land of Rain, he would properly train these four Wood Release ninjutsu.
First, simply use these four Wood Release ninjutsu to give the ninja world a little shock.
With Wood Release usable, doesn’t that united front value come right away?
Whether the village or the Senju Clan, won’t they all look at him with green eyes?
Two days later, Lord Lynx gathered several Anbu squad leaders.
“Yellow Dog Minister is working in the underground level of the Hokage Building. As vice minister, I can’t slack on Anbu’s other missions.
When I return from the Land of Grass, I will first assess the mission execution of each squad during this period.
Kuroari Squad, ensure the safety of Hokage and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
Golden Eagle Squad, continue assassinating valuable targets according to the Assassination Manual.
Fox Squad, don’t dawdle. Go to the Land of Rain a day early if possible. Quickly join the Uchiha Clan to clean up the aged traitor ninja Uchiha Madara.”
Under the mask, Yoru’s eyes flickered.
“Lord Lynx, how could I dawdle? I now just feel my hands itching, dying to carry out the mission as soon as possible.”
Unfortunately, Wood Release is reserved for Uchiha Madara. You’re only fit for something ordinary like Five Elemental Great Exploding Air Bullet, an ordinary S-rank forbidden jutsu.
Dead people can’t continue as Anbu vice minister, right?
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