Over the next week, Kazuki, relying on his powerful perception and formidable strength, led a group of Konoha ninjas in a continuous encirclement and suppression of Kirigakure ninjas within the Land of Fire.
This day, the combat arena updated once again, catching Kazuki's attention.
Fifth Kazekage — Gaara
Akatsuki — Pain
Third Hokage — Sarutobi Hiruzen
Kimimaro
Upon seeing Kimimaro, Kazuki's eyes lit up. Once, when he was weak, he had encountered Kimimaro, but at that time, he was no match for him and ultimately lost. Now that Kimimaro had appeared again, Kazuki decided to redeem himself.
The others, such as Nagato, Hiruzen, and Gaara, were all at least Kage-level powerhouses, which was quite rare.
Even Kimimaro possessed the strength to contend with a Kage-level powerhouse, though he certainly couldn't defeat one.
Kazuki first turned his gaze towards Hiruzen. Hiruzen was a very standard ninja. One couldn't say his strength wasn't formidable. At least in terms of ninjutsu, he was indeed quite talented, and there were few who could defeat him.
Of course, what made Kazuki most wary of Hiruzen was the Reaper Death Seal. In fact, he was very curious whether a powerhouse like himself, who had awakened the Rinnegan, would be sealed by the Reaper Death Seal.
As for Nagato, he was even less concerned. The Rinnegan that Nagato relied on, Kazuki also possessed, and furthermore, he used it better than Nagato.
Instead, he decided to fight the Fifth Kazekage Gaara first.
Currently, battles with Kage-level powerhouses no longer held much interest for him. If it weren't to test their strength and to become accustomed to fighting more powerful opponents, he could instantly kill these so-called Kage-level powerhouses.
For instance, when facing Gaara, Kazuki didn't expend much effort to defeat him. While Gaara was not weak, and he displayed considerable power during the Fourth Great Ninja War, compared to truly powerful individuals, he was still a bit lacking.
[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for defeating the Fifth Kazekage Gaara, obtaining pure One Tail's Chakra. Do you wish to fuse it?]
One Tail's Chakra?
Kazuki's eyes gleamed. He hadn't expected that even One Tail's Chakra could be gained. Moreover, it was pure Tailed Beast Chakra. Kazuki was very curious about what effect it would have.
Could it be that he wasn't just meant to become an Ōtsutsuki, but also the Ten-Tails?
Kazuki chose to merge the One Tail's Chakra. In just a moment, he understood the benefits. His Chakra seemed to have only increased by twenty or thirty units, and it seemed to be of little significance to him.
However, Kazuki clearly felt that the One Tail's Chakra caused his bloodline to begin to boil. He could distinctly sense that his bloodline seemed to have undergone a transformation. If such transformations could occur more times, Kazuki's strength would receive a tremendous boost.
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya!
Kazuki instantly thought of this woman. If he merged all Nine Tailed Beasts' Chakra, could he become a second Kaguya?
And one who had consumed the Chakra Fruit, whose almost immortal body made Kazuki's heart surge with excitement.
As for why the partial Nine-Tails' Chakra and Three-Tails' Chakra he obtained previously didn't have such an effect?
That was naturally because, although these two Chakras were also within Kazuki's body and Kazuki could use this power, it was not his personal power, whereas the One Tail's Chakra had perfectly integrated directly into his body.
This made Kazuki look forward to the other Jinchuriki in the combat arena. If he can collect all nine pure Tailed Beast Chakra, he can definitely do better than Kaguya.
Immediately after, he turned his attention to Kimimaro, resolving the issue with a single Sage Art: Magnet Release: Rasengan.
This allowed Kazuki to obtain the Shikotsumyaku, which further enhanced his bloodline.
His previous Asura physique and Hanaki's physique had not granted him Shikotsumyaku, and Shikotsumyaku was originally inherited from Kaguya.
The integration of Shikotsumyaku provided Kazuki with a significant boost.
Next, he defeated Hiruzen, not even giving him the chance to use the Reaper Death Seal, and obtained Hiruzen's insights into Five Chakra Nature Transformations Ninjutsu development.
One must not underestimate Hiruzen's Five Nature Transformations Ninjutsu, his Five Release Great Combo Technique is a very powerful combination ninjutsu.
In the entire Ninja World, when it came to the combination of Five Nature Transformations Ninjutsu, no one was better than Hiruzen.
Sometimes, certain ninjutsu, when combined, can achieve a synergy where one plus one is greater than two.
Kazuki's previous Five Nature Transformations Ninjutsu was actually quite good, being an Ōtsutsuki, but after gaining Hiruzen's insights into Five Nature Transformations Ninjutsu development, his understanding of the Five Basic Chakra Natures improved significantly.
Recently, he had been studying Kekkei Mora. After awakening the Rinnegan, his mastery of Yin-Yang Release was actually not bad, but to integrate the five elemental release into Yin-Yang Release to develop Kekkei Mora still required considerable effort.
Hiruzen's insights made it much easier for Kazuki, although fusing Kekkei Mora was still a long way off.
Next, he turned his attention to Nagato. In reality, Nagato during the Konoha invasion period, while strong, was still far inferior to the current Kazuki. After expending some effort, he defeated Nagato.
[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for defeating Nagato, obtaining Madara's Rinnegan ocular power. Do you wish to fuse it?]
When Kazuki heard the voice from the combat arean, his breathing couldn't help but quicken. He hadn't expected that Rinnegan ocular power could also be dropped.
Before, he thought at most it would give him Nagato's bloodline, physique, or perhaps some Rinnegan development experience. These things were not very helpful to him.
However, Madara's Rinnegan ocular power appeared instead.