Chapter 78: An Opportunity to Reach a Higher Level
There is no absolute trust between people, and absolute interests are sometimes unreliable; clever people are often not as smart as honest ones at certain times.
Orochimaru naturally took advantage of Naruto's lack of trust in him and tampered with the second vial of Hashirama cells.
The first vial Naruto received and injected into Little Nine-Tails contained genuine, improved Hashirama cells. However, the one Naruto was injecting now was completely untreated—the most authentic Hashirama cells cultivated through the most primitive methods!
The terror of Hashirama cells goes without saying. Authentic Hashirama cells could be said to have reached the pinnacle of humanity in terms of aggressiveness, devouring nature, and assimilation. At the very least, since Senju Hashirama, no one in the Ninja World has been able to surpass him in terms of Physique.
When the authentic Hashirama cells collided with Naruto's half-baked Uzumaki Physique, the resulting chemical reaction was terrifying.
Because the two Bloodlines shared the same origin, the devouring and assimilating attributes of the pure Hashirama cells were infinitely magnified. As if to prove which was the true primary branch of the Sage Body Bloodline, the initiative of the Hashirama cells was fully mobilized.
This led to Naruto's body beginning to undergo Woodification. Furthermore, his half-baked Uzumaki Bloodline was retreating step by step under the assault of the Hashirama cells. Not only did it fail to meet Naruto's expectation of completing his uzumaki bloodline, but it even caused his own Bloodline to begin regressing!
"Since we share the same origin, shouldn't we... combine... and complement each other's strengths?!"
Naruto gritted his teeth, trying his best not to let out a cry of pain, but Little Nine-Tails, who had been lying on his shoulder, immediately noticed Naruto's abnormality.
"I told you not to give away all that pure Tailed Beast Yang Release Chakra I worked so hard to strip of consciousness. Now look at you—you'll die first, and then I'll be second..."
Naruto had no time to deal with Little Nine-Tailsright now. Fortunately, thanks to those Mangekyo Sharingan, the Yin Release unique to the Mangekyo Sharingan took up the banner of resisting the Hashirama cells' invasion. Under the control of Naruto's Mental Energy, it was currently working with the uzumaki bloodline in his body to mount a difficult defense.
But defense alone was still not a good strategy. The Hashirama cells, unable to break through for a long time, had now entered a berserk mode, recklessly absorbing the life force within Naruto's body, determined to settle the outcome even at the cost of their own existence.
Seeing Naruto fully immersed in resisting the erosion of the Hashirama cells, Little Nine-Tailsshook its head helplessly. A deep sense of reluctance appeared in its human-like beastly eyes, but in the end, it gritted its teeth and brought out its private stash of pure Tailed Beast Yang Release Chakra.
"Lucky for you, kid!" Nine-Tailed injected a mass of pure Tailed Beast Yang Release Chakra—even larger than the one Naruto had traded to Orochimaru—into Naruto's body. "If you dare try to settle scores with me afterward, I'll... I'll... hide even more next time!"
The pure Tailed Beast Yang Release Chakracontained a variety of attributes, but the most crucial was its life force. Yang Release represents life, and since Tailed Beasts were split from the Ten-Tails, its life force was inherently purer and more powerful than that contained within a Sage Body!
Like rain after a long drought, after Naruto's body received the large mass of pure Tailed Beast Yang Release Chakra, the original collapsing trend was not only halted but, after receiving sufficient'supplies,' the counterattack officially began.
The half-baked uzumaki bloodline seemed to have gained confidence, or perhaps it was humiliated by the overwhelming offensive of the Hashirama cells; the combat power they erupted with at this moment left Naruto, the one in control, dumbfounded.
"It would have been great if you were this fierce from the start... You just had to wait until you were rubbed into the ground before your Small Universeexploded!"
Seeing the Hashirama cells gradually retreat after the horn of counterattack was blown and the uzumaki bloodline begin its Awakening—even acquiring the same aggressive, devouring, and assimilating attributes of the Hashirama cells—Naruto finally found a moment to complain.
But just as Naruto was about to let his guard down, the Yin Release Chakra brought by the Mangekyo Sharingan suddenly turned traitor!
Yes! It turned traitor!
Yin Release and Yang Release were inherently opposites. Although the two could combine to unleash even greater power, the prerequisite for such a combination was that both must be at the same level.
Currently, the Yin and Yang Release Chakra in Naruto's body were in a state of imbalance. Especially after the addition of the pure Tailed Beast Yang Release Chakra, this disparity became even more pronounced.
This caused the Yin Release Chakra to choose to wait and see, and it would even occasionally strike both sides while the Uzumaki cells and Hashirama cells were at war!
"My Mental Energy is still a bit too low!" Narutoquickly found the reason why the Yin Release Chakra was out of control.
To put it simply, Yin Release is a product of condensed Mental Energy. Unlike the life force of Yang Release, Yin Release represents creativity. That is why the Dōjutsu of the Mangekyo Sharingan are so bizarre and varied, and the primary factor in the formation of a Dōjutsu is related to the subconscious or the greatest desire of the person who awakens it.
At this moment, Naruto seemed to understand something. The power born from the combination of the Sage Body and the Sage Eyes was absolutely more terrifying than he could imagine. After all, creating something and then granting it life—this had already reached the realm of a Creator's authority!
While it might be an exaggeration, that was exactly how Naruto felt right now.
"Obey me!" Naruto thought fiercely after seeing a future with vast prospects. "The Yin Release born from my Sharingan should be controlled by me!"
Naruto temporarily gave up control over the Uzumaki cells within his Bloodline and instead devoted himself entirely to controlling the Yin Release Chakra.
Under Naruto's full devotion, the Yin Release Chakra that had just 'turned traitor' was temporarily brought under control. Under Naruto's deliberate guidance, the Yin Release Chakra began to try and slowly fuse with the Yang Release Chakra inherent in his own Uzumaki Bloodline.
Although the Yang Release Chakra inherent in Naruto's own Uzumaki Bloodline was not as pure as the Tailed Beast Yang Release Chakra, it was, after all, Naruto's own power. Any power that did not belong to him or was not under his control was not a good choice for promoting the important process of Yin-Yang unification.
What belongs to oneself is what should truly be chosen first!
"It's working!"
Naruto was excited. During a gap in the battle between the Hashirama cells and the uzumaki bloodline cells, he controlled the Yin Release Chakra to secretly devour a few defeated uzumaki bloodline cells. The result naturally left Narutooverjoyed.
A wisp of true Yin-Yang Release Chakra, achieving a perfect balance of Yin and Yang, was officially formed!
However, Naruto did not celebrate too early. He had already suffered once, and at this critical juncture, he needed to be even more vigilant to prevent any sudden accidents.
"Is it because the Yin and Yang Release Chakra in my body haven't completely fused yet?"
As expected, under the influence of the Yin and Yang Release in Naruto's body, which were not yet fully fused and were still in opposition, the newly formed wisp of Yin-Yang Release Chakra quickly fell into an unstable state.
"I have to find a way to preserve this wisp of Yin-Yang Release Chakra!"
Naruto's mind raced, and suddenly a flash of inspiration hit him. In the next instant, he had a solution.
"Sealing Jutsu! I'll create a place within my own body specifically to Seal the Yin-Yang Release Chakra!"
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