Chapter 67: Perfect Sage Body, Explosive Increase in Strength

Finally, he wouldn’t have to worry about running out of chakra!

The moment Reiji saw that he had obtained the Ashura Bloodline through the system, this thought immediately appeared in his mind.

Previously.

Although he possessed numerous talents, his strength was still restricted by his age.

With the Indra Bloodline, his ocular power could increase over time, and he didn’t have the drawbacks of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

But he was only a little over twelve years old.

All he could do was temper his Sharingan bit by bit and wait for his ocular power to increase.

The same applied to his chakra.

Although Indra was also a genius with a considerable amount of chakra, even with Indra’s talent, at twelve years old, Reiji’s chakra was only approaching the Kage level.

The other talents were the same.

Even with the taijutsu talent enhanced by the system, he was still limited by his age. At present, he could only master up to the Seventh Gate.

His strength and speed were also restricted by his age.

But now!

With the Ashura Bloodline, at least his chakra was no longer a problem.

Excited, he opened the system panel:

[Host: Uchiha Reiji]

[Age: 12]

[Overall Strength: Kage Level (Strong)]

[Sharingan Ocular Power: LV4 (10,000/20,000)]

[Chakra: LV6 (20,000)]

[Chakra Nature: Fire, Lightning, Wind]

[Talents: Sharingan, Taijutsu, Lightning Release, Genjutsu, Body Flicker Technique, 080 Sage Body]

[Sage Body: You possess abundant chakra and vigorous vitality]

"I actually reached the Kage Level (Strong) stage directly?"

Reiji couldn’t help clicking his tongue in amazement.

Previously, without taking the Eight Gates into consideration, his overall strength had been at the level of a Strong Quasi-Kage.

Now, he had actually skipped both the Weak Kage and Mid Kage stages!

As expected.

It truly lived up to the name of the Perfect Sage Body!

With more chakra, everything became easier.

The most obvious improvement this time was his chakra reserves.

They had increased to more than four times their previous amount!

Feeling the vast amount of chakra surging through his body, Reiji finally understood the difference between having chakra, having lots of chakra, and having an absurd amount of chakra.

It was precisely because Naruto possessed this level of chakra that he could use the Multi Shadow Clone Technique, a forbidden technique, as his opening move in battle.

He walked into his courtyard.

Reiji concentrated his chakra into his fist and punched the ground.

His chakra suddenly erupted!

Boom!

The earth cracked, and rocks flew everywhere!

The power behind a single punch was countless times greater than before!

In the Naruto world, taijutsu also required the use of chakra to unleash sufficient strength.

Why was the Eight Gates so powerful?

It was precisely because opening the Eight Gates caused one’s chakra to surge explosively, and this tremendous increase in chakra greatly enhanced a ninja’s speed and strength!

However.

Reiji recalled the scenes of Tsunade’s monstrous strength technique from his memories.

He felt that the force he had just unleashed was still somewhat lacking.

Frowning, he thought carefully.

"My chakra control should be fine, so what I need is the chakra method used by the Strength of a Hundred technique."

"If only I could learn the Strength of a Hundred technique."

His strength would increase explosively again by then.

What a pity.

The Strength of a Hundred technique should also be recorded in the Scroll of Seals.

However, after killing Danzo, if he went to request permission to learn the techniques recorded in the Scroll of Seals, Hiruzen Sarutobi would agree only if he were crazy.

After he killed Hiruzen Sarutobi in the future, he could learn all the valuable techniques in the Scroll of Seals.

Flying Thunder God Technique, Strength of a Hundred technique, Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags, Impure World Reincarnation...

All of them were extremely valuable techniques.

Furthermore.

The Ashura Bloodline had several derivative abilities besides its increased chakra reserves:

[Super-Speed Healing: Your recovery ability is extremely powerful. The self-inflicted kunai suicide is nothing but a joke]

[Physical Healing: By biting your own skin, you can restore your own or another person’s chakra and injuries]

[Adamantine Sealing Chains: The sealing technique of the Uzumaki clan]

[Kagura Mind’s Eye: The sensory ninjutsu of the Uzumaki clan]

"Super-Speed Healing... So this is the same level of recovery ability as Hashirama Senju’s..."

Reiji couldn’t help recalling a scene from Naruto that he had once watched.

After Hashirama Senju beat up Uchiha Madara, who had activated the Complete Susanoo, he tried to persuade Madara to stop fighting the Senju.

But Madara’s younger brother had only recently been killed by Tobirama Senju.

Even after being beaten to the point of lying there like a corpse, Madara still refused to agree to a truce.

Then, Hashirama Senju performed a little kunai suicide act, hoping to atone to Madara for his younger brother’s death at the hands of Hashirama’s younger brother.

Madara eventually agreed to stop fighting.

Reiji didn’t know whether Madara had truly believed Hashirama’s sincerity at the time, or whether he had simply used the opportunity to go along with it.

Reiji took out a kunai and lightly cut his finger.

The result!

Before the blood could even flow out!

In the blink of an eye, the wound caused by the kunai had already disappeared.

This recovery ability...

Reiji felt that he had finally found the reason why every previous reincarnation of Indra had been unable to defeat Ashura.

No matter how powerful Indra’s reincarnation became.

Ashura’s reincarnation simply had an invincibility cheat activated!

The other derivative abilities of the Perfect Sage Body, aside from Super-Speed Healing, were also extremely practical.

The Adamantine Sealing Chains had an extremely powerful suppressive effect on Tailed Beasts.

Even the severely wounded and dying Uzumaki Kushina had been able to use the Adamantine Sealing Chains to firmly suppress the Nine-Tails!

And that was the complete Nine-Tails!

Physical Healing was also practically a bug-like ability.

During the Fourth Great Ninja War, Karin could recover from her injuries simply by biting herself.

It was practically a perpetual-motion-machine-like ability!

Then there was the Kagura Mind’s Eye.

Although it wasn’t as overpowered as the other abilities, it could make up for the shortcomings of his long-range detection capabilities.

Aside from his chakra reserves, the ocular power of his Sharingan had also increased dramatically this time.

"My Sharingan ocular power directly reached 10,000 points? It more than doubled?"

Reiji recalled that whenever his Sharingan had advanced in the past, his ocular power had only reached the minimum requirement for the next stage.

According to his previous experience, after his ocular power reached the Mangekyō level this time, it should have only been 5,000 points.

After thinking about it, Reiji felt that this was probably because of the Sage Body granted by the Ashura Bloodline.

Indra’s Yin Release power and Ashura’s Yang Release power had combined.

Although there hadn’t been enough time for the chakra to fuse, preventing him from awakening the Rinnegan, the union of Yin and Yang had still produced a tremendous change.

It was just like Uchiha Obito in the original story.

After White Zetsu, whose body contained Hashirama’s cells, had completed his body, and he awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, his strength had increased explosively!

In Konoha’s 46th year, during the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, Obito had only just become a Chūnin.

Two years later, during the Nine-Tails’ attack, Obito was already capable of exchanging blows with Minato Namikaze using his ocular technique!

The degree of this increase in strength was so ridiculous that even if Minato Namikaze had vomited blood from frustration, he still could never have known that the masked man standing before him was his supposedly dead disciple!

This clearly demonstrated that the Yang Release power of the Ashura Sage Body did more than restore ocular power.

It could directly strengthen the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan!

Just as it was written on the Stone Tablet of the Sage of Six Paths:

When Yin and Yang unite, all things in the universe can be obtained!

The Yang Release of the Sage Body had brought him more than just a massive amount of chakra.

It had also amplified the ocular power he had just raised to the Mangekyō level by a full twofold!

"My ocular power has finally reached the Mangekyō level!"

Reiji’s expression was somewhat excited.

Although he hadn’t obtained any ocular technique, reaching this level of ocular power meant that he could potentially use Susanoo!

Both offense and defense in one!

The power of a god, the embodiment of destruction!

Susanoo!

He had been longing for Susanoo for a long time.

Based on his understanding of Susanoo, Reiji controlled the ocular power of his Sharingan.

While releasing chakra, he used Yin Release ocular power to condense the chakra into physical form!

Golden chakra bones appeared out of thin air.

The chakra bones formed layers upon layers of ribs, enveloping Reiji’s entire body.

The initial form of Susanoo!

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