Today had truly been a bountiful harvest. He had acquired yet another high-level Hadō.
He had really hit the jackpot!
As information about Hadō 90: Kurohitsugi flooded into his mind, Seiryū smiled.
Just look at everything he had gained today.
He had successively obtained two high-level Hadō, one high-level Bakudō, and Cero Oscuras.
To receive such generous rewards in a single day.
Seiryū felt extremely satisfied!
"Why?"
Although Madara had been sealed and restrained, and the Chakra within his body had stopped flowing.
Even the ocular power, Chakra, will, and fragment of his soul transferred into this body through Dōjutsu: Gyō Tenshin had been restricted.
Madara still lay on the ground with a calm expression.
If anything.
There was only a trace of confusion!
Why could this opponent ignore his Genjutsu?
"You want to know why your Genjutsu doesn't work on me? It's very simple. I'm also a genius when it comes to Genjutsu. I'm the kind of shinobi who has almost no weaknesses!"
Seiryū knew what Madara was asking.
Why could he ignore Genjutsu?
Of course, it was because of the system!
But he could not say that, so he could only attribute it to talent and genius.
Let Madara imagine the answer himself. In any case, Seiryū would never tell him the truth.
Madara remained silent for a second, then narrowed his eyes. "It can't be that simple. Even someone as powerful as Hashirama couldn't be completely immune to Genjutsu. Could it be because of the Dragon Vein Chakra?"
No one could be completely immune to Genjutsu.
Not even Senju Hashirama.
Was it due to this brat's talent and the Dragon Vein Chakra?
The person before him was indeed a genius unlike any Madara had ever seen, possessing such power at such a young age.
Even if Madara had been careless just now.
Being able to withstand the power of a nearly complete Susanoo was not something an ordinary shinobi could do!
This guy was only eleven or twelve years old!
He was still just a child!
"Heh, perhaps."
Seiryū did not continue the topic.
Madara could rack his brain all he wanted. Seiryū was not going to tell him.
The unknown could also make his opponent more wary.
At the very least, if Madara wanted to do something against him in the future, he would have more concerns.
Looking at Madara, Seiryū clicked his tongue. "But now that I've sealed you, are you still in the mood to talk about this?"
"As expected of Madara, the former Asura of the Shinobi World. In terms of composure, I, Seiryū, am willing to call you the strongest!"
Did this guy still have some hidden trump card?
Even his Chakra and movements had been sealed.
In this state, even the Summoning Technique could not summon Madara away.
However, since his opponent was Madara, Seiryū did not dare underestimate him and remained vigilant.
"This is merely a special puppet. Even if you used Senju Tobirama's technique to restrict the fragment of my soul within this body, it wouldn't affect me too greatly."
Although being captured and defeated left Madara feeling extremely humiliated, combined with the anger he felt after the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki was killed, his inner emotions were not nearly as calm as he appeared.
But he would not reveal any unnecessary emotion at a time like this.
He was Madara, the Asura of the Shinobi World!
As someone who had once rampaged across the Shinobi World, it was impossible for him to be affected by such emotions!
Besides.
This was only a puppet controlled through Dōjutsu: Gyō Tenshin.
Even if it were killed, it would not affect his main body.
After all, it was only a puppet!
And it was impossible for it to be killed. He still had other ways to escape from this dangerous situation.
"I don't believe you."
Seiryū raised an eyebrow, then curled his lips into a smile. "It just so happens that I have some new techniques whose effects I haven't tested yet. I'll use you to try one out."
"Seeping crest of turbidity. Arrogant vessel of lunacy. Boil forth and deny. Grow numb and flicker. Disrupt sleep. Crawling queen of iron. Eternally self-destructing doll of mud. Unite. Repulse. Fill with soil and know your own powerlessness!!"
Still maintaining the materialized state of the Dragon Vein Chakra Mode and the Seventh Gate: Gate of Wonder, Seiryū began chanting the incantation for Hadō 90: Kurohitsugi.
Hum!
As Seiryū chanted, his Chakra fluctuations became increasingly intense.
At the same time, a trace of a strange and eerie fluctuation seemed to drift outward.
"This is. Not good!"
The moment Madara sensed the Chakra fluctuation and that strange, eerie presence, his previously calm expression changed abruptly!
Powerful Chakra fluctuations alone would not have caused him to react like this.
It was that other strange and eerie fluctuation.
At that moment, Madara sensed something.
An inexplicable premonition of danger struck him. Even his soul seemed to be under threat, and a faint stinging sensation emerged.
This was a technique capable of directly attacking the soul!
And judging by the intensity of the Chakra fluctuations, the technique's power would certainly not be weak.
It might even be enough to obliterate the fragment of his soul and consciousness transferred into this body!
If the soul and consciousness within this body were obliterated, it would cause irreversible damage to his main body!
"Hadō 90: Kurohitsugi!"
The moment Seiryū finished chanting, his Chakra fluctuations reached their peak.
He pointed forward with one finger.
Crack, crack!
In an instant, black blocks formed from materialized Chakra appeared out of thin air.
They fitted together like building blocks, rapidly forming a rectangular structure over ten meters tall, covered in black blades.
Like a coffin, it enveloped Madara.
An eerie and ominous Chakra fluctuation drifted outward, threatening even the intangible soul.
"Damn it!"
Madara gritted his teeth.
Faced with a technique capable of threatening his soul, he did not dare hesitate.
He used his final resort!
Far away in an underground chamber, Madara's main body wore an extremely ugly expression.
He formed a hand seal and whispered, "Izanagi!"
Forbidden Jutsu: Izanagi!
At the cost of permanently losing the light in one Sharingan, it could rewrite any outcome unfavorable to the user.
Even death could be changed, so naturally, other circumstances could be changed as well.
He did not use the Mangekyō Sharingan in his eye socket.
Instead, he used another Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
The reason Madara had transplanted another Sharingan was to prepare for opening the Box of Ultimate Bliss and absorbing Satori's Chakra.
He had never expected it to prove useful at a time like this!
Furthermore, although the body controlled through Dōjutsu: Gyō Tenshin had been sealed and could no longer mobilize Chakra, Madara's main body could still use Chakra.
Therefore.
Through the connection created by Dōjutsu: Gyō Tenshin, the power of the Forbidden Jutsu: Izanagi descended upon the White Zetsu clone he was controlling!
Crack!
At that moment, the final irregular block fitted into place.
Hadō 90: Kurohitsugi was completely formed, and its power was fully released!
Buzz, buzz, buzz! Hiss, hiss, hiss!
The interior of the black coffin was pitch-black.
Space and gravity became chaotic at that moment.
Madara's five senses were thrown into disorder, and even his soul endured immense pressure.
Then black blades extended and stabbed wildly.
This was a dual attack against both the body and soul!
Madara, trapped inside the black coffin, bore the full force of this attack on his body and soul.
He could not feel physical pain, but the ceaseless stabbing agony in his soul caused him to let out a muffled groan.
Had he not been gritting his teeth tightly, he might have screamed aloud.
Pain inflicted upon the soul was incomparable to physical pain.
It was more agonizing and far more terrifying.
However, it lasted only a second before another force acted upon Madara's body.
His body twisted and deformed, breaking free from the sealing restraints in an eerie manner.
Finally, with a pop, his entire body transformed into white smoke and dissipated.
Hum.
Two seconds later, the black coffin vanished.
There was nothing inside.
Madara had already left.
Seeing this, Seiryū could not help raising his eyebrows. "That ocular power fluctuation just now. Izanagi? Even though it wasn't his main body, he could still use such a method. As expected of Madara."
Madara truly could not be underestimated.
Even in such a situation, he still possessed a way to escape.
Seiryū did not even know whether the black coffin had successfully affected Madara or whether Izanagi had completely negated it.
As for Kurohitsugi.
By understanding its principles and application, Seiryū had also determined that he could use it.
The result did not exceed his expectations.
The condition had been unlocked!
As for its effect, he had some guesses!
Kurohitsugi was an application of Yin Release Chakra.
The interlocking black coffin was created by materializing Chakra through Yin Release.
Seiryū had also keenly noticed that Kurohitsugi was more like a Genjutsu cast in the form of a physical technique.
It was simply more direct!
Its primary purpose was not to interfere with the five senses or create hallucinations, but to attack the spirit directly!
It was somewhat similar to Uchiha Itachi's Tsukuyomi!
Yin Release was inherently related to Genjutsu and the spirit.
The spirit was derived from the soul, so directly attacking the spirit was equivalent to directly attacking the soul!
Therefore, in this world, Kurohitsugi was a technique capable of attacking both the body and soul!
"A technique that directly targets the soul. It seems to have many potential uses."
Realizing this, Seiryū rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
In the original story, Kakashi was struck by Uchiha Itachi's Tsukuyomi and remained bedridden for a long time.
The power of Hadō 90: Kurohitsugi was likely even greater than Tsukuyomi.
Being struck by it would probably be even more unbearable.
It might even be capable of damaging shinobi resurrected through Edo Tensei!
"Did he escape?"
Tsunade also arrived.
She glanced at the crater, but Madara was nowhere to be seen.
She breathed a sigh of relief.
To be honest, Madara had still placed considerable pressure on her.
Even her Wood Release enhanced with Senjutsu Chakra had only been evenly matched with his.
This showed that Madara's mastery of Wood Release surpassed hers.
There was also the Mangekyō Sharingan's Susanoo.
Madara had been regarded as an eternal rival by her grandfather and called terrifying by her granduncle.
He definitely possessed more strength than what he had displayed just now.
After all, he had only been controlling a puppet!
Who knew whether he still had other abilities he had not revealed?
Then, looking at Seiryū, she took a deep breath and asked, "How many new techniques have you developed recently? There were many just now that I've never seen before."
During this battle.
Some of the techniques Seiryū had displayed were completely unfamiliar to her!
And each one was more powerful than the last!
The aura emitted by that black coffin had made her scalp tingle.
Judging from its form.
It seemed to be a brand-new technique developed from the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.
As for its exact effect, she truly could not guess.
Could it have been some special kind of Genjutsu?
"It's normal that you haven't seen them. Sometimes even I forget how many techniques I've developed."
Hearing this, Seiryū counted on his fingers.
Finally, he nodded and said, "Hadō, Bakudō, Kaidō, Fullbring. Hmm, altogether, around a hundred new techniques?"
He had fully mastered low-level and mid-level Kidō.
Hadō 1 through 66 and Bakudō 1 through 66.
Although some still could not be used because their conditions had not been unlocked.
The total number of new techniques he could currently use had already exceeded one hundred.
"One hundred new techniques!?"
Hearing this, Tsunade's beautiful eyes instantly widened as though she had heard something unbelievable.
She stared at Seiryū as if he were a monster, her expression caught between disbelief and emotional collapse. "Are you sure you're not joking with me?"
He had already developed over a hundred new techniques?
Was that something a human could accomplish?
No matter how talented someone was, there should still be a limit!
Yet Seiryū had actually done it!
Where had this monster come from?
"Why would I lie to you? However, some of them aren't very powerful, and their upper limits are quite low, so I rarely use them. They also have stronger, higher-level versions."
Seiryū shrugged.
He was indicating that he had not lied.
Kidō techniques differed in strength.
Could Hadō 4: Byakurai compare to Hadō 88: Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō?
It had nothing to do with how much Chakra was injected.
The upper limit of the technique's power was fixed.
The higher the level of Kidō, the greater its upper limit.
Ninjutsu was also divided into ranks.
A technique's power, upper limit, and difficulty of training determined its rank.
The same technique could display different levels of power when performed by different people, but there was always a limit.
For example, the upper limit of a C-rank Fire Release could naturally not compare with that of an S-rank Fire Release.
The principle was more or less the same.
Tsunade fell silent.
That principle made sense!
But developing over a hundred new techniques.
That was unbelievable.
It should have been impossible!
Yet Seiryū had actually done it!
Tsunade asked curiously, "That technique just now. Was it a new technique developed from the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique? What exactly does it do? And that Madara, was he summoned away like last time?"
"Uh, it really is related to the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique. As for its effect, it directly attacks both the body and soul."
Seiryū smiled sheepishly.
Hadō 90: Kurohitsugi.
Its activation conditions were probably connected to his mastery of the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.
Bakudō 79: Kuyō Shibari might have been the same.
It was related to the properties of Yin Release Chakra.
Then Seiryū rubbed his chin and said, "As for its power, it's difficult to judge. That was my first time using it on someone, and the test subject already escaped."
He could only roughly estimate its power.
It was probably stronger than Uchiha Itachi's Tsukuyomi.
After all, it was a high-level Hadō strengthened through a complete chant.
But it was hard to say.
Seiryū had never personally experienced Tsukuyomi.
And Madara had escaped immediately, so it was impossible to judge the technique's effect by observing his condition.
(To be continued.)
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