Second Tsuchikage: Opening against Uchiha Madara Chapter 018

Meanwhile, the main body inside the cave, Wu, also changed his expression, sensing the situation of the split body.

There were now two possibilities: one was Sage Chakra.

The other was an unknown power.

Wu only knew about the existence of Sage Chakra from the memories, but he didn’t know what Sage Chakra felt like.

“Should I give up on the split body?”

Wu hesitated for a few seconds. If his split body was gone, he would probably be severely weakened and would need a long time to recover.

However, Wu was unwilling to give up this special energy.

What if it was Sage Mode? Wouldn’t he be wasting this opportunity for nothing?

Moreover, from the recent contact, Wu noticed that this power was significantly different from ordinary chakra. If he tried to tame this power and make it his own, his strength would also improve.

Wu made up his mind: he would do it!

He immediately manipulated the distant split body to try and tame this chakra.

…

At this moment, the split body of Wu was covered in feathers, but then suddenly reverted to its original state in an instant, repeating this process back and forth, which was extremely bizarre.

The process of growing feathers and then receding kept repeating.

Wu had a premonition that if he let this chakra run wild, he might risk turning into a crow!

He quickly condensed his own chakra to resist and balance it.

The two chakras rapidly contended and resisted, finally reaching a balance.

Wu was indeed a genius in chakra control. As he delved deeper, he gradually got the hang of it.

After a long time, Wu slowly opened his eyes.

The moment he opened his eyes, a chilling Sage Art aura surged forth.

Wu looked at his body in surprise.

He seemed to have entered some kind of mode.

Could it be the Sage Mode from those memories?

“Then what exactly is this place? I remember that besides the Three Great Sage Regions, there aren’t any other places with Sage Art inheritances…”

Wu waved his arm and casually performed Dust Release.

Buzz!

A pitch-black, angular cube of Dust Release appeared in his palms.

“Wait! I’m a split body right now!”

Wu stared at the Dust Release in his hands in astonishment.

One must know that his split body couldn’t release Dust Release.

So what was this now?

“Could it be that I unintentionally cultivated Sage Mode…”

Wu’s eyes flickered, and the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but turn up.

He took out a mirror from a scroll.

Wu saw himself in the mirror.

Although wrapped in bandages, just by looking at his pupils, he had already cultivated the so-called Sage Face.

His eyes were completely black, pitch-black.

This must be the Sage Face from the memories.

Ryuchi Cave had vertical pupils, and Mount Myoboku had horizontal pupils.

His eyes being pitch-black wasn’t strange.

“It’s truly amazing. My perception has expanded several times, and my stamina, agility, and strength have all greatly increased. No wonder the protagonist Naruto relied on Sage Mode, and even late-stage Uchiha Madara would try to acquire Hashirama’s Sage Art.”

Wu marveled at the changes brought by Sage Mode.

Then, let him test how much the power of his ninjutsu had increased.

Wu didn’t actually expect the power of his Dust Release to increase.

He only hoped to reduce the casting time and avoid it being absorbed.

Because his Dust Release was already the top killing move in Naruto.

If it couldn’t be absorbed, he believed it could sit at the same table as All-Killing Ash Bones.

It was a move that left no weaklings in its wake!

“Sage Art: Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!”

A powerful Sage Art Chakra gathered in Wu’s hands.

Under the amplification of Sage Mode, the originally super-long wind-up time was forcibly compressed into one second!

In an instant, a black light illuminated the entire surroundings, accompanied by a buzzing roar, and this black light quickly disappeared.

Only a loud bang was heard, and the ground seemed to be torn apart, with dust flying and smoke billowing.

When the smoke cleared, a perfectly square deep pit appeared before his eyes, its walls smooth as a mirror.

“The power is greater than before, what about the long-range one?”

“Sage Art: Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!”

Wu’s Dust Release could be transformed into two forms, close-range and long-range, according to his thoughts.

Close-range was similar to Onoki condensing a cube.

Long-range was a cylindrical projectile.

However, it was difficult to hit unless the opponent was quite large.

If it were like the Raikage, he wouldn’t be able to hit him at all.

Wu clapped his hands again, condensing a black cylindrical Dust Release.

A horizontal sweep!

The black cylindrical Dust Release swept out with powerful force. Wherever it passed, hard rocks shattered into atoms, turning into dust and ashes!

“Hahahahahehehe…”

Wu flew in the sky, holding the Dust Release light pillar with one hand. When he saw the power of the technique, he couldn’t help but chuckle softly.

Buzz!

Suddenly, Wu’s eyes gradually returned to normal.

The Sage Art Chakra also gradually dissipated.

“Can Sage Mode only last for five minutes?”

Wu slowly landed on the ground. From its appearance to its end, the Sage Mode roughly lasted only five minutes.

“However, I can use methods similar to Naruto’s, utilizing shadow clones or my own split bodies to extend the duration of Sage Mode.”

Wu’s intelligent mind immediately came up with a countermeasure.

“Caw caw caw!”

At this moment, the three-legged crow from before slowly flew onto Wu’s shoulder.

“It’s you. Thank you. I didn’t expect you wanted to bring me to find Sage Art, but why did you choose me?”

Wu asked, looking at the crow on his shoulder with confused eyes.

However, the crow didn’t speak, it just slowly opened its mouth.

“Caw caw!”

A black scroll was spat out from the crow’s mouth.

“You want to become my summoning beast?”

Wu looked at the scroll in surprise.

Who said there were no good things that fell from the sky?

After carefully examining it, Wu immediately signed the contract.

The moment the contract was established, Wu received information about this crow.

When Wu understood, he discovered that this crow was no ordinary crow.

It was actually the mythical Yatagarasu!

This crow was extraordinary.

In mythology, it was the manager of the boundary between life and death, coexisting with death.

As long as death existed in the world, it would not disappear.

And the prototype of Yatagarasu was even more heaven-defying, its prototype being the three-legged crow.

“Caw caw caw~~~”

Suddenly, the crow flapped its wings.

Immediately after, three shimmering weapons floated above the contract scroll.

“It’s actually… the Yata Mirror, the Totsuka Blade, and the Yasaka Magatama!”

Wu’s eyes sparkled as he looked at these three divine artifacts.

He even suspected that Uchiha Itachi’s divine artifacts in the original story were obtained from this crow.

Speaking of which, Uchiha Itachi was also very skilled at using crow techniques.

“Could it be that I intercepted Itachi’s divine artifacts?”

Wu narrowed his eyes slightly.

Then wouldn’t Uchiha Itachi not get the divine artifacts?

Never mind.

Giving these things to Itachi would be useless anyway.

A sick person couldn’t handle them.

Uchiha Itachi, the waters of the Totsuka Blade and Yata Mirror are too deep for you to handle.

(If you have any questions, please post them in the last chapter or directly in the book review section. I don’t know what’s going on, but comments keep getting swallowed. I’ve posted comments, but I inexplicably can’t see them. I tried with a small account and found that I really couldn’t see them. Sorry, sorry. I will definitely reply to all comments I see.)

(One update today, four updates tomorrow.)