Naruto's civilian cannon fodder starts with the three-body technique

Chapter 163 The Undying Sea Monster

At first, the days of sailing at sea were quite novel, and you could even go sea fishing.

In reality, however, it was quite boring and tedious, and Umino Sasuke could only pass the time by constantly training hard.

"Fusing a bloodline limit is quite difficult; it seems we'll have to take a long-term approach."

After obtaining the Bloodline Limit Fusion Scroll from Zhuolan Fengcheng, he had been studying it. Although he had made considerable progress, he was still unable to fuse the Ice Release Bloodline Limit.

However, if he continues to grind like this day after day using Shadow Clones, it's only a matter of time before he unlocks the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai.

If it's dark in the east, it's bright in the west.

The secret technique of Yang Release based on bone marrow, which he had studied from Kaguya Hyakusen, progressed rapidly.

Of course, Sasuke Umino did not develop the Shikotsumyaku bloodline limit, but rather a new secret technique that could use Yang Release chakra to nourish bone marrow, increase bone density throughout the body, and thus enhance physical strength.

In a short period of time, by cultivating the Yang Escape Technique of the Bone Marrow, he grew several centimeters taller, and his physical strength also increased continuously, showing a trend of approaching Might Guy's level.

Furthermore, because bone marrow is involved in the production of hematopoietic cells throughout the body, his physical condition has also improved considerably.

In terms of the current rate of improvement in physical fitness, this Bone Marrow Yang Escape Technique provides an even more significant boost than the Wind Breathing Method.

However, he did not neglect the Breathing of Wind technique. In terms of potential, although the Bone Marrow Yang Release Secret Technique was quite good, it was clearly not as good as the Breathing of Wind technique in terms of development potential.

Sasuke Unno trained tirelessly every day, neglecting sleep and meals. Finally, one day, something unusual happened to the fleet.

"Lord Sasuke, something terrible has happened! We've encountered an immortal sea monster!"

The sailors on board spotted the object in the sea and immediately panicked.

As a sailor who frequently goes to sea, he had naturally heard the terrifying legends of the immortal sea monster in the land of the sea.

Therefore, the ship leaders quickly reported the situation to Umino Sasuke, hoping to carry out the sacrifice as soon as possible, otherwise the entire fleet would be in danger.

"An immortal sea monster?"

Sasuke Umino frowned slightly.

Sensing through the sonic radar technique, the creature in the water was merely a special Jonin-level summoning beast; how could it possibly threaten the entire fleet?
Judging from the amount of chakra this summoning beast exhibits, it's only slightly more than Byakuya. It's definitely a special Jonin-level summoning beast, so its strength shouldn't be very strong, right?
After some conversation, Umino Sasuke finally learned the specific information.

It turns out that this immortal sea monster is immortal and extremely difficult to deal with; even the Jonin of the Land of Water couldn't handle it.

"Huh? Isn't that Umibozu?"

Umino Sasuke sensed the full form of the immortal sea monster underwater, and given its immortality, he was almost certain it was Umibozu.

Orochimaru probably hasn't built a laboratory in the Land of the Sea yet, so could this Umibozu not be from Orochimaru's laboratory, but a summoning beast that grows naturally in the sea?
Upon further investigation, it was discovered that Umibozu was not created by Orochimaru, but had existed for many years.

This Umibozu would cause trouble for a few days every year or two. The Land of the Sea had asked the Hidden Mist Village ninjas for help to suppress him, but they mostly came up empty-handed. Even when they encountered him, they were usually helpless and the matter was left unresolved. Later, some sailors finally found a way: as long as they made a sacrifice to the Umibozu, they could pass through safely.

"It is absolutely impossible for me to offer up ninja corpses and gold as sacrifices."

Sasuke Umino immediately refused. Ninja corpses were very valuable. Besides, now that they had obtained the Executioner's Blade, they needed the blood essence from ninja corpses to produce chakra metal and make blades and puppets. How could they just waste it like that?

Even a mummified corpse can be worth a lot of money on the black market.

"Don't make any rash moves yet, let me go down and take a look first."

Umino Sasuke, carrying the Samehada sword, jumped into the sea.

Umibozu immediately sensed Umino Sasuke's presence. Given the purity of Umino Sasuke's water-attribute chakra, Umibozu naturally greatly appreciated such a sacrifice.

"Water Style: Great Water Prison Technique!"

Umino Sasuke unleashed a massive binding water prison, engulfing Umibozu.

"Roar~" Instead of being angry, Umibozu was delighted and immediately gave up on devouring Umino Sasuke. He actually began to integrate the binding water into his own body.

After absorbing these binding water currents, Umibozu grew even larger, already possessing the imposing presence of a high-level summoning beast, and its form even approached that of Gamabunta.

"It seems that water-style ninjutsu is ineffective."

Umino Sasuke immediately realized that this Umibozu was extraordinary. Not only was he immune to water-style ninjutsu, but he could also increase his own strength through water-style ninjutsu, which was quite similar to Samehada's characteristics.

However, there are differences. Samehada absorbs and stores chakra, while this Umibozu does not absorb chakra but merges with water to increase its own size.

"Spiral hole wave!"

Umino Sasuke immediately unleashed a Wind Release attack similar to the Six Meridians Divine Sword against Umibozu.

"roar~"

This time, Umibozu finally felt the pain and attacked Umino Sasuke.

Unno Sasuke had no good way to dodge, so he could only use the Rasengan to counterattack.

The Rasengan in the water was extremely powerful, immediately forming a huge whirlpool that tore a large hole in Umibozu's body.

"It didn't hurt at all."

Umino Sasuke's eyes narrowed.

However, they discovered that the sea defense commander's torn body was actually absorbing the scattered water and quickly recovered.

No wonder it's called the Undying Sea Monster; it's truly troublesome.

Unless one uses a high-level Lightning Release or Fire Release technique to evaporate all the moisture from Umibozu's body in one strike, it would be very difficult to kill him. No wonder he has been able to operate in the Land of the Sea for so long.

"Samehada, it's up to you now."

Upon hearing Umino Sasuke's words, Samehada finally couldn't hold back and rushed over.

The moment Umibozu wrapped Samehada in his skin, he immediately sensed something was wrong and finally felt the threat of death.

Umibozu spat out Samehada and fled, even sacrificing a part of his body to bind Samehada in order to escape.

"Huh, it can actually release clones, and they have abilities similar to slugs."

Sasuke Umino's eyes lit up, and he immediately became interested.

The original plan was for Samehada to kill this Umibozu directly, but now it seems he's a good research subject.

This is a summoning beast that can release physical clones; if we could study it, we might gain some valuable insights.

Under the perception of the sonic radar technique, how could Umibozu escape? Umino Sasuke and Samehada continued their pursuit and soon found Umibozu.

"Huh? There's a shipwreck?"

Umino Sasuke discovers that Umibozu is hiding in the huge, ancient shipwreck below.

However, Sasuke Umino did not go directly to make the arrest.

"With so many antiques, it would be a sin to damage even one of them."

Clearly, through his perception using sonic radar, he had discovered that the shipwreck contained a large amount of antique goods.

Roughly estimated, the value of these antique goods is far greater than the gold and silver jewelry he obtained from the Mist Ninja this time.

(End of this chapter)