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

Chapter 204 The Divine Crane Clan

Samehada can also restore mental energy, but it is more for physical recovery and requires additional chakra reserves. In contrast, the Spirit Transformation Technique can quickly restore mental energy through visualization.

"Kato Dan was able to fight continuously for so long, which must have been due to the restorative ability of this visualization method."

Otherwise, Kato Dan wouldn't have had such a long cruising time. This Spirit Transformation Technique is an S-rank forbidden technique. The soul is exposed in the void, and in order to resist the erosion of various auras, it is consuming energy every second. If you want to fight continuously, without strong recovery ability, it is simply difficult to do so.

Just based on this soul recovery ability, he became more and more convinced that this visualization method could improve the strength of the soul. Even if it could not directly improve it, in the process of continuous consumption and recovery, the strength of the soul could be improved imperceptibly, like a slow and steady process.

After cultivating for most of the day, I felt a slight swelling between my eyebrows, almost as if I wanted to open my third eye. After releasing a few shadow clones, I felt like I had returned to normal.

To be on the safe side, he did not rush to continue cultivating. Instead, he planned to cultivate at fixed times every day, gradually increasing the strength of his soul to a certain level before starting to cultivate the separation of the soul from the body.

At the same time, in order to prevent the soul from separating from the body and drifting aimlessly, losing its way and missing the opportunity to return to the body, he ordered Biruhu to design a soul cage device to reduce the various risks associated with practicing the spiritualization technique.

While Hiruko's achievements in scientific ninjutsu were far less comprehensive than Orochimaru's, his research on souls, seals, and bloodline limits was not much weaker than Orochimaru's, especially his research projects related to the Oni-Garaku Technique, which were extremely remarkable.

For Hiruko, creating a soul cage device should not be a difficult task.

After finishing his training and leaving the underground Zero Laboratory, Sasuke Umino deliberately brought out several clone skins and found the Thousand Hands Nawaki.

Looking at Senju Nawaki's face, which was neither human nor pig, and covered in oil, he couldn't help but laugh. He even had the urge to take the clone back and let Senju Nawaki continue to practice the art of erasing faces on pigskin.

However, seeing how hard the little guy was training, calling him "brother-in-law" all the time, and no longer calling him "brother-in-law number one," Jiraiya and Kato Dan had been eliminated from the competition, so the teasing stopped.

"Rope Tree, your cultivation progress is quite good. You can move on to the next stage. Here, this is the human skin I cloned. Take it for your cultivation."

"Thank you, brother-in-law!"

When Senju Nawaki heard that his ninjutsu training had reached the next stage, he was overjoyed and happily accepted several clone skins.

"Brother-in-law, why does this human skin look a bit like you?"

Senju Nawaki slipped a human skin over the wooden humanoid mold, intending to use the Disappearance Technique to melt the cloned skin and cover himself. However, upon seeing the appearance of the cloned skin, he exclaimed, "Brother-in-law, you didn't peel off the skin of your illegitimate child for me to cultivate, did you? I'm so touched!"

Although Senju Nawaki has matured quite a bit, it's still rather limited, and his comedic acting is rather exaggerated.

Umino Sasuke said in a sinister tone, "I feel that cloning a Nawaki would probably be cuter than one of them."

"No way! The real Rope Tree is cute too!"

Senju Nawaki stared with her large, slightly reflective eyes, resting her chin on her hands, trying to appear cute and well-behaved.

"Get lost, go and cultivate."

"Alright~" Watching Senju Nawaki skip off to continue his training, Umino Sasuke nodded with satisfaction. Becoming mature is a painful process, and being able to maintain some innocence can ease one's emotions and at least prevent mental problems from arising.

As his strength increased and his perception became more refined, he discovered that he had gradually developed some perceptual abilities similar to Kagura's Mind's Eye. In particular, after practicing the Spirit Transformation Technique, his perception of chakra aura became even clearer.

For example, Kakuzu's chakra exudes an extremely evil and cold aura, while Hiruko's chakra is a combination of heat and cold. As for Senju Nawaki's chakra, it is as hot as the blazing sun, but it also contains a lot of cold energy.

Fortunately, these cold auras did not have any evil in them. They were completely different from Kakuzu's chakra aura, but were somewhat similar to Orochimaru's aura, only not as cold.

As for Orochimaru's chakra aura, it didn't feel cold before, but after the incident with Senju Nawaki, his chakra aura became extremely cold, even exuding a hint of evil, making people feel uncomfortable.

At the same time, the Great Serpent King also developed the bad habit of licking his lips. Although this added to his sinister charm, he was not as approachable as before.

Orochimaru used to be able to convince people with just his magnetic, husky voice, but now he inspires more awe.

After leaving the training ground and leaving behind several shadow clones, Sasuke Umino used the Flying Thunder God Technique in conjunction with the shadow clones to return to the front line of the Land of Grass.

"Captain, another batch of reinforcements from Iwagakure has arrived, and among them are ninjas from the Kamisumi clan."

Ryo Inuzuka provided some unfavorable information: the Kamisumi clan was not a small family, but a powerful clan of Iwagakure, almost equivalent to the Uchiha clan's dominant position in Konoha.

The Kamisumi clan, also known as the Shinsaku clan, is an insect-using clan from Iwagakure in the Land of Earth. Although they are on par with the Aburame clan, their status in Iwagakure is quite high.

There's no way around it; when the tiger's away, the monkey becomes king.

The reason why Iwagakure was able to produce so many subpar ninjas, unlike other ninja villages which faced numerous obstacles, is that the power of the various ninja clans in Iwagakure was not particularly strong, and they had relatively few constraints on Onoki.

The fact that even the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi, could be used to counterbalance Onoki demonstrates how relaxed the political environment of Iwagakure is.

If the Kamishiryu clan were in Konoha, they might only be a slightly stronger second-rate ninja clan. But in Iwagakure, they are undoubtedly a powerful ninja clan, with only the Explosion Release clan able to rival them.

The Upper Stream Clan certainly had the resources to do so. Not only did they master the two great secret techniques of Rock Concealment and Hive Technique, but they were also incredibly wealthy.

The summoning honey produced by the Kamisama clan is renowned throughout the ninja world and is a prized commodity sought after by nobles from various countries. It is also a top-grade ingredient for refining various ninja elixirs.

The prevailing view in the ninja world that ninjas are tools remains deeply ingrained.

With such a large source of wealth, the Kamisumi clan naturally held a high status among ninjas. If it weren't for Onoki's suppression, and the Kamisumi clan's rise to wealth and aristocratic lifestyle, it wouldn't be entirely impossible for them to develop into a true aristocratic clan like the Uchiha.

Faced with this potential threat that could seize the Tsuchikage's power, Onoki, who was even more cunning than Hiruzen Sarutobi, spared no effort in suppressing the Mizutsu Flow.

Now that Iwagakure has suffered a major defeat and lost its air superiority, it has released the Kamisumiryu clan and transferred them to the front lines.

(End of this chapter)