Mayuri Kurotsuchi Card Game, starting from Naruto

Chapter 97 The Second Gold

An evil and extremely oppressive power suddenly erupted from the Third Raikage. To everyone's astonishment, the Third Raikage's body hunched over as if enduring some kind of intense pain.

Solidified black chakra swirled and crisscrossed from his body, soaring into the sky like a whirlwind, howling and vibrating outwards.

The Iwa ninjas caught in the blast instinctively raised their arms to shield their eyes, feeling the sharp wind sweeping across their bodies. The cold and dark chakra caused them to instinctively take a few steps back, helplessly touching their exposed, slightly cold skin, filled with unease.

The Third Raikage's skin had turned a deep black, and his messy hair began to grow rapidly, spreading out behind him like thorny bushes.

A black tail extended from behind Raikage, slightly lowering his hunched body.

Even more astonishingly, the Third Raikage's severed arm, which had been erased by Dust Release, regenerated and grew back as the flesh rolled back. In the blink of an eye, the Third Raikage had completely changed his appearance; not only had his limbs fully recovered, but his body size had also increased dramatically.

"What is that?"

Feeling the extremely oppressive aura and power emanating from the Third Raikage, Onoki's eyes widened.

Tailed beast transformation?

From the feeling, it does indeed feel like the oppressive aura of a tailed beast, but judging from its state, it is completely different from the tailed beast cloak and half-tailed beast form of a tailed beast.

Stab la la!

Black lightning crackled around the Third Raikage, who had been transformed into a monster.

His legs were bent like sheep's hooves, and his feet turned into two claws, gripping the ground. He was tall and agile, with bulging muscles beneath his black skin.

Two bull horn-like protrusions pierced from either side of his forehead, and he forcibly condensed a bolt of lightning into a lightning spear, which he held in his palm.

Beneath a pale white bone mask, a pair of golden eyes, filled with savagery and hunger, stared intently at the two Jinchūriki charging towards him.

The Third Raikage's current appearance and aura cast a heavy shadow of oppression over everyone on the battlefield. An uncontrollable fear trembled within them, like their very souls.

So fast!

Han's pupils suddenly contracted. The distorted Third Raikage in front of him vanished as if by teleportation. The next moment, alarm bells rang in his mind. A deadly sense of crisis caused him to instantly unleash a large amount of steam, and he accelerated his speed again to move and dodge erratically.

However, all of this was in vain. The moment his sense of crisis lessened, a dazzling spear of lightning suddenly struck his body.

The lightning strike, with its extremely penetrating power and the increased penetrating force due to acceleration, pierced through Han instantly.

His tailed beast cloak offered no protection whatsoever against this sudden attack, and a large hole was pierced through it.

Even more terrifying, the lightning paralysis attached to the Thunder Spear forcibly interfered with his nerves, freezing him in place.

The lightning spear that pierced through him continued its momentum, leaving a trail of flashing lightning in the approaching darkness before finally landing near the Iwa ninja outside the encirclement.

boom!

The ground trembled violently as the Thunder Spear unleashed all its energy upon contact with the ground, unleashing unparalleled destructive power.

Within a radius of 100 meters, the Iwa ninjas died instantly under the intense heat of the Thunder Spear's explosion, offering no resistance. The shockwaves surged outwards like waves.

"Chinese!"

Old Purple, who followed closely behind, stood in front of Han. His body, wrapped in a molten lava cloak, used the power of the tailed beast to grab the Third Raikage who was rushing towards him.

The intense heat of the lava scorched the Third Raikage's skin. Finally, having slowed down his opponent, Old Purple unleashed several red lava balls right up to the Raikage's face, smearing them onto the monstrous Raikage's face.

The scorching hot molten lava landed on the Third Raikage's face, sizzling and roasting. But the next moment, to Rōshi's astonishment, the heat on the lava rapidly dissipated, cooling down, and his Lava Tailed Beast Cloak was also stolen by some force.

burst!

Sensing something was wrong, Old Purple immediately unleashed the lava-like Tailed Beast Cloak surrounding his body.

The shockwave from the explosion separated the two. Lao Zi crashed into Han behind him, dragging him and tumbling a long way on the ground.

"How are you feeling?" Old Purple asked Han Dao, who was also a Jinchūriki, while staring intently at the Third Raikage, who had stood up again in the distance and now looked more like a monster than the Jinchūriki.

"I won't die," the man in red armor replied in a muffled voice. The surging chakra of the Tailed Beast Cloak was rapidly filling the horrifying, fatal wound in his abdomen.

However, judging from the situation, even with the help of the tailed beast's chakra, it is still a pipe dream for Han to regain his peak fighting power.

"The Sand Village has been hiding a lot of important information!"

Onoki's Dust Release attack did not have the desired effect.

Dust Release, as a bloodline limit, is undoubtedly powerful, and it is a sure-fire way to kill enemies that are clumsy, slow-moving, or large.

However, against an opponent like the Third Raikage who is extremely fast and quick-witted, the accuracy of Dust Release is often unsatisfactory when there are no restrictions.

He now connects the Third Raikage's distortion with some battle information from his memories about the Sand Ninja and the Cloud Ninja, and realizes that the Sand Ninja must have disguised this information, concealing important details.

But for now, Onoki has no time to hold a grudge against the Sand Village's schemes and intentions. What he has in mind right now is how to restrain and resolve the mutated Third Raikage!

With a single blow, the opponent severely injured the Five-Tails Jinchuriki. Coupled with an even faster speed than before, the Third Raikage on the field has become a bigger problem than the Tailed Beasts.

Lava Release: River of Lava!

Old Purple tossed Han onto the Iwa ninja who had come up to escort him, his fingers rapidly forming hand seals, spewing scorching lava towards the ground. A river of lava, radiating intense heat, cascaded down the earth, rushing towards the Third Raikage.

He keenly sensed that the Third Raikage's condition was abnormal, somewhat like a Jinchuriki who had lost control of his Tailed Beast transformation, becoming a puppet whose consciousness was being held hostage and controlled by the Tailed Beast's will.

When those golden eyes stared at him, he could easily feel the madness, destruction, and dark emotions such as greed that accompanied those eyes.

Earth Escape Technique: Earthquake Core!

Even the floating Onoki couldn't stand idly by and actively cooperated with Rōshi to unleash a ninjutsu that restricted the Third Raikage.

The ground begins to rise and fall, and the Earthquake Core can create formations advantageous to its side based on the flow of the caster's chakra. The Iwagakure village, which excels in Earth Release ninjutsu, has an absolute advantage over other ninjutsu in terms of positional warfare and terrain creation.

The rising rock walls on three sides restricted the Third Raikage's movement space, while the surging lava river flowed towards the Third Raikage through a deliberately left gap.

Under Onoki's terrified gaze, the Third Raikage, who seemed to have nowhere to escape, had his flesh ripple and two black wings emerge from his back.

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【Hogyoku Series: The Cursed Seal of Emptiness (Part 1)】

Quality: Gold (10001/50000)

Characteristics: It amplifies a certain emotion or will within a person. The support of this emotion and will determines the continuation of reason.

Description: A technique based on the soul and the power of nature.

A soul corrupted by the cursed seal will gradually be consumed by its power. During this process, the corrupted soul will receive the blessing of natural forces.

If the one bearing the power cannot maintain their sanity, their soul and will will be devoured and absorbed by the ninja tool that bears the cursed seal. Endless fighting and devouring will take place within the ninja tool.

Subsequent users will gain the power, experience, and ninjutsu of the previous users until their souls and wills are completely devoured by the Cursed Seal Hollow, becoming new food.

Note 1: The soul will be trapped in an endless cycle of fighting within the ninja tool until it transforms into a complete body.

Note 2: Those who successfully master this power will become powerful immortals who wield immortal arts.

Note ③: It is still becoming stronger, and stronger!

Approval rating: 60001/100000, Physical fitness +50, Chakra +5000

New Recognition Feature: Natural attribute physical trait +1, Soul attribute strength trait +1.

Conclusion: You will enter a period of burst of inspiration in the subsequent development of Cursed Seal Hollow. The only thing limiting your inspiration will be the available materials!

Golden Card Reward: Void Power

Seeing the sudden surge in approval ratings, and even the quality of the cursed mask that had been lost transforming into gold, Lu Nie made a deduction in his mind.

Has it finally found a suitable wearer?

Lu Nie temporarily halted and finished his experiments, then arrived at the room where the original cursed mask hung.

His fingers gently touched the mask. As the original mask that bore the cursed seal, its power had leaked out, but it still possessed the ability to sense the existence, splitting, power, and soul of other masks.

Compared to the masks that fell off the wearers, the pure white bone mask in front of them is the real one.

Lu Nie clearly sensed an incredibly violent power and an unwavering will; that power felt very familiar to him.

Lightning Release!

A lightning technique even more powerful than that of Rui in the delegation.

The Third Raikage!

Lu Nie, through speculation, identified the protagonist who caused this transformation.

The higher the approval rating, the more difficult it becomes to increase. The only way to raise it to over 60,000 in one go is through war, specifically a large-scale war with a sufficient number of participating ninjas.

His brain began to work at high speed, and one idea after another for developing the Cursed Seal Hollow emerged from his mind like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

Lu Nie didn't waste any time at all, recording every inspiration that came to mind to avoid forgetting it later.

Due to factors such as cost, experimental equipment, experimental materials, and funding, Lu Nie also needs to categorize those inspirations, focusing on recording the most likely ones to be realized first, while selecting and sealing away those that are almost fanciful and not yet feasible, as references for future development.

It wasn't until late at night that the inspiration that had been flowing like a spring gradually began to dry up and stabilize.

Looking at the several notebooks filled with inspiration notes in her hands, Lu Nie, slightly tired, shook her aching arms, feeling a sense of satisfaction.

Afterwards, Lu Nie did not forget to conduct a detailed examination of his body. His physical constitution had not improved much, but the strength and resilience of his soul had increased dramatically.

Simply put, the increased strength and resilience of his soul make Lu Nie more resistant to illusion-type, mental-type, and soul-targeting ninjutsu and techniques.

They find it easier to learn and master Yin Release ninjutsu and ninjutsu involving the mind and soul.

Based on Lu Nie's current soul strength, he speculates that even if he loses his physical body, he can remain in the world in soul form for a period of time, rather than returning to the Pure Land.

Similarly, his affinity and control over the forces of nature have, in some respects, surpassed that of Jugo Libra.

With his Yang attribute constitution, Yin Release power, soul strength, and affinity for natural forces, Lu Nie is able to better control the natural forces entering his body, unlike Jugo who, after reaching a certain stage, loses control and becomes out of control like someone with a split personality.

Mastering Immortal Mode and practicing Immortal Arts also requires talent. Natural power is more dangerous and has a lower success rate than forbidden techniques.

At least his teacher Orochimaru had been deterred by the challenges of training with the Sage of Ryuchi Cave and instead sought out Jugo Tensei, hoping to learn how to become familiar with and freely control the forces of nature through research, thereby increasing his chances of successfully training in the Ryuchi Cave Sage Mode.

For Orochimaru, the uncertain and highly fatal Sage Mode conflicted with his yearning for immortality and survival. Without a certain level of certainty, he dared not gamble everything on it.

Orochimaru also warned Shikano and Anko not to accept the Sage Trials of Ryuchi Cave lightly if they were not confident.

Just as Lu Nie was pondering, a small white snake slithered quickly from a dark corner. After its little head touched Lu Nie's crouching fingers twice, its mouth suddenly opened, its upper and lower jaws stretched into an astonishing arc, and then it spat out a scroll much larger than its own body from its tiny body.

Lu Nie took the scroll that the snake had spat out in his hand. The outside of the scroll was very clean and there was no sticky residue. After opening the scroll using the unsealing seal, he found intelligence information about the battlefield that Orochimaru had sent back.

The Iwa ninja joined the battle, the Kumo ninja retreated, and the Third Raikage single-handedly blocked the Iwa army.

Lu Nie quickly glanced at the contents of the scroll, focusing on the parts that interested him. The Third Raikage had indeed actively used the Cursed Seal Hollow and fought tenaciously for two days and two nights under its corrosive influence.

The Five-Tails Jinchuriki, Han, was seriously injured; the Four-Tails Jinchuriki was seriously injured; and the Third Raikage's whereabouts are unknown.

(End of this chapter)