I, Uchiha Yu, am solely focused on cultivating immortality

Chapter 105 Go back and gain some weight!

As the main body of the tentacle emerged from the sea, Uchiha Yu realized that everything was alright, and it was a false alarm.

The tentacles outside the bay do not belong to a Jinchūriki, nor to any Tailed Beast, but to a round, octopus with enormous tentacles.

Its head was like an eight-story building, and its tentacles varied in length and thickness, stretching out to over a hundred meters when fully extended, and even at their thinnest, they were several meters in diameter.

With such a massive body, the squid's electromagnetic barrier wouldn't be enough to stop them.

The sailfish has already proven to Uchiha Yu that squid roe is more valuable than squid, so the giant octopus's target is obviously also roe.

Of course, given its size, it certainly can't eat only the belly of a squid like a swordfish. It can only use its tentacles to catch dozens or hundreds of squid and then swallow them whole.

However, at this time, it will prioritize catching female squid, so that it can eat a mouthful of squid and also a mouthful of fish roe.

Once the female squid has finished laying her eggs, the tiny roe sinks to the bottom of the bay and mixes with the thick sand. No matter how agile the octopus's enormous tentacles are, its massive size makes it impossible for it to pick up the roe mixed with the sand.

So the octopus tried to get closer to the bay, extending its tentacles as it reached in, attempting to catch the squid that had gathered together.

No matter how hard the squid swarm tried, they couldn't withstand such a colossal creature. So the male squid regrouped, swam to the entrance of the bay, and emitted even brighter bioluminescence and a more powerful magnetic field.

The giant octopus was unusually large and exuded the chakra unique to tailed beasts, but it still had the common problem of octopuses: each tentacle had its own independent brain and did not obey the brain's commands.

Each time its tentacles pass over a group of male squid, they are attracted by the photoelectric signals emitted by the male squid, and against the will of its brain, it captures the nearest male squid.

The octopus repeatedly stretched its tentacles toward the bay, but each time it was turned away halfway by the male squid's efforts, and it only caught male squid that had little nutritional value.

These male squid, having completed mating, thus use themselves as bait to ensure that the females in the bay can safely complete the spawning process.

Once most of the male squid have died from the tentacles' attacks, the annual gathering of the fluorescent squid is drawing to a close. Their fluorescence begins to fade, their fervent reproductive desires subside, and their survival instincts regain the upper hand.

The squid scattered in a panic, leaving the octopus, whose tentacles were over three meters in diameter, helpless. It could only raise its eight tentacles and slap the surface of the sea to vent its anger and resentment.

Miwa Masayo suddenly spoke up: "Yu, you think this big guy is delicious, meow?"

Uchiha Yu was taken aback. This habit of considering whether an unknown creature would taste good first was not the mindset of the Japanese, but rather the foremost of the three instincts unique to the Yanhuang culture.

His lips curled into a grin. Although the bloodline of the Yanhuang civilization is the purest among all the civilizations on Earth, we really don't distinguish between outsiders and our own people based on bloodline.

Pear Blossom Sauce, with this kind of awareness, you're already a qualified cat of the Yanhuang family.

Uchiha Yu laughed triumphantly, pointing at the giant octopus and saying, "Octopus is seafood, and the more lively and ferocious seafood is, the better it tastes. It must be delicious!"

Amidst the loud laughter, Uchiha Yu's surging natural energy and chakra emanated together, forming an extraordinary aura like a volcanic eruption, instantly attracting the attention of the extraordinary octopus.

"Come on, nine-headed octopus, come ashore and become my takoyaki!"

Sensing intense chakra, especially the scent mixed with pure natural energy, the octopus's already limited rationality vanished completely, and even its survival instinct was suppressed by the desire to advance its life level.

It rubbed its hard beak together, making a screeching sound, and the brains of its eight tentacles finally united, supporting the huge, round head that was as big as a small mountain, and struggled to reach the shore.

The octopus's eyes were almost as big as a person's height, and its large, watery eyes revealed undisguised greed as it stared intently at Uchiha Yu and Miwa Masayo.

Unlike Uchiha Yu's composure, the tabby cat was extremely uncomfortable being stared at by the giant predator. Her fur stood on end, her body arched high, and her tail stood upright like a flagpole.

Masayo Miwa, in a battle stance, let out a threatening "Ha—" and was fully prepared to attack.

Uchiha Yu instantly understood the raccoon cat's intention, abandoning his prepared skewer ninjutsu and switching to the most popular ninjutsu in the Uchiha clan.

Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Technique

Uchiha Yu didn't need complicated hand seals to perform this technique. Instead, he put his hands together in a trumpet shape, puffed out his cheeks, and blew forward, sending out a dense ball of fire.

Thousands of flames resembling phoenix tails surrounded the giant octopus, while smaller flames, about the size of a fist, scorched its skin, causing it to rapidly dehydrate and carbonize.

But that's all the damage there is. The octopus's skin is full of moisture and gelatin, and its thickness exceeds the width of a person's body. The small balsam fire burning a fist-sized wound is hardly any damage at all.

After an octopus leaves the sea, every time it moves on land, the skin beneath its body is cut with huge gashes by the protruding rocks on the ground.

These wounds were extremely deep, with blue blood gushing out, causing damage hundreds or thousands of times more severe than that caused by the balsam fire.

However, Miwa Masayo, who leaped through flames, was even more lethal. White light bands wrapped around all four of her paws, which was the raccoon cat's magic - Pure White Claws.

Miwa Masayo placed all four claws on the octopus's body, and as he infused it with Sage Chakra, the ribbons of white flames suddenly lengthened, forming giant claws like ninja swords.

The tabby cat rapidly circled the base of one of the tentacles, leaving a ring of burnt-smelling wounds on the massive tentacle.

The fragrant wound didn't even bleed, yet it caused extremely intense pain. The octopus made a painful clicking sound, manipulating all its tentacles to surround and capture the tiny enemy.

Using the dense flames, the tabby cat nimbly dodged and weaved through the attacks of the eight tentacles, spinning them around and soon causing them to tangle.

Prioritizing his own safety, Miwa Masayo focused his attacks on the injured tentacle roots, continuously deepening the wound.

As the window deepened, the pain intensified, the octopus's teeth grinding became even more piercing, and lightning began to crackle from its eight tentacles, attempting to increase its chances of capturing its enemy.

Uchiha Yu was surprised: "Lightning Release? Why did you wait until now to use Lightning Release?"

The mountain-sized octopus was crackling with lightning bolts all over its body, resembling a raging thundercloud about to unleash terrifying thunder to annihilate its enemies.

However, Uchiha Yu was not worried about his own safety or that of Miwa Masayo.

Lightning Release is not real natural lightning. It requires Lightning Release Chakra to establish an electric shock channel before Lightning Release lightning can be activated. Lightning speed is the speed of light, but the speed of Lightning Release Chakra is not.

The combination of Flame Shuttle and the Cat Sage's reaction speed is an unbeatable tactic.

Later, the Iwagakure ninjas proved with dozens of lives that without equivalent spatial abilities, one should not attempt to challenge an enemy who has mastered the ability to teleport.

Even the ninjas who ruled the ninja world couldn't do it, let alone a giant octopus. Even if its eight knotted tentacles unleashed a lightning storm, they didn't touch a single hair on Miwa Masayo's head.

Lightning Release could not possibly hit Miwa Masayo, who was traversing space.

After absorbing wind-elemental natural energy, Uchiha Yuu was always surrounded by a gentle breeze, and he could manipulate wind-style chakra to transform it into ninjutsu at any time.

If the Lightning Release chakra extends to his side, it will be immediately dispersed by the Wind Release chakra. Wind Release counters Lightning Release, so using it on a chakra beast will not cause any accidents.

As the attacks intensified, the injured tentacle grew frightened. Ignoring the brain's commands to attack, it began to curl up in an attempt to protect itself.

But even eight tentacles couldn't stop Miwa Masayo's attack, so how could a single tentacle possibly stop the fiery ribbons from cutting through?

With each attack, the wounds grew deeper.

Finally, the burn wound had grown so large that it could no longer stop the bleeding, and a large amount of blue blood spurted out. The injured tentacle became disorganized, and its frantic attacks interfered with the other tentacles, giving the tabby cat an opportunity to charge up its attack.

Miwa Masayo took a deep breath, and Sage Chakra gathered in his right forepaw. The white ribbon continued to extend, forming a giant flaming blade like a nodachi.

The white, fiery blade cut deep into the octopus's wound, and with a sizzling sound like grilling on a hot plate, the enormous tentacle was finally severed at the root.

The tentacles, which had been winding like a dragon, instantly contracted into a ball. Sensing death, the tentacles struggled desperately, jumping around on the beach like a gecko's tail that had been broken off in fright.

After assessing the size, Uchiha Yuu decided that one stick would be enough. He began to consider whether to save the remaining seven sticks for the octopus, so that they could at least keep it fresh for a longer time...

But the octopus was now controlled by greed and had no intention of retreating. Instead, it used its remaining seven tentacles to besiege the small Miwa Masayo.

Seeing his partner dodge through the gaps in the tentacles and sensing the octopus's unwavering greed, Uchiha Yu was instantly enraged: "I gave you a chance, but not only did you not run away, you even dared to fight back against Rika-chan?"

Uchiha Yu clapped his hands together, making a crisp clapping sound, but then froze on the spot.

It was only at this moment that he realized he lacked the skill to deal with the behemoth before him.

The previously prepared skewer ninjutsu was limited in scale, only enough to inflict sufficient pain on the octopus, but not enough to kill it instantly.

Neither the Earth Release technique used to deal with the Root ninjas in Konoha, nor the Flame Storm used to kill the Sand Village ninjas in the Land of Rivers, nor the Mind Genjutsu used to just kill 15 Root ninjas, could be used to deal with such a huge monster.

Especially mental illusions, which are invincible against humans and may be quite effective against tailed beasts, are meaningless against an octopus with eight brains in addition to its own.

Uchiha Yu had already used genjutsu, easily controlling the octopus's brain by taking advantage of its greed, but the greed of the brains on its seven tentacles suppressed the brain's caution.

Moreover, the tentacles' brains are fundamentally different from the human brain, which Uchiha Yu, as a human, cannot comprehend at all, and he cannot even plant the seed of suggestion.

Faced with this inexplicable and peculiar thought core called the Tentacle Brain, he was like a hacker facing a ternary alien computer, unable to find a starting point.

Uchiha Yu said with a self-deprecating laugh, "We have another project to research: special techniques for dealing with large or even gigantic enemies."

"Think about it carefully, similar giant ninja beasts or puppets are not uncommon in the future ninja world, and even if an Uchiha civil war breaks out, they can be used to deal with Susanoo."

As for the giant octopus in front of him, Uchiha Yu naturally had a way to deal with it.

There is no suitable ninjutsu to deal with it. This is not because the giant octopus has strong defenses, like Susanoo which is completely impenetrable, but because it is large enough that the destructive power of a single ninjutsu is not fatal.

"Since that's the case, don't blame me for not giving you a quick death. Enjoy the exquisite pleasure of being slowly sliced ​​to death!"

Uchiha Yu clasped his hands together again, using wind-attribute natural energy to power the wind-style chakra within his cells, constructing a complete jutsu structure, and then activated the ninjutsu.

Wind Release: Wind Blade Combo - Extreme

A pale blue wind circle was created around Uchiha Yu. Countless wind blades were squeezed out of the wind circle and then swooped down on the octopus like flocks of swifts.

The pale blue wind blades quickly multiplied to thousands, but each one was under Uchiha Yu's control, precisely bypassing the charging Miwa Masayo and scraping off thin, almost transparent pieces of flesh from the octopus's body.

The sudden burst of pain instilled fear in the brains of the seven tentacles. They tried to escape, but the brains were completely disrupted by Yu's illusion and had no way to coordinate the seven tentacles.

So the tentacles made their own judgments.

Escape was the consensus, and there was no disagreement about where to run. The octopus couldn't just go up the mountain to hide from the enemy, but how to run was a big problem.

None of the tentacles wanted to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the whole, so all seven tentacles stretched straight out towards the sea, and the entire octopus lay upright on the beach, exposing its most vulnerable head to Uchiha Yu and Miwa Masayo.

There was no need to be polite. Miwa Masayo gathered his strength slightly, extended the white flame ribbon to wrap around his entire body, and then leaped into the air.

Uchiha Yu timely disintegrated the wind blades into whirlwinds, which hovered in the air, providing Miwa Masayo with a series of footholds, helping her jump to a height of 100 meters, and then using the gust of wind to help her accelerate her dive.

The tabby cat transformed into a white arrow of fire, trailing a long, fiery tail, and pierced the root of another tentacle of the giant octopus.

Uchiha Yu controlled the wind blades, which rushed into the octopus's body through the opening created by the tabby cat, accelerating the destruction from the inside.

The noisy battlefield suddenly fell silent, with only the pale blue wind blades emitting a soft, sharp whistling sound as they continuously poured into the octopus's wounds.

Suddenly, a white light burst through the base of the octopus's tentacles from below, and Miwa Masayo landed steadily on the beach. She was covered in white flame ribbon armor, without a trace of blood or filth.

The tabby cat shook off the sand that clung to its body and strode with a majestic and domineering gait, passing through flame after flame, toward Uchiha Yu.

Behind the tabby cat, black ink and blue blood gushed from the open wound, quickly polluting a large area of ​​the beach.

Excessive blood loss caused the octopus's head to deflate like a punctured helium balloon, slowly shrinking down, and even its eyes appeared withered and wrinkled.

Miwa Masayo walked to Uchiha Yu's feet, dispelled his Flame Ribbon Armor, stretched lazily, rubbed against his human's calf to collect his comforting scent, and then jumped up and perched on his favorite shoulder.

She yawned widely and said regretfully, "This giant octopus probably won't be so stubborn as to fight us anymore. We can't kill it all at once, otherwise we'll have a hard time getting such a plump piece of meat."

Uchiha Yu continued to manipulate the wind blades, dismembering the two broken tentacles that were struggling in their death throes bit by bit. If they twitched too violently, the firmness of the flesh would decrease, and the taste would be slightly worse.

Hearing what the tabby cat said, he agreed and said, "Yes, although it can be made into octopus jerky and then soaked in water before eating, octopus meat is not like scallops, and drying it will not produce a unique flavor."

"Only freshly cut octopus meat, like it is now, can bring out its most delicious flavor."

After dealing with the two fallen tentacles, Uchiha Yu, accompanied by the tabby cat, used the Body Flicker Technique to approach the octopus's head and imprint a large emblem on it.

The tabby cat asked curiously, "What's that, meow?"

Uchiha Yu replied, "This is the mark I put on this big guy. With this mark, no matter how far it hides after returning to the sea, I can find its hiding place."

"Now you can safely let it go so that the flesh can remain fresh."

Uchiha Yu released control over the octopus's brain and casually activated the pre-implanted suggestive seeds, arousing the octopus's fear and will to survive.

Under the influence of suggestion and pain, the octopus fully realizes that it is no match for its enemy, and that it has even become the enemy's prey.

Driven by intense fear and the will to survive, the brain quickly persuaded the remaining six tentacles to work together, taking turns to exert force as they raced toward the sea.

Upon reaching the seashore, the octopus plunged headfirst into the water.

Without looking back, it swam southeast, spewing water as it moved forward and spraying out large amounts of ink, turning the seawater it passed through completely black. Soon, the enormous beast disappeared into the dark sea.

Masayo Miwa looked at the dark seawater, pursed his lips, and asked, "Didn't you lose anything, meow?"

Uchiha Yu pointed southeast, then slowly turned northeast, replying, "No, I can clearly sense my mark. This guy is turning northeast; he's quite cunning."

Miwa Masayo yawned again, rubbed his eyes with his paws, and muttered, "Go back and grow some weight, meow. We'll come find you again when we're hungry, meow."

(End of this chapter)