Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

The White Zetsu clone closed its Byakugan and then stored the remaining Sage Chakra within its body in a newly opened secondary pool created by the Yin Seal.

Because of the high amount of chakra in the White Zetsu clone and its ability to absorb natural energy and quickly convert it into chakra, the sage chakra stored in the Yin Seal sub-pool of the White Zetsu clone is more than that in the original body. However, it is still far from being fully stored.

At this rate, it will take at least another month.

At that time, the White Zetsu clones, in their normal state, will be able to nourish the Byakugan for a long time using the Sage Chakra in the secondary pool, and promote its evolution in conjunction with the Wood Release Chakra.

After testing the Byakugan, the next step is naturally to test the Blood Dragon Eye.

Kirito's anticipation for the Blood Dragon Eye, a bloodline limit formed from non-alien blood, was naturally not as high as for the Byakugan. However, the power to manipulate blood that this bloodline limit possessed gave him a certain deep expectation for the Blood Dragon Eye.

Blood is undoubtedly an important foundation of life. Blood is also composed of cells, and cells are the carriers of genetic information. Going a step further, the bloodline limit is undoubtedly a kind of genetic information.

With this connection in mind, Kirito wondered if he could develop the Blood Dragon Eye's ability to manipulate blood to a deeper level, and perhaps then gain the ability to manipulate genetic information.

If he could really reach that point, then he might be able to mass-produce bloodline limit ninjas. He could activate the genetic information within the bodies of those descendants who possess bloodline limit bloodlines, allowing them to obtain the power of bloodline limit.

He might even be able to create a bloodline limit in the end.

This reflects Kirito's deep anticipation for the Bloodline Limit of the Dragon Eye.

Although it's just a concept, it's not impossible for it to succeed.

In the original story, Kabuto once combined Sakon's dual demonic attacks with the help of Sage Chakra to develop the powerful Sage Art: Transcendent Shadow, which allowed him to activate other people's techniques, and even his bloodline limit.

Kabuto, using the Sage Technique: Transcendent Shadow, possesses the Shikotsumyaku ability, a descendant of Kimimaro, an alien.

Kabuto also possesses cells from Karin, a descendant of the aliens, and might even be able to use the Uzumaki clan's unique sealing technique, the Vajra Sealing Technique.

This shows that the potential of the bloodline limits of these native, non-alien bloodlines is actually quite enormous, especially after obtaining the amplification of Sage Art power, their development potential will be greatly enhanced.

It was because of Kabuto's success that Kirito had some confidence that the Blood Dragon Eye's abilities could be developed to the point where they could affect bloodline limits.

"Let's begin."

Kirito lay on the operating table, and then manipulated a White Zetsu clone to perform an eye transplant on his main body.

At this moment, the White Zetsu clone activated its Byakugan and used its chakra scalpel to remove Kirito's eyeballs in a near-perfect manner, then placed them in a prepared container.

Next, the White Zetsu clone perfectly transplanted the two Blood Dragon Eyes into Kirito's main body.

A short while later, Kirito's true form reopened his eyes. He immediately sensed the strong rejection from those blood dragon eyes. His eyes were extremely sore, and his vision was very blurry, filled with a bloody color.

"It really hurts. It's completely different from when the Byakugan was transplanted into the White Zetsu clone. This bloodline rejection is quite severe. It seems that the Blood Dragon Eye is not very compatible with my main body's bloodline. As a result, it will probably be very difficult for me to use it."

Kirito felt the pain in his eyes and the chakra being constantly plundered by the Blood Dragon Eye, and gave a self-deprecating laugh.

He had anticipated that bloodline rejection would occur.

He naturally had a way to deal with this, which was to rely on his Sage Chakra.

His Sage Chakra, like Jugo's, is actually a type of chakra rich in powerful aggression, capable of infecting and strengthening living beings. The Kirito-style Cursed Seal Technique, which he developed and is similar to Orochimaru's Cursed Seal, is an example of this.

The next moment, he began to gather Sage Chakra.

Soon, he created a stable stream of Sage Chakra and then channeled it into the Blood Dragon Eye.

Just like the Byakugan before, the Blood Dragon Eye now has an almost greedy craving for chakra. Faced with Sage Chakra, which is much more advanced than ordinary chakra, it naturally does not reject it and happily absorbs the Sage Chakra into its body.

When the Sage Chakra containing Kirito's will entered the Blood Dragon Eye, it was instantly corrupted.

The originally blood-red whites of his eyes gradually turned black, while the straight white pupils gradually turned purple.

At the same time, the Blood Dragon Eye, which had been resisting Kirito's body due to bloodline rejection, was rapidly reducing its rejection of Kirito's body. Kirito's vision gradually became clearer, and he began to gradually gain some control over the Blood Dragon Eye.

As Sage Chakra was continuously injected into the Blood Dragon Eye, the degree of corruption in the Blood Dragon Eye increased, and its rejection of Kirito decreased.

Gradually, Kirito discovered that the Blood Dragon Eyes no longer rejected him in the slightest. It was as if these newly transplanted Blood Dragon Eyes were his original eyes, which he could control freely without feeling any discomfort.

Most importantly, the burden that the blood dragon eye had placed on his body disappeared.

The situation where the Blood Dragon Eye continuously absorbed and consumed chakra to maintain its open state, which was impossible to close, also disappeared.

He doesn't have to worry about running out of chakra like Kakashi in the original story, who couldn't shut down his Sharingan and had his chakra continuously depleted by it.

With a thought, the Blood Dragon Eye, which was originally open, closed smoothly and returned to its normal state.

"Phew~, thank goodness they have black eyes, not blue eyes, otherwise I would have to wear colored contact lenses every day to cover it up."

Kirito breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Blood Dragon Eyes after they returned to normal, thanks to the vision of the White Zetsu clone.

His eyes were originally black. If the Blood Dragon Eyes were to return to normal and become a different color, it would definitely let others know that he had undergone an eye transplant.

Therefore, in order to avoid being noticed, he had to put some effort into his eyes.

"However, the use of the Blood Dragon Eye can be kept secret for as long as possible. Intelligence is too important for battles between ninjas. The Blood Dragon Eye is now one of my hidden trump cards. This time, it cannot be exposed by some people with ulterior motives like the Spirit Transformation Technique."

Kirito thought for a moment and decided to add another layer of concealment to the Blood Dragon Eye.

At that moment, he suddenly remembered the sunglasses worn by the Aburame tribe, and shook his head, saying, "Ordinary sunglasses are still a bit lacking; they have gaps. It seems I need to have a pair of special glasses made, similar to swimming goggles, that completely cover the eyes."

After finalizing the method for concealing the Blood Dragon Eye, Kirito began testing it.

After being nourished by Sage Chakra, the Blood Dragon Eyes' abilities were indeed enhanced to some extent. However, due to being immersed in a container to maintain their vitality for a long time, the life force of these Blood Dragon Eyes was greatly weakened, making them appear dull and lacking in vitality.

With the Byakugan as a reference, Kirito decisively had his White Zetsu clone use the Spore Technique to merge into his body, and then transferred the Wood Release chakra within his body into his own.

Wood Release chakra, like Kirito's Sage Mode chakra, possesses extremely strong aggressiveness. It did not exhibit this aggressiveness before because it was inside a White Zetsu clone containing Hashirama cells. Now that it has entered Kirito's main body, it immediately displays this aggressiveness.

However, its aggressiveness was ultimately no match for Kirito's Sage Chakra, and it was also no match for Sage Chakra in terms of quality. It was quickly suppressed and enveloped by Kirito's Sage Chakra, and then transported to the Blood Dragon Eye.

The Blood Dragon Eye has now completely transformed into Kirito's shape. Under Kirito's control, it absorbs Sage Chakra along with Wood Release Chakra without any resistance.

In an instant, a powerful life force was injected into the Blood Dragon Eye, revitalizing its life force. Its originally dull eyes gradually came to life and became lively and bright.

At the same time, Kirito also discovered that a special blood-red Yin Release chakra was beginning to emerge within the Blood Dragon Eye's body.

This Yin Release chakra flowed through Kirito's body along his chakra meridians, and in the process, it even absorbed and devoured the Yin Release chakra that was originally in Kirito's body, transforming it all into a special Yin Release chakra.

As this special Yin Release chakra continued to flow within Kirito's body, he gradually developed a new sensory ability: the ability to sense blood.

Without using his soul perception or natural energy perception, he could clearly sense the orphanage and a large number of creatures within hundreds of meters. He could clearly perceive their location by the blood flowing in their bodies, and even had a feeling that he could control the blood in their bodies.

"This special Yin Release chakra must be the source of the Blood Dragon Eye's power. It absorbs the chakra in my body and then creates its own unique chakra. It's truly a miraculous bloodline limit."

Kirito, using the Byakugan of his White Zetsu clone, clearly saw the path of this special Yin Release chakra and said with some surprise.

Next, he began testing the blood dragon eye.

The first step is to absorb Wood Release chakra to awaken the Sharingan.

Kirito immediately poured a large amount of Wood Release chakra into the Blood Dragon Eye, and then successfully activated it.

This time, the Blood Dragon Eye was activated in its normal state, not as it appeared when it was tainted by Sage Chakra.

After activating the Blood Dragon Eye, Kirito clearly noticed that his ability to perceive through blood had been enhanced, increasing the range of his perception from about 300 meters to over 1,000 meters.

He decisively had his White Zetsu clone activate the Byakugan, and then used the Byakugan to lock onto a venomous snake in the forest several hundred meters away.

This is a venomous snake with chakra within its body.

Clearly, this venomous snake is no ordinary creature; it has evolved into a ninja beast.

Because of this, it is quite large, with a body as thick as a basketball.

Kirito had never seen such a large venomous snake in this forest before. Now, having had a full meal, the snake was lurking in a snake hole underground.

After selecting a target to test the Blood Dragon Eye's abilities, Kirito began to activate the Blood Dragon Eye's ability to manipulate blood.

The next moment, through his white eyes, he immediately saw the venomous snake suddenly scream in agony, then its body curled up, and blood began to flow from its eyes, ears, nose and mouth.

"Is this the Blood Dragon Eye's ability to manipulate blood? This ability is indeed a powerful weapon on the battlefield. Even if the enemy is not injured and the wound is not bleeding, it can still cause the enemy's blood to surge suddenly, killing the enemy silently."

Kirito used his Byakugan to see the snake's condition clearly, and saw the serious consequences caused by the sudden reverse flow of blood in its body. He couldn't help but gain a new understanding of the Blood Dragon Eye's ability to manipulate blood.

He then began to use Sage Chakra to replace Wood Release Chakra in order to awaken the Blood Dragon Eye.

After obtaining Sage Chakra, the Blood Dragon Eyes reopened in the same way as before when they were tainted by Sage Chakra, with black whites and purple pupils.

After receiving the amplification of Sage Mode power, Blood Dragon Eye's ability to perceive blood increased to two kilometers, and its control over blood was further enhanced. Kirito continued to test it with that poisonous snake, and the snake's body immediately exploded.

Using the power of Sage Mode, Kirito used the Blood Dragon Eyes to kill a venomous snake with strength at least at the Genin level from hundreds of meters away.

"That's right. After receiving the boost from Sage Chakra, Blood Dragon Eyes now has at least the ability to instantly kill a Genin. Moreover, this ability can be released from a great distance, making it a very suitable ability for assassination."

After Kirito used the Byakugan on his White Zetsu clone to see the gruesome death of the poisonous snake, he said with great satisfaction.

At the same time, Orochimaru established an underground laboratory outside the village.

Orochimaru, who was dissecting a ninja corpse with a scalpel, suddenly stopped what he was doing, turned his head to look in the direction of the orphanage, and said with a puzzled look, "Dead? How did he die?"

Chapter 143: A Man Who Believes in Money

Orochimaru is now very puzzled, as the snake he summoned from Ryuchi Cave has inexplicably died.

Although the snake was of little value to him, and the White Snake Immortal, the master of Ryuchi Cave, wouldn't care about a weak snake that was only fit to be food, and he could summon a new one from Ryuchi Cave at any time using his summoning technique, he still felt a little uneasy about its inexplicable death.

Because that snake was his experimental subject, an enhanced snake that had gained extremely strong stealth abilities and mastery of earth-escape techniques through his physical modification technology, it was impossible for ordinary sensory ninjas to detect it, and ordinary sensory ninjutsu would also be difficult to be effective against it.

Who exactly discovered it and then instantly killed it while it was lurking underground?

Orochimaru was very curious, so he immediately formed a hand seal to create a shadow clone and ordered it to check the situation.

He then continued to focus on the experiment at hand.

Soon after, Orochimaru's shadow clone arrived at the snake hole where the venomous snake had died. He didn't mind the filth and used his hands to pry open the snake's shattered corpse, trying to find out the cause of the snake's death from the body.

However, the more he examined the snake's corpse, the greater his doubts became.

He muttered to himself, "Strange, no trace of ninjutsu was found. The cause of death should be an inexplicable internal explosion. What kind of power could cause a sudden explosion inside the snake's body? There are no other traces of chakra, which means it wasn't caused by ninjutsu. Could it be some kind of peculiar bloodline limit ability?"

Orochimaru's shadow clone's brain was working at high speed, trying to find a bloodline limit ability that matched the cause of the snake's death from the various strange bloodline limits he knew. However, he was not an omnipotent and omniscient person after all, and could not find a matching bloodline limit ability.

Unable to identify the culprit, Orochimaru's shadow clone immediately turned to look in the direction of the orphanage.

At the same time, Kirito saw Orochimaru's shadow clone looking over through the Byakugan of the White Zetsu clone, and sneered, "This guy is as perceptive as ever, but he probably hasn't found out who killed the poisonous snake, he's just suspicious."

To be honest, he really didn't expect that the venomous snake was Orochimaru's summoning beast.

He simply felt that the venomous snake with chakra was somewhat close to the orphanage and was quite large, so he thought it would pose a threat to the people in the orphanage. That's why he chose it as the experimental subject for the Blood Dragon Eye. Unexpectedly, it blew Orochimaru out.

However, through his blood-sensing ability with his Blood Dragon Eyes, he knew that the person who came here to investigate the cause of the snake's death was just a shadow clone of Orochimaru.

Now, in addition to his soul perception, he has gained a second perceptive ability that allows him to distinguish shadow clones.

"Spiritualization Technique? No, the Spiritualization Technique only has the ability to obliterate the soul. It cannot cause the corpse to explode from the inside, unless Kirito develops a ninjutsu that can cause the soul to explode based on the Spiritualization Technique."