The Devil of Konoha: Starting as a Medical Ninja

All Hongzhi could do was use Sage Mode as much as possible to deplete his chakra.

Only in this way can the chakra in the lower dantian be completely exhausted, and then a place be made to store new energy.

While carefully maintaining his balance, Hongzhi sent his shadow clones to search for the locations of Mount Myōboku and Naruto Uzumaki in the ninja world.

Entering Mount Myōboku is quite difficult. Shikkotsu Forest is accessible only through Tsunade's introduction, while Jiraiya is not in Konoha on Mount Myōboku.

Even if this guy were in Konoha, he probably wouldn't let Hiroji enter Mount Myōboku, so Hiroji could only think of another way, one of which was to directly find the location of Mount Myōboku.

With the Flying Thunder God and Kamui abilities, entering it shouldn't be particularly difficult.

Another way is naturally through Naruto's summoning beast. As long as you can control a toad from Mount Myōboku, it would be incredibly easy to get inside.

As for Ryuchi Cave, it's not suitable for Hiroji to go to such a dangerous place in his current condition. Given the uncertainty of whether the converter will collapse due to excessive chakra usage, it's better to play it safe.

The change of course was arguably the most dangerous time for Hongzhi. Although Mount Myōboku was not a good place either, after completely destroying Mount Myōboku with chakra, Hongzhi had a secluded place with abundant natural energy and no disturbance.

Moreover, it can also prevent the giant toad of Mount Myoboku from backstabbing, which is truly a win-win situation.

The converters for the two Sage Modes borrow from each other; even if they can't achieve perfection, they're sufficient.

Hongzhi even planned to complete the overall transformation at Mount Myoboku before going to Ryuchi Cave to check for any shortcomings.

However, the problem now is that we can't find the location of Mount Myoboku. Perhaps we need to change our route in advance and then go to find the location of Mount Myoboku.

After half a month of wasted effort, Hongzhi made up his mind, since it was impossible to wait a year and a half.

To change the cultivation method, one must first exhaust the chakra of the three dantian in the body before one can study how to further improve after absorbing natural energy.

Walking two paths side by side is not an easy task for Hongzhi. If something happens to the two shadow clones of Konoha during this process, Hongzhi will have no choice but to accept his fate.

There's really nothing to worry about in Konoha anymore. Mount Myōboku isn't exactly a friendly organization, so there's no need to be polite.

Having already mastered Sage Mode from Shikkotsu Forest, there's no need to worry about the Slug Sage and Tsunade anymore.

At the base in the Land of Waves, Hiroji directly released the Yin Seal, unleashing a massive amount of chakra, and endless black mist surged into the ground.

The ground itself is conductive, but even so, Hongzhi still made the abandoned laboratory extend several hundred meters deeper.

When the last bit of chakra was exhausted, Hiroji felt an unimaginable weakness.

However, the final result was quite good. The converter had no problems, and the airflow with a hint of red was not affected.

Although it's said that all the chakra was exhausted, this is actually impossible because Hiroji is still alive, and in the ninja world, exhausting all the chakra would result in death.

But the remaining chakra won't have any impact anymore. It's the chakra that sustains life, and it's also the chakra that Hongzhi will need to replace with natural energy next...

Chapter 256 Multiple Shadow Clone Techniques (Immortal)

The source of chakra is still the body's cells; all you need to do is let the new natural energy circulate around the body a few more times.

It can gradually replace those chakras, and this is something that Hongzhi can do easily. It's not because of the Sage Body, but because of the Yin Seal and the Hundred Healings Technique that Hongzhi spent a lot of time improving.

The Yin Seal has three dantians. Since it can store chakra, it can certainly store natural energy as well.

When learning the Hundred Healings Technique, Hongzhi specifically improved the chakra pathways of the Yin Seal.

This allows chakra to spread throughout the body, enabling immediate passive healing. Now, all that's needed is for natural energy to circulate continuously along this pathway to complete the replacement of essential energy.

Chakra, simply put, is a combination of physical and mental energy. So, if the current natural energy absorbs a portion of that energy, chakra will no longer be generated.

In this way, the chakra that was originally present in the body will naturally be gradually dissolved over time.

At that point, Infinite Tsukuyomi might lose its effectiveness. Of course, this is just speculation. What if Infinite Tsukuyomi targets chakra?

However, Hongzhi would definitely not try this lightly. Once his body has fully transformed, that will be the time for Hongzhi to pick up all those things from before.

The first thing to study is the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique. If it can still be used with natural energy, Hongzhi can restore the invincible fighting power of the entire ninja world in the shortest time.

As for things like bloodline limits, those are the last things to be studied. Of course, it's possible that those things engraved in the genes will lose their function as the original energy is replaced.

But that's not a big deal. Since Hongzhi already knows about it, it's relatively easy to replicate it, although the results might differ somewhat.

Hongzhi sat on a coastline in the Land of Waves, slowly absorbing the surrounding natural energy. The natural energy that entered his body moved slowly along the abandoned chakra meridians.

This process is slow and consumes a lot of natural energy, but this is normal, since the chakra channels will also become natural energy channels as a result.

The natural energy given by the body eventually gathers in the lower dantian. The Yin Seal itself is a product of condensed techniques used to store chakra.

Storing natural energy is naturally not a problem, as the natural energy flows into the lower dantian.

Hongzhi clearly felt that the natural energy channels that had just been transformed seemed to come alive. They underwent slight changes and then directly merged into his body.

The natural energy within the dantian became active again. This time, without Hongzhi's intervention, it naturally began to circulate along the meridians.

During the process, the natural energy that originally carried a hint of red gradually faded, and white became the dominant color, with a faint trace of red still visible.

Hongzhi originally thought it was over, but when this natural energy reached the upper dantian, its color changed again, turning directly from white to black.

Finally, the natural energy completed a full cycle within the body and returned to the lower dantian.

His body seemed to have undergone some changes, but Hongzhi didn't know exactly where the changes were. His physical attributes were already quite high due to the fusion with the Otsutsuki bloodline, so he really couldn't perceive these insignificant changes.

However, after this cycle, Hongzhi felt that he was no longer weak; in other words, the aftereffects of overusing chakra were gradually alleviated.

As Hongzhi pondered this, he looked at the blue light screen beside him. This was originally something Hongzhi used to check the changes in his body, but it didn't offer any new explanations and remained on the interface of Sage Mode (Wet Bone Forest).

As for those original skills, they should still be usable, but you need to be careful not to unconsciously use chakra after using them.

After all, the physical and mental energy still exist; they haven't completely disappeared. As long as Hongzhi is willing, the chakra can still be extracted.

Of course, Hongzhi wouldn't do such a thing. The most important thing now is to try using the new natural energy to use the old ninjutsu and see if he can use it.

Hongzhi's first choice was the most crucial Multiple Shadow Clone Technique at this stage. This ninjutsu is very important. Putting aside everything else, Konoha's two shadow clones have been missing for a long time. If they don't show themselves soon, Konoha will probably find out something.

Although Hongzhi didn't care about this matter, it would be more worthwhile if his identity could be maintained. First of all, going to Mount Myōboku might be easier.

As for whether to steam or braise it after arriving, that depends on Hongzhi's mood.

The technique itself involves the mobilization and transformation of energy, and the hand seals themselves guide the flow of energy within the body.

Hongzhi could still use these two things with peace of mind, since they were not originally completely bound to chakra.

As Hongzhi used the seal for multiple shadow clones, the natural energy within his dantian began to be depleted.

The next second, three shadow clones appeared in front of Hongzhi, which was the limit that Hongzhi could currently achieve using natural energy.

At the same time, a completely new change appeared on the blue light screen.

[Multiple Shadow Clone Techniques (Immortal); Limit Break +10, Quality +10]

The new introduction replaces the previous Multiple Shadow Clone Technique. However, in theory, since this ninjutsu can be used, the maximum number of shadow clones should be three thousand, but now there are only three.

After thinking for a moment, Hongzhi understood the problem. Although his physical condition had not changed, he had only just begun to cultivate natural energy.

How could it be possible to reach the original height in one step?

After carefully studying the new shadow clones, Hongzhi found that they were similar to the previous ones, and would also disappear if they were fatally attacked. However, the difference was that the shadow clones could replenish their natural energy on their own.

After all, the core of shadow clones is natural energy; they can absorb natural energy and thus maintain their existence for a certain period of time.

In theory, the shadow clones can exist indefinitely as long as Hongzhi doesn't remove them.

Upon receiving this news, Hongzhi was overjoyed. He then immediately dispelled his shadow clone and continued to absorb natural energy to further enhance himself.

To ensure the identity issue is resolved, it is necessary to send shadow clones into Konoha. The Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan is too deeply intertwined with the Otsutsuki bloodline and cannot be used for the time being, so the Flying Thunder God Technique is the only option left.

However, a large amount of Sage Art energy is required to perform the Flying Thunder God Technique.

As for whether it can be used, Hongzhi felt there was no problem. After all, if the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique could be used, why couldn't the Flying Thunder God Technique be used?

Chapter 257 Yang Attribute Transformation

The natural energy of the Land of Waves is still very abundant, at least enough to support Hiroji to fill a lower dantian.

Hongzhi spent fifteen days absorbing natural energy. As the natural energy within his body increased, the shadow clones he summoned also gradually improved.

Hongzhi can now summon over a hundred shadow clones, a number he achieved shortly after first learning about shadow clones.

However, now is the time to gradually regain our power, so there's no need to rush. Even if the Akatsuki successfully finds the Three-Tails, so what? The Two-Tails hasn't been resurrected yet.

Even if Konoha discovers that both Hiroji and the Root elders have disappeared, so what? Will they connect their identities?

How can it be? !

Unless the old toad of Mount Myōboku, who occasionally shows his presence, suddenly has a prophetic dream, but even if that guy were to make a prophecy, he wouldn't be able to fully understand Kōji's background.

If that were the case, it wouldn't be a prophetic dream at all, but rather an omniscient and omnipotent being.

In half a month, Hongzhi's lower dantian was filled with natural energy, but he did not allow the other two dantians to store natural energy.

It wasn't that Hongzhi didn't want to become stronger, but after the natural energy in his lower dantian was full, this energy began to slowly compress.

The natural energy, which was originally like a stream of air, gradually condensed, and along with this change, the meridians in Hongzhi's body were gradually altering.

Or rather, they are all evolving.

Hongzhi simply slowed down and began to study the changes to the Flying Thunder God. He had previously used chakra when constructing the Flying Thunder God seal.

Based on the success of the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, one only needs to use natural energy to recreate the Flying Thunder God Technique within the body to complete the transformation.

Based on his previous thinking, Hongzhi's speed was gradually improving, after all, his previous proficiency hadn't been for nothing.

When a Flying Thunder God mark constructed from natural energy appears on a kunai, the character "仙" (Immortal) is added to the back of the Flying Thunder God's panel.

This was quite good for Hongzhi, as it meant he had the most basic ability to protect himself.

Even if the current natural energy is only enough for a few uses of Flying Thunder God Technique, escaping is still not a problem.

With that in mind, Hongzhi began to study other ninjutsu, most of which he could directly acquire.

Although it uses natural energy, the basic attribute changes are still seven: thunder, water, wind, earth, fire, and the more special yin and yang.

There were no problems when Hongzhi used natural energy to transform the first five types of energy, but when he transformed the Yang attribute, he felt his whole body become burning hot.

The Yang attribute is the one with the closest blood connection to Hongzhi. The energies that were originally not intersecting have now collided.

The yang attribute born from natural energy began to clash with the yang attribute engraved in the genes of the Otsutsuki.

Even if the previous five attributes possessed bloodline limits, they were all synthesized later and had nothing to do with the genes of the Otsutsuki clan.

Hongzhi has two ways to solve the current problem: one is to abandon the condensation of Yang attribute and let the Yang attribute still occupy the life force in the genes of the Otsutsuki clan.

Secondly, a significant amount of time and energy is devoted to allowing the new Yang attribute to take the lead, and gradually transforming the Yang attribute engraved in the genes completely.