Mayuri's card from Naruto

Chapter 97 The Second Golden

The evil and oppressive force suddenly erupted from the Third Raikage. Under the astonished gaze of the crowd, the Third Raikage's body hunched over as if he was enduring some kind of severe pain.

Black chakra that was as solid as substance swirled and crossed from his body and soared into the sky, like a wind-escape net that stirred up a gust of wind, whistling and vibrating in all directions.

The Rock Ninjas that were affected subconsciously raised their arms to block their eyes, feeling the strong wind blowing through their bodies. The cold and dark chakra made them subconsciously step back a few steps, and they touched their exposed, somewhat cold skin helplessly, feeling uneasy.

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

A black tail extended from behind the Raikage, slightly pressing down his hunched body.

What was even more surprising was that the Third Raikage's broken arm, which had been wiped out by the Dust Release, regenerated under the rolling of flesh and blood. In just a blink of an eye, the Third Raikage had completely changed his appearance. Not only did his limbs recover completely, but his body size also increased by two times.

"what is that?"

Feeling the extremely oppressive aura and power emanating from the Third Raikage, Ohnoki opened his eyes wide.

Tailed beast?
From the feeling point of view, it does feel like the oppression of the tailed beast, but looking at the state, it is completely different from the tailed beast's tailed beast coat and half-tailed beast form.

Stab la la!
Black electric light flickered 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, grabbing the ground. He was slender and agile, with bulging muscles under his black skin.

Two horn-like protrusions protruded from both sides of his forehead, and he forcibly condensed a bolt of lightning into a thunder spear, which he held in his palm.

Under a pale bone mask, a pair of golden eyes filled with cruelty and hunger stared at the two Jinchūriki who were rushing towards him.

The Third Raikage's current appearance and momentum cast a heavy shadow and depression on the hearts of everyone on the battlefield. The uncontrollable fear was like the trembling of the soul.

So fast!

Han's pupils suddenly shrank. The deformed Third Raikage in front of him disappeared as if by teleportation. The next moment, alarm bells rang in his heart. The fatal sense of crisis made him instantly burst out a large amount of steam. He increased his speed again to dodge irregularly.

However, all this was in vain. At the moment when the sense of crisis in his heart eased, a dazzling lightning spear suddenly hit his body.

The extremely penetrating lightning technique, coupled with the strong penetrating power brought about by the acceleration, pierced Han through in an instant.

The tailed beast robe on his body didn't provide any protection against this sudden attack, and a big hole was pierced through it.

What was even more terrifying was that the lightning paralysis attached to the Thunder Spear forcibly interfered with his nerves, causing him to stand still.

The lightning spear that pierced through him continued to move forward with unabated force, pulling out a streak of flashing lightning in the air in the approaching darkness of the night, and finally landed near the Iwagakure outside the encirclement.

boom!
The ground rolled and shook violently. After the Thunder Spear touched the ground, it released all its energy in an instant, erupting with unparalleled destructive power.

The Rock Ninja within a radius of 100 meters died instantly without any resistance under the high temperature of the Thunder Spear's explosion. The shock wave roared out in all directions like a wave.

"Chinese!"

Lao Zi, who followed closely, stood in front of Han. With his body wrapped in a lava coat, he used the power of the tailed beast to catch the Third Raikage who was rushing towards him.

The high temperature of the lava burned the skin of the Third Raikage. Finally, Lao Zi, who had restricted the opponent's speed, sprayed several red lava balls close to his face, which stuck to the face of the monster Raikage.

The hot lava liquid fell on the face of the Third Raikage, making a sizzling sound. But the next moment, under Lao Zi's surprised eyes, the temperature on the lava quickly disappeared and cooled down, and the lava tail beast coat on his body was also plundered by some kind of power.

burst!
Sensing that something was wrong, Lao Zi immediately exploded the lava-like tailed beast coat on the outside of his body.

The shock wave caused by the explosion separated the two men. Lao Zi directly bumped into the Han behind him, pulling him to roll far away on the ground in a mess.

"How are you doing?" Lao Zi asked softly to Handou, who was also a Jinchūriki, while staring at the Third Raikage who had stood up again in the distance and now looked more like a monster than their Jinchūriki.

"I can't die." The man under the red armor replied in a muffled voice. The surging chakra of the tailed beast coat on his body was quickly filling the terrifying and fatal wound on his abdomen.

But looking at the situation, even with the help of the tailed beast's chakra, it would be a luxury for Han to recover his peak combat power.

"The Sand Ninja is hiding a lot of important information!"

Ōnoki's Dust Release did not have the desired effect.

The lethality of Dust Release, which is a bloodline-based technique, is naturally unquestionable. It is a sure-kill weapon against the three types of enemies: bulky, slow-moving, and large.

However, facing an extremely fast and responsive opponent like the Third Raikage, the hit rate of Dust Release is often unsatisfactory without any restrictions.

He now compared the Third Raikage's distortion with some battle intelligence in his memory regarding the Sand Ninja and the Cloud Ninja, and realized that the Sand Ninja must have disguised this intelligence and concealed important information.

But at the moment, Ohnoki no longer has the mind to hold a grudge against the Sand Ninja's calculations and thoughts. What is currently before him is how to restrict and solve the distorted Third Raikage!
The opponent severely injured the Five-Tails Jinchuriki with one strike, and with his faster speed than before, the Third Raikage on the field had become a bigger trouble than the tailed beasts.

Lava Release: Lava River!

Lao Zi threw Han onto the guarding rock ninja, quickly formed seals with his fingers, and spewed hot lava onto the ground. The high-temperature lava river poured onto the ground and rushed towards the Third Raikage.

He keenly noticed that the condition of the Third Raikage was abnormal. It was a bit like the Jinchūriki had lost control of the tailed beast and had lost consciousness, becoming a puppet being engulfed and controlled by the will of the tailed beast.

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

Earth Escape·Seismic Core!
Ohnoki, who was floating in the sky, could not sit idly by and took the initiative to cooperate with Lao Zi to perform ninjutsu to restrict the Third Raikage.

The ground began to rise and fall, and the Earthquake Core could create a formation that was beneficial to the caster based on the flow of the caster's chakra. The Rock Village, which was good at earth escape ninjutsu, had an absolute advantage in positional warfare and terrain creation compared to other escape ninjutsu.

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

Under Ohnoki's horrified gaze, the Third Raikage's flesh and blood churned behind him, and two black wings emerged from his left and right. ...

[Broken Jade Series: Curse of the Void (I)
Quality: Gold (10001/50000)

Characteristics: Amplifies a certain emotion or will in a person's heart. The support of this emotion and will determines the survival of reason.

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

The soul eroded by the void of the curse will be gradually eaten away by the power of the curse. During this process, the eroded soul will be blessed by the power of nature.

If the person who receives the power cannot maintain his sanity, his soul and will will be devoured and absorbed by the ninja tool that carries the curse seal. Endless fighting and devouring will take place within the ninja tool.

Subsequent users will gain the power, experience, and ninjutsu of previous users until his soul and will are completely devoured by the Cursed Hollow and become new food.

Note ①: The soul will fall into an endless cycle of fighting and killing within the ninja tool until it transforms into a complete body.

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

Note ③: It is still getting stronger and stronger!

Recognition: 60001/100000, Physical Fitness +50, Chakra +5000
New features of recognition: natural attribute body characteristics +1, soul attribute strength characteristics +1.

Conclusion: You will enter a period of inspiration explosion in the subsequent development of Cursed Void, and the only thing that limits the realization of your inspiration is the materials!

Gold Card Reward: Void Power]

Lu Nie looked at the sudden surge in recognition, as well as the fact that the quality of the lost Cursed Hollow Mask had transformed into gold, and he had some guesses in his mind.

Is it finally a qualified wearer?

Lu Nie temporarily stopped the experiment at hand, finished it, and came to the room where the original cursed mask of the void was hung.

His fingers lightly touched the mask. As the original mask that carried the Curse of the Void, although its power had leaked out, it possessed the ability to sense the existence, division, power, and soul of other masks.

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

Lu Nie clearly captured an extremely violent force and a tenacious will, and that force made him feel very familiar.

Thunder escape!

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

The Third Raikage!

Based on his speculation, Lu Nie identified the protagonist who caused this transformation.

The further the recognition goes, the harder it is to increase. And the only way to increase it to more than 60,000 at once is obviously a war, and a war of sufficient scale with enough ninjas involved.

His brain began to work at high speed, and inspiration for the development of the Curse of Void popped up in his mind one after another like mushrooms after rain.

Lu Nie did not delay at all and wrote down every inspiration that came into his mind so as not to forget it later.

Due to factors such as cost, experimental equipment, experimental materials, and funding, Lu Nie also needs to classify those inspirations, focusing on recording those that are most likely to be realized first, and selecting and sealing up some of the almost whimsical ones that have no conditions to be achieved for the time being, as a reference for possible subsequent development.

It was not until late at night that Lu Nie's inspiration, which had been gushing out like a spring, gradually began to dry up and stabilize.

Looking at the several notebooks filled with inspiration in his hands, the slightly tired Lu Nie shook his sore arms, his heart filled with satisfaction.

Afterwards, Lu Nie did not forget to have his body checked in detail. His physical condition did not improve much, but the strength and tenacity of his soul increased dramatically.

Simply put, the increase in soul strength and toughness makes Lu Nie more resistant to illusion, mental, and soul-targeting ninjutsu and methods.

It is easier to learn and master Yin-tun ninjutsu and ninjutsu involving the mind and soul.

With Lu Nie's current soul strength, he speculated that even if he lost his physical body, he would be able to remain in the world in the form of a soul for a period of time instead of returning to the pure land.

Likewise, his affinity and control over the forces of nature have surpassed Libra Jūgo in some respects.

With his yang-attributed physique, Yin-style escape power, soul strength, and affinity with natural forces, Shikagawa is able to better control the natural forces that enter his body, rather than being like Chougo, who loses control after reaching a certain stage and becomes out of control like schizophrenia.

Mastering the Sage Mode and practicing Sage Arts also requires talent. The power of nature is more dangerous than forbidden techniques and has a lower success rate.

At least his teacher Orochimaru was once discouraged by the sage training in Ryuchi Cave, and turned to Libra Jūgo, hoping to become familiar with and control the power of nature through research, so as to increase the success rate of subsequent training in the Ryuchi Cave Sage Mode.

For Orochimaru, the uncertainty and high mortality rate of the Sage Mode conflicted with his desire for immortality and life-saving. At least without certainty, he didn't dare to gamble everything he had.

Orochimaru also warned Kaname and Red Bean not to easily accept the Sage Trial in Ryuchi Cave if they were not sure.

Just as Lu Nie was thinking, a small white snake crawled over quickly from a dark corner. After its little head gently touched Lu Nie's fingers twice, its mouth suddenly opened, and its upper and lower jaws pulled out an amazing arc, and then it spit out a scroll that was much larger than its body from its tiny body.

Lu Nie took the scroll spit out by the snake in his hand. The outside of the scroll was very clean without any mucus. After using the seal to open the scroll, he found intelligence information about the battlefield sent back by Orochimaru.

The Iwagakure ninja joined the battle, the Cloud ninja retreated, and the Third Raikage alone stopped the Iwagakure army.

Lu Nie quickly scanned the contents of the scroll and focused on the parts he was interested in. The Third Raikage did take the initiative to use the Cursed Seal of Hollow, and fought tenaciously for two days and two nights under the erosion of the Cursed Seal of Hollow.

The Five-Tails Jinchuriki was seriously injured, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki was seriously injured, and the Third Raikage was nowhere to be found.

(End of this chapter)