Naruto: I, Shikotsumyaku, Byakugan Princess

An eerie silence suddenly fell over the laboratory.

Orochimaru and Chihaya Toru stared blankly at Hairi, who was playing with the crimson orb of light. Their eyes were not just shocked, but almost numb.

Although the principles have been clarified and there is readily available scorching chakra as a reference, they have tried nearly a hundred times in three days. Not to mention synthesizing scorching chakra, they have not even succeeded in the first step of igniting yang chakra with fire chakra.

However, in the hands of the opponent, the fusion of bloodline limits is simply like one plus one equals two, and they can synthesize it in no time.

If the opponent hadn't created the Scorching Release right before their eyes, they would have thought it was a bloodline ability they were born with.

"It's amazing!"

Hearing Orochimaru mutter to himself, Chihaya Toru swallowed hard and flipped through the thick notebook in her hand to the middle.

As a very meticulous researcher, in addition to figuring out the structure and principle of the scorching escape, he also recorded a large number of experimental failures, intending to provide them to Hui Li for reference, but now it seems that this was obviously unnecessary.

"continue!"

The patterns on the chakra seed became clearer, and Hui Li opened her eyes with some confusion.

Her original plan involved two chakra circulation systems; once she completed one of the five-element cycles, she should be able to enter the Bloodline Limit.

However, after absorbing the Scorching Release, she discovered that the bloodline chain, which should normally form a circular loop, had grown a branch on top of the Magnet Release. The overall shape now resembled a three-dimensional semi-circular chain with an added small arc.

It completely deviated from her original chakra chain concept, but she always felt that this was the right way, and that the Scorching Release should also be part of the Bloodline Limit.

Unable to figure it out for the time being, Hui Li shook her head and gave up thinking.

At the same time, the qualitative change of chakra continues unabated, and after it passes through the energy channels of the whole body, the body cells also undergo evolution under the action of this super composite energy.

Seeing that Hairi seemed to have digested the new bloodline limit, Chihaya Tohru picked up her notebook and began to explain the formation principle of Explosion Release.

The synthesis path of Explosion Release is basically consistent with Gray Glass's prediction; it is formed by the fusion of the three most ferocious properties: Lightning Release, Fire Release, and Yang Release.

Fire Release has two nature transformations: one is high temperature, and the other is explosion.

The Scorching Release technique primarily develops the high-temperature properties of flames, igniting the vibrant Yang Release to obtain extreme high temperatures, ultimately forming a high-temperature balloon-like product.

The development direction of Explosion Release is the latter.

The principle is to use extremely concentrated Yang Release chakra to wrap around Fire Release, forming a stable and tiny chakra core, which is the 'explosive' to be activated.

Then, using a high-energy, high-speed stream of Lightning Release chakra, they violently bombarded the core of the explosive, causing it to explode with a terrifying effect.

After Orochimaru controlled the resurrected Explosion Release: Hunt test, it was found that it could flatten nearly one-third of the Konoha city area by consuming about three chakra.

Its power is extremely ferocious.

Because this chakra nature is quite active, it must be controlled at close range to maintain its stability, and the Lightning Release Plug must be actively manipulated to detonate it. Therefore, the explosive cannot be too far from the user, which in turn limits the effectiveness of this bloodline limit.

To put it bluntly, this kind of bloodline limit is just a super self-destructing truck.

Explosion Release: Hunt never used up all his chakra while he was alive.

Each battle only requires the chakra of one C-rank ninjutsu. However, when he encountered a powerful enemy before his death, he used the chakra of a B-rank ninjutsu, which ended up blowing himself up!
Fortunately, he didn't use a particularly large amount of chakra before he died, otherwise Orochimaru wouldn't have been able to find his body.

After hearing Chihaya Toru's detailed explanation, Hairi didn't dare to rashly attempt the fusion of Explosion Release. If she used Explosion Release with the amount of chakra at the third stage of Sage Body, Konoha might just be sent flying into the sky.

"So why is Explosion Release afraid of Lightning Release?"

Hui Li looked at Chihaya Toru with some confusion.

According to the principle explained by the other party, Explosion Release should be least afraid of Lightning Release ninjutsu. After all, the 'firing pin' that ultimately detonates the bomb is made of Lightning Release. Shouldn't the more it is impacted by Lightning Release, the stronger its power should become?

Chihaya glanced at Orochimaru, who also looked puzzled, and whispered, "This... you might be mistaken, Explosion Release is not afraid of Lightning Release."

"Mistakenly remembered?"

Hui Li frowned, realizing that something was wrong.

In the original work, there are only two ninjas who can use Explosion Release: Deidara and Explosion Release: Hunt. Deidara's Exploding Clay was indeed severely countered by Sasuke's Lightning Release. Clay that was pierced by Lightning Release would become a dud.

Unless Deidara's Explosion Release and Kari's Explosion Release are not the same.

Do you know Deidara?

"of course."

Upon hearing Hui Li's question, Orochimaru stepped forward, his expression somewhat surprised.

After leaving Akatsuki, she was hunted down by all its members. She knew most of them, but she never expected that Hairi would be so familiar with the members of Akatsuki.

It's not impossible that the other side controls Root's intelligence network and knows something about the Akatsuki.

"Are you trying to ask about his Explosion Release technique?"

Orochimaru, surprised, quickly understood what Hairi wanted to ask and explained directly:
"Deidara's Explosion Release and Kari's Explosion Release have nothing to do with each other."

Hunting targets a bloodline limit, while Deidara's Explosion Release is a type of Earth Release technique, so their effects are naturally completely different.

"I see."

Considering Deidara's two bizarre mouths on both hands, coupled with his fighting style that relies on explosive clay, from the perspective of ninjutsu performance, apart from the fact that both of them can explode, it is indeed not very related to the Explosion Release of Hunting.

These two explosive release techniques are probably similar to the ice release techniques of the White and Snow Country ninjas. Although they are similar in appearance and their power is not bad, they are completely different in principle.

"As for the corpse of the Second Tsuchikage Mu that you requested, I suspect he wanted to learn Dust Release, so I resurrected him beforehand."

As he spoke, Orochimaru quickly formed hand seals, and as the ground shook slightly, a coffin was rapidly summoned from the ground.

"None of them are willing to reveal the cultivation method of Dust Escape, and the power of Dust Escape is too dangerous, so we dare not conduct research on it without authorization while you are in seclusion."

Seemingly afraid of being blamed by Hairi, Chihaya Toru tucked the notebook into the outer pocket of her white coat and carefully explained while bending over.

The fact that the two of them could understand the Scorching Release and Explosion Release was already quite impressive, and the Second Tsuchikage's bloodstains that eliminated Orochimaru and the others were indeed too much for them to handle.

Crunch!

The coffin lid cracked and crashed to the ground with a loud thud.

Amidst billowing smoke and dust, a figure covered in bandages stood before Hui Li.

"You are... their leader?"

Accompanied by a deep voice, the Second Tsuchikage of Iwagakure opened his eyes and stepped out of the coffin as Orochimaru's hand seals changed.

Only then did Hui Li get a clear look at the other person. He was completely wrapped in bandages, making it impossible to see his true face. He wore a black silk ribbon as a headband and black pants. His aura was so faint that it was almost nonexistent. If one did not know the other person's identity, he would look like a mysterious nobody.

Boom!
There was no time to waste words. Suddenly, smoke and dust burst from Hui Li's hand, revealing a transparent glass bottle containing a Sharingan in her palm.

She took out a pair of Sharingan eyes that had been soaking in saline solution, and the purplish-red veins and optic nerves automatically inserted into her palm as the three people watched in astonishment.

Watching Gray's body transform at will, his blood vessels seemed to connect to his Sharingan automatically as if they were living beings, and even his meridians were not in the normal human form, but rather energy channels emitting fluorescence.

This guy is definitely not human!
Orochimaru and Chihaya Toru, whose research approaches are vastly different, have reached a rare consensus.

"No, hand over the Dust Escape Technique."

The three tomoe in his palm spun wildly. Gray Glass, expressionless, pointed his palm at Wu. The crimson light of his pupil power illuminated Wu's eyes, and spider-like chakra spikes pierced directly into his brain and soul.

Illusion Technique: Kotoamatsukami!
She replicated the ultimate genjutsu using her three-tomoe Sharingan, mimicking Shisui's Mangekyou Sharingan ability.

Although it's not like Itachi's method, which can only permanently change one's will, it's still easy to manipulate Mutsukuyomi's training method.

As the three tomoe spun wildly, the struggle in Mu's eyes faded, and finally, under the horrified gazes of Orochimaru and Chihaya, he revealed the principle of Dust Release.

"The three elements of wind, earth, and fire are integrated, with Yang Dun serving as the central connecting point, and earth acting as the support and foundation on the outermost layer..."

The combination of wind and yang produces a pulverizing effect, while the combination of yang and fire generates high temperature and pressure, ultimately constructing a quadrilateral structure that destroys all matter at the molecular level.

Dust Release cannot be inscribed into a chakra seed like a bloodline limit, nor can it be stably passed down through bloodlines; therefore, it is called Bloodline Elimination.

Why can't this tradition be passed down?

Hui Li frowned slightly. The fusion method of Dust Release was not particularly novel. Although it was indeed much more complicated than ordinary bloodline limits, it should not be impossible to inscribe it on the chakra seed.

"Because the chakra of Dust Release is not stable."

With his body under Orochimaru's control and his mind manipulated by Kairi's Kotoamatsukami, Mu has become an emotionless machine, his voice barely rising or falling when he speaks.

"Almost all bloodline limits are composed of two basic chakra and one Yin or Yang Release, and the triangle has the most stable spatial structure."

However, Dust Release has four nature transformations, making it difficult to form a stable chakra structure. It can only be manually controlled by the user each time it is released.

If the structure of chakra is unstable, it cannot enter the chakra seed, let alone complete the engraving. Perhaps…

Wu paused for a moment as he spoke, his head swaying slightly, as if he were about to wake up.

Hui Li remained calm. The Sharingan in her left hand, with its three-tomoe shape, closed due to exhaustion of its power, while the Sharingan in her right hand automatically took over.

"Maybe what?"

Unable to regain composure once again under the control of Kotoamatsukami:

"Perhaps the reason why Dust Release is unstable is because it is only a part of a higher-level bloodline limit."

Therefore, I tried to add other properties to it in order to find a more stable spatial structure, but unfortunately, all attempts failed.

"Bloodline Cultivation?"

Orochimaru exclaimed in surprise, "The opponent actually guessed the existence of Kekkei Shrine based solely on the instability of Dust Release!"

As expected of a powerful ninja capable of creating Dust Release, his talent and ability are truly extraordinary.

Compared to the surprised Orochimaru, Hui Li rubbed his head in thought.

After the seven chakra natures are fused, one can use the legendary Truth-Seeking Ball, which contains the power of destruction. It can decompose all matter and chakra it touches. This ability is similar to the Dust Release ability, but it is obviously much stronger.

If we follow Wu's speculation, for the four types of Dust Release to have a stable structure, we can only add three more types to construct the Bloodline Limit.

This method of fusion is extremely difficult. Even Hui Li is not confident that she can directly fuse the seven properties. That's why she has to rely on the power of her bloodline limit to fuse them little by little until she finally achieves unification.

"It seems that Dust Escape is a dead end!"

Chihaya Toru already knew about Kairi's Bloodline Limit Recruitment Plan from Orochimaru: first, combine five Bloodline Limits to construct a Bloodline Chain, and then complete the Bloodline Limit Recruitment in one fell swoop.

This gradual approach has a chance of success, but the Second Tsuchikage Mu's method is more like trying to get fat in one bite; he couldn't proceed after only reaching the fourth type.

"That's good, at least it helps me eliminate one wrong option."

Hui Li also discovered the problem with Wu. The fusion of the seven properties is something that no ordinary person can achieve. The fact that the other party could fuse the fourth property is already a genius.

Although this path seems simple, it actually has a lower success rate than her bloodline chain, making it a dead end.

Since Dust Release is only an incomplete version of Bloodline Limit, Hai Li is not very interested in it.

Her bloodline chain is almost complete. Once she achieves the Bloodline Link, the power and functionality of the Truth-Seeking Ball will be far superior to Dust Release.

Even compared to conventional combat power, Dust Release is far inferior to her All-Killing Ash Bones.

It's really a useless product.

Shaking her head regretfully, Hui Li used the last remaining time of Kotoamatsukami to have Wu Mo write out the hand seals for the Super Light and Heavy Rock Technique, and then made him obediently return to his coffin and lie down.

"Lord Hairi, I need your help with something," Orochimaru suddenly said after dispelling the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

"Talk about it."

"I once took away a boy named Kimimaro who had awakened the Shikotsumyaku from the Kaguya clan. I wonder if you know him."

Upon hearing Kimimaro's name, Hairi instantly knew what Orochimaru wanted to say.

Unfortunately, the other party may be disappointed.

Like her, Kimimaro's Shikotsumyaku (Corpse Bone Pulse) was constantly devouring his chakra and life force in search of evolution. Even she had to go through tremendous effort to develop the Reverse Eight Gates and the Flesh and Blood Curse Seal to escape the threat of death.

The Blood and Flesh Curse Seal originates from the ability to control the body in Takamagahara. Although Kimimaro can also control his body, his precision is insufficient, and he cannot learn it.

The conditions for reversing the Eight Gates are even more demanding; apart from her and Kaguya Otsutsuki, no one else in the entire ninja world could learn it.

“Unless I can reach the level of Bloodline Limit, there is no cure,” Hui Li replied decisively.

Seeing this, Orochimaru could only remain silent.

Just then, footsteps came from the corridor outside the experimental department, followed by Foxfire's voice from outside the door.

"Lady Hui Li, the Hokage summons you!"

Orochimaru looked up instantly, his expression seemingly filled with an indescribable melancholy. (End of Chapter)