Chapter 79: The Fearless Orochimaru
"The Woodification of the body has disappeared. Why hasn't this kid woken up yet!"
Little Nine-Tails, lying on Naruto's shoulder, looked worried, but it didn't dare to disturb Naruto on its own, fearing that its rash behavior might kill him.
"Is it because the Hashirama cells are too troublesome..." Little Nine-Tails came to a conclusion. "Otherwise, this kid wouldn't still be unconscious!"
"Then... maybe..." The expression on the little Tailed Beast's face kept changing, as colorful as a dye house. "Forget it, if he dies, I won't live long either. I'll give him the last of my savings!"
It turned out Little Nine-Tails still had some stock left!
Little Nine-Tails separated the last small clump of pure Tailed Beast Yang Release Chakra from its body. After looking at it reluctantly for a few moments, it closed its eyes, gritted its teeth, and sent that clump of Tailed Beast Yang Release Chakra into Naruto's body.
"Eh? There's more?!" Naruto, who had just created a Sealing Space in his body, was surprised, followed by a burst of exasperation. "That damn fox, its nature is truly so cunning. If I hadn't encountered a crisis today, I wouldn't have known how much stuff it was hiding!"
"What's even more infuriating is that it actually dared to give it to me in two installments while saving my life!"
Naruto gritted his teeth and sealed the fused Yin-Yang Release Chakra into the Sealing Space within his body. He turned away and temporarily let the cunning Little Nine-Tails off, then began to follow the same process as before, wholeheartedly continuing to fuse the Yin-Yang Release Chakra.
After Little Nine-Tails emptied its last stock, the Uzumaki Bloodline cells in Naruto's body completely overwhelmed the Hashirama cells. Not only that, but Naruto's originally half-baked Uzumaki Bloodline also completely revived, growing wildly with the help of the pure Tailed Beast Yang Release Chakra.
After defeating and devouring the last Hashirama cell, the uzumaki bloodline cells in Naruto's body finally stopped expanding and turned back to begin repairing Naruto's severely damaged body.
The war between cells is extremely dangerous, especially for the body serving as the battlefield, which is the biggest victim in this cellular war. If it weren't for Naruto's excellent physical fitness, he might have been overwhelmed during the first wave of conflict. Even if he eventually won, the time spent repairing his body would be very long.
Fortunately, Minato Namikaze had left Naruto the richest Treasure Trove in the world, allowing Naruto to reap plenty of benefits from this perilous cellular war.
As the injured body was continuously repaired, the ordinary cells in Naruto's body were quickly replaced. This was Naruto's body's autonomous choice, but it was also the result Naruto most wanted to see.
In the war between the two Bloodlines belonging to the Sage Body, besides Naruto's body being severely injured, his ordinary cells were the first to be affected.
In fact, this is not hard to understand. After all, when two powers fight, the first to be destroyed is the third party that is weaker than both. Although it sounds like a joke, such cases are very common in war.
Weakness is the original sin, and this weakness is undoubtedly magnified several times by cruel war.
But it's fine now. Naruto, the fisherman, gained the greatest benefit. Through this cellular war, although Naruto's body was severely injured, it also helped Naruto clear out many cells that did not meet the conditions for evolving into a Sage Body.
And in the positions left vacant after those cells died, under the nourishment of the Tailed Beast Yang Release Chakra, the Uzumaki Bloodline cells could proliferate recklessly and fill those vacancies to their heart's content.
"Thanks to the Tailed Beast Yang Release Chakra!" Naruto was very glad about his previous decision. "If not for the assistance of the Tailed Beast Yang Release Chakra, even if I completed the purification of the uzumaki bloodline, I would have excessively overdrawn my own Vitality!"
Naruto knew very well that the proliferation of uzumaki bloodline cells required the absorption of Vitality; otherwise, these cells could not possess the attributes of Yang Release Chakra.
Fortunately, Naruto happened to meet this condition, and he already had a plan for the specific use of the Tailed Beast Yang Release Chakra in the future.
It was nothing more than continuing to let his uzumaki bloodline cells absorb this Tailed Beast Yang Release Chakra for infinite proliferation. When they filled Naruto's entire body, the process of Naruto's Bloodline purification would officially end.
Moreover, this purification was not just for the Uzumaki Bloodline alone. When the Uzumaki Bloodline reached a certain level of purity, Narutobelieved that with the Tailed Beast Yang Release Chakra as an aid, his Uzumaki Bloodline would eventually evolve into a Sage Body!
"Alright, everything turned out fine. Now it's time to settle the score with Little Nine-Tails!"
After Naruto sealed the last wisp of Yin-Yang Release Chakra into the Sealing Space in his body, his consciousness finally returned to where it should be. As soon as Naruto opened his eyes, he grabbed the scruff of Little Nine-Tails' neck as it tried to escape.
"You're quite good at hiding things!" Naruto lifted Little Nine-Tails in front of him. "If I hadn't encountered such a life-or-death moment today, I really wouldn't have known you could hide so much!"
"N-Naruto, shouldn't we settle the score with that viper Orochimaru first!"
"Orochimaru can't run away, don't worry!" Narutoignored Little Nine-Tails' attempt to deflect the blame; instead, his smile became increasingly dangerous. "A person in a favorable position gains the advantage. Since you're close to me, of course, I have to deal with you first!"
"You... don't come over here!"
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"'Tian', I have always been someone who keeps the spoils to himself. After all, every additional partner means an extra chance of betrayal. Compared to others, I still trust myself more."
Orochimaru watched the aggressively approaching Naruto without a hint of panic, and even had the leisure to show his unique smile, extending his long, snake-like tongue to lightly lick the corner of his mouth.
"Besides, not only did you not die, but your physical fitness seems to have reached a new level. Perhaps you shouldn't blame me, but should thank me instead!"
"Truly a viper!" Naruto sneered. "But I do indeed need you, since I'm not good at scientific research."
Naruto still suppressed his anger, but he became even more urgent regarding Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan, which possessed the unsolvable genjutsu 'Kotoamatsukami'.
Orochimaru was right; except for oneself, most others are unreliable!
But nothing is absolute. Naruto naturally had precautions for such things, but he hadn't expected Orochimaru to be so fearless.
"Don't think you've got me figured out, Orochimaru!" Naruto's Mangekyo Sharingan stared fixedly at Orochimaru in front of him. "You'd better put away your little schemes, or else..."
"Hehe, let's talk about cooperation. After this incident, I'm becoming more and more curious about your identity!"
Orochimaru remained impervious to persuasion, his level of difficulty exceeding anyone Naruto had ever dealt with. Because, besides his excessive craving for the Uchiha Bloodline and his fanaticism for scientific research, Naruto actually couldn't find any other weaknesses in Orochimaru, which gave Naruto a real headache.
There are only two kinds of people in the world who do not fear threats: one is a dead person, and the other is someone without desires.
Fortunately, Orochimaru still had desires. Although Naruto had no countermeasure regarding scientific research...
As for the Uchiha Bloodline, there happened to be one right beside him!
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