Chapter 77.2: Physical Breakthrough, Glazed Golden Body!

With the birth of the Glazed Golden Body and the complete refinement of the Great Witch's Essence Blood, the next step was the Five-Colored Divine Light.

If he could master this technique, even when facing beings beyond the Six Paths level, with his trump cards and strength, he should be able to fight them, and with some luck, even defeat them.

Ye Tian took out the Five-Colored Peacock Feather and immediately began refining it.

To refine the Five-Colored Peacock Feather, Ye Tian had specially used the deduction system to deduce the perfect refining technique, ensuring that the feather would be perfectly refined without the slightest damage.

In this way, under the effect of the Great Refining Technique, the Five-Colored Peacock Feather was successfully refined by Ye Tian and integrated into one of his acupuncture points, constantly receiving a supply of Senjutsu Chakra energy.

Afterward, Ye Tian finally began to cultivate the Five-Colored Divine Light!

In the past, Ye Tian had been unable to master the Five-Colored Divine Light, but now, with the power of the Five-Colored Peacock Feather, he finally succeeded in cultivating it.

However, to fully master the Five-Colored Divine Light and achieve a certain level of mastery would require some time.

Ye Tian was not short of time; he was now in a time-related dimension, where he had activated tenfold time acceleration. One year in the outside world equated to ten years of cultivation for him.

Moreover, with constant deduction and cultivation, he could accelerate the mastery of the Five-Colored Divine Light.

Before the next ranking list opens, he would surely master the Five-Colored Divine Light and reach a very high level.

Late at night.

Konoha.

In the Uchiha Clan's forbidden grounds.

Many members of the Uchiha Clan were buried here, and Konoha had strict guards watching over this area. But despite the numerous guards, someone had still managed to sneak in.

"This is the place!"

Orochimaru arrived in front of a grave.

According to the intelligence he had gathered, Uchiha Fugaku's body was hidden here.

He wasn't here to steal Uchiha Fugaku's body, as doing so would make Uchiha Itachi go to war with him, and Uchiha Sasuke would definitely stop following him.

He simply wanted to take a small sample of Uchiha Fugaku's cells.

With just a small amount of cells, he could cultivate and replicate a complete body. Although such a body wouldn't be as strong as the original, it would suffice!

Orochimaru's hand released a snake that slithered into the ground.

Soon, the snake brought back a piece of skin.

It was a piece of Uchiha Fugaku's skin tissue!

"Success!" Orochimaru swiftly left with the skin tissue, without anyone noticing.

At the Amegakure base.

Orochimaru returned and immediately began replicating Uchiha Fugaku's body cells.

Before long, a large number of Uchiha Fugaku's body cells were produced.

To perform Reanimation, sufficient body cells were needed; otherwise, the jutsu would not succeed.

Next, he just needed to prepare a sacrifice, and he could resurrect Uchiha Fugaku with Reanimation!

His goal in resurrecting Uchiha Fugaku was simple: to obtain the reward that lay in his hands.

The reason Orochimaru reincarnated Uchiha Fugaku was simple: he wanted the reward in his possession.

Uchiha Fugaku's Mangekyō Sharingan ranked quite high, and he had received a reward for it—a treasure known as the Blood Essence Pill, of which there were ten in total.

This treasure could purify the bloodline within the body, making chaotic bloodlines pure. For ninjas with a bloodline, this treasure was extremely valuable.

Additionally, the Blood Essence Pill had a slight effect on tempering the body's constitution.

Orochimaru had long since modified his original body countless times, transforming into the White-Scaled Serpent and even swallowing the strange cells of the monster big snake. As a result, his body had developed a monstrous bloodline.

Thus, the Blood Essence Pill could purify his bloodline, offering him significant benefits.

Moreover, Orochimaru was also interested in researching the Blood Essence Pill. If he could develop a treasure just slightly inferior to the Blood Essence Pill and mass-produce it, the value would be immense.

While he desired the treasures of others, they were out of his reach.

However, Uchiha Fugaku was the easiest target in his eyes, especially since Uchiha Sasuke was in his hands.

He was confident that Uchiha Fugaku would hand over the Blood Essence Pills!

There were many sacrifices available at the Amegakure base, so he immediately had Kabuto bring one over. With everything prepared, Orochimaru performed the Reanimation Jutsu.

Instantly, the sacrifice's soul was offered, and Uchiha Fugaku, who was in the Pure Land, found his soul summoned back to the world of the living.

His soul entered the sacrificial vessel, and with the addition of sufficient body cells, the body was transformed into Uchiha Fugaku's reanimated form.

"Orochimaru, you've reanimated me?"

Uchiha Fugaku immediately realized what had happened upon observing his condition.

As a former member of Konoha, he was naturally familiar with this jutsu, created by the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama.

"Indeed, Uchiha Fugaku, it was I who reanimated you!" Orochimaru said excitedly.

"What do you want?"

Uchiha Fugaku was displeased, strongly disliking the state of being reanimated.

"It's simple, I want the Blood Essence Pills!" Orochimaru revealed his intent.

"There's no way I'm giving them to you!" Uchiha Fugaku flatly refused.

Although the Blood Essence Pills were useless to him, there was no way he would give them to Orochimaru.

"Don't be so sure. You should know that Uchiha Sasuke is here!" Orochimaru's face twisted into a sinister smile.

"Are you threatening me with Sasuke?"

Uchiha Fugaku was furious.

"It's not a threat, just a reminder," Orochimaru continued. "If you give me the Blood Essence Pills, I'll let you meet Sasuke and have a chat. You haven't seen him in a long time, have you?"

Uchiha Fugaku remained silent for a long time before finally speaking, "I can give you the Blood Essence Pills, but I will only give you five of them. The remaining five will go to Sasuke, and you are not to take them."

"Fine, I agree."

Orochimaru nodded.

He knew that Uchiha Fugaku wanted Sasuke to grow stronger quickly, which would also benefit him. After all, this body would eventually belong entirely to him. Even if Uchiha Fugaku hadn't mentioned it, Orochimaru would have worked to ensure Sasuke grew stronger as quickly as possible, as a stronger and more perfect body was in his best interest.

"I need to see Sasuke first, and then I'll give you the Blood Essence Pills."

Uchiha Fugaku demanded.

"No problem!"

Orochimaru took Uchiha Fugaku to see Sasuke.

Before long, Uchiha Fugaku stood before Sasuke.

"Father!!!"

Uchiha Sasuke was utterly shocked to see his father, who was supposed to be dead.

But he quickly noticed that this wasn't a living body but a reanimated one.

"Orochimaru, why did you reanimate my father?"

Sasuke asked angrily.

"Isn't it nice for you two to reunite? Sasuke!" Orochimaru ignored Sasuke's anger and turned to leave, giving them time for their reunion.

"Sasuke, how have you been all these years?"

Uchiha Fugaku walked over and embraced Sasuke.

Although they had spoken in the livestream room, there were some things that could only be truly felt in person.

"Father, I've been fine!"

Uchiha Sasuke couldn't hold back his tears as they streamed down his face.

"Sasuke, these are the Blood Essence Pills."

Uchiha Fugaku extracted the essence blood and handed five pills to Sasuke.

"The Blood Essence Pills!?"

Sasuke naturally knew the value of this treasure, the reward from his father's Mangekyō Sharingan ranking, a treasure of immense worth.

He didn't refuse, as he needed to grow stronger.

So, he accepted the Blood Essence Pills.

"Sasuke, be cautious of Orochimaru. His intentions are not pure; he might be planning to take over your body!" Uchiha Fugaku warned.

"I understand!" Uchiha Sasuke had always known this. Orochimaru was using him, but he was also using Orochimaru's resources to grow stronger.

As for who would emerge victorious in the end, that was still uncertain.

Time passed, and after a dozen or so minutes, Orochimaru returned.

"Uchiha Fugaku, that's enough time. Give me the Blood Essence Pills now!"

Orochimaru demanded.

Uchiha Fugaku didn't go back on his word and immediately handed over the remaining five Blood Essence Pills to Orochimaru.

Seeing the Blood Essence Pills, Orochimaru was overjoyed.

Afterward, he released the Reanimation Jutsu, sending Uchiha Fugaku's soul back to the Pure Land.

Time slowly passed, and before anyone knew it, the day for the Taijutsu ranking update had arrived once again.

This was the third update of the Taijutsu rankings!