Ch.259 Super Ketsuryūgan

"Could it be that my method is wrong?"

Uchiha Shinji lowered his head in thought.

The previous fusion had gone too smoothly, which suggested that the two sides of the fusion were not equal in strength. The ordinary Ketsuryūgan had been quickly devoured by the enhanced version.

So, what if he fused two enhanced Ketsuryūgan together? Would the result be better?

Shinji's gaze fell back on the row of Ketsuryūgan.

After two fusions, he now had six pairs of Ketsuryūgan left: one enhanced pair and five ordinary pairs.

If he wanted to try a new method, it would mean consuming one ordinary pair to create another enhanced pair, and then attempting to fuse the two enhanced pairs together.

If it didn't work, or if the effect was minimal, he would have wasted two more pairs of Ketsuryūgan.

Now, like the Uchiha clan, the Chinoike clan was down to just one or two surviving members. Each pair of Ketsuryūgan used was one less in existence.

After a moment, Shinji suddenly laughed at himself. "Why am I hesitating? If they're useless, what's the point of hoarding a bunch of Ketsuryūgan?"

He quickly realized that only dojutsu Bloodline Limit that were useful to him were worth preserving. If the Ketsuryūgan could only reach this level, having seven or eight pairs would be meaningless.

After all, his Susanoo only had three pairs of eye sockets.

His Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan already occupied one pair, leaving only two pairs for the strongest dojutsu Bloodline Limit.

Even if he had a hundred pairs of Ketsuryūgan, there would be no place to put them!

Having made up his mind, Shinji didn't hesitate. He took out two ordinary pairs of Ketsuryūgan and removed the enhanced pair he had been using.

Then, he activated the Susanoo Tomoshibi again and began fusing the two ordinary pairs of Ketsuryūgan.

This fusion, like the first one, encountered significant resistance. With a light grunt, Shinji unleashed his Sharingan's ocular power to suppress the overwhelming hatred left behind by the Chinoike clan members in the Ketsuryūgan's chakra, forcibly merging the two pairs into one.

Huff... huff... huff...

After completing the fusion, Shinji panted heavily.

Maintaining the Susanoo, continuously activating the Susanoo Tomoshibi, and twice suppressing the Ketsuryūgan's chakra had taken a toll on him.

Even he was feeling the strain!

So, he didn't rush to fuse the two enhanced pairs of Ketsuryūgan. Instead, he took a break and carefully assessed the newly fused enhanced pair.

He concluded that this newly fused enhanced Ketsuryūgan was roughly equal in ocular power to the previous one, with no significant difference in strength.

This also confirmed that fusing an ordinary pair into an enhanced pair had no noticeable effect.

Now, he only had five pairs of Ketsuryūgan left: two enhanced pairs and three ordinary pairs.

After resting for an hour or two and recovering some of his ocular power, Shinji activated his Susanoo and the Susanoo Tomoshibi again, equipping both enhanced pairs of Ketsuryūgan.

However, equipping two enhanced pairs didn't provide much more of a boost in ocular power than equipping just one, further confirming his earlier speculation.

"It's time to begin!"

Taking a deep breath, Shinji steeled himself and attempted to fuse the two enhanced pairs of Ketsuryūgan.

As the Susanoo Tomoshibi activated once more, a tremendous resistance immediately spread, causing Shinji to frown.

Based on past experience, resistance during fusion was actually better than no resistance.

However, this resistance was several times stronger than when he had fused two ordinary pairs, pushing Shinji to his limits.

But now that he had started, there was no turning back. No matter how difficult it was, he had to grit his teeth and push through.

After a brief hesitation, his expression hardened, and the ocular power of his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan erupted.

In an instant, the second and third pairs of eye sockets in his Susanoo began to merge.

Seeing that the fusion had finally begun, Shinji breathed a sigh of relief while also gaining a rough understanding of the limits of his Susanoo Tomoshibi.

The two enhanced pairs of Ketsuryūgan, while stronger, were still below the level of the Mangekyō Sharingan in terms of ocular power.

Even so, these two pairs were pushing the limits of what his Susanoo Tomoshibi could forcibly fuse.

In other words.

With his current Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan's ocular power, the Susanoo Tomoshibi could only forcibly fuse dojutsu Bloodline Limit below the level of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

For dojutsu Bloodline Limit at or above the level of the Mangekyō Sharingan, his Susanoo Tomoshibi could no longer forcibly fuse them regardless of bloodline.

After a while, the fusion was finally complete.

Roar!

With a roar from his Susanoo, a deep, sinister blood-red light flashed in its second pair of eye sockets.

Shinji clutched his eyes, breathing heavily.

For the first time in a long while, he felt a stinging pain in his eyes!

"Fusing so many times in one day was a bit reckless!"

After a light chuckle and a moment to recover, Shinji immediately began to assess the super Ketsuryūgan created by fusing the two enhanced pairs.

As he had expected, the ocular power of this super Ketsuryūgan had risen significantly.

Not only that, but its appearance had also changed slightly. If the previous Ketsuryūgan had blood-red pupils with a horizontal bar, this super Ketsuryūgan now had a gem-like quality.

Shinji stood up and looked at the distant blood pool.

With just a glance, the hot spring water in the blood pool surged into the air.

"No hand seals needed anymore..."

He murmured to himself.

This meant that in an environment like Hell Valley, with the super Ketsuryūgan equipped, he could perform blood pool jutsu without forming hand seals.

Next, he assessed the ocular power level of the super Ketsuryūgan.

As he carefully analyzed it, the smile on his face gradually faded, and he finally shook his head with a sigh.

The super Ketsuryūgan's ocular power was significantly stronger than the enhanced version, but it still hadn't reached the level of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

"Can other dojutsu Bloodline Limits never reach the level of the Mangekyō Sharingan?"

Shinji felt a sense of helplessness.

Whether it was the Hogan or the Ketsuryūgan, no matter how much he experimented, he couldn't fuse them into a dojutsu Bloodline Limit that could match the Mangekyō Sharingan.

After a long while, Shinji packed up the remaining Ketsuryūgan and re-equipped the enhanced Hogan, preparing to return.

But just as he equipped the Hogan, he suddenly felt a strange sensation.

Or rather, the super Ketsuryūgan and the enhanced Hogan seemed to resonate with each other...