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In the sky, the yellow light faded, and the figure was left panting, his face slightly pale.
But at this moment—
"Ah!" A scream came from the distance.
"Not good!" The figure's expression changed, and in the next moment, he disappeared.
After a few flashes, he appeared in the palace hall.
"Toneri!"
The figure's anxious voice rang out, but in his haste, he didn't notice a white snake quietly leaving the area.
After a frantic check, the figure finally relaxed.
His son was unharmed, just frightened.
"Damn those from below. The world created by the Rikudō Sennin is indeed a failure."
The figure's face was grim and his eyes filled with anger.
But after looking around, he finally restrained himself.
Their ancestors' mission was to guard this place, and they could not leave now.
No matter how angry he was, he had to endure it.
The white snake quietly left the area, quickly heading towards the original passage.
In just a few minutes, the white snake passed through the passage.
"Whoosh!"
A spatial fluctuation.
When the space was crossed again, the white snake had already appeared outside.
Then the white snake grew larger, and a pale figure walked out.
"Orochimaru Sama!"
Seeing the figure emerge, Jiang Xi's voice rang out with a smile.
"It was truly a terrifying power." Orochimaru looked at Jiang Xi, his smile also carrying an unprecedented excitement.
On the moon, he had witnessed a power that truly surpassed everything.
…
"Orochimaru Sama, it seems you've obtained what we were looking for?" Seeing Orochimaru's expression, a smile couldn't help but spread across Jiang Xi's face.
To be honest, even though she had confidence in Orochimaru, the Ōtsutsuki her brother had described were so powerful that even Jiang Xi couldn't help but feel a twinge of worry.
Fortunately, everything unfolded as expected.
"Of course! It truly is a marvelous feeling of power. Is that the power of Ōtsutsuki Hamura?" Orochimaru spoke with a sense of awe in his voice.
If what Jiang Xi had told him before was merely a myth, then this experience on the moon felt like that myth coming to life for him.
It ignited his interest in something beyond the power of the Senju clan.
"Let's go. I can't wait any longer." In his excitement, Orochimaru smiled and spoke to Jiang Xi again.
"Yes, Orochimaru Sama!" Jiang Xi nodded with a smile.
Soon after, the two figures quickly vanished from that place.
…
At the edge of Konoha, there lay a region known as the Land of Rice. As a small country, the Land of Rice originally did not have a Shinobi village.
However, a few years ago, a village called Otogakure suddenly emerged in the Land of Rice.
Unlike other Shinobi villages, Otogakure was not under the jurisdiction of the Land of Rice but existed completely independently. In fact, the territory of Otogakure almost encompassed the entire Land of Rice.
Three days later.
Orochimaru, accompanied by Jiang Xi, arrived at Otogakure in the Land of Rice.
"Orochimaru Sama!"
"Orochimaru Sama."
As the two arrived, the Shinobi of Otogakure respectfully saluted.
"Is everything prepared?"
Orochimaru looked at a figure wearing the Otogakure forehead protector and spoke in a deep voice.
"The laboratory is ready! Orochimaru Sama, please follow me!" The figure spoke respectfully.
Then, he led the two into the laboratory.
Upon entering Otogakure, Orochimaru immediately began his experiments without delay.
This experiment made Orochimaru's eyes light up with excitement.
The cells of the Ōtsutsuki felt incredible to him.
Whether it was their vitality or the chakra they contained, it was all astonishing. The quality of the chakra within these cells was even higher than that of Senju Hashirama's cells.
"What marvelous cells and what a perfect body," Orochimaru spoke with excitement, his eyes fixated.
He could vaguely envision the most perfect body.
This was a body more perfect than the powers of the Uchiha or the Senju clan.
If he could fully understand it, he would never lack materials for his reincarnation experiments again.
At this moment, Orochimaru was completely consumed by fervor.
A few days later, the first body completely cloned from Ōtsutsuki cells was created. However, it only lasted a few days before the body collapsed.
Even so, Orochimaru remained undeterred, driven by his fervor.
The experiments continued and another month passed.
Orochimaru finally completed the basic research on Ōtsutsuki cells.
Then, he began attempting to fuse the Byakugan with Ōtsutsuki cells.
"There's no rejection?"
Seeing the cells intertwine with the Byakugan, Orochimaru's eyes lit up.
Unlike the fusion of the Uchiha clan's Sharingan and the Senju clan's cells, the fusion of the Byakugan and Ōtsutsuki cells showed no signs of rejection.
One must know that the Sharingan of the Uchiha and the cells of the Senju clan often faced rejection issues, even conflicts. Danzō Shimura's arm was created by Orochimaru through countless experiments and a special test subject.
For the fusion of the Byakugan and Ōtsutsuki cells, he had prepared for countless failures.
After all, he wasn't short on Byakugan now.
As for Ōtsutsuki cells, he had cultivated quite a few during this period.
He could take his time.
However, the situation turned out to be smoother than he had imagined.
The subsequent experiments made him even more excited.
The fusion of Ōtsutsuki cells with the Byakugan rapidly increased the purity of the Byakugan. At the same time, the integration of the Byakugan seemed to trigger a certain transformation in the chakra within the Ōtsutsuki cells.
For Orochimaru, this was like discovering a new continent.
In the blink of an eye, three more months passed, and he was completely immersed in his work.
By the fourth month, in the vast laboratory, the experiment on Jiang Xi's body finally began.
As a syringe of Ōtsutsuki cells was injected into Jiang Xi's body, her chakra began to fluctuate rapidly.
Even her Byakugan opened involuntarily.
Fortunately, Orochimaru had already made preparations.
A series of seals quickly spread, instantly covering Jiang Xi's Byakugan. Her opened eyes closed again, and the Byakugan disappeared.
"Xi, the fusion has begun. But for the next few months, you probably won't be able to use your Byakugan so it would be best for you to not use your eyes at all." Orochimaru's voice rang out with a smile.
"I understand!" Jiang Xi nodded slightly.
At this moment, she couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation.
Compared to Orochimaru, she knew much more.
For example, the advancement of the Byakugan.
From her brother's accounts, she knew that the Byakugan needed to go through three stages of evolution to advance.
Only after completing these three stages could the Byakugan evolve into the Tenseigan.
Thinking of the memories transferred by her shadow clones, Jiang Xi couldn't help but feel excited.
Even if it was just the tip of the iceberg, Jiang Xi was certain that it was definitely the power of the Fourth Tier.
In other words, as long as she awakened the Tenseigan, she would possess the power of the Fourth Tier.
And unlike the Ōtsutsuki on the moon, this Fourth Tier power would completely belong to her.
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(To Be Continued…)