Chapter 317 – Tailed Beast Traits, Sage Mark!
The Incomplete Ten Tails Body innate talent was formed by piecing together the physical traits of various Tailed Beasts.
But compared to a true Tailed Beast's near-infinite chakra reserves, the chakra limit granted by this incomplete bloodline wasn't all that impressive. In fact, it didn't even provide as much chakra as when Uchiha Ci awakened the three-tomoe Sharingan.
It seemed that its real strength lay more in granting Uchiha Ci a conceptual type of ability.
Correspondingly, when they accidentally stumbled upon a Konoha outpost in Yunming City and encountered Kakashi, this innate ability finally revealed a bit of its practical effect—
[Gaining the chakra properties of the corresponding Tailed Beast].
So far, through three different Tailed Beast components, Ci had obtained:
The Two Tails' [Blazing Flame of the Fire Style: Mouse Jade],
The Eight Tails' [Octopus Seal],
And the Nine Tails' [Hatred Will].
Due to the urgency of the situation at the time, followed by a series of battles, Ci never had the chance to study or master these new abilities. He could only set them aside for the time being.
However, judging from the intense explosion triggered when the Two Tails' chakra was stirred up at the scene, the effect was fairly straightforward:
The Two Tails' chakra enhanced the power of Fire Style techniques, while the Nine Tails' chakra amped up his physical strength—perhaps it could even be applied to genjutsu.
For this trip to Turtle Island, aside from his primary goal of developing Sage Mode, these three abilities were what Ci intended to fully master.
Among them—
What Ci was most interested in testing right now—
"Huff…"
Pitch-black chakra surged through the meridians of his hand and formed a small, ink-like orb spinning rapidly in his palm.
"Its power isn't very high, and in this form, the chakra-based Rasengan lacks any sealing effect."
Staring at the pitch-black sphere, Ci pondered for a moment, then abandoned the Rasengan approach and quickly formed a different set of hand seals to use another technique—
Sealing Technique: First Lantern Formation!
He pressed his palm against the deck. Complex sealing script patterns rapidly expanded, and from the center of the formation, a black, semi-spherical bubble the size of a basketball gradually emerged.
This basic First Lantern Formation could immobilize anyone standing in its center. Alternatively, by projecting the sealing runes outward, it could form a fragile sealing defense barrier.
Ci drew a kunai from the pouch at his waist and drove it hard into the bubble.
Yet, the forceful strike was smoothly deflected.
He then formed the Tiger seal, causing flames to erupt along the kunai's blade, and stabbed again—
Bang!
The First Lantern Formation shattered.
"As expected, the key is using sealing techniques to properly activate this chakra."
"When used with the Eight Tails' chakra, even a basic First Lantern Formation gains defensive strength close to that of a Tri-Seal Formation."
"So then, what if I use this chakra to perform a Tri-Seal Formation...?"
Ci's eyes snapped open, veins bulging around them. He first formed the Cross seal, creating two Shadow Clones. The clones immediately formed a black Tri-Seal Formation.
Then Ci raised one hand, fingers tightly together—
An intense, crackling burst of lightning erupted from his palm.
Hell Stab: Four-Fingered Spear Hand!
Swish!
The Four-Fingered Spear Hand struck the Tri-Seal Formation—and couldn't break through the barrier!
Ci quickly curled his pinky finger and used the Hell Stab: Three-Fingered Spear Hand instead!
Zzzzzzt—
CRACK!
Boom! Boom!
The lightning-wreathed palm pierced into the Tri-Seal Formation, unleashing arcs of electricity. After nearly five seconds, it finally tore through the seal, shattering it along with the two clones maintaining it, which vanished in puffs of smoke.
"Not bad!"
Seeing the result, Ci couldn't help but be thrilled.
The Tri-Seal Formation used by the clones just now wasn't a normal one—it had been infused with Sage Chakra:
Sage Art: Sealing Technique: Tri-Seal Formation!
It directly elevated the original Tri-Seal Formation, which couldn't even restrain the base power of the Third Raikage, to a level where only a Three-Fingered Hell Stab could break through it.
But that wasn't the main point.
The key was—
Ordinarily, the Tri-Seal Formation couldn't be converted into a Sage Technique. Sage Mode is typically used to amplify a technique's power or scope—like Jiraiya's Sage Art: Goemon, or Hashirama's Sage Art: Shinsu Senju, where the sealing effect came from Wood Release's chakra absorption.
But what strengthened this seal wasn't Sage Mode alone.
It was the Eight Tails-type chakra fused with natural energy, forming Sage Chakra that could neutralize the wild nature of natural energy—making an otherwise impossible Sage Seal forcibly executable.
Just like how, later in the Fourth Great Ninja War, Kurama (the Nine Tails) helped Naruto absorb nature energy by creating shadow clones—
Tailed Beasts possess the ability to absorb and store natural energy.
Though Ci didn't have a Tailed Beast, he had something even better for storing natural energy:
The sealing-capable chakra property of the Eight Tails.
And this—
Was the answer Ci had been seeking!
"If I use the Eight Tails' chakra to construct a Sage Seal similar to the Yin Seal that stores natural energy—"
"Then I could prolong my Sage Mode duration and extend my time fighting in Sage Transformation form!"
"Of course, in theory, a 'Sage Seal' shouldn't be possible."
"There's no known way to create a container that can hold massive amounts of nature energy. I don't even understand the mechanics behind the Yin Seal."
But—
Ci fell silent, then pulled out a scroll decorated with snake-scale patterns.
Inside was one of the Eight Tails' horns.
"I've got half of the Eight Tails' chakra to burn, and with its chakra properties, along with the family sealing technique I've mastered..."
Still silent, Ci summoned a small white snake, which spat out a special scroll bearing the Uchiha clan crest.
Written on it were six large characters—
"Uchiha Fire Flame Formation"!
During the Fourth Great Ninja War, Obito Uchiha used this barrier technique. Chakra channeled through the user's five fingers transformed into fire and linked with hellfire from the land itself, creating a massive flaming barrier around the target.
This technique could resist even Tailed Beast-level attacks. It was a B-rank sealing technique.
The flames of Asura formed an infernal wall that incinerated all who dared resist.
Obito had used this to shield the Ten Tails from an Eight Tails assault—an attack that felt like nothing more than a tickle to the barrier.
Of course, this required drawing on the land's hellfire, and at the moment, Ci was out at sea—not exactly near any active volcanoes.
However—
Ci's own Fire Style Chakra Mode, fueled by a burning heart, combined with the Flame Style granted by the Two Tails chakra, might be even more potent than an active volcano!
Staring at the two scrolls in front of him, Ci couldn't help but sigh emotionally—
"As they say—'When you're strong enough, even bricks can fly.'"
"Powerful things don't need to be complicated."
"Even without a Yin Seal, I can brute-force a Sage Seal of my own—one that works for me!"
With that thought—
Ci's eyes gleamed. He bit his finger and swiped it across both scrolls in a single slash!
The excited voice of the youth rang out from the smoke that billowed in all directions—
"Let's do this!"
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