[Ding, mission complete, reward is being issued....]
The system notification sounded, the mission to purify the fallen Hollowfied wandering soul had been completed.
At this moment, the specific principles and casting method of Bakudō #58: Kakushitsuijaku flooded into Seiryū's mind.....
But Seiryū had no time to pay attention to it right now, he was in great danger! "Kaidō!"
Enduring the intense pain inside his body and forcing himself to stay focused, Seiryū cast a Kaidō on himself.
The effect of Kaidō was extremely strong, and it began repairing his damaged chakra pathways inside his body.
But the speed of repair was far slower than the speed at which the violent Dragon Vein chakra was tearing through him.
There was simply far, far too much violent Dragon Vein chakra pouring into his body!
The rampaging Dragon Vein chakra possessed an ability similar to Tailed Beast chakra, it could erode one's consciousness...
Seiryū's sanity was gradually slipping away, and meaningless low growls came from his mouth...
After that.
It was as if the Dragon Vein chakra inside his body had reached a certain level.
Buzz buzz buzz....
A dark red chakra cloak began to appear over Seiryū's body.
The boiling, surging Dragon Vein chakra burst out violently, throwing the surrounding air into chaos and forming a ring of wind pressure that spread outward....
"Ah!"
Nearby, Sāra cried out as she was swept away by the wind pressure.
Fortunately, Tsunade reacted quickly and used Body Flicker to catch Queen Sāra....
After setting Sāra down, Tsunade looked toward Seiryū, where the sudden change had occurred, her gaze tense. "What's going on, why is this brat..."
What had happened?
Why had something similar to a Jinchūriki losing control appeared on Seiryū's body?
Could it be...
"That brat is trying to use the Dragon Vein chakra to speed up the accumulation of the Yin Seal!?"
Tsunade thought of one possibility.
Her heart could not help but sink.
Seiryū had brought up this idea before, using other chakra to accelerate the accumulation of the Yin Seal.
And now, this situation...
Clearly.
That brat had started doing something reckless again.
And this time it was even more extreme, he had not considered what the consequences would be at all!!
"Tsunade-sama, something unexpected should have happened. Seiryū was trying to use a sealing jutsu to seal the Dragon Vein just now, but the Dragon Vein chakra suddenly poured into his body as if it had lost control. This should not have been Seiryū's own intention!"
Minato flashed to Tsunade's side and spoke gravely.
He possessed sensory ninjutsu, so he had seen the situation more clearly just now.
At first.
Seiryū had intended to use a sealing jutsu to seal the rampaging Dragon Vein, but then an unexpected change occurred, even he had not foreseen it...
The rampaging Dragon Vein chakra was like it had found an outlet, and all at once it poured into Seiryū's body.....
Tsunade took a deep breath, her expression turning grave, just as she was about to say something...
"Uwaaa! Roaaargh!!!"
Under the influence of the violent Dragon Vein chakra, Seiryū could only barely maintain a trace of rationality, yet what burst from his mouth was a beast-like growl.
Rather than a growl, it sounded more like a dragon's roar....
The true form of the Dragon Vein chakra was actually a chakra dragon.
Like the other Tailed Beasts, it was a kind of chakra-materialized lifeform.
It possessed its own consciousness.
The Dragon Vein could be regarded as a rather special Tailed Beast.
And it was precisely this consciousness of the rampaging Dragon Vein that was eroding Seiryū's sanity.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The chakra cloak covering Seiryū's body was somewhat similar to the chakra cloak formed when a Jinchūriki drew on Tailed Beast power.
Behind him, a tail formed from chakra whipped about wildly. Every swing caused a sharp whistling sound in the air, and the chakra cloak around his body flickered like flames....
Violent chakra fluctuations spread from Seiryū's body, and the heavy chakra pressure even made the stone platform beneath his feet cave in into a pit.....
Buzz buzz buzz!
The Dragon Vein's chakra reserves were no weaker than a Tailed Beast's to begin with.
It was also as if it had formed some strange connection with Seiryū. Even though his hands were no longer in direct contact with the Dragon Vein core, the Dragon Vein chakra underground was still pouring madly into his body.
As more Dragon Vein chakra poured in.
The dark red Dragon Vein chakra gradually wrapped completely around Seiryū's body, pushing him into a state similar to a Jinchūriki's half-tailed beast transformation.
At this moment, Seiryū looked like a dragon-man, still maintaining a human shape, but both hands had turned into claws, and behind him a tail formed from Dragon Vein chakra lashed about wildly!
Half-tailed beast transformation!
It could also be regarded as Hollowfication, the Hollowfication of a Shinigami!
The Hollowfication in the world of Bleach, and the half-tailed beast transformation in the world of Naruto.
The two did share some similarities.
In both cases, there was another power existing inside the body.
That was why the system had treated the Dragon Vein chakra as "Hollow power."
And it told Seiryū to subdue this power, without even considering whether Seiryū's body could withstand it.
That's right, the system was just this unreliable!
"You, after entering... this old man's body.... just.... behave yourself!!"
"Yin Seal, activate!"
Seiryū's low voice came out in broken fragments.
The last trace of rationality he was barely maintaining made him realize the danger of death.
If this continued, his body might explode from the strain.
If he could not control or suppress the Dragon Vein chakra, then he would be dead for sure.....
If he did not want to die, then he could only subdue the Dragon Vein chakra and make it his own!
Seiryū had made no preparations at all from the start, and with only a sliver of reason left, he had no way to think through other options.
Right now, he could only place his hopes on the Yin Seal.
He would use the Yin Seal to store the Dragon Vein chakra inside his body!
After Tsunade gave him the Yin Seal scroll, Seiryū naturally studied it as well.
Although he had never tried it before, he had already memorized the exact method of using it.
Now, his hands began forming seals as Seiryū activated the Yin Seal!
The next moment, dense sealing formulas appeared across the surface of Seiryū's body.
Then the black sealing formulas began to move, finally gathering at the center of his forehead and forming a faint, translucent diamond-shaped mark...
Whoosh!
The Dragon Vein chakra surging through every part of his body seemed to be guided by something, and it actually rushed madly toward Seiryū's forehead.
The diamond-shaped mark on his forehead began to release a faint red glow.
At this moment, Seiryū felt as if his brain had been struck by a violent consciousness, and the bit of awareness preserving his reason was like it had been smashed by a giant hammer.
That final trace of sanity was completely swallowed up at this moment...
"Uwaaaah! Roar!!"
A wild beast's howling roar rang out, and within it, a dragon's cry could faintly be heard.
At this moment, Seiryū had completely lost all reason. His eyes turned crimson, filled only with savagery and violence....
Boom boom boom!
As he roared toward the sky, the violent Dragon Vein chakra on Seiryū's body erupted.
The Dragon Vein chakra shooting into the sky became a pillar of light, and the shaking roar echoed through this space, causing the ground to tremble constantly and split open into crack after crack.
Half-tailed beast transformation! Hollowfication!
Both explanations would fit!
In any case, Seiryū had completely gone berserk at this moment!
Fortunately.
The process of the Yin Seal absorbing the Dragon Vein chakra and storing it inside the diamond-shaped seal on his forehead would not be interrupted just because Seiryū had lost his mind.
The Yin Seal itself was a sealing jutsu that passively absorbed chakra that was not normally used.
Once activated, it could not be stopped until the Yin Seal had been fully filled.
As long as all of the Dragon Vein chakra was completely stored inside the Yin Seal, Seiryū should be able to escape danger.
(To be continued.)
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