The wild laughter stopped abruptly, and Uchiha Yoru quickly calmed down.
Adrenaline surged the moment the insect sphere formed.
The next instant, a wave of pain hit him.
Uchiha Yoru felt as if he'd been struck in the chest by a hammer, and the next moment, he was sent flying backward a great distance.
His body crashed violently into a massive tree that ten people could barely encircle.
He spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
He hit the ground hard.
"Don't pass out!"
Uchiha Yoru bit his lower lip hard, and blood instantly flowed.
The pain brought him a moment of clarity.
Then he lay motionless on the ground, as if he had fainted.
Aburame Ryoma was busy attacking his teammates, quickly killing them to silence them.
This was his last chance.
"What should I do?"
Cold sweat broke out on Uchiha Yoru's forehead.
Under intense focus, it was as if time itself slowed down.
He had already experimented with the "Super God Fusion" cheat.
In simple terms, it was a method that consumed chakra to continuously fuse items two by two, infinitely improving their quality.
Given enough time to develop, he could even turn an ordinary kunai into a divine weapon.
But it was useless.
For him now, chakra was his shortcoming.
He had already synthesized several times before, fusing four kunai into one, which drastically changed the appearance of the ordinary kunai.
Not only did the material become a kind of kunai +2 that was neither fully metal nor fully jade.
(+2 represents the second fusion after a two-by-two fusion, indicating two enhancements, and so on.)
In terms of performance, it was comparable to an entry-level chakra weapon; not only did its durability and sharpness increase significantly, but it could even weakly conduct chakra to boost its power.
Its value had multiplied by over a hundred.
However, when he wanted to go further and see what surprise a kunai +3 could bring, he stopped because his total chakra was insufficient.
He bit his lip hard again; the destructive parasite insect technique attached to him felt like boiling water, stinging his skin with intense pain.
As if by inspiration, he chose to fuse the Destructive Parasite Insect Technique.
A big gamble.
If he lost, the fused destructive parasite insect technique would be stronger, and he, the cheat user, would help the enemy Aburame Ryoma.
Allowing him to gain a more powerful second-generation destructive parasite insect technique.
If he won, the product of his fusion would be under his control, and with a bit of time, he could turn the tide and resolve the crisis.
"I'll gamble!"
Uchiha Yoru shouted in his heart.
Then he quickly began activating his ability on the destructive parasite insect technique on his body, fusing them frantically.
Crack!
Soon after.
A sharp sound of breaking bones rang out, and the last Root member who tried to escape was beheaded, sucked into a dried corpse by the destructive parasite insect technique, and thrown to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Aburame Ryoma then turned his cold gaze toward Uchiha Yoru.
He frowned; he had sensed earlier that the destructive parasite insect technique attached to Uchiha Yoru's body was "disappearing" rapidly, and the speed was increasing.
For no reason, a flash of panic crossed his heart.
Just as he was about to act.
He saw the ropes on Uchiha Yoru's body suddenly snap in two.
An Uchiha Yoru, whose wounds were healing rapidly, slowly stood up.
Then a mocking smile returned to his face as he looked at Aburame Ryoma.
Their gazes met.
Aburame Ryoma's mind was deeply shaken.
It was the crisis felt by a lower insect swarm encountering a superior one; the normally unremarkable Uchiha Yoru seemed to have become a natural predator at that moment.
It was an inherent suppression at the core of the insect swarm.
It almost caused a riot among the nano-destructive parasite insect technique residing in his body.
Instinctively, they wanted to flee quickly!
"Masaka!" (Impossible!)
Cold sweat streamed down Aburame Ryoma's face.
In contrast, the smile on Uchiha Yoru's face widened even more.
"Hahaha, you figured it out?"
Perhaps it was the Uchiha bloodline at work, Yoru laughed wildly as if possessed by the Four Great Madmen.
"Is this the Destructive Parasite Insect Technique? Clearly, my abilities are even greater than yours!"
At that moment, Uchiha Yoru was unbelievably arrogant.
He had won the bet!
Indeed, the "objects" after fusion were entirely under his control.
The destructive parasite insect technique itself had the ability to absorb and convert chakra.
The new destructive parasite insect technique was even more powerful.
It had greater chakra reserves and a faster absorption rate.
Under Uchiha Yoru's control, the destructive parasite insect technique that attacked Aburame Ryoma quickly turned the tables, using the enemy's chakra to rapidly fuse more destructive parasite insect techniques two by two.
Forming a new insect swarm.
The original destructive parasite insect technique was powerless to resist; under the suppression of their level, they didn't even dare move, becoming Uchiha Yoru's new power.
More importantly, the nano-destructive parasite insect technique under Uchiha's command had no riot-triggering capability.
Under Uchiha Yoru's will, they easily organized into nanofibers, precisely repairing all the damage on his body.
This was why his wounds healed so quickly.
It could be said that in controlling the destructive parasite insect technique, Uchiha Yoru had directly reached a super-god realm that the Aburame clan could only dream of.
He could absolutely be called the new-generation Insect Emperor.
Coupled with the chakra stored in the new destructive parasite insect technique, the cheat, originally limited by total chakra, was fully unleashed. How could Uchiha Yoru not be thrilled?
"Kishibasho! You brat! Stop bluffing!"
Though he didn't understand what Uchiha Yoru was laughing about, the blatant disdain in his eyes fell into Aburame Ryoma's gaze.
With the chakra capacity of a Jonin and mastery of the nano-level destructive parasite insect technique at age 12, when had he ever suffered such humiliation?
At that moment, his eyes blazed with fury, ignoring the potential backlash of an insect swarm riot and overproduction.
In an instant, a massive insect orb, over three meters wide, floated in the sky.
It spun and flew rapidly toward Uchiha Yoru.
"Super Secret Technique: Insect Orb: Nano-Destructive Parasite Insect Technique!"
Uchiha Yoru's expression was solemn.
He performed a move similar to Tai Chi Cloud Hands, which actually involved wrapping all the nano-destructive parasite insect techniques in his body—except those maintaining his wounds—around his body's surface and between his palms.
It wasn't that he didn't want to counter with the Destructive Parasite Insect Technique, but he could currently only precisely control the Destructive Parasite Insect Technique within a one-meter radius of his body's surface.
He wasn't an insect race, after all; beyond that, the destructive parasite insect technique would automatically revert due to the inability to receive commands.
But even so, it was enough to deal with the subordinate swarm of the Destructive Parasite Insect Technique.
He watched the massive nano-insect orb spin and turn slowly in Uchiha Yoru's hands, its speed gradually decreasing.
It was quickly dispersed and enveloped by an invisible layer of the insect swarm, while the insects that came into contact with his palms were rapidly fused and converted.
Until Uchiha Yoru spun in place, drawing circles, performing an ancient Tai Chi that was mysteriously unfathomable, filled with the pretense of a grandmaster.
It wasn't that Uchiha Yoru wanted to show off.
It was that his current body couldn't allow overly violent movements.
In a foreign movie from his past life, the protagonist, covered in nanomachines, ignored various injuries and recovered instantly.
Uchiha Yoru's method was similar, but the effect was light-years apart.
Every movement caused excruciating pain in all his muscles, and even his internal organs suffered considerable damage.
The Tai Chi practiced by an old man in the park was only meant to create the illusion that he wasn't afraid of close combat.
In reality, if Aburame Ryoma rushed at him with a kunai now, Uchiha Yoru might as well declare his demise!
And in truth, though Aburame Ryoma wasn't completely fooled by him, he still stood in place, stunned and bewildered.
From his perspective, the massive insect orb was first deflected by Uchiha Yoru using a highly advanced technique similar to the Hyuga clan's.
Eventually, he was slowly practicing Tai Chi within the dense insect swarm.
And the supposedly powerful destructive parasite insect technique, apart from his clothes, couldn't even leave a scratch on him.
How could this not shock him?
A sense of absurdity, as if his worldview was being shattered and rebuilt, surged in his heart.
"So, at some point, the Destructive Parasite Insect Technique can't beat Taijutsu? That's absurd, how is that possible?!"
Seeing his expression, Uchiha Yoru was secretly amused. "Haha, kid! Super God Fusion is the natural enemy of the Destructive Parasite Insect Technique…"