This is a Truth-Seeking Orb?
Orochimaru looked at the black sphere floating in her palm, a look of wild joy on her face.
For years, she had never given up on training in Chakra nature transformation, all for the sake of creating a Truth-Seeking Orb.
After countless experiments, the Truth-Seeking Orbs she created went from being smaller than a ping-pong ball to their current pinky fingernail size, showing how many times she had failed over the years.
I, I succeeded?!
I successfully created a Truth-Seeking Orb?!
Her white snake tail transformed into a white snake's sharp teeth and bit Orochimaru's finger, the fangs piercing her finger and drawing bright red blood.
Feeling the pain, Orochimaru finally believed she wasn't dreaming; she had truly created a Truth-Seeking Orb!
Even if it was only as small as a pinky fingernail, she had still successfully created a Truth-Seeking Orb!
She believed that no one in the entire Ninja World could surpass her. Without any Bloodline, she had relied solely on her innate talent and years of continuous, never-given-up, diligent training!
After the initial euphoria, Orochimaru quickly calmed down.
Suddenly, Orochimaru had a very strange feeling: as long as she wished it, she could create a Truth-Seeking Orb at any time, as if her body had instinctively memorized how to do it.
Was this how Bloodline Limit Ninjutsu were initially born?
Orochimaru understood why Bloodline Limits like Ice Release and Explosion Release could be passed down through Bloodline. It was because after the Jutsu was completed, the cells in the user's body would change, and the Bloodline Limit Ninjutsu would be recorded in the genetic information of the cells to be passed down.
If I have descendants, and that child possesses all Chakra nature transformations, there's a high probability they would awaken the Truth-Seeking Orb Ninjutsu.
This is a Bloodline Limit, a Ninjutsu inherited through Bloodline.
Just like some members of the Uchiha Clan never awaken their Sharingan in their entire lives, if I really had descendants, they might also be mediocre and unable to awaken a Bloodline Limit.
Besides, raising children is too troublesome… Orochimaru thought of the grown-up child, Tsunade, and the century-old loli, Uchiha Hikari, she currently had to look after, as well as the clingy Uzumaki Chigusa far away in the Land of Waves.
Looking around at the people in relationships, the only reliable one who could take care of herself was Mio. Her domestic skills were only developed because her parents died young, forcing her to live independently.
Speaking of which, this Truth-Seeking Orb… why does it contain Natural Energy?
Orochimaru quickly realized the problem: she had used Sage Chakra when creating the Truth-Seeking Orb!
This meant that the Yin-Yang and five-element Chakra nature transformations used to create the Truth-Seeking Orb were all performed with Sage Chakra.
This Truth-Seeking Orb was no longer an ordinary Truth-Seeking Orb, but a Sage Art: Truth-Seeking Ball!
In the original work, the Truth-Seeking Orb had two very distinct modes: an offensive Annihilation Mode and a defensive Yin-Yang Release Mode.
The Annihilation Mode's damage was very similar to Dust Release.
The Yin-Yang Release Mode involved adjusting the Yin and Yang nature transformation Chakra within the Truth-Seeking Orb to convert it into Yin-Yang Release that could nullify Ninjutsu.
In the original work, the defense formed by the Yin-Yang Release Mode of the Truth-Seeking Orb could easily nullify ordinary Ninjutsu, but not Sage Art.
So, could a Sage Art: Truth-Seeking Ball created with Sage Chakra nullify Sage Art?
Orochimaru decided to visit Ryūchi Cave sometime and ask Ichikishimahime to test if the Sage Art: Truth-Seeking Ball could nullify Sage Art.
If it really could, that would be absolutely amazing!
Right, the Truth-Seeking Orb can be transformed into a weapon… Orochimaru looked at the Sage Art: Truth-Seeking Ball floating in her palm, recalling how Uchiha Obito and Uchiha Madara, after becoming Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, used Truth-Seeking Orbs as weapons and for defense in the original work.
So, what could such a small Truth-Seeking Orb transform into?
Orochimaru thought for a moment, and the Sage Art: Truth-Seeking Ball floating in her palm slowly melted like a puddle of water, transforming into a shuriken as thin as sheet metal, then into extremely miniature Kunai, katana, swords, scythes, and other Ninja tools and weapons, as she willed it.
During this time, Orochimaru's control over the Truth-Seeking Orb became increasingly proficient, like an extension of her own arm.
Excellent, that rusty old kusanagi sword is useless to me now! From now on, using the Truth-Seeking Orb as a weapon will be enough!
Orochimaru remembered how Ichikishimahime and the others had given her the kusanagi sword to use, as if she had gained a huge advantage.
Now I don't need your rusty old junk! I'll visit Ryūchi Cave someday!
Is that rusty old kusanagi sword as useful as the ever-changing Truth-Seeking Orb?
Orochimaru's white snake tail flicked, and she glanced at the forest out of the corner of her eye.
Tsunade emerged from the forest, followed by Uchiha Hikari and Hyuga Mio. The three of them looked curiously at the black, mud-like object in Orochimaru's hand.
After dinner, Orochimaru had said she was going to train for a while. When they arrived, they saw her playing with a small, dark, muddy-looking thing.
"Could this be Orochimaru's latest research?"
Tsunade looked at Hyuga Mio with a questioning gaze.
"I don't know either."
Hyuga Mio shook her head. How would she know what that dark, mud-like thing was? She had just looked at it with her Byakugan, but couldn't make out what it was.
"You're here."
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