Starting with rogue ninjas, building the insect kingdom.

Chapter 272 Reanimation Failure

Unfortunately, his warnings had no effect whatsoever.

A few days ago, this mysterious ninja came to Kumogakure and fought him under the thunder.

However, he discovered that he was no match for his opponent at all. He couldn't even lift his opponent's veil.

Afterwards, the other party told him a secret, and another secret that could make Kumogakure stronger and rule the ninja world.

The Fourth Raikage initially didn't believe it, but after learning the whole secret, he became convinced.

"The reconnaissance team is to begin setting up traps. Use plenty of explosive tags, don't be stingy. Another team is to set off immediately to lure them over. This time, I'm going to annihilate all the ninjas from Yugakure in one fell swoop."

As the Cloud Hidden Army pressed in, traps were set up one after another. More than ten kilometers away, in the insect nest of the Evil God Cave, Aburame Zhicheng had been studying for three whole days.

The principle behind this forbidden technique is not complicated, and its core consists of only three parts: first, locating the soul of the summoned person in the Pure Land through their DNA sample; second, using a living person as a sacrifice, covering their body with dust to construct a temporary container; and third, using spirit communication techniques to communicate with the soul and perform cross-dimensional summoning.

Orochimaru's version is very detailed, especially regarding the soul positioning, listing out in detail which techniques and rituals are needed.

But the offerings that follow are essentially a kind of soul exchange, and also a kind of condition for keeping the soul in reality as a cage.

As for the final step, it was entirely an application of advanced summoning techniques, and in addition, it also incorporated a bit of the cursed seal technique that Orochimaru himself had developed.

After all, the two require different kinds of Impure World Reincarnation. Orochimaru doesn't need to resurrect the dead, but rather endless chakra, an immortal body, and combat power under his control.

Therefore, this version of the Impure World Reincarnation technique never intended to preserve intelligence from the very beginning.

According to this version, the summoned person probably wouldn't even have basic thinking ability, and would only be able to execute the simplest commands like a puppet.

However, Shisei Aburame doesn't need that. His impure body possesses fighting power, and he doesn't need to have much intelligence.

What he wanted most was to control Hideyoshi's soul, because he didn't really believe in the Sage of Six Paths, and even less in the Pure Land.

As for what happens next, we can find a better resurrection spell to bring the person back to life.

Or perhaps we could improve upon the current Impure World Reincarnation technique.

"The curse seal technique can be completely removed. As for soul replacement, I have a higher-level necromancy technique here, so it's completely unnecessary. Therefore, we only need to keep the physical body that can remain in the world."

Over three days, Shisei Aburame kept reading and making improvements. It wasn't that he didn't trust Orochimaru, but rather that his Impure World Reincarnation technique wasn't quite suitable.

Ultimately, a new version of the Impure World Reincarnation technique was born in his hands. This version had no control and did not require soul swapping, but it also did not possess much combat power.

Now everything is ready, except for the final step: the success of the experiment.

"Let's begin." Shisei Aburame circulated his chakra and separated a single white spore from a sealed test tube.

With the injection of chakra, the spore rapidly swelled and differentiated, eventually transforming into the form of a White Zetsu.

Unfortunately, this White Zetsu had only just arrived in the world and hadn't even had a chance to see what it looked like before it was sent to the altar.

Immediately afterwards, he took out a piece of dried flesh and placed it on the array on the ground, forming a hand seal.

Si-hai-wei-mao-xu-zi-you-wu-si————

With the final seal complete, Aburame Shisei shouted in a low voice, "Ninja Art: Impure World Reincarnation Technique!"

The spore-man on the stone platform began to tremble violently.

Fine cracks appeared on its surface, then it crumbled and peeled away like weathering, turning into countless specks of dust.

Instead of dissipating, the dust began to gather towards the center, drawn by some unseen force, where Hideyoshi's cells were located.

Soon, the outline of a human figure appeared.

Dust covered it, gradually outlining the features, hair, and robes—it was exactly as Hideyoshi looked in life.

Unfortunately, all the gray dust had completely solidified.

What was presented to Aburame Shisei was merely an exquisite clay figurine.

It maintains the posture of Hideyoshi, but its eyes are empty and lifeless, and its surface is cracked earthenware, yet it has no trace of life.

Aburame Shisei reached out and gently touched the body that had been resurrected through the Impure World Reincarnation.

Unexpectedly, the impure body collapsed instantly, turning back into a cloud of dust.

There is no soul or consciousness in it; it's just an empty shell.

Failed!

Aburame Shisei frowned, feeling slightly irritated.

But he quickly suppressed his emotions, sorted out his thoughts, and checked the spell from the beginning.

The hand seal sequence is correct.

Chakra flow, correct.

DNA sample, valid.

The quality of the offerings is acceptable.

The surgical procedure is complete.

Everything was fine, but the result was just an empty shell.

"One more time." Aburame Shisei had a premonition, but he was still unwilling to give up.

He took out another spore, catalyzed it into the shape of a white Zetsu, and placed it on the stone platform.

This time, he was even more focused, forming each hand seal with perfect precision, and his chakra output was accurate to the millimeter.

When the dust settled again, Hideyoshi's appearance reappeared—still just an empty shell!

Failure, and more failure!

Aburame Shigeaki's brows furrowed; now he could finally admit that it wasn't a problem with his operation just now.

Therefore, there are only four possible conclusions.

Firstly, Orochimaru deceived him, giving him a fake ninjutsu manual, or perhaps important information was hidden from him. However, this is unlikely, because the jutsu's framework is real, just ineffective.

Secondly, Orochimaru did not lie to him, but the ninjutsu was incomplete to begin with, he had not improved it completely, and he had never successfully performed it even once.

Thirdly, the Sage of Six Paths manipulated the Pure Land's mechanisms, forcibly imprisoning Hideyoshi's soul and preventing him from being summoned. However, this is unlikely; the Sage wouldn't stoop to such a low level.

Fourth, and this is the situation that Shisei Aburame least wanted to encounter, is that Hideyoshi's soul is not in the Pure Land at all, but in... the hands of an evil god.

Yu Nu Zhicheng looked up at the insect nest, where there was a statue that had been devoured beyond recognition by the insects.

Even though the statue had been destroyed, he felt as if it were mocking him.

"I hope you weren't behind this, you evil god!"

After finishing his sentence, Aburame Shicheng manipulated the swarm of insects to devour the entire statue. He then left the insect hive and headed straight for the cemetery in Tangren Village.

He needed to find another fresh body to verify once again who had caused the problem.