Rasengan!

Chrysanthemum Douluo felt that this entire day had been utterly, utterly surreal.

If he had not stayed within Spirit Hall recently, he might have suspected that old poisoner Dugu Bo had poisoned him and caused him to hallucinate.

First, their freshly minted genius had killed a fifty-year soul beast in battle. Though it was absurd beyond belief, it could at least barely be explained.

I couldn't do it myself, but that kid really could.

But what happened afterward completely exceeded his understanding.

First, their genius encountered an exceptionally rare soul beast, one seen perhaps once in a thousand years—and by sheer coincidence, it was also at its weakest and most dangerous point.

The fact that he had held on for so long had already far surpassed Yue Guan's expectations, but even if he were beaten to death, he would never have imagined that the brat would actually kill it!!

A little brat without a single soul ring, not even a true soul master yet, had faced down and killed a genuine Thousand-Year Soul Beast head-on!!

What kind of concept was that?

There was still some logic to a little rabbit killing a tiger, but killing an ancient behemoth was a little too outrageous, wasn't it?

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo could no longer even feel shocked. They exchanged blank looks, half wondering whether they had never left home at all and were still dreaming.

Yet it still was not over.

That brat actually started absorbing the soul ring directly!

Chrysanthemum Douluo nearly failed to catch his breath and almost fainted on the spot.

He sat weakly on the ground and stared blankly at Su Chen.

No—

Even if you had no common sense, shouldn't your instincts tell you that this was not something you should be touching yet?

A thousand-year first ring was a guaranteed suicide attempt!!

Chrysanthemum Douluo truly did not know whether to laugh or cry. A ten-year soul beast had come along, and even a Thousand-Year Soul Beast had been killed, only for him to die from ignorance while forcibly absorbing a soul ring???

How was he supposed to report this to His Holiness the Pope?

Despair. Let the world end already. Hurry up.

In that instant, he had even thought of where he wanted to be buried.

But the next moment, Yue Guan and Gui Mei witnessed a scene they would never forget for the rest of their lives.

The soul ring that had just been wildly violent turned into a docile little lamb in the next second. Its aura instantly vanished as it became part of the boy.

"H-He actually absorbed it... successfully?"

Chrysanthemum Douluo desperately rubbed his eyes. After a long while, he shakily pointed at Su Chen, then turned to Ghost Douluo, his expression twisting.

"H-He just... succeeded?"

The latter stared fixedly at Su Chen, but no matter how he looked, he could not sense anything wrong.

That Thousand-Year Soul Ring had become the boy's first soul ring without the slightest hindrance.

No resistance, no violent backlash, no exploding to death—not even the slightest ripple.

It had been absorbed successfully in just a few breaths.

"I must be dreaming. Even a perfectly compatible soul ring couldn't possibly be absorbed this quickly..."

Ghost Douluo muttered blankly, unable to tell whether he wanted to laugh or cry.

Today, the Douluo known as Ghost had truly experienced what it meant to see a ghost.

Su Chen had no idea that he had completely shattered the worldviews of two veteran Douluos. Even if he did know, he likely would not have had the time to care.

At that moment, he was immersed in the incomparably abundant sensation of power within his body and the joy suffusing his entire being.

The final trace of obstruction between himself and the world quietly disappeared, as if he had finally merged perfectly with this land and sky.

With a thought, Chakra surged through his Seven Meridians and Eight Vessels, smooth and natural, completely different from before.

He extended his hand and slowly exhaled. His hands began forming seals.

Ram—Snake—Tiger.

Poof!

White smoke billowed out. When it dispersed, someone identical to Su Chen was already standing at his side.

Clone Technique!

One of the three basic ninja techniques in the world of Naruto, used to create afterimages to confuse enemies.

It was an exceptionally simple technique.

Seeing this familiar yet unfamiliar ninjutsu appear, even someone as calm as Su Chen could not help feeling his heart surge.

This meant that he could recreate the splendor of those dazzling ninjutsu here on Douluo Continent!!

Flying Thunder God, Impure World Reincarnation, Rasengan...

The boy took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his racing heart as he opened the system panel.

Name: Su Chen

Gender: Male

Age: Six

Realm: Level 15 (Soul Master; break through Level 20 to become a Soul Grandmaster)

Soul Ring: Purple (3,000 years)

Soul Skill: Lin Dragon's Armor (all attributes increased by 50%; upon taking damage, life recovery speed increases by 50%–200%; the lower one's vitality, the faster the recovery speed)

Chakra Nature: None (Primordial Power)

Life Energy: 1600 (standard Soul Master: 100–500)

Mental Energy: 500 (Spirit Connection Realm limit; standard Soul Masters are at Spirit Origin Realm, 0–50)

Soul Power (Chakra): 1500 (standard Soul Master: 100–800)

External Soul Bone: Sharingan (Single Tomoe)—increases neural reaction speed and dynamic perception; genjutsu can be cast through eye contact. Byakugan—x-ray vision, 360° observation without blind spots, vision up to one kilometer away

Traits:

Perfect Sage Body 12% (your self-healing ability, stamina recovery speed, vitality, affinity with nature, cultivation talent, and Sage Mode cultivation speed are enhanced)

Ancestor of Eye Techniques (you can use all eye techniques without restriction; requires Mangekyō Sharingan/Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan/Rinnegan) Kamui (unavailable), Amaterasu (unavailable), Tsukuyomi (unavailable).

Usable Skills: Su Chen Style Swordsmanship, Su Chen Style Shurikenjutsu, Su Chen Style Taijutsu, Three Body Technique, Eight Inner Gates (Third Gate)...

After giving it a rough look-over, Su Chen could not help marveling inwardly.

As expected of a rare Thousand-Year Soul Ring!

The improvements this time were enormous. His Life Energy, Mental Energy, and even Soul Power had all risen by a large margin, while his Soul Power had increased by a full five levels!

More importantly, his first soul skill might seem simple, but its boost was astonishing.

It straightforwardly increased all his attributes by 50% and pushed his survivability to the limit. Combined with his Immortal Body, people of the same level could chop at him for three days and three nights and probably still fail to kill him.

His base Life Energy, Mental Energy, and the like had already far surpassed those of ordinary people. With the enhanced self-healing granted by his Immortal Body, as long as his Chakra was not exhausted, he would be hard to kill unless he was instantly taken out in one blow.

An unquestionable god-tier skill!

By all rights, this level of power should have appeared in his fourth or fifth ring.

Rather, it seemed he had truly found a treasure.

As for the 2% increase in his Immortal Body awakening rate, that was merely icing on the cake.

And those ninjutsu that had not been difficult to begin with, such as the Three Body Technique and Body Flicker Technique, could now be used again as well.

Su Chen had already studied all of them after crossing over. He simply had not possessed Chakra and therefore could not cast them.

As for the Eight Inner Gates, although he could not use Chakra to activate them, physical training was universal. Coupled with the increase in physical strength brought by this Thousand-Year Soul Ring, he was not surprised that he could now open up to the Third Gate.

Overall, this wave of improvements had been immense. If he encountered that Silverback Gorilla again, he could kick it to death even without using soul skills or the Eight Inner Gates.

And if that Linwu Silkworm came back to life, opening the Eight Inner Gates might give him a chance to fight it!

His Chakra had not changed in nature, but it was completely different from before. It seemed that the attributes of a soul ring might be one factor that influenced Chakra Nature?

Looking at the newly added Chakra Nature field on the panel, Su Chen fell into thought.

In the Ninja World, Chakra Nature was determined through test paper and was destined from the start. One could cultivate other natures later on, but the power of those techniques would not compare to ninjutsu matching one's own nature.

On Douluo Continent, it seemed that one could only use them by obtaining corresponding soul rings.

So, for now, can I only use ninjutsu that doesn't require Chakra Nature Transformation?

The boy pondered this. With a thought, Chakra began rapidly gathering in his hand according to a particular frequency and rhythm. In mere moments, it condensed into a blue sphere of high-frequency rotation!