Vampiric Touch and Evil-Exorcising Swordplay

The pitch-black Demonic Path Inheritance Compendium still floated in the darkness. Within the altar below, more than twenty streams of black energy, each of varying lengths, wandered ceaselessly.

After entering this space, Uchiha Feiyu immediately asked a question: Could the Demonic Path Book guarantee that every inheritance it offered would be useful to him?

The Demonic Path Inheritance Compendium in the sky emitted waves of black light, forming twisted and eerie words:

If there is a specific target during sacrifice, ten times as many lives must be offered.

Uchiha Feiyu froze slightly and rubbed his chin.

"In other words, if I really want a particular kind of demonic knowledge, I have to pay ten times the sacrifice to obtain it?"

"And with an ordinary sacrifice, there's no telling whether the knowledge I get will be useful... just like that Silver Scaled Poisonous Snake breeding method from the beginning."

Though it was called the Demonic Path Inheritance Compendium, based on Uchiha Feiyu's experiences with his two inheritances, it seemed that any dangerous and vicious cultivation method could be recorded within this great book.

For example, Spirit Summons and Subjugation and the Silver Scaled Poisonous Snake breeding method. In theory, neither inheritance counted as orthodox demonic arts; at most, they could be called heretical techniques. Yet they were still included in this book. It was clear that its contents were truly all-encompassing and immeasurable in number.

Under such circumstances, most of the knowledge and inheritances Uchiha Feiyu gained through sacrifice would probably not suit his needs.

"No matter what, I should test it first! I'll sacrifice ten streams of black energy normally, then try a sacrifice with a specific target."

Ten streams of black energy vanished in a flash. The Demonic Path Inheritance Compendium trembled slightly, and a ray of black light shot into Uchiha Feiyu's body.

"Vampiric Touch?! Isn't this a necromancy spell from Dungeons & Dragons? Even this counts as a demonic art?"

"Will there be spells like Finger of Death, Lich Transformation Technique, and Summon Undead in the future? Should I just change class and become a necromancer?"

"Still... a spell like Vampiric Touch probably won't adapt well to the Naruto World, right? Chakra isn't the same thing as the magical power of the DND world."

In the DND world, Vampiric Touch inflicted immense damage on an enemy, then converted half the damage the enemy suffered into healing energy to restore the caster. Its drawback was that it could only be used through physical contact.

Although it was merely a third-level spell in the DND world, in the Naruto World, it could at least be rated as an S-rank ninjutsu. It definitely could not be called useless.

But... converting this spell into ninjutsu would still be somewhat difficult. At least with Uchiha Feiyu's current foundation, there was no way he could accomplish it anytime soon.

Moreover, Vampiric Touch required physical contact. Slashing someone with a sword definitely did not count. While it was not completely at odds with Uchiha Feiyu's combat system, integrating it would still be somewhat troublesome.

"I'll treat it as accumulated knowledge for now... I'll be able to use it someday."

"For now, I should try the sacrifice method with a clear target!"

With a thought from Uchiha Feiyu, the remaining dozen or so streams of black energy instantly evaporated completely. The black Demonic Path Inheritance Compendium trembled slightly and transmitted another piece of information.

When Uchiha Feiyu had made the sacrifice just now, he had been thinking that he wanted a sword technique—mainly because the effect of a Precise Sacrifice was only one-tenth as effective. It was equivalent to sacrificing the deathly black energy of a single Chunin, so it was impossible for him to obtain anything particularly good.

And indeed, what the Demonic Path Inheritance Compendium sent to Uchiha Feiyu was nothing exceptional—only the moves-only version of the Evil-Exorcising Swordplay.

The Evil-Exorcising Swordplay originated from the Sunflower Manual. It was an unorthodox martial art that required an immense price to cultivate. Once mastered, its practitioner moved like a ghost or phantom, incomparably swift. So long as one passed the first hurdle of castrating oneself with a blade, one could achieve mastery in an extremely short time.

However, what Uchiha Feiyu had received was only the moves-only version—the flashy, impractical style that Lin Zhendong and Lin Pingzhi had initially practiced in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.

"Tch... It's not exactly useless... but if you say it's useful... it doesn't really seem all that useful either."

Uchiha Feiyu looked at the Evil-Exorcising Swordplay with some disdain, then ultimately decided to let Hatake Sakumo examine the sword technique later. Perhaps it would give him quite a bit of inspiration.

After all, Sakumo's White Fang Sword Style could also be considered a high-speed style. Perhaps its techniques might have some synergy with the moves of the Evil-Exorcising Swordplay?

Having gained two rewards, Uchiha Feiyu directly withdrew from the space and made up his mind.

"I need to kill more people... If I kill more than two hundred people this time, I'll be able to directly obtain a more precise inheritance on the same level as Vampiric Touch!"

Vampiric Touch combined offense and healing. Even in the Naruto World, it was a top-tier S-rank ninjutsu. Any S-rank ninjutsu could create an Elite Jonin, and even in Kage-level battles, such a ninjutsu could be considered a trump card.

If he truly acquired some related inheritances, Uchiha Feiyu's strength would absolutely soar again in a short period of time, allowing him to truly step into the Quasi-Kage Level.

In fact, after training for this period, Uchiha Feiyu could already be considered a Kage-level Ninja while Hatake Sakumo possessed him, though he was only the weakest kind.

Even without Hatake Sakumo, Uchiha Feiyu's strength could already be considered that of an Elite Jonin. Of course, just as his possessed state was at the bottom of the Kage-level, Uchiha Feiyu in his normal state was only an entry-level Elite Jonin.

Filled with beautiful expectations for the future, Uchiha Feiyu left the demonic space. After more than a month of recuperation, he felt that his overall strength had reached its peak. He was ready to ask Orochimaru for more missions.

"This time, I can be a little more aggressive. After all, there's practically no one on the battlefield now who can threaten my life. Unless the Fourth Kazekage has water in his brain and comes personally to kill me, even that puppet master Chiyo doesn't have the ability to kill me."

As he thought, Uchiha Feiyu walked out of the concealed Training Ground he had created and headed toward Konoha's camp. But halfway there, his expression changed slightly.

"What's going on? Why are there so many unfamiliar soul auras nearby?"

Because Uchiha Feiyu possessed the ability of Spirit Summons and Subjugation, he could sense soul auras at close range. In that respect, he could be considered a Sensory Ninja, though his sensing range was extremely limited. Originally, he could sense less than twenty meters away.

However, after killing quite a few Sand Shinobi and integrating the Sensory Abilities of one of their Sensory Ninja, his sensing range had expanded more than tenfold. He could now sense the soul auras of living beings within two hundred meters.

And now, he discovered that several unfamiliar soul auras had appeared within that range.