Striking the Final Yangbai Acupoint

Under the impact of my chakra, that final acupoint seemed as though it could be opened at any moment.

However, Xuan Ye could tell that this was merely an illusion. The true Yangbai Acupoint would not be so easily opened. It was impossible to open it with only this little overdrawn chakra.

Still, Xuan Ye did not lose heart. He continued mobilizing every bit of mental energy he could, directing it all around his cells and frantically overdrawing them. But at that moment, something bad suddenly happened.

Xuan Ye abruptly felt a wave of dizziness wash over his head. The lightheaded sensation made him extremely uncomfortable, making him want to collapse onto the bed and get some proper sleep.

But this was precisely when he could not do that, because Xuan Ye knew the dizziness was caused by frantically mobilizing all the mental energy he could and using it all to overdraw chakra.

Because Xuan Ye had been frantically mobilizing his mental energy, it was being depleted at an astonishing rate—so quickly that his brain sent him a clear message: he needed rest. And because his mental energy was being genuinely consumed, Xuan Ye felt dizzy.

But Xuan Ye knew he could not pass out now. If he did, not only would all his previous effort be wasted, but his cells would continue following the command he had given before losing consciousness: overdraw chakra.

If chakra was overdrawn excessively, there would be two terrifying consequences, and each was dreadful.

One possibility was that the excessive chakra overdraw would be too much for the meridians in Xuan Ye's body to bear, causing them to rupture. If his meridians ruptured, he would never be able to use chakra again.

The other possibility was that the cells would be unable to withstand the excessive chakra overdraw, leading to widespread cell death. A human body was made up of countless cells, so if a large number of cells died, that person would also face death.

Yet in Xuan Ye's view, the latter consequence was actually the lighter one. After all, once a person was dead, nothing else had anything to do with them.

But if the first consequence occurred, that would be truly miserable. He would still be alive, yet unable to use chakra ever again. And being unable to use chakra meant being unable to become a ninja or a strong person.

If his cells were overdrawn and his meridians ruptured, even his physical body would have no way to grow stronger. After all, training the body also required intact meridians. If his meridians ruptured, then even with the system, it would be difficult for him to become strong.

Not to mention that this was the world of Naruto. Everyone knew that countless people died here almost every day, and those people did not die naturally. Most were hunted down by their enemies, unable to defeat them, and were hacked to death.

Or conflicts arose between different ninja villages. Once such conflicts emerged, war was bound to follow, and whenever war broke out, people would inevitably die.

If Xuan Ye did not want to become one of those two kinds of dead people, he had to possess the ability to protect himself. In other words, he had to be powerful, because only with great strength would others not dare provoke him casually.

Even if someone was blind enough to ignore the gap in their strength and provoke him anyway, that was easy enough to handle. He could simply find a deserted place, or strike directly and kill whoever had provoked him. With powerful strength as his guarantee, he could do whatever he wanted without being constrained by anything.

And if Xuan Ye wanted that power, he had to successfully open the final acupoint among the nine great acupoints: the Yangbai Acupoint.

But before that, Xuan Ye needed to do one thing: he could not let his head keep feeling so dizzy. With that sensation lingering, opening the final Yangbai Acupoint would become much more difficult.

Xuan Ye steadied his mind and forcibly resisted the dizziness clouding his brain. He lightly bit the tip of his tongue, and as intense pain flared up, the thick taste of blood filled his mouth.

That pain dispelled more than half of the dizziness in Xuan Ye's head. Though it had not vanished completely, he felt much better now, even if the tip of his tongue hurt a little.

But Xuan Ye found this feeling very good. He could continue overdrawing the chakra hidden within his body. Given his current physical condition, he should still be able to hold on for a while.

Xuan Ye calmed the mind that had been distracted by other matters and once again mobilized all his mental energy, frantically overdrawing the chakra hidden deep within his body.

Slowly, steadily, the total amount of overdrawn chakra grew greater and greater. Just as Xuan Ye felt he was about to be unable to endure any longer, he realized he had to make a chakra assault. If he did not, he would likely faint before long.

Thus, Xuan Ye mobilized all the chakra he had just overdrawn and guided it slowly toward the final acupoint near his eyes, the Yangbai Acupoint.

Chakra moved extremely quickly. Xuan Ye did not have to wait long before it reached the Yangbai Acupoint. He gathered the chakra scattered around the Yangbai Acupoint together thread by thread.

To strike the Yangbai Acupoint, he had to gather every bit of chakra available to him. Otherwise, it would be impossible to successfully open this final acupoint, the Yangbai Acupoint.

Very quickly, under Xuan Ye's command, the chakra gathered like soldiers. Not a single one fell behind.

Xuan Ye kept his eyes closed, because that allowed him to better sense the chakra within his body and control it more effectively. Once he sensed that all the chakra had been gathered under his command, he decided to give the order.

That order was to attack.

Attack was the perfect word for the current situation. The final Yangbai Acupoint was like the enemy's last fortress. As long as Xuan Ye's army of chakra successfully captured that final fortress, he would reap tremendous rewards.

Conversely, if Xuan Ye's chakra failed to conquer the final Yangbai Acupoint, he would face an equally terrifying outcome: either becoming a cripple or becoming a corpse.

Thus, this was the most crucial moment. The outcome would soon be decided.