Super Numerical Monster

Uchiha Jiang Feng eventually left that comfortable, spacious Grand Tutor's Chair and picked up his sword.

"I'm sorry, Jiang Feng, I didn't know Asuma would follow me..." Kurenai Yuhi apologized cautiously, worried that he might mistake her for a girl with sinister motives.

"Why apologize?"

Uchiha Jiang Feng waved a hand. "A girl who has done nothing wrong has no need to apologize. Or are you suggesting that you think I would suspect you of having ulterior motives?"

Of course not.

Jiang Feng knew Kurenai Yuhi wouldn't do such a thing on purpose—at least not when other women weren't involved—because he had read Naruto.

The greatest benefit of having read Naruto wasn't being familiar with the plot, but knowing the personality of every character in it.

Kurenai Yuhi also knew Jiang Feng wouldn't doubt her because she liked him very much. When a girl falls for a boy, she always becomes blind; no matter what he says, she will believe it.

So, after Kurenai Yuhi nodded, she retreated to the side with Kakashi and the others.

The four of them stood by the river, watching Uchiha Jiang Feng and Asuma stand opposite each other with great anticipation. Whether it was Kakashi, who aimed to surpass Jiang Feng, or Obito, who wanted to challenge Kakashi, both were incredibly excited for this battle.

Of course, they were more interested in seeing Uchiha Jiang Feng's performance.

Making friends, making money, and killing people—everyone in Konoha knew these were the three things Uchiha Jiang Feng excelled at most. To kill without being killed, one must possess immense strength.

Therefore, no one would ever treat him as an ordinary Konoha Jonin.

Warning, warning: The challenger is a top-tier martial artist of this era. Please be cautious, Host.

Warning, warning: The challenger is a top-tier martial artist of this era. Please be cautious, Host.

Uchiha Jiang Feng held his sword and ignored the Low-End System's reminder; years had passed, and this Low-End System still hadn't realized this was the Naruto World.

The full name of the Low-End System was the [Martial Arts Supreme] System. By defeating various strong enemies, there was a probability of obtaining templates of masters from martial arts novels. By reincarnating into different martial arts worlds, acquiring different master templates, and ultimately becoming the pinnacle of martial arts.

His first reincarnation world should have been The Legendary Twins, starting as the world's most handsome man, Jade Lang Jiang Feng. Instead, the Low-End System brought him directly to the Naruto World, where he became Uchiha Jiang Feng.

During an internal combat class at the Academy, even though the opponent was just an unknown Extra Academy Student, the system insisted the opponent was a top-tier master of the era and rewarded Jiang Feng with a [Ye Gucheng] template.

During a C-rank mission, even though it was just an ambush by a few low-life Rogue Ninja, the system insisted it was a "Ten Deaths, No Life" predicament and rewarded Jiang Feng with a [Yihua Palace Mistress] template.

Fair enough; the power level of the Naruto World was quite high. Even an ordinary Genin, if thrown into a Low Martial World, would be a supreme expert.

It was just a pity that the templates rewarded by the system were also useless. Just as Uchiha Jiang Feng thought this, he accidentally discovered that perhaps because the system had a bug, different templates could actually be stacked.

Martial arts attainments, Internal Energy, physical talent... everything could be stacked.

To this day, Uchiha Jiang Feng had already gathered over fifty templates and mastered countless martial arts. Under the stack of over fifty templates, his pure physical fitness was twenty to thirty times that of an ordinary Konoha Person, and he possessed over 1,200 years of pure Internal Energy from the [Bright Jade Technique].

In The Legendary Twins, Yaoyue and Lianxing, who possessed thirty or forty years of [Bright Jade Technique] Internal Energy and had cultivated the technique to the eighth or ninth level, might not even be able to defeat an ordinary Konoha Jonin.

There was indeed a gap between the Internal Energy system of a Low Martial World and the Chakra system. But when Uchiha Jiang Feng could use the system bug to stack over fifty templates and push his stats to an unbelievable level, it was hard to say who was stronger or weaker.

Who said I'm practicing martial arts?

I am clearly cultivating immortality. Can you handle this sword strike containing 1,200 years of cultivation!

Uchiha Jiang Feng believed his current strength was enough to surpass 99% of Jonin in the Ninja World. The gap between him and Kage-Level experts would not be too far either.

In the original Naruto plot, there was no such thing as "Kage-Level," only Genin, Chunin, and Jonin. If this were a novel, readers would definitely complain about the term "Kage-Level."

Thinking of this, Uchiha Jiang Feng held his sword and couldn't help but shake his head.

Hiruzen Asuma stood more than ten meters opposite Jiang Feng, looking at the jade-like youth of fifteen or sixteen years old in a black high-collared robe, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

[For the clothing style, refer to Madara, Izuna, Red Night Obito; for appearance, refer to Izuna, Sasuke, and yourselves.]

He should be hostile toward him.

Because the other party was surnamed Uchiha, and Uchiha were almost born to be loathed by the villagers of Konoha.

Yet he was not hostile toward him; he even considered him a close friend, just as almost every Konoha Person believed Uchiha Jiang Feng could be their good friend.

He should be jealous of him.

Because the other party was more handsome, more powerful, and more talented than him. Everyone in Konoha said that no young ninja could block a light strike from Jiang Feng, and everyone in Konoha said that no young woman could resist his slight smile.

This "everyone in Konoha" included Asuma's father, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

But he was not jealous of him, even though the other party had taken away his childhood sweetheart, because some people were just so excellent that you couldn't help but yield.

Asuma just wanted to win against him once. If he could win, it would prove that at least there was something he could surpass him in, and then perhaps Ah Hong would return to his side.

Both sides performed the Seal of Confrontation, and the duel began.

Uchiha Jiang Feng remained holding his sword, standing still in place.

"Why don't you draw your sword!?" Hiruzen Asuma shouted.

"I am a few years older than you. If I use my sword, it would be somewhat unfair to you."

"Draw your sword! I am challenging you fair and square. Everyone knows you are best at swordsmanship; not drawing your sword is what's unfair to me!"

Uchiha Jiang Feng changed his excuse again: "Actually, I'm not best at swordsmanship. I only use a sword because I think it looks cool."

Over fifty masters' worth of martial arts attainments, 1,200 years of pure Internal Energy, and physical fitness dozens of times that of an ordinary person in the Ninja World.

With stats this high, Uchiha Jiang Feng would actually be stronger using his fists and feet than a sword; after all, Taijutsu is one of the meta-answers in the Naruto World.

However, Uchiha Jiang Feng shares the same pursuit as Meng Qi, the protagonist of The Exalted: he aspires to be a graceful, jade-like Immortal Swordsman.

He must learn from the hard lessons of Mad Monk Lei Dao Mang Jingang. Therefore, despite having mastered hundreds of martial arts from over fifty templates, Jiang Feng usually sticks to only the ones that look cool.

Forget being the strongest—he only wants to be the coolest!

"Hmph!"

Asuma sneered in provocation, "The reason you won't draw your sword is because I am your friend, and because you once said that once your blade leaves its sheath, it must taste blood."

Jiang Feng sighed helplessly, "I only said that because I wanted to show off. Don't you think the persona of a sword that must taste blood upon being drawn is cool?"

I don't care what you think; I only care about what I think!

With an expression that suggested he had seen right through him, Asuma continued to provoke, "Or is it that you lack the confidence to draw your blade and have it taste blood without killing me?"

"I have it."

"Then draw your sword!"

Sigh...

Uchiha Jiang Feng could only let out a long, weary sigh as he drew his longsword. Unlike the common "blades" found in the Ninja World, his weapon was closer to the Kusanagi Sword used by Orochimaru in the anime—a double-edged, straight longsword.

Good!

Asuma braced himself as if facing a formidable enemy, his fighting spirit soaring. He did not weave hand signs, but instead stood motionless, searching for a flaw in his opponent's stance.

As Uchiha Jiang Feng's teammate, he knew his opponent's sword strikes were fast, and his Body Flicker Technique was even faster. If a Ninja stood within twenty meters of Jiang Feng, the moment they began weaving signs was, in all likelihood, the moment they would die.

Kakashi and the others held their breath, not wanting to miss a single detail.

Ten seconds later, as a leaf was blown by the wind between the two men, Asuma suddenly moved—only to freeze in place a split second later.

A sharp, chilling blade pressed against his throat. On the tip of the blade sat a button—the button from Asuma's collar. There was also a single drop of blood on the blade, trickling from the wound on Asuma's throat.

Fast. Unthinkably fast.

Asuma instinctively reached up to touch the wound on his throat. Even now, he still hadn't processed how the other man had drawn his sword, or how he had arrived right in front of him.

"Is this the legendary Heavenly Flying Immortal?" Asuma murmured.

Every Konoha Person knew that Uchiha Jiang Feng had once created an peerless sword technique, one where the changes followed his heart's desire, forming before the strike was even launched, and lingering in the spirit long after the strike had concluded.

No one could describe the brilliance and splendor of that strike, nor could they describe its speed; it was no longer just a sword technique, but the wrath of a thunder god, a strike of lightning.

I really just swung my sword at random.

Uchiha Jiang Feng sighed, "If you believe it is, then it is."

"Fine! What a strike of Heavenly Flying Immortal! I, Sarutobi Asuma, admit defeat with full conviction!"

Defeated in a single move, Asuma turned around readily, leaving behind what he considered to be a dashing silhouette, "In both strength and appearance, I have narrowly lost to you. Ah Hong is yours; I only hope you do not let her down."

"How can a single win or loss determine where a girl belongs?

No man can decide a girl's belonging. The only thing men can influence is who the girl chooses to love."

Heavenly flowers fall, golden lotuses spring from the ground. Congratulations to the Host for defeating a top-tier master of the current era. You are hereby rewarded with the top-tier master template: [Bai Choufei · Angry Sword Draw].