Tenseigan Upgrade, Chakra Beads

The golden crow sets in the west, and the jade rabbit rises in the east.

The night breeze blew gently.

Neji and Samui lay on the grass.

There was no environmental pollution in the ninja world, and the night sky was beautiful, with a bright moon hanging high in the sky.

Who would have thought that the moon was artificially created, and sealed within it was the ancestor of chakra—Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Samui suddenly chuckled twice, feeling a sense of emotion.

She hadn't had such a leisurely moment in a long time.

At this moment, Samui saw Neji holding her hand and playing with it as if he couldn't put it down.

Samui didn't say anything.

It was very rude for a boy to treat a girl like this.

But if it was Neji, there was no issue of rudeness.

Neji shifted his position, snuggling closer to Samui's arm, and asked, "Sister, what's so good about the night sky?"

"You insisted on sleeping outdoors, so what else would you look at if not the night sky? Look at you?"

Samui rolled her eyes at him.

Neji propped his head up with his hand, looking at Samui from the side. "I'm not looking at the night sky anyway. How can the night sky be as beautiful as you, sister?"

People who had been influenced by the internet would only feel awkward and start picking their toes upon hearing such cheesy pickup lines.

However, the innocent Samui felt her heart tremble inexplicably.

Looking at Neji's young face, she inexplicably leaned in and gave him a quick peck.

Neji was completely caught off guard. By the time he came to his senses, Samui had already turned her body away from him.

"It's getting late, let's sleep."

"..."

Neji thought to himself, Who could possibly sleep now?

He really wanted to turn over and sing like a liberated serf.

But he didn't dare.

Neji thought for a moment and then directly burrowed into Samui's embrace.

"I can only sleep if you hold me, sister."

Samui neither took the initiative nor refused, and didn't even make a sound.

Neji took it as her tacit approval.

The leisurely holiday ended.

Neji began his intense and busy training again.

Ten days later.

After running fifty laps around Tianyun Mountain, Neji found a quiet dense forest halfway up the mountain.

He wasn't there to rest, but to train his Tenseigan.

Whether it was Lightning Release Chakra Mode, Black Lightning, or even God Vacuum Attack, none were as important as the Tenseigan.

The Tenseigan was the cornerstone of his dominance in the ninja world.

Ever since awakening the Tenseigan, Neji had spent two hours every day training it.

Although the progress was slow, with the dataization, every training session yielded tangible improvement.

[You practiced Tenseigan, related comprehension increased, EXP +1]

[You practiced Tenseigan, related comprehension increased, EXP +1]

After two hours, Neji clearly felt fatigue and soreness in his eyes.

In the past, Neji would have stopped training, but with his Tenseigan on the verge of a breakthrough, he didn't stop. Instead, he controlled more chakra to surge madly towards his Tenseigan.

[You practiced Tenseigan, related comprehension increased, EXP +1]

[Congratulations, your Tenseigan has leveled up to Lv2 (1/1000), learned skill: chakra beads]

[Bloodline: Tenseigan Lv (1/1000) Abilities: Curse Seal of the Mind, chakra beads]

As the panel data changed, Neji's Tenseigan ushered in its second upgrade, gaining a new ability.

Neji raised his right hand, and blue chakra erupted from his body.

A black chakra bead condensed and floated in his palm.

The chakra bead condensed by the Tenseigan looked very similar in appearance to the Truth-Seeking Balls used by the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, but it was not a Truth-Seeking Ball. (Although I find it baffling, the Book of Truth clearly states it is a chakra bead.)

When Neji attempted to condense a second chakra bead, the chakra within his body was instantly depleted. The second chakra bead dissipated into nothingness before it could even form.

"It's still a bit too much. The amount of chakra in my body is more than enough to condense one chakra bead, but far from enough for two."

Neji flicked his wrist, and the small black sphere in his palm shot out with a whoosh, embedding itself into a large rock twenty meters away.

BOOM!

The large rock remained still at first. A few seconds later, a muffled sound echoed out, and it shattered into countless pieces of rubble.

"Who would have thought that this ordinary little black sphere would have such astonishing destructive power? A surprise weapon for a decisive victory."

"In the future, as the Tenseigan is further upgraded, I can awaken two major ultimate techniques: the Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion and the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion. Both of these ultimate techniques are unleashed using chakra beads. Now that I've awakened chakra beads, perhaps I can try to develop other techniques."

Neji pondered for a moment and decided to pick up his dropped swordsmanship, using chakra beads in place of his ninja sword from now on.

He took out a standard longsword from his storage scroll and began practicing earnestly.

Swordsmanship, in the end, is a combination of techniques like thrusting, slashing, and chopping.

Neji had previously created the Eight Trigrams Sword Style and was quite proficient in its use.

However, he had to admit that he didn't consider himself a master swordsman.

In his past life, Neji had once heard a martial arts philosopher say that learning ten thousand moves was not as good as practicing one move ten thousand times.

At first, Neji thought it made sense, echoing what others said.

Later, he found it ridiculous.

It was an obvious truth that no fighting master knew only one or two moves.

But now, he felt it made perfect sense again.

Especially for ninjas who possessed chakra.

Whether it was ninjutsu, taijutsu, or even genjutsu, they were essentially applications of chakra.

As long as your chakra was strong enough, one trick could conquer all.

Neji's chakra, compared to those true monsters, was not strong, even very weak.

But that didn't stop him from trying the "one trick" approach first, and then conquering all once his chakra improved.

This approach was something others couldn't replicate.

Because he had the cheat.

"Heavenly Dao rewards diligence; effort yields rewards. I wonder what magical changes will occur if I slash the air a thousand times, ten thousand times, a hundred thousand times."

Neji earnestly slashed at the air, one strike after another.

The dense forest was silent; no one disturbed Neji.

After a long while, Neji suddenly stopped practicing his sword.

Because he sensed something was wrong.

The silence was too profound!

When he first came to the dense forest to train his Tenseigan, he could hear birds chirping and leaves rustling.

Now, he couldn't hear birds or the wind, only the sound of the longsword cutting through the air.

A barrier!

Someone had set up a barrier nearby.

Realizing this possibility, Neji's expression changed slightly. He immediately activated his Byakugan, looking around vigilantly.

But to his surprise, within the Byakugan's vision, large swathes of chakra images appeared all around.

This situation was somewhat similar to being countered by another type of dōjutsu Kekkei Genkai in the ninja world – the Red Eyes.

However, as far as Neji knew, the only pair of Red Eyes in the original work absolutely could not be in Kumogakure at this moment.

Just as Neji was preparing to cautiously leave the dense forest, he suddenly stopped.

Because he saw someone walking towards him not far away.

This person was clad in a cloak and wore a mask, with only a pair of deep-set eyes visible.

Not Red Eyes?

Many ninjas from the Five Great Nations dressed like this.

Therefore, their identity could not be discerned from their clothing.

Someone from the Fourth Raikage?

That was clearly impossible.

Then, it seemed there was only one possibility