Defying the Natural Order

Defying the Natural Order

Yang flourished while yin declined.

Defying the natural order.

Now, Fang Xiu's body brimmed with Yang Release chakra. He figured even the wicked old Tobirama would be baffled if he saw it—

"How is the true Senju heir in the Uchiha Clan? Big brother, what have you done?!"

He pushed aside the stray thought and once again asked the Main God to display his attributes.

Intelligence: E

Mental Strength: B

Neural Reflexes: B

Muscle Strength: C+

Cell Activity: B

Immunity: B

The increase was certainly significant.

His immunity, in particular—the attribute that represented vitality—had shot up directly from a D-grade rating, leaping two whole tiers to stand alongside his other strong attributes.

As for his Muscle Strength, which represented Taijutsu and had previously been an eyesore, it was now only marginally weaker than his strong suits.

Combined with the release of his physical potential through the First-Order Gene Lock, the effect would probably be similar to opening the third of the Eight Inner Gates, the Gate of Life—

Gate of Opening: Removes the brain's restrictions to unleash 100% of the body's abilities, increasing attack power and speed.

Gate of Healing: Removes the body's fatigue restrictions, pushing its energy beyond its limits.

Gate of Life: Further increases attack power and speed. The body becomes flushed and red. This is the final safe zone of the Eight Inner Gates, and green life energy radiates from the body.

However... this was only a guess.

After all, Fang Xiu had never truly mastered this technique. His understanding of the Gene Lock was limited to what the Main God had instilled in him, along with his own speculation.

Only by experiencing it firsthand and fighting for his life could he get a reasonably reliable answer.

However, the fact that they had assembled three people who had unlocked the Gene Lock and triggered the team-battle mechanism was clearly stated by the Great Light Sphere outside.

Raising Gu worms, evolving—that was the space's central theme!

As everyone knew, there was never just one path for improving and enhancing equipment, skills, items, techniques, or bloodlines.

Just now, exchanging for the Perfect Hashirama Cell Injection had only temporarily completed his bloodline's current stage of development. The other avenues remained to be unlocked!

As Fang Xiu saw it, weapons and equipment were out of the question for now. He already had two Plasma Shoulder Cannons, which should be enough for physical annihilation battles.

Unless the next instance involved the supernatural.

Wait...

"Main God, search for Psychokinetic Floating Cannon!"

"No such exchange found."

"Main God, search for the Wind Arrow skill!"

"No such exchange found."

Fang Xiu: "..."

It turned out there were no shortcuts—or the relevant backdoors weren't meant for him.

Starting with Uchiha blood and a pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan in a beginner's bonus instance already made him a well-connected Reincarnator with a mysterious background.

So, should he invest some resources in ninjutsu?

The thought crossed his mind.

Without knowing what kind of world his next mission would take him to, improving his ability to fight one-on-one was always a sensible choice.

But which ninjutsu should he choose?

Fire Release? That was the Uchiha Clan's signature.

With his current terrifying amount of Chakra, he could use the two high-level ninjutsu, Majestic Destroyer Flame and Majestic Flame Destroyer Arrow, to create a forbidden-technique-level spectacle—if he didn't care about the cost.

Lightning Release? He could exchange for the forbidden technique Chidori's training method, then develop it himself after learning the basics and branch out into various forms.

Earth Release? He had enough with the three techniques he already knew, so it could wait.

What about the Water Release techniques he had awakened alongside the Wood Release bloodline? They could combine perfectly with Lightning Release to increase its power.

Most bloodlines weren't compatible with one another, but as long as you met the requirements, you could learn multiple ninjutsu.

And when it came to variety, more was always better. You never knew when something might come in handy. Subterranean Voyage, which he'd used during the Pyramid trial, had saved him an enormous amount of time and effort and helped him seize the initiative.

"Main God, search for the Scroll of Sealing."

Before deciding whether to train more deeply in a particular nature transformation, Fang Xiu wanted to take a look at the forbidden techniques.

The response came at once.

"Scroll of Sealing. Rating: 91. A forbidden scroll kept by successive Hokage. It contains ninjutsu that can cause severe harm or even death to the user. Requires one A-rank side mission and 7,000 reward points."

Expensive.

No—a fair price for a fair product.

I'm just too poor.

After spending one B-rank side mission, he still had three C-rank side missions left. He could combine them into one B-rank side mission or split them into nine D-rank side missions.

Of those, Fang Xiu had to save at least two C-rank side missions. Tomorrow, once he confirmed the type of the next trial world, he could bolster himself accordingly! Besides, even if his yin-yang imbalance didn't affect his use of the Sharingan, he still knew exactly what his greatest advantage was...

No!

As if he'd latched onto something, Fang Xiu first recalled the basic principle behind the Sharingan: after experiencing a certain stimulus, one's eyes opened.

Uchiha Clan members already had great love in their hearts. When they lost that love, special Chakra surged through their brains and affected their optic nerves, changing their eyes and producing the first tomoe in each eye. The two eyes developed symmetrically! By the same logic, the more tomoe in the eyes, the stronger the Sharingan's abilities...

Hadn't he acquired his current Three-Tomoe Sharingan when his parents were sacrificed and the clan was massacred?

At that point, Fang Xiu gradually remembered something he'd seen by chance years ago while idly browsing forums: a heretical school of thought and an outrageously audacious technique that had shaken the heavens and earth!

Hypnotize yourself into being narcissistic.

Then create a person, pull off a one-shot Dream-Shattering Blade, and close the loop—achieve enlightenment through cuckoldry and break through the heavens on the spot...

By the same logic, the Sharingan could take its place. After all, when the dead-last Obito saw Rin Nohara die right in front of him, the intense shock made him go from a Two-Tomoe Sharingan to a Mangekyō Sharingan on the spot, awakening a space-time ocular technique—Kamui.

Green Hat Great Emperor?

The words had barely crossed Fang Xiu's mind before a wave of revulsion washed over him. He instinctively wanted nothing to do with this bizarre system!! He rejected it at a soul-deep level! Besides, a heretical path was a heretical path. Toying with one's heart to gain power carried an absurdly high risk. The odds of success were probably even worse than Zheng Xingxing's attempt at Prehistoric: Heaven and Earth Creation.

"Main God, list all items that can help the Three-Tomoe Sharingan evolve."

"Exclude items above C-rank."

"Exclude items that distort the heart and one's nature."

"Sort from highest to lowest by default."

As soon as he finished speaking, the answer appeared.

None! Short and clear.

After all, Fang Xiu's requirements were too strict. He wanted a C-rank or lower exchange directly connected to the Mangekyō, but without any side effects—classic wanting to have it both ways.

"Fine. Looks like I can't restore the Gunbai's former glory for now... Senju Xiu, haha, it's actually a pretty nice name."

"Besides, saving about half my resources until information about the next reincarnation world becomes available, then bolstering myself accordingly, is a hard-and-fast rule!"

"Otherwise, I might wind up strengthening a whole pile of purely physical attacks, only to end up in the Ju-On world and force my way through the trial using nothing but the special nature of Chakra."

"Right, there's the unsealed ninjutsu Rasengan to develop. Its principles aren't hard to understand, and Chakra Nature Transformation is worth studying more deeply. In the end, it's a free way to turn knowledge into combat power."