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"The Sage's Robe, as the name suggests, is a robe worn by sages. It's also called the Damage Reduction Robe. It reduces both physical and magical damage, and it can also take on any other appearance."

"A transformation robe? It can reduce damage, too? How does that work?" Qingyun pressed for details, wanting to understand exactly what the robe could do.

"That's what makes this robe so incredible! It can reduce any damage by 30%! There are already very few people who can hurt you. Even if someone does manage to, this robe can still reduce the damage outright. No matter how powerful or weak the attack is, once it hits you—"

"It'll be reduced to seven-tenths. That's a pretty good item."

"That's right. It not only reduces physical attacks, but also protects against damage from all ninjutsu and genjutsu. It can even change to look like any kind of clothing, so you won't need to buy clothes anymore." The system explained in great detail.

Qingyun nodded. His luck had been pretty good. An item like this probably couldn't even exist in this world.

"What about that Turn Decay into Magic ability? What does it do?" Qingyun asked at once.

"If you have an ability or item you don't need, you can offer it up directly. You'll then receive another chance to draw a reward," the system said.

"So that's what Turn Decay into Magic does?" Qingyun thought the reward seemed rather mediocre.

As if sensing Qingyun's disdain, the system immediately explained, "Host, don't forget that this is Turn Decay into Magic. In other words, the ability or item you offer up will absolutely be no worse than the previous one!"

"It might even be much stronger!"

"Oh!" Qingyun suddenly understood.

"Sorry, I spoke too soon. Haha, give me a moment to think." Qingyun promptly closed his eyes and considered it.

"Chakra Enhanced Strength, Armament Haki, and Rumble-Rumble Fruit will all be useful. Flying Thunder God will be useful in the future, too. For now, the least useful thing is the Chop-Chop Fruit. It's just too silly, and I've never used it."

After thinking it over for a while, Qingyun finally made up his mind.

"Then it's settled. I'll offer up the Chop-Chop Fruit!" Qingyun said.

"Understood! Confirming the offering of the Chop-Chop Fruit!"

"Ding, ding, ding! Congratulations, Host! You've received a reward: doubled sensory range!"

"Doubled sensory range!" Qingyun could already see through other people's chakra, and his sensory abilities naturally far exceeded those of ordinary ninjas.

Now that his senses had doubled, he could detect and see through people's chakra from much farther away.

Qingyun also relied heavily on this ability. Before, he could sense people within just a few meters. Now, he could sense the chakra of people more than ten meters away.

For Qingyun, this was undoubtedly an extremely useful ability.

His sensory range would rapidly grow as he aged and his chakra increased. During the Fourth Shinobi World War, the Second Hokage had been able to sense Uchiha Madara's chakra across the battlefield.

Qingyun hoped that one day he would be able to sense the entire Shinobi World.

"Host, have you always wanted to know why you could appear beside someone just by thinking about it?" the system asked.

"System, you know the answer, so don't keep me in suspense. Just tell me," Qingyun said.

"Because you're a Rumble-Rumble Fruit user. Although we don't allow you to turn into an element, you can transform into lightning and use electromagnetic waves to teleport short distances. That's allowed."

After hearing the system's explanation, Qingyun slapped his forehead. "So that's how it works! In that case, Flying Thunder God is pointless. Why bother with those space-time markings? I can just teleport using electromagnetic waves!"

"Exactly. The stronger you are and the greater your sensory range, the farther you'll be able to teleport. It's essentially Flying Thunder God."

"System, can I trade it in? Give me something else in exchange for Flying Thunder God?" Qingyun felt quite nostalgic about that earlier draw.

"Host, don't rush. As you grow, you'll naturally draw duplicates of things that make you regret getting them. That's why you have the Turn Decay into Magic ability card."

"Flying Thunder God Technique is considered a high-level ability among the cards. Since that's the case, just keep killing enemies and you'll have a chance to draw Turn Decay into Magic. Then you can trade in Flying Thunder God." The system did its best to reassure Qingyun.

Qingyun was clearly satisfied with the system's explanation. Thinking about it that way made him feel better, too.

"Fine. Since you put it that way, what else can I say? Time to sleep!"

Qingyun soon drifted off. When he woke the next day, an idea suddenly came to him.

"Since the Rumble-Rumble Fruit doesn't use chakra, that means its energy is unlimited. And if it's unlimited, why don't I make a bootleg Chidori?" Qingyun immediately set about trying it.

Since he had completely fused with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, gathering a ball of lightning in his hand was easy.

And since Qingyun could see through an enemy's chakra, locking onto them was just like having the Sharingan.

"Chidori!" Qingyun struck a tree with his hand, but it didn't shatter. Instead, the lightning left it somewhat blackened and scorched.

"Something's wrong. My lightning doesn't seem to have that piercing, cutting quality. It only has the power to unleash a violent, destructive blast."

Qingyun immediately went to seek advice from his teacher, White Fang.

"Your lightning is extremely wild. You only know how to release it; you haven't learned how to control it. That's why it lacks focus." White Fang then took out his White Fang Blade.

"Take a look." White Fang gripped the sword, and lightning immediately crackled around it. Then he ran toward a tree.

With a light swing, the enormous tree fell cleanly in two.

As it split apart, it made a sharp, crackling sound.

"Lightning Release is inherently destructive. If you can bind this wild lightning to a blade—or, better yet, bind its power to a needle—then you'll have truly mastered its control."

"The same goes for other natures." White Fang then used Wind Release to effortlessly cut down another tree.

At last, Qingyun understood why he couldn't make a bootleg Chidori. He simply didn't know how to control this power. It wasn't chakra, but it was still very similar to chakra.

"Unbelievable! White Fang really is strict. Bind lightning to a needle? I doubt even he's mastered that level of control!"

Though Qingyun grumbled, he still did as he was told.

He used the Shadow Clone loophole to train like crazy every day. White Fang worried that Qingyun's relentless training might backfire, but only Qingyun knew he could train as hard as he wanted without dropping from exhaustion. After all, he had the system to protect him!