The banquet lasted until the early hours of the morning.
Sasuke, Xiaotao, and Naruto, the three children, had long since grown too sleepy to stay awake. They sprawled out nearby and fell asleep.
The izakaya was warm, and with their sturdy physiques, they shouldn't have felt cold. Even so, Lin Qing habitually grabbed a blanket and covered them with it—
At least making sure their navels were covered.
The others said their goodbyes and dispersed. Lin Qing sat on the tatami, enjoying the quiet of the late night.
This trip to Kumogakure had brought Lin Qing quite a few rewards.
The Soul Shards were one of them.
After defeating Raikage A, Killer B, and numerous Kumogakure shinobi, Lin Qing had obtained 3,400 Soul Shards. Including what remained from his previous draws and the small amounts he'd earned lately—
His current total of Soul Shards: 3,889.
Lin Qing thought it over, then took out 2,000 Soul Shards and upgraded Whitesnake from level three to level four.
Whitesnake put his hands on his hips and chuckled.
"Well, look at that. You really didn't have to spend so much on me."
After Whitesnake reached level four, he gained a new ability:
"Forced Command"
He could force animals or people with weak wills to do things against their will—even to die.
This ability had also appeared in Stone Ocean. The priest had once caught a poison dart frog, written the command "explode" on it, and thrown it like a bomb. It had exploded in midair.
"Taking from and dominating the weak... What a malicious ability."
Whitesnake shrugged.
Seeing that Whitesnake was close to level five—and that once he got the Dimensional Ascension Star Core, he could consider evolving—Lin Qing asked,
"If you evolve into C-Moon, will 'Whitesnake' still exist?"
Whitesnake clicked his tongue. He