The Next Step

As night fell, the Hoshigakure, bathed in the moonlight, fell into an eerie silence.

No sound could be heard from the entire Hoshigakure; only a deathly silence prevailed.

If anyone were to come to Hoshigakure, they would see the Hoshigakure covered in dried blood, with the corpses of Hoshigakure ninjas and Hoshigakure scattered throughout the streets and houses. The person who turned Hoshigakure into this hellish state is Uchiha Yue, standing alone in the center of the Hoshigakure, wielding a blood-stained katana!

After nearly a night of effort, Uchiha Yue finally annihilated the entire Hoshigakure, killing the last living creature in the Hoshigakure.

Within the range of Uchiha Yue's Purple Eye, nothing but Hoshigakure Uchiha Yue could catch its breath. When Uchiha Yue unleashed his carnage within Hoshigakure, ninjas, civilians, the elderly, children, and infants alike were all Fubuki Tachi by the Hoshigakure Uchiha Yue in his hand. And, having slaughtered the entire Hoshigakure, Uchiha Yue showed absolutely no emotion.

Even after killing countless civilians in the Hoshigakure, Uchiha Yue had no negative emotions whatsoever.

Perhaps, in Uchiha Yue's eyes, those people from Hoshigakure weren't even human; they were merely obstacles in his path, pebbles in his way.

"Tick-tock..."

"Tick-tock..."

Blood dripped from the blade of the Fubuki Tachi, bringing Uchiha Yue, who had been standing there in a daze, back to his senses.

Looking at the corpses scattered all over the ground, Uchiha Yue first closed his eyes.

Then, when Uchiha Yue opened his eyes, he unhesitatingly Hand Seals and used Fire Release Ninjutsu to incinerate the entire Hoshigakure, along with all the lives he had taken there. Immediately after dealing with the situation in Hoshigakure, Uchiha Yue 'Uchiha Yue figure vanished from the Hoshigakure. Moreover, the moment Uchiha Yue left Hoshigakure foreshadowed the Hoshigakure's expulsion from the Shinobi World.

Countless years later, when a ninja from Iwagakure accidentally stumbled upon the ruins of Hoshigakure, the entire Shinobi World realized that Hoshigakure had vanished from the Shinobi World.

As for who exactly destroyed Hoshigakure, that remains an unsolved mystery in the Shinobi World.

Just like the mysterious disappearance of Rōran, which was within the territory of Sunagakure in the Land of Wind, the demise of Hoshigakure has also become a mystery.

However, Uchiha Yue, after leaving Hoshigakure, did not give much thought to the Hoshigakure's affairs.

At this moment, what Uchiha Yue was thinking about was how to absorb ocular power with his Sharingan its Three-Tomoe form.

After slaughtering so many Hoshigakure, Uchiha Yue finally reached a conclusion about what he needed to prove. That is, whether he killed Hoshigakure ninjas, ordinary ninjas, or ordinary civilians, Uchiha Yue could absorb a power similar to ocular power from the dead. In other words, even if no Hoshigakure ninjas remained, Uchiha Yue could still rely on killing to collect ocular power and enhance the power of his Sharingan its Three-Tomoe form.

However, the pupil power that each person retains after death varies in strength.

The stronger the ninja, the more ocular power they will impart to Uchiha Yue after their death.

Killing ordinary civilians would yield far too little Sharingan power; it wouldn't even be enough for Uchiha Yue Genjutsu Sharingan.

Furthermore, absorbing the ocular power generated after someone dies also affects Uchiha Yue's Sharingan. Just like using spiritual energy to devour the spiritual energy of others, the ocular power of Uchiha Yue's Sharingan -Three-Tomoe Sharingan is now somewhat mixed, requiring him to slowly sort it out. Moreover, because Uchiha Yue absorbed too much ocular power, unless he can break through his limits and evolve his Sharingan -Three-Tomoe Uchiha Yue into the Uchiha Yue Mangekyō Sharingan, it will take him at least a decade to properly sort out the ocular power within his Sharingan.

However, every cloud has a silver lining.

At least now, Uchiha Yue has found a way to enhance the power of his Sharingan in a short period of time.

Furthermore, if Uchiha Yue truly awakens the Mangekyō Sharingan in the future, he can sustain its light simply through continuous killing. After all, the reason for blindness in the Mangekyō Sharingan its ocular power rapidly decreases when used. If Uchiha Yue find a balance in using the Mangekyō Sharingan, replenishing its ocular power as it rapidly Mangekyō Sharingan, then his Uchiha Yue Mangekyō Sharingan be Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan!

Of course, it would also be extremely difficult for Uchiha Yue to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Currently, Uchiha Yue faces two paths: one is to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Firstly, one must properly manage the power of one's Sharingan Three-Tomoe form, and then slowly accumulate more power to evolve the Sharingan into the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Secondly, Uchiha Yue needs to push himself to the limit and then seek a breakthrough.

Without a doubt, the method that Uchiha Yue favored most was the first method.

Because Uchiha Yue was always a down-to-earth person, he knew there was no such thing as instant success. Therefore, slowly accumulating his ocular power was the most effective way to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan. However, Uchiha Yue also wanted to try the second method. Since there was a shortcut, he should try it. Moreover, Uchiha Yue was someone who liked to challenge himself. The fact that he was able to destroy the entire Hoshigakure proved that Uchiha Yue was a warlike person. In other words, given an opportunity to push himself to the limit, Uchiha Yue would definitely try it.

After all, Uchiha Yue, now Jonin, still has a long way to go.

Jonin, there are elite Jonin- level ninjas.

Above the elite Jonin, there are still Kage Level powerhouses who stand at the pinnacle of the Shinobi World.

Uchiha Yue wanted to grow step by step, reach the pinnacle, and become an existence that could dominate the Shinobi World.

Since that's the case, then Uchiha Yue must not suppress his warlike mentality, but must break through his limits and find himself between life and death.

Immediately afterwards...

Once Uchiha Yue finally found a place to heal, he prepared to recuperate there for a while.

After all, Uchiha Yue's injuries sustained in Hoshigakure were very serious, and it would probably take several months of rest for him to recover.

While Uchiha Yue recuperating in seclusion, he was also making plans for his next move.

Immediately, while Uchiha Yue used Medical Ninjutsu to heal his injuries, he began planning for his future.

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