Byakugan Kekkei Genkai

"Byakugan!" Li Tong's hand tightened around the card, his heart surging with excitement! This was even more thrilling than when he had obtained Shikotsumyaku, because Shikotsumyaku had been a free gift—an awakening reward—whereas this Byakugan card was something he had risked his life to earn!

Eat the card!

Li Tong brought the card to his lips, but just as he was about to bite down, he paused, hurriedly asking in his heart: "If I eat this card and gain the Byakugan Kekkei Genkai, will my eyes turn white like those of the Hyuga Clan?"

This was Li Tong's main concern; it would bring him immense trouble! If the Hyuga Clan were to use this as a pretext to capture him for "research," no one could stop them, and no one would! After all, the Byakugan was the Hyuga Clan's exclusive Kekkei Genkai.

"Ding! Host, please rest assured. After the host obtains the Byakugan Kekkei Genkai, it will remain in a recessive state. The host's pupils will not undergo any changes. However, if the host activates the Byakugan ability, it will become dominant!"

"Good! Very good!"

Li Tong hesitated no longer and bit through the black card in one go!

The card transformed into a stream of light that rushed into Li Tong's mouth. A cold sensation emerged from his head and rapidly spread throughout his entire body. His eyes began to ache and tingle; Li Tong blinked repeatedly in discomfort, tears streaming down his face, until he finally just closed his eyes.

The strange sensations soon faded. When Li Tong opened his eyes again, he felt the world was clearer than before. Everything looked more vivid, so vivid that it felt almost unreal!

Li Tong raised his hands to look at them; he could even see the fine lines on his palms.

"Byakugan! Activate!" Li Tong slammed his hands together. Veins instantly bulged around his eyes, and his wide-open pupils turned a stark white. At this moment, the world in his vision changed. The color palette was simple, consisting only of gray and white. All objects were rendered transparent and ethereal—it was a world outlined by lines!

He looked up toward the window!

The curtains were rendered transparent, and his vision zoomed in. Several Anbu ninja by the lake outside were now in Li Tong's sight. He could see through their clothes, through their skin and flesh, and observe the flow of chakra within their bodies.

However! Li Tong could not see their faces!

Their masks were specially crafted! They were ninja tools capable of blocking the Byakugan's vision!

At the same time, Li Tong could see behind himself. Looking through the walls, Li Tong saw the forest behind the wooden cabin...

The Byakugan Kekkei Genkai! A three-hundred-sixty-degree field of vision with no blind spots!

This was an ability exclusive to the main branch of the Hyuga Clan. Because the branch family members had control seals placed on their foreheads by the main branch, their Byakugan vision had a blind spot! But Li Tong's current Byakugan was no different from that of the Hyuga main branch!

His chakra consumption was too fast... or perhaps, Li Tong's chakra hadn't fully recovered yet, making it impossible to maintain the Byakugan for long. He had to deactivate it before he even knew what his maximum visual range was.

It had only been about ten seconds.

Li Tong still felt a bit unaccustomed to it. After ending the Byakugan state, he closed his eyes to rest for a moment, gathered his thoughts, and opened them again to look at the remaining five cards in his hand!

Gentle Fist: Tenketsu Strike card!

Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms card!

Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Palms Rotation card!

Basic Healing Card!

1,000 Reputation Card!

"Eight Trigrams Palms Rotation! It's Rotation!" Li Tong held the "Eight Trigrams Palms Rotation" card he cared about most, muttering to himself.

Eight Trigrams Palms Rotation was a defensive technique within the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist style. When a Hyuga ninja mastered this technique, they would release a large amount of Gentle Fist chakra from their tenketsu points the moment they were attacked, while spinning rapidly in place like a top. This created a hemispherical protective barrier of chakra that, in theory, could repel all physical attacks!

It was known as the ultimate defense!

This move was incredibly powerful, but it had a flaw: it consumed too much chakra. An average Hyuga ninja could not sustain this technique for long!

However, Li Tong was still excited. After all, for him right now, the more abilities he mastered, the safer he would be. As for chakra, it would always increase over time.

"Eat! Eat! Eat!" Li Tong consumed all three Gentle Fist cards, and a flood of complex information surged into his mind.

At this moment, he felt like a legendary master who had finally opened his Ren and Du meridians. A sense of total mastery washed over him, teaching him how to shift his feet, how to start his movements, how to strike, and how to change tactics when performing Gentle Fist. There were 49 major tenketsu points in the human body, 14 primary meridians, 61 points located on those meridians, and 48 extra-meridian points... Li Tong hadn't known these things before, but now he knew them all. Even without looking or touching, he knew the exact location of every tenketsu point on his body.

After closing his eyes to absorb the knowledge, Li Tong opened them again and put the Basic Healing Card back into his game inventory. Holding the 1,000 Reputation Card, he asked, "Do I get the reputation just by eating this?"

"Yes!"

Li Tong consumed the Reputation Card, and the data interface showed that his total reputation had reached 2,000 points!

Li Tong opened the reputation exchange interface. Since it was past midnight, the ten exchange items had refreshed. Most were ninjutsu; the most expensive was an S-Rank forbidden jutsu priced at 280,000 reputation. Li Tong only had 2,000 reputation now. Buying a common B-Rank ninjutsu wouldn't be a problem, but for Li Tong, there was no point in buying a B-Rank ninjutsu—he had too little chakra and might not even be able to use it!

He had only looked through half of the exchange interface when Li Tong suddenly remembered that he had killed Hyuga Anan, which counted as killing an enemy above his level. The system had promised a reward!

He immediately opened his game inventory, and sure enough, there was another card inside!

B-Rank Ninjutsu Random Card!

Eat it!

"Ding! Host has randomly obtained the B-Rank Ninjutsu: Shadow Clone Technique!"

"Shadow Clone!" Li Tong raised an eyebrow.

This was a highly famous and practical technique in the original story, developed by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.

Unlike the E-Rank Clone Technique, which created mere illusions, the Shadow Clone Technique created solid clones without any flaws. The user's chakra was divided equally among all clones. These clones could use various ninjutsu and coordinate attacks, but they had a weakness: they were extremely fragile. Once struck, they would burst into white smoke and vanish.

In the original story, the greatest feat of the Shadow Clone Technique was performed by the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi!

That was during the early stages of the original plot, when Orochimaru launched an attack on Konoha and used the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to summon the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju. Although the versions Orochimaru summoned were not at their peak, they were still incredibly strong. To resolve the crisis, the Third Hokage, known as the "God of Shinobi" and the "Professor of Ninjutsu," sacrificed himself to perform the "Dead Demon Consuming Seal"!

Hiruzen Sarutobi sealed them all at once! He relied on the Shadow Clone Technique! It was those two clones that used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to seal Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, while Hiruzen Sarutobi himself targeted Orochimaru!

"Hmm, very good!" Li Tong nodded with satisfaction. Obtaining the Shadow Clone Technique was a pleasant surprise!

Because if he had obtained other B-Rank ninjutsu, such as offensive ones, he likely wouldn't have been able to use them due to his lack of chakra. But the Shadow Clone was different; it simply divided his existing chakra to create clones. The B-Rank classification only referred to its difficulty of training, not the chakra index required to use it!

After consuming the Shadow Clone Card, Li Tong turned his gaze back to the Reputation Exchange interface and continued scrolling down.

Ninjutsu, Health Recovery Card, weapons, Spirit Enhancement Card?

At the very bottom of the ten exchange items, the final one!

Spirit Enhancement Card—requires Reputation.

This Spirit Enhancement Card option had been there before the exchange interface refreshed, and it had appeared again. Li Tong hadn't asked about it last time because he only had 1 Reputation point; asking would have been pointless since he couldn't afford it. But this time, he had exactly enough Reputation.

"The Spirit Enhancement Card can increase the host's spiritual energy," the Card Emperor Sprite said.

"Spiritual energy?" Li Tong frowned slightly. "What does that refer to? Does an increase in spiritual energy mean faster thinking? Stronger willpower? More precise control over ninjutsu?"

"The host is correct on all counts, but those are not the primary effects!"

"Then what is the primary effect?"

"Chakra is converted from physical energy by spiritual energy. The stronger the spiritual energy, the more chakra can be converted within the same cells. Therefore, a permanent increase in spiritual energy will increase the host's total chakra capacity!"

"Buy! Buy! Buy!" Li Tong was so impatient he nearly shouted it out loud.