The arduous training of ninjutsu had caused Su Bai to lose confidence in the replication abilities of his Sharingan.
However, he did not lose heart; if he failed once, he would practice a second time, and if he failed a hundred times, he would practice two hundred. To become a powerhouse, one must possess the corresponding mindset!
Forming hand seals... circulating chakra... forming seals again... circulating chakra once more...
Su Bai spent the entire afternoon practicing the Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique over and over. He knew his talent was not high, so he had to remain composed.
"Let's head back; that's enough for today."
Su Bai sighed. After an entire afternoon of practice, the words "Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique" had still not appeared on his system panel.
He was different from others; they had to train painstakingly until they fully mastered a ninjutsu to release it, whereas Su Bai only needed to reach the entry level for the ninjutsu to appear on his system panel.
At that point, he would only need to add a single point, and the ninjutsu would be ready for immediate use.
Su Bai practiced like this for two consecutive days. It wasn't until the end of his training on the evening of the second day that the words "Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique" finally appeared on the panel!
"That wasn't easy. Time to add a point."
With a sigh, Su Bai took one of the three available attribute points he had refreshed over the past three days and added it to the Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique.
Suddenly, a wealth of information flooded his brain, and the previously obscure and difficult ninjutsu gradually became clear.
"Time to test the effects!" Su Bai was somewhat excited; after all, this was his first genjutsu, and it was one he had cast himself.
He immediately began searching for a suitable subject. Half an hour later, Su Bai found an innocent mouse in the cracks of a brick wall...
The mouse struggled desperately in his grip, seemingly aware that something ominous was about to happen!
"Squeak!"
"Squeak!"
"Heh, little mouse, bear with it. It won't hurt."
Su Bai chuckled as he broke the mouse's leg and placed it on the ground, his hands beginning to form seals.
Swish! Swish!
In a mere three seconds, Su Bai completed the seals and unleashed the Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique upon the mouse!
[Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique: Allows the enemy to see the horrific scenes they most fear.]
"Squeak!"
"Squeak!"
After Su Bai activated the ninjutsu, the mouse, which had clearly had its leg broken, suddenly leaped into the air!
It then collapsed to the ground, eyes vacant and pupils dilated, looking half-dead.
Heaven knows what the mouse had seen...
"This looks decent enough..." Su Bai poked the mouse. It was clearly alive but showed no reaction, which made him stroke his chin in satisfaction.
"I wonder what the effect will be if I use the Sharingan. Let's try again!" Su Bai waited for over half an hour until the mouse finally regained its senses.
At this moment, the mouse looked at Su Bai as if it had seen a ghost, scrambling backward desperately, ignoring the pain in its leg as if he were a beast that preyed on mice!
"Heh, little mouse, one more time and I'll let you go," Su Bai said softly, stroking the mouse's black fur.
In truth, he was kind-hearted; he often helped stray cats and dogs and was full of love for animals.
Of course, that excluded mice and cockroaches...
After preparing slightly, Su Bai activated his Sharingan.
Immediately, a surge of killing intent rushed into his mind, causing his emotions to become uncontrollably excited!
"Still not quite used to this."
Through his exploration over these past few days, Su Bai had discovered something.
If he only kept the Sharingan active to use his dynamic vision, he could hold it for five minutes. Beyond that time, the inexplicable killing intent in his mind would begin to affect his sanity.
"I'll add points to the Yin Attribute once the mission is complete."
Su Bai looked at the mouse and formed hand seals. Once the seals were complete, his Sharingan locked onto the mouse's bead-like eyes.
"Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique!"
"Squeak!"
"Hm? Why is there no reaction?"
Su Bai looked at the mouse on the ground in confusion, only to see it let out a single cry before falling completely still.
"Wait, it was scared to death..."
Touching the mouse that had lost its heartbeat, Su Bai offered a silent prayer for it in his heart.
A genjutsu cast without the Sharingan could leave a mouse dazed for half an hour, but once it recovered, there were no other changes besides being somewhat frightened.
However, once the Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique was cast through the Sharingan, the effect was surprisingly good—it had actually scared the mouse to death in an instant. Su Bai felt the effect had at least multiplied several times over!
"As expected, genjutsu really suits me."
"However, I only just cast a genjutsu, and the side effects of the Mangekyou Sharingan have already multiplied several times over. I feel that with my current mental energy, my brain wouldn't be able to handle casting three genjutsu."
At this moment, Su Bai finally understood the terrifying nature of the "Cursed Eye" that Xia Xueqing and Chang Rui had spoken of.
This led him to a decision: he must absolutely never overdraw his use of the Mangekyou Sharingan while his mental energy is not abundant!
Afterward, he practiced the Hell Viewing Technique over and over again. Without using the Mangekyou Sharingan, he could cast genjutsu seven times in a row while his mental energy was sufficient.
Having roughly gauged his situation, Su Bai picked up the innocent mouse from the ground, dug a hole on the spot, and gave it a proper burial...
After sending off his "good brother" who had helped him so much, Su Bai began to practice the Body Flicker Technique.
He had long coveted this ninjutsu, and now he could finally train in it!
[Body Flicker Technique: Gathers chakra in the feet to perform high-speed movement like a gust of wind]
Su Bai knew clearly that the Body Flicker Technique was an essential ninjutsu for any ninja, whether for attacking or fleeing. Ninjas not only need to master it but must also become proficient in it!
This is because the speed and distance of the Body Flicker Technique vary depending on one's level of proficiency.
Su Bai had looked up a lot of information online these past few days and discovered that the Body Flicker Technique in this world was the most ordinary kind.
To this day, he had never seen a ninja capable of using the Body Flicker Technique as a form of spatial movement like Shisui or Hanzo from the original series.
They could only utilize ultra-high-speed movement to make enemies mistake it for teleportation.
The distance and speed of the movement were determined by the proficiency in the Body Flicker Technique and the amount of chakra output.
Among these, the gains from proficiency were greater than those from chakra output, which is why he saw this sentence online:
"The Body Flicker Technique may not be the most powerful ninjutsu, but it is the most important ninjutsu for a ninja!"
Su Bai thought this was correct; after all, the Body Flicker Technique was currently the only ninjutsu that resembled spatial movement.
He had never seen top-tier ninjutsu like the Flying Thunder God or Kamui online.
Perhaps they truly did not exist in this world, or perhaps his clearance level was insufficient, and he simply couldn't access such information.
Regardless, the Body Flicker Technique was a ninjutsu he had to master before he awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan!
Chapter 44: The Monstrous Body Flicker Technique
An abandoned slaughterhouse in the suburbs.
A young man wearing a blue school uniform stood in an open space, his hands forming seals clumsily and at a very slow speed.
It was Su Bai, practicing the Body Flicker Technique!
In simple terms, the Body Flicker Technique is a ninjutsu that allows a ninja to move rapidly from one place to another, with its speed and distance related to chakra.
The more chakra a ninja outputs, the faster the speed and the longer the distance of the Body Flicker Technique. It is highly practical in combat and is an essential ninjutsu that every ninja must master and become proficient in!
"So difficult. It's almost dark, and I still don't have a clue." After practicing the seals for the Body Flicker Technique once more, Su Bai stopped his movements and frowned.
He hadn't felt this frustrated when practicing the "Double Suicide Decapitation Technique" or the "Hell Viewing Technique" before.
Su Bai felt that the difficulty of training the Body Flicker Technique was about twice that of the Hell Viewing Technique. He had been practicing here for half a day, yet he still hadn't made any progress.
"I should head back first."
The sky grew darker, and soon night fell. Having gained nothing all afternoon, Su Bai sighed, shook his head, and turned to leave.
After returning home and eating dinner, he immediately went to his bedroom to refine chakra as usual, following the methods taught at school.
Hum, hum, hum.
The cells in his body began to consume the energy accumulated throughout the day to produce chakra as he refined it.
"The speed of refining chakra has clearly increased."
In just a short while, the chakra on his panel had increased by 0.01 units. Su Bai could never have imagined such terrifying speed in the past.
However, after more than an hour, Su Bai could clearly feel that his chakra was no longer increasing, and along with a hint of fatigue in his body, his mental energy had also dropped significantly.
"Has the energy accumulated in my body today been exhausted?" Su Bai glanced at the panel. He had gained 0.03 units of chakra in this hour of refining, the same as when he had first transmigrated.
Chakra is produced by the combination of mental and physical energy. During the refining process, not only do the cells bear a heavy load, but the consumption of mental energy is also significant.
For a ninja to refine large amounts of chakra, they must possess a strong physique and immense mental energy—this is what is called talent, though this talent can be changed later in life.
There didn't seem to be anything on Blue Star to enhance mental energy; with Su Bai's current status, he hadn't found anything online.
But there were many ways to enhance one's physique, and the simplest and most direct method was to eat the meat of high-level magical beasts!
The higher the level and strength of the magical beast, the higher the energy contained in its meat.
If a ninja consumes it over a long period, it will not only subtly change their body but also allow their cells to accumulate large amounts of energy in a short time, thereby refining chakra rapidly.
Take Su Bai as an example.
After he ate a meal of magical beast meat with the two girls, Chang Rui and Xia Xueqing, at the Monster BBQ Restaurant that day, the effect of his chakra refinement that night was astonishing—he refined a full 0.1 units, which was three times the amount he had refined today!
However, although Su Bai knew of this method, he currently lacked the ability to use it.
Even though Chang Rui had paid for that meal, Su Bai, who hadn't seen much of the world, felt a pang of heartache for her; it had cost over 200,000 Federal Coins.
Yet, Chang Rui and Xia Xueqing hadn't shown any reaction. Su Bai still remembered their indifferent expressions at the time very clearly.
He wondered, perhaps for two girls, it wouldn't matter even if they ate these things every single day?
Su Bai felt that must be the case; otherwise, how could their chakra reserves be hundreds of times greater than those of their peers...
"One step behind, every step behind; that is the reality."
Finishing his cultivation, Su Bai lay on his bed, preparing to sleep.
For the past three days, he had been training desperately every day—ninjutsu, taijutsu, genjutsu, and refining chakra; he hadn't neglected a single thing!
The incident with Liang Youde had instilled a great sense of crisis in him. This time, it was only thanks to the help of Chang Rui and Xia Xueqing that he had managed to escape.
But what about next time, or the time after that?
Was he supposed to keep begging the two girls?
Setting aside whether they would be willing to help, he simply wasn't the type of person to leave his fate in the hands of others.
He didn't want to rely on others every single day.
With his mindset straightened out, Su Bai closed his eyes to sleep, his obsession with becoming stronger growing ever more persistent.
Three days later.
The outskirts of Yang City.
Inside an abandoned slaughterhouse, a youth performed hand seals over and over again.
By now, the sky had turned completely dark. The vast, silent slaughterhouse had become overgrown with weeds due to neglect, and there wasn't a sound to be heard in the surroundings; a timid person would likely be overcome with fear at the sight of it.
However, the youth remained unmoved, a look of determination etched onto his face. He turned a blind eye to those things, focusing entirely on his cultivation—it was none other than Su Bai!
Suddenly.
After completing another set of hand seals, a look of great joy erupted on Su Bai's face.