Getting Stronger

"It worked!"

Two lines of prompts floated before his eyes.

"You have trained in the Body Flicker Technique..."

"You have completed the mission. Your reward has been issued..."

"Three whole days! It wasn't easy—really, it wasn't easy at all!" Su Bai exclaimed.

For the past three days, he'd let all his other training slide so he could focus entirely on mastering the Body Flicker Technique!

Hard work paid off. His efforts hadn't been in vain, and Su Bai had finally mastered the Body Flicker Technique before the college entrance exam began tomorrow!

Once he mastered a ninjutsu, he could use the system's absurd abilities to add points to it!

Full of anticipation, Su Bai immediately opened his panel!

Host: Su Bai

Substitution Technique: LV1 (152/200) +

Clone Technique: LV1 (156/200) +

Transformation Technique: LV1 (151/200) +

Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu: LV2 (207/400)

Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique: LV1 (112/200)

Body Flicker Technique: LV0 (1/100)

Kekkei Genkai: Mangekyō Sharingan—Kamui (One Tomoe; the next stage will unlock when Yin Attribute reaches Level 5.)

Chakra Level: 9.56 (ka) +

Earth Attribute: LV2 (207/400) +

Water Attribute: LV0 (1/100) +

Wind Attribute: LV0 (1/100) +

Fire Attribute: LV0 (1/100) +

Lightning Attribute: LV0 (1/100) +

Yin Attribute: LV1 (101/200) +

Yang Attribute: LV0 (0/100) Not Unlocked

Available Attribute Points: 15 (increases by 1 each day at midnight)

Current Mission: Raise any three ninjutsu to Level 3 (Mission reward: 10 available Attribute Points)

"The mission can wait. First, I'll test out the Body Flicker Technique!"

Su Bai spent one available Attribute Point on the Body Flicker Technique. A wealth of new information immediately flooded his mind, and two lines of prompts appeared before him.

"Your Body Flicker Technique has leveled up..."

"Body Flicker Technique: LV1 (101/200)"

"The system really delivers!"

Su Bai praised it in his mind, then immediately formed hand seals and used the Body Flicker Technique he'd just mastered!

"Body Flicker Technique!"

Whoosh!

As soon as Su Bai finished forming the seals, his body blurred and vanished from where he stood. Moving like a phantom, he reappeared a moment later far outside the slaughterhouse.

"This... It's so fast!"

Su Bai looked back in amazement at the spot where he'd disappeared and made a rough estimate.

"About a thousand meters, in roughly five seconds... Good grief, I'm moving at more than half the speed of sound?"

The speed of sound was about 340 meters per second, while Su Bai was moving at around 200 meters per second. His face lit up with delight!

"And that was with an ordinary amount of chakra. What would happen if I used all my strength to perform the Body Flicker Technique?"

A glimmer of anticipation flashed in Su Bai's eyes as he formed hand seals again.

This time, he planned to use every last bit of chakra in his body to perform the Body Flicker Technique. He wanted to see what kind of surprise it had in store for him!

Chapter 45: Getting Stronger

Su Bai's expression changed. He formed the hand seals carefully, immediately drawing on all the chakra in his body. It surged through him like a raging tide!

Whoosh!

Boom!

A loud crash rang out. A half-meter-deep crater appeared beneath Su Bai's feet, and his figure vanished in an instant!

Everything around him raced backward. His vision blurred, and he couldn't make out a thing!

"Holy crap, that's fast!"

He hurriedly stopped, afraid that if he didn't, he'd slam headfirst into a tree and die...

"Huff... huff!"

Su Bai braced his hands on his knees and panted heavily. That one burst had consumed nearly half his chakra.

He turned around, but could no longer see the spot where he'd started. He must have traveled at least two kilometers!

"Did that take five seconds or six? At this rate, I can travel about five kilometers if I use the Body Flicker Technique with all my strength? That's 400 meters per second?"

Su Bai was stunned.

He was only a Genin, yet he was already moving faster than the speed of sound?

How powerful were Jonin, then?

Now he finally understood. No wonder ninjas could hunt the Magic Beasts that even nuclear weapons couldn't handle. The ninjas in this world were far stronger than the ones in the original story!

After testing it out, Su Bai fell silent.

Speed was different from strength. Once strength reached its limit, gaining another kilogram was difficult, but with enough training, it was still possible.

Speed was another matter.

It improved incredibly slowly. Just look at sprinters: shaving even 0.01 seconds off their hundred-meter times took a tremendous amount of training.

In this world, chakra could multiply a ninjutsu's power several times, even tenfold!

The Body Flicker Technique worked the same way. Su Bai could use it a hundred times or more without feeling tired if he performed it casually, but if he used it with all his strength, he could only keep it up for a dozen seconds.

Still, those figures were only rough estimates. He couldn't calculate the exact numbers. They were based on his own guesses, and without professional equipment, it was difficult to get an accurate measurement.

"That's enough. This is only a Level 1 Body Flicker Technique. As its level increases and my chakra grows, I'll get even better!"

Su Bai looked at the mission and decided to use the available Attribute Points he'd earned over the past few days.

He planned to complete the mission first, refresh it with a new one, and then consider what to do next.

With a thought, Su Bai added Attribute Points one by one to the Body Flicker Technique, the Hell Viewing Technique, and the Double Suicide Decapitation Technique.

"Your Body Flicker Technique has leveled up..."

"Your Body Flicker Technique has leveled up..."

"Your Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique has leveled up..."

"Your..."

"You have completed the mission. Your reward has been issued..."

"Mission cooldown: 71:59:59..."

"It's on cooldown? Well..." Su Bai shook his head and looked at his available Attribute Points.

He now had 15 available Attribute Points. After spending 12 to upgrade the three ninjutsu, he'd received another 10 as a reward, leaving him with 13.

"My chakra and ninjutsu are enough for combat right now. Should I put all these Attribute Points into Yin Attribute?"

Su Bai hesitated for a moment, then put them all into Yin Attribute!

He had two reasons for doing so.

First, the next stage of the Sharingan required Yin Attribute to reach Level 5.

Second, awakening the Sharingan required strong spiritual power. Otherwise, he'd be swayed by the inexplicable bloodlust within him.

At present, he could keep his Sharingan active for only about three minutes, and that was just to use its ability to see through things. If he tried copying taijutsu like he had in the prison that day, he'd probably be unable to hold on for more than a minute or two.

"Your Yin Attribute has leveled up..."

"Your Yin Attribute has leveled up..."

"Your Yin Attribute has leveled up..."

"Yin Attribute: LV4 (1401/1600)"

Boom!

The moment he finished adding the points, a tremendous surge of spiritual power flooded his mind. It was many times stronger than before!

"I think the Sharingan is no longer a burden for me..." Su Bai's eyes glowed scarlet as a mysterious tomoe appeared in his pupils. There was no mistaking it: the Sharingan, known as the "Cursed Eye"!

He could no longer feel that mysterious, bloodthirsty aura. His mind was crystal clear, and the change in his spiritual power had affected more than just his Sharingan. His thoughts had become much faster, too!

"Let's test it!"

Su Bai closed his eyes and recalled a math problem Old Wang had once given them.

Two minutes later, he had the answer...

"I really solved it just by doing the math in my head?"

"That problem stumped me for ages!"

A look of delight flashed across Su Bai's eyes!

He thought back to the parts of his Body Flicker Technique training that he hadn't understood and immediately spotted four or five mistakes.

"Sure enough, strong spiritual power makes you think faster. That'll help me learn ninjutsu faster from now on. Yin Attribute is more important to me than chakra right now!"

Su Bai felt that his nearly 10 ka of chakra was probably equal to the combined chakra of ten Elite Jonin from the original story. For now, it was more than enough.

He decided then and there to put all his future Attribute Points into Yin Attribute, so he could unlock the Mangekyō Sharingan as soon as possible and gain the Kamui Power and Susanoo he'd been longing for!

Training. Endless training.

The tremendous increase in his strength hadn't made Su Bai complacent. If anything, he'd become even more diligent!

After leveling up the Body Flicker Technique, he could form hand seals faster, too. It had taken him three seconds to use the technique before, but now he could activate it in under two.

That wasn't all. Upgrading his ninjutsu had brought other benefits as well.

At the same distance and speed, the Body Flicker Technique now used less than half as much chakra as before. That meant he could move faster and farther with the same amount of chakra, indirectly increasing his strength!

Su Bai used the Body Flicker Technique several more times. Now that the Sharingan was no longer a burden, he activated it while using the technique.

Before, he couldn't make out anything when he moved because he was going too fast. With the Sharingan active, he could see everything clearly.

After all, the Sharingan's perception was second only to the Byakugan. It was remarkably powerful!

"What a huge change! What a difference!"

"After the college entrance exam tomorrow, maybe I can go check out the Wasteland Zone!"

Once more, he used up all his chakra. Then, dragging his exhausted body through the night, Su Bai headed home with a keen light in his eyes.

He was far stronger now than he'd been just a day ago...

PS: It's my debut! I hope everyone will support me!

The numbers that came in today were terrible—less than a fifth of what's normal. Xiao Wang's feeling really discouraged and wants to run away.

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