Lightning Release Ninjutsu Acquired

"I'll be able to copy them when Brother Chu and Brother Li fight this afternoon. I can't wait."

Everyone rested for about an hour before Li Lei stood up and said, "Are you all rested? We need to get back to base before dark. The Wasteland Zone is even more dangerous at night."

"We're rested and ready to go," Chu Yuan responded.

Li Lei said, "All right. Let me assign everyone's roles."

"Chu Yuan, Miao Qiu, and I will handle the fighting. Xueqing will look for Magic Beasts and check whether the surrounding area is suitable for battle. As for Su Bai... you can stick with Xueqing for now."

"As for the shares, I'll take 45%, Chu Yuan will take 25%, Xia Xueqing will take 15%, and Miao Qiu will take 15%. Su Bai won't get a share unless he contributes. Does everyone agree?"

Miao Qiu said, "Agreed!"

Chu Yuan said, "Agreed!"

Su Bai said, "Agreed!"

None of them had any objections.

Su Bai knew he wouldn't be able to help with hunting the Iron-Footed Sheep, so he thought Li Lei's arrangement was perfectly fair.

You should get a reward for your effort. Taking a reward without contributing would only make you feel guilty.

When it was Xia Xueqing's turn, however, she hesitated. "Brother Li, I'm only scouting for Magic Beasts. Isn't 15% a bit too much...?"

"Not at all!" Li Lei chuckled. "Xueqing, you're underestimating how useful you are. Without your Byakugan, we wouldn't be confident we could find a Magic Beast, check the surrounding area, and fight without holding back all in a single afternoon!"

Chu Yuan smiled too. "Don't turn it down, Xueqing. Brother Li's right. We can't do without you. If you hadn't just joined the team and we weren't worried about letting you fight, I'd say even 20% wouldn't be too much."

"Then... all right. I'll accept it." Xia Xueqing nodded gently.

Then the girl gave Su Bai a smug look, mischief on her face. "Hehe, Su Bai, I'm getting a 15% share!"

"Heh." Su Bai shook his head with a quiet laugh. The others chuckled too, then told her to start scouting.

Li Lei said, "Xueqing, go ahead. Try to find a lone Iron-Horned Sheep, with no other Magic Beasts or ninjas nearby."

"Got it!" Xia Xueqing nodded and immediately activated her Byakugan to search.

"No suitable targets within 20 kilometers to the northwest..."

"No suitable targets within 20 kilometers to the southeast..."

"There's a target 25 kilometers to the northeast. No other Magic Beasts or ninjas within 5 kilometers. It's a suitable place to fight."

"There's a closer one to the southwest, 15 kilometers away—a lone Iron-Horned Sheep. But there's a ninja squad 7 kilometers away. Their leader is at least a Chunin, and his Chakra Level is even higher than yours, Brother Li!"

With Xia Xueqing's Byakugan, Li Lei's squad was practically playing with the whole map revealed. They could clearly see the distribution of Magic Beasts and the movements of other ninja squads within dozens of kilometers. Their scouting efficiency was astonishing!

Li Lei fell silent for a moment.

"Let's go northeast. Going deeper into the Wasteland Zone is dangerous, but with Xueqing's Byakugan, we can avoid Magic Beasts in advance."

"The southwest is closer, but there's a ninja squad nearby. If they get greedy and attack us, we'll be in trouble."

"Su Bai, Xueqing, remember this: if you want to survive in the Wasteland Zone, watching out for Magic Beasts isn't enough. You also have to be careful of other ninja squads."

"Ninjas in the Wasteland Zone fight over resources all the time. This wound here was left when a ninja ambushed me..." Li Lei said, lifting his shirt to reveal a wound over his left ribs. It was clearly made by a piercing weapon.

Su Bai and Xia Xueqing listened and nodded seriously, etching his words into their minds.

These were lessons Brother Li had paid for in blood...

Once they settled on a target, the group immediately headed northeast at a fast pace. With Xia Xueqing scouting, they avoided the Magic Beasts on the way long before they got close, and the journey went smoothly.

An hour later, they crouched cautiously behind a boulder, their eyes fixed on an Iron-Horned Sheep about eight meters tall a hundred meters away. It was bent over, eating a Long-Eared Rabbit.

"This Iron-Horned Sheep is twice as big as the one I saw in the video!" Su Bai silently compared them.

Li Lei whispered, "Miao Qiu, sense how strong this Iron-Horned Sheep is."

"Mm." Miao Qiu closed her eyes and put her sensory skills to use.

A short while later, she opened them.

"It's very strong. Its Chakra is around 500 cards."

Five hundred cards!

Su Bai and Xia Xueqing exchanged a look, both of them stunned.

More than fifty times their own Chakra Level?

And this was still a D-Class Magical Beast?

Li Lei and Chu Yuan weren't too surprised. After thinking it over, they nodded firmly.

"Let's do it!"

"The Iron-Horned Sheep only knows the C-Class Water Release Ninjutsu, Water Wave. We'll have no trouble hunting it if we're careful!" The long scar on Chu Yuan's neck twitched as a fierce look crossed his face.

Li Lei nodded. "That's right. I have 106 cards of Chakra, Chu Yuan has 93, and Miao Qiu has 42. That's more than enough to hunt an Iron-Horned Sheep that relies on brute strength!"

Then he turned to Su Bai and Xia Xueqing. "You two, stay back. Don't get caught in the crossfire."

"Mm, I understand!" Xia Xueqing nodded.

"Okay, Brother Li."

Su Bai obediently agreed, though a glint flashed in his eyes.

After assigning everyone their roles, Li Lei led Chu Yuan and Miao Qiu toward the Iron-Horned Sheep. They hadn't gone far when it spotted them.

"Baa!" The Iron-Horned Sheep let out an angry roar. Its pair of horns, each more than two meters long and gleaming like metal, lowered as it charged toward them!

"It's starting!"

Whoosh!

Su Bai immediately opened his Sharingan and focused intently on the fight ahead.

As soon as his Two-Tomoe Sharingan activated, he could see through the Chakra inside Li Lei, Chu Yuan, Miao Qiu, and the Iron-Horned Sheep!

He saw a massive amount of Chakra gather in the Iron-Horned Sheep's mouth. It didn't follow any particular route; the beast simply forced out a torrent of water a hundred meters wide!

It was the C-Class Ninjutsu, Water Wave!

In Li Lei, Su Bai saw him form Hand Seals, his Chakra moving in an orderly fashion along a set route.

At that moment, Su Bai felt the strain on his Sharingan skyrocket. The mental burden was enormous!

The drain was staggering, but the Two-Tomoe Sharingan's incredible perception let him see Li Lei's every movement and the route his Chakra followed.

Li Lei formed one seal, and Su Bai formed one too. Li Lei's Chakra flowed through his body, and Su Bai made his own flow the same way. His own unruly Chakra was held firmly in check by the Sharingan, becoming incredibly gentle. He felt better than ever!

When Li Lei completed the final seal, Su Bai finished at almost the exact same moment. They released their Ninjutsu together!

"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire!"

"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire!"

Li Lei's Phoenix Sage Fire struck the Iron-Horned Sheep hard, while Su Bai's Phoenix Sage Fire left the girl beside him stunned!

"Su, Su Bai, you..."

After releasing the Ninjutsu, Su Bai grinned at the girl beside him. His Two-Tomoe Sharingan glimmered faintly as a notification flashed before his eyes.

"You have mastered Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire..."

"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire: LV1 (101/200)"

Looking at the newly added Fire Release Ninjutsu on his panel, he knew he was about to rise to greatness!

Chapter 56: Lightning Release Ninjutsu Acquired

Phoenix Sage Fire was a C-Class Fire Release Ninjutsu. The user spat multiple fireballs from their mouth in quick succession to attack the enemy. It could deal damage or block their movements, making it a fairly practical Fire Release Ninjutsu.

Li Lei's Phoenix Sage Fire struck the Iron-Horned Sheep, which stood about eight meters tall, again and again. The beast immediately cried out in pain!

"Baa!"

But once it stopped screaming, it had suffered little more than a few scorched patches. It wasn't seriously injured.

"Damn beast. Its defense is incredible!"

"Yeah. We have to wear it down every time!"

Li Lei cursed under his breath, then pushed off the ground and leaped more than 200 meters away, dodging the Iron-Horned Sheep's Water Wave.

His wife, Miao Qiu, followed his lead. After all, she was only a sensory Genin and wasn't skilled at fighting.

If not for the more capable scout, with her Byakugan, taking her place, Miao Qiu might have been standing where Xia Xueqing was.

"Baa!" Seeing that its Ninjutsu had failed, the Iron-Horned Sheep let out an angry roar and charged straight at Chu Yuan with its massive body!

Chu Yuan didn't panic as the Iron-Horned Sheep charged toward him. He rapidly formed Hand Seals and finished just as the beast came within a dozen meters.

"Lightning Release: Lightning Snake!"

Whoosh, whoosh!

With a quick swing of his calloused right hand, Chu Yuan sent five snake-shaped Ninjutsu, each over a meter long and crackling with lightning, hurtling into the Iron-Horned Sheep's head. The air crackled with electricity!

"Crackle!"

"Baa!"

The Iron-Horned Sheep bellowed in pain. The C-Class Ninjutsu, Lightning Release: Lightning Snake, had left its brain reeling. It couldn't pay any attention to what was happening around it, and its huge body kept charging toward Chu Yuan, driven by its momentum!

In the nick of time, Chu Yuan couldn't form Hand Seals. He could only roll aside, narrowly avoiding the Iron-Horned Sheep's powerful foreleg!

"Damn!" Once he was out of danger, he quickly formed Hand Seals and used the Body Flicker Technique, appearing beside Li Lei in the blink of an eye.

"Brother Lei, get in there! This Iron-Horned Sheep is too strong!" Chu Yuan saw the two of them standing around at ease, rolled his eyes, and panted heavily.

Li Lei chuckled and immediately used Phoenix Sage Fire again, drawing the Iron-Horned Sheep away.

Miao Qiu hurried over to support Chu Yuan and asked, "Xiaoyuan, are you all right?"

"I'm fine. I just used up a lot of Chakra." Chu Yuan took a deep breath, calming the unruly Chakra inside him.

Miao Qiu nodded. She understood what Chu Yuan meant.

They had been on the same squad for years, so she knew how powerful his Ninjutsu was.

Usually, he only unleashed a single Lightning Snake. To get more power, he'd released five just now. The Chakra cost hadn't simply increased fivefold... it had grown exponentially!

While the three of them struggled to deal with an Iron-Horned Sheep that they couldn't kill and could only wear down, Su Bai stood far away, his face pale.

"Damn, my mental energy's already running out after copying just two Ninjutsu?"

"The Two-Tomoe Sharingan uses way too much!"

Xia Xueqing supported Su Bai, whose legs were so weak he looked as if he'd just finished doing something, and gazed at him with concern.

"You've just awakened your Two-Tomoe Sharingan, so don't go overboard! Honestly!"

"I'm fine. It's Ninjutsu, after all. The more I copy, the better!" Su Bai chuckled. He'd also "stolen" Chu Yuan's Lightning Release: Lightning Snake Ninjutsu.

The moment he showed the girl his Two-Tomoe Sharingan, Xia Xueqing, who also had a Dojutsu bloodline, understood!

Su Bai's Sharingan had evolved and gained a new ability!

As a poor student, Su Bai couldn't find information about the Sharingan online because of his restricted access.

But Xia Xueqing was different. As the daughter of the head of Yang City's prestigious Byakugan Clan, she was born into a powerful family and had seen a lot.

On top of that, she had been pestering her father for information about the Sharingan these past few days. She immediately remembered what he had told her.

"Daughter, the Sharingan's side effects are terrifying, but as far as the potential of Dojutsu goes, I think it's even stronger than our Byakugan. I once saw a Sharingan user who could copy Ninjutsu."

At the time, Xia Xueqing had pressed him for details about what had happened to that ninja, hoping to find useful information for Su Bai. As expected, Xia Hong told her that the person eventually went mad because they couldn't withstand the Sharingan's enormous mental strain...

"So don't use that Cursed Eye recklessly anymore, understand?" Xia Xueqing chided, scolding Su Bai.

Su Bai waved it off. "Don't worry. I'm different from those people. I won't go mad."

On Blue Star, the Sharingan was known as the Cursed Eye because the mental strain was too great, and the ninjas who couldn't take it went mad.

But he was different. With the system, he could add unlimited points to his Yin Attribute!