Shadow Clone Jutsu—Thank You for Your Support!

Ling Yu agreed to Hu Liena's request without much thought!

After all, his senior sister had personally come to ask him. If he refused, it might negatively affect their relationship in the future.

Besides, secluded training had to be paired with the right amount of actual combat. This trip might prove to be an excellent opportunity for Ling Yu.

Seeing the young man before her nod in agreement, Hu Liena's face immediately blossomed into a happy smile. It was a blend of youthful innocence and charm, without the slightest impurity—utterly beautiful!

Ling Yu had to admit that after being a virgin for over twenty years in his previous life, his self-control had become much worse since coming to this world. Although he had seen plenty of beautiful women in his past life, none of them had ever made him feel so captivated.

As a result, he had spent more than a decade as a craftsman. It really was rather tragic!

But after coming to this world, its rules, environment, and system of laws meant that on Douluo Continent, few Soul Masters were ugly. Unless their Martial Souls were particularly bizarre, nearly every female Soul Master had curves in all the right places and a stunning face!

Soul Masters might be a noble profession, but becoming one meant obtaining soul rings and cultivating. Under such circumstances, it was difficult to end up with an obese body. Of course, exceptions like Ma Hongjun did not count. Even if he got fat enough to die, countless men would still envy him, simply because he possessed a talent every man dreamed of—Evil Fire!

Its power was nothing special in Ling Yu's eyes, but in a certain respect, it was absurdly formidable!

Even Cuihua had been unable to withstand him and chose to break up with him.

Still, speaking of figures and looks, Zhu Zhuqing among the Shrek Seven Devils truly had a pair of terrifying weapons!

A woman as perfect as her, whether in personality or every other aspect, could be called flawless. Yet she actually had an engagement and a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with a man as irresponsible as Dai Mubai. Ling Yu only wanted to say one thing.

What did Third Young Master know about Douluo Continent!

"Martial Soul Fusion Skill!"

Ling Yu stroked his chin. At that moment, he suddenly thought of Tang San and Xiao Wu. One had Blue Silver Grass as a Martial Soul, while the other had a rabbit. Blue Silver Grass, rabbit, Blue Silver Grass rabbit!

Holy shit! I think I've discovered something incredible!

Hu Liena had been watching Ling Yu's ever-changing expression. At times he looked indignant, at times envious, and finally shocked. She was completely baffled!

Were peerless geniuses all this unusual?

As if noticing his senior sister's expression, Ling Yu immediately coughed a few times. "Um, Senior Sister, if there's nothing else, you should head back. Just remember to notify me before we leave. I still need to train for a while!"

Hu Liena widened her fox-like eyes and stared in disbelief at the unromantic little man before her.

My admirers at the academy could line up from the east of Spirit City all the way to the west. On such a dark and windy night—cough—such a moonlit, star-sparse night, with such beautiful scenery, he's actually telling me to leave.

"Fine, I'll go!"

After saying that, she gave Ling Yu, who was still standing there dumbfounded, a cold snort before turning around and storming away.

"Did she take the wrong medicine? How did I provoke you again?"

Ling Yu rubbed his head, unable to figure out what she was thinking. "Women really are troublesome. Even when they're beautiful, their tempers are no small matter. Just like that silly woman—she loses her temper at the drop of a hat! And whenever she does, she wants to spar with me."

"The more I think about it, the angrier I get. Damn it, cultivate! Sooner or later, I'll surpass her. Then, hmph!"

Walking to the center of the training room, Ling Yu sat cross-legged on the floor. As he recovered his strength, he carefully studied the complete collection of ninjutsu in his mind.

He could set the other ninjutsu aside for now, but he had to learn the Shadow Clone Jutsu first. It was a genuine cultivation cheat. With it, his speed in training fist techniques and practicing ninjutsu would increase dramatically.

In his previous life, when he read manga and watched anime, those ninjutsu had seemed like things that could be used with just hand seals and practice. But when Ling Yu truly began cultivating them, he discovered that it was not that simple at all.

For example, the Shadow Clone Jutsu he was about to learn!

The hand seal for this ninjutsu was extremely simple: "Ren." Press the index and middle fingers together, then cross both hands into a cross.

It was that simple, but actual cultivation was nothing like that.

While forming the seal, one had to control the Spiritual Power within one's body and make it flow through every meridian along a specific route. At the same time, one had to visualize the hand seal in one's mind. Only by combining that with the hand seal formed by one's hands could the ninjutsu be successfully activated.

After all, in Naruto, Chakra was energy drawn from the body's 130 trillion cells, combined with spiritual energy formed by a firm will through extensive training. That was the prerequisite for using ninjutsu and Genjutsu.

The energy within Ling Yu's body, which he called Spiritual Power, possessed the ability to transform into all sorts of corresponding energies, so it served the role of Chakra.

However, Ling Yu was still quite confident in his own Spiritual Power. He already possessed a spiritual-type Martial Soul and the Sharingan. On top of that, after absorbing the soul ring of the Three-Eyed Golden Phoenix last time, he had thoroughly roasted and eaten the Three-Eyed Golden Phoenix, causing his Spiritual Power to increase greatly once more.

Although it had not yet reached the point where the Sharingan could evolve, it was not far off. He estimated that once he reached level twenty and absorbed another soul ring, it should be enough!

Thinking of this, he could not help but sigh at how wasteful the people of Douluo Continent truly were.

After absorbing a soul ring, if the Soul Beast was edible, then roast it, fry it—eat it however you wanted, but do not waste it!

The soul ring might allow a Soul Master to absorb most of a Soul Beast's energy, but its meat also contained plenty of Soul Power and was immensely beneficial for increasing physical strength. Why would they simply absorb the soul ring and then leave the body there without caring about it!

What a waste!

As an outstanding young man of the new era, Ling Yu believed waste was shameful!

Therefore, Ling Yu decided that from now on, whenever he encountered someone who had absorbed a soul ring and left behind an edible Soul Beast, he would simply take it away and bring it back to cook for himself!

Ling Yu looked at the energy circuit for the Shadow Clone Jutsu drawn on the huge sheet of paper and began trying it out.

His comprehension was not poor, and his Spiritual Power and Spiritual Power were sufficient. Learning this Martial Soul should not be difficult!

On his first attempt, his hands did not form the seal very quickly. At the instant he activated the ninjutsu, he made the energy in his body flow along the prescribed circuit while visualizing the hand seal in his mind.

Bang!

With a crisp sound, a puff of white smoke rose beside him.

A miniature Ling Yu, about as tall as his calf and bearing a striking resemblance to him, appeared at his side.

"Uh, mistake!"

Ling Yu looked at the miniature version of himself glaring at him, then quickly dispelled the ninjutsu.

It was somewhat different from what he had imagined. He tried more than a dozen times before finally managing to cast the ninjutsu properly.

Looking at the young man before him who was identical to himself, Ling Yu wiped the sweat from his forehead a few times, beginning to question his life.

Could I be about the same as Naruto?

I'm about to send in the contract and sign on!

Thank you all for your support, thank you!