After deciding to spend all the balance in the Pay-to-Win System on upgrades, Xuan Yu began considering how to allocate his points this time.
First of all, there was no need to increase his speed. He was already probably faster than he would be with Lightning Release Body Technique activated.
That meant he could use the more than sixty million ryo he had to raise his stamina, strength, and spirit attributes above ten thousand simultaneously, earning him three Growth Gift Packs.
However, considering that the battles ahead might be quite intense, perhaps he should also upgrade Mystical Palm Technique?
If he got injured, a high-level Mystical Palm Technique with a special effect might save him.
He wasn't like Kakuzu, a ninja who had mastered the Earth Grudge Fear Secret Technique and was incredibly difficult to kill.
If a powerful ninja learned the details of his abilities and went straight for his true body, he'd still be killed as things stood.
He'd managed to leave Orochimaru and the others completely dumbfounded because people didn't know much about the special ability of Chakra Clones—not because he was already powerful enough to do whatever he wanted in the Ninja World.
After thinking it over, Xuan Yu mused, "Let my spirit attribute suffer a little longer. I'll raise my stamina and strength above ten thousand first, and upgrade Mystical Palm Technique to Lv. 10!"
Once he'd made up his mind, Xuan Yu immediately got started.
[Spent 20 million ryo. Your stamina increased from 8,000 to 10,000. You received 1 Growth Gift Pack! Current balance: 40.1739 million ryo!] [Spent 20 million ryo. Your strength increased from 8,013 to 10,013. You received 1 Growth Gift Pack! Current balance: 20.1739 million ryo!] [Spent 20 million ryo. Your Mystical Palm Technique increased from Lv. 8 to Lv. 10. You received 1 special effect! Current balance: 173,900 ryo!]
After a flurry of upgrades, Xuan Yu had spent nearly all the money in his Pay-to-Win System.
Suddenly, that familiar, mysterious power enveloped his entire body once again.
The warm, boundless energy coursed through and nourished every part of him. With each breath, his strength rose rapidly.
Xuan Yu felt that if he fought Kakuzu now, he wouldn't need any tricks to beat him with ease.
But Kakuzi was an excellent tool for earning commissions, so Xuan Yu would hardly ever fight him.
This upgrade had not only made his stats extremely powerful, but also earned him two Growth Gift Packs and given Mystical Palm Technique a special effect.
Xuan Yu didn't save the two Growth Gift Packs. He opened them with a thought and drew their contents inside the system space.
Once he was strong enough, it wouldn't matter if other people saw the Scratch-off Cards inside his Growth Gift Packs. For now, though, it was best to keep a low profile.
[Opened "Growth Gift Pack *2." Received "Scratch-off Card *20"!]
Xuan Yu didn't use all twenty Scratch-off Cards at once. Instead, he decided to use five at a time and see if he'd get any surprises.
He communicated with the system in his mind. "Brother System, let's do five at a time. Scratch off five first."
As soon as Xuan Yu sent the thought, the Pay-to-Win System responded.
[Congratulations! You received] [Expired Milk *1!] [Expired Instant Noodles *1!] [Explosive Tag *10!] [Toad Oil *1!] [Fuma Shuriken *1!]
"Seriously? That's it?" This round left Xuan Yu seeing black.
The two expired products were worthless, and he didn't seem to have any use for the Toad Oil either.
He was already struggling to learn new ninjutsu; he had no way to learn Senjutsu.
The Fuma Shuriken was just as useless to him. He rarely used ninja tools in battle.
And if he did need a ninja tool, he could always use the Uchiha Flame Fan stored in his system space.
Only the ten Explosive Tags could serve as bait to trap Konan, but she probably wouldn't care about a mere ten tags.
"Ugh!" With a long sigh, Xuan Yu started the second round.
"Brother System, keep going! Give me something good! Please don't give me anything as ridiculous as Expired Milk again!"
The results of the second round came quickly.
[Congratulations! You received] [Leaf Whirlwind Taijutsu Scroll *1!] [Mystical Palm Technique Ninjutsu Scroll *1!] [Three Body Technique Ninjutsu Scroll *1!] [Body Flicker Technique Ninjutsu Scroll *1!] [Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique Lv. 1 *1!]
"What the hell! This is too much! Why did I get four ninjutsu scrolls for techniques I already know?" The results left Xuan Yu completely dumbfounded.
This draw made him realize that his original guess had been right: Scratch-off Cards really did come in four grades—white, blue, purple, and gold.
White cards contained food and ordinary items, while blue cards contained common ninja tools and ninjutsu.
Getting five different ninjutsu in a row should have been a good thing, but unfortunately, they were all blue-card techniques, and four of them were duplicates.
Putting the four duplicate techniques aside, the last one was the infamous Uchiha Little Flame.
As far as Xuan Yu knew, this technique had never killed anyone since it was invented. Its greatest feat seemed to be scorching Sasuke's hand.
And even then, Sasuke had only scorched his own hand while practicing the technique.
Still, it wasn't a big deal. He could use the Pay-to-Win System to upgrade the technique.
And unlike the scrolls, this time he'd drawn the technique itself, saving him ten million ryo in learning costs.
The first two rounds had gone so badly that Xuan Yu was starting to wonder if he was really a Konoha Ninja—or some unlucky Cloud Village black guy.
He could complain all he wanted, but he still had to keep drawing.
"Brother System, keep going! Give me something good this time!"
The third round's results came quickly too.
[Congratulations! You received] [Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique Lv. 2 *1!] [Stamina Attribute 500 *1!] [Three-Color Dango *1!] [Milk *1!] [Ichiraku Ramen *1!]
"Ugh!" Xuan Yu still wasn't very satisfied with the results.
But they were undoubtedly much better than the first two rounds.
His Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique had gone straight up to Lv. 2, saving him another ten million ryo in tuition.
He'd also gained five hundred stamina points, worth five million ryo!
The other three prizes were just extras, not worth mentioning.
Xuan Yu didn't waste any time and began the final round.
"Brother System, keep going! One last round."
He wasn't expecting much now. As long as the prizes weren't too awful, he'd be happy.
[Congratulations! You received] [Speed Attribute 500 *1!] [Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique Lv. 3 *1!] [Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique Lv. 4 *1!] [Kekkei Genkai: Three-Tomoe Sharingan *1 pair!] [Mangekyō Sharingan Evolution Chance *1 (ability selectable)!]
"Well, would you look at that! So the good stuff was all at the end?"
The last draw left Xuan Yu pleasantly surprised.
First came the attribute and ninjutsu upgrades. Five hundred speed points were worth five million ryo, while the two ninjutsu upgrades were worth twenty million ryo.
But those weren't the biggest surprises. The best part was that he'd obtained the Sharingan—and he'd started with the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
At that moment, both his eyes were undergoing a continuous transformation.
On top of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, he'd also received one "Mangekyō Sharingan Evolution Chance." He could force an evolution while ignoring the Sharingan's usual rules, and even choose the Mangekyō Sharingan's ability. It couldn't get much better than that!
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