All-Round Improvement

Back at the safe house, the incident finally came to an end. The cleanup work that followed was left entirely to Tokyo Jujutsu High's aftermath team. As for the dead perpetrator, no one would ever trace it back to him.

Even Lin Mu felt a hint of exhaustion after the consecutive battles. He casually found an excuse to avoid the scolding Nanami was about to deliver. Given the strength Lin Mu had displayed, Nanami was not in a position to reprimand him too harshly.

And the moment Lin Mu left, Itadori wore an expression of utter betrayal, pulling a long face as he endured Nanami's fury alone.

After locking his door from the inside, Lin Mu willed it, and the grand scene appeared before him once more. On the sacred God Tree's branches, a crystalline fruit hung precariously, as though it could fall at any moment.

That was the fruit nurtured after his inheritance progress broke through 25%.

At a thought, the fruit gradually dimmed, its energy flowing into Lin Mu's body in threadlike streams.

Lin Mu's body bore the brunt of it. Intense pain, like bombs buried within him, exploded throughout every part of his body in an instant.

The creaking of his bones was so loud that Lin Mu could barely hear anything else. Fine sweat seeped from his forehead, and unable to withstand the agonizing pain, he dropped to one knee.

Though the pain pierced straight through his heart, Lin Mu could also clearly feel the enormous changes in his body. His physique had improved tremendously compared to before.

Second by second, the pain gradually faded. Lin Mu shook off the creaking sounds that seemed to still linger in his mind and carefully sensed the changes brought by this upgrade.

As his perception deepened, the corners of Lin Mu's mouth rose higher and higher.

"This is a huge change!"

It could be said that after breaking through 25%, Lin Mu had received a comprehensive enhancement.

First, Fire Release: Majestic Flame Destroyer had been upgraded, unlocking the even more absurdly powerful Fire Release: Dragon Flame Song!

Compared to Majestic Flame Destroyer, which focused too much on range at the expense of power, Dragon Flame Song was a Fire Release ninjutsu specialized entirely in overwhelming destructive force!

Dragon Flame Song could spit out four immensely powerful fire dragons from the user's mouth, and their landing points could be controlled freely.

In other words, Lin Mu could concentrate the attack on a single point for an explosive strike, or unleash a wide-area bombardment.

Because of that, Dragon Flame Song surpassed Majestic Flame Destroyer in both power and range. It could practically be considered a superior replacement for Majestic Flame Destroyer.

But great power came with great drawbacks. Dragon Flame Song's chakra consumption was also terrifying. After unleashing one complete technique at full strength, Lin Mu would probably be nearly drained dry.

Fortunately, although it had evolved from Majestic Flame Destroyer, the original Majestic Flame Destroyer could still be used. When dealing with smaller situations, Majestic Flame Destroyer remained far more cost-effective.

After his excitement subsided, Lin Mu's gaze fell upon the next ninjutsu: Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!

Evolved from the original Deep Forest Emergence, it added gorgeous flowers capable of releasing poisonous pollen to the original technique. Anyone who inhaled the pollen would fall unconscious, while weaker people would die on the spot.

Yet this technique did not excite Lin Mu too much. Every one of Hashirama's techniques consumed an enormous amount of chakra. He remembered that Madara had been able to use Hashirama's techniques so recklessly in Naruto because he had been in an Impure World Reincarnation state.

In that state, chakra was infinite, allowing him to use them however he pleased.

Lin Mu possessed neither Hashirama's vast, ocean-like chakra reserves nor the infinite chakra constitution of Impure World Reincarnation. If he wanted to summon a Deep Forest Emergence on Hashirama's scale, he would still have to work hard...

Still, having it was better than not having it. Who knew when it might come in handy?

Next, the Clone Technique was also upgraded, evolving into the Shadow Clone Technique!

The clones, which originally lacked independent consciousness, had become shadow clones almost indistinguishable from Lin Mu himself.

After summoning them, they could deal with and handle many matters on their own. Even if Lin Mu himself were there, he would make the same decisions.

Shadow clones also possessed the trait of shared memories. When a shadow clone voluntarily dispersed or was killed, everything it had seen and heard would be transmitted back to the original body, giving them an enormous advantage in gathering intelligence.

The range within which the Shadow Clone Technique could sense its clones had also increased greatly, rising from one thousand meters to five thousand meters. The maximum number he could summon had risen from four to eight, and each clone possessed 30% of the original body's strength.

Although the Sharingan and Susanoo had not changed noticeably, Lin Mu could feel that both had been enhanced to a certain degree.

The Mangekyo Sharingan could now be sustained longer, and the boost it granted to taijutsu and ninjutsu upon activation had reached 175%.

Susanoo's consumption had dropped considerably, while its initial hardness had increased by quite a bit.

Having unlocked brand-new abilities, Lin Mu no longer felt sleepy. He felt as if his entire body was brimming with power. The force of a casual punch from him now was probably no weaker than a small explosion.

Although this time everything had merely been upgraded from its original foundation, the boost to Lin Mu's overall strength was greater than any he had received before!

With a slight thought, Lin Mu left the God Tree space. His greatly enhanced strength did not satisfy him; instead, it made him crave even more inheritance progress.

Searching through the plot of the original work in his mind, he remembered that after this incident came the exchange event between Kyoto Jujutsu High and Tokyo Jujutsu High.

The two jujutsu high schools held an annual exchange event. While showing off their strength to each other, the outcome would also affect the two schools' influence in the jujutsu world afterward.

What appeared to be an ordinary exchange event on the surface concealed many secrets beneath it.

As far as this particular exchange event was concerned, it appeared to be nothing more than friendly sparring, but Kyoto Jujutsu High's principal had actually ordered his students to kill Itadori!

And since Kyoto Jujutsu High's students did not truly understand Itadori, they only knew that he was a monster with a massive ticking time bomb buried within him. In their eyes, Itadori was no different from a cursed spirit.

That was why the two sides ended up fighting fiercely.

But in Lin Mu's eyes, having developed far ahead of the others, all of this was merely childish squabbling. What he cared about more was how many cursed spirits the two schools had prepared for this exchange event, and whether there would be enough for him to kill.

And then there was the special-grade cursed spirit that would later invade Tokyo Jujutsu High: Hanami!

That was right. During the exchange event, the special-grade cursed spirit Hanami would reveal itself!