Ocular Power Enhancement Potion

Noon sunlight streamed through the delicate lattice window, spilling warmly over Uchiha Qin Mo's face.

He frowned and let out a muffled groan, the dull ache of his hangover throbbing at his temples.

Rubbing his swollen temples, Qin Mo struggled to sit up, shook his head, and drove away the last trace of grogginess.

He lifted the brocade quilt and got out of bed. After a simple wash, Qin Mo went straight to the neighboring residence of Izuna and Madara.

He gently pushed open Izuna's door and saw the boy curled up in thick bedding, sleeping soundly, his breathing steady and long.

The corners of Qin Mo's mouth lifted slightly. He tucked the quilt in for him, then silently withdrew.

Then he headed for Madara's room.

He pushed open the door. There was no one inside, and the bed had been made with meticulous care.

"So early... did he go to meet that 'old flame' of his?" A knowing smile appeared on Qin Mo's face. "Good. The deeper the bond, the more it can stimulate the Sharingan's evolution... Madara, don't disappoint me."

Hunger struck, and Qin Mo summoned Crimson Snow, who had been waiting beneath the corridor the whole time.

Crimson Snow was still dressed in plain Uchiha attire.

"Crimson Snow, have lunch with me."

"Yes, young master," Crimson Snow answered respectfully.

Lunch was simple yet exquisite.

Qin Mo seemed to have a decent appetite, but his mind clearly was not on the food.

After the meal, he set down his bowl and chopsticks and instructed Crimson Snow, "Go call Seniors Jin, Yan, Cang, and Shun. Have them find me in the woods on the rear mountain."

"Understood." Crimson Snow accepted the order, and her figure vanished from the spot in a flash.

On the rear mountain of the Uchiha Clan Grounds, deep within a secluded wood.

Qin Mo stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze cast toward the layered mountains in the distance.

Before long, Crimson Snow hurried over with Jin, Yan, Cang, and Shun. All four wore fitted combat attire, their auras steady. When they saw Qin Mo, they saluted in unison. "Young Master Mo!"

Qin Mo turned around and gently raised his hand. An invisible ripple of power spread out with him at its center.

His fingertips swept through the air, leaving several molten-gold, visible chakra trails behind. They quickly wove into a complex formula, silently enveloping the area within a fifty-meter radius.

A soundproof protective barrier formed.

Qin Mo's gaze fell on Jin and Yan. "Senior Jin, Senior Yan, the two of you have already awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan and obtained power beyond ordinary people's reach."

Hearing this, the two men straightened their backs even more, pride flashing in their eyes. But Qin Mo's next words poured over them like ice water.

"However," Qin Mo said seriously, "this power has a fatal flaw.

"No matter how careful you are with the Mangekyo Sharingan, no matter how sparingly you use your ocular power, its final outcome is only one thing... deteriorating eyesight... until permanent blindness."

Jin and Yan's faces instantly turned pale.

Cang, Shun, and Crimson Snow also showed shock. They knew the Mangekyo was powerful, but they had not known its price was so heavy.

Just then, Qin Mo flipped his wrist, and two small crystal bottles appeared out of thin air in his palm.

The bottles were clear, holding purple liquid within. They emitted an energy fluctuation that made the soul tremble.

"This item is called the Ocular Power Enhancement Potion." Qin Mo's voice carried a strange magic. "Each person may take it only once in their lifetime. Its effect is to advance your ocular power. From then on, no matter how recklessly you squander your ocular power, your vision will not be damaged... and you will never go blind."

As Qin Mo spoke, he handed the two crystal bottles to Jin and Yan respectively.

"For... us?" Jin's voice trembled with disbelief.

Yan's breathing suddenly became hurried and heavy, as if a drowning man had seen driftwood.

They had never heard that such a heaven-defying thing existed in the world!

It could advance ocular power and break the destiny of the Mangekyo Sharingan leading to blindness?

This was practically a divine object!

To the side, Cang, Shun, and Crimson Snow's eyes were filled with longing and envy as they stared eagerly at that dreamlike potion.

Qin Mo naturally noticed their gazes and explained gently, "There is no need to be anxious.

"This potion is extremely precious, and each person is limited to one dose in their lifetime.

"Giving it to the three of you now would truly be a waste.

"I promise you that when the three of you truly awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan through your own strength and opportunities, I will certainly grant you the same potion and help your ocular power advance.

"I, Uchiha Mo, will never favor one over another."

Hearing Qin Mo's clear promise and reasonable explanation, the longing in Cang, Shun, and Crimson Snow's eyes finally eased slightly, and they nodded hard.

"All right, Senior Jin, Senior Yan, do not delay. Drink it at once," Qin Mo urged.

Jin and Yan no longer hesitated. They pulled out the stoppers on the crystal bottles, which had been condensed from special energy.

There was no medicinal smell as imagined, only a fresh yet vast aura of energy that seemed to come from the depths of the universe spreading through the air.

The two tilted their heads back and drank it all in one gulp!

"Guh—"

The instant the potion entered their throats, both men's bodies suddenly stiffened!

An indescribable warm current, majestic beyond imagination, instantly rushed into every limb and bone, then finally surged madly toward their eyes like a hundred rivers returning to the sea!

Boom—

An incomparably violent aura erupted from the two men with a crash!

Jin and Yan's eyes flew wide open at the same time, out of their control! Their Mangekyo Sharingan spun wildly, twisting and transforming!

Their original patterns violently broke apart, reformed, and sublimated!

The scarlet background seemed to ignite, becoming even deeper.

A terrifying pressure, heavy as a mountain and sharp as a blade, suddenly spread outward with the two men at its center!

The air let out an overwhelmed wail, and the tiny stones on the ground were crushed into powder by an invisible force!

Standing nearby, Cang, Shun, and Crimson Snow's expressions changed drastically, as if they had been thrown into a ten-thousand-meter-deep sea in an instant.

The immense pressure made the bones throughout their bodies crack and pop. Their breathing was instantly stripped away, their legs went weak, and they nearly dropped to their knees!

Qin Mo frowned slightly, spread the five fingers of his right hand, and pressed toward the void!

Buzz!

A translucent energy shield, far more solid and much heavier than before, instantly took shape.

Like a giant bubble, it separated Jin and Yan, who were in the midst of advancing, from Cang, Shun, and Crimson Snow!

"Hah... hah..." The instant the barrier formed, most of that terrifying pressure was cut off. Cang, Shun, and Crimson Snow gulped down air, still shaken as they looked at the two men inside the barrier, whose auras were still climbing.

Inside the barrier, Jin and Yan's eyes were undergoing earth-shaking changes!

Within Jin's pupils, six huge, twisted fangs condensed from boiling blood flames expanded outward hideously, like demonic claws reaching out from hell, filled with an aura of savagery and destruction.

Yan's pupil pattern was six enormous, pitch-black blade fragments, like the remnants of peerless killing weapons after they had shattered, bursting out from the lava-fortress-like core deep within his pupils!

The light gradually withdrew inward, and that world-destroying aura also slowly subsided.