Took out the "Konoha Jonin Nakagawa Kamiryo Experience Card (Rare)."
After using another Experience Card, Qifeng gained much more experience and also came to understand the system's mechanics for Experience Cards.
Activated Konoha Jonin Nakagawa Kamiryo Experience Card (Rare). Calculating stat compatibility. Konoha Jonin's Blessing triggered! Use successful! Compatibility: 70%! Ability evaluation changed: Character: Maruyama Qifeng Age: 13 Attributes: Fire, Earth Strength: Jonin Kekkei Genkai: Shikotsumyaku (Intermediate), Sharingan (Single Tomoe) Body: 59 Spirit: 58 Ninjutsu: 49 Genjutsu: 62 Control: 50 Seals: 51 Taijutsu: Flowing Water Sword Technique Ninjutsu: Three Basic Jutsu, Fire Release: Great Fireball, Earth Release: Rock Concealment Technique, Earth Release: Earth Shore Return, Fire Release: Flame Bullet, Water Release: Water Wall, Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, Shadow Clone Jutsu Items: Kaseki's Obsession, Inherited Headband (Equipped), Special Puppet Technique Scroll (Part One), Konoha Jonin's Blessing (Equipped)
The boost to his taijutsu could be called negligible, but the stat boost to genjutsu was exceptionally exaggerated, surpassing Qifeng's taijutsu specialty in one go.
At last, he experienced what it felt like not to be a taijutsu monster.
At the same time, a vast amount of genjutsu knowledge flooded into his mind. His understanding of genjutsu soared wildly, and in an instant, it became his specialty.
Qifeng also discovered something unusual about Experience Cards.
The higher his own attributes were, the more attributes the Experience Card added. It did not simply dump all of the card's attributes onto his original stats.
He briefly sensed the changes within himself and adjusted to them.
Then he was suddenly drawn to a small line of text on the current attribute panel.
He subconsciously tapped it open.
Compatibility Bonus: Base Compatibility 50%
Single Tomoe Sharingan +10%
Konoha Jonin's Blessing +10%
Total: 70%
"So there are things like this too." Qifeng froze for a moment.
Wait.
Qifeng recalled that when he had checked the various clauses regarding Experience Cards, it had mentioned that factors such as "code of conduct, inner emotional fluctuations, and intensity of desire" would all affect an Experience Card's compatibility.
It was in Clause 136 of the supplementary rules.
He thought about it.
Then hesitated.
Qifeng slowly spoke in a testing, questioning tone. "I love Konoha?"
Immediately afterward, the system panel popped up again.
Love for Konoha +10%
"..."
That was just ridiculous.
So if he ever got Jiraiya's Experience Card, would he have to shout, "I love beautiful women"? If he got Tsunade's Experience Card, would he have to shout, "I love gambling"? And if he got Orochimaru's Experience Card, would he have to shout, "I love cross-dressing"?
Ahem, he was getting off track.
But it just felt that unreliable.
Extremely unreliable!
Still, Qifeng had figured out a little trick for using Experience Cards.
That was pretty awesome.
With his compatibility raised to 80%, all his attributes received small boosts, but his overall strength evaluation still had not exceeded the Jonin category.
It seemed there was still much about this system that he did not understand.
When he had the chance later, he definitely needed to find time to carefully read through all the system's supplementary rules.
Now then.
"It's time to go deal with that iwa-nin." An indescribable glimmer shone from within his spinning Single Tomoe Sharingan.
After using the Experience Card, his sensory ability had also improved. He could sense that the iwa-nin had already turned back.
Using Earth Release again, he emerged from the ground.
He silently appeared not far from the iwa-nin.
Genjutsu-type ninja had an enormous advantage. If their opponent was poor at resisting genjutsu and completely unprepared, a genjutsu-type ninja could utterly crush them.
That was one reason why the Sharingan could be so powerful.
After all, not every Three Tomoe Sharingan user could copy thousands of ninjutsu like Kakashi.
Shisui, one of the strongest genjutsu users among the Uchiha, combined genjutsu with the Body Flicker Technique to instantly kill his opponents.
To be honest, there were not many ninja in the Shinobi World with strong resistance to genjutsu.
Even someone as powerful as Orochimaru had been beaten senseless by Itachi Uchiha's genjutsu, though that was partly because Orochimaru's soul and spirit had suffered some damage after using Living Corpse Reincarnation once.
But that still proved many things.
In terms of strength alone, Itachi Uchiha had only been thirteen when he had just defected from Konoha. No matter how talented he was, he had not reached Kage-level strength. At most, he had one foot in the Kage-level realm thanks to the Mangekyo.
And Orochimaru? He was an established Kage-level powerhouse, even among the very best of the many Kage-level experts.
Even Jiraiya, with the purest Kage-level strength, could not gain the slightest advantage against him.
That was why, when genjutsu-type ninja fought, they either tormented their opponent half to death or got tormented half to death themselves. There was no balanced middle ground.
Qifeng had initially held some doubts about the strength of this genjutsu-type Konoha Jonin Experience Card, but only after using it did he realize that genjutsu was the Shinobi World's bug.
If it countered the opponent, it could make them call you daddy. If it did not, then you had to call them daddy.
The thoughts flashed through his mind as his hands rapidly formed hand seals.
"Bringer-of-Darkness Technique!"
Powerful spiritual energy instantly enveloped the iwa-nin, directly stripping away his vision and plunging him into boundless darkness.
The sudden change startled the Iwa Jonin.
"Genjutsu!"
His extensive experience told him that he had been caught in genjutsu!
After a brief moment of panic, he quickly reacted.
"Earth Release! Shield Protection!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The ground around him rumbled as large piles of rock rose up, enveloping him in the blink of an eye to prevent him from being ambushed and killed while his vision was obscured.
At its core, genjutsu was an illusion technique that deceived the opponent's five senses and caused them to experience hallucinations.
A skilled genjutsu user could even manipulate the flow of Chakra in an enemy's brain nerves at will. It was a fighting method that required high intelligence and combat awareness.
Of course, breaking genjutsu was not difficult either.
As long as it was not Dojutsu-based genjutsu, one could actively disrupt one's own Chakra to break it.
That Iwa Jonin was preparing to do exactly that.
But Qifeng naturally would not give him such an opportunity.
He had used a genjutsu-type Jonin Experience Card, but that did not mean his original abilities had disappeared or that he could only use genjutsu.
He gritted his teeth.
Screech! Screech! Screech!
A mass of ghastly white bones burst wildly from every corner of his body like blooming flowers, instantly turning him into a hedgehog covered in bone spikes.
Shikotsumyaku!
With Kaseki's Obsession concealing his identity, Qifeng could finally use Shikotsumyaku and the Sharingan without restraint.
"Bone Release! Bone Spear!"
He extended his right hand. His ulna, elbow bone, wrist bones, and more extended out from his arm, twisting and coiling around one another to form an incomparably sharp bone spear.
The next second.
His figure flashed forward. Holding the bone spear, he became like a sharp arrow as he slammed directly into the Earth Wall.
Boom!!
The Earth Wall exploded. Under the impact of the rapidly spinning, razor-sharp bone spear, the Iwa Jonin's Earth Release was shattered, revealing the iwa-nin within, his face full of shock and his eyes blank.
But the point where the Earth Wall broke also allowed him to lock onto Qifeng's position.
His heart hardened. Gritting his teeth, his hands instantly formed a seal.
"Earth Release! Earth Style: Earth Splitting Stone Spear!"
The surrounding Earth Walls crumbled in an instant, forming a huge, sharp earthen spear before the iwa-nin. Aimed at Qifeng, it pierced toward him with a shriek through the air.
Qifeng remained calm.
He extended his left hand.
"Bone Release! Bone Pillar Wall!"
Bones from his left hand, waist, abdomen, and back gathered at his left arm, coalescing around it into a sturdy white bone wall.
Thud!!
The earthen spear slammed into the bone wall with a dull boom, like a bell or drum, deafeningly loud.
Qifeng narrowed his eyes. His Sharingan instantly caught the brief opening after the opponent cast his ninjutsu. With his skeletal frame supporting the bone spear and bone wall, he pulled both hands free to form hand seals.
"Genjutsu! Hell Viewing Technique!"
The Iwa Jonin's vision changed. A towering, roaring ape suddenly rose before him. As it violently beat its chest, blazing fireballs rained down from the sky.
Horror appeared on the iwa-nin's face. His hands instinctively crossed before him, trying to block the descending fireballs.
But in that brief instant, he suddenly realized.
This was genjutsu!
But it was already too late.
Squelch!
The sharp bone spear pierced through his chest. All the illusions before his eyes vanished, and his vision cleared.
What entered his sight was a crimson Single Tomoe Sharingan and twisted, hardened white bones.
His eyes filled with disbelief as the strength drained wildly from his body. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but it filled with blood.
Thud!
His body crashed heavily to the ground. The final thought in his mind was—
How was this possible? Sharingan and Shikotsumyaku!
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