Are You Sure You Aren't the Wish-Granting System?

By the time Yang Sanjin woke up, he was already lying in a hospital bed.

Chen Qing had been taking meticulous care of him, and the other members of the City Guard Team had come to visit him one after another.

"What about that young brother?" Yang Sanjin looked around at his surroundings and asked Chen Qing.

Chen Qing smiled and scolded him, "There's a beautiful woman guarding you right beside you. You should be touched. And the moment you wake up, you start asking about some young brother."

Yang Sanjin smiled awkwardly. "Isn't it because I haven't had the chance to thank him for saving my life?"

Looking at his suspended right leg, he could tell the injury was no joke.

The original wound had been on his thigh, and he had accidentally torn it open during the battle.

The major artery had ruptured outright. If he hadn't been brought to the hospital in time,

he would have been dead for sure.

Chen Qing took an apple from the flower basket beside her and skillfully peeled it with a fruit knife.

"After the ambulance arrived, he left. He didn't even leave his name behind."

Yang Sanjin was somewhat surprised when he heard that.

That young brother seemed to be an upstanding young man who had bravely stepped in to help!

Suddenly, Yang Sanjin thought of something and said to Chen Qing, "Do you remember what techniques he used?!"

"I remember..." Chen Qing replied, though she looked somewhat strange.

Because it was only afterward, when they dissected the Shadow Cat,

that they discovered the thing restraining the Shadow Cat had actually been wood!

Even the thing that blocked the earlier attack and delivered the fatal blow had all been wood!

Moreover... the wood's hardness was astonishing, practically comparable to metal!

Seeing Chen Qing act so timidly, Yang Sanjin furrowed his brows. "I wonder what kind of talent he has. The techniques he used were so strange."

"Maybe they were Innate Abilities," Chen Qing said.

Yang Sanjin immediately rejected the idea. "Innate Abilities aren't something one can comprehend at every stage. People aren't all the same."

"I'm in the Awakened Sixth Realm, and even now I only have two Innate Abilities: Iron Wall and Enchantment."

"But that day, he first used defense, then restraint, and finally even a long spear. In other words, he has three Innate Abilities?!"

Chen Qing was confused by what Yang Sanjin said. "So what?"

Yang Sanjin took a deep breath. "If he's in the Seventh Realm, then killing a Shadow Cat should be very easy..."

"If he's in the Awakened Sixth Realm, then joining forces with me to suppress the Shadow Cat would also be easy."

Chen Qing was suddenly startled. "Could it be..."

"In other words, he might only be in the Fifth Awakening Realm! And he has three Innate Abilities! But... what if he's only in the Fourth Realm?!" Yang Sanjin analyzed, deliberately keeping calm.

"Is he a monster?!" Chen Qing was utterly shocked. She was in the Fifth Awakening Realm, yet she only had two Innate Abilities.

Looking at Chen Qing's expression, Yang Sanjin didn't voice his next guess.

He was afraid it would scare Chen Qing!

What if that young man had other Innate Abilities hidden away?

At present, the person among the Human Race with the most Innate Abilities had only six! Everything else consisted of self-created applications of techniques.

Innate Abilities, however, were skills that could follow one throughout their entire life. As one's realm rose, the Innate Abilities would also grow stronger.

"There's one more thing... Captain, that young man seems to have the Wood Element..."

Yang Sanjin: ???!!!

Meanwhile, Ye Chen on the other side had already begun his own journey of cultivation.

After all, time was life. Today's battle had seemed quite easy on the surface.

In reality, after using two ninjutsu, only half of the Spiritual Power in his body remained.

But the other two people were already nearing their limits. If they hadn't managed to kill it...

then Ye Chen would have had to face a Level Seven Mutant Beast alone!

With him only in the Third Awakening Realm, crossing four levels to fight a mutant beast? That was plainly courting death.

Wood Release was powerful, but without Spiritual Power, it was useless. (It's the same thing as spiritual energy, so don't nitpick. Close enough.)

It was like when the building master was possessed by A-Fei and even managed to use a miniature True Thousand Hands.

That was something Yamato wouldn't have dared dream of.

And Ye Chen's current situation was very similar to Yamato's: he possessed powerful talent, but lacked the Spiritual Power to support it.

"I want to draw a prize!" Ye Chen said softly.

The Wish-Granting System appeared, and that wheel materialized once again.

"Wait, can't you just give me two drawing pools directly so I can draw? Aren't you tired of all this rigmarole? I'm already tired just watching it..."

"...What an uninteresting man." The system's merciless jab came from nowhere.

Yet despite saying that, it really cooperated and transformed into two drawing pools.

One was Heavens, the other was Dimensions.

In fact, during this time, Ye Chen had constantly been thinking about whether the Heavens or the Dimensions would benefit him more in his current situation.

In terms of combat power, the Heavens were naturally stronger. But in terms of practicality, some of the bizarre items in the Dimensions were more useful.

"System, let's negotiate something. How about you draw me a Sage Body? The kind Silly Senju has is fine. I'm not asking for much."

System: "..."

"What? You agreed?! Thank you, System!"

"Have you no shame?!" the system roared! Its earlier aloof demeanor shattered on the spot.

"Fine, if you won't give it to me, then don't... Why are you so angry?" Ye Chen muttered as he pressed the Dimension drawing button.

"Hold on tight, a beginner Shikkotsu Forest Sage Body!"

The moment Ye Chen pressed the button, a small blue sphere leaped out in front of him. Ye Chen was overjoyed.

"I love you to death, my wonderful system~"

Ye Chen was inwardly ecstatic as well!

As expected, this system... damn it, it wasn't a drawing system at all!

It was probably more like this: whatever the system wanted to give you, it gave you. The drawing was merely a process to make you happy!

Are you sure you aren't the Wish-Granting System?

"...Can't you leave me a little dignity?!" the system said in a hollow voice.

Ye Chen smiled awkwardly. "Sorry, sorry. I forgot you could read minds..."

"Bro System, how about next time you just give me the reward directly? Drawing is too troublesome. Next time, just give me those Sharingan eyes—the ones belonging to Obito. I especially like that pair."

"Get lost!!!"

"Sure thing, bro. I'm rolling~"

Ye Chen said that with a smile, then lightly tapped the blue sphere with his little hand.

A colossal surge of energy poured directly into Ye Chen's body.

A blue bead condensed into existence and plunged straight into Ye Chen's forehead.

It gathered the earlier colossal surge of energy into the bead.

"Sage Chakra, also known as natural energy..." Ye Chen said as he experienced the energy.

But that raised a question: Spiritual Power was also extracted from nature, so what was the difference?

"None of your business! Why are you asking so much? If you can use it, use it. If you can't, give it back!" the system raged.

"No, no, I'll use it..."

Ye Chen didn't dare say another word.

The system was stewing in anger. This guy was simply too infuriating!

Should it erase him and find someone else?!

Ye Chen imitated Hashirama Senju and pressed his palms together.

Several lines appeared across his face.

A tremendous force surged upward, and his perception of the surrounding environment grew far sharper.

His strength increased, his Spiritual Power increased, and his perception increased. On top of that, ninjutsu enhanced with Sage Chakra would also grow stronger.

This was practically an all-around enhancement—and this was only the beginner version!

Then what about the Advanced Sage Body?!

Ye Chen was incomparably excited.