The Uchiha sparring grounds!

At Uchiha Hui's loud shout, a stir ran through the sparse crowd around him.

Uchiha Hui did not have to wait long.

Soon.

Someone stepped forward of his own accord and accepted his sparring challenge.

Perhaps it was for the money, or perhaps his opponent hoped to gain attention by defeating Uchiha Hui, who had been in the spotlight these past two days.

Either way.

The fight soon began.

With his strength having increased again, Uchiha Hui no longer imposed strict requirements on his opponents. As long as they were still within the Chunin range, he did not turn them down. Whether they were on good terms did not seem all that important anymore.

Perhaps that was the confidence that came with growing stronger!

Soon.

The first fight ended.

The result did not surprise many people.

Uchiha Hui won with ease. Although he did not defeat his opponent instantly as he had yesterday, he maintained the advantage throughout the fight and finally held a kunai near his opponent's neck.

This was part of Uchiha Hui's strategy.

On the first day, he had wanted to attract more attention, so he had tried to make his fights as eye-catching as possible.

But on the second day.

He no longer needed that approach to make people remember him.

Clearly.

His performance had already led many Uchiha Chunin to regard him as a rival, so they readily accepted his invitations to spar. Besides, there was a fifty-thousand-ryo prize up for grabs.

Uchiha Hui quickly collected the rewards that dropped from his opponent.

Then he began choosing his second opponent.

Amid that enthusiastic atmosphere.

The second challenger soon appeared.

Then.

Another seemingly effortless fight followed.

At least for Uchiha Hui, he won without even unleashing his full strength.

However.

He understood that draining the pond to catch every last fish was a bad idea.

So.

During the fight, he deliberately exposed several mistakes for his opponent and the spectators to see, before finally winning again by a "slim" margin.

The second, the third, the fourth...

Having rested well the previous day, Uchiha Hui was full of energy today. In just two or three hours, he defeated six Uchiha Chunin in succession.

By this point.

Many ninja who had considered challenging him began weighing their own abilities rather than blindly jumping in at the sight of fifty thousand ryo.

"No one else?!"

After confirming once again that no one present wanted to challenge him, Uchiha Hui let some fatigue show on his face and prepared to leave.

He lingered a little longer.

Then Uchiha Hui turned and left.

Discussion rose and fell across the training grounds. The Uchiha Clan held the strong in great respect, especially when that strong individual was one of their own, someone they had personally watched grow stronger step by step.

For the moment.

At least among the Chunin here, Uchiha Hui's strength had earned complete recognition. Even some ninja who had previously disdained him had yielded to his iron fists.

Uchiha Hui returned home with a rich haul.

His house was small, but after he had tidied it up, it felt quite cozy. The only drawback was that living alone could be a little lonely, with no one to talk to.

Fortunately, Uchiha Hui was good at managing his own mood.

He sat cross-legged on a cushion and quietly rested for nearly half an hour.

Uchiha Hui briefly replayed the earlier fights in his mind, and a confident expression soon appeared on his face.

Next came "opening time."

He had defeated six people.

They had dropped nine rewards in total.

It was not because someone had dropped multiple rewards at once like Uchiha Ryuka.

Rather, some had sparred with him more than once.

Apparently unwilling to accept their first loss, they had fought him a second time.

Uchiha Hui remembered one of them.

Uchiha Tiger.

The companion of Uchiha Temple from yesterday.

He was actually a taijutsu ninja too. No wonder Uchiha Hui had found it strange yesterday that he looked a size larger than an ordinary Uchiha. It turned out he had taken a different path.

Moreover, this ninja named Uchiha Tiger had a strong will and challenged him twice in a row.

Although he lost both times.

He did not seem particularly downcast. Instead, he was brimming with enthusiasm.

Rubbing his hands together.

Uchiha Hui smiled and put everything else out of his mind, focusing on the many rewards lying in the system's storage space.

Let's open one first and test the waters!

He took out an orb of light and looked inside, immediately feeling a surge of delight.

Trace Pupil Power x1

This was exactly what he needed.

For the Uchiha Clan, the Sharingan was their foundation. Whether it later evolved into the Mangekyo or an even higher-level eye, Pupil Power always came first.

Of course.

With his understanding of the Sharingan, Uchiha Hui also knew.

Pupil Power was closely connected to Yin Release. In a sense, they could be considered the same thing, so acquiring Pupil Power might also be a way of absorbing "Yin Release."

"Merge!"

His very first reward was Pupil Power.

Uchiha Hui was delighted, so he promptly chose to merge it without the slightest hesitation.

Pain?

Who cares!

If growing stronger came without any price, that would be rather unsettling.

The familiar pain began sweeping from his brain through his entire body.

This time, Uchiha Hui clenched his teeth and did not make a sound. A little sweat appeared on his forehead, but he looked far better than he had the previous few times.

More than half an hour later.

Uchiha Hui felt his Pupil Power increase, and the world seemed to become clearer.

Correspondingly.

The Sharingan on his panel rose another 5%, reaching 25%.

A quarter.

A little low.

But this rate of improvement still isn't slow.

Sure, it can't compare to jumping straight from Two-Tomoe to Mangekyo.

But compared to ordinary Uchiha ninja, at least it's already growth by leaps and bounds!

He got up, ate something, and drank some water.

Uchiha Hui returned to his previous spot. This time, he took out three orbs of light at once. Instantly, their radiance, visible only to him, seemed to fill the entire room.

[Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique (experience card)]

[Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique (experience card)]

[Trace Pupil Power x1]

The same familiar formula.

Perhaps it was because Uchiha ninja were so traditional. They either practiced only the Fire Release so representative of the Uchiha Clan, or specialized in the Sharingan, using other Ninjutsu as support.

So.

Uchiha Hui had also noticed that the rewards he could obtain lacked variety.

But was that a problem?

At least, Uchiha Hui did not think so.

In fact, he thought it was a good thing for him!

The reason was simple.

With the same types of experience cards and Pupil Power dropping consistently.

He could rely entirely on them to improve his strength in targeted areas.

Perhaps before long, he could raise Ninjutsu like the Great Fireball Technique to mastery or even higher, and build his Sharingan up to Three-Tomoe or even Mangekyo.

"Use!"

Uchiha Hui immediately used the experience cards for both Ninjutsu.

Thus, the Great Fireball Technique, which had already reached 95% proficiency, quickly underwent a qualitative improvement with the experience card's boost, reaching "Mastery 3%." It became the second Ninjutsu he currently possessed at the mastery level.

The first he had mastered was the Body Flicker Technique.

And the mastery-level Body Flicker Technique had given Uchiha Hui plenty of benefits in combat.

He had a clear speed advantage against most Chunin.

Who would not be happy about that?

As for the Dragon Fire Technique, it also improved tremendously under the experience card, instantly soaring from its initial "Beginner 80%" to "Proficient 9%."