After eating a Spirit-Transforming Fruit, Yechen felt refreshed and invigorated. He turned his attention to his evolution points. With these 100 points, he could activate his Sharingan today.
"System, add one point to constitution."
Ding! Consumed 10 evolution points. Current constitution: 10.
Yechen shuddered, as though a fire had ignited inside him. Ten points of constitution marked a threshold. Crossing it brought his physical toughness to an entirely new level.
The warmth faded, immediately followed by an aching, tingling itch in his eyes.
Yechen couldn't help rubbing them.
"Ah!"
Then a stabbing pain shot through both eyes. He covered them, struggling to keep himself under control. When the pain reached its peak, he threw back his head and let out a long howl.
A bloody gleam flashed through his formerly black-and-white eyes, transforming them into a pair of scarlet one-tomoe Sharingan.
As the pain receded, Yechen took several deep, ragged breaths. Sweat slowly trickled down his cheeks, but the corners of his mouth began to rise.
The instant his Sharingan activated, everything around him became extraordinarily clear, as though the image quality before his eyes had been turned up to its highest setting.
The dust in the air, the grain of the trees outside glimpsed through the gaps in the window, the distant buildings-everything was perfectly clear.
"So this is the Sharingan's visual ability. If my eyesight used to be a five, it's now ten times better. No wonder ninja with the Sharingan are stronger than other ninja. With this vision alone, plenty of ninja wouldn't be able to escape these eyes."
He then lowered his head and examined himself. Though he couldn't see through the body's meridians and pressure points as the Byakugan could, he could still clearly make out the concentration of chakra and its general flow.
Right now, for instance, he could see something like a ball of fire at his lower abdomen, with some of its energy flowing toward the meridians around his eyes.
He could imagine what this meant for future battles. The moment he activated his eyes, he would be able to see all of this. Whatever his enemy did, whatever ninjutsu they used, he could anticipate it. The advantage spoke for itself.
It truly lived up to the Sharingan's reputation. This ability alone put it beyond what ordinary ninja could match.
Ding! Congratulations, host, on activating the Sharingan. Current stage: one-tomoe. Talent activated: Amaterasu.
"What...?" Yechen thought he had misheard. He hurriedly checked the talent section of his system panel. Sure enough, a new talent had appeared: Amaterasu (level 1).
"I activated a talent at just one tomoe? And it's this absurdly powerful black flame?"
Amaterasu: Undying black flames that burn all things in heaven and earth. Until the target is consumed, the black flames will not cease. (Note: Power depends on the amount of energy supplied by the caster. Can be upgraded.)
"This is ridiculous. Even a Chunin could be killed instantly if I caught him off guard. I just don't know how much energy it consumes."
Yechen had no intention of testing it right away. Instead, he turned his attention to strength.
His spirit and constitution had both reached ten points. Once he raised his strength to ten as well, all three attributes would meet the requirement for activating the Byakugan.
He couldn't help hoping that activating the Byakugan bloodline would unlock a talent too.
He acted on the thought immediately. His strength currently stood at four points.
"System, put all my evolution points into strength."
Ding! Consumed 90 evolution points. Host's current strength: 13.
Boom!
The muscles all over Yechen's body bulged as his strength kept increasing. Veins writhed beneath his skin like little snakes.
"Aah...!"
The sudden increase in strength exceeded what his constitution could withstand. Worse, he had added nine points all at once, equivalent to an additional 225 kilograms of force.
The process was agonizing, and Yechen had to adapt to it little by little.
Half an hour passed. With a roar, the bulging muscles on Yechen's body slowly returned to normal. However, he had grown five centimeters taller, and his build had become considerably sturdier.
"Aah...!"
Another roar rang out!
A one-tomoe Sharingan appeared in Yechen's left eye, while his right alternated between black and white. Finally, the entire right eyeball turned white, with a brilliant silver gleam shining at the central focal point.
At that moment, Yechen's Byakugan finished activating.
Wherever his right eye swept, the world changed. He could actually see through obstacles and survey the distance.
Yechen made a rough estimate. He could see objects about a kilometer away. If he concentrated his mental energy and focused on a single direction, he could see roughly three kilometers away.
Moreover, the Byakugan's penetrating vision covered a full 360 degrees with no blind spots, giving him an unobstructed view within a kilometer. This ability alone made the Byakugan outrageously powerful.
The pain he had just endured had been worth it!
Ding! Congratulations, host, on activating the Byakugan. Current stage: first-stage Byakugan. Talent activated: Space Compression. Space Compression: All matter within a one-meter radius can be subjected to spatial compression, doubling its power. (Note: This talent can be upgraded.)
"I really did activate another talent, and it's related to space."
From the name alone, Yechen knew this talent had to be powerful. Doubling its power might not seem like much compared with those ninjutsu, but what would happen once the two were combined?
Both Amaterasu and Space Compression were only level 1. How powerful would they become if he raised them a few more levels?
Another question occurred to Yechen. Could talents be leveled up through proficiency, just like skills?
Ding! Please note, host: talents can only be upgraded using evolution points. Advancing from level 1 to level 2 requires only 1,000 evolution points. The cost increases fivefold with each level.
Yechen froze. It seemed he couldn't grind his way through talent upgrades; he could only spend evolution points. The first upgrade cost 1,000 evolution points, the second 5,000, and the third 25,000...
If it keeps increasing like this, how outrageous will the later costs get? Where am I supposed to find that many evolution points?