Thud!
A dull impact rang out.
Agonizing pain swept through Lin Chen's chest. His entire body curled sharply inward, and a strong, bloody sweetness surged up his throat.
The blazing sun overhead dazzled his eyes, hot winds billowed, and his ears filled with piercing laughter and mockery.
A flood of unfamiliar memories poured madly into his mind, forcibly taking root and merging.
Lin Chen's eyes snapped open. After a brief moment of confusion, only an adult's utmost composure remained in his gaze.
He had transmigrated.
This was a vast crossover world blending Naruto, One Piece, and Jujutsu Kaisen.
The original owner shared his name and was a bottom-tier underachiever at the Konoha Ninja Academy.
With no background, no talent, and so little chakra it was practically negligible, he was a dead-last failure whom everyone at school could bully at will.
Right now, he was in the middle of the Ninja Academy's Preliminary Assessment graduation combat.
Just moments ago, the original owner had been severely injured by a single punch from his talented classmate, Morino Kenta, immediately disqualifying him.
According to the original plot, after being eliminated today, the original owner would die in a small-scale upheaval in the Shinobi World half a month later, quietly becoming cannon fodder.
It was a straight-up death trap from the start.
Lin Chen's heart sank into icy stillness.
He had died suddenly after staying up all night and gained another life. He absolutely could not die the moment he transmigrated!
"Trash is trash. One punch, and you're lying on the ground playing dead?"
An overbearing voice rang out from above him, dripping with mockery.
Lin Chen struggled to lift his head.
Dressed in a Konoha uniform, Morino Kenta stood before him, his posture straight, his expression defiant, and his face full of contemptuous arrogance.
He was a somewhat well-known genius in their class, with abundant chakra and solid fundamentals. His favorite pastime was bullying easy targets like the original owner.
Now he planted one foot on the ground beside Lin Chen, his shadow completely engulfing Lin Chen's battered figure with an oppressive presence.
Morino Kenta bent down and fixed his eyes on Lin Chen, his gaze utterly scornful.
"Lin Chen, I really don't get it. What gives trash like you the right to take up a place at the Ninja Academy?"
"You barely have any chakra, you know nothing about ninjutsu, and your Taijutsu is ridiculously bad."
"Today, I'll show everyone just how useless you really are!"
His voice carried across the entire training ground.
Laughter instantly erupted all around them.
"Hahaha! Morino's right. This guy's pure trash!"
"He gets thrashed in every spar. He should've been kicked out ages ago."
"I bet he forfeits today. He doesn't even have the guts to stand up!"
Mocking gazes stabbed into Lin Chen. No one sympathized, and no one intervened.
The rules of this world were blunt and cruel-the strong preyed on the weak, and the weak deserved no respect.
Lin Chen swept an indifferent gaze over the crowd, utterly unmoved.
He soon noticed two particularly conspicuous figures at the back.
Naruto Uzumaki, blond-haired and blue-eyed, with whisker markings and a thoroughly bored expression.
Sasuke Uchiha, dark-haired and aloof, with a proud face and cold, indifferent eyes.
These were this world's two Heaven’s Chosen Protagonists.
In their eyes, this humiliating farce directed at him was nothing more than ants fighting, not worth mentioning.
That was only natural.
Why would prodigies blessed with the Heavenly Dao's fortune spare a second glance for bottom-tier cannon fodder like him?
Morino Kenta relished the thrill of crushing the weak while everyone watched.
He slowly raised his right hand, a pale blue chakra glow lighting up his palm.
Fine threads of chakra flowed across his palm, and his presence instantly surged.
"Since you won't admit defeat yourself, I'll cripple you with my own hands!"
"I'll make you understand once and for all what a useless piece of trash you are!"
Morino Kenta's eyes turned vicious. His arm gathered all his strength, and a lethal punch hurtled straight toward Lin Chen's chest.
The punch carried tremendous force. If it landed, not only would his assessment be over, but he would most likely be severely injured and bedridden, his path as a ninja cut off completely.
An utterly hopeless situation!
At that instant between life and death!
[Ding! Host detected in a life-threatening crisis. Binding conditions met!] [Activating heaven-defying plunder cheat system...] [Activation successful! Congratulations to the host on binding the Unique Heaven-Defying Plunder System of the Heavens!]
A cold, mechanical notification abruptly rang out in his mind.
Lin Chen's pupils contracted sharply, and a towering wave surged through his heart!
A system! A transmigrator's ultimate cheat had finally arrived!
[This system specializes in heaven-defying plunder, overturning fate and breaking every shackle of the plot!] [Plunderable targets: physical stamina, chakra, talent, bloodlines, secret techniques, fortune, and opportunities!] [Plundering heaven-chosen plot characters triggers a tenfold critical bonus!] [Exclusive beginner privilege: guaranteed critical on the first plunder, with no side effects!]
After reading the system's introduction, Lin Chen understood at once.
No grueling training, no lying low to grow stronger, no years spent working his way up!
Just take it!
The talents of geniuses, the power of the strong, the fortune of protagonists-he could take it all!
All his earlier frustration and despair vanished.
All that remained was absolute composure and the confidence to crush everything.
Lying on the ground, Lin Chen lightly tapped the web between his thumb and forefinger.
It was his signature little gesture when gathering his strength.
Outwardly, he still looked utterly battered, as though he might pass out at any moment.
But an icy sharpness had already ignited in his eyes.
Morino Kenta, the more arrogant you were just now, the more pathetic you'll look in a moment.
By now, Morino Kenta had finished gathering his strength.
Pale blue chakra wrapped his entire arm, the wind whistling around it, its destructive force at its peak.
"Die, you piece of trash!"
Morino Kenta grinned savagely, his heavy fist whistling through the air as it smashed toward Lin Chen's chest!
The watching students all stood with folded arms, enjoying the show, their eyes full of ridicule and mockery.
In their eyes, Lin Chen would undoubtedly be sent flying in front of everyone the next second, becoming the laughingstock of the entire field.
Just as the fist was about to touch his clothes!
[Ding! Plunderable target detected: Morino Kenta!] [Target locked. Initiating beginner guaranteed-critical plunder!] [Plundering: basic chakra, beginner Taijutsu talent, and physical explosive power!]
An invisible plundering force instantly enveloped Morino Kenta's entire body.
The next second, the aggressive Morino Kenta abruptly froze in place!
The chakra surging through his body dried up and dissipated in an instant, like a lake drained completely dry.
His strength vanished into thin air. His limbs went weak, and he could no longer even stand steadily.
The savage grin froze on his face, replaced by utter terror and bewilderment.
"Wh-what's happening? Where's my chakra? Where did my strength go?!"
He bellowed in panic, his charged punch stopping limply in midair, rendered completely useless.
Every laugh and murmur on the field cut off abruptly.
Deathly silence.
Everyone stared wide-eyed and dumbfounded, unable to understand this sudden, bizarre turn of events.
Now!
A cold gleam flashed in Lin Chen's eyes.
Vast amounts of pure chakra and physical stamina instantly flooded every part of his body.
The injury to his chest healed instantly, and his strength multiplied several times over!
An intense rush of pleasure swept through his body, and his long-suppressed frustration was released completely.
He braced one hand against the ground and sprang up, his movements crisp and decisive, without the slightest hesitation.
In a flash, he closed in on Morino Kenta, who remained frozen in place.
He clenched his right fist, gathered all his strength, and slammed it into the other boy's chest!
Bam!!!
A thunderous, dull impact erupted across the field!
"Aaargh!"
Morino Kenta let out a piercing scream.
His entire body flew backward like a sack torn loose from its rope, hurled a full three meters away!
Blood gushed from his mouth, staining the Konoha uniform across his chest red.
The instant he landed, his legs buckled, and he collapsed heavily to the ground, twitching all over.
He struggled twice but could not get up at all, completely incapable of fighting.
One move! Just one move!
The genius who had been swaggering around and bullying him moments earlier had been instantly defeated by the dead-last failure!
The entire training ground fell utterly silent.
Every student froze in place, mouths agape, staring fixedly at the boy in the field.
Their faces were blank with disbelief.
That useless Lin Chen, who was bullied every day and never fought back, had beaten Morino Kenta with one punch?
It completely overturned everything they knew!
Lin Chen stood quietly in the center of the training ground.
His clothes were still disheveled, but his back was straight, and his presence had transformed completely.
His former meekness and cowardice had vanished without a trace.
His cold, indifferent eyes slowly swept across the field.
His gaze was calm and unruffled, yet carried a pressure that made others afraid to meet it.
At that moment, everyone's deeply rooted prejudices collapsed completely.
He had torn apart the predetermined plot of Konoha's lowest ranks with his own hands!
[Ding! Overturned the underdog plot and achieved a heaven-defying counterkill!] [Hidden plot critical triggered!] [High concentrations of Heavenly Fate detected nearby: Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha!] [Additionally plundering a trace amount of initial Heavenly Fate! Critical bonus doubled!]
The system's notifications rang out again.
Lin Chen's heart stirred, a flicker of surprise passing through his eyes.
Defeating an ordinary genius had actually triggered a hidden critical?
And he had even skimmed off some of Naruto's and Sasuke's initial Heavenly Fate in the process!
Sure enough, the opportunities and fortune of Heaven’s Chosen Protagonists were the finest nourishment!
The instant the plundering of fortune ended!
The air over the training ground abruptly grew still.
The sweltering evening wind died down instantly, and the blazing sun's heat inexplicably turned bone-chillingly cold.
A strange, oppressive weight enveloped the entire world.
Deep in the void, countless cold, gray-white afterimages of eyes faintly appeared.
Deathly still and indifferent, they silently looked down upon the land.
An intensely icy sensation of being watched instantly enveloped Lin Chen's entire body.
[Ding! Major warning!] [The Will of the World of the heavens has awakened!] [The host has stolen Heavenly Fate and overturned the predetermined plot!] [The host has been locked onto by the Heavenly Dao of the Myriad Heavens. Classification: heretical plot anomaly!]
The system's grave warnings resounded in his mind.
Lin Chen raised his head toward the clear blue sky, understanding dawning instantly in his eyes.
This world truly had a Heavenly Dao's will.
No one else was permitted to touch the fortune of its heaven-chosen protagonists.
No one was permitted to alter the predetermined plot.
Yet he had touched it-and changed it.
From this moment on, he was no longer a nameless piece of cannon fodder to be slaughtered at will.
He was the greatest anomaly in the entire world of the heavens!
A breeze brushed past, tousling the boy's bangs.
The corners of Lin Chen's mouth lifted into a faint, cold curve.
So what if it was the Will of the World? So what if there were Heavenly Fate Shackles?
From today onward, I alone would decide my fate!
If the Heavenly Dao sought to bind my destiny, then I would-shatter the shackles and defy the heavens!
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