Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

The moment Kirito ended Kakuzu's life, he immediately heard the long-lost voice from the system again.

"Two more enhancement points. Where should I allocate them this time?"

Upon hearing the system's voice, Kirito immediately and quietly brought up the attribute panel. Looking at the various options for adding points and strengthening, he was momentarily overwhelmed by the indecisiveness.

Chapter 151: The Amazing Boost from Adding More Points

Enhancement points are hard to come by, but there are many options for allocating them.

Kirito, confined to the underground laboratory of the orphanage, had no choice but to calm down and think things through to make the right decision.

If we're talking about the most valuable option, then Sage Mode is undoubtedly the best choice. Upgrading this skill will definitely boost your combat power quickly.

However, Sage Mode is undoubtedly a very advanced skill. He noticed that the familiar "+" sign did not appear after Sage Mode this time, indicating that more enhancement points are needed to upgrade this advanced skill further.

The Water Release level also lacks a "+" sign, which undoubtedly indicates that the value of a level 5 Water Release is no less than that of a level 3 Sage Mode. It is estimated that the Water Release level will see a significant improvement after reaching level 5. As for the extent to which it will reach, Kirito cannot judge. Perhaps it will be able to ignore the requirement of a waterless environment, allowing Water Release ninjas to use the moisture in the air to release Water Release ninjutsu.

In fact, there is no truly waterless environment in nature, because there are a large number of water molecules in the air, but water-style ninjas have difficulty utilizing them. The same applies to groundwater.

"Will a level 5 Water Release technique evolve into a Sea Release technique, like the Second Hokage's, which can unleash incredibly powerful Water Release ninjutsu regardless of whether there is water or not?"

Kirito looked at the Level 4 Water Release option and pondered thoughtfully.

Currently, he possesses seven chakra natures, with Water Release being the highest level, followed by Yin Release, Yang Release, and Lightning Release at level three, then Earth Release at level two, and finally Wind Release and Fire Release at level one.

He hadn't mastered Yang Release chakra nature for long, but thanks to his unique talent for understanding Yang Release chakra nature through White Zetsu clones and his frequent use of medical ninjutsu to treat patients, his level quickly caught up.

Because of his special Magnet Release technique, he often used Magnet Release to fight against Chizuru and Nawaki. In addition, he was naturally compatible with Lightning Release and had a deep understanding of it.

The Earth Release level 2 was indirectly improved through the White Zetsu clone's understanding of Wood Release.

Wood Release is a bloodline limit formed by Water Release, Earth Release, and a special Yang Release. The deeper the White Zetsu clone's understanding of Wood Release, the deeper its own understanding of Water Release, Earth Release, and Yang Release will be.

As for the remaining Wind Release and Fire Release techniques, Kirito's understanding of them was not deep. Coupled with his mediocre talent and insufficient time allocated for training, he remained at level one.

"Lightning Release and Water Release. If my Lightning Release can be upgraded to level 4, is it possible to fuse these two chakras to form Storm Release?"

Kirito looked at the "+" sign that appeared after the Level 3 Lightning Release option and felt a little tempted.

It's relatively easy to upgrade the nature change level from 1 to 2. As for upgrading from 2 to 3, with a little talent and some effort, it's also possible to improve.

However, the difficulty increases dramatically from level 3 to level 4, requiring a high level of talent. Without any special opportunities, it would probably take a very long time to progress through sheer hard work.

Kirito now feels that his understanding and training of Lightning Release chakra has entered a slow phase. Although he has been making progress, it is very slow, and there are occasional periods of stagnation.

This is vastly different from the unhindered experience he had when his White Zetsu clone was cultivating Water Release chakra in the Land of Rain.

Unsurprisingly, he used his soul clone to control that White Zetsu clone, and he himself had a very high talent for cultivating Water Release. Perhaps the same was true for Earth Release and Yang Release.

All I can say is that the divine tree cells and Hashirama cells really gave the White Zetsu clones an amazing talent boost.

Clearly, if a ninja doesn't possess an exceptionally high talent for a particular chakra nature, level 4 might be the pinnacle.

"Bloodline limit, this is the magic weapon that allows ordinary ninjas to overtake alien bloodline descendants."

Kirito sighed.

Although I hate to admit it, the Naruto world is indeed a world that values ​​bloodlines. Ninjas with alien bloodlines are generally stronger than ordinary ninjas, and a larger proportion of them are geniuses.

A prime example is the Uchiha clan. Once they awaken their Sharingan, their strength increases rapidly, quickly surpassing most of their peers. If they can evolve to the three-tomoe level, they can easily reach the Jonin level, effortlessly achieving a level that ordinary ninjas would have to struggle for many years to reach.

Therefore, Konoha ninjas generally harbored envy towards the Uchiha clan's exceptional talent.

The best way for an ordinary ninja to defeat a ninja with alien blood is to also possess a special bloodline, that is, to form their own bloodline limit and fundamentally improve their genes.

Once an ordinary ninja successfully forms their own bloodline limit, the most obvious change is that their chakra reserves will increase dramatically in a short period of time, just like the Sharingan undergoes an evolution.

In the ninja world, the amount of chakra a ninja possesses undoubtedly has a significant impact on their combat effectiveness.

Just like the White Zetsu clones, after Kirito successfully formed the Wood Release bloodline limit on the White Zetsu clones, his chakra level has been increasing at an extremely fast rate. Currently, his chakra level is far from reaching the level of a tailed beast, but it has already far surpassed the chakra level of a Jonin.

However, the conditions for forming a bloodline limit are quite demanding. One must have an extremely high level of understanding and cultivation of both chakra natures.

Kirito estimates that raising the level of both chakra natures to level 4 is the key to forming a bloodline limit.

"Would you like to give it a try?"

Kirito hesitated, a hint of attraction gradually forming in his heart.

Compared to other ninjas of the same age who are not of alien blood, his chakra reserves are actually at a very high level. It's just that because he is still young, his chakra reserves have not yet entered a stage of rapid growth.

Based on the characteristic that a ninja's chakra level increases rapidly once they reach adulthood.

Once he enters adolescence, his chakra reserves are estimated to easily surpass the Jonin level.

The immortal-like physique is not just a name; it's just that it's similar to a late-game hero, where the longer the time goes on, the more its strength will gradually increase.

This is the same principle as the three extraordinary immortals in the three holy lands.

Judging from those three great immortals, his growth period as a human immortal will be extremely long.

An ordinary ninja might enter a period of decline around the age of fifty, while he might only be entering a phase of rapid growth, far from the decline stage.

Unfortunately, time waits for no one, and he will soon be going to the battlefield. He can't wait that long. If he can develop Storm Release as soon as possible, his chakra reserves will definitely increase significantly in a short period of time, solving the problem of insufficient chakra in his main body.

Furthermore, Storm Release can be used to develop many light-related ninjutsu, possessing super attack speed and destructive power, but it consumes a lot of chakra.

Even a powerful Storm Release ninjutsu user like Darui, who possesses the bloodline limit of Kage-level, would almost run out of chakra after using only a few powerful Storm Release ninjutsu.

However, the laser ninjutsu formed by Storm Release, and the Storm Release ninjutsu that can potentially be developed to move at the speed of light, are quite tempting.

Thus, Kirito's heart gradually tipped in favor of choosing to enhance his Lightning Release level.

But at the crucial moment, Kirito suddenly remembered the key to why his Water Release level had increased so quickly.

“Talent, that’s right. As long as I have enough talent, even without enhancement points, I can quickly raise my Lightning Release level to level four.”

Kirito thought to himself, his eyes gradually brightening as he came up with a very good idea.

He was able to raise his Water Release to level 4 in a short time thanks to the Water Release talent of his White Zetsu clone. So all he needs to do is find a body with top-notch talent in Lightning Release to comprehend and cultivate Lightning Release, and then let his soul clone or his main soul occupy that body to comprehend and cultivate Lightning Release.

Kirito thought about it more and more and felt that this method was very feasible. In the future, he might be able to use it to quickly raise the level of other chakra natures.

When it comes to ninjas with exceptional talent for mastering Lightning Release, Kirito immediately thinks of the Raikage of Kumogakure.

The successive Raikage of Kumogakure were all powerful users of Lightning Release ninjutsu, and they even developed Lightning Release Chakra Mode, a powerful ninjutsu that combines attack, defense, and speed.

However, Lightning Release Chakra Mode is undoubtedly a ninjutsu with extremely high training difficulty, requiring a very high level of mastery of Lightning Release.

After all, Lightning Release is the most difficult of the five basic chakra natures to control. One careless move could easily injure oneself, let alone form a powerful ninjutsu like Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

Currently, in Kumogakure, the person with the highest talent in Lightning Release training is undoubtedly the Third Raikage, followed by his son, the Fourth Raikage. Both of them are people who have successfully mastered Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

"It's always been the Hidden Cloud Village that steals the ninjutsu and bloodlines of other ninja villages. This time, let me steal the Hidden Cloud Village's excellent Lightning Release bloodline."

Kirito smiled slightly.

He certainly didn't intend to kill the current Third Raikage; he simply wanted to take some of his blood or hair to create a clone of the Third Raikage.

He has successfully mastered the cloning technology that uses cells to clone a human body, and the technology is already quite mature.

This is the technology he acquired after burning through a lot of money over the years.

Unfortunately, his desired bloodline fusion technology failed, and he unexpectedly developed cloning technology first.

To say that his bloodline fusion technology was unsuccessful wouldn't be entirely accurate, because he had successfully fused the bloodline of the Uzumaki clan with his own and created a clone of himself with the bloodline of the Uzumaki clan.

However, the bloodlines in these clones are extremely unstable, making them prone to genetic breakdown and resulting in very short lifespans.

Therefore, his bloodline fusion technology is still not successful; he has only just touched the threshold of success. To go further, he needs more time for research and to burn more money.

However, he can now easily clone a complete human body using only cells, and the cloned human genes are very stable, with a good lifespan.

"Let's do it this way. Oh, and let's also find another White Zetsu clone to train on the Earth Grudge Fear technique. This technique allows us to obtain chakra nature by stealing other people's hearts. Maybe we can directly steal the talent to train chakra nature by stealing hearts."

Kirito quickly decided to use his precious enhancement points elsewhere.

He had already obtained the Earth Grudge Secret Technique from Kakuzu, but he hadn't practiced it yet.

Because this secret technique has serious side effects, once trained, the body begins to transform into a non-human entity, with most of the flesh and blood turning into Earth Grudge Tentacles, leaving only a layer of skin, head, and heart.

According to Kakuzu's memories, the Earth Grudge Fear technique can steal new chakra natures from others, but it cannot steal bloodline limits.

Even if one could seize the heart of a ninja with a bloodline limit, one would not be able to obtain bloodline limits such as Ice Release, Storm Release, or Magnet Release.

Because bloodline limits such as Ice Release, Storm Release, and Magnet Release directly affect the genes of the human body and belong to bloodline power, Kakuzu could not master this power simply by using the Earth Grudge Fear technique to seize the heart of a bloodline limit ninja without having the corresponding bloodline limit himself.

However, it is possible to steal someone else's talent for cultivating a certain type of chakra.

Because after Kakuzu took the hearts of other ninjas, he learned other ninjutsu much faster than he had before he learned Earth Grudge Fear.

Kakuzu was originally proficient in Earth Release ninjutsu and also mastered Fire Release chakra nature. However, he lacked talent in Fire Release due to his limited Earth Release abilities, making it very difficult for him to cultivate Fire Release ninjutsu.

However, after he learned the Earth Grudge Fear technique and stole the Fire Release Heart from other Fire Release ninjas, his learning speed of Fire Release ninjutsu increased significantly.

"According to Kakuzu's memories, Earth Grudge Fear should have the ability to steal the talent of cultivating chakra nature. It's a pity that Kakuzu became obsessed with chasing money after obtaining this powerful secret technique and no longer focused on improving his own strength. Otherwise, he would have had enough power to cultivate and might have been able to develop a new bloodline limit."

Kirito recalled Kakuzu's memories and said with a sigh.

However, after he gained Kakuzu's memories, he also understood why Kakuzu had become like this.

Before his betrayal, Kakuzu was wholeheartedly loyal to Takigakure and worked hard to become stronger, believing he could dedicate everything to the village.

Kakuzu is such a pure person; otherwise, when he received such an absurd mission as assassinating the God of Shinobi, he wouldn't have immediately questioned the village and refused, but instead risked his life to assassinate Hashirama Senju.

Although the assassination failed, it was understandable, and it was already quite good that he was able to escape from the hands of the God of Ninjas.

As a result, the village leaders used this as a pretext to execute him, and no one pleaded for his life.

Since then, Kakuzu has become disheartened and lost his reason to become stronger. He has devoted himself to the pursuit of money in order to fill the emptiness in his heart and numb himself.

"So where should I use my enhancement points? I can't add any more points to enhance Sage Mode and Water Release for the time being, and I've also found other ways to quickly increase Lightning Release level. The same goes for Spirit Transformation Technique. What other option is there that can quickly improve my strength?"

Kirito continued to stare at the numerous options marked with "+" on the attribute panel, lost in thought.

Because of obtaining the Blood Dragon Eye, the attribute panel displays three skills: Blood Manipulation, Human Bomb, and Blood Dragon Eye Illusion. These three skills are now at level 2, which is the enhancement effect brought about by the nourishment of the Blood Dragon Eye by the power of Wood Release and Sage Mode during this period.

Clearly, there's no need to use enhancement points to strengthen Blood Dragon Eye's three skills; it's sufficient to continue nourishing and strengthening them with the power of Wood Release and Sage Mode.

A moment later, Kirito turned his attention to the Puppet Technique skill.

This skill was acquired after he read the memories of Akasa and Sasara. With his amazing mental calculation ability, he has successfully digested the large amount of experience the two had in controlling puppets, raising his puppetry level to level 3.

"Puppet Technique, Chiyo's puppet technique should be at level five, or even higher. Her powerful puppet technique allows her to control ten puppets to fight at the same time, which is indeed very strong. She can also make three puppets use ninjutsu to attack at the same time. In terms of combat power, she is much stronger than Kakuzu. I estimate that her innate sage attribute is no less than three."

Upon seeing the puppet technique, Kirito immediately thought of Chiyo, a powerful Kage-level fighter who relied on puppet techniques in battle, and pondered to himself.