Traveling through Naruto with Heroes of Might and Magic.

[Reward: One troop upgrade boost!]

Qingwu paused for a moment, then asked Hongdou and Iruka, who had followed her in, "Did you sense anything unusual?"

Red Bean and Iruka looked at each other and shook their heads.

At that moment, the ANBU squad leader and Kakashi, who had been blocking them earlier, also came in.

The ANBU squad leader originally intended to take Anko and Iruka out with him.

Seeing that the group was merely observing their surroundings and Kakashi hadn't said anything, the ANBU squad leader temporarily held back from speaking.

"There's nothing there." Hongdou ran up the stairs, looked around for a moment, and then ran back down. "It's the same as before."

Qingwu closed his eyes to sense the energy and discovered that the natural energy here was not the same as in his territory, which made him even more puzzled.

"The strangest thing is that it's the same as before," the squad leader said. "There was a lot of commotion last night."

The group then went up the internal stairs to the top of the tower, but still found nothing. Hongdou lost interest.

"It's unlikely that everyone is mistaken, but is it possible that it's just a projection of something, and the actual situation isn't that the tower has undergone any changes?"

"..." The squad leader of the dark side was silent for a moment and then shook his head. "Someone else said the same thing last night. We don't know anything about it right now."

"Qingwu, what do you think?" Kakashi suddenly turned and asked.

"There's nothing there." Qingwu shook his head as well.

It's so strange; he can't explain it, so he can only lie.

"Then why did you suddenly run so fast?" Hongdou muttered.

She followed along, thinking something interesting had happened.

Qingwu glanced at her... Had she already forgotten the sadness of not having a teacher? What a carefree girl.

As Qingwu returned to the bottom of the tower, he kept thinking about what excuse he could use to stay.

It turns out that the tower has been "possessed" and has become his "magic tower".

Moreover, no one else noticed anything unusual.

But he needs to figure out what the two functions of the Magic Tower are.

"It's very quiet here."

Qingwu's words made everyone turn to look at him.

"I plan to stay here in seclusion and go directly to the exam venue the day after tomorrow."

Hongdou asked in surprise, "But it's very quiet at your place too."

Shut up, you little red bean.

Qingwu said with a headache, "I need to get away from the troubles for a while. I need to think carefully about what I've learned from fighting Orochimaru."

This reason is somewhat plausible.

"Orochimaru... Sensei..."

Mentioning Orochimaru instantly made Anko emo again.

"To go into seclusion here?" Kakashi stared at Qingwu for a while, then said, "Whatever you want."

After saying that, he left the tower first.

Iruka nodded to Qingwu, whispered words of comfort to Hongdou, and then went out.

Only the Dark Division Captain remained.

The squad leader hesitated for a moment, but finally said, "Our men are outside. Call us if you need anything."

"boom!"

The heavy doors closed, and the light inside the tower dimmed.

Qingwu breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that building the tower didn't consume any other resources besides natural energy, but it was somewhat inconvenient since it wasn't within his territory.

He can only come and go as he pleases if there is still no abnormality after a period of time and the secret police withdraw.

Open the panel.

Qingwu discovered that all four different types of magic he currently possessed could be upgraded.

Moreover, after testing, it was found that all other people need to do is stay inside the [Magic Tower].

The upgrade time for basic magic is 168 hours, which is equivalent to a week in the tower.

Most importantly, apart from the time required and the slowly consumed natural energy, there are no other resources consumed.

Next, Qingwu attempted to upgrade the troop types.

Now he has made another new discovery.

When the Treant Guardian was first summoned, it was already an upgraded unit: [Tree Spirit → Treant Guardian]

Furthermore, it was attacked by Orochimaru yesterday to the point that its status indicated it could not participate in battle, meaning it could not be summoned.

However, the system panel shows that the Deadwood Guardian can be upgraded.

"Then..."

Perhaps this is the opportunity for the Deadwood Guardian to recover?

Qingwu didn't hesitate any longer and directly selected the withered tree guardian.

【Ding! 】

[Tier 5 unit upgrade time: 35 days!]

Five whole weeks? Qingwu clicked her tongue in amazement. That's quite a long time.

However, he just tested it and found that there is no limit to the number of units that can be upgraded. In other words, if he has 100 Tier 5 units, the upgrade time will only be 5 weeks.

From this perspective, this feature is quite powerful.

【Sure】

Select the Deadwood Guardian to upgrade.

【Ding! 】

[First-time entry into the Magic Tower, reward: 1 troop upgrade boost - already used!]

[The Drywood Guardian soldier type is being upgraded...]

[Remaining time: 5 hour]

Five hours later... Qingwu breathed a sigh of relief; the results would be available today.

He couldn't help but feel hopeful.

If the Deadwood Guardians were unable to fight... he didn't even mention going to the battlefield to the Third Hokage.

No matter how many troops he has, the Deadwood Guardians are his greatest asset to date.

The upgrade of the Deadwood Guardian has been confirmed.

Qingwu then looked at his four magic skills...

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Chapter 54 Destruction and Reconstruction

The fire-based [Bloodlust Technique] is a newly acquired skill.

The effect is to provide a boost to the attack and attack speed of the selected unit.

Qingwu carefully examined the effects of each skill upgrade:

Air-based [Magic Arrow]: The upgraded effect is increased mana cost, greater power, and shorter cast time.

Water-based [Healing]: The upgraded effect is increased mana cost and stronger healing ability.

Earth-type [Slow Spell]: The upgraded effect is increased mana cost, stronger slow effect, and larger slow effect range.

Fire-type [Bloodlust Technique]: The upgraded effect is increased "mana cost" and enhanced buffs to troops.

After thinking for a while, Qingwu gave his "first time" to earth magic.

The value of the "Slow Technique" has already been proven in actual combat against Orochimaru.

In comparison, the single-target skill [Magic Arrow] cannot guarantee a hit rate when facing powerful ninjas.

Upgrade confirmed!

【Ding! 】

[First-time entry into the Magic Tower, reward: 1 Magic Upgrade Acceleration (already used!)]

[The Slowing Spell is being upgraded...]

[Remaining time: 1 hour]

After completing the operation, Qingwu sat cross-legged and fell into deep thought.

Skills and spells have an "upgrade preview".

For unit upgrades, in addition to the already upgraded Wood Guardian, other units also display an "upgrade preview".

For example, a centaur can be upgraded to: Centaur Leader.

The dwarf has been upgraded to: Battle Dwarf.

The Wood Elf is upgraded to: Great Elf.

Only the Deadwood Guardian did not show its upgraded status.

Furthermore, as we learned from the test just now, each unit can only be upgraded once at the Magic Tower.

His [Magic Tower] has a different function from the [Magic Guild] in the game.

This essentially means that the upgrade status of units of the same tier has been brought forward.

So far, he has not found a way to upgrade the barracks.

However, he guessed that it was most likely that the core of the territory, that is, the level of the [Tree of Life], was not high enough.