Just as Link had guessed, Douglas Bullet's XP counted in the "top-tier powerhouse" bracket.
Even if he didn't, his XP would still be at least 3.5%—more than enough to push Link's stored XP past 10%.
As it turned out, Douglas Bullet outperformed Link's expectations; even without Conqueror's Haki infusion, he was a top-tier monster, and the XP exceeded 4%.
So the instant the system chime rang out, Link impatiently pulled up the virtual panel and pushed the Senju Hashirama template to 100% unlock.
The moment the value spiked to 100%, Link received the final ten feedback waves.
With the mushroom cloud still hanging, Link sat cross-legged atop the Wood Man Arhat's head, fusing the system's "direct enlightenment"—his bodily energy and mental energy merging into chakra.
At the same time, he digested the final feedback from Hashirama's inheritance.
And just as he'd said, the last feedback was indeed… the Extreme Yang power!
Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, the Sage of Six Paths, a Six Paths-level being—whether or not he was the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki—was a god among men.
His two sons were super-Kage-class beings, standing between god and man.
The elder inherited the Sage's "Sage Eyes," the younger the Sage's "Sage Body."
One represented Extreme Yin, the other Extreme Yang.
When Extreme Yin and Extreme Yang fuse, they evolve into the Rinnegan, stepping into the "god among men" tier, with creation power to be a god of genesis and destruction power to be a god of ruin.
The Extreme Yang power—the inexhaustible source of life—meant Link's Sage Body reached completion.
Seal-less healing would reach the extreme; so long as his head wasn't cut off, even a heart issue wouldn't kill him.
Wood Release would power up massively; not only would casting Wood Release become effortless, its toughness would grow nigh unbreakable.
If at 90% unlock Link's strength was the apex of super-Kage, and with Haki added could be scored at 99—
then now, even without Haki, his score was—100.
Because at this moment, his realm reached the world's ceiling—the extreme of super-Kage!
In one phrase, this realm was… closest to a god!
When Link finished absorbing the last feedback and was about to check whether that remaining 0.7% XP could be reassigned,
a barrage of system prompts suddenly thundered in his mind.
"Ding! First template detected at 100% unlock. Initializing Second Template slot."
"Ding! Loading progress 1%… 5%… 10%… 20%…!"
"Ding! First template at 100% unlock—unlocking associated card set."
"Ding! Second Template slot loaded. Please draw a random Second Template inheritance card!"
With the final chime, a virtual panel popped up before Link.
Unlike the personal-info panel, this one displayed six cards.
No labels, only big question marks.
But the borders differed.
Three cards had golden, glowing borders; the other three did not.
As Link examined them, unfamiliar information suddenly flooded his mind.
After digesting it, he understood at once.
The gold-border cards were the set associated with the First Template.
All three were "Naruto World" inheritance cards.
The other three were unknown-world, unknown-character inheritance cards.
Strong or weak—it all depended on luck.
Of course, none of that mattered to Link as much as one reminder.
That reminder was… "associated."
Cards associated with the First Template had golden borders, but weren't necessarily from the First Template's world.
That prompt was intriguing.
So… were all three flashy cards related to Senju Hashirama?
Or was he overthinking it?
In truth, the three special-effect cards were all Naruto-world inheritance cards; any character might appear.
Maybe one of them was even a Konohamaru card.
Still, compared to the three unknown cards, Link preferred to try these.
Who knew what the unknown set held—what if he pulled an Itō Makoto card?
He already had the "bulldozer heart and golden stamina"; he didn't need "Makoto."
Thus, Link tapped the first gold-border card.
Like a gacha game—
the chosen card spun and zoomed, filling the entire panel.
When it stopped, a character image and name came into view.
At the same time, the system's prompt rang again.
"Ding! Second inheritance card detected—loading data…"
"Ding! Data loaded. Updating personal status panel…"
"Ding! Update complete. Please check!"
As the prompt ended, the card dissolved into golden photons.
The draw panel vanished with it.
Link could only summon his updated personal-info panel; the draw screen was nowhere to be found.
He didn't mind. Calling up the new panel—and especially the name of the second inheritance—he smiled playfully. "I thought it'd be Lord Madara, but no…"
"Sasuke!"
[Host: Link]
[First Inheritance: Senju Hashirama (100% unlocked)]
[Second Inheritance: Uchiha Sasuke]
[Unlock Progress: 0%(+)]
[XP: 0.7%]
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