Several hours passed quickly.
When Yujin pushed the door open and walked out, under the glowing sphere, all members of the Central Continent team were still thinking about their own enhancement paths.
Chu Xuan gestured for Yujin to come over to the sphere. At the same time, he muttered casually, "For you all, the biggest crisis right now is the night of the Uchiha massacre."
"Who are you calling 'you all'?! Me! It's me!" Yujin corrected him urgently.
Chu Xuan replied expressionlessly, "Based on Zhang Jie's description, I have a rough understanding of how many reincarnation cycles you've experienced. I've also calculated the entire exchange list. The total value of all your abilities combined would require at least twenty-six horror movie cycles to obtain."
"But you clearly haven't gone through that many cycles. So I reached a conclusion."
"You likely possess some kind of ability to travel to other worlds. Perhaps in the blink of an eye, you've already lived a hundred days in another world. Or perhaps something else."
Listening to Chu Xuan's analysis made Yujin's head hurt.
But there was nothing he could do.
Few reincarnations, many abilities—no matter how he explained it, it wouldn't make sense.
Fortunately, Chu Xuan prioritized team interests above all else.
He didn't care about anything beyond that.
Chu Xuan walked beneath the glowing sphere.
"Your time is extremely limited, and your bloodlines are far too complex. So my suggestion is…"
In an instant, the exchange list appeared in front of Yujin.
[Conqueror's Haki (Advanced): In the Pirate world, only one in a million people is born with Conqueror's Haki, and the advanced version is even rarer. Exchange cost: 12,000 reward points and one A-rank side quest. Can be freely controlled by your own will.]
[Armament Haki: Full-Body Hardening: Costs one C-rank side quest and 3,000 reward points. Requires Armament Haki to be unlocked first. Allows you to coat your entire body in strengthened Armament Haki, giving you the effect of a body as hard as steel.]
[Spread Plague: Costs 3,000 reward points and one C-rank side quest. You can unknowingly spread plagues or viruses to a group of no more than three hundred people.]
[Cannibalism: Costs 2,000 reward points and one C-rank side quest. By devouring members of the same Ghoul species, you can gain more RC cells.]
Yujin stared at the exchange list and said, "I feel like your brain isn't as good as some novel readers."
Chu Xuan naturally could not understand such a random remark and treated it as a joke.
"At your current stage, it's impossible for you to kill Enel," Chu Xuan said calmly.
"Armament Haki enhancement will be your trump card to keep you from being electrocuted to death."
"Conqueror's Haki enhancement is the strongest skill for quickly winning low-level battles right now, and it will be useful in many future cycles."
Yujin hurriedly waved his hand to interrupt him.
"I know how the two types of Haki work," he said.
"But what the hell is spreading a plague?"
"And cannibalism… what are you trying to make me do?!"
Chu Xuan explained without changing his expression.
"The night of the Uchiha clan's massacre was essentially a large-scale harvesting of Sharingan."
"From a profit based perspective, whoever obtains those Sharingan is the real winner."
"So I need you to spread the Ghoul virus, turning all members of the Uchiha clan into Ghouls."
"Then, use Conqueror's Haki to suppress them."
"Finally, perform cannibalism and consume their Sharingan."
"In that way, your three-tomoe Sharingan has a very high chance of evolving beyond the Mangekyo Sharingan into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan."
Even Yujin, who had long sealed off his emotions, felt extremely uncomfortable.
A chilling cold ran down his spine.
This guy Chu Xuan was way too ruthless.
There were so many people in the Uchiha clan, and he was talking about eating them just like that?!
Seeing Yujin's expression, Chu Xuan shrugged.
"This plan is calculated based on your current situation," he said.
"Of course, there are other plans, but they don't suit you."
Yujin swallowed hard.
"Can you hypnotize me?" he asked.
"Just tell me that the Uchiha were going to die anyway."
"That letting me cannibalize them and turn them into part of my eyes is better than letting Danzo stitch them onto his arm."
"Can you do that?"
Chu Xuan snorted coldly.
"You can apply that logic to anyone," he said.
"After all, everyone dies in the end."
"You—" Yujin decided not to continue arguing with Chu Xuan.
He directly broke down the B-rank side quest and exchanged for the skills Chu Xuan had mentioned.
The other members of the Central Continent team watched Yujin and Chu Xuan muttering to each other for a long time.
They had no idea what the two of them discussed.
But they did know the result.
Yujin was about to "spend money," and everyone grew curious about what he had exchanged for.
The moment Yujin obtained Conqueror's Haki, he released it directly into the crowd.
In an instant, aside from Zhao Yingkong who was barely still standing, everyone else collapsed to the ground.
"Ah! You—what did you do?!"
Zheng Zha's hands trembled violently as he tried to get up, but he realized his limbs felt as if they had been crushed by a truck overnight—completely numb and unable to move.
Zhao Yingkong also looked at Yujin with an ugly expression.
Although she could still move, the sweat pouring down her forehead showed that she was not faring well either.
Chu Xuan still wore that eerie, unfocused expression of his.
He adjusted his glasses.
Lacking any sense of touch or pain, he forcefully bounced to his feet, but his body immediately lost control and fell back down again.
He calmly summarized, "Below the third-stage Gene Lock, your ability is practically unbeatable."
Within the crowd, Xiao Yehui—who had almost no physical enhancements—was in even worse condition.
Her face twisted in pain as she directly fainted.
As for when she would wake up, no one knew.
For a moment, Lord God Yujin was in an excellent mood.
He synchronized his abilities and memories.
After a while, Uchiha Yujin sent a "congratulatory message."
"Wait… so I eat the people, and everyone gets to share the Eternal Mangekyō, right?"
Pirate Yujin replied, "You've worked hard, brother! At this point, not eating them would be a waste!"
Marvel Yujin said, "Why don't you try just eating the eyes? They're probably like lychees—one bite each."
Uchiha Yujin cursed, "Damn it! When the time comes, let the Earth Grudge Fear do the biting!"
(As for enhancements, it can only be said that the protagonist has already laid the foundation of Pirate, Naruto, and Ghoul physiques, so developing in this direction is more effective.)
(On the Infinite Terror forums, people can argue for hundreds of posts about which build path is strong or weak, but if everything followed those theories, there would be no need for so many fanfics—just assembly-line power-ups would be enough. So I want to write something a little different.)
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