Hashirama Cells, Wood Release! Sage Mode!

"Basic Hashirama Cell Fusion: A-Rank Side Quest + 6,000 Reward Points."

"Wood Release control, regenerative ability, increased Chakra reserves, Natural Energy affinity."

"And… 2,000 Reward Points and one C-rank Side Quest to eliminate cellular backlash."

As Main God Fang Yu spoke to the other Fang Yus, he continued bringing up the panel.

"Hashirama Cells alone definitely won’t be enough, so I’ll also need this."

"Mount Myōboku Sage Mode cultivation technique: B-rank Side Quest + 4,000 Reward Points."

"Initial perception of Natural Energy, increased Chakra capacity."

Main God Fang Yu explained, "It might not seem like much of an improvement at first glance, but it’s the foundation for unlocking Sage Mode. I was thinking, the Natural Energy in Legend of Mount Shu must be insanely abundant, which is why they can cultivate immortality. So I’ll cultivate too—just the Mount Myōboku kind."

"Exchanging directly for Sage Mode is too expensive. We already have the Heaven Curse Mark, so we have a foundation for sensing Natural Energy. With the proper cultivation method, we can save the cost of one bloodline."

"With Sage Mode and Hashirama Cells, my Chakra reserves alone can reach enormous levels. Once I activate Sage Mode, add Wood Release, the Gene Lock, and Armament Haki, then my Welcoming Approach: Thousand-Hand Kill might not be unable to trade blows with the enemies in Legend of Mount Shu!"

"After exchanging all this, I’ll still have over 23,600 Reward Points. I can exchange them for training time back in Resident Evil. Although Natural Energy is scarce in Resident Evil, it’s better than nothing. Before the official Legend of Mount Shu reincarnation begins, I should be able to learn most of Sage Mode."

"Once we enter Legend of Mount Shu, I might find an opportunity to activate Sage Mode. If I really can’t survive, I can use an F-rank Authority to forcibly leave the current world. After that, I can look for a chance to revive my teammates or something. That’s another way out."

"Of course." Main God Fang Yu looked at the massive ball of light. "We could also directly spend an F-rank Authority to change the world of the next Horror Film. But the world of Legend of Mount Shu is both danger and opportunity."

"But we’ve already come this far. What danger do we have left to fear?"

The other Fang Yus naturally supported Main God Fang Yu’s idea.

Stephen Fang said, "But you need to consider something. Even if Ghouls can now be eliminated, reducing Main God’s hostility toward you, and the NPCs in Legend of Mount Shu won’t be as hostile either, don’t forget about Earth Grudge Fear."

Bruce Yu said, "True. If Ghouls are monsters, then Earth Grudge Fear are outright purebred demons."

"I have a solution." Main God Fang Yu touched the Earth Grudge Fear mask on his body and continued, "Once I enter Mount Shu, I’ll force them out immediately. Can’t Pirate World Fang Yu feed the Mole-Mole Fruit to Earth Release: Earth Grudge Fear? Once it synchronizes over, I’ll have Earth Release: Earth Grudge Fear dig tunnels from the beginning of the plot until the end. The other Earth Grudge Fear can follow it and burrow toward the earth’s core."

"If that still can’t keep us out of the NPCs’ sight, there’s nothing else we can do. We can only grab as many benefits as possible in Legend of Mount Shu. If it really comes down to it, I’ll run. That’s all there is to it."

Main God Fang Yu looked at the massive ball of light. "Exchange."

As he spoke, a pillar of light enveloped Fang Yu.

Zheng Zha, Zhao Yingkong, and Zhang Heng were all extremely curious about what abilities Fang Yu had exchanged for.

When the Main God’s pillar of light dissipated, bark-like patterns appeared on the skin of Fang Yu’s right shoulder.

He raised a hand to his chest. The heartbeat beneath his fingertips thundered like war drums, each beat pumping out flood-like torrents of Chakra!

He tried scratching open his arm with his fingernail, and the wound regenerated at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"This is the power of Hashirama Senju."

Under the spectating gazes of the three, Fang Yu returned to his room. He pulled open his shirt before the mirror, revealing fluorescent green streams of Chakra flowing between his abdominal muscles. "Even the violent Chakra auras of the Nine-Tails and Shukaku have been suppressed."

"Main God, change the Training Ground!"

As the scenery shifted, Fang Yu found himself in a clearing resembling a Konoha forest.

At the center of the Training Ground, Fang Yu rapidly formed Hand Seals.

Snake—Ram—Monkey—Boar—Horse—Tiger!

His Sharingan suddenly widened—Chakra that normally only needed 0.5 seconds to gather now surged toward his throat like a burst dam, building strength for two full seconds!

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

The instant the crimson fireball burst from his mouth, wood-like meridians spread from his shoulder across half his body.

The twenty-meter fireball swelled violently into a forty-meter one, and its heat melted a metal target three hundred meters away into Molten Iron!

Seeing that absurd scale, Zheng Zha, Zhao Yingkong, and Zhang Heng, watching from the doorway, no longer knew what words could describe their feelings.

Zhang Heng’s "Holy shit!" represented the amazement of the other two.

But this was only part of the Ninjutsu enhancement brought by exchanging for Hashirama Cells. Beyond that, there was also—

Fang Yu stared at the blue-green meridians writhing along his left arm. The Hashirama Cells were visibly fusing with the body altered by the Heaven Curse Mark!

At the same time, Uchiha Yu had long since found Yamato eating dumplings outside a dumpling shop. He held out his hand and said, "Teacher Yamato, let me see your Wood Release."

"Huh?"

After a while, the two arrived outside Konoha. Uchiha Yu activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and watched Yamato’s movements.

At the same time, based on Yamato’s hand gestures in Uchiha Yu’s vision, Main God Fang Yu synchronously replicated them with both hands!

Snake—Ram—Monkey!

"Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall!"

The ground of the Training Ground rumbled as three towering wooden walls rose up!

Fang Yu looked at the three by the entrance. "Come on. Test the hardness."

Zhao Yingkong’s figure swept across the Training Ground like a black cat, her Quinque dagger held in a reverse grip as she stabbed toward a gap in the wooden wall.

"Clang!" Sparks flew from the wooden layer as the dagger scraped against it. She flipped backward and landed, frowning at the burn marks on the blade tip. "There’s metal mixed into the wood?"

"No. This is Wood Release. It looks like ordinary wood, but it’s actually mixed with quite a lot of my essence."

Zhang Heng, who was drawing his bow nearby, did not know what to say. "Then… then should I shoot or not? Ptooey, that sounded weird."

Zhang Heng fully drew the Quinque Bow, its specially made arrowhead wrapped in pale blue enchanted light. "This is the newly exchanged Armor-Piercing Arrow!"

After piercing through the outer wooden structure, the arrow became lodged in the second wall.

"Not bad." Fang Yu praised him.

Zhang Heng scratched his head. "If I ran into you on a battlefield, these wooden walls alone would wear me out!"

Fang Yu sighed. "If you met me on a battlefield, you’d only throw down your bow and your woman and run."

Zhao Yingkong and Zheng Zha did not know what Fang Yu meant and assumed he was merely joking. Only Zhang Heng stared at the ground, not daring to refute him.

Because he really had abandoned a girlfriend like that before.

Zheng Zha’s muscles swelled all over his body. After opening the Second Order Genetic Lock, the Fist Wind from his punch erupted with explosive force!

"Break for me!" His heavy fist, wrapped in Vampire Energy, smashed into the wooden wall and shattered two layers, but an even larger wooden wall stood behind them.

Zheng Zha staggered back three steps, blood seeping from his knuckles.

"Hard enough!" He shook his numb fist. "It can take more punishment than Libar from the India Continent Team after Robert modified him!"

Zhang Heng pursed his lips and asked, "Captain, did you exchange for Ninjutsu like this to protect your teammates?"

Fang Yu raised a brow. "Who said I only exchanged for one Ninjutsu? This is—"

As he spoke, his eyes replicated Yamato’s movements opposite Uchiha Yu, and his hands rapidly formed Hand Seals.

"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"

Dark clouds abruptly gathered over the Training Ground as a sea of trees spread wildly!

In only a few breaths, a small forest had been built inside the Training Ground!

Outside Konoha, Yamato had already collapsed from exhaustion.

Even fighting had never required him to use Ninjutsu so desperately.

"Let me rest. Let me rest…" Yamato panted heavily. "I… I can’t really keep going."

Uchiha Yu said, "Don’t be like that! I still want to watch! This Wood Release is practically letting me glimpse one percent of the First Hokage’s magnificence! I can feel the Will of Fire blazing throughout my body! Don’t stop, don’t stop!"

The moment Yamato heard that, he was immediately energized. "Alright! Then I’ll show you! Cough, cough… I’ll show you the power of Wood Release!"

After a round of demonstrations, Yamato collapsed from exhaustion.

Meanwhile, in the Main God Space Training Ground, Main God Fang Yu had already turned the entire Training Ground into a vast forest!

Along with Zheng, Yingkong, and Heng, who were completely dumbfounded.

Main God Fang Yu took a deep breath. Before using Chu Xuan’s Ghoul Purification Serum, he silently said, "Then…"

"Synchronization Ability!"

Moonlight was filtered into a dim yellow through the sand dust. Perona’s Negative Hollow drifted along the base of the wall, its translucent body dragging a twisted reflection over the gravel road.

Three National Guard soldiers were dozing against their spears. The instant the hollow slipped into the back of the neck of each one, the youngest soldier suddenly dropped to his knees, clutching his sword as he choked out, "I don’t even dare step on ants. What right do I have to protect the country? Ah! Why would I think that? I’m such trash!"

"Don’t kill them!" Vivi suddenly cried.

"Shh—" Carrot’s rabbit ears suddenly perked up. Her fluffy hand brushed across Vivi’s hand. "Two hundred meters southeast, I hear camel hooves! Keep it down."

Brook turned his empty eye sockets toward Vivi. "Your Highness, are you sure you want to take us through the sewers? This suit of mine is brand-new."

"Now isn’t the time to be fussy!" Vivi’s blade split open the rusted iron fence, and a rotten stench poured from the drainage pipes that had gone unused for years. "I need to check on father first. He’s been imprisoned."

Brook nodded. "If we really have to go through there, can I walk behind you? Ah, not because I want to see your panties."

Fang Yu looked at the dark sewer and was immediately speechless. "Can’t we just fight our way in? Do we really have to do this?"

Vivi shook her head. "The Standing Army only pledges loyalty to the ‘legitimate ruler.’ If I’m seen as a king-slayer… then everything is over."

Pirate World Fang Yu was unconcerned. "I’ll just twist that crocodile’s head off. The crown will naturally return to its rightful owner."

"No, that won’t work. More important than that is making the truth public! Alubarna has six hundred thousand Standing Army soldiers. If the truth isn’t revealed, those forces still won’t submit to my father, Nefertari Cobra. It’ll only trigger another round of unrest."

Fang Yu sighed. "Fine. You should be grateful I don’t have the Ten Thousand Demon Banner. Otherwise, I’d refine all six hundred thousand of your Standing Army to eliminate future trouble."

Alabasta’s economy was not particularly developed, but its Royal Palace had been built extravagantly and magnificently.

Fang Yu’s Conqueror’s Haki swept through the corridor like a tsunami, and the torches on the walls abruptly went out.

Twelve rifle-bearing guards froze in place. Under the absolute pressure, their pupils faded into grayish white, and their firearms fell to the ground with a clatter.

Vivi rushed into the deepest cell of the dungeon. Brook stepped forward and cut the shackles apart with one strike. Vivi threw herself forward. "Father!"

Nefertari Cobra slumped on a moldy straw mat, his wrists chafed by shackles until bruises deep enough to expose bone covered them.

He tremblingly touched Vivi’s cheek. "Your eyes… are more resolute than they were half a year ago."

"Father! Let’s go!"

"No, I can’t leave." Nefertari Cobra shook his head. "My innocence has not been restored. If I escape, that accusation will remain on my head forever."

Vivi’s eyes brimmed with tears, but she did not know how to persuade him.

Perona turned her eyes away. "Hmph. Sand got in my eyes."

Carrot kept wiping away tears. "Sob, sob!"

Brook wiped his tears while looking at Carrot’s short skirt. "Ah, ah, sob, sob, this is so moving, and also… blue panties—"

"Bang!" Perona punched Brook’s skull hard enough to raise a lump.

"Alright, stop bawling." Fang Yu interrupted everyone’s grief. "In two hours, there’ll only be dried crocodile left in the desert."

Vivi suddenly reminded them, "Crocodile especially hates water normally! I think… maybe we can use that against him?"

"A plot kill? No need!" Fang Yu took a deep breath and continued, "Before absolute power—"

He shattered the ground and shot into the sky. Ukaku wrapped in Armament Haki tore through the Royal Palace dome. "There’s no need to look for his weakness!"