Next Target

This trip to the Naruto world had yielded tremendous gains. Thanks to the last-minute change in plans, the rewards had exceeded expectations. Xu Yue understood that such gains were a rare one-time opportunity. Only the special period of the Third Ninja War had made it possible, and it had also brought together the results of the destructive harvesting from his previous two missions. It was an explosive, one-time surge in growth.

He had also benefited from the one-year duration of the Promotion Mission. Otherwise, even with Reincarnation Points, he would not have lasted until this point.

Afterward, he would have to clean up after his own recklessness. Although he had barely survived, his fully developed Sage Body possessed terrifying recovery and vitality.

However, even the Sage Body could do nothing about the loss of lifespan. The First Hokage had died in his prime, likely because he had overused the Sage Body’s regenerative power during his battle with Madara.

If he kept abusing it, Hashirama would probably become his example…

"Would Earth Grudge Fear work if it were used purely to extend lifespan…?"

Since he had already gained enough, and still had a decent surplus of mission points, Xu Yue did not hesitate much before directly learning Earth Grudge Fear.

There was nothing particularly ugly or special about the thing itself. It merely strengthened the heart and blood vessels; its greater abilities needed to be developed by the user.

Earth Grudge Fear: Strengthens the heart and blood vessels. Allows the user to control blood vessels, extending them outside the body as tentacles for stitching wounds, draining others’ life force, and replacing organs.

With Xu Yue’s fully developed Sage Body, organs were naturally irrelevant. But whether draining life force could also drain the number of cellular divisions was still uncertain.

Even if it could, he would probably have to become like a vampire to temporarily solve his current crisis.

And such a price naturally brought immense returns.

Although Xu Yue’s right Tsukuyomi Eye and Rinnegan had been replaced, he had ultimately paid the price and received the Space’s recognition. Once it took his money, it had to deliver. The replacement had been classified as an upgrade, so under normal circumstances, his eyes still appeared as ordinary eyes and Sharingan.

Just as when Madara had been reincarnated through Impure World Reincarnation, both of his eyes were now Eternal Mangekyo. He had used one of Madara’s eyes, exploited a Rinnegan loophole, and skipped over another eye.

Because of the additional fee deduction, Xu Yue had also roughly realized that the upgrade cost for the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan was still within the S-Rank category! The true culprit behind consuming that SS-Rank Plot was the Rinnegan upgrade. This was likely already discounted because he only had one Rinnegan and had earned substantial mission completion bonuses.

Therefore, under the discount, the Eternal Mangekyo upgrade cost had probably been included in the remaining gap of that SS-Rank Plot. Perhaps the Space had even directly converted the value of the eye he lacked into the price.

By that calculation, a normal Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan would likely require multiple S-Rank Plot upgrades. This matched the fact that the Eternal Mangekyo’s enhancement over an ordinary Mangekyo was generally limited.

Although its perception, Illusion Technique amplification, and other aspects had increased enormously, it had not undergone the same qualitative leap as the Three Tomoe evolving into the Mangekyo.

The Rinnegan, meanwhile, required multiple SS-Rank Plot upgrades. This also matched the immense leap from Eternal Mangekyo to Rinnegan. He simply did not know how large a discount he had received after completing the mission, or whether it normally required two SS-Rank Plots or even more. It was an ability above the SS-Rank level.

He checked the continued upgrade for his fully developed Sage Body.

Sage Body (Perfect), Cost: S-Rank Plot Points ×4

From that, he could roughly infer that the Eternal Mangekyo was probably around S-Rank Plot ×2.

For Xu Yue now, his normal state was ordinary eyes. The first activation was Three Tomoe. Using Tsukuyomi and Kamui turned them into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, while using Rinnegan secret techniques required switching to the higher-burden Rinnegan!

Shinra Tensei

Banshō Ten’in

Chibaku Tensei

Attribute Absorption

These four were innate Rinnegan skills. It could absorb five-element attacks that did not exceed its limit, in addition to three techniques that combined offense and defense.

Judging by the upgrade price, even with only one eye, it was absolutely an SS-Rank ability!

These four were probably the Rinnegan’s basic abilities. Like Nagato, even with only crude mastery, they could be used directly as though by instinct.

As for the others, many required paying a price to learn through Six Paths techniques and secrets!

The S-Rank Plot forcibly deducted by the Space had only allowed Xu Yue to learn the Outer Path: Reincarnation of Heavenly Life Technique.

The ways to obtain the techniques within were exceptionally difficult, and their prices were expensive enough to make one curse. After all, they were extended techniques of a Super SS-Rank item. Even the cheapest technique cost A-Rank, and there were very few of them, but they were absolutely worth the price!

Phantasm Body Technique: Enables long-distance mental communication. Learning Cost: A-Rank.

Five Seal Barrier: Sets up an Absolute Defense barrier that can only be passed by tearing up five talismans. It creates cloned opponents with the same strength as the person tearing the talismans apart. The clone’s maximum strength is related to the caster’s overall strength. Learning Cost: A-Rank.

Body Transference Technique: Attaches a person connected through the Phantasm Body Technique to a living sacrifice, allowing the sacrifice to gain some of that person’s abilities, including Kekkei Genkai, from a great distance. Learning Cost: A-Rank.

Summoning Contract: Depending on the caster’s strength, allows the user to forcibly form a contract with nonhuman creatures using the Rinnegan. Learning Cost: S-Rank.

Summoning Amplification: Can be used on a single Summoning Beast, granting it the ability to split. Learning Cost: S-Rank.

Summoning: Demonic Statue of the Outer Path…

Nine Phantom Dragons Sealing Technique…

Tengai Shinsei…

Considering the rank and cost-effectiveness of these techniques, the prices were absolutely generous. Xu Yue wanted them all.

But as expected, he could not afford the skills attached to a Super SS-Rank item.

The Limbo: Border Jail ability had not appeared either. However, since that skill was not among the Six Paths techniques, it should have been an innate Rinnegan ability. Nagato and Obito had both been unable to use it in the original work. It was likely an ability that could only be developed once one’s control over the Rinnegan reached a certain level.

This newly acquired eye still had potential left to be explored…

He still had the excellent Adamantine Sealing Chains technique to study. His Sage Body had already been upgraded, and he still needed to find a way to solve his lifespan problem.

The originally massive mission rewards suddenly no longer felt sufficient to Xu Yue…

Military Rank Promoted. Current Rank: Lieutenant Colonel. Merit Points: 244/308

The rewards from this Promotion Mission had been explosive, and his military rank had even skipped straight over Major.

After reaching Lieutenant Colonel, Xu Yue discovered that this was what truly counted as entering the bureaucratic class.

He now possessed all sorts of privileges.

For example, while the mission interval was still fifteen days within the Space and twenty days in reality, thirty-five days total, he now had an opportunity every day at noon to choose whether to enter early. Also, what had once been the ability to form a squad had become the ability to form a legion!

He could also use a Designation Card worth 100 merit points!

Designation Card: Allows the user to designate a Mission Space they have previously entered as the next Mission Space. After use, it requires an interval of one Mission Space before it can be used again. During that interval, the user will enter a Punishment Mission Space.

It had certain side effects, but Xu Yue had asked the Space for clarification. The so-called Punishment Mission would not exceed the framework of the Reincarnator’s current level, nor would there be missions involving direct execution. The main issue was that failure would mean losing the gains from one Space, with all rewards from the Punishment Space deducted. There might even be additional deductions. If the deduction pushed one into negative numbers, they would still have to pay with skills, items, or even their life.

However, since it would not exceed the framework of his current Reincarnator level, Xu Yue had nothing to fear. Even now, he had only just shed the title of newbie and entered the ranks of formal Reincarnators.

Moreover, after reaching Lieutenant Colonel, he could check the next mission immediately upon leaving a Mission Space.

In Imperial Year 2010, the superpower Holy Britannian Empire invaded Japan to seize its underground resources. Under the assault of the Empire’s powerful humanoid weapons, Knightmares, Japan was conquered in less than a month. It was stripped of its freedom, rights, and even its national name. The Holy Brita Empire renamed "Japan" as "Area 11," while the term "Japanese" was replaced by the number 11. On the surface, the Empire’s rule through a hierarchy of noble and lowly classes appeared unshakable, but cracks had long since appeared within it…

The story of an abandoned Sister Complex Chuunibyou Demon Lord Prince overthrowing the rule of his equally chuunibyou demon lord father?

If he had not obtained the Rinnegan, Xu Yue truly would have skipped this predominantly technological world and directly used the Designation Card. But…

Code was the power of immortality. It was exactly what he needed to patch up this leaking body of his. Although Code’s immortality was heavily watered down, its longevity was genuine. It was one of the easiest sources of longevity to obtain.

Moreover, according to his memory, this Mission Space also possessed another source of power that was likely highly compatible with him, one worth trying.

Since that was the case, he should save the Designation Card worth 100 merit points if possible. He would first obtain what he wanted, then begin destructive harvesting after getting it…

Ahem, some readers might not like the Lelouch world, but the protagonist has his own demands and plans too~

There is still half a chapter being revised and finalized. I do not know whether I can manage three updates today, so I will post the guaranteed two first. This is the first update~