Hyuga Arin looked down at the despair etched across the Cloud ninja's face beneath his feet.
All four limbs had been severed, and even his tongue had been cut out—there really wasn't much left to despair over.
Moreover, Arin had already cauterized the wounds at high temperature and even stitched them up to a certain extent.
At this point, the man couldn't even die if he wanted to.
"If I kill him, this barrier won't be able to hold anymore," Arin said as he looked around at the fabricated sky and the distant scenery.
The surroundings were nothing more than a pasted-on layer of imagery—none of it actually existed.
If one walked all the way to the edge, they could even touch a solid wall.
"We're surrounded by Cloud ninja right now," Arin said in a low voice.
Up until now, there hadn't been the slightest movent from outside the Ga Instance barrier, and he had no way of knowing what the situation beyond it was like.
That was the one real downside of the Ga Instance—once it was activated, it completely cut off perception of the outside world.
Even the Byakugan couldn't see through it.
That, in turn, put Arin in a difficult position.
Once the Ga Instance ended, they might imdiately be hit by a powerful wave of attacks.
"And then what?" Nawaki's face also showed worry.
The entire battle had felt more like sightseeing for him—he hadn't fought at all.
But that didn't an he wanted to face countless Cloud ninja all at once.
Nawaki wanted to fight, not to die.
Arin fell into thought.
He was considering whether, after dispelling the barrier, he would have enough ti to reconstruct it again.
If they were attacked the mont they stepped out, he might not even have the chance to activate Ga Instance a second ti.
The skill required a short activation ti. If it was interrupted during that window, not only would the activation fail, he would also lose three thousand chakra.
Although he currently had an enormous amount of chakra, once the Ga Instance ended, he would be reduced back to his normal state.
At that point, he would have to face a group of Cloud ninja without any buffs—possibly even that bastard who fired the Tailed Beast Ball.
Whether it was the Eight-Tails or the Two-Tails jinchūriki, he didn't know.
Sotis Arin really wondered—
Was Senju Hashirama out of his mind when he handed out all the tailed beasts?
Now they were causing him this much trouble.
Then—
Arin glanced at his five hundred thousand-plus experience points.
"You two watch him," Arin said, kicking the Cloud ninja toward Nawaki's feet.
"Don't let him commit suicide."
Nawaki looked down at the Cloud ninja, a flicker of sympathy crossing his face—before disappearing just as quickly.
Showing rcy to the enemy in war was cruelty to oneself.
That much, he understood.
Still…
If people could truly understand one another's thoughts, wouldn't—
Nawaki frowned.
Why was he suddenly having such a ridiculous idea?
If everyone's thoughts were laid bare, no one's malice could be hidden. Even the kindest people harbored ugly thoughts deep inside—wouldn't that only intensify conflict?
Those were ideas he had heard from Arin before, and at the ti they had made perfect sense.
So why was he now thinking the opposite?
"That's strange… why would I suddenly think sothing like that?" Nawaki muttered quietly.
Neither Arin nor Abura Mushihi heard his murmuring.
Mushihi stared at the Cloud ninja with vigilance—she was the one who listened to Arin the most.
anwhile, Arin opened his status panel.
Na: I'm Hyuga Arin
Class: Hunter
Sub-Class: Doctor
Level: Lv41 (0/37500)
Chakra/Nen: 10110 / 8110 1000 500 500
Essence: 6000
Experience: 522,978
"Over five hundred and twenty thousand experience," Arin couldn't suppress the grin on his face.
This was more than enough to give himself a thorough power-up.
And—
Fusion of Fire Release!!!
"Upgrade everything for !!"
[Fire Release · Fire Dragon Fla Bullet (Lv10) EXP (Max) — Trait (Pending)]
Vitality: Your fire dragons gain their own life.Dragonization: You transform into a fire dragon.Scorch: Your flas increase in temperature.
Two of these traits had appeared before.
He had already chosen Vitality previously.
He had no intention of picking Dragonization, so he directly chose Scorch.
[Fire Release · Fire Dragon Fla Bullet (Lv10) EXP (Max) — Scorch]
Then, without hesitation, he pushed all low-tier Fire Release skills straight to max.
[Fire Release · Blazing teor (Lv1) EXP (Max) — Trait (Pending)]
[Fire Release · Dragon Fla Technique (Lv1) EXP (Max) — Trait (Pending)]
[Fire Release · Fla Bullet (Lv1) EXP (Max) — Trait (Pending)]
[Fire Release · Fla Strike (Lv1) EXP (Max) — Trait (Pending)]
Traits began appearing one after another:
teor: Your flas can condense into teors.Hellfire: You can summon a rock giant from hell.Bounce: Can bounce between multiple targets.Dragonization: You transform into a fire dragon.Fireball: Fireball is invincible. No rebuttals accepted. ×3Explosion: Explosion is the true art of fireballs!!! ×2Enchant: Adds fire-elent damage to any attack. ×2Avatar: You can beco a fire avatar.
Dragonization appeared again—this ti from Dragon Fla Technique.
But what really made Arin want to curse—
Why did Fireball show up three tis?!
Two Enchants. Two Explosions.
Why were there so many duplicate traits all at once?
Arin rubbed his forehead. His head hurt.
Bounce and Avatar were imdiately crossed out.
Bounce's range wasn't necessarily larger than his own attack radius, and Avatar overlapped heavily with his Transformation Technique—he could already turn into flas as long as his chakra held out.
teor had limited synergy with Fire Release overall.
Hellfire was clearly a summoning-type trait.
And… was this Hellfire the Warcraft Hellfire?
Arin fell into deep thought.
Summoning didn't seem very useful to him either.
If he needed numbers, Shadow Clones worked just fine.
But compared to teor, Hellfire at least seed more promising.
There were simply too few viable options. This was the downside of rushing low-tier skills—duplicate traits everywhere.
Fireball had appeared so many tis that Arin was now genuinely curious what this so-called "invincible" actually ant.
He silently added it to his "backup curiosity list."
In the end, his final selections were:
HellfireFireballExplosionEnchant
[Fire Release · Blazing teor (Lv1) EXP (Max) — Hellfire]
[Fire Release · Dragon Fla Technique (Lv1) EXP (Max) — Fireball]
[Fire Release · Fla Bullet (Lv1) EXP (Max) — Explosion]
[Fire Release · Fla Strike (Lv1) EXP (Max) — Enchant]
This consud 255,500 experience points, dropping his remaining experience to 267,478.
Finally, only one high-tier Fire Release skill remained.
[Fire Release · Grand Fla Art (Lv10) EXP (Max) — Trait (Pending)]
Scorch: Your flas increase in temperature.
Arin: "…"
He took back what he'd said earlier.
Even high-tier Fire Release skills could roll duplicate traits.
Sure enough—praise it, and it slaps you in the face imdiately.
He looked at the remaining two options:
Demonic Fla: Your flas can devour everything to grow stronger.Sacred Fla: Your flas can heal others.
A perfect contrast—
one pure evil, one pure holy.
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