Enhancement Points are hard to come by, and there are many options for gaining them.
Kirito, who was staying in the orphanage's underground laboratory, had to calm down and think, so that he could make the most correct choice.
To say the most valuable option, it is naturally Sage Mode. This skill, as long as it is upgraded, will definitely be able to quickly enhance one's combat effectiveness again.
However, Sage Mode is undoubtedly a very advanced skill. He noticed that there was no familiar "+" sign behind Sage Mode this time, which shows that this advanced skill needs more Enhancement Points to increase again.
The Water Release level also did not have a "+" sign, which undoubtedly indicates that the value of Level 5 Water Release is not lower than that of Level 3 Sage Mode. It is estimated that a great improvement will be achieved after the Water Release level reaches Level 5, but Kirito is not sure to what extent. Perhaps the requirement of an environment with no water can be ignored, so that Water Release ninjas can use the moisture in the air to release Water Release Jutsu.
In fact, in nature, there is actually no environment with no water at all, because there are a large number of water molecules in the air, it's just that Water Release ninjas have difficulty using them. The same goes for groundwater.
"Will Level 5 Water Release evolve into Sea Release? Like the Second Hokage, it can release powerful Water Release Jutsu regardless of the water environment."
Kirito looked at the options for Level 4 Water Release and thought thoughtfully.
Currently, the nature of his own chakra had seven types, the highest being Water Release, followed by the third-level Yin Release, Yang Release, and Lightning Release, then the second-level Earth Release, and finally the first-level Wind Release and Fire Release.
He has only had Yang Release Chakra for a short time, but thanks to the White Zetsu clone's innate talent for sensing Yang Release Chakra and his frequent use of medical jutsu to treat patients, his level has quickly caught up.
Lightning Release is due to a special Magnet Release, which he often uses to fight against Chizuru and Nawaki. Coupled with his natural affinity for Lightning Release, he has a deeper understanding of it.
Earth Release was able to reach second level thanks to the White Zetsu clone's understanding of Wood Release, which indirectly improved it.
Wood Release is a Bloodline Limit formed by Water Release, Earth Release, and Special Yang Release. The deeper the White Zetsu clone's understanding of Wood Release, the deeper his own understanding of Water Release, Earth Release, and Yang Release.
As for the remaining Wind Release and Fire Release, Kirito doesn't have a deep understanding of them, and with his average talent and usual lack of time to practice, they are still at first level.
"Lightning Release and Water Release. If I can raise my Lightning Release to Level 4, is it possible to fuse these two chakra to form Storm Release?"
Kirito looked at the "+" sign that appeared after the option for Level 3 Lightning Release, and a spark of excitement appeared in his heart.
It was still quite easy to change the level of one's nature from Level 1 to Level 2, and with a little talent and hard work, one could also raise one's level from Level 2 to Level 3.
However, the difficulty of going from level 3 to 4 suddenly increased. It seems that a very high level of talent is required. If it were to rely solely on hard work, without a little bit of special opportunity, it is estimated that it would take a very long time.
Kirito now feels that his perception and cultivation of Lightning Release Chakra has entered a stage of slow progress. Although there has been progress, it is very slow, and occasionally there are even instances of stagnation.
This is a far cry from the unimpeded and carefree situation of his Byakko clone's perception and cultivation of Water Release Chakra in the Land of Rain.
Not surprisingly, the talent of the Soul Partition controlling the White Zetsu clone in cultivating Water Release was very high, and it was possible that the same was true for Earth Release and Yang Release.
It could only be said that the God Tree cells and Hashirama cells had really given the White Zetsu clone a talent boost.
It was clear that if a ninja did not have a high talent for a certain type of chakra, then Level 4 might be the limit.
"Bloodline Limits, this is the magic weapon that allows normal ninjas to complete a passing move when facing descendants of alien bloodlines,"
Kirito sighed.
Although he didn't want to admit it, the world of Hokage was indeed a world that placed a lot of emphasis on bloodline. Ninjas with alien bloodlines were generally stronger than ordinary ninjas, and the percentage of geniuses born was also higher.
A typical representative of this was the Uchiha clan. As long as they could complete their eye-opening, their strength would increase rapidly, quickly surpassing most of their peers. If they could evolve to the three-dot mark, they could easily reach the rank of jōnin, easily reaching a height that ordinary ninjas would struggle for many years to achieve.
Therefore, the Konoha ninja generally envy the Uchiha clan's unique talent.
And the best way for an ordinary ninja to defeat a ninja with alien blood is to give themselves special bloodline limits, that is, to fundamentally improve their genes.
Once an ordinary ninja succeeds in forming their own Bloodline Limits, the most obvious change is that their chakra will increase substantially in a short period of time, which is the same as evolving the Sharingan.
In the ninja world, the amount of chakra undoubtedly has a significant impact on a ninja's combat effectiveness.
Just like the White Zetsu clone, after Kirito successfully formed the Bloodline Limit of Wood Release on the clone, his chakra level has been increasing at a tremendous rate. Currently, his chakra level is still far from reaching the level of a beast tail, but it has already far surpassed the chakra level of a jōnin.
However, the conditions for forming the Bloodline Limit are relatively harsh. One must have a high level of perception of the two chakra natures and cultivate one's perception to an extremely high level.
Kirito estimated that raising the rank of the two chakra natures to level 4 is the stepping stone to forming the Bloodline Limit.
"Should I try it?"
Kirito thought hesitantly, gradually feeling a little excited.
Compared to other ninjas of the same age with non-alien bloodlines, the amount of chakra in his body is actually considered to be at the very top level. It's just that he is still young, and his chakra has not yet entered a stage of rapid growth.
According to this characteristic, once a ninja reaches adulthood, his chakra will increase rapidly.
Once he enters adolescence, his chakra is estimated to easily surpass the level of jōnin.
The sage body is not a name for nothing, but it is similar to a late-stage hero, and the longer it takes, the more its strength will gradually increase.
This is the same as the three beast sage in the three sacred places.
Referring to the three sage, the growth period of his strength as a human sage will be very long.
An ordinary ninja may enter a period of decline at the age of fifty, but he may have just entered a stage of rapid growth, and it is still very early before entering a period of decline.
Unfortunately, time waits for no man. He will soon be going to war, and he won't have that long. If he can develop the Storm Release as soon as possible, his chakra volume will definitely increase significantly in a short period of time, solving the problem of not having enough chakra at the moment.
Moreover, Storm Release can develop many light-related ninjutsu, with super attack speed and destructive power, but it consumes a lot of chakra.
A Storm Release Bloodline Limit Kage-Level powerhouse like Darui will almost empty his Storm Release after just a few powerful Storm Release jutsus.
However, the laser jutsu formed by Storm Release and the Storm Release jutsu that can potentially be developed to move at the speed of light are quite attractive.
Thus, Kirito's mind gradually tipped towards choosing to strengthen his Lightning Release level.
However, at a critical moment, Kirito suddenly remembered the key to why his Water Release level had increased so quickly.
"Talent, that's right, as long as I have enough talent, even without Enhancement Points, I can quickly raise my Lightning Release level to the fourth stage."
Kirito thought to himself, his eyes gradually brightening as he thought of a very good method.
He was able to raise his Water Release to the 4th stage in a short period of time by relying on the Water Release talent of the White Zetsu clone, so he just needs to find another body with top-notch talent for Lightning Release to perceive and train Lightning Release, and then let the soul clone or the main body soul occupy this body to perceive and train Lightning Release.
The more Kirito thought about it, the more he felt that this method was highly feasible. In the future, he might even be able to use it to quickly raise the rank of other chakra natures.
Speaking of Lightning Release ninjas with a high aptitude for sensing and cultivating, the first person Kirito thought of was Raikage of Kumogakure.
The successive Raikage of Kumogakure were all powerful Lightning Release jutsu users, and they even developed the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, a powerful body technique that combined attack, defense, and speed.
However, Lightning Release Chakra Mode is undoubtedly a ninja technique with extremely difficult training requirements, and one must have a very high level of Lightning Release training to master it.
After all, Lightning Release is the most difficult of the five basic chakra natures to control, and one must be very careful not to injure oneself as much as possible, let alone master Lightning Release Chakra Mode, a super-powerful ninja technique.
Currently, in the Kumogakure, the person with the highest talent for Lightning Release training is definitely Sandaime Raikage, and next would be his son, Yondaime Raikage. Both are people who have successfully cultivated Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
"Kumogakure has always stolen the ninja techniques and bloodlines of other ninja villages, but this time I'll steal Kumogakure's outstanding Lightning Release bloodline,"
Kirito said with a slight smile.
Of course, he wasn't going to kill the current Sandaime Raikage, but just wanted to steal a little of his blood or hair and create a clone of Sandaime Raikage himself.
He had successfully mastered the cloning technology that used cells to complete human cloning, and the technology was quite mature.
This was a technology he had obtained after burning a large amount of money over the years.
Unfortunately, the bloodline fusion technology he was hoping for was still unsuccessful, and instead, he accidentally got the cloning technology out first.
It is not entirely accurate to say that his bloodline fusion technique is unsuccessful, because he has successfully fused the Uzumaki clan's bloodline with his own, and cloned himself with the Uzumaki clan's bloodline.
However, the bloodline in these clones is extremely unstable, and they are prone to genetic collapse, resulting in a very short lifespan.
Therefore, his bloodline fusion technique is still not successful, and he has only just touched the threshold of success. It will take longer research and more money to make further progress.
However, he can now completely clone a complete body using only cells, and the genes of the cloned human body are very stable, and the lifespan is also well-protected.
"Let's do it. Oh, and start practicing the secret technique of Earth Grudge Fear with another White Zetsu clone. This secret technique can obtain the nature of Chakra by seizing the heart of others, and it may be possible to directly seize the talent for cultivating the nature of Chakra by seizing the heart."
Soon, Kirito made up his mind and decided to use his precious Enhancement Points elsewhere.
He had already obtained the Earth Grudge Secret Technique from Kakuzu a long time ago, but had been putting off training with it.
Because of the huge side effects of this Secret Technique, once you start training, your body will officially begin to transform into something inhuman, with most of your flesh and blood turning into Earth Grudge tentacles, leaving only a layer of skin, your head, and your heart.
According to Kakuzu's memory, the Earth Grudge Secret Technique can take over the new chakra properties of others, but it cannot take over the Bloodline Limits.
Even if you can take over the heart of a ninja with a Bloodline Limit, you cannot obtain Bloodline Limits such as Ice Release, Storm Release, Magnet Release, etc.
This is because Bloodline Limits such as Ice Release, Storm Release and Magnet Release are powers that directly act on the genes of the human body and belong to the power of the bloodline. Kakuzu alone cannot master this power by simply using the Earth Grudge Secret Technique to capture the heart of a Bloodline Limit ninja without having the corresponding Bloodline Limit of the body.
However, it is possible to capture the talent of others in cultivating a certain nature of chakra.
After Kakuzu took the hearts of other ninjas, he was able to learn other ninjutsu much faster than when he had not yet learned the Jizai no Gyo.
Kakuzu was originally proficient in Earth Release ninjutsu and also mastered the Fire Release nature of chakra. However, his talent for Fire Release was insufficient compared to Earth Release, and he had a hard time learning Fire Release ninjutsu.
But after he learned the Jizai no Gyo and took the hearts of other Fire Release ninjas, his learning speed of Fire Release ninjutsu increased significantly.
"According to Kakuzu's memories, Earth Grudge should have the ability to seize the innate talent of cultivating Chakra. Unfortunately, after obtaining this powerful secret technique, Kakuzu became obsessed with chasing money and no longer concentrated on improving his own strength. Otherwise, he would have had enough strength to cultivate, and he might have been able to develop a new Bloodline Limit himself."
Kirito recalled Kakuzu's memories and said with some emotion.
However, after obtaining Kakuzu's memories, he also understood clearly why Kakuzu had become like this.
Before Kakuzu's betrayal, he was single-mindedly loyal to the Takigakure and worked hard to become stronger, feeling that he should devote everything to the village.
Kakuzu was such a pure person, otherwise he would not have received such an outrageous mission as assassinating the God of Shinobi and not questioned the village or refused at the first opportunity, but instead risked his life to assassinate Senju Hashirama.
Although the assassination failed, it was understandable, and being able to escape from the hands of the God of Shinobi was already considered good.
As a result, the village's senior leadership executed him on this pretext, and no one pleaded for him.
Since then, Kakuzu has been disheartened and has lost his reason for becoming stronger. He is obsessed with chasing money to fill his empty heart and numb himself.
"So where should I use my Enhancement Points? I can't enhance Sage Mode or Water Release for the time being, and I've found other ways to quickly improve my Lightning Release. The same goes for Spirit Transformation Technique. What other options are there for me to quickly improve my strength?"
Kirito continued to look at the attribute panel, which had a large number of options with "+" signs, and fell into deep thought.
Thanks to obtaining the Ketsuryūgan, the attribute panel now displays three skills: Blood Control, Human Bomb, and Ketsuryūgan Illusion. The levels of these three skills have now reached Level 2, thanks to the strengthening effect of the Wood Release and Senjutsu powers nourishing the Ketsuryūgan over this period of time.
Obviously, there is no need to use Enhancement Points to strengthen the three skills of the Ketsuryūgan; it is enough to continue nourishing and strengthening them with the power of Wood Release and Senjutsu.
After a while, Kirito turned his attention to the Puppeteering skill.
This skill was obtained after he read the memories of both Akashige and Sara. With his amazing mental arithmetic ability, he has successfully digested a large amount of experience in manipulating puppets from the two people, allowing the Puppeteering skill to reach level 3.
"The puppet technique of that old guy, Chiyo, should be at level 5 or even higher. Her powerful puppet technique allows her to control ten puppets to fight at the same time. Her combat power is indeed very strong, and she can also make three puppets attack at the same time using ninjutsu. In terms of combat power, she is much stronger than Kakuzu, and I estimate that her natural Sage attribute is not lower than 3."
Kirito saw the puppet technique and immediately thought of Chiyo, a powerful Kage-Level powerhouse who relied on puppet techniques to fight.
Releasing ninjutsu and seal techniques with the help of puppets is one thing that Kirito finds very interesting about puppet techniques.
This is because even though he has a strong mental arithmetic ability and can multi-task, he is unable to release three ninjutsu at the same time.
The reason for this is that his body only has one chakra system, and he can only use one jutsu at a time.
However, the powerful puppet technique breaks this rule significantly with the help of puppets with a chakra system inside them.
It is precisely because of this that puppet masters are so powerful. In particular, powerful puppet masters who are proficient in various ninjutsu will see their strength greatly enhanced when paired with powerful puppets. In a short period of time, they may be able to fight multiple opponents at once, even in a battle between shadow-class ninjas.
"Using three ninjutsu attacks at the same time, and one of them can be combined with a seal technique to attack. I have to say, this is a way to quickly improve my strength. It has unlocked the shackles on my powerful mental arithmetic abilities."
Kirito thought excitedly.
The thing that restricts the strength of a powerful puppet master is undoubtedly an outstanding puppet.
And the cost of an excellent puppet is quite high. For a boutique puppet of the 10 Puppets of Chikamatsu class, the loss of one would be painful for the Sunagakure village, because each of these boutique puppets requires the use of very expensive materials, including rare and expensive Chakra metals.
"I have money in my hands, and a ninja tool like a puppet that can completely rely on money to build up enough combat power is exactly what I need right now."
Kirito recalled the painful memories of the two people, Akashige and Sara, when they usually built and repaired puppets, and finally discovered the correct use of the wealth in his hands.
So-called puppets are just robots, or small mobile suits, except that they are activated by chakra, and the puppeteer is the pilot of these mobile suits. A powerful puppeteer can pilot several at the same time. If the mobile suit is very powerful, the fighting power of the puppeteer will also increase in direct proportion.
"It feels very promising. This thing will be fine as long as you have money."
Kirito's mind flashed with images of cool mobile suits, and his breathing gradually became a little rapid, his eyes showing an excited look.
Yes, it was puppet technique, an exclusive skill specially prepared for ninjas like him who had strong mental calculation abilities and were wealthy.
If he could use three ninjutsu simultaneously with the help of puppets, then one person would be equivalent to three jōnin fighting the enemy, or three jōnin with one mind.
In this way, it is certain that amazing combat power can be unleashed.
"Do you want to add Puppet Technique? No, this thing doesn't need to use Enhancement Points. As long as I continue to become proficient in operating the puppet, this skill will be able to improve rapidly. What I lack is more powerful mental arithmetic ability. While it is awesome to be able to use three ninjutsu at the same time, it would be terrifying to be able to use five ninjutsu at the same time, and not by using a shadow clone."
Kirito looked at the puppet technique options, gazed for a moment, then looked away and smiled as he looked in the direction of the Wisdom attribute.
Thanks to his extensive studies, his Wisdom attribute had reached 8 points, with 4 points representing intelligence.
Now, the option for the Wisdom attribute also has a "+" sign after it, which means that the Intelligence value within the Wisdom attribute can continue to be enhanced.
"I can attribute my current achievements to the fact that I started using Enhancement Points to upgrade my Wisdom twice. Thanks to it, I was able to develop an amazing talent for learning Sealing Technique, which endeared me to my teacher and also helped me accumulate a lot of knowledge, which was of huge help to me and undoubtedly had a huge impact on me.
The last time I added points, I added points to the Spirit Transformation Technique to quickly improve my strength, and did not continue to add points to the Wisdom attribute. However, I gained the White Zetsu clone as a result, and was then able to go out and work, which really gave me a very amazing boost in strength and power. It was truly a benefit without end, and was the right choice.
Now, with the emergence of Puppeteering, I can once again see the importance of the Wisdom attribute in improving my strength. Four points of Intelligence have given me extraordinary mental arithmetic abilities, and I can easily do three things at once. So what will five points of Intelligence give me? It's really exciting."
Kirito looked at the Wisdom attribute, an option that had been enhanced twice before, and sighed.
Then, without further hesitation, he once again added Enhancement Points to the Wisdom attribute.
The two Enhancement Points disappeared, and the value after the Wisdom attribute changed from 8 to 9.
At that moment, Kirito felt as if his brain had split open, and his entire world went dark, and he fainted directly.
Not knowing how long had passed, Kirito slowly opened his eyes and noticed a pool of blood on the ground, which was the blood that had flowed from his nose after he fainted.
However, despite having lost so much blood, Kirito felt that his condition was much better than before.
He closed his eyes and suddenly found that his consciousness had entered a huge library, where a large number of books were stored and organized in categories.
He walked among them, came to a bookshelf, took out a book from it, and opened it.
At that moment, a clear video began to play on the opened book, and the content of the video was precisely a memory he had experienced.
This memory was still from his previous life when he watched Naruto: Shippuden. The memory video played, slowed down, fast-forwarded, stopped, and zoomed in and out with his mind, so that he could clearly know all the details of what he had experienced.
The Memory Library was one of the special abilities he obtained after his intelligence reached five points.
Although it seems like a long time for him to come here and watch his memories, only one second has passed outside.
In other words, he can enter the Memory Library in one second and then find various solutions to problems by reading the memory books here.
With a thought, Kirito's consciousness disappears in the Memory Library, and the real Kirito reopens his eyes.
Then, he extends one hand.
The next second, water flow, flames, whirlwinds, rocks, and electric currents appear simultaneously on his five fingers.
He was simultaneously manipulating the five chakra natures and manifesting them as normal matter.
This was the initial manifestation of Kirito's ability to concentrate on five things at once.
After reaching five points in intelligence, Kirito's mental calculation ability once again improved significantly, officially allowing him to do five things at once.
The improvement in mental calculation ability also greatly reduced the speed at which he used sealing techniques.
He clapped his hands together, and a powerful surge of chakra emerged from his body, and a huge and complex sealing array was completed in an instant.
This is the Sealing Technique: The Five-Layered of Light Formation, a high-level sealing technique.
In the past, for high-level sealing techniques like the Sealing Technique: The Five-Layered of Light Formation, it would take him two or three seconds to successfully release it based on his previous knowledge.
Although it was only a quick two seconds, the difference was indescribably large.
It can be said that high-level sealing techniques are now part of Kirito's ordinary skills and can be released as easily as the Three-Body Technique.
Sealing Technique: Five-Layered of Light Formation This advanced sealing technique has a coverage area of nearly 100 meters, and it is not a problem to bind five jōnin at the same time.
"In this way, if an ordinary jōnin confronts me and lacks information about my sealing technique, they will be taken prisoner instantly if they approach me recklessly. With my sealing technique, I can easily control the life and death of a jōnin,"
Kirito looked at the Seal Art he had just completed and said with satisfaction.
Finally, a blood-red, cold aura appeared in his hands.
This was an Yin Release Chakra, and it was also a special Yin Release Chakra formed from Ketsuryūgan.
Now, this aura had almost turned into a solid substance, becoming like real blood.
After his intelligence score reached five, his Yin Release level, which had been stagnant for a long time, had unexpectedly broken through and reached level four.
As a result, the ranks of his Yin Release ninjutsu such as mind reading, mind transmission, and shadow imitation have all been raised, and the ranks of the three Ketsuryūgan abilities that consume Ketsuryūgan Chakra, such as blood manipulation, human bombs, and Ketsuryūgan Illusion, have also been raised.
"It seems that raising the rank of the nature of one's chakra can indeed indirectly raise the ranks of the corresponding ninjutsu and abilities."
Kirito paid attention to the changes in the various options on the attribute panel and his face showed a thoughtful expression.
Sure enough, it is a very useful way to improve one's strength for a ninja to work hard to improve their chakra attribute level.
"I've used up all my Enhancement Points, so it's time to get down to business. Cloning a Lightning Release clone with top-notch Lightning Release talent and creating powerful puppets need to be done as soon as possible. I guess Nawaki will secretly submit his graduation application to Sandaime again soon, and when that happens, Sandaime will definitely approve it, and by then, it will be time for me to go to war as well."
Kirito quickly calmed down and added a little Wisdom attribute, then turned his head and looked at a red-haired clone not far away whose life force was rapidly disappearing, and muttered.
In a short while, he left the orphanage and walked towards the Hokage building.
At the same time, in the underground prison of Gojo Makoto's mansion in the country of waves, the White Zetsu clone reopened his eyes. He returned to the surface in Gojo Makoto's vest, and after giving Uzumaki Ryoko a mission to collect various materials for precious puppets, he used the Mayfly technique to drill underground and quickly headed in the direction of the Kumogakure.