Chapter 611 - 17

Chapter 17: Double Gold in a Row! Mastering Five-Element Chakra!As soon as Naruto finished speaking, the remaining Grudge Points were consumed frantically, like a bursting dam.The light and shadows before his eyes flickered explosively, and notification sounds flooded his screen densely.[ Large Amount of Chakra × 19 ][ Massive Amount of Chakra × 12 ][ Skill Point × 9 ]...A series of ordinary rewards flashed by rapidly. Naruto didn't even blink, his entire focus locked tightly onto those few ultimate rewards.Suna Suna no Mi, Hong Hong Fruit, and Ten Thousand Techniques One Track.One million Grudge Points vanished like flowing water.Just as he thought it was about to bottom out...Hum—A golden light, far more dazzling than any before, exploded suddenly, filling the entire room.[ Ding! Congratulations to the Host! ][ Obtained Stage Grand Prize: Suna Suna no Mi! ]Before the golden light had dissipated, an orange light immediately flared up with a boom.[ Ding! Congratulations to the Host! ][ Obtained Stage Grand Prize: Hong Hong Fruit! ]Two consecutive system notifications struck Naruto's heart like heavy hammers.Naruto froze in place, his breathing stopped abruptly, then immediately became heavy and ragged.It worked... it really worked!Suna Suna no Mi, control over sand, integrated offense and defense, massive range;Hong Hong Fruit, control over torrents, overwhelming water power, extremely strong suppression.Coupled with his original abilities...Naruto's heart pounded wildly.Wind, Fire, Lightning, Water, Earth... five-element abilities, actually gathered almost completely at this moment!Guaranteed? Infinite? Although he didn't draw Ten Thousand Techniques One Track, it didn't matter anymore.With this all-in bet, he won completely.After one hundred draws... the final total was:[ Large Amount of Chakra × 49 ][ Massive Amount of Chakra × 31 ][ Skill Point × 18 ]Naruto's fingertips hovered before those 18 glowing blue Skill Points, his gaze narrowing slightly.Although these Chakra rewards didn't specify the exact amount of Chakra each time.He had already figured out the pattern during previous draws...Moderate Amount of Chakra, Large Amount of Chakra, Massive Amount of Chakra; each level jump was almost two to three times the previous one.With accumulation over time, the Chakrafoundation within his body was no longer comparable to when he first started.But what truly made him pause was the ability description that had just appeared: Ten Thousand Techniques One Track.A faint intuition spread in the bottom of his heart.If he were to recklessly use these Skill Points now to strengthen a single Ninjutsu, it might seem effective immediately, but what if...What if the ability of Ten Thousand Techniques One Track was deeply bound to "Skill Point" and "Ninjutsu Upgrade"?What if it could double the benefit of every single Skill Point?What if it could allow all Ninjutsu to advance simultaneously instead of upgrading just one?What if these 18 Skill Points would have several times the effect if used after Ten Thousand Techniques One Track was formed?Naruto slowly withdrew his fingertips."No rush."He whispered to himself, temporarily sealing away the 18 Skill Points, his gaze falling on that line [Ten Thousand Techniques One Track], with a bit more anticipation in his eyes."Wait until I draw Ten Thousand Techniques One Track, figure out its true effect, then decide how to use these Skill Points."With a thought from Naruto, the pale blue, translucent personal skill panel instantly unfolded before his eyes.Glowing blue light patterns flowed; 18 unallocated Skill Points floated quietly in the center of the panel, while the gray entry for [Ten Thousand Techniques One Track] was flickering slightly.The two newly unlocked natural-type fruit ability slots below occupied the most prominent position on the panel.Unallocated Skill Points: 18Special Passive: Ten Thousand Techniques One Track (Inactive · Effect Pending Investigation)[ Fire Fist: Level 4 ][ Sexy Jutsu: Level 4 ][ Elementalization/Fire: Level 4 ][ Thunderstorm ] [ Fire Lightning Bird ] [ Heaven's Punishment ] [ Elementalization/Lightning ]New Abilities Held: [ Elementalization/Earth/Water ][ Sand Flow Wall ] [ Sand Binding Coffin ][ Sand Sea Annihilation ] Effect: Large-scale control of all sand within a hundred-meter radius, unleashing a violent sand waterfall, turning the entire area into a desert domain.[ Flood Wave · Sky-Piercing Break ] [ Flood Prison ][ Flood Tide Return to Ruins ]Effect: Turns the surrounding area into a vast flood; within the domain, all water currents can be freely controlled to form attacks.Naruto's gaze shifted away from the basic skills, finally locking onto the two area-of-effect Ninjutsuat the very bottom of the panel.[ Sand Sea Annihilation ], [ Flood Tide Return to Ruins ].Coupled with the already mastered Lightning Release · Thunderstorm, there were three large-scale Ninjutsu on the panel capable of shaking the laws of heaven and earth.He had already witnessed the power of Thunderstorm in actual combat.It was a destructive force capable of summoning celestial lightning and turning a hundred-meter radius into scorched earth, though the last time he used it, he borrowed the power of the Nine-Tailed.But now that Naruto had obtained a significant increase in Chakra, it was not impossible for him to unleash that strike as well.With that move alone, he would be enough to walk sideways among Jonin."Sand Sea... Flood Tide..."Naruto whispered these two names, and two completely different images instantly emerged in his mind.One was a hell of dead silence where yellow sand filled the sky, the earth cracked, and within a hundred meters, everything turned to sand;The other was a prison of water where angry seas churned, giant waves towered, and within a hundred meters, it turned into a swamp."Knock, knock, knock!"A series of urgent knocks pulled Naruto abruptly out of his thoughts about the Ninjutsu.He opened the door, and Kakashi was standing there, his eyes beneath the mask carrying a rare touch of seriousness."Are you rested? There's been another turn of events regarding the last mission, come with me."Naruto was full of confusion, but still raised his feet to follow.But as they walked, he became more and more puzzled—why was this route headed straight for the Konoha office?He had just collected a million-ryo bounty from here; were they coming here again?Upon arriving at the entrance, Uchiha Itachi was already standing there with his hands behind his back, his expression as indifferent as ever, but when he saw Naruto, the corners of his mouth unexpectedly curled into a faint smile."You're here. This time, we can be considered to have had great luck.""Huh?" Naruto was completely bewildered. "Great luck? What great luck?""Do you remember Matsumoto?""Of course I remember, that Grudge machine... ah no, that weird uncle. What happened to him?"Itachi was silent for a moment, looked up at Naruto, and spoke slowly, word by word:"Although he is just an ordinary person, his true identity is a member of Fan Sheng Tang!""Fan Sheng Tang?" Hearing this term, Naruto was a bit stunned.Kakashi, who was to the side, saw this and explained:"Fan Sheng Tang is an underground organization active in the Ninja World, ostensibly dealing in refugee resettlement and material transport.""In secret, they specialize in human trafficking, specifically targeting solitary Ninja, orphans, and outsiders."He paused, his tone deepening a bit:"We have been watching this organization for a long time, but we have never been able to reach its core.""No one expected that Matsumoto, that guy who looked so ordinary, was actually a high-level official of Fan Sheng Tang in this area."Uchiha Itachi added indifferently from the side, his voice calm but weighty:"Matsumoto himself is on the Land of Fire wanted list, with a bounty of a full five million ryo.""Catching him is equivalent to directly wiping out an important chain of Fan Sheng Tang at the border."Naruto finally understood, his eyes widening slightly."Five million?!"