Chapter 37: Harvest

After Uchiha Feiyu arrived in the vicinity of Hegu Town, Leaf Ninja quickly gained the absolute upper hand in this small-scale regional conflict.

Within three days, the two of them wiped out seven Sunagakure squads in succession, causing the entire Sunagakure force to suffer heavy losses and eventually forcing them to withdraw from River Valley Town.

Yamanaka Cheng would pinpoint the locations, and Uchiha Feiyu would do the killing; the entire affair was incredibly easy, as simple as taking something out of a bag.

When some Leaf Ninja in River Valley Town saw Uchiha Feiyu in action, they almost all suspected that the former White Fang of the Leaf had been resurrected, treating him like a god, which also let Uchiha Feiyu understand just how awe-inspiring Hatake Sakumo had been back in the day.

On a small hillside near Hegu Town, Uchiha Feiyu looked at his subordinate:

"How is it? Cheng, are there any more chakra signatures nearby?"

Yamanaka Cheng shook his head:

"Aside from the chakra signatures of some Leaf Ninja, there are no longer any unfamiliar chakra signatures nearby; the Sunagakure ninja should have completely left."

"Alright... it seems the prey here has been wiped out."

Uchiha Feiyu sighed softly, the expression on his face still showing a sense of lingering desire, which caused the expression on Yamanaka Cheng's face to stiffen slightly.

(Lord Orochimaru even said that this Uchiha was born a coward; now it seems he is clearly a killing star!)

Uchiha Feiyu was, of course, no "Heavenly Killing Star" descended to earth; the reason he liked killing so much was, on one hand, to accumulate some Soul, and on the other, because the Black Qi obtained from killing could be used for sacrifices.

He originally did not have much sense of belonging to this world, and now that he had obtained a golden finger that allowed him to kill and "drop gold coins," he naturally viewed these hostile ninja as experience points, without a shred of pity.

"Since that's the case, let's head back to the camp first, rest a bit, and then continue to carry out missions."

Uchiha Feiyu's gaze was distant as he looked at the Soul orbs circling his body; these souls were naturally the souls of the Sunagakure ninja he had killed, and unlike Hatake Sakumo, the Sunagakure ninja were not willing to pass on their own unique arts to Uchiha Feiyu.

However, that did not matter; Uchiha Feiyu could completely utilize these souls to perform skills and then reverse-engineer the principles and methods by performing the ninjutsu himself—it was more difficult than having the other party's soul personally possess him to teach, but it was much faster than learning slowly.

Moreover, running around killing outside could indeed drop quite a few "gold coins," but it also delayed the growth of Uchiha Feiyu's chakra, leaving him with not much time to devour and refine the soul of the Ryuchi Cave Dragon.

Hearing Uchiha Feiyu's words, Yamanaka Cheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief; during these three days, while Uchiha Feiyu had indeed swept through the entire River Valley Town, he, Yamanaka Cheng, the hero behind the scenes, had also contributed quite a bit, especially since he did not have Uchiha Feiyu's overwhelming strength, so his mental pressure was also very high.

Being able to go back and rest now made him quite happy.

At the Leaf camp command post, Orochimaru looked at the pile of blood-stained Sunagakure forehead protectors in front of him, and he could not help but show a smile on his face:

"Although I already knew Feiyu-kun's strength was extraordinary, I am still a bit surprised that he could achieve this level!"

"The prestige of the White Fang of the Leaf from back then can now be seen in Feiyu-kun to about seventy or eighty percent!"

Ninja who could conduct guerrilla warfare on the front lines in squad form during wartime were mostly elites among ninja; among these 20-plus ninja, at least half were Chunin.

After Yamanaka Cheng searched their brains, he even found three Special Jonin inside; this level of loss was enough to make Sunagakure feel the pain.

Most importantly, this was only the harvest of Uchiha Feiyu's three days of slaughter; if he maintained this killing efficiency, chipping away month by month, in two or three months, the entire Sunagakure would likely be unable to sit still.

"Senior Orochimaru, don't just talk without acting, right? I completed the mission, is there any reward?"

Uchiha Feiyu ignored Orochimaru's chicken soup entirely and directly held out his hands for benefits.

The corners of Orochimaru's mouth twitched; this guy... his skin was so thick—no, it should be said he was completely shameless!

"Of course there is a reward. First, congratulations to you, Feiyu, on becoming a Special Jonin. As the front-line leader, this is the highest I can promote you to; to become an official Jonin, you must be promoted by Lord Hokage personally."

"In addition, according to the number of heads you completed for the mission, you can obtain two A-Rank Permissions to learn two A-Rank Ninjutsu. Although I don't have the Scroll of Seals here, I do have a ninjutsu study catalog; you can take it and look at it first."

"If there isn't one that suits your fancy, you can also return to the Leaf to study the ninjutsu on the Scroll of Seals at that time; the ninjutsu there is more comprehensive."

"Also, you killed over 20 ninja; the total mission reward is two million ryo. This is the monetary reward for you."

Special Jonin sounded like it was about the same as a Jonin, but in reality, as mentioned before, the authority and such were far from a Jonin's, and it was no different from a Chunin.

Two A-Rank Ninjutsu sounded very good, but unfortunately, Uchiha Feiyu's current accumulation was shallow; aside from the ninjutsu that complemented Hatake Sakumo's White Fang sword style, the rest were just some ordinary C-Rank Ninjutsu, so he had no mind to learn more for the time being and could only put it on his tab first.

The two million ryo in money, however, converted to RMB was about 1 million (1 ryo = 10 yen), which could be called a huge sum Uchiha Feiyu had never seen before; but thinking about it carefully, this money was at most one-tenth of Asuma, and Uchiha Feiyu's excitement calmed down.

After getting the reward, Uchiha Feiyu first shared a portion of the mission bonus with Yamanaka Cheng, and then dove headfirst into the training ground.

He had chopped down quite a few people during this period and harvested many souls; Uchiha Feiyu prepared to completely squeeze out the ninjutsu these souls knew to further improve his own hard strength.

Because of environmental influences, most Sunagakure ninja practiced Wind Release, Earth Release, and Fire Release, while some practiced Puppet Secret Technique, and Puppet Technique practiced chakra control, which also had a significant connection to Yin Release.

After a month of rest and training, Uchiha Feiyu's Wind Release Nature Transformation had already caught up to his Lightning Release Nature Transformation; the skill experience from over 20 Sunagakure ninja made his progress rapid, and the shortcomings regarding Wind Release in Hatake Sakumo's White Fang sword style were completely filled in.

Besides that, he also learned some Sunagakure skills, including Wind Cutter and Wind Blade, two Wind Release ninjutsu worth learning, several B-Rank and C-Rank Genjutsu, and a close-range sensory ninjutsu unique to Puppet Masters that released chakra threads like a spider web.

(End of chapter)