Chapter 386: Chakra Fruit

On the desolate planet of Fesa.

Bei Xiu stared blankly at the malformed satellite in the sky.

'This is the Fourth Tier? Why doesn't it match my memories?'

As an elite of the Lianbangdiaocha Bureau, Bei Xiu had seen Fourth Tier beings before, but he had never encountered a Fourth Tier like Otavio.

Yet even such a being was defeated by that planet's Viceroy.

If Bei Xiu had to judge, it was like encountering a cosmic monster and still failing to defeat it despite all efforts.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help muttering to himself.

'Could he really be some big shot from the Central Star Region?'

Recalling how the man had dragged the starship back to Fesa not long ago, Bei Xiu scratched his head.

'So now, should I keep waiting or take some action? Give me a hint.'

Just as Bei Xiu was deep in thought about what to do next, his gaze suddenly went vacant.

After a long while, he returned to normal.

At this moment, Bei Xiu's plain face bore a strange expression as he whispered cautiously in his mind: 'Hello?'

He repeated this sentence in both Lianbang language and Imperial language.

After a brief silence, a weak yet vicious voice echoed in his mind: 'Shut up. If you reveal my existence, I'll kill you!'

It was Imperial language.

Hearing the voice, Bei Xiu was not frightened—he was delighted.

Good, good, good! So he'd been waiting here all along. No wonder his talent had always told him staying on Fesa was the best choice.

Though thrilled inside, Bei Xiu showed no sign of it; instead, he feigned fear: 'My lord, spare me! I was also captured by that demon!'

Sorry, Viceroy Li Ang, but for the mission I must let you bear the blame for now. When it's done, I'll bring you a few Imperial Empress photo albums.

With this thought, Bei Xiu immediately began his deception.

As an elite of the Lianbangdiaocha Bureau destined to infiltrate the Empire, he might not be strong in combat, but in trickery, deception, and underhanded schemes, he was a master.

…

Time passed like this for nearly half a month.

During this period, Li Ang courteously saw off the executives of the major corporations who had been stranded on Fesa.

The reason was simple: the Divine Tree was about to bear fruit.

At such a critical moment, he certainly couldn't allow strangers to remain.

As for Bei Xiu, he had found an excuse a few days ago to board one of the corporations' starships and leave.

Li Ang vaguely sensed some oddness in the man's behavior, but he didn't bother investigating—after all, from their first meeting, this Lianbangdiaocha Bureau agent had seemed off.

'Strange fellow.'

With a slight shake of his head, he dismissed the thought and turned his gaze to the bud slowly blooming at the top of the Divine Tree.

He had to admit that this Divine Tree was quite different from the one within his body—most likely because it had never been fed the blood of the Ōtsutsuki clan.

Fortunately, it still managed to bear a Chakra Fruit in the end, even if it wasn't perfect.

Li Ang was now curious what kind of ability this Chakra Fruit might awaken within him.

After all, whether it was the Rinnegan or the Tenseigan, the powers he had used were either their innate abilities or Kaguya's.

Of course, it was also possible that no ability would awaken and it would only increase his stats.

After all, when all was said and done, this Chakra Fruit still wasn't perfect enough.

Li Ang even felt the latter possibility was more likely; otherwise, the 【Stargazer】 class description wouldn't have specifically pointed out that the exclusive divine spell would only be obtained after the class advancement was complete.

Just as he was thinking this, a terrifying wave of energy suddenly swept across the land.

The Chakra Fruit had manifested.

At this moment, the bud at the top of the Divine Tree had fully bloomed, revealing a pale purple fruit.

This was Li Ang's first time seeing what a Chakra Fruit actually looked like.

Unlike the flashy appearance of a Devil Fruit, the Chakra Fruit looked remarkably plain—provided one ignored the terrifying aura it was emanating.

'It probably won't taste too bad, right?'

With that somewhat strange thought, Li Ang gently plucked it from the top of the Divine Tree.

Looking at the pale purple fruit in his hand, which was even larger than his head, Li Ang found himself in a bit of a dilemma for a moment.

'I shouldn't have to actually eat it for it to take effect, right?'

In Li Ang's perception, the Chakra Fruit was essentially a massive aggregate of energy.

Of course, that description wasn't entirely accurate—after all, a mere aggregate of energy couldn't possibly awaken things like the Rinnegan.

After a brief moment of thought, Li Ang simply began absorbing the energy within the Chakra Fruit; expecting him to eat a fruit this size whole would be a bit too much to ask.

Boom—!!

The next instant, cyan-red chakra shot straight into the sky, then began spreading outward in concentric rings.

In the span of a breath, the clouds across thousands of miles around were blown away by this terrifying energy that pulsed like a heartbeat.

His hair whipping in the gale, the energy within Li Ang's body began to surge at an incredible rate.

【Currently consuming a Chakra Fruit, Base Energy stat +259】.

【Currently consuming a Chakra Fruit, Base Energy stat +384】.

As he continuously absorbed the energy contained within the Chakra Fruit, the notifications on his class panel began flooding the screen.

At the same time, the Chakra Fruit's volume kept shrinking, until at last it became a pale purple fruit about the size of a hand.

Looking at the moderately sized fruit in his hand, Li Ang curved his lips into a slight smile, then swallowed it in one bite—and immediately, the very notification he had been hoping to see popped up on his panel.

【Successfully consumed an imperfect Chakra Fruit, Base Energy stat +18461】.

【Current Energy Attribute: 47854.7】.

【2. Devouring the fruit of a divine tree grown from a planet (standard planetary scale or above) (√)】.

At this moment, Li Ang felt the incomparably vast energy within his body and could not help but want to laugh out loud, but in the end he forcibly restrained that impulse.

Unlike in Six Paths mode, the energy attribute increased by the Chakra Fruit was truly, genuinely his own power, with no worries of backlash whatsoever, and it could even receive the multiplier bonus brought by his specialty.

This was also the reason why Li Ang's energy attribute had skyrocketed directly to 47854.7.

If the augmentation of Six Paths mode were added on top of that, his energy attribute would reach the terrifying figure of 【69215.3】.

The only thing that left him a little regretful was that the energy attribute in this state could not fulfill the third class-advancement condition of 【Star Shepherd】, which clearly required Li Ang's own attribute to break through the fifty-thousand threshold.

Fortunately, at present he was not all that far from that number, and going forward, even without eating the Chakra Fruit, he could achieve this goal by raising his class level.

'The current me should also have the strength to fight a Fifth-Tier Zhiyezhe who has just been promoted, right?'

Thinking this, Li Ang could not help but show a smile on his face.

This was still his modest way of putting it; the real situation would only be known after a fight, but the most likely outcome was that a Fifth-Tier Zhiyezhe who had just been promoted would be brutally crushed by him.

Moreover, with his current strength, completely suppressing Kaguya was already more than enough.

In that case, by the time he planted the tree next time, he should be able to eat a perfect Chakra Fruit.

Besides that, just as Li Ang had guessed, an imperfect Chakra Fruit ultimately could not awaken a divine art.

Fortunately, the fertilizer this time was all just worthless star bandits, so he did not feel much heartache over it.

However, although no divine art had been awakened, Li Ang still raised the secrecy level of the Chakra Fruit to the highest, and any existence that tried to pry into information about this fruit had to die.

The reason was very simple.

【Base Energy Attribute +18461】.

Chakra Fruit.

It could shatter a creature's original racial value.