"Decompose!"
As Izayoi's words fell, the points balance in the points bar immediately surged from just over 700,000 to 2,810,000, a perfect whole number.
"No pity pulls, it was worth it!" A slight smile played on Izayoi's lips.
Breaking even with a one-for-one exchange was already not a loss; a one-for-two exchange was undoubtedly a gain.
With only a little over a hundred thousand points remaining, Izayoi could upgrade his three red perks to rainbow perks.
By then, he would be a man adorned with five rainbow perks.
Thinking of this, Izayoi immediately couldn't wait to confirm the idea in his mind.
He raised his hand and clicked the "+" sign floating behind Six Paths Potential (Red).
In an instant, the 2,810,000 points in the points bar plummeted to 1,810,001 points.
The Six Paths Potential, which was originally one font size smaller than the rainbow perks and had a non-flowing red font color, suddenly increased by one font size. The red color quickly faded, replaced by flowing rainbow light.
The two characters for "Six Paths" even changed as if they were worms wriggling.
After the wriggling stopped, the two characters for Six Paths had disappeared, replaced by... [Transcendence Potential (Rainbow)].
Thump—Crack!
Just as the perk completed its transformation, Izayoi's heart gave a violent leap, and he vaguely heard something shattering.
However, the quiet universe seemed to tell Izayoi that the sound he just heard was merely a hallucination.
And Izayoi's attention was indeed not on that sound, but fixed intently on the rainbow perk, Transcendence Potential.
More precisely, he was staring at Transcendence Potential (Rainbow) in the perk bar.
Just like sorting on a computer, the perks in the perk bar were also divided by rank and status.
The highest-ranked perks were listed first, and among those of the same rank, the rarest and most valuable perks were at the very front.
Before Six Paths Potential was upgraded, Izayoi only had two rainbow perks, and the one at the top was naturally Otsutsuki Bloodline (Rainbow).
Izayoi's current strength was entirely thanks to the Otsutsuki Bloodline.
It was no exaggeration to say that the Otsutsuki Bloodline was the heart among these perks.
Without this heart, not only would Izayoi be unable to obtain the Bloodline Limit: Tenseigan (Rainbow) at this age, but even if he obtained Sage Eye (Red) and Sage Body (Red) from Sasuke Uchiha and Uzumaki Naruto, without the Sage of Six Paths' transmission, he would likely have to wait until middle age to have a chance of awakening the Rinnegan.
No matter how much of a genius he was, he wouldn't be able to evolve from Super Kage to Six Paths Level during the final battle.
Because that was the limit for a mixed-blood Otsutsuki descendant!
In contrast, Toneri Otsutsuki's Otsutsuki Bloodline (Red) allowed him to awaken the Tenseigan by transplanting Byakugan of high purity, even at an age when he couldn't yet drink alcohol.
Therefore, among all the red perks, the status of Otsutsuki Bloodline (Red) had always been higher than Sage Eye (Red) and Sage Body (Red), ranking first.
After upgrading to the rainbow rank, Otsutsuki Bloodline (Rainbow) also surpassed the Tenseigan, perhaps by a significant margin.
After all, the first sub-perk unlocked by Otsutsuki Bloodline (Rainbow) was at the red level.
Izayoi unlocked Sky Control (Red) at this age, so Otsutsuki Bloodline (Rainbow) definitely had more than one red sub-perk.
And the Tenseigan and Rinnegan were merely products formed by the fusion of two red perks.
Izayoi speculated that even among the rainbow perks, Otsutsuki Bloodline (Rainbow) would be in the very top tier.
But now, this perk that was at the top, whose status couldn't be shaken no matter how other perks upgraded, the Otsutsuki Bloodline (Rainbow), had been pushed down.
The perk ranked first had astonishingly become... Transcendence Potential (Rainbow).
Potential, in Izayoi's eyes before, was the most useless and trashiest perk.
Perks like Chakra Control would enhance Izayoi's talent in chakra control. Without this talent, he wouldn't have been able to master Truth-Seeking Balls.
Even perks like Medical Genius and Medical Master, if their full potential was realized, could make one a famous doctor in the Shinobi World.
Only Potential, regardless of whether it was green or red, had no abilities whatsoever, as if it only occupied a spot in the perk bar.
This perk's positioning had always been that of a sub-perk.
As long as Izayoi's upper limit increased, the first perk to sublimate would definitely be this Potential perk.
This perk's ranking was either at the bottom, or in the lower-middle or upper-middle.
But now, this perk had surpassed the heart-level Otsutsuki Bloodline (Rainbow) and ranked first.
Even more miraculously, Izayoi actually felt that Otsutsuki Bloodline (Rainbow) losing was not unfair.
Transcendence Potential, these four words were too easy to understand.
Especially for Izayoi, who had watched Boruto, this perk, looking across the entire universe and the long river of history, perhaps only two people possessed it.
One was him, and the other was the God of Transcendence, who was suspected to have already transcended this world... Shibai Otsutsuki!
Izayoi's lips curved slightly as he murmured, "I didn't mishear the shattering sound just now. Something did shatter, but what shattered wasn't material; it was... a concept!"
"My shackles... are broken!"
As if responding to Izayoi, his brain suddenly secreted a large amount of chakra, which gathered in his eyes.
Izayoi's eyeballs began to wriggle uncontrollably.
"Hiss..."
Izayoi covered his eyes, sucking in a cold breath.
The next second, an unbelievable sound came from his mouth: "This is... Fetal Movement? How is this possible?!"
"Could it be that the Tenseigan can evolve again?"
After the Tenseigan completed three Fetal Movements and awakened the Tenseigan Chakra Mode, the same as Toneri Otsutsuki, Izayoi had thought that the Tenseigan's abilities should all be Chakra Rosaries, which is the power of creation.
Now it seems that three Fetal Movements are not the limit of the Tenseigan.
No...
To be precise, three Fetal Movements are the limit of the Otsutsuki Bloodline (Red) and Six Paths Potential (Red), not the limit of the Otsutsuki Bloodline (Rainbow) and Transcendence Potential (Rainbow).
The third Fetal Movement unlocked the Tenseigan Chakra Mode and Chakra Rosaries, so what kind of ability will the fourth Fetal Movement unlock?
Just as Izayoi was feeling curious, his eyeballs suddenly stopped wriggling.
"What's going on? This Fetal Movement ended so quickly?"
Izayoi suspiciously created a mirror and examined himself in the mirror, having already dispelled the Wood Transformation Technique and Tenseigan Chakra Mode.
White hair, a pair of Dragon Horns on his forehead, and a face that had shed its childishness, still exceptionally handsome. His eyes were also still the blue-white Tenseigan.
It was as if the wriggling of his eyeballs just now was merely Izayoi's illusion.
Izayoi, who possessed astonishing long-range vision and x-ray vision, suddenly leaned closer to the mirror, his nose touching the surface, staring intently at his eyes in the mirror.
If you looked closely, you would notice that within the Tenseigan, the black pupils, like a solar corona, were no longer surrounded by a white halo, but... a faint golden color.
Seeing this golden halo, which was difficult to notice without leaning close and looking carefully, the corner of Izayoi's mouth curved upward slightly again.
He could tell at a glance that this was an Eye Power that even he couldn't fully grasp.
This Eye Power was changing the nature of the Tenseigan in a very gentle way, different from the previous three Fetal Movement periods.
Just like Madara Uchiha integrating Hashirama Senju's cells, his Eye Power slowly increased, gradually giving rise to the power of all creation, and then one day he woke up and his eyes had suddenly become Rinnegan.
Izayoi could feel that the Tenseigan was slowly absorbing his Chakra.
Or rather, Chakra was slowly converging towards his eyes.
Unlike the previous three Fetal Movements, he couldn't use the power of ultimate dojutsu.
This fourth Fetal Movement not only didn't affect Izayoi's use of the Tenseigan's power, but it didn't even absorb his Chakra wildly.
Izayoi had a premonition that this Fetal Movement would last for a very long time.
But that was exactly what Izayoi wanted.
If possible, he even wished for this Fetal Movement to last as long as possible.
The longer the evolution, the greater the improvement, and it wouldn't harm his foundation.
The best example was still Madara Uchiha.
And the counterexample was Sasuke Uchiha, who received a power-up from the Sage of Six Paths and whose one eye evolved into a Six Tomoe Rinnegan.
Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju grew stronger with age, while Sasuke Uchiha and Uzumaki Naruto grew weaker with age.
Because they had already reached the limit of their potential and could not advance further.
Izayoi's current strength had only four and a half opponents in the Shinobi World. His arsenal was very rich, he didn't lack powerful killing moves, but he lacked mysterious and exclusive trump cards.
After all, in this battle, Izayoi had used all his trump cards.
If Madara Uchiha and the Sage of Six Paths, or Hamura Otsutsuki and Isshiki Otsutsuki, had ways to deal with that ultimate technique, then it would be Izayoi who would fall into a passive state.
Izayoi had to prepare new trump cards to gain an advantage in the intelligence war.
Therefore, Izayoi hoped that this Fetal Movement would allow him to unlock new trump cards.
This way, Izayoi would have more confidence when facing the Sage of Six Paths, who was neither clearly an ally nor an enemy.
"Should I upgrade this thing too?"
Smashing the mirror in his hand, Izayoi stared at the Perk section of his personal panel again, his gaze falling on Sage Body (Red), and he whispered.
Soon, Izayoi made a decision.
"The Sage of Six Paths could cultivate the Sage Body, and even the Sage Body he inherited to Asura is at the Red level, indicating that his Sage Body must have reached the Rainbow level." Izayoi glanced at the three Rainbow-colored Perks, staring at the Transcendence Potential (Rainbow), and couldn't help but reveal a confident smile, saying, "Even he could do it, there's no reason why I, at my current state, can't."
"Instead of wasting points on a Perk that will definitely sublimate, it's better to save them for future emergencies, or use them on... it."
As he finished speaking, Izayoi's gaze shifted to Sky Control (Red).
The Sky Control Perk not only granted Izayoi the ability to fly but also bestowed upon him a powerful space-time talent.
In just a few months, he had mastered various applications of the Heavenly Transfer Technique and Flying Thunder God Technique, and also developed Space-Time Teleportation Arrays using Chakra Rosaries.
Without the Space-Time Teleportation Arrays, Izayoi wouldn't have been able to successfully scheme and defeat Madara Uchiha.
If the Red Perk Sky Control was already this powerful, then if it was upgraded to the Rainbow level, wouldn't his space-time talent become even stronger, or even give rise to space-time abilities?
Thinking of this, Izayoi was very tempted.
However, reason still made him calm down.
Yomotsu Hirasaka, a power of the Bloodline Kekkai Mora, was within reach.
Space-Time Portals were also something that ultimate eye techniques could achieve.
In the future, there was a high probability that he could also develop Space-Time Portals.
Perhaps, these abilities were even inherent to the pure-blooded Otsutsuki Clan.
After all, the red Perk "Sky Control" was merely an auxiliary Perk of the Otsutsuki Bloodline (Rainbow), or even just one of them.
Furthermore, even if this Perk was upgraded, the potential still needed Izayoi to realize it, and even if it derived space-time abilities, it would definitely take a considerable amount of time.
Instead of wasting 990,000 points on it, wouldn't it be better to save the two upgrade opportunities for synthesizing the Rinnegan in the future?
Izayoi quickly calmed his emotions, closed his personal panel, and avoided overthinking.
Immediately, Izayoi used Chakra Rosaries to create a seven-layered overlapping Space-Time Portal array, teleporting directly from space back to the basement of his home on Earth.
Since Izayoi's battlefield with Madara Uchiha was in space, their second round of battle was unknown to anyone except those few individuals. Perhaps even those few could only judge the victor based on Madara Uchiha's injuries.
After all, during those two days and two nights of fighting, besides calculating Madara Uchiha, Izayoi was also calculating those few Otsutsuki. If they had shown themselves, Izayoi would have discovered them. Since he didn't, it meant they didn't dare to get too close.
As for their strength being greater than his? Izayoi felt that the possibility was becoming increasingly unlikely. Even if they were stronger than him, it was only by a small margin, not enough to be overwhelming. Otherwise, there would have been no need to hide; they could have just attacked directly. Only those who weren't absolutely confident in dealing with him would hide like mice.
Thinking of this, the corner of Izayoi's mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly, revealing a disdainful smile.
After his Potential was elevated to Transcendence Potential (Rainbow), Izayoi was filled with confidence and assurance. The moment it was elevated, it triggered the fourth Fetal Movement of the Tenseigan. This meant that Izayoi's conjecture was correct.
Transcendence Potential not only increased the upper limit of his potential but also brought out the potential of the Otsutsuki Bloodline (Rainbow), just as the Sage Eye (Red) and Prince of the Byakugan (Red) brought out the potential of the Otsutsuki Bloodline (Red), allowing Izayoi to acquire a Tenseigan that had completed three Fetal Movements at this age.
The fourth Fetal Movement was perhaps just a welcome gift from the Transcendence Potential (Rainbow). Having entered his true growth phase, Izayoi's subsequent growth speed would be terrifying beyond imagination.
Thinking of this, Izayoi became even more expectant about the future.
...
"Izayoi-kun, you're back?"
"Izayoi-kun, are you okay?"
"Big Brother, Hanabi was so worried about you!"
As soon as he emerged from the basement, Izayoi was surrounded by Hinata and the three other girls. Unlike their previous confidence, this time Hinata and the two other girls, as well as Shion, were all filled with worry. Hanabi even threw herself into Izayoi's arms, tightly hugging his waist.
There was nothing they could do; besides those few Otsutsuki, only Hinata and the three other girls knew about Izayoi and Madara Uchiha's second round of battle. At first, the four girls were still full of confidence in Izayoi, thinking he was invincible. But when Izayoi didn't return for two days and two nights, and even his Wood Clone disappeared quickly without leaving a single word, the four girls finally became restless.
Although the Wood Clone hadn't disappeared long ago, the four girls felt like every second was a day, and their hearts were extremely uneasy.
Looking at the worried expressions of the girls, whose beautiful eyes were even misty, Izayoi was slightly taken aback. As if sensing their emotions, Izayoi couldn't help but smile gently, then opened his arms and pulled all three girls into his embrace, saying softly, "Sorry, I made you worry."
Hinata and the two other girls also hugged Izayoi tightly, all the panic and wild thoughts in their hearts dispelled by Izayoi's body temperature, scent, and the strong sense of security he provided.
However, the warm atmosphere didn't last long before it was broken by a voice.
"Wuwuwu... I'm going to be suffocated!"
Hanabi, who was sandwiched between Izayoi and Hinata, let out a muffled voice.
"Hahaha... Sorry, sorry."
As Izayoi's laughter rang out, the atmosphere instantly became cheerful, returning to their usual way of interacting.
Just as Hinata and the four girls were about to ask questions, a Chakra suddenly passed through the Sensing Barrier, attracting the attention of Izayoi and the others.
With a whoosh, a afterimage appeared out of thin air in front of Izayoi, kneeling on one knee.
"Lord Izayoi, the Hokage has ordered your subordinate to inform you to immediately proceed to the Hokage's Office."
Uzuki Yugao, wearing a cat-faced mask but with purple hair showing, bowed her head and said respectfully, "Lord Izayoi, the Hokage has ordered me to inform you to come to the Hokage's Office immediately."
"I understand. I'll be there shortly. You may leave first."
Izayoi waved her away, but Uzuki Yugao didn't disappear immediately. Instead, she looked up at Hinata and the others, and spoke again, "The Hokage specifically instructed that you go to the Hokage's Office alone. Lady Hinata and Lady Karin are to accompany me to the Hokage Building."
Hearing this, Izayoi raised an eyebrow and exchanged glances with Hinata and Karin, both seeing the confusion in each other's eyes.
"In that case, Hinata and Karin, you two go with Yugao. I'll go find the Hokage myself." Izayoi was also intrigued and instructed the two women.
"Yes."
Hinata and Karin nodded.
"Hanabi, you and Shion stay here and wait for us to come back."
Izayoi patted Hanabi's head and then smiled at Shion, saying, "Shion, I'm leaving Hanabi in your care."
"Okay, okay..."
Hanabi and Shion both nodded repeatedly, looking very obedient.
Immediately, the four of them disappeared simultaneously.
Izayoi disappeared without a trace, while the three women, Hinata, used the Body Flicker Technique to vanish.
A few days later, it was just after the preliminary rounds of the third stage of the Chunin Exams, and a piece of news spread throughout Konoha, quickly reaching the entire Shinobi World.
The entire Shinobi World was in an uproar.
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