Chapter 104: Strengthening True Attributes
[Teleportation complete, Hunter returns to Exclusive Room.]
[Exclusive Room is an absolute safe point. No one may enter without the Hunter's permission.]
[Hunter has returned to Reincarnation Paradise. Beginning settlement of derivative world rewards.]
Derivative World: Naruto World
Difficulty: Lv.3～?? (Open world, difficulty varies by region.)
World Source Obtained: 86.8%.
Quests Completed: 2. (Main Quest ×1, Hunt Quest ×1.)
Overall evaluation rating ranges from E- to S+. Overall evaluation is calculated based on total World Source obtained and number of quests completed.)
Beginning World Source collection...
World Source collection complete. Beginning reward tally.
Rewards obtained: 8 True Attribute Points (including those obtained within the derivative world), 46,000 Paradise Coins.
Overall evaluation: S. Current Hunter level increased by +4, raised to settlement complete. Rewards have been automatically deposited into the Hunter's brand.
Su Xiao sat in his Exclusive Room. He only felt one thing: exhaustion.
Steady snoring came from nearby. Bubu Wang was sleeping directly on the carpet, emerald light particles enveloping him. This mutt had a private stash, so as soon as he returned to Reincarnation Paradise, he spent Paradise Coins to recover his injuries, and even paid for Su Xiao's recovery fee.
Su Xiao had virtually no injuries. Originally, he thought he'd need to spend Paradise Coins to purge the Uzumaki clan's life force from his body, but after consulting, he learned there was none left inside him.
Biting Karin to recover injuries would inevitably leave residual Uzumaki life force in the body, but the Cyan Steel Shadow Energy had already devoured all of it.
Su Xiao was very tired now, but he couldn't rest yet. He carried Amu into the Alchemy Laboratory and began repairing Amu's injuries.
The sounds of a plasma saw cutting, hammering, and Amu's slightly tearful screams rang out one after another.
Five hours later, Amu was fully recovered. The holes in its head and lower back were gone, and its arms and lower body were perfectly reattached. For this, Su Xiao spent 40,000 Paradise Coins.
Su Xiao sat on the floor, leaning against an experimental table. He was drowsy.
"Amu... hungry."
Amu could see how exhausted Su Xiao was. Its voice was quieter than the growling of its own stomach.
Light flickered in Su Xiao's hand, forming a card. This was a Paradise Coin savings card, costing 220 Paradise Coins to create.
"Go buy yourself something to eat. These Paradise Coins... are... enough."
Su Xiao's eyelids drooped. He was sleepy.
Amu took the Paradise Coin savings card, a simple, honest smile on its face as it ran out, drool already dripping from the corner of its mouth. Seeing Bubu Wang sleeping on the carpet, it grabbed one of Bubu Wang's legs and shook it back and forth.
"Second Master, Amu treat, eat."
Bubu Wang was jolted awake by Amu's shaking. He still thought he was in the Naruto World. When he realized his surroundings, he glared at Amu, meaning: "Get lost, go eat yourself. I'm usually so good to you, and you pull my tail? You scared me to death, baby."
Bubu Wang was sleep-dazed and mistook his leg for his tail. He tilted his head and lay back down. Three seconds later, drool flowed out. The mutt was asleep again.
Amu chuckled foolishly, patted its stomach, and walked out of the Exclusive Room. Suddenly, it felt like it had stepped on something furry.
"Ow~!"
A high-pitched scream. This time, it really was the tail.
...
Su Xiao didn't know how long he'd slept. He woke up groggily, lying on the carpet.
"Bubu, go buy some... uh... lunch. Don't buy a pile of sauce bones again. I'm almost sick of eating that stuff."
Su Xiao yawned. Bubu Wang, who was studying something with Amu, barked in response.
Ten minutes later, Su Xiao had solved his lunch problem and taken a shower. He felt refreshed and clear-headed.
Su Xiao walked out of his Exclusive Room. He planned to go strengthen his attributes first. This was his first time using True Attribute Points to strengthen attributes.
Regarding strengthening his physical constitution, Su Xiao was already familiar with the process. Soon, he arrived at the Attribute Enhancement Hall and obtained the right to use an Attribute Enhancement Pod.
[Welcome to the Attribute Enhancement Pod.]
[Note: Hunter has no regular Attribute Points.]
[Detected that Hunter possesses True Attribute Points. Please use the High-Grade Attribute Enhancement Pod to strengthen True Attributes.]
...
Seeing these prompts, Su Xiao immediately thought, "100 Paradise Coins down the drain."
Following the guidance, Su Xiao gradually went deeper into the Attribute Enhancement Hall. Soon, he saw a row of very high-end Attribute Enhancement Pods.
If the previous Attribute Enhancement Pods looked like space capsules, these now looked like small defensive pods cast from black iron.
Su Xiao stood before an Attribute Enhancement Pod that was a full seven meters tall. The hatch was covered in engraved patterns, resembling a large rune or some kind of emblem.
Su Xiao pressed his hand against the High-Grade Enhancement Pod. A prompt appeared.
[Yes/No to pay 1000 Paradise Coins to activate Pod No. 0242.]
"Pay."
As soon as Su Xiao spoke, 1000 Paradise Coins were deducted from his account, and the pod's hatch opened.
He walked inside. The hatch behind him slammed shut. Anyone lacking courage would definitely be startled by the sound.
[Welcome to the High-Grade Enhancement Pod. Your unequipped True Attributes are as follows.]
Strength: 80
Agility: 80
Stamina: 80
Intelligence: 80
[Hunter's distributable True Attribute Points: 8.]
Su Xiao stood still, deep in thought. 8 True Attribute Points might not seem like much, but it was actually an exceptionally generous reward. To put it in perspective, the enhancement effect of 1 True Attribute Point was equivalent to the effect of 5 regular Attribute Points.
In other words, Su Xiao had effectively gained 40 regular Attribute Points. This was a massive harvest.
All four attributes were Su Xiao's main stats. He had always developed them in a balanced way. This development method was slightly underwhelming in the early stages, but grew stronger the later it got. For example, when he fought Senju Hashirama earlier, without the support of four 80-point True Attributes, Su Xiao would have lost long ago.
Su Xiao decided to continue developing in the same direction. He couldn't afford to have any obvious weaknesses. As for the Charm Attribute, which was no longer displayed in the High-Grade Enhancement Pod, he would have to temporarily give up on treating it. He could try to strengthen it later if the opportunity arose.
After considering for a moment, Su Xiao's allocation was as follows: True Strength +2, True Agility +2, True Stamina +2, True Intelligence +2.
[True Attribute allocation complete. Strengthening begins.]
Hum...
The Enhancement Pod started operating, its momentum quite impressive. This made Su Xiao unavoidably nervous. His past experiences with raising attributes had not been pleasant.
Thump, thump, thump...
Su Xiao's heartbeat accelerated, his blood flow quickened, and the energy stored in his body was consumed at an extremely high speed.
In that instant, Su Xiao sensed a crisis. His body was rapidly growing stronger, but in contrast, the energy within him was insufficient. This would cause him to die within a short time.
A stream of life energy so pure it had materialized appeared inside the Enhancement Pod. This energy slowly merged into Su Xiao's body, which could absorb it almost instantly.
Su Xiao took a deep breath and sat cross-legged on the floor. Experimentation proved that strengthening True Attributes was not painful. On the contrary, it produced a pleasant sensation of rapidly growing stronger, a feeling that was somewhat intoxicating.
Compared to the painful strengthening processes of the past, this was truly a case of sweetness after bitterness.