Almighty Genius

Chapter 2149 - 1643: Raking It In

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"Learned..."

Although this skill is the secret skill of Mizukage Ninjutsu, and Qin Fang is not a ninja nor has he cultivated any ninjutsu, he can indeed learn this very powerful ninjutsu secret skill.

The power of Vortex Slash, Qin Fang deeply felt it just now...

One could say, were it not for Qin Fang's special physique that allows him to rely on Blood Replenishing Pill to restore Life Points while bleeding, he might have already succumbed to this Mizukage secret technique...

Qin Fang survived by relying on a cheating method, holding on until he found the optimal timing to forcibly kill his opponent Ando Sasuke, thus achieving the final victory.

Of course, there is an important reason here... The true terrifying power of ninjutsu's secret skill can only be released when one's strength reaches the Great Grandmaster Level, much like the past battle between Qin Fang's father, Qin Tiannan, and Hattori Ryuuichi of the Iga School.

Even with the use of Strengthening Potion elevating his strength to Great Grandmaster Late-Stage, it took tremendous effort to kill Hattori Ryuuichi, largely due to the significant advantage of having mastered secret skills.

Ando Sasuke's strength is at most half-step Great Grandmaster, he can barely exert secret skills but cannot reach their maximum power, and the cost to himself is extremely severe... This gave Qin Fang the opportunity.

If the power of Vortex Slash increased just a bit more, the one who would have fallen would likely be Qin Fang... No matter how much Blood Replenishing Pill he used, he could not withstand the fatal injuries to vital parts of his body.

Faced with such a powerful secret skill, Qin Fang naturally chose to learn it without hesitation... Soon, his skill panel showed this special skill, albeit with some special usage requirements noted.

"I see..."

Qin Fang carefully studied the notes and finally understood why he could learn this Mizukage secret skill, completely due to his previously acquired Water Escape Technique.

The origin of ninjutsu has various explanations, but the common explanation is that it combines martial arts of Dragon Country, Thousand Gate's Five Elements Escape Technique, and other arts, evolving into a martial arts system over time.

Vortex Slash, a secret skill of Mizukage Ninjutsu, is closely linked with the Water Escape Technique among Five Elements Escape Technique... Just seeing how Ando Sasuke hid in the water vortex earlier, one can imagine some crucial aspects.

And the note's content is about the usage requirements of this secret skill... One crucial condition is requiring Qin Fang's Water Escape Technique to reach Great Grandmaster Level! Essentially, this is a disguised requirement for ninja strength to reach Great Grandmaster Level.

Qin Fang isn't a ninja, he can learn this secret skill because of Water Escape Technique... But the requirement hasn't changed much, it shifted from personal strength to skill level.

"This requirement is really high..."

Other scattered minor requirements aren't major, Qin Fang can generally meet them, but this condition makes Qin Fang shake his head gently.

Qin Fang has yet to acquire any skill at Great Grandmaster Level...

Even though Qin Fang can use Experience Points to exchange for Skill Proficiency, reaching Great Grandmaster Level for a skill is still very difficult...

However, reaching Great Grandmaster Level is particularly challenging for other skills, but the Cheating Skills is the easiest for Qin Fang... He wears the Qianji Ring, which can increase Cheating Skills by one level.

Water Escape Technique is essentially part of the Thousand Skills' Five Elements Escape Technique, which makes it a Cheating Skill...

This means that achieving Great Grandmaster Level in Water Escape is essentially the same as achieving it in Thousand Skills because of the Qianji Ring's bonus... Qin Fang just needs to elevate Cheating Skills to Grandmaster Level!

"Looks like I really need to upgrade Cheating Skills first..."

Looking at his skill panel, although Cheating Skills is shown as Grandmaster Level, it's actually due to the Qianji Ring's bonus, the actual skill level is only Master Level... so Qin Fang still needs considerable effort to enhance the skill level.

"No rush... let's wait and see!"

Nevertheless, Qin Fang has many skills needing enhancement, some of which are below Master Level, so he can't spend all Experience Points on enhancing one skill.

Elevating Cheating Skill from Master Level to Grandmaster Level consumes Experience Points enough to raise three to five skills to Master Level...

The higher the skill level, the more useful it becomes... especially after reaching Master Level, it might generate special functions, like Scouting Skill bringing Mini-map Function, Cheating Skills providing Thousand Doors Secret Technique, Blast Technique having delayed blast functionality, and so on, other skills also offer various special functions.

While these functions might seem insignificant most of the time, during extremely dangerous, critical moments, they could provide Qin Fang with much greater chances of survival...

After killing Ando Sasuke, Qin Fang received a large amount of generous Experience Points reward... even elevating Cheating Skills from Master Level to Grandmaster Level still leaves substantial remaining experience... This is Qin Fang's largest gain in a long while.

However, Qin Fang wasn't eager to spend all the Experience Points, but simply upgraded several frequently used skills to above Master Level... then saved the remaining experience for unforeseen needs.

After repeated dangers, Qin Fang understands the utility of these Experience Points in exchanging for Skill Proficiency and some special items...

"Skills are still here... Feifei can continue learning, nice nice!"

Having learned the Shadow Water Mystique Whirlwind Slash, Qin Fang felt quite refreshed, took another look at the Celestial Ninja Token, and the skills are still present, meaning the user of this token can continue learning.

This Celestial Ninja Token is meant for Tang Feifei, naturally, this skill will belong to her...

"In the future, I will try to hunt a Great Grandmaster Level ninja... to boost Feifei's strength so she can wield this secret skill!"

Qin Fang has even planned some of the subsequent arrangements.

Mizukage's Secret Technique requires Great Grandmaster Level experts for use, and even with this token, Tang Feifei is only at Grandmaster Mid-Stage, far from Great Grandmaster Level, so despite learning this secret skill, it can't be wielded.

Thus, Qin Fang plans to arrange it this way, using Great Grandmaster Level ninja's... Divine Ninja's token to elevate Tang Feifei's strength, ultimately allowing her to wield these secret skills... Although experts reaching Divine Ninja Level generally cultivate some secret skills, the use of Mizukage's Secret Technique might not be as significant then.

Qin Fang has considered these issues, yet all is still in his planning phase, not yet executed, hence pondering these matters somewhat prematurely and unnecessarily...

"Time to leave here..."

After collecting his items, Qin Fang glanced towards Little Island's interior and ultimately shook his head gently, abandoning further exploration plans, preparing to retreat from here.

"I will return someday... and venture into the island's depths!"

Nonetheless, he internally vowed...

At least one Supreme Realm spiritual beast resides deep in the island, unless several Paramount Realm experts cooperate to slay, no one should even attempt to eye the treasures deep within this island...

Moreover, whether there are other formidable spiritual beasts within remains unknown... a Yin Wind Wolf emerged, hints there might be other spiritual beasts of similar rank... if one forcibly entered, the outcome would surely be tragic.

According to Qin Fang's estimation, for him to traverse this island, he must minimally reach Great Grandmaster Level strength... by then, he might stand a chance against Paramount Realm experts.

If not confronting them head-on, at least he could escape calmly...

Until then, Qin Fang won't entertain any ideas of claiming Little Island, beyond his current reach...

In the near future, it will undoubtedly become an immensely bloody slaughter ground, Master Levels coming here equate to throwing buns to a dog, mere cannon fodder; Grandmaster Levels might barely contend but have high chances of demise; Great Grandmaster Level experts will be the true protagonists here, can barely compete with the spiritual beasts and reap substantial benefits... yet might irk the Supreme Realm spiritual beasts causing life threats.

As for Paramount Realm experts... unless it's a place like Devil's Island, few sects or forces can simultaneously produce multiple experts reaching this level... without adequate numbers of Paramount Realm experts, there's no way to gain any advantage from that Supreme Realm spiritual beast.

Nonetheless, Paramount Realm experts still find ease in gaining benefits on this island... likely even that Supreme Realm beast couldn't block them.

Granted, once reaching that tier, they probably wouldn't stoop for minor profits here... humorously speaking, these supreme experts' appearance fees, most sects couldn't even afford! (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote with recommendations and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation.)