Chapter 115: Leveling Up (2)

Shikamaru pondered as he continued looking through the assignments.

"It doesn't take much to reach two hundred and fifty in speed, with Kaguya's pedigree I will be able to achieve the desired value, only endurance can be a problem. These restrictions gave me a headache ... The first is quite doable, but the second is worth postponing. In total, I have three pedigrees pumped up to four hundred percent, Uzumaki only up to three hundred and fifty, but this is not a problem. It remains to find one pedigree and make it four hundred percent, then another task will be ready. Another assignment on the elements, I can complete it right now, but everything is the same here, I'm not going to give up the lightning, an extra genome will come in handy and possession of the elements. Therefore, perhaps first I will reach the required speed ... "- at this thought, Shikamaru took out one of his elixirs. It was a transparent bottle, and quite familiar. During the first acceptance, this elixir helped him a lot, moreover, at that time everything seemed completely different. The descriptions weren't even true. Previously, the elixir had a limit of five hundred points of strength and endurance, but now this value has decreased by almost half. Probably, the system somehow recalculated the indicators and now everything is different. It was strange, but the essence of the elixir has not changed. Shikamaru had only taken it once in the past, but now it was the second. Its effectiveness was naturally terribly low, the description changed quite a bit, now after one hundred and fifty in strength and speed, the elixir's effectiveness is simply ridiculous. It was a little reckless to waste it so easily, yet a simple Genin could help him incredibly rise, but Shikamaru was not going to give such a gift to anyone, it could cause problems. Previously, he could have thought about it, but now no longer ... Largely thanks to this elixir, he received the data for training the Eight Gates, so he treated him with some respect. Since he was not going to give it away, all that remained was to accept. Leaving it for a while would have been a waste, it was time to use up some of the reserves.

"The gains will be sad, but over two hundred and fifty in speed I have to move" - with this thought, Shikamaru drank the elixir, waited until it worked and then immediately took the next one. It was pointless to store them now, he was not going to help others and share the benefits. Whom he wanted to help, he has already helped, now only pumping and savings!

After a couple of minutes, the guy exhaled with relief:

"Done, now you can start Kaguya's bloodline." After his words, he immediately took out the fusion pill.

- I think it will not be superfluous to risk it here, at the same time I will understand how everything works. Just first, you need to equalize the strength of the two bloodlines, this is an important condition in the description of the pill - at the same moment, Shikamaru bought the enhancement pill and quickly swallowed it. His Kaguya lineage was only four hundred percent, and Nara's four hundred twenty-five, if they are not equalized, the merger will be impossible. This was quite an important condition. Moreover, to strengthen two bloodlines combined into one, the enhancement pill will not allow them to be strengthened in the same way as a regular one. Improved pills are available to strengthen unified bloodlines. But even so, their price was only twice as high, it was not so scary, the price of two pills turned out to be exactly the same, so everything was calculated perfectly.

Having finished with the bloodline enhancement pill, Shikamaru immediately swallowed the fusion pill without hesitation.

After just a couple of seconds, the guy felt the first changes, and then a notification popped up in front of his eyes:

[Select merge ...]

Immediately after that, Shikamaru focused on the two selected bloodlines. At the same moment, a second notice appeared before his eyes:

[Nara - Kaguya, merging ...]

It was more logical to choose the most useless pedigrees to reduce the risks. But Shikamaru once wanted to get rid of Inuzuka, so he decided to carry out such a merger. He did not know what consequences awaited him, but the losses of the Uchiha or Uzumaki may be too painful and difficult to replace, but the losses of Kaguya or Nara could be quite bearable. So he took a chance ... Anyway, Shikamaru doubted that the system would simply undo all the effects of the bloodline, otherwise it would be too weird and the pill would definitely not have cost that much. She clearly had another special effect. In addition, it could be applied only three times, this prompted positive thoughts ...

After a couple of minutes, Shikamaru suddenly felt weak all over his body and an unpleasant fever, and then everything began to blur in front of his eyes. Another minute and he completely lost consciousness.

After an unknown amount of time in a damp and cold cave, the guy finally began to slowly open his stuck eyelids. Shikamaru's entire body trembled at the same moment, after which it immediately stopped. He stood up and yawned, and then examined his hands with interest. Everything was covered with a whitish-red slime, in appearance, as always, this sight was not a pleasant one. But, Shikamaru was not particularly worried about it, it was always possible to wash, to this he was used to. It was surprising that there was no pain, it's definitely strange ...

- Well, I seem to be the same ... There are no special changes, only the whole body tingles, but every time it is quieter. I feel surprisingly good, even if the fatigue of recent years has disappeared. It's nice, only the skin has become paler ... Or is it the light that falls like that ... - Sullenly stretching out his hand, Shikamaru tried to create bones, at the same moment a bone crawled out of the guy's hand with the characteristic sound of opening flesh. But as soon as that happened, Shikamaru's pupils immediately contracted. What he saw completely amazed him! It was beyond expectations ...

Grabbing this bone, Shikamaru examined it in surprise. It turned out to be completely gray - absolutely gray bone! Moreover, its strength changed, and the predominant element of Yin was felt in the bone, which was not the case before.

"So this is what the 'random mutation' is when taking the pill, it looks like my whole skeleton has changed. Due to the greater prevalence of Yin, I will be able to use the bones to displace Yin and accumulate Yang. Simply put, I can seal a technique into the bone and make it act like an explosive seal or even a signal seal. Making Fuying an inscription and using your own bones for this is something amazing. This will not only allow for clearer interactions with seals thanks to the pedigree, but it will even make them more durable. Now you don't even need to rely on chakra metal to create a ring. I can simply transform the bone into a ring, because due to the new features, I can more clearly change the shape of Shikotsumyaku. And the binding of the pedigree to the ring will be easier to perform ... This is certainly not Kaguya's original ability, which turns everyone who collided with a bone into dust, but this is many times greater than the main benefit of this genome. Now this ability is good for more than just taijutsu.

Shikamaru glanced at the status with interest.

Name: Shikamaru Nara

Age: 10 years old

Faction: Nara Clan, Hidden Leaf Village

Ninja Rank: Genin

- [Strength: 272] - [Stamina: 270] - [Speed: 266] -

- [Talent: 380] - [Chakra Amount: 3400] - [Chakra Control: 190] -

Pedigrees (5/7):

{Nara - Kaguya Confluence} → [??? - strength 425%] → Improved mastery of the element "Yin" - 85%, Unique body + 42 to indicators - Strength, Endurance and Speed.

- Improved Genome: Shikotsumyaku (mutation)

- Improved Genome: ???

- Evolution: absent

[Uchiha - power 400%] → Improved mastery of the element "Fire" - 80%

- Improved Genome: Sharingan → [Completed]

- Evolution: absent

[Inuzuka - Strength 50%] → Upgrades of all senses +5 speed

- Improved Genome: absent

[Uzumaki - 350% strength] → Improved control and chakra volume. + 35 to control, + 1400 to chakra volume. Improved vitality and disposition to fuinjutsu. + 5 to stamina.

Elements:

- Wind Release → 11%

- Earth Release → 44%

- Fire Release → 108%

- Yin Release → 117%

- Yang Release → 35%