Chapter 22: Part 22 - The Terrifying Sharingan
After they finish their dinner, the two of them walk to their respective rooms.
"Good night, Renxue."
"Good night, Su Fan."
Both of them enter their rooms. As Qian Renxue closes her door, she hears Ci Xue's voice from outside.
"Miss, it seems you have successfully recruited that young man."
"Actually, I didn't manage to recruit him at all."
"How can that be? Didn't you and that young man seem to get along well?"
"Yes, but he rejected my offer. However, even so, he is still willing to be my friend."
"Oh, so the young lady plans to take the long game~ An interesting choice, young lady."
"Uncle Ci! Please stop!"
If this were the old Qian Renxue, her cold command would have been clearly heard. But this time, her demeanor is like that of a young girl, and the sweetness in her voice is felt by the two Title Douluos guarding her. For them, this is good news because at least there is hope for Qian Renxue to let go of her cold nature. Ci Xue stops speaking and withdraws his soul power while talking to Qian Renxue, then turns to She Long.
"She Long, do you agree with the saying that a girl changes when she finds love?"
"I used to think it was nonsense. But after seeing the young lady, maybe there is some truth to it."
Meanwhile, in her room, Qian Renxue rolls around on her bed with a smile on her face. Sometimes, she covers her face with a pillow before rolling again. No one knows what is going through her mind. In the next room, Su Fan is training, completely unaware of the effect he has had on someone he considers a friend.
The next morning, Su Fan follows his usual routine before leaving his room and knocking on Qian Renxue's door.
"Renxue, it's me, Su Fan."
"Su Fan, wait a moment."
Su Fan waits for a while, hearing the sound of footsteps inside before the door opens, revealing Qian Renxue, who seems to have just done a little makeup. However, the moment she opens the door, she is greeted by the sight of Su Fan's loose clothing, exposing part of his chest, making her freeze.
'Why am I only now realizing that Su Fan wears such revealing clothes?'
"Su Fan, do you always wear these clothes?"
"Yes, they are quite comfortable."
"Then, has any girl ever seen and touched your body?"
"Hmm, I think many have seen it. As for those who tried to touch, there were a few."
Qian Renxue's expression immediately changes to jealousy upon hearing his answer. She cannot bear to imagine other girls looking at Su Fan with eyes like hungry foxes while touching him.
"Su Fan, wouldn't it be better to wear something more covered? What if you get cold?"
"No need to worry. Besides, I don't want to wear anything that doesn't have my family emblem."
"Family emblem?"
Su Fan then turns around, revealing an emblem of a fan divided into two colors—red on top and white on the bottom. After showing it for a moment, he turns back to face Qian Renxue.
"So, as long as the clothes have your family emblem, you will wear them?"
"Yes, and also, I don't like expensive or heavy clothing like nobles do."
'It seems I need to prepare more covered clothes for him when we meet again.'
The two of them then walk to a dining table, once again drawing attention from the people around them. Su Fan and Qian Renxue order their food, have breakfast, and then depart for the Stardou Forest.
Upon arriving at Stardou Forest, Su Fan removes the bandage over his left eye and puts it away, revealing his Rinnegan and activating his Three-Tomoe Sharingan. Qian Renxue and the two Title Douluos are both astonished and curious upon seeing Su Fan's eyes.
"Su Fan, why has your right eye turned red with a three-hook pattern?"
"As I said last night, this eye consumes spirit power when used. But in return, it grants me extraordinary abilities."
"Extraordinary abilities?"
"Yes. One of them is enhancing my visual speed, but that's just a basic ability. There's a saying that you should run when fighting against someone from my clan. Do you know why?"
"Why?"
"First, when a user activates this eye for the first time, they gain extremely fast reflexes, allowing them to predict their opponent's attacks. Second, they can sense spirit power. Third, they can copy and replicate created spirit abilities just by looking at them once and use them immediately."
Hearing this, She Long becomes furious.
"Absurd! Copying created abilities with a single glance?! Isn't that basically stealing?! How can such a broken ability exist?!"
Seeing She Long's anger, Su Fan simply smiles and says:
"I haven't even mentioned the last ability that makes people run when facing a user of these eyes."
Hearing this, She Long and Ci Xue's faces darken as they ask:
"Is there an even stranger ability?"
"The most terrifying ability of this eye is that it can activate illusions just by making direct eye contact with an opponent during battle. I think you understand what this means."
Qian Renxue immediately realizes how terrifying it is to face a Sharingan user, so she comments:
"So, to avoid illusions, you must not look directly into the user's eyes during battle, right?"
"Exactly. Otherwise, in the next second, you won't even know how you were killed. That's why I never use my eye's illusion ability in fights—it would be too boring."
Qian Renxue's eye twitches at Su Fan's last remark. Ci Xue and She Long suddenly feel chills imagining the boy in front of them as their enemy in the future. They might be killed without even knowing how.
'Fortunately, this boy is on our side right now.'
Unfortunately, their thoughts are quite different from what Qian Renxue actually wants to convey. After the conversation, She Long and Ci Xue decide to report what they just heard from Su Fan to the Great Priest. If Su Fan ever reaches the Title Douluo level in the future, they believe no one will be able to defeat him—not even Qian Daoliu.
After that, they immediately set off into the Stardou Forest, with Su Fan leading the way. Within just two hours, they finally find their target—a 10-meter-tall Heavenly Fire Tiger spirit beast. They observe it from 100 meters away.
"Let me handle this."
The two Title Douluos nod, curious to see how the boy in front of them will take down a spirit beast that has lived for tens of thousands of years. Su Fan then takes out a scroll hanging from his pouch, opens it, and summons two large shurikens from the scroll.
The three of them watch in amazement as Su Fan materializes the shurikens from the scroll. Next, Su Fan quickly attaches wire to the shurikens and throws them with precise timing, making it appear as if only one shuriken is flying.
Swish!
The large shuriken avoids all obstacles, such as trees, and flies rapidly toward the spirit beast. When the shuriken is about 10 meters away, Su Fan activates the lightning style on it. The spirit beast senses the danger and instinctively jumps to evade the incoming attack.
As a result, the large shuriken passes beneath it as it leaps. However, Su Fan smiles at this and skillfully manipulates the wire. The two shurikens collide midair, causing one of them to slice into the beast's lower abdomen.
ROAR!!!
The beast's roar echoes through the forest. At the same time, Su Fan draws his Kusanagi sword, activates Chidori, and dashes forward at an incredible speed. Within just one second, he appears right in front of the spirit beast. The beast, still in pain, looks at Su Fan with wide eyes, unable to believe what it sees. Su Fan then drives his sword straight into the beast's head.
However, even at the brink of death, the spirit beast refuses to surrender. It lets out a deafening roar, throwing Su Fan into the air.
The beast then unleashes a massive fire attack from its mouth, on par with Itachi's Fireball Jutsu. Su Fan quickly forms hand seals.
"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!"
Suddenly, a 15-meter-tall water dragon emerges from the ground and crashes into the beast's fireball, neutralizing it. After landing, Su Fan performs another set of hand seals.
"Lightning Style: Chidori!"
The sound of a thousand chirping birds echoes around Su Fan. He then dashes toward the spirit beast at high speed. However, the beast doesn't just sit idle—it attempts to counter with a powerful claw strike. But Su Fan twists his body, dodging underneath the beast, before targeting its lower jaw and striking.
"Chidori!"
In an instant, the lightning attack pierces through the beast's jaw. The spirit beast collapses, completely drained of energy, awaiting its inevitable demise. Su Fan then shifts his gaze toward Qian Renxue and the two Title Douluos.
"Renxue, here is your fifth spirit ring."
To Be Continued...