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Chapter 360 - A Level Between God and Godking

[Sixth Hokage] Ryosuke: "Forget it, I'll save up for another ten days, then do a thousand enhancements in one go and see if I can finally get to +30!"

[First Hokage] Madara: "A thousand times? That's almost a hundred million points!"

[Sixth Hokage] Ryosuke: "It doesn't matter. I've earned tens of billions of points in the past few days anyway. A few hundred million? No big deal!"

[Second Hokage] Tobirama: "..."

Seeing Ryosuke's shameless statement in the chat group, everyone fell silent.

Hundreds of millions of points?

Earned tens of billions in just a few days?

Look at this guy!

Is this even human speech?

"Tch~! I curse you won't reach +30 next time!"

"Heh~! Acting all high and mighty. Next time, I hope you drop to +28!"

"Casually throwing around hundreds of millions like pocket change… When will I ever reach this level?"

"This is the life of a true man! Just wait, one day, I'll get there too!"

The Hokages in the group had different thoughts.

But one thing was certain—

They were all envious of Ryosuke.

And…

There was another issue.

It seemed that in each of their worlds, the Ōtsutsuki clan had already been wiped out by Ryosuke.

This made many members of the group, who also wanted to dominate like him, furious.

They were secretly cursing Ryosuke for plundering their world's resources.

Sure, they couldn't defeat the Ōtsutsuki right now. But that didn't mean they could never do it.

Take Madara, for example—he is already at mid-Six Paths level.

Once he reached invincible Six Paths level, won't he be able to crush any Ōtsutsuki below god level with ease?

When that time came…

He could also be the one earning tens of billions of points in a few days.

But now… the chance is gone.

Because the Ōtsutsuki in these worlds had already been wiped out by Ryosuke, leaving nothing for them.

Wait… oh!

Not completely nothing.

There is still one left.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

Ryosuke hadn't touched him yet.

A small favor for them.

"One is better than none."

Many people tried to comfort themselves but they were still pissed.

...

Ten days passed by in the blink of an eye.

Ryosuke had finally saved up 1,000 charms. Today, he was going to burn through all of them.

But before that, there was something else he needed to do.

He wanted to synthesize two god-level talent entries.

Over the past 16 days, he had accumulated 921,600 experience points.

He planned to use them all for synthesis.

Would nearly a million experience points be enough to merge two god-level talent entries into a super-god-level talent entry?

If it worked, his strength would reach an entirely new level.

If it failed…

No problem.

He'd just save up more and try again.

After all, as long as it didn't cost more than 9 million experience points, he wouldn't be at a loss!

Using over 900,000 experience points, Ryosuke began synthesizing in the morning.

By the time he finished, it was already after lunch.

The result?

Complete failure.

Super-god-level talent entries were just too hard to synthesize.

The success rate was ridiculously low. Even worse than the probability of reaching +30.

But…

Ryosuke had a plan.

He had deliberately stacked two luck-related things together to "cleanse" his bad luck.

Look—he had already burned through 900,000 experience points.

Surely all those failures had drained his bad luck for the day, right?

Now, just a little more bad luck, and he'd be left with only good luck.

So if he starts strengthening enhancing White Snow now, won't getting to +30 be easier?

As the saying goes—

"Unlucky in love, lucky in gambling!"

When one door closes, another opens. That was Ryosuke's reasoning.

Of course, it might just be superstition and it might not work at all.

But what if it did?

Even a tiny advantage is better than nothing!

Anyway, those 900,000 experience points were going to be spent no matter what.

Ryosuke never expected them to be enough to merge two god-level talent entries into a super-god-level one.

Since that was the case—

Why not make the most of it?

At least he waned to get something out of it.

"Alright… it's time! This time, I have to succeed!"

Ryosuke locked onto the enhancement slot—then quickly started clicking.

In an instant—

A hundred charms of each type were used up.

Ryosuke watched as his White Snow suddenly dropped to +28, then shot back up to +29—only to fall all the way to +26.

But at least it hadn't dropped as low as +25.

The first hundred enhancements were done.

Enhancement level: +26.

Ryosuke took a deep breath—then clicked another hundred times.

A few minutes later

Enhancement level: +28.

Ryosuke clicked again.

This time, he spammed three hundred times in a row.

+29!

+28!

+27!

+28!

The numbers kept fluctuating.

When the 300th enhancement was completed, Ryosuke looked at White Snow again and his eyes lit up!

"It worked!"

He exclaimed in surprise.

[White Snow +31]

[Characteristics: Godly Freexe, Godly Sharpness, Godly Lifsteal, Godly Piercing, Godly Sword Qi, Godly Demon Slayer]

???

The enhancement had gone up all the way to +31, one level higher than Ryosuke's initial goal.

But…

Why were the attributes still god-level?

Even if it wasn't god-king tier, shouldn't there be some change?

Ryosuke was confused.

He took the blade out of the enhancement slot and held it in his hand.

Instantly—

A terrifying power surged through his body.

His eyes widened in shock.

The energy flooding into him was actually…

Equivalent to one-third of his peak state.

His combat strength at its peak is already hundreds of times that of invincible god-level.

One-third of that is more than thirty times the power of invincible god-level.

"It's strength has improved a lot, but it is still at the god level and has not reached the god king level."

Ryosuke frowned.

He was not disappointed that the power of this sword had not reached the level of a god king.

But he was thinking—could there really be no other level between god-level and god-king level?

No matter how you look at it, something doesn't add up.

In fact, above the invincible god-level, is there a super invincible god-level?

No... this is too unreasonable, right?

What super invincible!

This is all too messy.

"It shouldn't be like this!"

Ryosuke immediately dismissed this possibility.

"Assuming that the god level is not just a big level. For example, there are ordinary god levels, variations of god levels, and so on."

"These are collectively referred to as god-level, but they are not necessarily part of one single, large tier."

"And the ceiling of the Naruto world is ordinary invincible god-level."

"And beyond that, there may be an entirely separate tier like a high-god level, which has exceeded the allowable upper limit of the Naruto world."

Ryosuke thought about it and felt he had almost figured out the truth of the matter.

So here comes the problem!

If that's the case...

Then why is the gatekeeper on the fifty-first floor of the Tower a god-king powerhouse?

Shouldn't it be something like a high-god instead?

This is outrageous!!

"Could it be that this Hokage chat group doesn't want its members to clear the fifty-first floor? It doesn't want the group members to break through the upper limit of the Naruto world?"

"But why?"

Ryosuke rubbed his chin and thought but couldn't come up with an answer.

The key issue is...

If this Hokage chat group really does not allow the power level of the group members to exceed the upper limit of the ordinary god level...

Then what's up with Ryosuke?

His power level has clearly surpassed the ordinary god level's upper limit.

But the Hokage chat group has taken no action.

"Wait… is it because my ranking in the chat group is still invincible god-level?"

"The chat group can't detect my talent entries, so it thinks my strength is still within the ordinary god level's limits?"

"But... what about White Snow?"

"Or… does the power of the +31 White Snow actually still fall within the range of ordinary god levels? And that range is just bigger than I imagined?"

Thoughts flashed through Ryosuke's mind, and he felt he had vaguely grasped the so-called truth.

Suppose that High-god level really exists.

Then what if the gap between that realm and ordinary invincible god-level is thousands of times?

And Ryosuke's current strength, even at its peak, is only hundreds of times beyond that.

So he hasn't truly reached the high-god level yet?

Because there hasn't been a quantitative shift strong enough to cause a qualitative transformation.

Therefore, the chat group allows items to be strengthened beyond invincible god-level by dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of times.

If that's the case, everything makes sense.

"Alright, this might be the truth."

"If that's really the case, then as long as I strengthen this White Snow to +40, I'll know for sure!"

Immediately, he placed White Snow, now enhanced to +31, back into the enhancement slot.

After enhancing more than a thousand times, Ryosuke discovered something.

To be precise, it's a form of protection.

That is, oOnce an item's enhancement level reaches certain thresholds—

Such as +5, +10, or +15—

Then it becomes very difficult for it to drop below +4, +9, or +14.

It seems that the enhancement has a built-in safety net.

Of course, this only applies if you activate the safeguard feature.

And this isn't absolute. It just means that most of the time, the enhancement level won't drop.

But throughout Ryosuke's thousand-plus enhancements, there were only a few instances where his enhancement level fell.

In over a thousand attempts, this happened just two or three times—an extremely low probability!.

So, Ryosuke was not worried about his White Snow dropping below +30 again.

The odds are simply too low. He's willing to take the gamble.

"Alright, 500 more times to break through the next threshold!"

Ryosuke began furiously clicking the enhancement button.

Once, ten times, a hundred times, two hundred times…

A full 500 enhancements.

It took less than twenty minutes. A massive amount of points was spent.

All 1,000 saved charms had been used up.

And now, he turned to look at the White Snow in the enhancement slot.

[White Snow +33]

[Characteristics: Godly Freze, Godly Sharpness, Godly Lifesteal, Godly Piercing, Godly Sword Qi, Godly Demon Slayer]

The enhancement level had increased by two levels compared to before the 500 enhancements.

Not bad!

After all, this was already beyond +30.

But—

During these 500 enhancements, the sword had reached +34 multiple times.

However, Ryosuke had no intention of stopping.

It had even touched +35 several times. But not once did it actually break through.

+35 is obviously several times harder than +30!

"Alright then, I'll save up another 6,000 attempts next time!"

6,000 attempts—that's only two months of saving. That isn't too long!

[Sixth Hokage] Ryosuke: "Screenshot.jpg! After 1,000 enhancements, I finally reached +30 or above!"

[First Hokage] Hashirama: "You really succeeded?! Enhanced to +33!!"

[Fourth Hokage] Minato: "So strong! With six special abilities, this White Snow feels invincible!!"

[First Hokage] Madara: "Screenshot.jpg! I spent some points and enhanced my Gunbai to +15! Its power is enough to destroy an entire battlefield in an instant. It's super Kage-level!"

[Second Hokage] Tobirama: "So +33 is still only god-level? It really seems like the god-king level is way higher!"

[Sixth Hokage] Ryosuke: "I suspect that there might be divisions between the god-level and god-king level, something similar to a high-god ranking. The gatekeeper on the fifty-first floor of the Tower last time was absolutely abnormal!"

[Sixth Hokage] Kakashi: "You think the chat group deliberately doesn't want you to clear the fifty-first level?"

[Second Hokage] Tobirama: "Not sure, but I wouldn't rule it out."

[Sixth Hokage] Ryosuke: "Either way, I'll try enhance this sword to +40 and see what happens!"

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