Chapter 94: The Curse Mark of Heaven
"Mmm, this feels great~"
Hyuga Yizhen stretched hard, opened the window, and breathed in the fresh air, his whole body feeling light and relaxed.
Ever since they'd been sent back to Konoha as wounded personnel, they were directly assigned to luxury wards—one room per person. Among the group, Hyuga Yizhen had suffered the lightest injuries.
Not only had he barely fought, but every day there were also pretty nurses checking in on him, asking after his health. It felt like living the life of an immortal…
"Thinking of staying here for the rest of your life?"
Hyuga Yizhen nodded instinctively again and again. "Yeah, I really want to live here forever…"
He froze for a moment before suddenly snapping back to his senses, staring out the window in shock. "Wait—who just said that?"
Yamada Xunzhen slowly walked out…
"Since when did you get so fond of joking around, Shinsuke?"
Hyuga Yizhen scratched his head in confusion. Yamada Xunzhen was usually a man of very few words.
Yamada Xunzhen gently shook his head, indicating that it wasn't him.
"If it wasn't you, then who was it?"
Hyuga Yizu raised his brows angrily. "There's no one else here besides the two of us—not even a ghost!"
Before he could finish speaking, Li Jiexuan slowly floated up outside the window, clenching his fist with a ferocious grin.
"Yizhen, you seem to be living a little too comfortably lately…"
"C-Captain?"
"Prepare yourself!"
With a cold laugh, Li Jiexuan lunged straight at Hyuga Yizhen.
Ten minutes later, Hyuga Yizhen was left bruised and swollen, covering his injuries with a pitiful expression. "I'm still a patient, you know. Do you really have to be this heartless?"
"Heartless?"
Li Jiexuan frowned and sneered. "Do you think Reto would show you any mercy if he came knocking? With your current strength, can you even keep up with me?"
Hearing that, Hyuga Yizhen fell silent.
In that battle, they hadn't helped Li Jiexuan at all…
They had almost become a burden instead!
A ninja squad exists because its members can support one another. If the gap in strength grows too large, sooner or later, they would be left behind by Li Jiexuan.
Thinking of this, Hyuga Yizhen clenched his teeth hard. No matter what, he didn't want to be the one who fell behind!
Seeing this, Li Jiexuan nodded in satisfaction.
Only those who hunger for power are worth investing in. From any angle, Hyuga Yizhen was a decent investment target.
"You want power?"
Li Jiexuan extended his hand toward Hyuga Yizhen. "Power strong enough to catch up to me?"
"I want it!"
A brilliant light burst from Hyuga Yizhen's eyes…
"Even if this power might cost you your life, you won't regret it?"
Li Jiexuan stared at him intently. If there was even the slightest hesitation, he would abandon him.
However—
"I won't regret it!"
Hyuga Yizhen didn't hesitate in the slightest. He grabbed Li Jiexuan's hand firmly and dropped to one knee.
"I want to follow you forever. Even if it costs my life, I have no fear!"
"Ding…"
Common Achievement: First Follower.
Reward: 200 points.
When a being is willing to give its life to follow you, it is called a follower.
Character: Li Jiexuan
Title: Kazekage Slayer
Follower: Hyuga Yizhen (69/100)
Loyalty above the passing line of sixty—a follower willing to give his life. Only today did Li Jiexuan truly subdue Hyuga Yizhen.
"Very good!"
Li Jiexuan smiled, formed seals at lightning speed, and gently struck Hyuga Yizhen's chest with his palm…
"The Curse Mark of Heaven!"
Immediately after, a curse mark of Heaven slowly surfaced on Hyuga Yizhen's frail chest. The moment the curse mark appeared, Hyuga Yizhen screamed and collapsed. At its core, the curse mark was an alternative sage mode created by Orochimaru through Jugo's mutation, similar to the trials of the White Snake Sage at Ryuchi Cave…
Not everyone could withstand such overwhelming natural energy!
"Ah—ahhh!!"
Hyuga Yizhen screamed in agony as his pure white Byakugan began to dim. Clearly, his body was insufficient to support the infusion of natural energy. It was on the verge of killing him.
Li Jiexuan took out a bottle of stamina potion and forced it down Hyuga Yizhen's throat…
"Gulp, gulp~"
As soon as the potion went down, Hyuga Yizhen regained his vitality and resumed resisting the Curse Mark of Heaven.
Ten minutes later, the curse mark finally settled down…
When Hyuga Yizhen opened his eyes again, it was as if he'd become a completely different person. His gaze was filled with confidence and strength!
A single curse mark—an entire life rewritten!
If this thing didn't kill people, then once Li Jiexuan returned to Earth, the title of world's richest man wouldn't belong to Gates or Buffett…
This was the power of the curse mark!
An officially sanctioned cheat in the Naruto world—even the chosen one, Sasuke, praised it after using it. At the very least, in the first battle at the Valley of the End, Curse Mark Sasuke defeated One-Tail Naruto!
From another perspective, when it comes to boosting low-tier strength, the curse mark might be even more powerful than raising a Nine-Tails!
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