On the sky island, by the beach.
At this moment, Lin Xuan was sitting in a pavilion, silently contemplating the sealed shell in his hand. The speculations from Uchiha Madara and the others about whether he could subdue Kaguya Ōtsutsuki weren't wrong.
Even though his growth had been rapid—especially after his most recent training, transforming him into a completely different person compared to before arriving at the sky island—his true strength wasn't as overwhelming as they imagined. At best, he had just reached the level of a top-tier Kage from the Naruto world.
After all, his time spent training had only been around twenty days. The fact that he had already achieved such a drastic transformation was already astonishing.
At the Kage level, especially with prior knowledge of Enel's abilities, Lin Xuan could completely overpower him.
However, when it came to facing Kaguya Ōtsutsuki—even a Kaguya who had lost the Ten Tails' chakra—he could at most fight her to a draw.
If it were merely a draw, there was no way she'd submit to him.
Therefore, before the actual battle began, Lin Xuan needed to find a way to raise his strength once more.
And for someone at his current level, the system still had several options that could help.
But now that he had reached this high tier, most ways to significantly increase his strength came at an extremely steep cost—tens of millions of reputation points.
Although Lin Xuan had over a hundred million reputation points on hand, and could afford many things, he had to reserve a major portion for the upcoming decisive battle with the Navy. So, he couldn't afford to spend too much right now.
He quickly browsed through the Reputation Store and suddenly noticed something.
It was a card—called the God-Tier Battle Card.
Priced at 9.99 million reputation points, the card allowed the user to unleash ten times their normal power for half a day—including strength, endurance, reaction speed, and more.
"A one-time-use item? But the effect is really strong! If I can boost all my capabilities tenfold, I should be able to suppress Kaguya completely!" Lin Xuan quickly calculated.
For 9.99 million, it wasn't even enough to reincarnate a Six Paths-level powerhouse. And even if he did reincarnate someone of that level, unless the person willingly cooperated, the control would only last a day.
But if this 9.99 million allowed him to conquer Kaguya, he'd gain a Six Paths-level maid without a time limit—that was an unbelievably good deal!
"Let's do it!"
Lin Xuan gritted his teeth and instantly bought the card from the Reputation Store.
However, he didn't use it right away—it had a time limit and had to be timed strategically.
After finalizing his plan, he first found Conis and said, "Conis, I've got something to take care of. You stay here and continue training. Try to master tree-walking soon—after that, I'll teach you water-walking!"
"Water-walking?" Conis looked puzzled.
Lin Xuan smiled slightly and demonstrated on the spot.
The clouds on Sky Island were considered a kind of sea, but walking on them required chakra control far more advanced than walking on a regular sea.
But for Lin Xuan, this was no issue.
He stepped out onto the cloud sea. After walking hundreds of meters, he was still as steady as walking on solid ground. Then he broke into a run, moving even faster than the giant sky beast in Conis's memories.
Conis watched, eyes wide with shock and face flushed with excitement.
When Lin Xuan returned, she exclaimed, "You mean… if I learn tree-walking, I can do that too? Run on water like you just did?"
"That's right."
Lin Xuan patted her head with a smile. "Work hard. I believe you'll get there soon!"
Conis's face turned slightly red, but she nodded seriously. "I'll do my best!"
"Good! I'll be off for a while," Lin Xuan said, waving as he activated his golden Susanoo and quickly flew toward the White Sea.
He was about to face Kaguya Ōtsutsuki—he needed a suitable battlefield. A single mistake could destroy the entire Sky Island.
Earlier, he'd contacted Gan Fall, who suggested a fitting place: the former location of Sky Island Birka!
Sky Islands weren't limited to just one, and Birka used to be Enel's hometown. However, it had been destroyed by Enel himself years ago.
So the area where Birka once stood was now a vast, empty expanse.
After confirming Birka's location, Lin Xuan flew for a while and soon arrived.
Looking around, there was only an endless sea of clouds. No trace of the island remained.
This location was also far from Skypiea—perfect for a battle.
Once he arrived, Lin Xuan took out the sealed shell and broke the seal.
At the same time, he started a live broadcast in the Super Dimensional Chat Group.
Inside the group, Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju had been impatiently waiting. When they saw Lin Xuan go live, their eyes lit up, and they stared at the stream, fully focused.
The Six Paths brothers—Hagoromo and Hamura—had been chatting with them but noticed their sudden silence and concentration, realizing something must be happening in the chat system again.
Hamura asked curiously, "What's going on?"
Madara and Hashirama didn't know how to respond.
Were they supposed to say: We're watching a live stream of Lin Xuan trying to make your mother his maid?
If they said that, the Six Paths brothers would probably come after them with everything they had!
Hashirama had no clue how to explain and turned to Madara for help.
Madara calmly said, "Nothing much. The group admin started a live stream. We're just taking a look."
As for the stream's content, he didn't explain. The Six Paths brothers wisely chose not to press further.
Meanwhile—Kaguya Ōtsutsuki appeared before Lin Xuan!
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