After letting the thirteen newly promoted Special Jonin Ninja Wolves leave the Beast King Hall, Yang Jiu lay back down on the stone platform.
[Intermediate Physique Enhancement — Activate!]
The moment Yang Jiu's thought stirred, the entire Beast King Hall suddenly trembled!
Boom—!
A powerful aura intertwined with lightning soared from within his body, instantly piercing through the hall's roof and shooting straight into the clouds!
The originally dim Beast King Hall was illuminated as bright as day; blue light flowed through the air like a physical substance, dyeing the entire hall in a brilliant glow.
Yang Jiu's body began to expand.
Muscles were reborn amidst tearing, bones lengthened with explosive cracks, and veins beneath his skin bulged and receded like coiled dragons.
This was no gentle growth.
It was a savage, violent surge—like that of a primordial behemoth!
Five meters.
Seven meters.
Nine meters.
Ten meters—!!!
Rumble—!!!
A violent airwave erupted from him as the center, spreading crazily! The stone walls of the Beast King Hall shook violently from the impact, and countless cracks spread across the entire hall like spiderwebs!
Those thousand-year-old giant stones couldn't withstand this force and began to crumble away, crashing to the ground with dull roars!
But Yang Jiu just stood there.
Motionless.
The rubble falling toward him was actually ground into powder by an invisible force the moment it got close to his body!
Outside, the entire Wolf Valley was trembling.
"Roar—!"
"Awoo—!"
Countless Ninja Wolves looked up in panic toward the direction of the Beast King Hall.
They felt that aura—it wasn't Chakra, it wasn't lightning, but a pure, primal, absolute suppression from the depths of their bloodline!
That was the power of the physical body!
The pinnacle of strength and defense!
The instinctive fear all biological beings feel when facing a higher-level existence!
Great Remnant suddenly stood up from a rock, but its four legs were weak; it stared wide-eyed at the pillar of lightning shooting into the sky, letting out an unconscious whimper.
Heisha's whole body tensed up, its amber pupils filled with shock; it instinctively wanted to retreat, but found its legs wouldn't listen at all.
Scar sat with his mouth agape, the meat he was carrying falling to the ground without him even noticing.
Further away.
The villagers of the Wolf Ninja Village rushed out of their houses one after another, looking toward Wolf Valley in terror.
Kawajūrō stood at the village entrance; the Kunai in his hand slipped to the ground, yet he forgot to pick it up.
"That... what is that..."
No one could answer him.
Because that aura had already exceeded their understanding.
—
Inside the Beast King Hall.
The light gradually receded.
Yang Jiu slowly lowered his head, looking at his brand-new body.
Ten meters.
A full ten meters.
He lifted a front paw and gave it a light squeeze.
With just this movement, a sonic boom was squeezed out of the air!
He looked down at the ground—the originally hard bluestone floor was stepped into two deep depressions like soft mud under his feet, with cracks spreading out for over ten meters!
Yang Jiu narrowed his eyes.
Is this... pure physical strength?
He took a deep breath, his chest swelling, and then slowly exhaled.
Whoosh—!
A single breath was exhaled, actually forming a visible airwave in the air, causing a broken stone pillar ten meters away to shake violently!
He lifted a hind leg and lightly kicked the ground.
Boom!
The floor of the Beast King Hall was directly kicked into a giant pit five meters in diameter! Rubble flew and dust filled the air! Meanwhile, his massive body had already shot out of the hall like a bolt of silver lightning!
Outside, in Wolf Valley.
All the Ninja Wolves only felt a blur before their eyes.
In the next second, a ten-meter-tall massive figure had landed steadily in the clearing at the center of Wolf Valley!
Boom—!!!
The earth shook violently, as if a meteorite had crashed down!
Centering on that figure, the ground within a hundred-meter radius instantly caved in, forming a huge circular crater! Countless rocks were jolted high into the air, only to come clattering back down!
The dust settled.
All the Ninja Wolves finally saw that figure clearly.
A ten-meter-tall body, like a moving small mountain.
Beneath the silver-white fur were muscle contours that looked like they were cast from steel—every muscle was as distinct as if carved by a knife or chisel, and with the slightest movement, one could see power surging wildly under the skin.
Those limbs were as thick as giant pillars, and the tips of the claws glinted with a cold, sinister light; a gentle swipe could tear through anything.
Most startling was that aura—
A pure, tyrannical, and unreasonable sense of physical oppression.
No Chakra was needed, no lightning was needed; just standing there made all creatures instinctively want to kneel.
Great Remnant lay prostrate on the ground, trembling all over.
It looked at its Patriarch's ten-meter-tall body, at that figure like a god or demon, and its mind went blank.
Is this still the Patriarch?
Is this still that four-meter-long silver wolf from before?
How... how did he become so terrifying?
Yang Jiu stood in the middle of the giant pit, looking down at his ten-meter-tall body, at those steel-like muscle lines, feeling the surging pure power within him.
He bared his teeth.
Revealing a mouth full of forest-white fangs.
"Intermediate Physique Enhancement..."
His voice was low like thunder, every word making the air hum.
"Truly strong."
He lifted a front paw and gave a light swipe forward.
With just this motion, a sonic boom rang out from the air!
He turned around and looked at the twenty-meter-high giant rock at the edge of Wolf Valley.
That was the landmark rock of Wolf Valley, incredibly hard, having existed for an unknown number of years.
Yang Jiu narrowed his eyes.
Then, he took a step.
One step.
Two steps.
Three steps.
He walked up to that giant rock, lifted a front paw, and lightly pressed it against it.
He didn't use force.
Just a light press.
Boom—!!!
The entire giant rock began to crack from the middle! Countless fissures spread like spiderwebs, and a few seconds later, the twenty-meter-high giant rock collapsed with a roar, turning into a pile of rubble!
Yang Jiu withdrew his front paw, looked at the rubble, and nodded with satisfaction.
No lightning used.
No Chakra used.
Just pure physical strength was enough to easily crush a giant rock; one could only imagine how terrifying it was.
He turned around and looked at those Ninja Wolves who were prostrate on the ground, shivering.
A hint of a smile flashed in his golden eyes.
"Rise."
He said faintly, his voice low like thunder.
His ten-meter-tall body cast a massive shadow under the moonlight; his silver-white fur glinted with a cold luster, and his muscle lines looked as if they were cast from steel.
The Ninja Wolves stood up tremblingly, but they didn't dare to approach.
Yang Jiu didn't mind.
He looked up at the sky.
This was just the beginning.
He still hadn't used the bloodline evolution opportunity.
But—
He scanned Wolf Valley.
The ground had been stepped into giant pits, the Beast King Hall was covered in cracks, and rubble was everywhere.
Just the Intermediate Physique Enhancement had turned Wolf Valley into this.
What would happen with the bloodline evolution in a moment?
He was afraid the entire Wolf Valley might be destroyed by him.
Yang Jiu withdrew his gaze.
With a stir of his mind.
Zzzzt, zzzzt, zzzzt—
Terrifying lightning surged from within his body, instantly enveloping him.
In the next second—
Boom!
A bolt of lightning soared into the sky, streaking through the night, and instantly disappeared into the distance.
Leaving behind a group of Ninja Wolves looking at each other in Wolf Valley, and a mess on the ground.
—
Fifty miles away from Wolf Valley.
A desolate, uninhabited rocky area.
Not a blade of grass grew here; there were only jagged rocks and cracked earth, with no signs of life for dozens of miles around.
It was the perfect spot.
Lightning fell from the sky, crashing onto the ground with a roar!
Boom—!
Rubble flew everywhere and dust filled the air.
Yang Jiu's ten-meter-tall body stepped out from the lightning, standing steadily in the center of the rocky area.
He looked up at the night sky.
The moon was round and the moonlight was bright.
Perfect.
He took a deep breath and his thought stirred.
[bloodline evolution opportunity — Activate!]
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