LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 153: New Ranking, the Merit List!
Chapter 153: New Ranking, the Merit List!
The sixth place on the Shinobi Village List was the Hidden Rain Village, so naturally, the reward this time belonged to them.
Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko were all highly focused on this reward. Even though they were in a neutral state now, they needed to increase their strength to protect themselves. Otherwise, they wouldn't have the right to remain neutral.
Soon, an item appeared on the screen, and it turned out to be a formation.
[Rain Dragon Divine Water Formation: This formation can protect a specific area, offering strong defensive capabilities. Additionally, it can summon special rainwater, which can be absorbed by ninjas to enhance chakra concentration and growth, and can also be used for healing injuries.]
[Nagato: The Rain Dragon Divine Water Formation is quite good. With it, I can protect the village, and it can also assist in training.]
[Konan: Indeed, it's a very good reward. Let's extract it quickly!]
[Yahiko: I'm quite satisfied with this reward.]
[Naruto Uzumaki: Congratulations, Brother Nagato, on obtaining the Rain Dragon Divine Water Formation.]
[Fourth Raikage: This formation is indeed excellent for safeguarding the village's safety.]
Soon, Nagato and the others extracted the Rain Dragon Divine Water Formation. This formation didn't require manual setup; after extracting it and choosing a location, it could be deployed immediately.
With a thunderous roar, the Rain Dragon Divine Water Formation instantly enveloped the entire Hidden Rain Village, successfully protecting it and forming a massive barrier. The rain also changed—some injured ninjas stood under it and quickly recovered from their wounds. Other ninjas, who had depleted their chakra, found it rapidly restored while standing in the rain.
"What magical rain! Now I don't have to fear getting injured!"
"If I train hard, I can just stand in the rain for a bit and quickly restore my chakra."
"Amazing rain!"
For a time, the ninjas of the Hidden Rain Village were ecstatic. Nagato was also very pleased, and with him in control of the Rain Dragon Divine Water Formation, if anyone dared to invade the Hidden Rain Village, the formation would surely protect them. Even someone at the Six Paths level would struggle to break through its defenses.
As time passed, rewards were distributed one by one to the various shinobi villages, and the rewards were quite substantial. Of course, the lower the ranking, the lesser the reward, and by the time it reached the teens, the rewards were far inferior to those at the top.
After some time, the rewards from the Shinobi Village List were fully distributed. Over the coming days, the strength of the various villages would increase significantly. After receiving these rewards, the shinobi of the major villages threw themselves into intense training, and the shinobi world entered a period of peace.
Time slowly passed, and in the blink of an eye, several months went by.
On this day, Beerus broke through to the Immortal Path level. In fact, he had long been close to reaching it, and with his recent time spent training on the Golden Road, tempering his body, he finally broke through the bottleneck and advanced to the Immortal Path level.
A few days later, Rongrong also broke through to the Immortal Path level.
In the blink of an eye, several more months passed, and Yaya and Honghong also successively broke through to the Immortal Path level. Naturally, this was with Ye Tian's help, or they wouldn't have advanced so quickly.
Unknowingly, another year had passed.
At this time, a new ranking was about to be announced.
Before the new list was released, it was worth noting that Beerus, Sun Wukong, Rongrong, Honghong, and Yaya had all entered the Immortal Path List and received great rewards.
As more people entered the Immortal Path List, the first place on the Six Paths List shifted to Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
[Tsunade: Five more people have entered the Immortal Path List. Currently, there are seven people on it!]
[Fourth Raikage: The first place on the Six Paths List is now Kaguya Ōtsutsuki. Does this mean her wish has come true? After all, she always wanted to be the first on the Six Paths List, and now she's finally achieved it!]
[Hashirama Senju: Hahaha, it does count, but Kaguya probably isn't happy. After all, it's not like she surpassed anyone; it's just that others moved to a higher level!]
[Madara Uchiha: Although my rank has improved a lot, I'm not happy either. Achieving this ranking doesn't give any sense of accomplishment!]
[Tsunade: I wonder what the strength of the Immortal Path level is like. I really want to witness it!]
[Kakashi: The Immortal Path level should be able to instantly kill those at the Six Paths level, right?]
Just as everyone was discussing, the new list began to be revealed.
[The new ranking this time is the Merit List.]
[Kakashi: What's the Merit List? Last time, we saw that Ye Tian's reward involved golden light of merit. Could it be about who has the most merit? But we don't have any merit golden light!]
[Beerus: In some large worlds, doing good deeds brings great merit. So, the Merit List likely compares the amount of good deeds or righteous actions. As for bad people, they probably can't even make it onto the list!]
[Madara Uchiha: How do they judge good and bad? As ninjas, who hasn't killed people?]
[Rongrong: It's simple. If the person you killed had negative merit, then killing them would give you positive merit. However, if you kill innocent people, your merit will decrease, maybe even become negative.]
[Tsunade: So, the more bad people you kill, the higher your merit. Or if you've done a lot of good deeds, even if you've killed innocents, your merit will still be high.]
[Jiraiya: The Shinobi World has experienced many wars, and many ninjas have killed innocent people. I'm afraid that during those times, many ninjas' merits turned negative!]
[Madara Uchiha: That's not necessarily true. If everyone's merit is negative, then killing many people with negative merit would actually turn yours positive, wouldn't it?]
[Hashirama Senju: Madara, your merit is definitely negative. Back in the day, I tried to convince you many times, but you even killed ordinary civilians!]
[Madara Uchiha: Who says civilians can't be bad people? Haha, maybe my merit is positive, and I'll rank high on the Merit List!]
[Hashirama Senju: You're dreaming!]
"Merit List, this sounds interesting!" Ye Tian said with a smile.
At this time, Kumoko said, "Master, over the years, your forces have helped many ordinary people and saved countless lives. Those should count towards your merit, right? Master, you'll definitely be ranked first on the Merit List!"
"Not necessarily," Ye Tian shook his head. "For example, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, who stopped Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and saved the Shinobi World back then, probably earned a lot of merit too. So, my merit might not necessarily be first."
"Master, how about you go kill some big villains right now? That way, you can secure first place on the Merit List!" Kumoko suggested.
"There's no need. Let's just wait and see," Ye Tian said calmly.
At that moment, the 100th place on the Merit List was announced.