Chapter 41: Mystic Soldiers’ Chaotic Dance Illuminating the Starry Sea

Chapter 41: Chapter 41: Mystic Soldiers’ Chaotic Dance Illuminating the Starry Sea

After "chasing" Tsunade away, Uchiha Xuan leaned back against the bed, absentmindedly fiddling with the pendant hanging around his neck.

It wasn’t that he feared the so-called curse of the pendant; what he was pondering was... the meaning behind it.

"Xuan, are you alright?"

Just as Uchiha Xuan was lost in thought staring at the pendant, the tent flap opened once again.

Uchiha Xuan lowered the pendant and looked up to see Namikaze Minato entering with Nawaki in tow.

"I’m fine. What brings you here? And you—what are you doing here?"

Uchiha Xuan shook his head lightly, then turned to Nawaki with a hint of disdain in his voice.

Because of the pendant resting on his chest, he was feeling particularly irritated with Nawaki at the moment.

"Hey, what’s with that attitude? I came here to visit... Mmmph!"

As soon as Uchiha Xuan finished speaking, Nawaki, who had been hesitantly trailing behind Minato, immediately flared up and began shouting at him.

However, before he could finish, Minato covered his mouth.

"Nawaki, quiet down. Lady Tsunade said Uchiha Xuan needs to rest now."

Minato frowned as he held Nawaki’s mouth shut, suddenly regretting bringing him along to visit Uchiha Xuan.

"Xuan, we just came to check on you. Since you’re alright, we’ll take our leave now. We still have a mission to attend to."

Keeping his hand over Nawaki’s mouth, Minato spoke with a smile.

"A mission?"

Uchiha Xuan raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"Yes, Nawaki and I have been assigned to the battlefield morgue. This war has brought in many bodies... We need to transport them one by one, bringing the heroes who sacrificed themselves for Konohagakure back home."

Minato’s voice was low and soft as he spoke.

"I see..."

Uchiha Xuan nodded gently upon hearing this. In war, death was inevitable.

"Then we’ll be going now. Rest well."

Minato composed himself, looked up with a smile, and spoke to Uchiha Xuan before turning and leading Nawaki out of the tent.

After the two left, the tent fell silent once more, with only the sound of Charizard’s breathing as it slept curled up in the corner.

Interrupted by Minato and Nawaki’s visit, Uchiha Xuan snapped out of his daze.

Closing his eyes, he focused his mind and entered the Mist Space.

Standing amidst a swirling sea of Cards, Uchiha Xuan’s lips curled into a slight smile, his eyes gleaming with excitement as he gazed at the Cards dancing in the sky.

A total of fifty-five Card Draws from the C-grade Card Pool, four from the B-grade Card Pool, and the A-grade Card Draw he obtained after defeating Rasa.

Such a large number of Card Draws had added a new color to the Cards swirling around him—a red hue that surpassed even Legendary Grade Cards!

Looking at the countless Cards flying around him, Uchiha Xuan’s eyes burned with anticipation as he raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

"Come on, let’s see what treasures these fifty-five C-grade Card Draws have in store!"

Snap!

A snap echoed in the vast Mist Space. The next moment, all the swirling Cards froze in midair as if paused. Uchiha Xuan looked up, his eyes burning with fervor as he gazed at the suspended Cards above.

Poof!

With a soft sound, all the frozen Cards in the sky shattered into sparkling fragments, raining down like a glittering shower across the Mist Space.

In an instant, amidst the sparkling rain, over fifty Cards descended like meteors, swiftly swirling around Uchiha Xuan.

"No purple ones..."

Activating his Sharingan, Uchiha Xuan swept a glance over the Cards encircling him. Upon confirming that all were either blue or green, a trace of disappointment flickered across his face.

"Fifty-five Cards, yet fewer than ten are B-grade Cards. This drop rate... truly abysmal. Still, with less than a three percent chance, getting eight B-grade Cards isn’t too bad."

Looking at all the Cards floating before him, Uchiha Xuan pushed aside the C-grade Cards with a wave of his hand and plucked a blue Card from the air.

Unless they were item Cards or creature Cards, ordinary skill Cards of C-grade could hardly enhance his combat prowess anymore.

But this didn’t mean Uchiha Xuan was discarding these C-grade Cards—he simply wanted to see what the B-grade Cards had to offer first.

As the Card settled into his hand, its information instantly became clear.

.....

Rare: Hopter

Source World: Anime - [Doraemon]

Card Type: Item - Tool

Description: Place the Hopter anywhere on your body to soar freely through the sky with your thoughts. However, please note: do not take off when the Hopter’s battery is low.

...

"...."

Holding the Card, Uchiha Xuan fell silent.

Although he had indeed fantasized about having a Hopter to fulfill his childhood dream of flying... pulling out a Hopter and placing it on his head in the Ninja World—wouldn’t that make for an oddly bizarre scene?

"Sigh, it might come in handy in unexpected ways. At the very least, Groudon would probably be overjoyed to have this thing."

With a sigh, Uchiha Xuan honestly stored the Hopter away and turned his attention to the other Cards.

...

Rare: Mystic Soldiers’ Chaotic Dance Illuminating the Starry Sea

Source World: Anime - [Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf]

Card Type: Skill

Description: Utilize Qi-Power to condense thousands of weapons that rain down from the sky, striking targets within a designated area. The strike location can be determined by will. The more Qi-Power expended, the greater the number of weapons summoned.

...

"Did I stumble into an anime nest? And what does a name like Mystic Soldiers’ Chaotic Dance Illuminating the Starry Sea have to do with Pleasant Goat and the others?"

Holding the Card, Uchiha Xuan wore an expression of utter speechlessness.

Before arriving in the Ninja World, he hadn’t watched Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf since childhood. Faced with such an peculiar name, he felt nothing but bewilderment and confusion.

Still, when in doubt, practice reveals the truth.

Snap!

With a gentle clench of his hand, the Card instantly shattered into streams of light that surged into Uchiha Xuan’s body.

The next moment!

Mystic Soldiers’ Chaotic Dance Illuminating the Starry Sea!

Chakra and Qi instantly transformed into a peculiar power Uchiha Xuan had never witnessed before, countless black-purple or golden Shuriken materializing and freezing in mid-air.

"Somewhat ordinary, overlapping a bit with the effects of the Golden Light Mantra’s Golden Light. Still, it’s decent for clearing out small fry and looking cool. Wait, this skill seems to have other uses."

Observing the Shuriken swirling around him, Uchiha Xuan stroked his chin and beckoned a few Shuriken to float before him.