After hearing Uchiha Nanami’s explanation, the entire Great Arena fell silent.
The Great Elder stood on the high platform, his cloudy eyes staring at the cluster of cyan-gold flames in mid-air, his body trembling.
“Yin Release power… It’s actually the ultimate Yin Release power combined with Fire Release!”
The Great Elder’s voice trembled,
“This is more than just a simple Bloodline Limit; this property of directly devouring Chakra, this overbearing nature that ignores all physical defense…”
The Great Elder turned his head, looked at the surrounding elders and clan members, and roared with bloodshot eyes,
“Do you understand what this means?! Ever since the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, passed away, the Ninja World has never seen a power capable of suppressing Tailed Beasts and Susanoo.”
“And now, Lord Lu Ming’s Lapis Lazuli Karmic Fire possesses power comparable to the First Hokage’s Wood Release!”
“Comparable to Wood Release?!”
“Good heavens, that is the power that pacified the chaotic era.”
“Our Uchiha Clan finally has a new reliance.”
“With such divine power, what is there to fear from the Konoha High Command, or the Anbu and Root!”
The clan members began to cheer.
Lu Ming ignored the clan’s celebration; he sheathed his short sword and looked toward the ruins at the edge of the Great Arena.
Swish!
Lu Ming activated the Body Flicker Technique, crossing dozens of meters in an instant to appear in a corner of the ruins.
There, Uchiha Fugaku was slumped against a broken stone pillar.
His eyes were tightly shut, the corners stained with dried blood; the Chakra in his body was completely exhausted, making him unable to even maintain a basic standing posture.
Lu Ming looked at this once-lofty clan leader and spoke,
“Fugaku, do you still wish to fight?”
Hearing the voice, Fugaku’s body flinched.
He struggled to open his eyes, but could only manage a narrow slit.
Looking at Lu Ming’s face, Fugaku smiled.
“Fight? With what…”
Fugaku’s voice was weak to the extreme, as if it would dissipate with a gust of wind,
“My Chakra is exhausted, and even the Mangekyō’s ocular power has been completely devoured by your karmic fire. I… have lost completely.”
This man, who had endured in silence for half his life for the sake of the clan and bore countless infamies, admitted his defeat.
“Lu Ming, your vision, your strength, and your courage are all far beyond mine.”
Fugaku gasped heavily for air, using the last of his strength to grab the hem of Lu Ming’s clothes,
“I entrust the Uchiha Clan… to you.”
“Do not repeat my mistakes. Take them and live on… lead the clan back to glory!”
Looking at Fugaku, Lu Ming straightened his back.
“I accept.”
Lu Ming looked at him and gave his promise,
“I will make the Uchiha name a scorching sun that the Ninja World cannot look at directly. You may step down now.”
Just as Lu Ming accepted Fugaku’s entrustment.
Ding!
A mechanical notification sounded deep within Lu Ming’s mind.
[Detected that the host has successfully removed the previous clan leader and gained the approval of more than half of the clan!]
[Congratulations, host, you have officially become the new leader of the Uchiha Clan!]
[Dormancy conditions met. The Super God Family System is officially activated!]
Lu Ming was stunned.
A system?!
As a transmigrator, he had been in this world for many years.
At first, he had also looked forward to the arrival of a “golden finger,”
he could only rely on his foresight and spiritual energy far beyond ordinary people to climb to his current position step by step.
To his surprise, this system actually required him to become the clan leader to be activated!
[System activated successfully. The Newbie Gift Pack has been issued. Would you like to claim it now?]
“Claim!” Lu Ming gave the command in his mind.
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining activation rewards: Ultimate optimization of physical constitution, awakening of the Mangekyō Sharingan source!]
Buzz!!!
The moment the command was given, a massive amount of energy appeared out of thin air within Lu Ming’s body.
This energy swept through his entire body!
Lu Ming’s muscles, bones, and meridians were all undergoing a transformation under the baptism of this energy.
His already powerful physical body was evolving frantically toward a higher-dimensional level.
After washing through his entire body, the massive energy converged toward Lu Ming’s eyes.
“Argh!”
Lu Ming couldn’t help but let out a low growl as he closed his eyes.
“Lord Lu Ming!”
“What’s happening? Is Lord Lu Ming injured?”
On the distant high platform, the clan members who had been watching closely cried out in alarm.
Uchiha Shisui immediately used the Body Flicker Technique, intending to rush over and check the situation.
“Don’t come over!”
Lu Ming sternly stopped everyone.
He stood where he was, his hands clenched into fists.
The energy gathered in his eyes was forcibly breaking through the shackles.
As a transmigrator, Lu Ming had always faced an extremely awkward predicament.
The evolution of the Sharingan, especially the awakening of the Mangekyō Sharingan, requires intense emotional stimulation, usually the extreme pain brought by the death of a loved one.
But Lu Ming was a transmigrator with the rationality of an adult; he was too rational and clear-headed.
This God’s-eye view that saw through everything, made it impossible for him to generate the extreme emotions necessary to stimulate the brain to secrete special Chakra.
This was why, despite having spiritual energy strong enough to crush Fugaku, he had never been able to awaken the Mangekyō.
He had always thought he would never have the Mangekyō in this life.
But now, the system directly bypassed the emotional threshold and used source energy to forcibly open this forbidden door for him!
Buzz—!!!
Cold Chakra swept out in all directions with Lu Ming as the center!
Crack!
Crack!
Under the pressure of this substantial ocular power, the bluestone ground beneath Lu Ming’s feet turned into countless bits of dust that rose into the air!
“This… this Chakra…”
Uchiha Shisui, who was halfway there, stopped in his tracks.
The Mangekyō Sharingan in his eyes emerged uncontrollably as he looked at the man at the center of the Chakra storm.
Under the gaze of over a hundred Uchiha Clan members present.
Lu Ming raised his head and opened his eyes.
In his crimson eyes, the ordinary black tomoe disappeared, replaced by three sharp black blades connected end-to-end.
The complex windmill pattern rotated within the blood-colored eyes, exuding supreme divine might!
“The Man… Mangekyō Sharingan?!”
The Great Elder’s legs gave way, and he knelt on the ground, roaring out,
“And this ocular power… it’s more terrifying than Fugaku’s, Shisui’s, or even the Uchiha Madara recorded in ancient texts!”
“A miracle, this is a true miracle.”
“Lord Lu Ming is invincible!”
The Uchiha Clan members present went completely wild.
When Lu Ming revealed these eyes that represented the Uchiha’s highest faith, they all knelt in submission!
Rustle—
No one organized it, and no one gave the order.
Over a hundred Uchiha Clan members, including the seven Great Elders on the platform, including the former Police Force die-hards Uchiha Inabi and Uchiha Yashiro, and even Uchiha Shisui who possessed the Mangekyō.
Everyone knelt on one knee in unison, lowering their heads deeply.
“Greetings, Clan Leader!”
“Greetings, Clan Leader!!!”
The deafening shouts broke through the clouds and echoed in the night sky of Konoha Village for a long time.
Listening to the tsunami-like cheers of support around him,
Lu Ming felt the terrifying ocular power in his eyes that could tear through space and smiled.
Just then, the system’s notification sounded.
[Ding! Detected that the host has completely subdued the Uchiha Clan; family cohesion has significantly increased!]
[Family Level officially increased to: LV1!]
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the family upgrade reward: Secret Technique – Shrine Formation!]
[Secret Technique – Shrine Formation: Can be placed within the clan territory. All clan members training within the shrine will have their Chakra extraction speed increased by 300%, Sharingan evolution probability increased by 50%, and a chance to comprehend lost Uchiha Secret Techniques!]
Looking at the reward description appearing on the system panel, Lu Ming gripped his sword hilt.
“This is simply a super cheat for mass-producing powerful individuals.”
“With this Shrine Formation,”
“the strength of the forty-three Three-Tomoe elites under his command will surely undergo a terrifying leap,”
“and even the overall combat power of the entire Uchiha Clan will multiply several times in a short period!”
“This is his true confidence in confronting the Konoha High Command and even the entire Ninja World!”
Lu Ming closed the system panel and strode to the highest point of the ruins.
The strong wind blew against his clothes, and those crimson Mangekyō Sharingan eyes emitted a heart-palpitating light in the night.
He looked down at the over a hundred clan members kneeling on one knee with fanatical expressions.
“Members of the Uchiha Clan!”
Lu Ming’s voice, surging with Chakra, resounded throughout the Great Arena.
“From today on, the days of weakness and concession are over!”
“The humiliation of being treated like watchdogs is over!”
“The butcher’s knife that the Konoha High Command has held to our necks, I will break it with my own hands!”
Lu Ming drew his short sword, its blade pointing straight at the sky,
“I, Uchiha Lu Ming, promise you in the name of the new clan leader.”
“I will lead the Uchiha Clan to trample all obstacles, wash away all humiliation, and return to the peak of the Ninja World!”
“Let the Uchiha name become the nightmare of this world!”
Hearing this blood-boiling declaration, all the clan members raised their heads.
“Return to the peak of the Ninja World!”
“Long live Lord Lu Ming! Long live Uchiha!”
The roars converged into an unstoppable torrent, completely breaking the silent night sky of Konoha Village.