Be the Main God from Naruto - Chapter 74
The strongest Chunin Exam in history finally approached its conclusion after nearly half a month.
The final day’s battles weren’t fascinating. The most intense fights had already taken place in the preceding days.
Today was merely a points-accumulation battle for the top teams.
Akatsuki.
The Shadow Alliance (as disclosed by the Fifth Hokage, who wished to remain anonymous, this team’s true meaning is “Miniature Ninja Village Shadow Alliance”).
Team Cleaver.
Konoha’s New Team 7.
Konoha Sound Squad (elite ninja from the former Sound Village, with Shizune joining as support).
Along with teams dispatched by the Wind, Lightning, Water, and Earth countries, these groups smoothly claimed the top ten honors.
Team Cleaver took first place in the “Ninja World Peace Council.”
These mysterious young individuals had no chakra fluctuations, and their raw power wasn’t the strongest. In combat, they are tied to Akatsuki and Konoha’s Team 7.
However, they achieved a perfect score of 500 in the written exam, leading them to win the “Strongest Chunin Exam” title comprehensively.
Many small nation leaders extended invitations to Riven the Exile, Master Yi the Wuju Bladesman, and Fiora the Grand Duelist, wanting them to become their guardian ninjas and even offer higher positions, but they were all rejected.
What?
Why didn’t anyone invite Yasuo the Unforgiven and Tryndamere the Barbarian King?
One was a drunkard, and the other a self-assured “king.” Who would invite them as guardian ninjas unless someone was out of their mind?
Many were dissatisfied with this outcome but had to admit…
The team earned their scores legitimately without any shortcuts. Their raw power, while not dominating, was among the top.
Tsunade stepped forward to announce that all members of the top twenty teams were promoted to Chunin!
Upon hearing their promotion to Chunin, many Kage from small ninja villages were so angry that they ground their teeth, their faces flushed, and they wanted to leave immediately.
However, they still waited for Konoha’s rewards, so they had to show respect to Tsunade.
After all, the top twenty teams would receive numerous ninjutsu scrolls ranging from S-rank to B-rank, and the first place would receive an entirely different training system from chakra!
This meant a new trump card!
Countless eyes turned red as they watched Team Cleaver’s five members walk to the podium.
The representative receiving the award was the gray-haired ponytail girl named Riven.
She was cute and naive but transformed into a completely different person in battle.
Facing strong enemies, Riven would always reforge her broken blade, with emerald energy runes shining straight into the sky, appearing heroic and domineering.
Her charm transcended gender, with fans among both men and women.
Even Hinata Hyuga attended the exam to observe and became her number-one fan.
“Hmm…”
Wang Yan distinctly felt that Hinata and a few other particularly fervent fans were channeling some mysterious power to him.
It wasn’t chakra, inner strength, or true qi…
It was fundamentally different from these energies.
At this moment, the support program explained: “This power is called the ‘Power of Belief.’ When accumulated sufficiently, it can ignite the divine fire, condense divinity, and elevate one to godhood.”
“I see.”
Wang Yan nodded slightly but chose not to take this path.
Godhood sounded alluring, but it severely limited future development.
Gods who followed the path of belief had two fatal flaws.
First, They could easily have their nature twisted by their believers, becoming either saintly and utterly good or highly evil, losing their true selves.
Second: Their power came from their followers. If the followers stopped providing belief, the backlash from the infinite dimensions would drag the god to the astral plane, pinning them to the Wall of the Underworld, becoming an eternal yet immovable “divine corpse.”
“However, the power of belief is indeed valuable. Even if not used to ignite the divine fire, it can create magical artifacts or divine weapons!”
Wang Yan stroked his chin and created a storage device called the “Pool of Belief.”
Better safe than sorry.
He manipulated the LOL team, and all beliefs directed at these five individuals would converge into his Pool of Belief.
As the representative of Team Cleaver, Riven stood on the podium and received their well-deserved rewards.
In the VIP section, Orochimaru’s golden snake pupils narrowed into slits: “T-level personnel…”
He remembered reading about the “****** series” in Jiraiya’s novels, mentioning a mysterious organization with D-level members.
However, that D-level was not what the ninja world considered D-level; it stood for “DIE level.”
D-level meant “death level.”
In simpler terms, cannon fodder.
Orochimaru squinted his eyes: “T-level, TEST… testing personnel?”
Before he could speculate further, Riven spoke from the podium.
“I have many things I want to tell everyone, but time is short, so I’ll be brief. Let me organize my thoughts and keep it simple!”
The cute gray-haired girl blinked. Her expressionless face seemed like she was drunk and completely lost, with a silly smile, not knowing what she was thinking.
“Forget it. Let me do it.”
The girl in black stockings beside her grabbed the microphone.
Clearing her throat, the girl in black stockings exuded queenly authority: “First, the normal acceptance speech: What does it take to achieve success? Talent! Glory! Conviction!”
Fiora, the Grand Duelist, paused: “Next, I have something important to tell everyone.”
All attention was focused, ears pricked.
She held a booklet titled “Basic Inner Power Essentials,” which was duplicated into hundreds of copies within a few breaths.
Fiora smiled queenly: “Our Ninja World Peace Council was known as ‘Dawn’ tens of thousands of years ago.”
Everyone was bewildered by her words.
What was she saying? What did she mean?
Some intelligent individuals began to stir.
An organization with millennia of heritage…
The name “Dawn.”
They had an inkling but didn’t dare confirm their thoughts.
How could such a lucky break happen?
In the cruel ninja world, could there be an organization selflessly fighting for all humanity?
Those who guessed the truth suppressed their thoughts and continued listening.
Fiora’s tone was calm and steady as if reciting an epic: “Tens of thousands of years ago, this world had no ninjas, not even chakra as a power!”
“Humans were helpless against countless ferocious beasts, treated as prey, food, and toys.”
“And we, Dawn, were the only light and hope in that dark era!”
“Dawn created the ‘Inner Power’ training system, allowing those with an aptitude to gain the strength to defeat ferocious beasts through hard training, turning prey into hunters!”
“However, inner power training required human aptitude, and not everyone could acquire this extraordinary power.”
“Everything changed on that day…”
Fiora’s words left the tens of thousands present in a daze.
Their throats felt dry.
Was the secret from tens of thousands of years ago true or false?
No one knew.
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