Starting with Hyuga, traversing countless heavens

"Lord Xingying, we cannot agree to this."

"Yes, without stars, how can we become stronger and defend against the great ninja villages outside?"

"Yes, Lord Hoshikage."

A group of Star Ninjas were buzzing and making noise in Hyuga Hoshino's ear, which annoyed him.

The Third Hoshikage noticed the change in Hyuga Hoshino's expression. While the other Hoshino ninja thought Hoshino's power was immense, he didn't think so. He was a centenarian who, in his middle age, had the privilege of witnessing the traces left by the battle between Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara.

He knew that the so-called immense power of the stars was just a pie in the sky painted by the first generation of Star Shadows, and that they, as descendants, could only do their best to maintain it.

Stars are harmful things, and everyone in the Star Ninja clan knows this, but they are their only hope for power.

"It seems that Xingying is not strict in managing his subordinates. Perhaps I could lend a hand?"

The Byakugan with its three tomoe had already locked onto the loudest person in the crowd. Hyuga Hoshino's eyes were fixed on his direction, and Hoshino involuntarily moved aside. Hoshino, too, was like a duck with its throat being choked, and his voice came to an abrupt halt.

"Need any help? Xingying, it's free."

"Death Burial, why?"

As soon as the Third Hoshikage finished speaking, Death Burial laughed loudly. Like Night Hawk, who had only one arm left, he was a loyal follower of Akahoshi. Akahoshi had long planned to replace the Third Hoshikage.

"Hahaha, why? It's because of Lord Xingying's weakness and incompetence. Lord Chixing should rule Xingnin and let more people cultivate with stars. You and that woman Xia Rixing are both wrong."

Death Burial winked at Akahoshi, who was observing from the shadows. Akahoshi nodded, and Death Burial continued to draw aggro.

"With the power of the stars, what are the Five Great Nations? What are the Five Great Ninja Villages? The entire ninja world will grovel at Lord Akahashi's feet."

"Little Death, there's a difference between dreams and wishful thinking. Go back, wash up, and get some sleep. You can have anything in your dreams."

"Damn brat, who gives you the right to speak here?"

Hyuga Hoshino activated his Body Flicker Technique and was already in front of Death Burial in the blink of an eye. His fair right hand pierced through Death Burial, a white hand piercing the heart attack.

“Third generation Star Shadow, you saw it too. I was acting in self-defense.”

Before the Death Burial fell, Akahoshi appeared behind the Third Hoshikage and grabbed him by the throat.

"Don't come any closer, or I'll strangle him."

"This must be Akahoshi-kun, right?"

"Call me Lord Akahoshi."

“No problem, Akahoshi-kun. But you arrested your village chief, not mine, so why can’t I go over there?”

Hyuga Hoshino took out a white handkerchief and wiped away imaginary blood from her hands. She slowly walked towards Akahoshi, each step heavy and painful, striking Akahoshi's heart with each step.

Akahoshi felt as if he were facing a lowly soldier with Conqueror's Haki, powerless to resist.

“Boring, Babar alien, look me in the eye.”

The three-tomoe Byakugan, concealed by colored contact lenses, was activated. Illusionary Technique: Sharingan was released, and Akahoshi felt a moment of mental disorientation.

He seemed to see himself becoming the Star Shadow, using the stars to successfully rule the ninja world.

In another daze, he saw his own body. It was all a dream. He realized he was already dead.

Using the power-generating method of the Gangquan style, combined with the burst of chakra, there was no chance of survival under the Big Ear Thunder. Hyuga Hoshino once again helped others and learned Shen Gongbao's Flying Head Technique, which he had been practicing for many years.

Too fast, Hyuga Hoshino finished everything before the Third Hoshikage could react.

"Oh, my friend, it's time to take me to see the secret treasure of your village."

Take out a white handkerchief to wipe your hands, and then cover Akahoshi's headless corpse with the handkerchief to avoid frightening the children.

The Star Village is located in a valley. The star is placed in the deepest part of the Star Village and is guarded. However, Hyuga Hoshino caused quite a commotion before, and everyone ran to the front of the village to surround Hyuga Hoshino.

There was no one guarding this place now. The Third Generation Star Shadow unlocked the door, pushed it open, and in the center of the building, on a support, sat a star.

Hyuga Hoshino picked up the star and carefully sensed it. The Third Hoshikage wisely left. This chakra fluctuation was somewhat like the chakra contained in the Gedo Mazo, and also somewhat like the chakra of the Hyuga and Uchiha clans.

If I'm not mistaken, it may contain the chakra of the Otsutsuki clan, and the amount is not small, much more than Hyuga Hoshino currently possesses.

The total number is between peak Kage level and Super Kage level. The specific situation still needs further analysis. This is still the territory of Star Ninja. Let's find a safe place to analyze it.

After leaving Xingnin Village, they found a forest and used Earth Release to create an underground base, sealing off the surrounding area with the Four Symbols Seal.

Hinata Hoshino took out a star and, using the method he had obtained from Natsumi Hoshino to draw out a trace of energy from the star.

This is the secret technique of the Star Ninja, the Star Absorbing Technique. Star Ninjas are also known as Ren Woxing.

A wisp of eerie-colored energy merged into Hinata Hoshino's body. Instead of feeling any discomfort, he experienced a refreshing sensation, as if his entire body were immersed in a hot spring.

Every pore opened, greedily absorbing this small amount of chakra. Hyuga Hoshino exhaled deeply, feeling somewhat intoxicated.

Hyuga Hoshino didn't notice the flash of blue in his Byakugan.

Upon closer inspection, it becomes apparent that the bloodlines of the Hyuga and Uchiha are showing signs of merging. While there is no significant increase in chakra within their bodies, there is still a subtle tendency for them to merge.

Clearly, this portion of chakra acted as a catalyst, unlocking some of Hyuga Hoshino's potential.

It attracted another portion of energy, which merged into itself. "Aww," the sound trembled slightly, "So good!"

Hyuga Hoshino's eyes lit up. This was truly a treasure, but the Star Ninja couldn't withstand it. After absorbing about ten strands of energy, feeling only about one percent of the Star's energy had been lost, Hyuga Hoshino felt a sense of fullness in his body; he had probably reached his limit.

"Open the panel."

Host: Hyuga Hoshino (Gained a lifespan of 424 years)

Talents: Pure three-tomoe Byakugan, longevity, rapid healing, Byakugan Kirin tattoo (intimidating, auspicious, and warding off evil), tough skin (difficult to injure by ordinary swords and blades), spatial abilities, and Sage Mode.

Bloodlines: Hyuga bloodline, Kirin bloodline, Uchiha bloodline

Taijutsu: Elite Jonin

Chakra Level: Shadow

Ninjutsu: Gentle Fist Collection, Body Flicker Technique, Sealing Technique: Four Symbols Sealing Technique, Rasengan, First Six Gates of the Eight Gates, Konoha Hard Fist Fluid Technique, and several other ninjutsu.

Abilities: Kunai throwing technique, cooking, flower arranging, tea ceremony, Water Release nature transformation, Fire Release nature transformation, Zhang Rishan's twenty years of combat experience, Red Earth, Lava Release, Scorching Release, Limitless Karmic Fire, gliding, curses, Wood Release, illusion, Sage Clan talent chakra, Yin-Yang Release.

Chakra attributes: Water (Elite Jonin), Fire (Jonin), Wind (Jonin), Lightning (Jonin), Earth (Jonin), Yang (Elite Jonin), Yin (Kage).

Copy count: 2 times, 1 time/day (can be stacked)

Number of crossings: 0 or 1 per year (cannot be accumulated)

Already traveled through worlds: Theft and Crossover Worlds

System space: 10/10 cubic meters

Overall rating: Medium quality.

Chapter 46 The Jugo Clan, Tsunade

The weakest chakra attribute has been raised to the Jonin level, and physical abilities have improved. After using this star, it should be able to raise all chakra attributes to the Kage level.

Whether it can be upgraded to the Super Shadow level can only be known after the star's energy is completely absorbed.

The purpose of going to the Fire Temple was to explore natural energy, but Hyuga Hoshino was somewhat disappointed by the chakra of the Sage Clan at the Fire Temple.

There's no way to get to the three holy sites right now. Besides the Temple of Fire, it seems there are also members of Jugo's clan there.

In Shippuden, Jugo was probably eighteen or nineteen years old, which translates to two or three years old this year.

Jugo found Orochimaru in the Land of Rice Fields, so it's possible that Jugo's clan originated in the Land of Rice Fields.

The Land of Fields, in the north, will likely become Orochimaru's testing ground in a few years.

Hinata Hoshino closed his eyes, sensing the flow of natural energy nearby. In one place, the natural energy was quite dense, and it seemed to contain life. It should be a member of Jugo's clan.

White Eye activated, straight-line perspective mode; there weren't many people, only thirty or forty.

Using the Instantaneous Movement Technique, he moved forward, his right foot stepping into the Jugo clan's territory. "Who?"

Hyuga Hoshino was immediately discovered. He was somewhat puzzled, as he had been trying his best to suppress his chakra. If it was Nagato Uzumaki using the Rain Tiger Free Technique in Amegakure that discovered his presence, it wouldn't be a big deal.

Hyuga Hoshino was somewhat surprised that someone from the Jugo clan could detect him. Compared to Naruto Uzumaki's Sage Mode perception, it was indeed his chakra aura that affected the natural energy.

The newcomer was tall with orange hair. Hyuga Hoshino could sense that natural energy surrounded him and was easily absorbed by him.

It's hard for Hyuga Hoshino to judge how much natural energy he absorbed; he only possessed the talent, not that he had already mastered Sage Mode.

However, Hinata Hoshino's intuition told him that if he could maintain his normal Sage Mode, his speed of absorbing natural energy would definitely be higher than that of the burly man in front of him.

As the burly man approached Hyuga Hoshino, Hyuga Hoshino used the Body Flicker Technique to leave. The burly man sensed Hyuga Hoshino's presence but found nothing, so he left.

"System, copy."

[Congratulations, host, you have acquired the talent of natural energy perception. Ability: Perception. Integrate?]

"Fusion."

Hinata Hoshino's natural energy perception talent allows him to perceive natural energy more easily.

Perception is the ability to sense others through changes in natural energy. Everyone's actions interfere with the flow of natural energy, thus enabling perception.

The reason the burly man was able to easily spot Hyuga Hoshino was because of this ability.

The Jugo clan's application of natural energy is similar to the Sage Mode of Ryuchi Cave, which causes physical changes. This is not the Sage Mode that Hyuga Hoshino had envisioned.

It seems that they can only choose from the remaining two sacred sites, Mount Myōboku and Shikkotsu Forest. Jiraiya must be traveling around gathering inspiration, and Tsunade must be gambling.

Thinking this way, Tsunade should be easier to find. Let's check out the famous gambling dens in various countries first.

The largest gambling den in the Land of Bears, where "Big Fat Sheep" is said to have been gone for ten days. A passerby told Hyuga Hoshino that "Big Fat Sheep" seems to have gone in the direction of the Land of Fire.

Hinata Hoshino: ?

The only country that the Bear Country borders is the Fire Country. The Bear Country is similar to a peninsula, with the other three sides being the sea.

If Tsunade takes Shizune and doesn't head towards the Land of Fire, are they going to spend a few days at sea and head to the Land of Water?

The Land of Fire, Tanabata Street.

"Charge! The big fat sheep is coming!"

"Yes, the chance to turn things around has come."

Hinata Hoshino's lips twitched. Gotcha. So easy.

Squeezing through the crowd, Tsunade, with an imposing air, picked up her briefcase, slammed it on the table, and opened it. Inside, the briefcase was filled with neatly bundled banknotes.

He displayed the same extravagant generosity as Kong Yiji, who laid out nine large coins. According to Hyuga Hoshino, Tsunade's gambling debts were still outstanding.