Red Expanse
In the middle of a green vibrant forest, full of trees was varied with fauna and flora, a medium sized lake could be seen clearly. Sitting on the bank was a young boy who looked to be about five years old, sitting beneath a large tree. What was strange was that there were leaves sticking all over the upper body of the boy. The boy is Ashiba who has grown to be three years old. Due to his freakishly fast growth, he could already sense chakra a year ago which made him also begin training control of it shortly afterwards.
He had realized that his chakra reserves were enormous compared to the ordinary people of the village. As for how he could know about their chakra reserves; it was all because of an ability of his which can accurately perceive the chakra of those nearby, he however still didn't know how his reserves would compare to an actual shinobi's chakra reserves. More importantly, he is already able to control his chakra to the point where he can constantly stick 20 to 30 leaves on his body with 90% of his reserves.
Ashiba slowly opened his eyes as the leaves that were sticking to him fell. He looked around and saw that no one was near him and decided to once again close his eyes. But this time the atmosphere around him began to change, a red light could be seen emitting from veins on his body as though his blood was burning, if people could see him from afar, they would think that they encountered a small demonic beast from hell that swore death to all its enemies.
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Ashiba slowly opened his eyes, but what he saw in front of him was not the surroundings of lush trees where he trained, but a vast blood red space that seemed to stretch endlessly, the same vast expanse he saw when he was reincarnated in this world.
When he first sensed and opened his chakra nodes, he could feel the existence of a mysterious space in the depths of his soul which he could enter anytime he wanted. At that time, he acted impulsively by trying to enter it right away, but the moment he willed himself to enter the space, close to almost all of the chakra he had stored got absorbed by the mysterious space, fortunately, he canceled his connection with it right away.
Now he could seamlessly enter this mysterious space called "the red expanse" after a year of training which meant that he had made significant improvements to his chakra reserves.
Ashiba observed his current "body" and saw that he was naked with no clothes, and as he looked closely, he noticed that his body seemed to be illusionary. Ashiba looked at himself and said while holding his illusory chin with his right hand: "If this is my soul as I assume, then I wonder how I can still think and function properly without a brain".
Ashiba put aside his curiosity and started to observe his surroundings. He noticed that besides the never-ending blood red expanse, there was only a similarly blood red crystal near him. It floated above ground. He went near it and observed it with scrutiny, and soon he noticed that in the middle of the blood red crystal was a molten red drop of blood.
The moment he saw that blood an electric shock suddenly went through his whole soul, the pain made him forcibly kneel to the ground that seemed similar to glass, he couldn't help but scream a shrill and deafening voice that spread throughout the space.
When Ashiba finally recovered, he noticed a new piece of information in his memories. The more he read through it, the more his eyes glowed red with excitement, he looked at the red blood in the crystal and said with a faint smile: "so that's how it is''.
Just now, the information he received gave him answers to the questions he had ever since his rebirth.
First of all, he finally knew the reason for his abnormal growth. As it turns out, he has the Hanma bloodline. Although he suspected it before, he still had doubts about it, the source of his Hanma bloodline is exactly that molten red drop of blood in the crystal.
Not only that, he also learned that his bloodline has the potential to evolve, and in the process make him stronger and give him more room for growth. Of course, that is if he provided this vast expanse with enough energies like chakra and natural energy. As for how much energy he needs to provide to evolve his bloodline, he will have to test that out later as he the red expanse didn't give him information about it.
But what made Ashiba really shocked was the fact he learned that as long as the energy quality and quantity was enough, this red expanse could help him evolve his bloodline endlessly, but nonetheless he still had some inner doubts and didn't harbor any high expectations.
After finishing all his thoughts, Ashiba looked around to see if there was anything else worth his attention.
After searching for some time in this space, he felt that he couldn't stay here anymore as his chakra was running out in his body outside.
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Outside the blood red light around Ashiba slowly receded and he opened his eyes which glowed molten red for a second before going back to normal.
Ashiba had an intense desire to fight as he thought about his future in this world and the ways to obtain strength.
"If the information from the crystal is true, then there are 2 ways to improve my strength in my current situation. First of all, it is simply to fight, especially fighting strong opponents as it enables the bloodline to absorb the chakra in my body and tap into its potential to strengthen it. The second method is to spread my bloodline and then siphon chakra from them, as those chakra that are diluted with the Hanma bloodline are more affective and easier for the Red expanse to evolve the bloodline", thought Ashiba as he contemplated the advantages and disadvantages of both methods. The first method is undoubtedly the most exciting of the two, especially for someone like him who loves nothing more than to fight and gain strength. But the second method wins in sturdiness, and most importantly it is directly related to the evolution of his bloodline. Nonthless both methods are essential, one to tap into existing bloodline, other to evolve the bloodline.
Ashiba suddenly shook his head and said mockingly, "Simply goes without saying, I will be using them both!"
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