Chapter 536: Upgrade Blessing Ceremony

"I am Thor, for the glory of Asgard!"

With a roar from Thor Odinson, Mjolnir in his hand emitted a blue lightning, directly striking the Golden Canopy rope.

For a moment, Thor's body was surrounded by blue and golden light, and as the center of the battle between two divine artifacts, Thor took the opportunity to escape from the Golden Canopy rope.

After breaking free from the Golden Canopy rope, Thor stood aside panting heavily, his body scorched black.

Seeing Thor break free, Charles took the opportunity to retract his Golden Canopy rope, and Thor also summoned Mjolnir back.

"Pal, you've got some good stuff there, too."

Charles smiled, "Your hammer is not bad either!"

Thor raised Mjolnir proudly and said, "This is my treasure."

Charles looked at the Golden Canopy rope in his hand and was also very satisfied. Being able to trap Thor for a few seconds instantly was already very powerful. For him, a few seconds could already determine the outcome of a battle.

Moreover, the Golden Canopy rope at this time was only level 20, and it could continue to be upgraded with two rune slots to unlock new properties.

When it reached full level, its power would be even stronger. However, using divine artifacts also had considerable consumption. But for Charles at this time, that terrifying consumption was nothing.

After testing the Golden Canopy rope, Charles took out two boxes of beer from his storage space and handed them to Thor. Then he returned to the Jotunheim Palace and entered the system space once again.

Upon entering the system space this time, Charles looked at his current gold coins, which had reached 105,535. Seeing this amount, he decided to recruit some ninjas on this auspicious day.

Before recruiting, Charles first went to the system mall interface to see if there were any suitable fragments.

Opening the ninja section of the system mall, four ninja avatars came into view.

Itachi Uchiha: Daily limit 0/9, 520 gold coins/1 piece!

Sakura Haruno from the Naruto Shippuden: Daily limit 0/9, 80 gold coins/1 piece!

Scorpion: Daily limit 0/9, 300 gold coins/1 piece!

Might Guy Fragment: Daily limit 0/9, 230 gold coins/1 piece!

Looking at the four ninjas refreshed today, Charles noticed that Itachi Uchiha had been refreshing quite frequently lately. However, considering that his gold coins were not yet abundant, he didn't plan to upgrade the ninja cards for now.

Skipping Itachi Uchiha, Charles's gaze fell on the second ninja, Sakura Haruno from Naruto Shippuden. Clicking on her avatar, it showed that she had 23 fragments at the moment, and the price was 80 gold coins per fragment, quite a bargain.

Directly spending 720 gold coins, he purchased 9 fragments, bringing the total to 32 fragments. He only needed one more refresh of the ninja shop to successfully recruit Sakura Haruno from Naruto Shippuden.

Thinking of Sakura Haruno's strength, Charles nodded.

Although she couldn't compare with Naruto and Sasuke, she was much stronger than regular ninjas.

Charles wanted to recruit Sakura Haruno without taking up a battle slot, and recruiting a B-rank ninja could also increase his chakra capacity by 5 cards, which satisfied him.

Then he looked at the third ninja available for purchase, Scorpion.

Another member of the Akatsuki organization, among the Akatsuki members Charles currently had fragments for, Deidara, Scorpion, and Kisame had appeared, but several others such as Zetsu, Konan, Pain, Nagato and Orochimaru had not yet appeared even once.

It seemed like forming the Akatsuki organization would be a long and difficult journey.

Clicking on Scorpion's avatar, it showed that he already had 8 fragments. Without hesitation, Charles spent 2700 gold coins to purchase 9 more fragments, bringing the total to 17.

Charles was determined to gather the Akatsuki members and bring the Akatsuki organization to this world as soon as possible.

Next, Charles's gaze fell on the last person, Might Guy. Clicking on his avatar, it showed that he had already collected 34 fragments. Seeing this number, a smirk appeared on Charles's lips. It seemed he could gather Might Guy today.

At the same time, he could also gather the members of Team 3 of Konoha, and he would be rewarded with a battle slot, which would be perfect for Might Guy to use.

Looking at the price of each fragment of Might Guy, Charles didn't hesitate and bought 9 fragments at once, spending a total of 2070 gold coins.

Why did he buy more? Charles knew that in the ninja recruitment, two A-rank ninjas, Asuma Sarutobi and Might Guy, wouldn't be replaced until he recruited Mei Terumi.

So instead of waiting, he might as well buy them in bulk. Perhaps when he recruited Mei Terumi, the two-star Might Guy could directly upgrade to the level of a three-star ninja.

After buying 27 fragments, Charles glanced at his gold coins, which were now 100,085. As for the number of ninja recruitment scrolls, it was 0.

Exiting the shop, Charles went to the ninja recruitment interface and bought 30 ninja recruitment scrolls directly, spending 5040 gold coins.

After buying the scrolls, Charles exited the system space and returned to his body.

From his storage space, Charles took out a new element given to him by Tony Stark and placed it in the top left corner. Then he took out an unused ice crystal and placed it in the top right corner. After that, he took out the Ankhara Holy Stone and the Heart of the Earth and placed them in the bottom left and bottom right corners respectively. In the middle, he lit a candle.

Below these items, he drew a Merlin magic circle with magic.

After arranging the items for the blessing ceremony, Charles began his prayer to his future self.

This time, Charles conducted the prayer with a sense of ceremony.

After a brief sense of ceremony, Charles felt a surge of satisfaction as he entered the system space.

Upon entering, he found himself at the recruitment interface.

"Ninja recruitment, ten pulls, go!"

The swirling emblem of the Land of Whirlpools appeared, emitting a peculiar light. After a dazzling display, the recruitment results appeared before Charles.

Ding· Obtained B-rank ninja, Naruto Shippuden - Uchiha Sasuke fragment x1!

Ding· Obtained B-rank ninja, Naruto Shippuden - Uzumaki Naruto fragment x1!

Ding· Obtained B-rank ninja, Naruto Shippuden - Haruno Sakura fragment x1!

Ding· Obtained 4 Ao fragments!

Ding· Obtained C-rank ninja, umino Iruka fragment x2!

Ding· Obtained 4 B-rank ninja, Naruto Shippuden - Uchiha Sasuke fragment x4!

Ding· Obtained 4 A-rank ninja, Might Guy fragment x4!

Ding· Obtained 1 Ao fragment!

Ding· Obtained 5 A-rank ninja, Hyuga Hinata fragment x5!

Ding· Obtained B-rank ninja, Naruto Shippuden - Haruno Sakura fragment x1!

Recruitment ended, and Charles glanced at his results, amazed to find that instead of the guaranteed 1 fragment, he got 5 for Hyuga Hinata, making it a big win. Moreover, he mainly got B-rank ninjas.

Under his own blessing, Charles was very satisfied with this recruitment. Indeed, he reaped the best rewards by investing in himself.

After reviewing all the information, Charles realized he had recruited another ninja, Naruto Shippuden - Uzumaki Naruto. With the 39 fragments he had before, this recruitment brought him to the 40 fragments needed for recruitment, a significant leap in Naruto's strength.

A total of 24 fragments were obtained from this ten-pull recruitment, a decent quantity. Among them, there were 9 A-rank fragments, 12 B-rank fragments, and 3 C-rank fragments, with the distribution being quite good, mainly hitting B-rank and A-rank ninjas.

He also had 9 fragments of the Mist Hidden Village's top ninja, Ao, missing just one fragment to bring the world's top Mist ninja to this world.

Furthermore, due to the opponent's possession of the Byakugan eye, Charles's Byakugan eye can became even stronger.

As for the Haruno Sakura, and Hyuga Hinata, they were a step closer to successful recruitment.

Collecting all the fragments, Charles felt his luck and immediately went for another ten-pull recruitment.

"Ninja recruitment, ten pulls, go!"

Once again, the swirling emblem of the Land of Whirlpools appeared, emitting a peculiar light. After a dazzling display, the recruitment results appeared before Charles.

Ding· Obtained C-rank ninja, Kinuta x1!

Ding· Obtained B-rank ninja, Naruto Shippuden - Haruno Sakura fragment x1!

Ding· Obtained C-rank ninja, Temari fragment x1!

Ding· Obtained 4 A-rank ninja, Might Guy fragment x4!

Ding· Obtained 2 Ao fragments!

Ding· Obtained 2 C-rank ninja, Tenten fragment x2!

Ding· Obtained 4 A-rank ninja, Might Guy fragment x4!

Ding· Obtained C-rank ninja, Naruto Shippuden - Haruno Sakura fragment x1!"

With each recruitment, Charles's excitement grew as he continued to bolster his team.

"Ding· Obtained A-rank ninja, Hyuga Hinata fragment x4!

Ding· Obtained A-rank ninja, Sarutobi Asuma fragment x4!

As the recruitment ended, Charles widened his eyes in disbelief. The result was no less impressive than the previous ten-pull recruitment. Hyuga Hinata's fragments once again increased by 4, reaching 30 fragments in total, not far from successfully recruiting her.

Sarutobi Asuma also increased by 4 fragments, reaching 30 fragments, which was also within reach. Might Guy, needless to say, exceeded by 15 fragments, indeed heading towards three stars.

As for the Mist Hidden Village ninja, Ao, he also reached the recruitment standard.

The only regret was not recruiting any fragments for Naruto Shippuden - Uchiha Sasuke. Sasuke has just surpassed Naruto here, but might be overtaken by him again.

It's unknown what kind of emotions Sasuke would have when he sees Naruto grown up.

After tallying up this ten-pull recruitment, he obtained 24 fragments, the same quantity as the previous one. Among them, there were 16 A-rank fragments, 1 B-rank fragment, and 7 C-rank fragments. This time, the A-rank fragments increased, while B-rank ones hit an all-time low with only 1 fragment, and there was a slight increase in C-rank ones.

After collecting all the fragments, Charles compared the results of the two recruitments and found little change. It seemed that his luck had not diminished yet.

Charles proceeded directly to the final ten-pull recruitment.

"Ninja recruitment, ten pulls, go!"

Once again, the swirling emblem of the Land of Whirlpools appeared, emitting a peculiar light. After a dazzling display, the recruitment results appeared before Charles.

Ding· Obtained C-rank ninja, Haruno Sakura fragment x1!

Ding· Obtained B-rank ninja, Naruto Shippuden - Uchiha Sasuke fragment x2!

Ding· Obtained C-rank ninja, Tenten fragment x2!

Ding· Obtained A-rank ninja, Sarutobi Asuma fragment x4!

Ding· Obtained B-rank ninja, Yūhi Kurenai fragment x4!

Ding· Obtained B-rank ninja, Naruto Shippuden - Umino Iruka fragment x1!

Ding· Obtained B-rank ninja, Naruto Shippuden - Uchiha Sasuke fragment x1!

Ding· Obtained C-rank ninja, Kinuta x2!

Ding· Obtained A-rank ninja, Hyuga Hinata fragment x1!

Ding· Obtained C-rank ninja, Hyūga Neji fragment x2!

As the recruitment ended, looking at the results, Charles could basically confirm that his blessing effect had ended. The must-have Hyuga Hinata only yielded one fragment this time, while the A-rank Sarutobi Asuma gave 4 fragments as a consolation.

This round could be said to have not met the recruitment standards for any ninja. The only consolation for Charles was that Haruno Sakura and Sarutobi Asuma were not far from successful recruitment. With a stroke of luck, perhaps the next refresh of ninja fragments in the store could meet the recruitment criteria.

After tallying up this ten-pull recruitment, he obtained 20 fragments, the least of the three ten-pull recruitments.

Among them, there were 5 A-rank fragments, 8 B-rank fragments, and 7 C-rank fragments. This result indicated that his luck had plummeted from an explosive increase to a low point. This time's quantity of ten-pull recruitment could be said to be the worst luck Charles had experienced in the three years of doing ten-pull recruitments.

After collecting all the fragments, Charles concluded his ninja recruitment for this time, having used up all the thirty ninja recruitment scrolls h@e purchased. Overall, considering the overall recruitment results, it was still good.

Among them, Might Guy, Ao, and Naruto Shippuden - Uzumaki Naruto all met the recruitment criteria. The minimum standard for the three of them could be said to be jonin level. After they all manifest, his strength would increase significantly.