The Wind-Controlling Swordsmanship from Under One Person

Chapter 228 Rune Energy Infusion, Sasuke's Mutation

boom--

The terrifying blood beast instantly devoured the scorpion, and even the puppets around him were not spared.

Wherever the Blood Beast went, everything was crushed by its overwhelming power.

When the crimson light faded, a scene of utter devastation unfolded before them. All of Scorpion's few remaining Hundred Machine Puppets had been destroyed by the Blood Beast, leaving behind a chaotic mess of broken puppet limbs and remains scattered across the ground.

The scorpion's puppet body lay on the ground, its limbs and torso scattered around, with a horrified expression still remaining on its head.

His regeneration core lay quietly within his mangled body, covered with countless purple blood vessels that throbbed like eerie vines.

Suddenly, the regeneration core floated up and flew quickly toward a relatively intact puppet not far away.

Qin Ye could not allow the scorpion to regenerate. He suddenly unleashed his Thousand Blades, the sharp blades carrying a streak of light, instantly piercing through the scorpion's regeneration core and pinning it to the ground.

Purple blood flowed down the blade, signaling the scorpion's complete death.

[Gained Chakra (Top Grade): Life Essence +18]

After the battle ended, Kakuzu and Deidara finally came over.

Deidara looked at the puppet wreckage scattered on the ground, clicking his tongue and shaking his head. It was hard to tell whether his expression was one of sorrow for the fallen or schadenfreude.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Boss Scorpion, I didn't expect you to die like this, so plainly, not flashy at all. It seems your art is still inferior to mine. My death must have been quite a grand spectacle, hmm..."

Seeing Qin Ye's quiet displeasure, Kakuzu assumed he was worried about killing Scorpion and offered words of comfort:

"Night, don't worry, private fights aren't forbidden within the organization. I've killed quite a few fools who didn't know their place."

Qin Ye wasn't thinking about such trivial things; he was still pondering the same question: to stay or to leave...

"Alright, stop thinking about it." Kakuzu patted Qin Ye on the shoulder, trying to bring him back to his senses. "Let's go first, lest the Sand Village chase after us later."

Qin Ye recalled Qianren and sheathed it, then had Xiaobai shrink a bit and ride on its back.

Then he took off the ring with the character 'kill' printed on it and threw it to Kakuzu.

"Kakuzu, it's time to part ways. Before we go, here's a piece of advice: don't go to Konoha and act all high and mighty."

Kakuzu held the ring in his hand, somewhat dazed.

He frowned and said, "You're planning to leave Akatsuki? Because of the Tailed Beasts?"

Qin Ye didn't explain much. After saying "We'll never meet again," he rode Little White away, turning into a streak of white light.

"Hehe, that's good, one dies and one escapes." Deidara said with a gloating look, "Kakuzu-senpai, how about we team up?"

Kakuzu ignored Deidara, that little brat, and just silently watched Qin Ye's disappearing figure, feeling a little worried that the two might become enemies the next time they met.

Having broken away from Akatsuki, Qin Ye prepared to go to Orochimaru to extract the Tailed Beasts.

As for whether Payne would send people to hunt him down, he didn't care. He would just deal with whatever came his way.

The Land of Fields, the Snake Cave.

After the last bit of tailed beast chakra was extracted, Gaara fell completely silent.

This time, no one would risk their life for him, and his life ended in this cold snake pit.

Even though he had witnessed it once before, Orochimaru was still horrified by the sight of Shiro devouring the tailed beast's chakra.

He slowly withdrew his gaze from Xiaobai, turned to Qin Ye beside him, licked his lips with his long tongue, and said with a hint of amusement, "To be able to do that to Tsunade, your methods really pique my curiosity. But what I'm even more curious about is, were you also responsible for the other high-ranking officials in Konoha?"

Orochimaru clearly had spies in Konoha, otherwise he wouldn't have known so much.

Qin Ye gently shook his head and remained silent.

"Is that so?" Orochimaru smiled sinisterly. "Then I understand. That old man Danzo certainly knows how to do business."

As he spoke, he scanned the spot where Qin Ye was pointing: "You've broken away from Xiao?"

"Hmm, what's wrong?" Qin Ye glanced at the giant snake.

"Heh heh, I knew at first glance that you wouldn't stay in Akatsuki for long, but," Orochimaru said meaningfully, "leaving Akatsuki is nothing, they won't specifically come to capture you, but if you try to take the Tailed Beasts from them, that's a different story. How about we cooperate and destroy Akatsuki?"

"You have that ability?" Qin Ye scoffed.

Orochimaru could tell what kind of shit this guy was going to take the moment he stuck out his butt.

The plan to destroy Akatsuki was a ruse; their real intention was to use him as a pawn. Their true objective was either Itachi Uchiha's Sharingan or Nagato's Rinnegan.

"Hey, isn't it because of you? I can't do it by myself, but if we cooperate, maybe we can." Orochimaru shrugged.

"Not interested." Qin Ye ignored Orochimaru and quietly waited for Shiro to devour the tailed beast.

After a while, Xiaobai completely devoured Yiwei, and its aura became even more terrifying. However, the number of tails behind it did not increase, probably because the energy of Yiwei was still not enough for it to evolve again.

[World Favor +10%]

[When the world's favor reaches 20%, the next cornerstone rune will be unlocked.]

The main character can choose to master one of the following: 'Explosive Strike', 'Fountain of Life', or 'Shield Bash'.

Qin Ye checked the effects of the three keystone runes.

Explosion - The next attack on a target with less than 25% health will cause an explosive effect that ignores defense and can directly destroy their physical body.

Life Source – Marks enemies with impaired movement; attacks restore 1% of the user's original life force.

Shield Slam - Grants additional strength when a shield is gained, and additional attack strength while the shield is active.

Looking at these three effects, Qin Ye fell into deep thought.

These three keystone runes are all good, especially the first and third.

There are many physically powerful beings in the void, such as the Bone-Eating Clan.

If you have the explosive ability, as long as you reduce the opponent's health to below 25%, you can ignore their defense and deliver a fatal blow. This is undoubtedly a powerful killing move.

Because the enemy has no idea that he has this ability, once he gets close enough to touch you when you're low on health, you won't even have a chance to run away.

Shield Slam is also a very useful ability, as it can increase the strength of the shield.

The Golden Light Spell should be considered a shield effect. Activating the Golden Light Spell will increase attack power, but it's unclear how much it will increase.

After much deliberation, Qin Ye decided to opt for explosives.

Because he rarely uses the Golden Light Spell, the shield is somewhat useless to him. In comparison, the Explosion Spell is more in line with his combat needs.

After making his selection, he checked the world's favorability rating, which was now at 21%, not far from 90%.

Next stop, Qin Ye plans to go to the Land of Water.

That small island is home to wild Three-Tails; we can't let Akatsuki get there first.

"Orochimaru, I'm heading to the Land of Water. Do you have a boat? Could you give me a ride?"

"Oh?" Orochimaru's golden vertical pupils darted around. "You've set your sights on the Land of Water again, huh? Fine, but I have one condition: we'll go together."

"Whatever." Qin Ye agreed without even thinking, showing no interest in asking why the other party wanted to come along.

If Orochimaru were a venomous snake, then he would be a honey badger on the grasslands, who only eats unruly spicy snacks.

After resting overnight in the snake cave, Qin Ye set off for the dock near the Land of Water the next morning, just as the sky was beginning to lighten.

Accompanying him were Orochimaru, Sasuke Uchiha, and Kabuto Yakushi. According to Orochimaru himself, he also had a base in the Land of Water, and having not visited there for so long, he planned to check if his vessel was behaving properly.

Qin Ye believed him and didn't bother to ask any more questions.

The group first followed the border of Konoha and arrived at a small country called the Land of Bears.

This place is closest to the Land of Water, only a two- or three-day boat trip away.

Just as the group was about to board the ship, Qin Ye caught a glimpse of several furtive figures behind him.

When he turned around, the figures instantly disappeared.

Qin Ye's lips curled slightly, but he didn't care. If the other party dared to come out, he would kill them. If they didn't come out, he had no interest in going looking for them.

On the vast sea.

Qin Ye leaned alone against the railing of the deck, the sea breeze howling in his face, blowing wildly through his hair and clothes, while the warm sunlight shone on him, bringing a touch of comfort.

The boat he was on was a rather old wooden boat, which creaked and groaned as it sailed, and the hull rocked violently with every rise and fall of the waves, making its progress very slow.

As for ninja technology, well, it exists, but not much of it.

Civilian technology is still at a very primitive stage, far inferior to that of the world of supernatural beings.

Just then, a steady, slightly hesitant sound of footsteps came from behind.

Qin Ye turned his head and saw Uchiha Sasuke slowly walking up to him, his eyes filled with determination and persistence: "Can you teach me your skills?"

"Didn't I tell you? You can't learn my skills."

How do you know I can't learn if you don't teach me?

Seeing the other person stubbornly staring at him, Qin Ye became somewhat interested.

Anyway, it's pretty boring out on the high seas, so let's just treat this as an experiment.

"Alright, since you insist, I'll reluctantly teach you. But let me make this clear beforehand: learning my skills might kill you."

Upon hearing the word 'death,' Sasuke Uchiha's expression remained unchanged.

"What I've never been afraid of is death."

"Okay." Qin Ye's lips curled into a smile: "Hold out your hand."

Sasuke did as he was told and extended his left hand.

After Qin Ye grasped Sasuke's wrist, he suppressed the energy within his body as much as possible and slowly poured a trace of extremely weak Sovereign Energy into Sasuke's body.

He didn't know if this method would be effective, or if it would cause Sasuke to burst.

However, some creatures on Runeterra generate powerful abilities after absorbing rune energy, so it should be feasible.

However, the moment the dominant energy entered Sasuke's body, Sasuke's body stiffened abruptly, followed by a heart-wrenching scream.

His skin was instantly covered with crimson cracks, especially on his wrists, where the cracks were dense and twisted like withered trees struck by lightning.

The three-tomoe Sharingan activated uncontrollably, its pupils turning blood-red and crackling with electricity.

Hearing the commotion, Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi ran out of the cabin, and their expressions changed drastically when they saw what was in front of them.

"Hey, let go of Sasuke! That's Orochimaru's vessel!" Kabuto shouted, the scene making him believe that the other party was about to kill Sasuke.

Orochimaru frowned deeply; he was looking into things more closely.

He knew Qin Ye had no reason to attack Sasuke, and besides, given Qin Ye's strength, if he really wanted to kill Sasuke, it wouldn't even take a second.

"Night, what exactly is going on?"

"Don't worry." Qin Ye's face looked somewhat ferocious and terrifying under the crimson light. "I'm just passing on some of my skills to him."

Sasuke's screams continued as he writhed in agony, his body seemingly about to split apart, covered in horrific scars, each one radiating an aura of death.

Suddenly, a large amount of lightning surged around Sasuke. The originally blue-white lightning gradually turned into a light red color under the influence of the crimson light.

"what!!!"

With a final scream, Uchiha Sasuke collapsed to the ground with a thud, his body covered in charred skin, wisps of smoke rising from it.

His body twitched occasionally, indicating that he was not dead.

Kabuto Yakushi quickly stepped forward, his palms enveloped in green light, and pressed them against Sasuke.

Orochimaru then walked over, his gaze sweeping over Sasuke before his brow furrowed deeply: "What did you do to him?"

Qin Ye looked at the boy lying on the ground and grinned: "I told you, I was passing on my skills to him. He was lucky."

He sensed a familiar aura emanating from Sasuke; it was the aura of the Blade Master.

This means that Sasuke successfully absorbed the power of the Overlord, and judging from the situation just now, this power has undergone a wonderful fusion with his own lightning-attribute chakra.

He truly deserves to be called the chosen one of this world; he can withstand such a simple and brutal approach.

Suddenly, Kabuto Yakushi cried out in surprise, staggered backward, and fell to the ground with a thud.

"This...this..." He pointed at Sasuke with trembling fingers, but after a long pause, he couldn't come up with anything.

However, even without him saying it, Qin Ye and Orochimaru could see it clearly.

Large patches of the charred skin covering Sasuke's body peeled off, revealing fresh, tender flesh.

Instead, it had blue skin that resembled plasma.

Her skin was crystal clear, shimmering with electricity, and within that electricity, a crimson glint would occasionally leap, like a heart.

Unlike Orochimaru and Kabuto, who were shocked.

Qin Ye's eyes lit up, as if he had discovered a new continent.

Sasuke's form is 70% similar to Flame Soul, except one is fire and the other is lightning.

Even though Sasuke isn't fully grown yet, he's probably capable of fighting a weakened Itachi Uchiha in this state.

Indeed, one of the important reasons why Qin Ye passed on his skills to Sasuke was that he hoped Sasuke could grow up quickly and defeat Uchiha Itachi.

Now that he is at odds with the Akatsuki, it would be quite troublesome if Pain sent Itachi Uchiha to deal with him.

Among the Akatsuki, besides Pain and Obito, Itachi Uchiha was the most troublesome.

Let his brother take him out.

"How did Sasuke become like this?" Orochimaru stared at Qin Ye and questioned him.

Although he may no longer need to reincarnate to maintain immortality, the Sharingan is still an extremely precious thing to him.

To possess the Sharingan and achieve immortality would be the perfect state he had always dreamed of.

"This is his opportunity," Qin Ye said with a smile, without answering.

Just as Orochimaru was about to press further,

The once calm sea suddenly became swept by a strong wind, which howled and swept in, and a wave tens of meters high surged up, crashing down on their wooden boat.

(End of this chapter)