Konoha: My peaceful life was betrayed by the system.

Toru was taken aback for a moment, then nodded, and Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled upon seeing this.

Koharu Utatane put her hand to her forehead, thinking that the competition was over, but she didn't expect Hiruzen to really get carried away.

Mitokado Homura pushed up his glasses, looking like he'd seen through him long ago: "There's nothing I can do. You've known Hiruzen for a while now. That's just his personality."

Uchiha Kagami chimed in, a slight smile on his face.

Today gave him a new impression of the Wind Chaser: calm and collected in battle, never losing his composure when facing a disadvantage, but instead making calm judgments and looking for opportunities.

Chiri watched the match between Torifu and Hiruzen Sarutobi with great enthusiasm; initially, she was the most nervous one.

But in the end, she discovered that Qu Feng's strength was even greater than she had imagined, so she was no longer worried.

Hiruzen Sarutobi stretched his joints, and once the chill subsided slightly, he prepared to continue the fight.

He ended the summoning of the monkey demon, seemingly preparing to use ninjutsu to decide the outcome. In fact, ninjutsu is his most proficient means of attack, while taijutsu is just icing on the cake.

Earth Release: Earth Flow River!

In an instant, the ground beneath Hiruzen Sarutobi's feet turned into mud, which surged toward Torifuge at an extremely fast speed, covering a vast area. In a short time, half of the venue was covered in mud.

There was absolutely no place to hide.

Qu Feng swiftly formed hand seals, then slammed his palms into the ground. Instantly, countless giant crystal spikes erupted from the earth, forming a protective wall that blocked the mud from flowing in.

Seeing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi laughed instead: "Raising a crystal wall in such a massive amount of mud only magnifies the target!"

"Earth Release - Earth Dragon Bullet!"

A ferocious dragon head emerged from the earth, opening its maw to spew out countless earthen bullets that slammed into the dazzling crystal wall.

Even though the crystal was stronger than the earth bullet, the continuous, targeted attacks still caused cracks to appear in the crystal wall.

Even so, the crystal wall remained sturdy, and Yunzhong Qufeng continued to release chakra to repair the wall, resulting in a stalemate.

A bead of sweat trickled down Hiruzen's temple; he had clearly underestimated the Crystal Wall's defensive capabilities, but if he gave up the offensive now, he would be utterly defeated.

With a determined heart, he began to rapidly form hand seals.

Danzo, driven up into a tree by the mud, saw Hiruzen forming hand seals and immediately sensed something was wrong! He shouted, "Hiruzen! You still can't control that move!"

But it was too late.

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

Flames erupted from Hiruzen's mouth, transforming into a ferocious, roaring dragon that crashed into the crystal wall along with the surging mud from the ground.

Hiruzen was trying his best to control the trajectory of the Fire Dragon Flame Bullet to prevent it from igniting the entire forest along with the mud. He had been conceiving this combined attack ninjutsu for a long time, but had never been able to complete it.

Unexpectedly, it was successfully used right now!

The combination of mud and flames, one hot and one cold, caused countless tiny cracks to appear in the crystal wall, which finally collapsed under the constant attack of the earth dragon bullets!

It shattered into countless fragments, disappearing into the mud.

Mud and flames instantly engulfed the pure land within the crystal wall.

For a moment, nothing could be seen on the entire site except for the raging fire and mud.

It was only then that Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly realized that he might have gone a bit too far today.

He immediately ended all his ninjutsu, and the flames and mud flow subsided. Hiruzen quickly scanned his surroundings with his eyes.

But there was no sign of Toru, and just as Hiruzen was starting to panic, a voice came from the mud.

"Crystal Escape - Mirror Palace Demon Slaughter Formation!"

Before Hiruzen could determine the direction of the sound, countless crystal plants resembling vines suddenly sprouted wildly from the surrounding land!

It enclosed Hiruzen like a giant cage, and then countless flower buds grew on the vines, which bloomed and turned into crystal mirrors.

The constant changes left Hiruzen Sarutobi dizzy and disoriented; he could only sense immense danger! He could lose his life at any moment!

Just then, another change occurred. In each mirror, Qu Feng's figure appeared. He slowly emerged, leaving only his hindquarters in the mirror.

He formed a hand seal, and a crystal lotus bud appeared in his palm.

"Crystal Release - One Arrow Lotus!" The countless mirrors of Torifu spoke in unison, and then the flower bud in their hands was suddenly thrown towards Hiruzen.

Seeing that the flower buds, like a rain of arrows, were about to pierce him and turn him into a sieve, Hiruzen immediately shouted!

"I surrender!"

In that instant, countless flower buds bloomed into sharp and deadly crystal lotuses, and sunlight shone down from the dome, transforming the entire cage into a magnificent palace.

Hiruzen's throat was only a shuriken's distance from the petals of the Crystal Lotus, and he was already covered in sweat.

But in no time, the entire cage, along with the crystal lotus, shattered and collapsed, turning into countless crystal fragments that eventually disappeared.

Hiruzen Sarutobi plopped down on the ground, panting heavily, not only because he was frightened by the wind-summoning ninjutsu.

More often than not, it's because maintaining ninjutsu for an extended period of time has depleted too much chakra.

"I said...you...you're going to kill me, aren't you?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi said irritably, for a moment he thought that Torifu was really going to kill him.

At this moment, Toru also emerged from the ground, scratching his head: "How could that be? It's because Hiruzen-nii is too powerful. I could only scare you."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's face was full of disbelief, but he had to admit that Torifu was really strong, and he was only a six-year-old child!

Like Hiruzen Sarutobi, Torifu's final move was also a desperate gamble. He had only developed this move conceptually, but had never actually used it in practice.

Today, I had no choice but to use this move, and I was forced to take this last step. This Crystal Release - Mirror Palace Demon Killing Formation is actually a combination of several ninjutsu.

It should be classified as a combined attack ninjutsu, while the crystal vines that initially grew were the new technique developed by Tokito.

He named it Crystal Escape - Crystal Creation.

It is produced by scattering crystal seeds and allowing them to germinate and grow.

The seed that bound Hiruzen Sarutobi was planted in the crystal wall beforehand. When Hiruzen shattered the crystal wall, the seed was buried in the soil along with the fragments.

It was also a stroke of luck; if the seeds had been sown further away from Hiruzen Sarutobi, he would have been the one to fail today.

"Brother Hiruzen, can I go with you guys?" Torufu scratched his head and chuckled.

Hiruzen Sarutobi is not one to hold grudges, and he didn't care about the fight that had just happened. He put his arm around Torifu's shoulder and said, "Of course, Brother Torifu, I, Hiruzen Sarutobi, always keep my word."

Qu Feng was completely relieved upon hearing this. He had gone to great lengths to gain a peace value, which was no easy feat!

Just then, the system's voice suddenly sounded in Qu Feng's mind.

[Ding - Congratulations, host, you have unlocked a new feature.]

Chapter 27: Mission List and Character Profiles

Qu Feng was momentarily stunned, his entire body stiffening.

Hiruzen sensed something was wrong and gently shook Torifu: "What's wrong, Torifu, brother?"

Qu Feng then came to his senses and quickly waved his hand, "It's nothing. I just used up too much chakra and I'm a little tired."

Hiruzen nodded. He had just used up a lot of chakra, so it was obviously impossible for him to set off on a mission now.

"Then you should go home and rest. We'll set off again tomorrow."

Eager to understand the system's situation, Toru Kaze readily agreed to Hiruzen's suggestion.

The others nodded in agreement.

The competition ended there, with Qu Feng successfully joining the team to carry out the mission. Everyone went home to rest and recuperate, preparing to set off for the mission the next day.

After the group disbanded, Qu Feng immediately ran home. He pretended that he had used up too much chakra, but in reality, nothing was wrong.

Upon returning home, Qu Feng immediately opened the control panel.

[Name] Taking Wind from the Clouds

[Age] 6

[Strength/Chakra] Peak Chunin/1 card

[Bloodline Limit] Crystal Release, Cloud Release

[Talent] All-attribute chakra, genius

[Calmness/Chaos Level] 4900/5

[Enable new system features?]

Without hesitation, Qu Feng chose to activate it.

He was completely bewildered; the system had inexplicably unlocked a new system.

[The following features have been successfully unlocked as the host has accepted their first mission.]

[Task Notice: For each successful completion of a village task, the system will provide a random reward based on the task level.]

[Character Encyclopedia: Unlocking the corresponding character in the character encyclopedia will grant you a certain amount of Tranquility Points, with a very low probability of obtaining a mysterious reward.]

As the system finished introducing the two new features, Qu Feng's face revealed an almost maniacal smile!

"God help me too!"

Qu Feng shouted loudly! There has never been a stable way to earn calm points; we can only rely on daily check-ins and chaotic events.

However, with 100 sign-ins a day and the Chaos Event being a probabilistic event, even after so long since the Awakening System was activated, Qu Feng has only accumulated 4900 points of Tranquility.

They were all given as rewards for signing in!

That's great! I can now gain calmness points by completing tasks or collecting illustrations! Qu Feng felt relieved.

Now, Qu Feng finally has the confidence that he won't be completely useless and suffer a backlash from the system when Madara Uchiha launches his rebellion.

Life is wonderful!

All the hard work and exhaustion this morning was worth it.

The battle with Hiruzen Sarutobi was mainly due to mental exhaustion; Torifu had little combat experience.

It was only thanks to the intensive training Hashirama had given him over the past few days, along with some strange and unusual ninjutsu, that he managed to catch Hiruzen Sarutobi off guard.

If they were to compete again, it would be very difficult for Qu Feng to win.

After all, Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others were ninjas who had experienced many battles and had done a lot of missions, big and small.