Konoha's Mission Master

As the storm gathered, Nasus's body grew to about five meters tall, and the long-handled battle axe in his hand also became much larger.

Nasus swung his long axe, spreading deathly energy. The blood-red tree roots slowed their attack, their surfaces withered, and their once-vigorous life force gradually diminished.

Next, the long axe swung... and the tree roots snapped instantly, as if the will of death was spreading outwards. The hard tree roots instantly became incredibly fragile and were easily destroyed by the long axe.

"A battle between death and life?"

Yakumo floated into the air, his face calm, his hands clasped together.

"Sage Art: Wood Release: Descent of the Tree World!"

"Sage Art: Wood Release - Descent of the Flower Tree World!"

"Sage Art: Wood Release: Sea of ​​Black Thorns!"

Forest hell, where plants roar!

Nasus suddenly smiled, but the smile was extremely ugly and even filled with terrifying malice.

"The sky is a useless and dying star."

The deathly aura emanating from its body spread outwards, and the yellow sand mixed with the deathly aura transformed into a black storm, with a mournful wind howling incessantly.

Yakumo sensed an additional force that caused his stamina expenditure during flight to increase exponentially.

Even increasing flight altitude has become incredibly difficult.

This is similar to the no-fly attribute in a game.

"withered."

Desert storms collide with plant forests, the forces of life and death vie fiercely, and black sand gathers... grinding blood-red tree roots like a meat grinder.

Loud noises continued to reverberate throughout the arena.

It's like a battle between two worlds.

Yakumo's body slowly descended, then suddenly flashed.

Nasus, with unparalleled power, smashed through the tree roots between the two and arrived directly in front of Yakumo. His long-handled battle axe, enveloped in deathly aura, fell like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami crashing down.

In addition to his elemental attacks, Nasus possesses a powerful physique.

"Ding."

Yakumo had no choice but to draw his Fuma to defend himself, quickly deflecting the immense force carried by Nasus's slash.

At the same time, he exerted force with both legs, immediately widening the distance between himself and Nasus. More tree roots surged up from around him to attack, stopping the enemy's advance.

In this battle, he plans to use Wood Release as his primary means of attack.

“Your spirits are utterly empty.”

Nasus raised his long-handled battle axe, the purple gems embedded in its head shimmering with a deep purple light, and uttered an ancient incantation.

"Soul Flame".

A complex magic circle appeared beneath Yakumo's feet, constructed entirely of purple patterns, with a giant dog's head at its core.

Suddenly, gradually... before Yakumo could even leave the area of ​​the magic circle, a purplish-gray flame ignited within the magic circle.

Yakumo leaped to try and dodge, but felt an unbearable, intense pain.

The excruciating pain surged from the depths of my mind, as if tearing at my soul.

[Hint: The player is experiencing a soul attack.]

[Note: Player's Intelligence attribute is being reduced.]

Yakumo barely managed to pull himself together and leave the area engulfed by the soul flames, only then did the pain in his soul completely disappear.

This encounter made Yakumo even more cautious, constantly testing the limits and never making direct contact with Nasus again.

Because Yakumo discovered that... Nasus's attacks, like Big Mom's, could directly affect the soul.

But Nasus's influence on the soul... far exceeds that of Big Mom.

Furthermore... Nasus also possesses the energies of sand and death.

"Soul-draining Strike!"

The battle axe in Nasus's hand emitted a hazy purple light.

With each swing, countless blood-red tree roots within the area covered by the axe crumbled and perished.

The energy of death overwhelmed the life force within the roots of the Yakumo tree.

At the same moment, the deathly aura generated by the tree roots merged into Nasus's body, causing his already enormous body to expand by more than one size.

"The enemy will absorb energy to replenish what it has consumed during the battle."

This is the intelligence gathered from the battle.

Yakumo immediately realized that he couldn't afford to engage in a war of attrition with Nasus, but he also lacked the ability to instantly kill Nasus.

In the ensuing battle, Yakumo became completely absorbed in manipulating Wood Release, while also trying to understand the difference between the Dao Transformation level and the Grandmaster level.

Under his manipulation, each vine seemed to come alive, like a swarm of snakes attacking Nasus.

Some of these vines did indeed break through the defenses, piercing Nasus's skin and causing him to bleed dark purple blood.

The crimson sea of ​​plants could not completely engulf the towering Grim Reaper. Nasus swung his long-handled battle axe, and deathly aura continuously emerged, constantly invading the surroundings.

A struggle between life and death.

"Immortality exists between life and death."

Nasus spoke softly, like a giant steadily approaching Yakumo.

Currently, Nasus has demonstrated his passive ability to absorb death energy to restore stamina, as well as the ability to manipulate death energy through withering and the Soul Draining Strike attached to his battle axe.

Aside from these... Nasus no longer possesses any other abilities.

However, Yakumo was unable to seriously injure Nasus. Even if he managed to inflict some wounds with Wood Release, it was not as fast as absorbing the Death Qi to recover.

Three hours later, Yakumo's chakra was nearly exhausted, and the crimson forest in the arena was gradually transformed by Nasus into a swirling desert storm.

The original arena floor has completely disappeared, transformed into an endless sea of ​​sand, where powerful storms are whipped up by the gale.

At the eye of the storm, the tall kobold's face was expressionless, like a high and mighty god in a temple.

Or perhaps... Nasus was a god.

A god who controls the desert, death, and... the soul!

"Mortal, your life is not strong enough!"

Boom! Several large characters appeared in the void.

"Challenge failed."

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Chapter 292 Items Return, Gene Fusion

Yakumo returned to her bedroom from the sky.

Although there is no physical or spiritual trauma now, the excruciating pain of having his soul torn apart in the arena is still vivid in his mind without much recollection.

Towards the end of the battle, his intelligence attribute was weakened to only twenty points, and his control over Wood Release became less effective, ultimately leading to his defeat by Nasus's heavy blow.

There was no chance of winning this battle from beginning to end.

"The ability to directly sever the soul..."

Yakumo, envious of Nasus's abilities, began to plan how to quickly end the battle.

Nasus has strong regenerative abilities, and his muscle strength in close combat far surpasses that of Yakumo. In other words, killing him will be a long and arduous task.

"Try again."

Yakumo flew back into the sky, took out the Glory Sword Box, and carried it on his back. This time, he planned to give it his all.

"Enter the arena."

[Hint: 200 gold coins have been deducted.]

Waves of vegetation, black sand of death.

The enormous monster wielded its battle axe, its sharp blade weaving a golden world. Multiple abilities countered and annihilated each other, and the fire of the sun and the deathly aura suddenly neutralized each other.

A few hours later... Nasus was severely injured. He swung his battle axe, and extremely condensed death energy spread outward, washing over the blood-red tree roots.

Yakumo's moist body gradually dried out, like a mummified corpse that had suddenly awakened from a graveyard.

A dozen minutes later, Yakumo failed his second challenge.

Light and shadow shift and change.

Yakumo opened his eyes from the wooden cocoon, which naturally unfolded to reveal his tall and straight body, but his eyes were full of exhaustion.

"Ugh, this is so hard for me."

Nasus is probably three points better than Odin.

Yakumo estimated that only by advancing the Wood Release manual and achieving two more breakthroughs could he be confident of defeating Nasus.

Currently... there are still two Taoist scrolls remaining.

One of them is from the Destroyer mission.

The other one is from a game instance, obtained in Dragon Lord.

As the sky gradually turned red, Yakumo shook his head, trying to dispel the shadow of death and weariness from his mind.

At the same time, they were analyzing these two invaluable battle memories.

Nasus, he seems to have no weaknesses!

As Yakumo recalled his memories of the battle, he discovered that Nasus, whether in his soul, body, or even combat experience, presented a perfectly harmonious state.

In the backstory... Nasus is a hero who has fought for thousands of years, and through countless battles, he has honed his combat skills to perfection.

The yellow sand is the foundation of Nasus's divine power, but his soul abilities and deathly aura are what truly make him troublesome.