Konoha's Mission Master

The surrounding magma greatly hindered his ability to establish the mark of the Flying Thunder God, but he had already left his mark on Genos.

Yakumo gripped the now somewhat small Fuma, continuously channeling energy into the weapon and compressing it.

These energies are extremely powerful and each has its own unique characteristics, making fusion extremely difficult. However, given Yakumo's current intelligence, compressing these energies is not difficult.

Wave after wave, surge after surge.

Numerous energies rebounded and surged within the Demon-Subduing Blade, showing no signs of merging; instead, they began to solidify further.

With the infusion of numerous energies, the blade of the Demon-Subduing Sword emitted a golden, blue, and cyan glow, appearing quite dreamlike. The entire blade trembled slightly, as if it had reached its limit.

Yakumo's gaze narrowed slightly, and he exhaled a breath of stale air.

He continued to compress energy into the blade until the slender blade became incredibly heavy, until... the weapon contained energy fluctuations that even Yakumo found terrifying.

"Soul Slash - Extreme Blade Slash".

With a flash of golden light, Yakumo arrived at the center of the battle.

Facing the face of the Lava King.

One slash and it's gone!

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Chapter 384 Pyrrhic Victory: Killing the Lava King

The Lava King was locked in combat with Genos when an even stronger enemy suddenly appeared, wielding a three-colored blade that carried a deadly threat.

It could only passively parry with its fists, but it greatly underestimated the sharpness of Yakumo's blade. A burst of energy erupted instantly, and the Demon-Subduing Blade vibrated at an extremely fast speed.

The Lava King's entire right arm was sliced ​​apart the instant it came into contact with the blade. The process was so fast that it was like a hot knife through butter. The thick right arm was severed directly, and golden magma gushed out from the cut.

Yakumo's gaze narrowed slightly, and the move he had planned in advance instantly subsided. He discovered that his soul and the slash had not caused any damage to the Lava King. The magma gushing from the broken end was not blood, but just magma.

In other words, before finding the true weakness of the Magma King, Yakumo and Genos's attacks only broke the outer shell formed by the condensed lava. To kill the enemy, they had to find the Magma King's true weakness.

Yakumo swung his sword, flicking away the magma remaining on the blade.

"Genos, you go hunt down the Dragon-level monsters around here. I'll hold off Lava King."

"Okay, be careful."

Genos left immediately, as the Dragon-level monsters around them had to be dealt with beforehand. It would be bad if they were ambushed at a crucial moment in their battle.

However, the original plan was for Yakumo to handle the situation, but the Magma King was too powerful, and Genos had no way to delay him.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Lava King's body plummeted to the ground.

After it landed, it pressed its remaining left arm into the boiling magma to begin absorbing it, and at this moment, Yakumo also activated the effect of the Eye of the Soul to the maximum.

He didn't interrupt rashly because he wanted to find the core of the Lava King.

Only in this way can a true kill be achieved.

From the perspective of the Eye of the Soul, he could clearly see the red fire energy continuously flowing into his body, entering from his left arm... passing through his chest and finally spreading outwards from the severed area of ​​his right arm.

The red energy twisted and deformed, the temperature gradually dropped, and the crimson surface faded, eventually forming the right arm. Flame-like patterns spread and grew on the chest, covering the right arm again.

The Lava King's body gradually became complete.

If his weakness cannot be found, Yakumo will surely be roasted to a crisp by the Lava King in this endless fire.

Not far away, Genos had already begun to use heavy firepower to attack the Dragon-level monsters, and within a dozen seconds, several Dragon-level monsters had lost their lives.

The Lava King was even more furious upon seeing this, as most of those dragon-level monsters were its descendants, its own children with the same bloodline.

When he looked up, his eyes were filled with nothing but anger.

"Golden Sun!"

Yakumo was puzzled at first, but he understood that this was the Lava King's ultimate skill. However, he soon felt the intense heat in the air gradually dissipate.

The surrounding temperature is dropping rapidly.

From the perspective of the Soul's Eye, Yakumo clearly saw that the fire energy within several kilometers around him was rapidly filling the Lava King's body.

The boiling, churning magma gradually solidified, the smell of sulfur became barely perceptible, and within a few breaths, the surrounding temperature was no different from other areas.

Golden light emanated from the cracks all over the Lava King's body until his entire body was bathed in gold, distorting the surrounding air and disrupting the propagation of light.

It was dazzling and scorching, as terrifying as a small sun.

At this moment, the Lava King did not roar, nor did he show any anger in his eyes.

It should be said that... even with Yakumo's strength, he couldn't observe directly; he could only close his eyes and rely on the Eye of the Soul to assist in the battle.

Numerous energies spread outwards from the Lava King's chest, and Yakumo deduced that the area in the chest through which all energy passed was its core.

Yakumo gripped the Demon-Subduing Staff tightly, refraining from a direct attack.

After all, the Lava King needs to consume a lot of energy to enter this state, and every second he can delay brings him one second closer to victory.

Sure enough, two seconds later, the Lava King took the initiative to attack.

Golden light extended from the ground to Yakumo's front. It didn't even need to attack; the intense heat emanating from its entire body dried out Yakumo's blood-red armor, making it seem as if it would be ignited by flames at any moment.

Yakumo used Flying Thunder God Technique to create distance, but the Magma King quickly found its position. Its right fist, carrying an even more terrifying temperature, swiftly attacked Yakumo's heart.

"That won't work."

Although he managed to dodge the Lava King's attack in time, he consumed a lot of energy to repair his Blood Soul Armor, and even with his physical strength, he could not directly face the terrifying temperature.

Water can counteract fire, but just how much water would be needed to stop the Lava King's attack? Yakumo wasn't entirely confident about that.

But you should try it no matter what.

Yakumo created a shadow clone in mid-air, and the two began forming hand seals the moment they landed, preparing for the next attack.

His Great Explosive Water Shockwave was upgraded to the Master level many years ago, making it quite chakra-efficient to use.

Perhaps... it's worth a try.

"Immortal Technique·Water Release·Big Explosive Water Wave!"

The two shadow clones closed in an instant, and a massive torrent of water surged outward from their hands, instantly creating a terrifying blue wave that seemed to carry the power to destroy everything.

Yakumo's entire body instantly reached the center of the giant wave.

Under the influence of gravity, these water streams fell at extremely high speeds and reacted violently with the cracked earth.

Countless bubbles rose, and the water temperature gradually increased.

Suddenly, Yakumo had a good idea and formed a hand seal.

"The Impure World Reincarnation Technique!"

Blackbeard's mind was erased by Yakumo as soon as he was in reality, and an order was left in his brain that he had to carry out: to use the Dark Hole to devour as much underground magma as possible.

This can also be considered a way to restrict the Lava King from another direction.

As one gains at the expense of the other, the winning rate naturally increases.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

When the Lava King crashed into the water, the two immediately reacted violently, with massive amounts of white steam rising upwards. The swamp created by the shadow clone was evaporated at a speed visible to the naked eye, with about one-tenth of it being evaporated.

However, the speed of the Lava King was also affected. Although the golden light on its body was still dazzling, the temperature was no longer at its peak.

This is precisely Yakumo's opportunity.

This opportunity was gained by sacrificing nearly half of his chakra.

Of course, the only way was to suppress the Lava King's temperature.

Only if Yakumo makes a move will he have a chance to act; otherwise, given the material of the Demon-Subduing Sword, it is very likely that... it will be melted into molten iron by the high temperature before it can even attack the enemy.

In terms of temperature alone, Yakumo's holy light tempering is not as intense as the Lava King's at this moment, making this battle more difficult than expected.

The good news is... Yakumo still has a trump card up his sleeve.

Based on the rate at which the water evaporates, he has about nine seconds left.

Yakumo appeared directly beside the Lava King, slashing down with his sword. This water was created from Yakumo's chakra, so it could naturally be used as a coordinate for the Flying Thunder God Technique.

"drink!"

The two exchanged a single blow, neither gaining the upper hand.

Yakumo used his Soul Eye to observe the Lava King's condition, rapidly swinging his swords with both hands, aiming directly at the Lava King's arms. He used his movements and the direction of his attacks to create an illusion for the Lava King.

That is the illusion that the enemy has not yet discovered its true weakness.

When he realized that Yakumo's target was his arms and legs, the Lava King pretended to let go, but actually increased the frequency of his attacks.

The two exchanged blows repeatedly, each collision unleashing an extremely powerful shockwave.

The surrounding lake-like water was slowly decreasing in depth at a visible rate, and was now less than ten meters deep.

Upon seeing this, the two shadow clones immediately formed hand seals.

"Immortal Technique: Water Escape - Chaotic Water Reversal Prison!"

This technique was used before in the One Piece world. Yakumo used it to deal with Yue Shi, who was chasing him at the time and was the former head of the CP department.

Strangely enough, both of these CP leaders died at the hands of Yakumo.

The raging torrent of water, like a swift, deadly blade, trapped the Lava King in the center of the water sphere. When he tried to use his high temperature to evaporate the water, he suddenly realized that... the water was moving way too fast.

In addition, there is a continuous flow of water replenishing the system from the outside.

The golden light continued to spread and clashed, its brilliance dazzling.

The barrier formed by the extremely fast water flow still exists; those few centimeters seem to separate two worlds.

No matter what kind of internal upheaval occurs, it cannot shake that barrier.

Countless ripples erupted inside the barrier, the golden light filled with white steam, and the internal pressure was constantly increasing.

Some of the water flow formed vapor, but it still couldn't escape the water prison.

Yakumo reached out and touched the surface of the water prison. The water, which was as sharp as countless razor blades, did not harm him in the slightest. The large amount of chakra injected into it made it even more resilient.

The golden light gradually dimmed, as if it had reached its end.