Konoha's Mission Master

A strong sense of sadness still lingers in her.

Her attacks were completely disorganized; she was simply venting her anger, no longer caring about the physical strain or whether she would die.

Now all she can think about is destroying it.

Masako Mori... Her left eye's power remains at a tenfold increase!

"Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Yakumo appeared beside Mori Masako and comforted her.

In an instant, Masako Mori froze slightly. She turned around in disbelief and saw Yakumo behind her, as well as the dark holes in his eye sockets.

"I... I thought I'd never see you again!!"

Masako Mori cried as she recounted her sorrow.

Yukotsuki immediately rushed to Mori Masako's side to help her defend, but was ambushed by the lizard-shaped dragon-level monster, which used its long, python-like tail to knock her away, causing her to spit out a mouthful of blood.

His body slammed heavily onto the ground, sending up plumes of smoke more than ten meters high, and the smell of sulfur in the air became even stronger.

These Dragon-level monsters continued their frenzied attack, and Genos's defensive position became increasingly precarious.

Yakumo wanted to comfort Mori Masako, but he was on the battlefield at the moment.

"Wait for me, I'll be right back."

After the Lava King died, the surrounding magma went out of control, and the Wood Release technique, which had been sealed for a long time, could be put to good use.

As Yakumo clasped his hands together, a large number of tree roots and black iron-colored thorns grew from the ground around him, sweeping over the Dragon-level monsters like a tsunami.

These strange beings all spewed flames in an attempt to ignite the plants. In their view, the enemy must have lost their mind to use plants to fight against the fire-attribute monsters.

Yakumo certainly understood elemental advantages and disadvantages, and he didn't expect these plants to kill Dragon-level monsters; they were just coordinates for his attacks.

With a flash of golden light, Yakumo appeared within the range of the Dragon-level monster, immediately switching to Sage Mode and restoring his Intelligence attribute to over 100 points.

There are many ways for Yakumo to kill the enemies before him, and he will naturally choose the simplest one, even if it comes at a small price.

Sometimes things don't need to be that complicated.

The enemy is strong, but you have a trump card that can instantly kill them. Why not use it the moment the battle begins? There's no reason to wait until you're severely injured before unleashing your ultimate move.

When his intelligence reached over 100 points, Yakumo felt omnipotent, following his intuition.

He spoke softly.

"Soul Imprisonment!"

Centered on Yakumo, within a 200-meter diameter area, everything within this range froze, as if everyone were frozen in a black and white photograph.

This time, Yakumo not only suppressed the monsters within range, but also froze Yukotsu Chiyuki and Mori Masako, and even time itself.

Based on the rate at which his soul energy was dissipating and his current state, Yakumo instantly deduced that he could only remain still for about two seconds.

The golden light continued to flash, and the blade showed no mercy.

After the last Dragon-level monster fell, Yakumo's figure reappeared and he immediately adjusted his intelligence attribute to 99.9.

Weakness and exhaustion overwhelmed him, making him want nothing more than to sleep.

At this moment, his soul energy had been overdrawn to its limit. As soon as he turned off Immortal Mode, he would instantly fall into a coma, his face pale and somewhat frightening.

Yakumo was completely soaked in sweat, his right hand holding Fumo trembled unnaturally, and even his breathing became completely disordered.

What he didn't expect was that... attacking after the freeze time would not only consume soul energy, but also require a huge amount of physical strength.

Yukotsu Chiyuki and Mori Masako immediately came to Yakumo's side and supported him from both sides to prevent him from falling.

Genos stood frozen not far away, seemingly unable to accept the sudden change. The Dragon-level monsters locked onto by his combat system suddenly all lost their vital signs.

"It's nothing, just... my energy is... depleted."

Yakumo held Mori Masako's right hand and explained softly, his voice very weak and breathless, followed by a series of coughs.

In my current state, I can no longer resist the smell of sulfur here.

Genos manipulated the blue flames and descended to a short distance away. Although he still couldn't understand the changes that had just occurred, he realized that the deaths of the forty Dragon-level monsters were caused by Yakumo.

"Jenos, I need time to rest. See you in City A in the future."

Yakumo spoke at lightning speed, and as soon as he finished speaking... he activated the last bit of chakra in his body and used the Flying Thunder God Technique.

With a flash of golden light, the three figures vanished.

After the others left, Genos fell silent for a moment, his body rising unnaturally to a height of about thirty meters above the ground. He looked down at the battlefield he had just witnessed.

From this position, he could see the corpses of those Dragon-level monsters, like a golden sunflower blooming in an instant.

More than forty Dragon-level monsters were killed at the same time.

Genos began searching his own system, trying to find any clues about Yakumo's attack.

During Yakumo's attack... he didn't feel the passage of time, but his life-sustaining energy consumption suddenly decreased by two seconds, not because an invisible thief stole his life-sustaining energy.

Rather... his consciousness was severed from time.

"Nature, space, time...and life?"

Over the past few days, Genos had been observing Yakumo and analyzing the abilities he possessed, but... he now realized that he seemed to have never truly understood the boy.

"Yakumo hates weirdos and is even willing to risk his life in battle."

Even if I'm seriously injured, I won't let any weirdo go!

Genos's eyes brightened and sparkled with golden light, as if he had figured out some questions that had troubled him for a long time, and he suddenly exclaimed.

"This is absolutely the way of the hero!"

Genos couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration. The last time he felt this way was when he learned about Saitama's strength, but he never expected that he would encounter someone worthy of his admiration again after so many years.

"No, it should be said..."

"Yakumo-kun looks a lot like Saitama!!"

Genos wore an expression that said, "That's exactly how it should be." Only with the same belief could such a powerful hero be created.

"It's so great, for the sake of protection, for the sake of heroic beliefs."

"I'm willing to suffer serious injury, I'm willing to go blind, I'm willing to give my life!"

"This is the kind of person I should spend my whole life learning from!"

Blue flames spread behind him as Genos quickly headed towards City A. Now that he had lost much of his heavy firepower, his return journey had to be extremely cautious.

After considering what had happened in the past few days, his admiration for Yakumo grew even stronger.

But he didn't quite understand why Yakumo hadn't taken him with him when they met, since having him would have at least provided some protection.

"Could it be...could it be that he no longer has the energy to transfer a third person?"

Genos suddenly thought of Yakumo's empty eye sockets and her pale face where even the tiny veins were visible, and he seemed to understand more.

"He paid an extremely heavy price to kill the Lava King."

"But to save us, he had no choice but to unleash his power again, which aggravated his injuries..."

Genos suddenly felt a pang of hatred for his own weakness. Back then, he couldn't fight alongside Saitama, and after more than a decade... he hadn't made any progress and had become a burden to others once again.

"When Yakumo-kun appears, even the darkest monster... is no longer unkillable."

After all, Yakumo-kun possesses the ability to control time, a terrifying power capable of killing even the darkest level monsters.

Genos suddenly felt that Yakumo was the savior of this world.

"We must return quickly and discuss this with Tornado."

"Counterattack the monsters and liberate the rest of the cities."

"And... save Saitama-sensei!"

Genos suddenly said something very strange, but his eyes quickly showed confusion.

"Why did I say 'save Saitama'?"

Genos immediately searched his memory and found a total of five records of saving Saitama, but he couldn't remember... why he had mentioned it.

He suddenly began to doubt the accuracy of his own memory bank.

His flight speed gradually decreased, and the excitement on his face gradually disappeared, leaving only deep bewilderment.

But a few seconds later, Genos's memory of that sentence was erased from his mind. Genos only remembered that he was returning to City A and planning to discuss with Tatsumaki how to counterattack the monsters.

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Elsewhere, Yakumo used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport the group to a cavity deep underground in M ​​City, a location he had prepared in advance.

Because the underground of M City is filled with flowing magma, such safe locations are actually rare, but Yakumo eventually found this place where he could temporarily hide.

He almost instinctively used his Wood Release technique to expand the cavity, creating a simple temporary base.

This simple Wood Release ninjutsu directly depleted his remaining chakra, the Sage Mark on his forehead disappeared, and he collapsed into Mori Masako's arms, falling into a coma.

Only the Prayer Mark on his right hand appeared and began to flicker slightly.

[Congratulations to the player for killing the 41st Dragon-level monster.]

[Note: The player has gained 16 free attribute points.]

[Note: The Dragon-level monster has reached its maximum free attribute points.]

[Note: The player has gained 98400 Conquest Points.]

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Chapter 386 Awakening, Attribute Limits

The blood-red sunset hung high in the western sky. In M City, which had been reduced to ruins by lava, volcanic rocks were everywhere, and there was still uncongealed lava everywhere, occasionally spewing out a few bright golden sparks.

Suddenly a figure appeared in the sky, and it was impossible to detect her appearance with the naked eye.

In the blink of an eye, she was standing in mid-air.

That was a woman, a noble woman.