Konoha's Mission Master

The shape of this knife is almost identical to that of the Demon Subduer, except that it is longer and wider, with the blade being about two meters long.

"Extreme Blade Soul Slash".

Yakumo's golden body flew up and approached the Azure Dragon, his weapon slashing directly at the dragon's head.

The antlers on the head of the green dragon emitted a faint light.

The raging flames burned towards Yakumo's will, and the surrounding space suddenly became extremely hot.

Yakumo's body began to ignite, and his own energy was gradually evaporated. If he did not resist, it would take about five hours for his will and body to be completely burned away.

"Water rises!"

The once peaceful lake of the heart was suddenly engulfed by a hurricane, which swirled up the water to form a blue waterspout that enveloped Yakumo's body, and the burning flames gradually died down.

Yakumo rode the waterspout and crashed into the Azure Dragon.

At the same time, by pushing his intelligence attribute to over one hundred, the pitch-black space of will suddenly transformed into a dazzling starry sky, with countless silver-shimmering star energies falling towards the Azure Dragon.

The will and body of August became even more solid.

Since we have a powerful move, there's no need to wait until the last moment to use it.

The waterspout exhausted its energy and slowly returned to the lake, splashing up a water column tens of meters high.

Under the attack of starlight, the Azure Dragon let out a miserable wail, and its warm, jade-like scales turned black as if scorched by raging fire.

The surrounding dark clouds gradually disappeared, and the torrential rain that had descended on the lake of the heart also stopped at this moment. A few seconds later, the lake of the heart became a clear mirror again.

"Time stop".

Yakumo's will and body instantly dimmed, and a large amount of energy was lost, making him somewhat weak. However, the Azure Dragon was as if it were fixed in the picture book and could not move.

Countless golden blades flashed, and the battle of wills was decided.

Outside, Yakumo has awakened again.

At this moment, his body was already somewhat dilapidated, but a powerful life force surged from deep within him to begin repairing the damage.

Especially now that its body is covered with bluish scales, and even two horns have grown on its forehead, it is out of control.

Clearly, the overtime work involving flesh and blood still retains some animalistic will.

Yakumo first brought up his personal interface and spent attribute points to restore his intelligence attribute to its maximum level. His previously weak will seemed to be revitalized.

Currently, there are 25 free attribute points remaining!

The soul energy spread out like a finely detailed net, and Yakumo began to sweep away the remaining animal wills between the flesh and blood, striving not to let any animal will go unpunished.

Then, the cleaning began.

Gradually, the scales on the surface of the body returned to the body.

In the blink of an eye, ten minutes had passed.

The life energy belonging to the Azure Dragon form has repaired all the damage to the body and has begun to strengthen the flesh, bones and muscles. Yakumo's physique is slowly getting stronger until it reaches its limit.

This energy surged forth continuously, primarily strengthening the skin. The warm energy seemed to possess the secrets of evolution, making Yakumo's skin even more resilient.

This energy is not overwhelming, but it is inexhaustible.

Ten minutes, twenty minutes... thirty minutes.

Once the skin becomes strong enough, this energy begins to focus on strengthening muscle tissue, blood vessels, and even bones.

Yakumo is constantly getting stronger.

In addition, the soul energy swept over his body for the third time, clearing away the remaining animal will, and his scales became increasingly sparse.

It wasn't until he reached his limit that Yakumo had to open his eyes. To his surprise, it was the strength attribute that first reached its limit.

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Chapter 390 Upgrade, Light Gun, Preparation for Return

Temporary base, inside a secret room.

Yakumo's height had now exceeded two meters, and his muscles were quite strong, with blue scales still remaining all over his body.

He sat quietly in the center of the room, yet his imposing presence filled the entire space, naturally instilling fear in those around him.

[Hint: The player's strength has reached its fifth attribute limit. The Azure Dragon Fruit is now in effect, replacing the Awakening Scroll.]

Suddenly, a surge of heat emanated from his chest, like invisible and intangible steam, traveling through his limbs and bones. His bones emitted a teeth-grinding popping sound as this force began to compress them.

The most obvious sign is that Yakumo's nearly three-meter-tall, imposing physique began to shrink, from 2.9 meters...2.6 meters, 2.3 meters.

It eventually compressed to about 1.9 meters tall, but the explosive power contained within its body increased exponentially, reaching an incredibly terrifying level.

The Devil Fruit's energy continued to strengthen his body. Yakumo casually summoned his personal interface, where his strength attribute had now reached sixty-one points.

Although the Devil Fruit's energy wasn't exhausted, Yakumo started clicking the plus sign next to the Strength attribute nine times in a row...

Two streams of warm energy exploded within the body, causing the muscles throughout the body to break down and reorganize, becoming stronger in terms of endurance and energy conversion, as if the muscles were flowing with invisible energy.

Because of the nine points added in an instant, the two energies mixed together and became somewhat violent, causing Yakumo's body to ache with a tearing pain.

[Note: Due to the seventh extreme value being triggered in the Constitution attribute, three Divine Revelation Scrolls are required for the breakthrough.]

[Note: Due to the convergence of energy from the Azure Dragon Fruit, currently only two Divine Revelation Scrolls are needed to break through the current physical attribute's maximum value.]

The game system's prompts reappeared before Yakumo's eyes, a scene that perfectly matched his plan.

The soul energy, like a fine net, weaves through flesh and blood, continuing to cleanse away the remaining soul of the Azure Dragon Fruit, completely transforming this energy into its own power.

Yakumo used his life force to observe his own genetic structure and discovered that the activation level of this fruit was about 30%.

It will likely require three more adjustments and activations using life energy to fully master it in the future.

This way, we can save about 140,000 gold coins.

Fifteen minutes later, all the scales on Yakumo's body disappeared.

During the process of removing the scales, Yakumo's power attribute had reached its sixth extreme value and had negated half of the Divine Revelation Scroll.

Currently, Yakumo's Strength attribute has reached 70 points, requiring 1.5 more Divine Revelation Scrolls. His Constitution attribute has reached 80 points, requiring two more Divine Revelation Scrolls, but... he still has a chance.

It's 10 a.m. now, and there are still 14 hours before the 10% increase is lost. In these 14 hours, Yakumo can increase the activation level of the Azure Dragon Fruit twice more.

Currently, the Azure Dragon Fruit is at its first breakthrough level.

Yakumo continued to use soul energy to detect any remaining animal will in the body; only when there was no residue could it continue to be activated upwards.

He stood up, pushed open the door, and went to the living room of the temporary base.

Masako Mori was holding her laptop, trying to beat a single-player game called Death Ring. She knew it would return tomorrow, and today was her last chance to finish the game.

"Yakumo, you've changed. You've grown a few centimeters taller."

When Masako Mori saw Yakumo, she instinctively spoke up, but her gaze quickly returned to the game level in front of her.

“My strength has improved somewhat,” Yakumo replied.

Mori Masako's momentary distraction caused the screen to darken again, and the character she was controlling died once more at the hands of the ancient tree spirit, with the monster's health bar now reduced to only three percent.

"Damn it, it was so close!"

Masako Mori released the mouse, her right hand clenching into a fist with a soft crack.

"Then keep up the good work."

Yakumo glanced at the screen. Masako Mori was only one achievement away from achieving her goal: to kill the source of the distortion, the ancient tree spirit.

Beside her, Yukotsu Chiyuki was still practicing her swordsmanship.

With a flash of golden light, Yakumo appeared high in the sky, looking down at the bustling crowd below and feeling the unusually rapid air turbulence at high altitude.

The soul energy has completed its third search, and no trace of animal will can be found in the body. Once the soul energy returns to its peak state, the Azure Dragon Fruit can be activated again.

Yakumo didn't come here suddenly out of a madness to enjoy the wind; rather, he wanted to test his newly acquired abilities. Through the Azure Dragon Fruit, he could now control the power of wind and fire.

Using his Devil Fruit ability to create a raging storm was just the beginning of his mastery. What he wanted to do was to use the sharpness of the wind to compress the wisp of wind in his hand into a blade-shaped weapon.

In this way... the power of his sword strikes would be maximized, making the raging wind an invincible force.

A cyan wind blade condensed in his palm, struggling slightly.

The shape formed by this wind blade resembled a miniature tornado, with countless meteors spinning rapidly along their own trajectories inside.

Each meteor is an incredibly sharp blade.

Suddenly, a bloodstain appeared on Yakumo's palm, as if it had been cut by some extremely sharp weapon. The bloodstain extended to touch the bone before finally disappearing.

This was merely a negligible aftershock from the storm, but its power had not yet reached the limit that Yakumo had anticipated. Although this power could enhance the slash, it could not produce a substantial transformation.

For now, the only option is to continue cutting back.

"No, this situation is due to insufficient control over the wind."

In the blink of an eye, the wound on his palm had healed, but the blue storm on his palm became even more violent, and its originally peaceful shape gradually became distorted, as if it might explode at any moment.

It has become unstable and extremely dangerous.

"If the wind attribute power in the form of a sword is difficult to condense, then if these wind blade powers are constrained by a circle, wouldn't that be an enhanced version of the Rasengan?"

Yakumo waved his hand, dispelling the storm in his palm. He felt somewhat bored. His strength was already no weaker than that of the Six Paths. Did he still need to rely on making pills?

With a flash of golden light, Yakumo returned to the temporary base and rested in the living room for three hours, his soul energy returning to its peak.

At this moment, continuing to increase the activation level of the Azure Dragon Fruit is the right thing to do.

Since it involves adjusting one's own genes, there's no need for blood tests; one can directly use life control abilities to rewrite and activate the genes within the body.

"Sage Mode, activated."

In the blink of an eye, Yakumo's combat power returned to its peak.

At the same time, a certain primal will within him quickly awakened from its slumber, and because of the Soul-Soul Fruit that was already present within him, the battle erupted once again.

Yakumo trembled all over as the tyrannical energy gradually destroyed his flesh and blood. Deep purple arcs of electricity reappeared, but before they could destroy anything, they were devoured by the power of lightning.

However, the flames and wind blades became the Azure Dragon's weapons, and an even more brutal battle was fought with its body as the battlefield, triggering the passive ability of Life Mastery.

The blue light repaired the damaged areas. In the process of repair and destruction, Yakumo's body became more resilient, and his heart rang out like a giant bronze bell.