Konoha's Mission Master

Yasuo's eyes flashed with fighting spirit, and he spoke, his voice hoarse and distorted as if he hadn't spoken in a long time, but the content was still discernible.

In the next instant, countless sword shadows appeared in front of Yakumo, piercing through his blood-red armor. This time, Yakumo did not move away but instead withstood the attack head-on.

"Soul Imprisonment!"

Although Yasuo successfully hit Yakumo, he could recover from this level of damage in just a few seconds. However, Yasuo would inevitably be weakened after the successful attack.

This is a necessary result, after all, there is an upper limit to the strength of the body's muscles, and it is impossible to overexert oneself continuously. After climbing a mountain, one will experience a temporary decline.

"Chance!"

"Fifth Degree - Extreme Blade Slash!"

Yakumo fused together various energies, and his sword-wielding speed suddenly broke through his previous limits, this strike directly aimed at Yasuo's chest.

With a loud bang, Yakumo's blade pierced through Yasuo's armor, which was made of gale force, and the attack surprised Yasuo.

The next second, Yasuo's body vanished like smoke, and the sound of a blade slicing through the air came from beside Yakumo once again, signaling the start of a new offensive.

At that moment, the surrounding gale began to converge towards Yakumo.

Yasuo is planning to rebuild his Wind Armor!

Clang, clang, clang... The two clashed again. When Yakumo pierced the Wind Armor, it meant that Yasuo was not invincible. If he could hit Yasuo once, it meant that he could hit Yasuo a hundred times in the future.

Of course, this process takes a long time.

Yakumo took some time to digest a few healing orbs, which not only healed his injuries but also restored his life energy.

One hour, two hours, three hours...

The two clashed relentlessly, the sound of their weapons colliding like dense raindrops hitting stone slabs. It was impossible to count how many times they had fought, yet Yakumo was still being suppressed.

Without a moment's rest, the two continued their fierce battle, their sword light surging and bursting forth like a waterfall, and the surrounding gale seemed to come alive at that moment.

"The wind of death is always with me."

Yakumo couldn't remember how many times he had broken Yasuo's Wind Armor. He only knew that he couldn't pause before defeating his enemy. The blood sac in his heart pumped out viscous blood, allowing Yakumo's strength to be replenished.

When starlight falls on the earth, the effect of the Demon-Subduing Enchantment attribute, Starry Spring, is doubled. The cool energy quickly restores physical strength, and even continuous injuries heal at a faster rate.

For three days and two nights, the two fought continuously.

The raging winds subsided as Yasuo absorbed them, and the deadly winds, sharp as blades, gradually thinned out.

Bang, crack.

Yakumo's ribs were broken again, but it did not affect the speed of his counterattack. A few breaths later... the ribs had been successfully reconnected and healed.

Three days and two nights of fighting had made Yakumo's body thin and shrunken, his body covered in dried blood. Some of his cells were being manipulated by Yakumo to divide and provide nutrients for the battle, but his eyes remained bright.

Yasuo's condition had deteriorated to a very low level, his body covered in wounds of varying depths, most of which had already scabbed over.

In the end, he won this battle...

Yakumo used spatial teleportation to create distance, and Yasuo, whose speed had decreased, could no longer keep up with the teleportation instantly. He immediately took out a healing orb and a large number of soldier pills to replenish his body's energy, and then turned around to fight Yasuo again.

After all... taking recovery potions is a privilege reserved for players.

Three hours later, Yakumo had gained an absolute advantage, but Yasuo unleashed an astonishing fighting spirit and continued to fight back desperately.

Five hours later, Yakumo successfully defeated Yasuo.

Yakumo gazed at the rolling yellow sand, at the plains that had turned into deep pits, and at Yasuo's fallen body that gradually turned into blue light spots, once again marveling at the power of the spatial teleportation ability.

"You're a competent boss, and a warrior far superior to me, but as a player... using healing items to keep your health up isn't unreasonable, is it?"

This is a victory for Yakumo, and even more so for the players.

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Chapter 420 The Heart of Wind, the Game System's Response

As light and shadow shift, the world collapses.

Yakumo relaxed his tense nerves, and his sharp gaze became lazy. He wouldn't always be in a fighting state; life has its own routine, and battle has its own state.

If someone launches a sneak attack, he can dodge it using spatial teleportation, making him inherently invincible.

The four-day battle came to an end.

The land surrounding Yakumo slowly disappeared, as if it were being devoured by some unknown creature, or as if it were returning to reality from a virtual space. Countless stones vanished into thin air, and pale bones turned into a wisp of white smoke.

The space where Yakumo was located had been transformed back into the shape of an arena platform, with pure white, dazzling stairs extending from the end of the space to his feet.

The pure white staircase stands quietly.

There was no trace of the Yellow Sand Hell around anymore, as if the experience just now was just a fairly real dream.

Yasuo's body was transformed into two cyan orbs of light, which floated silently less than a meter in front of Yakumo, surrounded by sharp cyan wind-attribute energy.

At the same time, the two cyan orbs of light pulsated like hearts, as if they possessed their own life. Yakumo's gaze swept over them... and the pulsation of the two cyan orbs instantly stopped and returned to calm.

The surroundings became very quiet, and above his head were a vast expanse of stars. The starlight fell on the surface of Yakumo's soul, slowly restoring his mental fatigue.

Yakumo recalled his battle with Yasuo.

What started as a crushing defeat gradually turned into a close battle between the two, with Yasuo using shadow clones to distract the enemy and replenishing his health with healing items until he fell into a disadvantageous position.

In reality, Yakumo was being beaten for the first three days, constantly repairing his injured body with his life energy and the blood sacs on the surface of his heart, while also tearing through Yasuo's Wind Armor time and time again.

In reality, Yasuo wasn't truly injured; he had simply expended a great deal of energy, stamina, and mental strength. It wasn't until the fourth day that things took a turn for the better, as the surrounding wind energy had been completely depleted, and the Wind Armor's recovery speed had slowed down.

However, he was unable to defeat Yasuo quickly, and the two fought for almost a day before a winner was finally decided...

The fighting spirit of the strong is truly terrifying.

Even when in dire straits, he remained calm and his every swing of the knife was as deadly as ever. Even though he had lost more than 80% of his blood, he still possessed the strength to wield the knife.

This is the fighting spirit of the strong—never fearing or giving up.

Yakumo was shaken by this will and was even nearly killed by Yasuo several times, but ultimately survived thanks to his spatial abilities.

A few minutes later, he reviewed the battle in his mind a second time, analyzing his shortcomings.

He doesn't possess the same strong mentality as Yasuo.

Or rather... what Yakumo sought was not to be invincible in the world, but to protect the people he cared about amidst the overwhelming power of others.

However, Yakumo believed he had handled other aspects extremely well, which strengthened his resolve to continue improving his physical attributes, using his powerful recovery ability as his trump card to ensure victory.

One day... he will become truly immortal.

"call..."

A dozen minutes later, Yakumo exhaled a light breath and opened his eyes, his heart no longer filled with any unease.

Yakumo took half a step forward and pointed at the blue light in front of him.

Heart of the Wind

Item Description: The source of power for the Wind Swordsman, an energy cluster that controls the power of wind. Absorbing it increases agility, enhances the user's affinity with wind energy, and increases the destructive power when using wind-type attacks.

Item description: Increases Agility by 10, can break through bottlenecks.

'Integration' or 'Collection'

"Fusion."

There's no need to consider this at all. After fusing with the Azure Dragon Fruit, his physique and strength attributes have been greatly improved, while Yakumo's agility attribute has become a drag.

Currently, it's only 69.9.

Now that you've obtained an item that can help you break through your limitations, you should use it immediately and transform it into your own power.

"Yasuo, you're such a good person."

With a soft thud, the cyan chain pierced his chest in the next second, and the wind-elemental energy, like a blade, suddenly poured into Yakumo's body. Was this a baptism or a cleansing?

"Ouch! O ...

"Aaaaaah, Yasuo, you bastard..."

Yakumo couldn't understand why every experience of fusing abilities was so...so painful, as if there were countless dull knives inside his body, grinding his bones and cutting through his flesh...every minute and every second was torture, it felt like an eternity.

Blood splattered, and dense bloodstains instantly appeared on his body, as if Yakumo was undergoing a brutal torture of being torn to pieces.

For some reason, although the blue chains pierced through the soul, they were connected to Yakumo's physical body, causing continuous destruction.

Repair, destruction, and the pain of shattered bones.

When the pain reaches its peak, all that remains in the body is numbness.

This must be what they call numbness and pain... Blood flowed freely from the wound, making the surrounding vines even more crimson. The Prayer Mark on the back of his right hand appeared automatically, and for some reason... Yakumo suddenly felt a sense of fear.

While this energy was destructive, it began to alter the structure of Yakumo's bones and blood, eventually affecting her muscle cells and enabling all of Yakumo's cells to activate and fuse with wind-type energy.

His cells seemed to be being transformed into batteries, except that they were not storing electrical energy, but rather light and sharp wind energy.

At the same time, Yakumo severed the pain nerves and began to close his eyes to enjoy the transformation of his body. This change reminded him of a divine skill in a novel, namely the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique.

Both begin with the transformation of basic cells, ultimately driving the continuous strengthening of the entire body.

Yakumo could feel his cells gradually adapting to the incredibly sharp wind energy, and the various cells in his body began to devour this power.

Through observation, he found that muscle cells absorb energy faster than blood cells, which in turn absorb energy faster than bones. However, it was clear that bones stored more energy, followed by blood cells and muscle cells.

Yakumo's connection with the world has become even closer.

After the muscles, blood, and bones have undergone transformation, the energy they can unleash becomes even more terrifying. The remaining wind energy becomes gentle and begins to strengthen the internal organs, allowing them to adapt to the sudden surge in muscle cells.

Finally, after about three hours, the blue light cluster suspended in mid-air gradually became illusory and was on the verge of dissipating. Yakumo also reconnected with the pain nerves.

Now that he could barely feel any pain, Yakumo used his strength to propel himself up from the ground.

With a hint of curiosity, he pointed to the other blue orb. If he wasn't mistaken... the inside of this orb should contain Kakashi's personal item.

Inherited from the Wind Sword Master's Wind Control Sword Technique.

To Yakumo's surprise, what was inside the ball of light was not a weapon, but a silver ring with thorn-like patterns wrapped around its surface and a silver gemstone facet at its center, emitting a faint silver light.

"King Emperor"

Item Type: Special Items/Weapons