Konoha's Mission Master

Yakumo kept as much distance as possible and asked in his mind.

[Hint: Sixth energy level, middle stage.]

"Damn it, I'll risk it."

Yakumo was leaning against the wall of the courtyard with nowhere to retreat. The surrounding space was filled with barriers that he could not pass through, and his only option was to resist.

On the wall... there was a large black and white tabby cat lounging around, looking chubby and very cute.

"Subduing Demons".

Yakumo extended his soul power, condensing it into the shape of a demon in his hand, but its color was pure white.

Soul energy is actually a rather idealistic power, something Yakumo has come to understand deeply. He needs to hypnotize himself before a battle.

"I want a weapon that is incredibly sharp and can cut through anything!"

The soul energy continued to spread and condense towards the right hand, and the pure white demon-subduing energy became even more dazzling and radiant. A light-like radiance condensed and flowed on the blade, like a vast galaxy.

This is a deadly situation.

Yakumo had no choice but to unleash his strongest attack, recalling the incredibly blurry figure in his mind as he delivered a light, simple slash.

Ordinary yet incredibly sharp.

In a flash of inspiration, Yakumo remembered the name of the strike.

That was an incredibly arrogant name.

"One move, star-cutting!"

Akai Mizuki looked curious and suddenly gripped the weapon in her hand. The originally slender blade rapidly transformed, eventually forming a bloody scythe about three meters long, like the weapon of death.

"Soul Severance!"

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The new character introduced in this chapter is the protagonist of the previous novel.

Chapter 449 Anniversary Celebration, Improved Swordsmanship

"Soul Severance".

Yakumo initially failed to understand the enemy's attack called Soul Severance, but when he saw the blood-red scythe of metal begin to twist, and the overall material change to a strange gray metal, until the weapon began to become illusory.

[Hint: Soul Severance: An attack targeting the soul level.]

[Hint: Dodge, dodge.]

The game system's prompt appeared before Yakumo's eyes at the right time, but he seemed to have no right to choose to avoid it. The surrounding blood energy imprisoned him like a wall, and neither the Soul Control nor the Soul Restriction could shake the surrounding blood energy.

Hide, there is no way to hide; flee, there is nowhere to escape.

Yakumo could only complete the slash she had just made. It was an ordinary strike that seemed to contain the brilliance of a vast galaxy. Faced with this strike, the cold girl had a smile on her face, as if this strike had stirred up a long-forgotten memory.

The sea of ​​blood collided with the galaxy.

Yakumo's slash, which exceeded his limits, immediately showed signs of decline. The sea of ​​blood eroded and polluted the starlight, and blood-red vengeful spirits emerged from the depths of the sea, eroding the brilliant galaxy.

The suffocating pressure spread, and Yakumo tasted the scent of death.

One second, two seconds, three seconds.

As the Milky Way and the sea of ​​blood evaporated into each other, Yakumo felt that time had become incredibly long. On the other hand, the big, fat black and white cat on the wall looked very calm, and even raised its hind legs to kick its somewhat messy fur.

Click, click, click...

Like glass gradually cracking, the starry sky created by Yakumo's slashes had already developed cracks, but the enemy was still in no hurry to attack. She continued to advance... calm and composed, her expression unchanged.

Akai Mizuki's gaze was as if she were looking at a salted fish on a chopping board, a lamb under the knife; this was a contest with no suspense whatsoever.

Boom! Yakumo's slash shattered and exploded.

Fragments of starlight flew everywhere, but before they could damage anything around them, they were digested and absorbed by the arms that stretched out from the sea of ​​blood. This clearly proved that even in her spare time, Akai Mizuki still had the power to clean up the aftershocks of the two's battle.

"what to do."

[Hint: She won't kill you because you're a guest.]

“Mizuki, he is my guest.”

Suddenly, a young man wearing a black short-sleeved shirt and blue shorts appeared in the courtyard, but Yakumo could not sense any fluctuations. The black-clad youth looked somewhat thin.

When he appeared, Akai Mizuki subconsciously put away her three-meter-long blood-red scythe, transforming it back into a simple and slender blood-red katana, and gradually sheathed it.

"Runyu, my lord."

After putting away her weapon, Akai Mizuki bowed and greeted him.

He then descended from mid-air back to the ground in the courtyard, returning to sit quietly under the ancient tree, his face expressionless, as if he had completely lost the breath of life.

Yakumo breathed a sigh of relief; he had almost died just now.

Hmm... it's still that kind of death where you're completely helpless.

The black-clad youth's silhouette faintly overlapped with the figure in Yakumo's memory. It was still this courtyard, still the massive ancient tree, and that blurry figure had demonstrated the First Form: Star Slash to him countless times.

"I'm sorry, Mizuki has killed too many enemies recently, and her soul has been slightly tainted by the ethereal energy, so she instinctively regards you as an enemy."

The boy in black landed slowly on the ground and spoke to Yakumo with some apology. He leaned forward slightly, appearing very proper and without any airs of a powerful figure. Even his smile was quite friendly.

"Who exactly are you?" Yakumo asked.

He was certain that the person in front of him was the owner of this courtyard, and that he was the reason the game system had sent him here.

This person...is even stronger than Mizuki Akai!

"Don't you have an all-seeing eye?"

Upon hearing this, Yakumo seemed to have a switch flipped, and black text suddenly appeared before his eyes, eventually forming a simple sentence.

[One of the Universe Rulers: The Saint of Hope]

The simple introduction caused Yakumo's pupils to contract sharply. According to the game system, the many powerful beings in the universe can be roughly divided into nine energy levels.

The Overlord is the strongest being at the Ninth Energy Level. There seem to be very few people in the entire universe who can stand at the Ninth Energy Level... less than twenty.

"You can call me Runyu, and my surname is Uchiha."

Uchiha Junyu briefly introduced himself to Yakumo. For some reason, he was unable to leave this planet and was usually quite bored... Yakumo's arrival brought him some joy.

"Runyu, my lord?"

Yakumo immediately bowed politely in greeting; bowing one's head when one's strength is inferior is not shameful...

It's best to be enthusiastic... in order to get enough benefits.

In particular... even now, Yakumo still hasn't figured out the purpose of the game system bringing him here.

It seems he was brought to this enormous planet after pressing the button to improve his swordsmanship. Could it be that the person in front of him is his future master?

"System, what's going on?" Yakumo wondered.

[Hint: Players will learn swordsmanship from Lord Runyu.]

Yakumo nodded; this was the same as her guess. But why did the game system address him as...Lord Runyu?

Could it be... that even the aloof system has succumbed?

"The system inside your body was created by me."

Uchiha Runyu had a faint smile on his face. His smile was quite sincere, and his whole body emitted a faint glow, giving Yakumo's soul a feeling of being gradually filled.

But... Yakumo couldn't laugh.

The game system was his biggest trump card, but he never expected that... this powerful trump card that helped him grow was actually created by the person in front of him.

Yakumo had also speculated about the nature of the game system. Perhaps it was a product of the mutation that occurred to his soul when he transmigrated, or... a substance produced by the fusion of some kind of energy and matter that he could not understand.

But he never expected that the system was a man-made product, and that he would actually be communicating face-to-face with the system's creator today.

“Your system is not simple,” Uchiha Runyu said.

"Then why did you create this game system?"

Yakumo's tone remained respectful, but a sense of panic quietly arose in his heart. After all, there was something created by others inside his body, just like his own body... contained a dangerous bomb.

This feeling is very bad...

“You can’t know right now,” Uchiha Runyu shook his head and refused.

"And what is the ultimate goal?" Yakumo asked again.

He was mainly testing the waters, probing the target of the person in front of him. In fact, the feeling of having one's life and death in the hands of others was quite unsettling.

"You'll find out when you clear the final dungeon."

Uchiha Runyu was still smiling, but it gave Yakumo Tane the illusion that he was being seen through, as if he had no secrets left in front of this person.

“Okay, I understand.” Yakumo stood up.

"First move: Star Slash. You have mastered the energy fusion involved in this move. The rest is the application of the soul."

Uchiha Runyu's voice remained unchanged. With a casual grab, the energy of the surrounding starry sky condensed in his hand, forming a pure white blade about seventy centimeters long.

"I once had a system too, a system created by someone else."

"And then?" Yakumo asked.

"I destroyed that system, killed its creator, and ignited a great war across the entire universe. As a result, the war has not ended to this day, and many planets have perished as a result."

Uchiha Runyu gazed at the distant space, his tone unchanged, as if recounting a trivial matter in a straightforward manner, yet the content contained within it instilled a sense of fear in Yakumo.

The universe serves as a battlefield, and planets perish in the aftershocks.

It was a war that swept across the universe, destined to kill countless people.

But this horrifying thing seemed like a trivial matter to the person in front of him, and he spoke of it with great ease.

"Without me, this universe would have been destroyed."

Uchiha Runyu offered a symbolic explanation, saying that he didn't actually care whether Yakumo believed him or not... When he merged with the game system, destiny and karma had already been bound together in the dark.

"Lord Runyu, did you save the universe?" Yakumo asked.