Konoha's Mission Master

"That's not important. Oh, by the way, I also know that you're a time traveler."

Uchiha Junyu spoke lightly, but Yakumo could no longer maintain his composure. His greatest secret in life had been so easily revealed.

"Don't be afraid, I'm a time traveler too. There are many time travelers in this universe."

Uchiha Runyu revealed part of the truth, but also concealed some of it, since Yakumo's strength was not enough to know the ultimate secret of this universe.

That is... this universe was also man-made.

"Travelers in this universe generally have two starting points: one is starting from scratch without any cheat codes and being confined to a planet for their entire lives."

"The second is to use a cheat system created by someone else to transcend the planet and achieve immortality, at the cost of bearing the karmic consequences inherent in the system."

Uchiha Juntama explained to Yakumo that, in a sense, Yakumo was the lucky one... after all, he obtained the game system, which enabled him to become the strongest ninja in the world today and rewrite his own life at will.

But he was also unfortunate. When he inherited the game system, it meant that he had to bear certain karmic consequences, because these consequences even carried the possibility of death.

"I am very lucky to have obtained Lord Runyu's system."

"You're much stronger than I was back then. The Power of Hope is quite useful, isn't it? It solved the side effects of the Devil Fruit."

Yakumo was taken aback. Clearly, all his actions were under the control of the person in front of him. This feeling of being manipulated was truly ominous.

But he had to admit that the power of hope was very useful, and that he owed the person in front of him a favor.

"Come on, swing your sword and cut me down."

Uchiha Juntama raised his long sword, which was covered in starlight, and assumed a defensive stance. In fact... even when he was on the defensive, Yakumo could not break through his defense.

"One move·Star-cutting!"

Yakumo wielded his weapon, unleashing a dazzling silver galaxy that poured down upon Uchiha Juntama. He showed no mercy, for this was, after all, his very reason for stepping onto this planet.

Get stronger, get stronger, get stronger!

"Ding."

The galaxy faded and vanished; Yakumo suffered a complete defeat.

"Your will is not focused enough. Your soul is not coordinated. Continue."

"Ding, ding, ding."

Yakumo was repeatedly repelled, but he quickly got back up. For some reason, when he wielded his weapon and manipulated the galaxy, he could hardly sense the loss of his soul energy.

"continue."

"I have altered the flow of space here, as well as the fundamental laws of energy. Your attacks will no longer consume any energy."

Uchiha Runyu continued, his tone somewhat cold, like a strict and responsible teacher constantly pointing out the mistakes Yakumo made.

Ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times, ten thousand times...

Despite countless attempts, Yakumo felt no fatigue and continued to attack with his sword, but each time Uchiha Juntama easily parried his attacks, his blade remaining perfectly still throughout.

It was like a ruler, held horizontally in front of Yakumo...

Countless strikes, countless ripples.

Yakumo falls down after a setback, but gets back up again...

"Soul, will, and energy are a trinity."

Uchiha Runyu succinctly stated the real problem and created a projection next to him, constantly correcting Yakumo's mistakes, including the errors that occurred during the fusion of will and soul.

"You see, the fighting spirit is too strong, exceeding the speed of the soul. This causes a gap in the fusion of the two, and this gap weakens the power of this slash by at least 20%."

Uchiha Juntaku pointed at the projection and gave instructions to Yakumo. The two looked quite similar, one was studying very seriously, and the other was teaching very diligently. Yakumo's progress was remarkable.

But Yakumo was always just a little short of perfection.

This point relates to about ten percent of the power, and the two knew that in a real battle, even a difference of one-thousandth could be fatal, especially since that world of hell and death was quite dangerous.

"continue."

After a brief rest, the two resumed their training. Yakumo was already quite proficient in using the Star-Slaying Technique, but the problem remained with that final one percent of fusion.

"It is precisely because that one percent is so important."

"So you...must master it."

Uchiha Runyu became even more stern. In fact, rewriting the underlying energy laws was a very costly thing for him, especially with time being accelerated by five thousand times.

However, he cannot show any signs of fatigue. In fact, the Star-Slaying Technique is the core move derived from his strongest technique. In the future, all of Yakumo's sword techniques will be linked together to form his strongest attack.

Of course, it's probably only about one-tenth.

This technique was used as a trump card to explore that world. Even if it was broken down as much as possible, no one in this universe could inherit it. This is the restriction of the ultimate technique by the higher laws of the universe.

Only if Uchiha Runyu personally teaches him could there be even the slightest possibility, since he has mastered some of the higher laws of the universe.

"Soul, will, and energy, a trinity."

This simple sentence reveals all the secrets of Star Slayer, yet Yakumo still falls short by that one percent.

"Show some fighting spirit!" Uchiha Runyu said.

This time, Uchiha Runyu stopped defending and instead launched an attack. His terrifying killing intent enveloped Yakumo, making his soul feel as if it had fallen into hell.

"If we can't withstand this attack, we'll die."

"Star Slayer!"

"Star Slayer!"

Two perfectly timed attacks erupted, canceling each other out.

Under the threat of death, Yakumo finally succeeded in mastering the Star-Slaying Technique!

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Chapter 450 Sharing Life and Death

After successfully breaking through, Yakumo began his return journey...

But he felt somewhat heavy-hearted. He had obtained answers to many things, but new questions and unanswered questions arose in his mind.

He was terrified by Uchiha Runyu's strength, wary of his target, and uncertain about the truth.

In that battle with the universe as the chessboard, was he truly on the side of justice?

After all, he himself admitted... that he was the one who started the war.

The Zerg Queen emerged from a sea of ​​blood, where countless wronged souls struggled and sank. Such a person... had such an exaggeratedly negative sin value.

Yakumo even suspected that the system had already betrayed them at that time and deliberately reversed the sin value, which would explain the almost exaggerated negative sin value.

Furthermore... the existence of a system created by someone else within his body always made it difficult for him to feel completely at ease, especially with Xingzhan's instruction...

At that moment, he truly felt the fear of his soul being annihilated. Runyu had absolutely not held back in that attack; it was a huge gamble. Only if he successfully broke through could he offset that slash.

At that moment, Yakumo suddenly understood...

Runyu wanted to achieve certain goals through him, but he didn't care about his life or death at all, or rather... Runyu could afford the cost of failure.

If he fails... it's simply a matter of stripping the system away, handing it over to the next lucky person, and continuing the experiment until someone finally conquers the last instance.

Every time he improves his swordsmanship in the future, he may be on the verge of death, but he cannot refuse to improve, because that would mean losing his value in Runyu's heart.

Only by improving yourself as much as possible and clearing the final dungeon can you avoid losing your value and save your life.

But this feeling really annoyed Yakumo.

He once sympathized with Luffy, helped him build a spaceship, helped him leave the pirate world, escape his destined fate, and let the caged bird see the real sky.

Yakumo did this...out of sympathy for someone whose fate was being manipulated.

But now he is also a caged bird, his fate already sealed.

Yakumo didn't hate Runyu, after all, his transmigration was an inevitable result, and the game system had indeed helped him a lot, otherwise he wouldn't be where he is today.

But in the future... he must find a way to break free from the system, a way to separate the system from his body. But if he does that... will he lose all the attributes the system has given him?

Thinking of this, Yakumo couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.

Having lost all his attributes, he was left with only the two fruits and Dao-level swordsmanship. After all, swordsmanship is a skill imprinted in one's soul and should be very difficult to completely remove.

However, Runyu's true abilities may be beyond his expectations. If he can really strip away the Dao-level swordsmanship skills by erasing his memories, then he will only have two fruits left.

"But in the future, we still need to find a way to break free from the system..."

It's all for freedom.

Yakumo's soul left that huge green planet, far away from the courtyard that made him feel so oppressed. The blood-red planet still floated in the starry sky, which made Yakumo's uneasy heart feel a little more at ease.

It looked incredibly chaotic and evil, radiating a massive aura of blood and the phantoms left behind by the deaths of various beings.

But when it followed behind Yakumo, it was like a reliable and dependable guardian. Yakumo always felt that it had some connection with that blood-red planet.

A relationship that is hard to explain and cannot be clearly defined.

On the way back, it was basically the same as when they came. Yakumo kept moving in the void, while the blood-red planet completely devoured everything along the way until Yakumo approached the Ninja World.

It turned into light and vanished.

The crimson planet lost its connection with Yakumo and, in a fit of rage, devoured all the crimson life forms around it.

The Ninja World, a secret base.

Yakumo sat up from the wooden bed, withdrew his shadow clone that was on guard, then propped himself up on the soft cushion behind him, his gaze slowly drifting away as he stared at the blood-red roof.

Black text appeared before my eyes...

[Original Blade Technique, First Form, Star Slash, 100%]

[Note: The next teleportation will begin in two months, allowing you to learn subsequent skills of the Source Blade Technique. Future teleportations will be spaced two months apart.]

"Don't you need the Dao Transformation Scroll anymore?" Yakumo asked silently.

They didn't even bother to pretend anymore.

After Yakumo felt that his intelligence was 90 points, he embarked on his predetermined fate.

[Note: Congratulations, player, you have triggered the ultimate trial quest.]