Konoha's Mission Master

Yakumo swung his sword to block Goku's attack and continued his counterattack. The two were locked in combat again in an instant.

"Sky-Piercing Blow!"

Sun Wukong gathered all his strength and blasted Yakumo away. As Yakumo was thrown backward, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, which even contained fragments of his internal organs.

But he did not die, and stood up again.

He charged toward Sun Wukong at an even faster speed, his mixed energy still surging uncontrollably, like an unstoppable war god.

But this time Sun Wukong did not defend himself. He just stood there blankly in the position where he had just unleashed his Heaven-Supporting Staff, and he had stopped breathing.

The already tattered armor shattered completely.

Yakumo's pupils contracted sharply because he could clearly see a fist-sized hole in the location of Goku's heart. He knew that Goku was fighting despite his severe injuries.

However, he did not expect that this injury would be fatal. Due to the influence of unknown energy, Sun Wukong was unable to grow a heart, which meant that he was always on the verge of life and death.

Thinking of this, Yakumo felt a surge of admiration. The surrounding void gradually dissipated, and countless starlight fell from the sky, repairing the many injuries inside his body that would have been fatal to ordinary people.

The pure white stone slabs were pieced together again before Yakumo's eyes, and the vast and boundless arena slowly solidified from the void.

Bathed in white light, Yakumo's injuries were completely healed, and two golden rays converged in front of him into two golden orbs, radiating a comfortable glow.

It beats slowly, as if it has its own breath.

[Note: Congratulations to the player for mastering the Unyielding Fighting Spirit.]

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Chapter 460 The Truth of the Arena

Inside the arena, Yakumo gazed at the two golden orbs of light.

Then he slowly stretched out his hand and pointed at one of the golden orbs.

[Congratulations to the player for obtaining exclusive weapon upgrade privileges.]

"Strengthen, the Emperor's Lament."

Yakumo understood immediately and made a decision in a flash.

[Hint: Enhancement complete.]

[Hint: The Heavenly Emperor's Lament has gained a new passive ability.]

[Emperor Yan: Transforms into fire, becoming immune to all physical attacks before extinguishing, and is also immune to all fire elemental attacks. Although opposed to water element, it is not countered by water energy.]

Yakumo discovers that Masako Mori's weapon has evolved a life-saving skill, and the general direction of its development is to create a melee magic tank that can be immune to most attacks.

Then, he pointed to the last golden orb.

Congratulations to the player for obtaining one-third of the Heart of Hope.

The next second, the white light flowed through his fingers into Yakumo's body and quickly subsided, as if it had not caused any change.

Yakumo waited quietly, but after more than ten seconds, the merging of the Heart of Hope still hadn't produced any change. The energy was there, yet it seemed to exist at all...

A pure white staircase appeared out of thin air; it was the direct passage to the final boss. Filled with intense curiosity, Yakumo stepped onto the pure white staircase.

The light and shadow shifted, but he remained in the arena space, with a pure white floor extending for several kilometers beneath his feet and a vast sky full of stars above him. Yakumo seemed to have not moved, and there was no change in his surroundings.

However... a Taoist figure appeared in the center of the arena.

—Uchiha Runyu.

Hello, lucky one.

In the center of the arena, Uchiha Juntama greeted Yakumo, showing no intention of attacking. He simply sat quietly in place, his eyes filled with indescribable anticipation.

"Don't you recognize me, Lord Runyu?"

Yakumo used his spatial teleportation ability to instantly appear in the center and then sat cross-legged in front of Uchiha Juntama.

"So you've seen my true form, which means the worst-case scenario didn't happen."

Upon hearing Yakumo's reply, Uchiha Juntama's face lit up with genuine joy, and he shrugged with some relief.

"I saw him. What happened?"

At this moment, Yakumo's heart was far from as relaxed as he appeared on the surface. If Uchiha Juntama was the boss of the twelfth floor, then it meant that he would not have any chance of defeating the boss within the next ten years.

“Virtual energy, it should be virtual energy, right? I remember we used this name to name this energy. It has the ability to pollute without anyone being immune, even if we hope to cleanse all negative states.”

Uchiha Runyu spoke with a hint of ease, but his furrowed brows betrayed that the matter was not as simple as he made it out to be, and his tone was full of apprehension when he mentioned the concept of Hollow Energy.

"In order to prevent my main body from being corrupted by virtual energy in the future and affecting the final plan, I separated half of my soul and placed it in the system kernel I created, and actively blocked external communication."

"If virtual energy still exists, then what is your value?"

If the original body has truly been corrupted by illusory energy, then the actions of this clone, which possesses half a soul, will be extremely limited.

"I'm responsible for using my pre-prepared trump card to kill the main body."

Uchiha Runyu's voice was completely flat, as if it were a very ordinary matter, without revealing any murderous intent.

“Years ago, in order to kill yourself, you devised a secret plan, splitting your soul in half and isolating yourself,” Yakumo said.

"That's right, that's how it is."

Uchiha Runyu nodded in agreement, his tone unchanged.

"You're really something, planning to kill yourself."

Yakumo exclaimed in admiration, but a sense of fear crept into his heart. Only a truly ruthless person would devise such a plan, given his fear of Uchiha Juntama... He himself was also a pawn.

"Of course, it's not just myself, but also the other powerful beings corrupted by the void energy. This divided soul wields the supreme laws of this universe, making it practically invincible in the universe," Uchiha Runyu continued.

"Then why don't you kill all the void creatures?" Yakumo asked.

"The death of a virtual being will only create a stronger virtual being, unless someone masters all the virtual energy in the universe, which would be equivalent to creating a completely uncontrollable bug."

"Aren't you invincible in the universe?" Yakumo asked.

"Yes."

“Virtual energy erodes everything, including the entire universe. If virtual energy is allowed to develop unchecked, the entire universe will become a virtual energy universe.”

Uchiha Juntama continued to patiently explain to Yakumo. Perhaps because he had been closed off for too many years, he showed great affability and was very talkative.

What will happen to the virtual energy universe?

"The Crimson Ruler awakens from the cosmic sea, and he will personally destroy the entire universe in order to find the true shadow in his memory."

"Is the ultimate goal of ethereal energy destruction?"

Yakumo found it strange; it was like spending a lot of money and time to buy a precious toy, but his thought was to smash it.

"He's gone mad for love, destroying the universe just to resurrect a woman."

Uchiha Runyu curled his lip and said with some disdain. It was clear that he had fought against that blood-red ruler and was even very clear about his target.

"So what's the solution you've come up with?" Yakumo continued to press, this question perhaps concerning the meaning of his existence, or... the goal of the final instance of the game system.

"What we can achieve by joining forces is very limited, because the illusory energy cannot be completely eradicated. So we came up with a plan to completely end the era of the illusory energy," Uchiha Runyu replied.

"Do I exist to end the void?" Yakumo pressed.

"Yes."

"What is the plan?" Yakumo asked.

This question concerns the secrets of the final instance.

"I don't know," Uchiha Runyu said frankly.

"You don't know?" Yakumo asked, somewhat surprised.

“I used to know, but I deliberately forgot that memory.”

Uchiha Runyu answered with a smile, and for some reason, Yakumo saw a hint of smugness in his smile.

"Who knows? There must be someone in the know about this plan, right?"

"The real body," Uchiha Runyu replied.

"If he is corrupted by the void energy, wouldn't everyone then know the secret of this plan?" Yakumo asked again.

This is clearly unreasonable. The truly safe clone does not have the memory of the entire plan, while the main body, which is in danger in the outside world, has the memory of the entire plan.

“Then I can get my memories back by killing him,” said Uchiha Runyu.

"The effect of virtual energy on ordinary organisms is a comprehensive distortion, granting them the authority to mutate infinitely, resulting in bizarre and varied forms, such as growing hundreds of eyes."

"But for the strong, its pollution affects the soul level, and may create a more sinister and evil second personality, replacing the original personality, and at the same time gaining the qualification to manipulate virtual energy."

"I still don't understand," Yakumo said with a hint of helplessness.

"There's something I can't tell you yet."

Although Uchiha Runyu has been holding back for tens of thousands of years, he would never reveal the whole plan, since it involves many ninth-tier powerhouses, and Yakumo's current secrecy is not enough.

"Then what else can you tell me?" Yakumo asked.

What is the truth about the arena?

"The truth about the arena?"

Uchiha Runyu's smile faded.

"The power of hope can counteract the effects of the void energy, so I scattered countless seeds of hope, so that they would fight against the invasion of void energy creatures in order to protect their homeland."

"When these people are exhausted from fighting against the virtual beings, they will face two choices. The first is to die and never have any connection with the universe again."

"The second is to activate the Seed of Hope, copy the memories and heritage of the whole body, and transform them into the arena and other places for future generations to inherit their heritage and continue to fight against the ethereal creatures."

"Did Buu and Mundo also fight against void creatures?" Yakumo asked.

He couldn't help but be moved. He hadn't expected that there was such a memory behind the arena. In that case... the areas that evolved in the later layers of the arena all seemed to have experienced a great battle.

“I already said it’s all of them. You can think of the arena as a giant Hall of Heroes, but what these people seek is not immortality, but to pass on their own system so that future generations can inherit and strengthen the power to fight against the void energy.”

Uchiha Runyu said that the influence of the void energy on the universe has existed for many years, and it is precisely because many people have risen up to resist that the expansion of the void energy has been curbed.

The spark of inspiration, passed down through generations, has ignited a prairie fire.