[Ding!]
[Mission 1 Complete: Kill the Konoha's Ninja, Might Duy. Reward: Reiatsu +30,000, Kido +2000, Bakudo #61 Rikujokoro]
[Mission 2 Complete: Kill the Konoha's Ninja, Might Guy. Reward: Reiatsu +3000, Hakuda Exp +500]
[Bakudo #61, Rikujokoro: Seals the target's movements with six beams of light. The strength of the seal is related to the user's Reiatsu level.]
…
The moment the prompts ended, Sora felt the Reiatsu within his body boil over.
Hum!
Hum!
Hum!
Powerful Reiatsu churned, creating a tsunami-like roar.
In an instant, the quantity and quality of the Reiatsu within him increased violently by a significant margin.
Boom!
Boom!
The Reiatsu erupted, forming an extremely terrifying shockwave.
In moments, the shockwave swept down, transforming into immense pressure that caused the ground within a hundred-meter radius around Sora to sink by three inches.
Boom!
Boom!
Immediately after,
Cracks resembling shattered mirror surfaces appeared strikingly on the earth.
At this moment,
That intimidating aura instantly caused Fuguki, Juzo, and Raiga's expressions to change drastically. They stared at Sora's figure with horrified eyes.
"This..."
"Such powerful pressure!"
Fuguki was terrified. He was a top-tier expert in Kirigakure. For him to feel awe from an aura, one could imagine its intensity!
Even more so,
He felt an inexplicable fear, as if the presence erupting from Sora at this moment was even more terrifying than the Mizukage's!!!
This was too absurd!
Fuguki was shocked and terrified.
It must be known that Sora was only sixteen now!
How could he possibly possess an aura more terrifying than the Third Mizukage!??
…
At this moment,
With a thought, a virtual screen materialized before his eyes.
[Eternal Shinigami Master System]
[Host: Yuki Sora]
[Reiatsu: Rank 5 (3000/500,000)]
[Hakuda: Proficient Level (1700/10,000)]
[Zanjutsu: Expert Level (0/10,000)]
[Shunpo: Proficient Level (400/10,000)]
[Kido: Ordinary Level (6000/10,000)]
[Zanpakuto: Hyorinmaru (Shikai)]
…
Rank 5 Reiatsu!
Sora made a loose fist, feeling the explosive energy within.
This time,
The rewards from killing the Might father-son duo were far more generous than those from killing Hizashi and severely injuring Shisui.
Over 30,000 Reiatsu!
It directly boosted Sora's Reiatsu level by one.
Rank 5 Reiatsu gave him an immensely powerful feeling.
Upon reaching the Rank 5, Sora's understanding of Reiatsu deepened further. He now gradually realized how absurd his previous perceptions had been.
It seemed now that Rank 1-3 Reiatsu roughly corresponded to Genin - Jonin levels, including Elite Jonin.
By the Rank 4, in terms of pure energy intensity, one entered the Kage-level domain, which could simply be termed… low Kage-level!
Now,
After killing the Might father-son duo, Sora had rapidly advanced to the Rank 5 Reiatsu, roughly equivalent to the concept of mid Kage-level.
Mid Kage-level!
This level placed him among the extremely powerful even within Kage-level Ninjas!
…
'It seems...'
'If my guess is correct, these special missions are highly likely related to those main characters and key plot points!'
Sora had some speculation.
The first triggered special mission was with Mei, followed by Jiraiya, Shisui, Hizashi, and others.
Adding the recent Seven Ninja Swordsmen vs. Might Duy, and the yet uncompleted [Capture Nohara Rin] series special plot mission, all elements seemed to confirm Sora's guess.
'Better to take one step at a time!'
Sora shook his head, not overthinking it. The number of special missions he had triggered was still too small. Once there were enough, patterns would emerge.
At that moment,
Raiga, the only relatively intact member of the Seven Swordsmen, walked over, his expression somber. "I thought today would be my funeral. Never expected to survive, sigh..."
"In any case,"
"Yuki Sora, thank you!"
Raiga offered an ugly smile, revealing his snake-like sharp teeth.
Sora wasn't wearing his Anbu uniform in this battle, so Raiga recognized this highly famous Jonin from Kirigakure.
Back in the day,
During the Chunin Exams, he swept all opponents with perfect scores. Even Kirigakure's problem child ringleader, Momochi Zabuza, was thoroughly disciplined by this handsome youth before him.
Simultaneously,
The moment Sora saw Raiga he was momentarily distracted.
'Was there really no dentist in Kirigakure's hospital?'
'Why did all these renowned Jonin in the village have teeth either like a shark's or a snake's, each uglier than the last? Did they truly have no concern for their image?'
However,
Sora looked up, taking in Raiga's dark green long hair and the fierce oni-like eye shadow on his face, and suddenly felt some understanding.
'If he looked like that, he'd probably give up on his appearance too and just let it slide.'
'Let's see how many are still alive...'
Sora glanced at the scattered remains of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, his tone somewhat complex. "Save whoever we can."
"Alright."
Raiga nodded and quickly turned to run towards the other Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
Or...
It should be the Three Ninja Swordsmen now!
The power of the Eight Gates truly wasn't easy to withstand. Even though Duy was only at Genin-level, his full-powered eruption still caused severe casualties among Kirigakure's top Ninjas.
Three severely injured, four dead in gruesome ways.
The one who died most miserably was likely the user of the Longsword: Nuibari, the spiky afro-haired Kuriarare Kushimaru. This guy was notoriously cold-blooded in Kirigakure, alongside the equally ruthless Explosion Blade user, Jinpachi.
Therefore,
After Duy opened the Eight Gates, Kushimaru attacked most cold-bloodedly and ferociously, and died most miserably.
To put it simply-
Kushimaru was like lying on railway tracks and being run over by a locomotive a dozen times back and forth. By now, he had basically merged with nature.
On the grass, in the rock crevices, under the trees... you couldn't see Kushimaru anywhere, yet he was everywhere. It was a true unity of man and nature.
…
At this moment,
Just as Sora was clearing the battlefield, elite Konoha's Teams were also swiftly making their way towards the battle site.
…
(A/N: Regarding the power level settings in this book, the ceiling for Jonin is roughly around Konoha's Ino-Shika-Cho, Yamato, and Kirigakure's Seven Ninja Swordsmen. The next step up is low Kage-level, with the floor being weak Jinchuriki like Nii Yugito, and the ceiling being Hoshigaki Kisame, Deidara, Konan, Gaara, etc.)
(The mid Kage-Level where the protagonist currently is has a base of Kakuzu, Danzo, Tsunade, and a ceiling of Sage Kabuto, Perfect Jinchuriki Killer B, the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama. This level also includes characters like Minato, the Third Raikage, the Third Tsuchikage, the Third Hokage, Hanzo, Sage Mode Naruto, Mangekyo Sharingan Sasuke, etc.)