Chapter 21: The Ghost General Hunt Succeeds

"Everyone, if you don't make a move now, my Mist Alliance will have no choice but to give up the hunt."

Terumi Mei smiled with great poise; even under the pressure of the monster's aura, her posture remained elegant.

Her tone was resolute.

She had indeed underestimated the strength of the Ghost General, failing to hunt it at the fastest speed, which caused the hyenas from Kumogakure and Konohagakure to smell that something was wrong.

Of course, giving up the hunt was certainly not an option.

Having already invested massive capital into the hunting plan, if she didn't secure the spoils, even as the Mizukage, she would be impeached by the high-ranking advisors.

With the other two parties of players present, she definitely had to distribute the pressure of the hunt.

But the other two parties of players were quick-witted.

Asuma chuckled: "Apologies, Lady Mizukage, our Konohagakure is too weak in strength to participate in this hunting operation."

Mabui, the leader of Kumogakure, did not utter a word.

Clearly, she was also in a posture of watching the show.

"Heh heh..."

Terumi Mei had anticipated this, smiling: "Since that is the case, you cannot blame me."

A scroll that had been prepared in advance suddenly exploded.

A transparent black net covered everyone present, including the Ghost General, and then vanished.

Hatred Scroll.

A one-time item that could increase the monster's hatred value toward the players present and enhance the monster's intent to attack.

The Ghost General possessed high intelligence, but having been wounded by trap items and subjected to successive sneak attacks and assassinations, its sanity had long since fallen to its lowest point.

This scroll was like the final spark that completely ignited it.

Its ice-blue eyes, radiating a cold aura, glared viciously at all the players.

Ghost Breath.

The monster opened its mouth, spewing out a dense stream of ghosts.

Within the continuously flowing ghost stream, countless claws and faces struggled and rolled, hideous and terrifying.

Like a river bursting its banks, it instantly submerged half the castle.

"Quick, dodge!"

All the players were horrified, not expecting the monster to have such a large-scale area-of-effect ultimate move.

They leaped up one after another, standing on high ground to avoid the incoming ghost aura.

Two players from the Cloud Alliance reacted a beat too slow and were directly submerged by the ghost stream; the ghost phantoms within extended countless claws, dragging them into the depths.

"Senior Kabuto!"

Naruto reached out to grab Yakushi Kabuto, who was nearly swallowed.

After Yakushi Kabuto steadied himself, he smiled gently: "As expected of Naruto, you will surely be able to become a powerful ninja in the future!"

"It's nothing like that!"

Naruto scratched the back of his head in embarrassment; this feeling of being acknowledged was truly great.

After becoming a player, the person he was closest to in the Samsara Game was Senior Kabuto, who was not only gentle and kind but had never mocked his dream of becoming Hokage and would even encourage him.

Yakushi Kabuto pushed up his glasses, his smile unchanged.

Lord Orochimaru had issued a new mission: to abduct Uzumaki Naruto without him realizing it.

The mission difficulty was extremely high.

However, the Chunin Exams would begin soon, and when Lord Orochimaru's Konoha Collapse Plan was launched, the entire Konohagakure would fall into chaos; he only needed Uzumaki Naruto to be kept in the dark while he took him away.

Mabui said with a grave expression: "Lord Mizukage, by acting so recklessly, are you trying to incite a war?"

"Oh?"

Terumi Mei did not show weakness, responding: "Does Kumogakure want to bring the grudges of the Samsara Game into reality?"

"Stop arguing for now."

"If we continue this infighting, although my Mist Alliance will suffer the greatest loss, don't think you will get any spoils either; group stealth items aren't cheap, do you all want to return empty-handed?"

"Join forces to hunt the monster, we can settle our grudges once we return to the Novice Village!"

The threat of the Ghost General remained, and a moment of carelessness could lead to death.

The Feixu Chengbao was filled with ghost streams; touching them would result in being bound, and one's health points would be continuously reduced by ghost claws.

The terrain was restrictive.

This caused the death rate of the players present to rise sharply, and Reward Points flowed continuously into Fang Yi's pocket.

The original solo operation of the Mist Alliance had now transformed into a siege battle against a ghost mini-boss by the first batch of top-tier technical players in the Samsara Game.

Naruto and Neji, this generation of new-age ninja, didn't feel much.

But Terumi Mei, Asuma, Samui, and the others fought very awkwardly.

They had all experienced the ninja world wars, where the Five Great Ninja Villages attacked each other; they had always fought as enemies and never imagined that one day they would be able to fight side-by-side.

Behind the screen,

The white-haired loli couldn't help but ask: "Master, you use levels to restrict the items available for purchase in the Game Mall; doing this will cause their growth speed to be too slow."

She was referring to the blonde, busty player Tsunade.

Despite having Reward Points, she was unable to purchase high-level equipment and items because her level was too low.

If the restrictions were lifted, the strength of the Tsunade player would soar, and Master would also be able to earn enough Reward Points.

A win-win situation.

"Do not put the cart before the horse."

Fang Yi looked at the white-haired loli, who was eating a pile of high-calorie food yet remained flat-chested, and poked her forehead lightly with his finger.

"Collecting Reward Points is the means, defeating the Pollution Source is the goal."

"Because of insufficient productivity, the purchasing power of the Ninja World is very weak, so most of the origin is concentrated on the ninjas. Lifting the purchasing restrictions will naturally create a group of powerful players in a short time."

"But we must have a long-term vision; once the Ghost General is successfully hunted, our Reward Points will be enough to open the New World."

Fang Yi already had a plan in his mind: spend 10,000 Reward Points to touch the coordinates of the New World.

The New World is vast, with countless islands and shipping routes.

Rare treasures, Famous Blades and sword techniques, and fruits that grant magical abilities when eaten...

The Navy and Pirates, the World Government and the Revolutionary Army.

This is a world completely different from the Ninja World; those who possess wealth within it do not necessarily possess the talent and power to fight against the Pollution Source.

Take the Celestial Dragons, for example; if the exchange restrictions were lifted, such parasites could definitely become the strongest pay-to-win players on the new server overnight.

Although paying to win is the strongest, they likely wouldn't even be able to exert one-tenth of their strength.

These pay-to-win cash cows... can only be used to collect funds in the short term and are of little use for anything major.

As all the top players hunted without sparing any effort, and after the flowing expenditure of Reward Points, the Ghost General's burly and massive body fell heavily to the ground.

"Lady Ghost Mage Sarina!"

At the final moment of its body dissipating, the monster let out an angry roar.

A pile of loot flickering with Blue Potential and Purple light appeared.

【Server Channel】

Mysterious Merchant: Congratulations to the Reincarnation Game Player for successfully hunting the Ghost General.

Game map 【Death Soul Mountain Range】 plot updated; the Boss Ghost Mage Sarina has sensed the General's death and will attack the Novice Village in 15 days.

Quest update: 【Repair Novice Village Wall】, 【Store Materials】, 【Explore Death Soul Mountain Range】...

Map update: Added special dungeon 【Feixu Chengbao】, game tickets can be purchased in the Game Mall, clear it to obtain a large amount of experience, with a probability of dropping low-quality 【Castle】 items.

(End of this chapter)