Chapter 227: Six Paths Staff

【You gifted the disciple a finely crafted kunai of your own making, and the disciple was extremely grateful, triggering reward critical hit. The reward obtained is the Six Paths Staff.】

This time, the reward somewhat surprised Muyue—it wasn't a skill, but a physical item.

He didn't have much experience with polearms, but Muyue felt that as long as the weapon was tough enough and he was strong enough, basic use shouldn't be a problem.

He sensed this weapon couldn't be too bad, since Obito's mood had already been very high just now. If not for the fact that they had already experienced one peak earlier, a perfect-grade reward would have been easily triggered today.

"Blow out the candles and make a wish." Muyue smiled and patted Obito's head as he spoke.

"Mm-hmm!" Obito nodded in response, quietly wiping away the mist in his eyes, then walked over to the cake.

Obito pressed his palms together, closed his eyes, and silently recited in his heart: "If my wish can really come true, then I wish to realize my ten wishes."

"The first wish is for this happy life to last until the end of my life. The second is for Grandma to have a long and healthy life. The third is to become the kind of person Rin admires. The fourth..."

Just as Obito was wondering whether his tenth wish should be for ten more wishes or a hundred more, he noticed he had been wishing for quite a while.

"Then let my tenth wish be that all the previous wishes come true!" After silently reciting this in his heart, Obito smiled and opened his eyes.

"I've made my wish; everyone, let's eat the cake." Obito said happily after opening his eyes.

"It seems you were very serious about your wish, Obito. You must have thought about it for a long time before deciding." Nohara Rin said with a soft smile.

"Hehe, it's nothing much." Obito chuckled and scratched his head. He hadn't been thinking the whole time—he had actually been continuously making wishes.

"Obito really has a reliable teacher and some good friends." Obito's grandmother, watching the friendly scene, showed a heartfelt smile.

Because she had raised Obito alone, she had always worried about his growth. She didn't expect him to become an outstanding or famous ninja; she only hoped he could grow up happily. If she could hold a great-grandchild before she died, that would be even better.

Since Obito's grandmother was present, the birthday party ended a bit early to avoid disturbing the elderly lady's rest.

After the party broke up, Muyue went to the forest alone to test the quality of his newly acquired weapon.

With a thought from Muyue, a black staff appeared in his hand. This kind of physical item rewarded by the system could be taken out and used at any time from the system space.

Muyue took a few glances at this so-called Six Paths Staff.

The staff body was very plain—just a black rod. The two ends of the staff had different designs: one side was a moon, and the other side was a sun.

Muyue first tested the hardness of the Six Paths Staff. He focused his breathing and, in the state of Rock Breathing Total Concentration, burst out power and used Finger Gun against the Six Paths Staff.

Boom!

The ground beside the Six Paths Staff directly cracked open, but the staff itself showed not a single crack, no different from when Muyue first took it out.

Seeing the Six Paths Staff completely unscathed, Muyue increased his strength, opening the Third Gate of the Eight Gates, and simultaneously activating the Rock Breathing Mark.

At this moment, the aura around Muyue had become extremely terrifying. The airflow caused by his aura made the leaves rustle loudly.

"Armament Haki Finger Gun!" Finally, Muyue used Armament Haki, his entire body covered in pitch-black Armament Haki, and he stabbed toward the Six Paths Staff.

Rumble!!

An explosion rang out. The ground for dozens of meters around Muyue collapsed, a large amount of dust continuously rose, and the big trees near Muyue were also flattened by the shockwave.

After delivering that finger strike, Muyue quickly deactivated the Eight Gates and the Mark mode, using Wind Release to blow away the yellow dust.

The dust cleared, and the pure black Six Paths Staff came into Muyue's view. It still showed no damage whatsoever; the strike he had just delivered hadn't even left a white mark on its surface.

Muyue was very satisfied with the hardness of the Six Paths Staff.

Although that strike just now wasn't his absolute limit, it had still used a considerable amount of power. The shockwave from a single finger strike could destroy dozens of meters of ground, showing how powerful that strike was. Yet such formidable force couldn't leave a single trace on the Six Paths Staff—one can imagine how hard it is.

Muyue actually wanted to try using Thunder Breathing Mark plus Armament Haki consuming thirty-five thousand chakra to see if he could leave a mark on the Six Paths Staff, but after thinking it over, he decided against it. Using too much chakra made him feel insecure, and the commotion would be too big.

Next, Muyue tested the chakra conductivity of the Six Paths Staff. He injected Lightning Release chakra into it. Although he could feel chakra inside, no lightning appeared on the outside of the staff. Then he tried injecting Fire Release chakra, and no flame appeared either.

This was a strange phenomenon. However, the lack of special effects didn't necessarily mean no enhancement. Muyue compared the changes in the Six Paths Staff without injecting chakra and with chakra injected.

The pit made by the Six Paths Staff with chakra injected was much larger than without. The more chakra injected, the greater the destructive power. Muyue could only say this was another chakra guzzler.

Muyue proceeded to the next test. During his previous tests, he had inadvertently discovered that the Six Paths Staff with chakra injected had a very strong characteristic. To verify his idea, Muyue created a Shadow Clone and had the clone cooperate in the test.

"Lightning Release: False Darkness!"

The Shadow Clone gathered chakra in its throat and spat out an extremely concentrated lightning spear at Muyue.

False Darkness has two attack modes: one is to concentrate on a single point for attack, suitable for when you are confident of hitting; the other is to have the lightning sweep over a wide area, which greatly reduces power but increases range.

The original wanted to test the weapon's strength, so the Shadow Clone naturally chose the more powerful concentrated lightning.

Mu Yue held the Six Paths Staff in his right hand, spun it around playfully, injected a large amount of chakra into it, and then quickly struck it against the incoming lightning.

The originally terrifying lightning instantly lost its momentum upon contact with the Six Paths Staff and was directly dispersed by its strike.

Then the Armament Haki that the Shadow Clone had used by consuming most of its chakra was also directly broken through under the strike of Mu Yue's chakra-infused Six Paths Staff. After being hit, the Shadow Clone dissipated into white smoke.

"Could this Six Paths Staff be something transformed from a Truth-Seeking Ball?" Mu Yue showed a thoughtful expression.

The biggest characteristic of Truth-Seeking Balls is that they can ignore ninjutsu, and the Six Paths Staff rewarded by the system can also break ninjutsu, which fits this characteristic well.

But upon careful thought, Mu Yue felt there was a problem. If it were a Truth-Seeking Ball, the Shadow Clone should have disappeared immediately upon contact, rather than requiring him to inject chakra for that effect.

For this, Mu Yue specially released a Shadow Clone to try it out. He touched the Shadow Clone with the Six Paths Staff, and nothing happened. Without injecting chakra, the staff was just an extremely hard fire poker with no special abilities.

Mu Yue soon stopped worrying about this issue. It didn't matter whether it transformed from a Truth-Seeking Ball; the important thing was that this Six Paths Staff was both hard and strong, much stronger than a high-purity chakra blade.

A high-purity chakra blade only has the effect of extending the blade edge, while the Six Paths Staff rewarded by the system can directly dissipate ninjutsu when injected with chakra.

Mu Yue thought the only problem with the Six Paths Staff was its appearance—too unique, not low-key enough.

This thing is exactly the same as the weapon in the hand of the Six Paths Sage in the paintings passed down. If he actually used this to fight and showed overwhelming power, rumors of the Six Paths Sage's reincarnation might really appear.

Mu Yue put the Six Paths Staff back into the system space. It was indeed a very strong weapon, promising for the future, but hard to use now.

His strength was already considerable; he could deal with most ninjas without using a weapon. As for the remaining ones, except for tough guys like the Third Raikage who excel at Lightning Release ninja body techniques, his own output was already sufficient.

Using chakra to enhance a weapon is not as good as keeping some chakra spare in case of accidents. After all, the ninja world is not a place for honorable duels; it has always been about killing the opponent by any means necessary.

After testing, Mu Yue used Earth Release to flatten the ground, but there was no way to deal with the fallen trees. He hadn't learned Wood Release yet. Fortunately, the forest was vast, and the trees he had consumed during training were just a drop in the bucket.

Today's condition is very bad. Probably not much (will be written). I haven't been able to adjust my sleep schedule, very worried.