Chapter 430: Disciples' Coin Explosion

【Name: Hatake Kakashi】

【Life Mission: True power lies in protection】

【Main Objective: Protect one's comrades, protect everything one cares about】

【Mission Progress: 100% (Remaining triggers: 4)】

To Muyue's surprise, Kakashi's life mission progress directly maxed out, making him the first disciple to achieve full progress on a life mission.

However, considering that Kakashi's life mission only settles every 50%, Muyue thought it was reasonable.

【Disciple Hatake Kakashi burst out in a desperate situation and successfully protected his comrades, obtaining progress rewards — moderate amount of sword training experience, Lightning Nature Chakra Nature Transformation (Mastery level), Sword-related Skill Extraction Scroll (Mastery level)】

【Sword-related Skill Extraction Scroll: Guaranteed to produce a skill related to swords】

【Disciple Hatake Kakashi burst out in a desperate situation and successfully protected his comrades, obtaining progress rewards — Item Upgrade Scroll, Lightning Attribute Skill Extraction Scroll·S+ (Mastery level)】

【Item Upgrade Scroll: Can be used to upgrade a portion of the physical rewards granted by the system】

"So there are S+ level lottery scrolls." Looking at the reward for 100% progress, Muyue was somewhat surprised; it was the first time he had obtained a scroll of this level.

"Since there's S+, could there be SS or SSS?" Muyue wondered curiously.

Muyue thought it was still somewhat possible, after all, potential could reach double S.

But even if they exist, the difficulty of obtaining them must be extraordinary; otherwise, it wouldn't have taken so long to get just one S+ level extraction scroll.

Since he already had Mastery-level Lightning Nature Chakra Nature Transformation, the progress reward's Mastery-level Nature Transformation turned into 3,000 proficiency points, adding a lot of Lightning Release training experience to Muyue's mind.

After collecting the rewards, Kakashi's life mission progress returned to zero. Next, Muyue didn't rush to use the extraction scroll but instead looked at the life missions of other disciples; this time, more than just Kakashi's mission progress had changed.

【Name: Might Guy】

【Life Mission: Walk the path to becoming the strongest in taijutsu】

【Main Objective: Become a top-level ninja world powerhouse skilled in taijutsu, whether in strength or fame, make all ninja know that one can become strong even without being good at ninjutsu】

【Mission Progress: 28%】

Might Guy's mission progress increase was not as large as Kakashi's, but it was still a significant rise; not only did it trigger a settlement reward, but the next settlement was also close.

【Disciple Might Guy increased in strength and reputation, taking a small step on the road to the strongest taijutsu, obtaining progress rewards — Moderate Physical Enhancement, Fist and Foot Related Skill Extraction Scroll (Mastery level), Evening Elephant (Mastery level)】

Might Guy's progress rewards were also decent. Although the moderate physical enhancement wasn't very noticeable in terms of body improvement, horizontally comparing to Obito's 20% reward of only 1,400 chakra, it was reasonable. Moreover, rewards related to the body are harder to obtain than chakra.

The fist and foot related skill extraction scroll should be related to Might Guy's usual main taijutsu, just like Kakashi's reward was a sword-related extraction scroll.

Besides Kakashi and Might Guy, Obito's life mission progress also changed a bit, but the increase wasn't very significant and did not reach the threshold for a settlement reward. Muyue estimated that once news of this incident spread, it could increase a bit more, since fame can also increase one's chances of becoming Hokage.

Next, Muyue clicked on the Item Upgrade Scroll. The physical rewards he had obtained from the system were not many, but there were some. Most were consumables like kunai, shuriken, and training secret medicines, and then there were the black-rimmed glasses and the Six Paths Staff.

After clicking confirm to use it, an upgradable selection list appeared on the panel, with only three options: kunai, shuriken, and black-rimmed glasses.

After a moment's thought, Muyue used it on the black-rimmed glasses.

If he could have chosen the Six Paths Staff, he would definitely have chosen it. The Six Paths Staff is hard enough and also has the ability to destroy ninjutsu; it is the strongest weapon he currently possesses.

But compared to enhancing kunai and shuriken, enhancing the black-rimmed glasses was clearly better.

By analogy with the improvement magnitude of skill enhancement, enhancement does not directly cause a qualitative change; it only becomes stronger on the current basis.

Enhancing ordinary kunai and shuriken might end up with an effect that is no better than having a master ninja tool maker forge kunai and shuriken from good materials.

Although the black-rimmed glasses do not have attack capabilities, they are a special item with a special effect, allowing Muyue to use the Byakugan without any reservations.

【Item Upgrade Scroll used, black-rimmed glasses upgraded successfully】

【Black-rimmed Glasses: Can conceal major changes occurring throughout the body, enhance intellectual aura to a certain degree. Once worn, they will never fall off or be damaged unless the wearer takes them off voluntarily.】

"It changed from head to whole body. That makes using Transformation Jutsu much more convenient." Looking at the description of the enhanced black-rimmed glasses, Muyue showed a thoughtful expression.

For Muyue, the Transformation Jutsu is not really a combat skill, because Muyue's advantage over other ninja lies in his high-level powerful skills; his combat power is here.

Muyue has not yet seen anyone with a Perfect-level skill; the only one is Hiruzen Sarutobi who has a combination ninjutsu close to Perfect-level. But Muyue himself already has four Perfect-level skills: Fire Nature Chakra Nature Transformation, Busoshoku Haki, Thunder Breathing, and Water Breathing.

These skills of his not only have high proficiency but are also powerful means from other worlds localized to Naruto; he already has an information advantage even before the battle begins. Copying others' skills cannot effectively raise Muyue's strength ceiling.

After all, Transformation scanning is limited by one's own proficiency; abilities with too high proficiency cannot be fully scanned, and ninja with strong strength and abundant information consume extra chakra. It has too many drawbacks for a true same-level battle, and he is not specialized in just the Transformation skill alone.

Mu Yue only regarded Transformation as an auxiliary skill to enrich his means.

For example, the Secret Techniques of the Ino–Shika–Chō formation; if Mu Yue wanted to interrogate someone, he could transform into Yamanaka Inoichi, which was very convenient. Similarly, Tsunade's Medical Ninjutsu could greatly enhance Mu Yue's medical abilities.

After strengthening the black-rimmed glasses, Mu Yue thought of a new use for the Transformation skill: using transformed combat to mislead his potential enemies.

For instance, his Ice Release was actually not strong, still at the proficient level, but if he transformed into Minazuki Kan to fight, his Ice Release strength would be different. Those who knew his previous Ice Release level would think he had worked hard to train it and become that strong, creating the illusion that Mu Yue placed great importance on Ice Release—essentially feeding false intelligence.

In a situation where the enemy was hidden and he was visible, Mu Yue believed this new use of Transformation had some strategic significance.

Although he had held back a few tricks, his own information would inevitably be exposed to Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu because he was teaching his disciples.

Feeding false intelligence could cause Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu to form a mistaken understanding of him, making it easier for flaws to appear when they made plans targeting him.

After using the Item Enhancement Scroll, Mu Yue prepared to draw lots.

Before starting, Mu Yue washed his hands just like before—though it might not actually help, it made him feel more comfortable.

Mu Yue first used the Fist-and-Foot Related Skill Drawing Scroll dropped from Might Guy.

After clicking confirm, a huge roulette wheel appeared before Mu Yue, and he even saw some wuxia martial arts from his previous life inside.

【Fist-and-Foot Related Skill Drawing Scroll consumed. Obtained skill: Six Powers (Proficient Level)】

Once the pointer stabilized, a large amount of training experience related to the Six Powers appeared in Mu Yue's mind. However, it wasn't the original version from One Piece; it was localized to the ninja world and required chakra.

Although the system classified the Six Powers as a single skill, they were actually six taijutsu techniques: Shave, Iron Body, Paper Drawing, Moonwalk, Storm Leg, and Finger Gun.

Mu Yue had previously obtained the Shave technique at the Proficient level. Since its proficiency was average, he rarely used it in combat, but this time he got an upgrade.

However, when it came to the Body Flicker technique alone, Mu Yue still considered the Water Body Flicker Technique stronger, since the change in nature wasn't just for show.

But for someone like Might Guy, who found ninjutsu extremely difficult to learn, Shave was still a good choice. Moreover, with the Rock Breathing boost, Might Guy's taijutsu was stronger than ordinary taijutsu.

For Mu Yue, the greatest significance of the Six Powers was that they enhanced his disciples' anti-air capabilities. Although the Six Powers' Moonwalk didn't allow true flight, it did let a person walk briefly in the air.

【Sword-Related Skill Drawing Scroll consumed. Obtained skill: Flame Thunder God (Proficient Level)】

Flame Thunder God is a Lightning Breathing technique created by Agatsuma Zenitsu from Demon Slayer, combining other Lightning Breathing sword forms. It balances speed and power, and is also very stylish—quite an excellent move.

Finally, Mu Yue looked at the S+-rank Lightning Attribute Skill Drawing Scroll—the highest level drawing scroll he had obtained so far.

Without hesitating too long, Mu Yue quickly clicked to draw. No matter how good a drawing scroll was, it was useless if you didn't draw.

【Lightning Attribute Skill Drawing Scroll·S+ consumed. Obtained skill: One Mind, One Slash (Proficient Level)】

The moment the draw was complete, a massive amount of training experience flooded Mu Yue's mind—experience in various sword techniques and changes in Lightning nature transformation. The sheer volume made Mu Yue feel as if he had dedicated himself to training Lightning Release swordsmanship for a hundred years.

Not to mention the skill itself, Mu Yue was already very satisfied with the byproducts it brought. Not only had his experience in various sword techniques been maxed out, but his Lightning Release chakra nature transformation had also increased by another thousand points of proficiency.

Now, Mu Yue's Lightning Release chakra nature transformation proficiency had reached five thousand points. Although it still lagged slightly behind Proficient-level transformations like Wind and Water, which had benefited from system perks, it already surpassed the vast majority of shinobi in the ninja world.

After briefly organizing his memories, Mu Yue went to find Orochimaru.

Orochimaru was the field commander, the highest-ranked shinobi on the battlefield. Additionally, because of the Root connection, Mu Yue had to report this incident to Orochimaru.

"Orochimaru-sama, my disciple's team just had an encounter battle with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. With Might Duy's help, they killed one of the Seven, Samehada-wielding Fuguki Suikazan, and drove off the remaining members," Mu Yue said directly.

After a moment of surprise, Orochimaru showed a thoughtful expression. If he remembered correctly, the members of Mu Yue's disciple's team were all chūnin—and newly promoted ones at that—none of them older than ten.

As for Might Duy, Orochimaru didn't recognize him at all. But based on the surname, he could infer that this person was related to Might Guy.

Because of the earlier formation of the new team, Orochimaru had a slight impression of that squad. However, he truly hadn't expected them to have the strength to defeat the Seven Ninja Swordsmen—seven elite jōnin from Kirigakure assembled as a team.

"It seems a batch of remarkable geniuses has appeared in Konoha," Orochimaru praised.

Although it was highly improbable for a team of seven chūnin to defeat the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, Orochimaru still believed it, because the one reporting was Mu Yue.

Mu Yue had no reason to fabricate such a lie to fool him, unless Mu Yue was mentally unstable. But from Orochimaru's observation, Mu Yue was not only sane but also a very intelligent person.

"When the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were retreating, I arrived at the scene to block their escape. But at that moment, Minazuki Kan arrived with a Kirigakure team, covering the retreat of the injured Hōzuki Mangetsu and Kuriarare Kushimaru," Mu Yue continued his report.

Since he didn't intend to hide anything this time, he would describe the entire process.

"Minazuki Kan." Orochimaru's eyes flickered. That was no simple opponent. Combined with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, Mu Yue and his disciples had essentially fought a small-scale elite battle against Kirigakure.

"Aside from the retreating Hōzuki Mangetsu and Kuriarare Kushimaru, all other Kirigakure shinobi were killed by me on the spot. I seized five of the Seven Ninja Swords," Mu Yue stated his total results at the end.

Looking at Mu Yue's calm expression, Orochimaru felt a flicker of curiosity about the details of his combat process.

According to Mu Yue's report, the battle had just taken place, and there were no wounds on Mu Yue's body. That is to say, Mu Yue had killed Mizutsuki Kan, plus four members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and multiple Kirigakure shinobi without taking any injury.

Such combat power was somewhat beyond Orochimaru's expectations. His expectation for Mu Yue was simply to be able to defeat Mizutsuki Kan or Hozuki Zangetsu.

"Mu Yue-kun, you really gave me a big surprise." Orochimaru said with a faint smile at the corners of his mouth.

Although this sudden encounter battle would affect Orochimaru's plans for Kirigakure, overall it was a major achievement sufficient for Konohagakure's newspaper to publish a special issue. By simply adding a phrase such as "under Orochimaru's leadership," Orochimaru could gain considerable credit.

"I really want to discuss more specific details with you, Mu Yue-kun, but we need to urgently convene a strategy meeting." Orochimaru stood up.

This encounter battle had a considerable impact on the entire eastern battlefield of the Land of Fire. Kirigakure lost a powerful figure like Mizutsuki Kan and also lost five members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, which could be described as a heavy loss.

Under these circumstances, Orochimaru's bait strategy would be difficult to succeed, so Orochimaru needed to change the major battle plan and take the initiative to force Kirigakure to fight.