Chapter 85: The First Inheritance Reaches 100%
Boom!
The entire forest shook violently.
Dust and shattered stone rose into the air as a massive shockwave tore through the woodland. Within a radius of more than three hundred meters, dead trees collapsed one after another like dominoes. Some snapped in half, while others were uprooted entirely.
From a distance, the dark-red slash looked like a raging tsunami sweeping across the forest.
The four masked monsters caught within the attack were thrown backward together with their owner.
Cracks began spreading across their masks.
At first they were only thin lines.
Then the fractures widened.
Within seconds, the masks shattered like fragile mirrors.
Fragments scattered across the battlefield before being crushed into powder by the violent airflow, disappearing into the air.
The terrifying impact frightened away every bird and beast in the surrounding forest.
Far away, members of Team 8 and Team 10 who had moved to another battlefield felt the shock.
But when they saw the familiar crimson light cutting through the sky, they relaxed.
They knew who had caused it.
The vibration lasted nearly a full minute.
When the dust slowly settled several minutes later, a figure stood quietly in the clearing.
Ryuzen looked calmly at the smoke-filled battlefield.
Inside his mind, notifications sounded one after another.
[You killed the "Wind Mask Monster" and gained 0.9% experience]
[You killed the "Water Mask Monster" and gained 0.9% experience]
[You killed the "Lightning Mask Monster" and gained 0.9% experience]
[You killed the "Fire Mask Monster" and gained 0.9% experience]
[Your "Eagle Eye" inheritance template has reached 99.94%]
Ryuzen raised an eyebrow slightly.
He hadn't expected those mask creatures to grant experience.
But after a moment of thought, it made sense.
Those masks were actually hearts taken from other people.
In a way, they were living entities.
Each of them possessed chakra nature transformation at least at a jōnin level.
Receiving experience from destroying them was perfectly reasonable.
What caught Ryuzen's attention most was the final number.
99.94%.
Less than one percent remained.
The inheritance of Dracule Mihawk—the world's strongest swordsman—was about to be fully unlocked.
Soon, the next change in the system would appear.
Would a second inheritance begin?
Ryuzen's anticipation grew.
At that moment, the dust finally cleared.
His perception immediately locked onto a faint presence.
In the next instant, Ryuzen disappeared.
He reappeared more than a hundred meters away.
There lay Kakuzu.
The Akatsuki member lay on the ground with his upper body exposed. His body was covered with deep cuts carved by sword energy.
Sword energy was essentially compressed air shaped by a slash.
When struck directly, the distorted airflow crushed the body violently.
Weak bodies would be torn apart instantly.
Even those strong enough to endure it would suffer severe internal injuries.
Kakuzu had survived the attack.
But it was obvious that he was barely holding on.
This was the first time Ryuzen had used the great swordsman's long-range slash in an actual battle.
Compared with ordinary sword attacks, the sweeping slash of a great swordsman was a devastating large-scale technique.
Its destructive force surpassed most high-level ninjutsu.
Looking at the barely breathing Kakuzu, Ryuzen showed no hesitation.
He stepped forward.
His sword thrust directly into Kakuzu's heart.
Another notification sounded immediately.
[You killed "Kakuzu" and gained 2.30% experience]
[Your "Eagle Eye" inheritance template has reached 100%]
A new voice echoed within his mind.
"Ding! You have successfully unlocked the first inheritance template to 100%."
"The spiritual world of Dracule Mihawk will disappear in fifteen days."
"A new inheritance template is being generated. Please wait patiently."
"Ding! Congratulations on completing the first inheritance. A special reward will be distributed in fifteen days."
Ryuzen paused.
The notifications continued ringing in his mind like the reward prompts he had received when the system first appeared years ago.
But the vague wording made him feel strangely impatient.
The system seemed to deliberately keep him waiting.
Still, the information confirmed his earlier guess.
After completing Mihawk's inheritance—
A second inheritance template would appear.
Ryuzen murmured softly.
"I wonder what the next inheritance will be…"
After a moment, he forced himself to stop thinking about it.
The more one anticipated something, the slower time seemed to pass.
If he simply let things happen naturally, fifteen days would arrive quickly enough.
He pulled his sword from Kakuzu's chest and wiped the blade clean before sheathing it.
Then he walked toward the direction where the others had gone.
The Revenge Completed
Ryuzen's battle plan had actually been simple.
First, use the Nara clan's Shadow Possession Technique to immobilize Hidan.
Then Ryuzen would sever Hidan's arms instantly.
Without his weapon and arms, Hidan's curse ritual could not be activated.
Ino Yamanaka and Choji Akimichi would take the severed arms away so Kakuzu could not reattach them.
An immortal body without the ability to draw blood was meaningless.
Even if Hidan survived, Shikamaru Nara could deal with him easily.
Once Kakuzu died—
The revenge mission would be complete.
When Ryuzen arrived at the edge of another forest, several figures emerged from the trees.
Hinata and Shino Aburame were completely unharmed.
The three members of Team 10, however, were covered in blood.
Fortunately, none of it belonged to them.
Instead, their faces carried the satisfied expressions of vengeance fulfilled.
Seeing that Ryuzen had returned unharmed, Shikamaru walked forward.
He extended his fist toward him.
Ryuzen raised his hand.
Their fists met.
Then their fingers locked together firmly.
The revenge for their teacher—
Had finally been completed.
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