Chapter 486: Shattered Void (I)
[Because this template's combat power is balanced with the other templates in this world, the Savior title is temporarily inactive. Your rate of power growth is normal.]
[Match successful. In this parallel world, you are an unrivaled grandmaster of the sword, a once-in-five-hundred-years prodigy. In your original world, your sword aura swept across thirty thousand miles, one strike chilled nineteen provinces, and with a single call of "Sword, come," you shattered the void and left. What kind of change will someone like you bring to this world? Let's wait and see.]
[Current world exploration is at 32%. When exploration reaches 66.7%, you will gain access to the next map. Keep an eye on the version of yourself who is also a traveler.]
[If you die in this simulation, the game ends.]
[Note: Because this crossing is a hidden confrontation mode, you cannot freely choose the time. The location is random.]
[Note: The template character has strong subjective will. The alignment of Sword God · Zhou Ning is absolute neutrality. You cannot control the character's behavior in Rewind Mode.]
[Because your current simulation tendency is Lawful Neutral, this map will grant you an extra 10% in rewards.]
[Boarding time machine…1%…33%…65%…95%… swoosh… traversal complete.]
[This crossing includes a total of three template users. Once the other three are eliminated, the game ends.]
[Year 37, April 21. You arrive on a small island that appears completely ordinary. The wheel of history begins to turn.]
[After shattering the void in the game "Knight-Errant," you once crossed into other worlds along with the game panel itself, living through experiences like: a casual laugh sending forth the Flying Immortal Sword that toppled the first peak of Zhongnan; roaming north to Yue at dawn and reaching Cangwu by dusk, sleeves hiding the twin green snakes as your courage surged. But you always felt lonely because you could never find a worthy opponent. Yet this world seems different—because the moment you arrived, you sensed a crisis severe enough to be fatal. The so-called resonance between heaven and man, the harmony of yin and yang—this was a warning from the heavens.]
[What satisfied you most was that, as expected, the game panel followed you into this world as well—just without any players.]
[Year 37, April 21. After walking onto the street, you realize that this is no ordinary island. There is a medium-sized village here, surrounded on all sides by the sea, yet also full of peaks that rise and fall in layers. Mist coils everywhere, and the local customs are entirely different from the Central Lands.]
[In this village, almost everyone carries a straight-bladed short sword. Although most of them are only on par with Zhu Baokun in strength, the power inside their bodies feels completely unfamiliar to you—almost as if it's related to water.]
[Besides that, the village is filled with tower-like buildings, each marked with the character for water. And when you try to communicate, you're shocked to discover—TM you can't understand a single word! Nothing but indecipherable chirping.]
[As someone steeped in crossover culture, you can pretty much guess what's going on. You've traveled into the world of Naruto, haven't you? How interesting. This should be the Hidden Mist Village, located on the far eastern edge of the entire Naruto world. In the original manga, its presence wasn't exactly strong.]
Seeing this, Zhou Ning's eyes lit up. It seemed he really hadn't chosen wrong this time. He almost forgot that Sword God · Zhou Ning had originally been a modern traveler too, dragged by that sword-game system into the world of "Knight-Errant," so knowing Naruto's plot wasn't surprising. With that, his chances increased once again.
[You stroll through the streets of Hidden Mist, thinking about your next move. The power system of this world is completely different from your cultivation system, but one can always draw inspiration from another. The five elements—fire, wind, lightning, earth, water—wood overcomes wind, metal overcomes lightning. If you could integrate these concepts, your strength would surely rise even further.]
[Remembering the process of shattering the void back in "Knight-Errant," you smile. Let everything begin with challenging the strong! At the same time, you recall the deadly sensation you felt upon arriving here. You can only proceed step by step. Being cautious is not your style.]
[And just like in "Knight-Errant," your quest panel now displays another main quest: Shatter the Void.]
[The quest requires you to continually challenge the strong of this world and win, eventually reaching the realm of shattering the void. If you remember correctly, the strong ones in this world are all cunning schemers; among the strongest, you might not even win.]
[Year 37, April 22. Your greatest strength has always been acting as soon as you think of something. To be blunt, based on what you've seen of Hidden Mist's people, almost none of them can last even a single exchange against you. Language barrier or not, the sword is the best language.]
[You stand at the village gate, draw your sword, strike, and your form drifts like a blue dragon. In an instant, the tallest tower in the village collapses. It's like stirring up a hornet's nest—within moments, you're surrounded by a swarm of rushing ninja. Just like in the manga, Hidden Mist takes pride in passing down ninja blades. Everyone carries a short sword under two feet long. Funny thing is, when facing a land-bound sword immortal like you, not a single ninja sword dares leave its sheath. Even with all their strength, they can't pull them out.]
[You look around. Leading the charge is a young man with black hair and a scar under his left eye. His strength is considerable—he should be the Third Mizukage of this era. Although he barely manages to draw his blade, his swordsmanship… can only be described as atrocious. Behind him are seven people who should be the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, each with strength close to two hundred Zhu Baokuns.]
[With boredom written all over your face, you crook your finger. You can't even be bothered to say "Sword, come." All the ninjas' sheathed blades instantly soar into the sky, circling above in a vast formation, refusing to fall without your command. Under everyone's trembling gaze, just as you're about to draw your sword, the Third Mizukage suddenly collapses into a full prostration with a thud.]
[Just as the sword is the best language for communication, this action is the best language for surrender. The ninjas of Hidden Mist all become your personal prisoners.]
[Year 37, April 22 – Year 38, January 27. During this period, you live like a local tyrant in Hidden Mist, and you also learn enough of the language to communicate without issue. You learn that the Third Mizukage's name is Sugiura Ryohei, and that his strength ranks in the middle among the Five Kage, which disappoints you somewhat.]
[As for the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, several of them are strong enough to be worth noticing—Hozuki Suikazan, Jūzō Biwa, Kuriarare Kushimaru, and others. Their blades each have unique characteristics. Since they treat you so respectfully, you give them a little guidance, and their swordsmanship improves tremendously, leaving them deeply grateful.]
[In addition, you need less than three days to master Hidden Mist's Water Release techniques—mostly by simply spending experience to rank them up. But integrating them into your own cultivation method takes nearly half a year.]
[Simply put, your Longevity Art and the combined yin-yang energies of Nine Yin and Nine Yang are effectively equivalent to Yin Release and Yang Release within chakra. They share many similarities, and true energy and chakra also share many points in common. The difference lies in chakra being a fusion of physical and spiritual energy, while true energy is condensed from absorbed natural power. But for someone who has reached the realm of sensing heaven and man, the difference is minimal. After finishing your fusion of Water Release, you grow increasingly interested in other ninjutsu. You have a feeling that once you integrate all five elements into your cultivation method, it may mark the moment you shatter the void in this world.]
[Year 38, February 1. You decide to set out for the Land of Iron, west across the ocean. You decline the Third Mizukage's arranged ship and choose to cross the sea by sword-flight instead.]
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