[Experience +1,878]
"Gained 3,345 chakra."
Above Hyuga Arin's head, corresponding blue and red bars appeared as well.
His HP hadn't dropped at all. Everyone here had only 100 HP—after all, they were ordinary humans, not true game characters with absurdly thick health pools.
However, his original seven thousand chakra directly broke past the ten-thousand mark.
This chakra boost was temporary. Within the game dungeon, his upper limit was increased, but once the dungeon ended, all of it would be absorbed into the dungeon itself.
He weighed the kunai in his hand.
The first kunai he threw had only one purpose—to break the restriction that prevented enemies from being killed in a single strike.
When restrictions were imposed on the "monsters," restrictions were also imposed on Hyuga Arin himself.
Restriction and Oath.
That was the true reason the game dungeon could exist. There were even more complex mechanisms behind it—if Hyuga Arin had to design it himself, he could never have completed it.
Using the same tactic, Hyuga Arin proceeded to snipe the remaining six chūnin one by one with kunai.
Three of them offered almost no resistance and died at his hands.
[Experience +1,789]
[Experience +1,987]
[Experience +1,878]
A total of six kunai were used.
There were still two others who, despite having only chūnin-level chakra, were actually special jōnin. They dodged two of Hyuga Arin's kunai shots.
Once freed from their restrictions, they attempted to help their teammates—but Hyuga Arin's kunai were faster than they were.
The third strike for each of them was a Long-Range Fire Dragon Strike.
To avoid prematurely freeing the remaining jōnin, Hyuga Arin deliberately reduced the area of effect, yet the power was even greater.
Both of them reacted similarly. The instant the fireball rushed in, they chose to dodge—
But Hyuga Arin could detonate it directly.
The two remaining special jōnin were killed on the spot.
[Experience +5,647]
[Experience +5,785]
Now—
Only five jōnin remained.
That was the real main event.
"Now this is the real deal."
"Pulling the boss." Hyuga Arin drew his Dark Battle Blade.
The five jōnin were already on guard against his Long-Range Fire Dragon Strike. Achieving a one-hit kill now would be extremely difficult.
So this time, he planned to go all out.
After all, this was his first time using his Awakening Skill.
There was no way he could afford to fail.
In truth, even if he failed, there wouldn't be time for regret.
His figure flickered, appearing just outside one jōnin's attack range.
Because the game dungeon was saturated with Hyuga Arin's chakra, he could use that chakra directly for the Substitution Technique—he no longer needed kunai or shuriken as anchors.
At its core, his Substitution Technique was simply chakra replacement.
In a sense, this was another bug of the game dungeon.
The jōnin immediately threw shuriken at him, but the moment they crossed the boundary of the circle beneath his feet, they lost all momentum and fell to the ground.
"So it really doesn't work…" The jōnin frowned deeply as he stared at Hyuga Arin.
The two of them were clearly close, yet he couldn't attack the other party at all.
This was the first time he had ever encountered something like this.
"Then it's my turn!!"
Hyuga Arin kicked off the ground, his figure vanishing instantly.
He reappeared behind the jōnin and slashed downward—
But only a body of mud was cut in half.
Earth Clone Technique.
A pair of hands suddenly stretched out from the ground, trying to grab Hyuga Arin's ankle. He leapt lightly, evading them with ease.
Blue flames ignited across his body.
His ears sharpened, and blue fire burned atop his black hair like a pair of horns.
"Fire Release: Great Blaze Technique!!"
Hyuga Arin inhaled deeply and spewed violent blue flames toward the ground.
The earth was instantly scorched into soft mud. The Iwa ninja within disappeared at once, but explosive tags hidden inside the soil lit up.
"Damn it!"
Hyuga Arin vanished instantly.
A technique he often used—
Now someone had used it on him.
Truly, karma came full circle.
"BOOM!!!"
A violent explosion hurled mud and debris into the air.
The moment Hyuga Arin reappeared and landed, the Iwa jōnin burst out from the ground, staring at him with an icy expression.
His hands formed the final seal.
"Earth Release: Earth–Stone Dragon!"
Rock and soil surged together, transforming into a majestic dragon that charged straight at Hyuga Arin.
"Perfect." Hyuga Arin grinned.
Violent blue flames erupted from his Dark Battle Blade.
His body expanded slightly, leaving faint afterimages behind him.
Transformation Technique.
Clone Technique.
Demon Back.
Nen ability.
Unknowing Fire.
Five abilities layered onto his body at once.
He kicked off the ground and charged straight toward the Earth–Stone Dragon.
The stone dragon swallowed Hyuga Arin whole.
Once inside its body, the constantly grinding rocks should have reduced him to dust.
But—
Blue light burst out from within the stone dragon.
Cracks rapidly spread across its body, blue flames leaking through them.
"BOOM!!"
The Earth–Stone Dragon shattered into countless fragments, crashing to the ground.
Hyuga Arin infused chakra into the air beneath his feet. Using Nen, he temporarily stood suspended in midair.
He looked down at the stunned Iwa jōnin below.
"Taijutsu–ninjutsu fusion?"
"Something like that." Hyuga Arin's voice suddenly sounded from behind him.
The Iwa jōnin vanished instantly.
Earth Instant Movement.
Yet Hyuga Arin's voice clung to him like a shadow.
"I've realized something—I'm actually pretty strong now. If it's just a single jōnin, you're not my opponent at all."
The Iwa jōnin's pupils shrank.
He had even used a clone as a decoy—he couldn't understand how Hyuga Arin had followed him so precisely and found his real body.
There was no time left to think.
A flaming slash cut cleanly across the Iwa jōnin's neck.
Under the Byakugan's lock, any clone technique was meaningless—Hyuga Arin had always been tracking the real body.
The jōnin's head fell to the ground.
[Experience +18,797]
"Chakra: 24,587."
Hyuga Arin turned toward the second jōnin, baring his teeth in a grin.
At this point, he was a genuine jōnin himself.
As long as elite jōnin weren't deployed, one or two ordinary jōnin were no match for him.
"Especially when my chakra is this abundant."
His chakra pool had now reached a staggering thirty thousand, and the game dungeon was continuously restoring it.
"At this point—even an elite jōnin wouldn't be my opponent!!"
Hyuga Arin had never been this arrogant before.
This confidence came from the explosive expansion of his chakra reserves. His max-level ninjutsu had always been powerful—but limited chakra had prevented him from unleashing their true potential.
Now that chakra was no longer a concern—
This was his strongest state.
He no longer needed to worry about consumption at all.
He leapt high into the air, drew in a deep breath, and exhaled violently downward.
"Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Technique!"
Four fire dragons burst from his mouth at once, charging in four different directions.
"All of you—come at me together!!!"
"BOOM!"
"BOOM!"
"BOOM!"
"BOOM!"
Four pillars of fire erupted instantly—
And four figures charged straight toward the falling Hyuga Arin.
This time—
Hyuga Arin was taking on four jōnin at once.
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