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Konoha frontline base camp.
Inside the tent of the Special Operations Squad captain, Yoru sat cross-legged, his entire body sinking into stillness.
If anyone saw Yoru at this moment, they might even think something had happened to him.
Within the state of "Zen," Yoru continuously stimulated the devil inside his body. Compared to before, when he could only train his physical strength, the effects were far, far stronger.
Right now, Yoru had stabilized the eruption index of his magma at VEI-2. Every full-power attack could carry terrifying explosive force. That frightening energy was roughly equivalent to the detonation of one thousand tons of high explosives. Of course, in order to reach such terrifying power, it consumed an enormous amount of Yoru's stamina and chakra.
At present, Yoru could only unleash an all-out attack like that, combined with Armament Haki coating, about three times before reaching his physical limit.
This was currently Yoru's trump card.
As for its power, it could only be described as terrifying.
Naturally, Yoru would not use his strongest eruption index against every enemy he fought. Against ordinary small fry, a VEI-1 eruption index, equivalent to the detonation of one hundred tons of high explosives, was already more than enough.
Although actively stimulating the devil inside his body did not increase his power at a wildly explosive pace, compared to before—when he could only train his body and passively stimulate the devil inside him—it was already far, far better.
At the very least, Yoru could now feel the power of the magma devil within him constantly rising, and his control over the magma devil was also growing stronger and stronger.
Once he could completely master the magma devil inside his body, the opportunity for his Devil Fruit to awaken would arrive.
Hm?
Yoru suddenly opened his eyes. His originally deep gaze now carried intense surprise.
The temperature of his Magma Fruit was about to advance!
At this point, Fire Release ninjutsu performed by ordinary Jonin could no longer satisfy the advancement requirements of Yoru's magma temperature.
But on the battlefield, elite Jonin-level Fire Release ninjas were all major combat forces. They had been dispatched to the battlefield to carry out missions.
Even inside the base, it was impossible to have elite Jonin-level Fire Release ninjas help Yoru train at all times. After all, Fire Release elite Jonin were the main force on the battlefield. Keeping them constantly in a weakened state was no joke.
Because of this, it had already been a long time since Yoru had asked Fire Release ninjas to help him train the temperature of his magma.
However, today, while in the state of "Zen," Yoru had continuously stimulated the magma devil inside his body, and the temperature of his magma had finally reached its current bottleneck and begun to transform.
If Yoru had to rely on himself alone, this transformation process might take a very long time.
But this was the world of Naruto, a world that possessed the miraculous nature transformation known as Fire Release.
With the assistance of elite Jonin-level Fire Release ninjutsu, the speed of the magma's transformation could become extremely fast.
Yoru stood up and walked toward the command headquarters.
"Hm? You need elite Jonin proficient in fire-nature chakra transformation?"
Orochimaru looked at Yoru with some surprise. His snake-like eyes shifted slightly, and then, as if he had realized something, his tone fluctuated faintly as he asked, "Yoru, are you about to break through?"
The secret that Yoru's magma could evolve had been classified by Konoha as top secret.
After all, Yoru's magma ability was already terrifying enough. If it could still evolve, what kind of massive uproar would that cause?
Previously, the transformation of his magma had merely changed it from dark red to blood-red.
Although there was a difference, both were still red in the end, so the intelligence personnel of the other ninja villages had not connected the change in Yoru's magma to the possibility that it could evolve.
On top of that, Konoha had classified this information as an S-rank secret.
Only the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, knew this information. Aside from him, there were his two disciples, Tsunade Senju and Orochimaru. The final person was the former overall commander of the Land of Rain battlefield.
As for Tsunade, Yoru had told her himself. Otherwise, even Tsunade would not have known this secret.
Orochimaru had also only learned of this secret after becoming the overall commander of Konoha's frontline base. After all, Yoru's magma transformation required Orochimaru to dispatch ninjas proficient in Fire Release to assist him.
The same was true for Senju Senra. He had only learned of this secret when he previously served as the overall commander of the Land of Rain battlefield.
As for the Konoha ninjas who had helped Yoru transform, they were all diehard loyalists of the Hokage faction. Furthermore, with their eyesight, they were completely unable to tell that Yoru's magma could evolve.
Orochimaru understood clearly in his heart that Yoru was far too important to Konoha's current frontline battlefield.
Although they could not dispatch more than five elite Jonin proficient in Fire Release to cooperate with Yoru's training, at such an important moment as a breakthrough, even if Konoha had to exhaust all its strength, it had to help Yoru succeed.
Yoru was already this terrifying now. Once his ability transformed again, just how astonishing would he become?
Perhaps even among Kage-level experts, he would no longer be weak.
News that the Third Kazekage and the One-Tail Shukaku might join the war had been circulating on the Land of Rain battlefield all this time.
Orochimaru and Konoha's upper ranks were also uneasy. After all, the Third Kazekage's Magnet Release was far too terrifying.
The One-Tail Shukaku was also a monster on the level of a natural disaster.
At present, on Konoha's frontline battlefield, the only true Kage-level powerhouses were Yoru and Sakumo Hatake.
As for the Sannin, Jiraiya was not on the frontline battlefield to begin with, while Orochimaru and Tsunade had only faintly stepped into the Kage-level realm. For now, they could be called quasi-Kage, but they were still not true Kage-level experts.
Konoha naturally had other Kage-level powerhouses as well, but having to deal with both the Sunagakure and Iwagakure battlefields at the same time still left them somewhat stretched thin.
However, after growing through these days of war, Orochimaru and Tsunade were already close to breaking through this bottleneck and stepping into the true Kage-level realm.
When that time came, in terms of top-tier combat strength on the main battlefield, Konoha would surpass Sunagakure in return.
This was also Konoha's plan: once Orochimaru and Tsunade broke through to Kage level, they would launch a full-scale assault against Sunagakure.
At that time, even if the Third Kazekage and the One-Tail Shukaku entered the battlefield, Sunagakure would only have four Kage-level forces.
And Konoha would also have four Kage-level forces.
Konoha's upper ranks were still very confident in the strength of Yoru and Sakumo Hatake. They believed the two of them could handle the Third Kazekage and the One-Tail Shukaku.
As for the remaining Chiyo and Asakura Kira, they would be dealt with by Orochimaru and Tsunade.
In terms of the next tier of high-level combat power, Konoha held an absolute advantage.
This was Sunagakure's entire Kage-level force! Meanwhile, Konoha had not even mobilized its true foundation, yet could already completely deal with them. Moreover, Konoha's most terrifying strategic natural disaster—the Nine-Tails—had not entered the battlefield either.
The terror of the number one ninja village was revealed beyond doubt.
However, the stronger Yoru became, the more beneficial it naturally was for Konoha. Orochimaru immediately began checking which elite Jonin in the base camp had trained in fire-nature chakra transformation.
After making inquiries, he discovered that within the base camp, there were three elite Jonin who had trained in fire-nature chakra transformation and belonged to the Hokage faction.
Yoru silently thought it over. If it was three elite Jonin, it should barely be enough.
After receiving his confirmation, Orochimaru quickly ordered someone to summon those three people to the tent.
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