ACSP: Chapter 76: The God-tier Damage Immunity Skill [Kamui], the God-tier Crowd Control Skill [Shadow Possession Jutsu]!
Hearing this from City Lord Li Hongfei, not only Jiang Chen but also Li Yanran and the others were all stunned.
They remembered that everything was normal when the City Lord's Mansion took back that secret realm before.
How could there suddenly be a problem now?
"Dad, what exactly happened to that secret realm? Why don't I know about it?" Li Yanran asked curiously.
Jiang Chen and the others also cast their gazes toward City Lord Li Hongfei.
City Lord Li Hongfei said in a deep voice, "I haven't been to that secret realm, so I'm not very clear about the specific situation, but I heard from those who have been there that the mission mode of that secret realm has completely changed from before..."
"What? The mission mode changed?"
"How is that possible?"
Everyone was startled upon hearing this.
The mission mode inside a secret realm could actually be changed; this was the first time they had ever heard of such a thing.
Seeing that everyone was so interested in this secret realm, City Lord Li Hongfei recounted what he knew.
It turned out that the secret realm initially only had [Simple] and [Difficult] modes, and the secret realm missions were very easy.
A secret realm team only needed to enter a map named [Forest of Death], snatch the mission items from some indigenous people who were similar to NPCs, and take those items to the building in the center of the forest.
The difficulty of the secret realm depended on the enemies the team encountered along the way.
In Simple mode, they only encountered a group of low-strength Genin.
Difficult mode would randomly bump into a few people with special secret techniques, such as the young Gaara.
But for some reason, a few days ago, a [Hell] difficulty option suddenly appeared in that secret realm.
Moreover, after entering the secret realm, the enemies encountered were not all those indigenous people who were like NPCs. Some secret realm teams from other regions would be mixed in. Sometimes, one would even encounter foreign secret realm teams.
Simply put, before, when you entered that secret realm, you were playing in single-player mode. But now, it had directly become an online mode.
What was even more outrageous was that if you chose the Hell difficulty, then after you gathered the mission items and headed to the designated location, the secret realm mission would trigger a follow-up side quest—[Arena Combat]!
At that time, all the teams would be teleported to a massive indoor arena, where they would draw lots for duels. In the end, only one secret realm team could clear the level.
During this time, some powerful indigenous contestants would also appear randomly.
After listening to City Lord Li Hongfei's account, Li Yanran and the others were all stunned.
They never dreamed that the secret realm would actually become like this.
Secret realm teams from all over the world would appear in the same secret realm space and become each other's opponents. This was just too unbelievable.
Among everyone, only Jiang Chen's state of mind remained completely calm.
Snatching the Heaven and Earth scrolls in the Forest of Death, and then participating in the Arena Combat. Wasn't this just the plot template of the Konoha Chunin Exams?
At this moment, City Lord Li Hongfei continued, "Although the changes to this secret realm have increased the mission difficulty, it shouldn't be much of a problem for you, Jiang Chen. However, my advice is that you should try the Difficult-level secret realm first and not be in such a rush to attempt the Hell-level difficulty."
Jiang Chen's gaze narrowed slightly. "Why?"
City Lord Li Hongfei explained with a grave expression, "The video of you fighting the Three-Tails by the sea has already been exposed online. If other secret realm teams know they are in the same secret realm space as you, they will definitely join forces to target you. By then, you will be beset on all sides."
Li Yanran laughed upon hearing this. "Dad, aren't you worrying too much? Jiang Chen has even defeated a level 94 Kage-level Contractor; would he really be afraid of those teams in an intermediate secret realm?"
Wang Shanshan and the others also nodded silently.
They had all witnessed Jiang Chen's strength before. He wasn't even afraid of a level 94 Kage-level Contractor. And the teams in the intermediate secret realm were all below level 50. It would be good enough if Jiang Chen didn't sweep the entire map after entering. How could those people possibly come to look for trouble with him?
However, facing the skepticism of Li Yanran and the others, City Lord Li Hongfei's expression remained grave.
"There is always someone better, and there is always a heaven beyond heaven. Jiang Chen's raw strength is indeed formidable; I admit that. But don't forget that secret techniques exist in this world. Some secret techniques might not have much destructive power, but they have extremely strong advantages in other aspects, such as crowd control or damage immunity."
"Damage immunity?" Hearing City Lord Li Hongfei's reminder, Wang Shanshan suddenly remembered something.
She frowned and said, "Speaking of damage immunity secret techniques, I remember that a guy seemed to have appeared in Modu last year. He could freely switch his body between physical and illusory states, thereby immunizing himself against all physical attacks and skill damage. That incident even caused quite a stir online at the time."
Lin Ye added, "I've heard of this too. It is said that the guy contracted a Chunin. I reckon that must have been a hidden character, otherwise, how could a Chunin have such a perverted damage immunity secret technique?"
A Chunin? Able to switch his body back and forth between physical and illusory states? Wasn't that [Kamui]?
Listening to Wang Shanshan and the others, Jiang Chen instantly guessed who the contracted character of the person they were talking about was. Uchiha Obito!
Although Kakashi Hatake also possessed double Kamui during the Fourth Great Ninja War, according to the contract conversion ratio of this world, the person who contracted Kakashi Hatake would likely need to raise their level to 100 to unlock double Kamui. Besides, Kakashi Hatake was already an Elite Jonin during the Fourth Great Ninja War, not some Chunin.
"Hmm, it seems you finally understand what I mean."
City Lord Li Hongfei looked at Wang Shanshan and the others and nodded with satisfaction, then continued: "Actually, besides that secret technique that can grant immunity to all damage, I've heard that some people can manipulate shadows to forcibly control their opponents. Their control ability is even more perverse than God King Tang's Blue Silver Bind."
God King Tang?
Hearing those three words, Wang Shanshan looked at City Lord Li Hongfei in surprise and said in disbelief, "City Lord, I didn't expect you to have watched that anime?"
City Lord Li Hongfei stroked his stubble: "I watched a few episodes back when I had some free time. To be honest, that anime was well-made; the special effects and BGM were impeccable. It's just that I didn't really like the protagonist's character design—he's too much of a hypocrite."
Everyone looked at each other and smiled.
They didn't expect City Lord Li Hongfei to hit the nail on the head and directly state the essence of that anime.
This didn't sound like someone who had only watched a few episodes.
Jiang Chen wasn't interested in that so-called God King Tang, but he knew exactly who the shadow manipulators City Lord Li Hongfei was talking about were.
The Nara Clan.
Those guys' [Shadow Possession Jutsu] was indeed quite troublesome.
It seemed City Lord Li Hongfei's concerns weren't without reason.
To avoid encountering a Contractor from the Nara Clan in the future,
he had to make some preparations in advance.
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