Konoha's Hextech Ninja

Even if all the skilled ninjas in the world were gathered in Konoha, and with ample funding, strong military support, and all the right timing, location, and people, it would still take at least a whole generation.

Even Yagami Yoruichi was mentally prepared to spend a much longer time changing the ninja world.

After all, systems and customs that have been passed down for thousands of years are not so easy to break.

On the contrary, strength is more important to Yagami Yoruichi at the moment.

The sooner Yagami Yoruichi breaks through the bottleneck of the Six Paths level and enters the Six Paths level, the sooner she can continue to start the 'attribute cycle growth', and the sooner her strength will reach an invincible level on this planet.

Once you have enough strength, many obstacles that were originally very difficult to overcome will become very easy to deal with.

Strength cannot determine everything, but often, sufficient strength can reduce the difficulty of solving problems by many times.

The power company established by Konoha Village, with the support of Nishimura's business acumen and the village's strong financial and military resources, began to develop rapidly, gradually taking over the Land of Fire's power market.

It's not that they haven't encountered any troubles, but troubles within the rules are handled by Nishimura and the team he personally selected.

And troubles outside the rules are no longer considered troubles in the face of Konoha's Anbu.

This is, after all, the Land of Fire. Konoha's ANBU has the strongest control over the Land of Fire. Even if the ace squads from other ninja villages come, they will find it difficult to deal with Konoha's ANBU ninjas on Konoha's home turf.

Although there were many 'twists and turns' in the process of the power company's development, these minor problems never reached Yoruichi Yagami and were easily resolved.

While the power company was developing rapidly, Yagami Yoruichi's attributes had not changed for a long time.

However, as the proficiency of each ninjutsu and skill was increased, the speed at which his strength improved was not slow.

After all, the same ninjutsu can be used in battle at the 'proficient' level, but the effect it produces is completely different from that of the master, grandmaster, or even the 'perfect' level.

Over the course of several months, Yagami Yoruichi intensively practiced his skill proficiency, especially the three heroes whose templates had been changed, totaling twelve skills. These were Yagami Yoruichi's top priority in practicing to the "Perfect" level.

The first to complete the task was Ryze, the first hero for which Yoruichi Yagami obtained the template.

When the last [Mirror Leap] skill reached the [Perfect] rating, a system notification suddenly popped up.

[Ryze, the Rune Mage, has reached the maximum proficiency level for all his skills.]

[The Hero-Specific Quest Series: World Runes is now available!]

[Upon completion of all quests in this series, the champion template 'Ryze the Rune Mage' will be upgraded to 'Ryze the Rune Force'!]

Chapter 210 An insanely difficult mission, Fire Man Bland

Upon seeing this system notification, Yagami Yoruichi was stunned.

The sudden and overwhelming joy left Yagami Yoruichi feeling somewhat dizzy.

Once this series of quests is completed, the original template 'Rune Mage - Ryze', which had a maximum limit of [Transcendent], can be upgraded to the template 'Rune Power - Ryze', which has a maximum limit of [God-level].

However, after carefully examining the missions, Yoruichi Yagami discovered that the difficulty of this series of missions was far greater than she had imagined.

[Quest Series - World Runes: This quest series will unlock a limited-time, regional instance. If you fail to complete the challenge within the time limit, the instance will be reset. You can exit the instance at any time during the process; if you die within the instance, your real-world soul will also perish.]

[World Rune - Inspiration: Defeat the projection of 'Brand the Vengeful Spirit' and seize the 'World Rune - Inspiration' from its hands.]

[Note: In this instance, all abilities except 'Fire' are disabled.]

[World Rune - Sorcery: Enter Ionia and search for the World Rune - Sorcery.]

[Note: In this instance, all abilities except for the 'Ionia Hero Template' will be disabled.]

[World Rune - Resolve: Enter the Blessed Isles (Shadow Isles) to find the World Rune - Resolve.]

[Note: In this instance, all abilities except 'Dark Attribute' and 'Soul Power' are disabled.]

[World Rune - Precision: Enter Freljord and find the World Rune - Precision.]

[Note: In this instance, 'ice' attribute abilities will be significantly enhanced, while other attribute abilities will be significantly weakened.]

[World Rune - Overlord: Enter the Void and find the World Rune - Overlord.]

[Note: This instance will be continuously corroded by the void. If the corrosion becomes too severe, there is a risk of being assimilated by the void.]

Of the five World Runes, apart from 'World Rune - Inspiration' which is confirmed to have fallen into the hands of Brand, the other four runes correspond to a vast region in the League of Legends world.

The system's series of tasks only provided a few hints.

In the worst-case scenario, it might be necessary to defeat all the powerful forces in the area in order to find clues about the runes.

Even the weakest of them, Ionia, has several 'god-level' combatants.

The strongest void even possesses a vast consciousness that makes the Dragon King wary.

Not to mention, each dungeon, depending on its difficulty, will impose certain limitations on Yoruichi Yagami's own strength.

Some can only use a certain type of attribute, while others will have their strength suppressed, and so on.

The most outrageous quest, [World Rune - Sorcery], restricts access to the abilities of only 'Ionia Heroes'.

From this perspective, it's not even a question of whether it's possible to complete this series of tasks.

However, if one truly possesses sufficient strength to seize the World Rune from the Void faction, their power would at least reach the level of a [Creator God], then there would be no need for a mere [God-level] template.

"Is there something wrong with this mission?"

Yoruichi Yagami couldn't help but have some doubts.

After staring at the panel of five branch quests for a long time, Yoruichi Yagami decided to start with the easiest one to obtain, 'World Rune - Enlightenment'.

But not now.

Brand's strength isn't particularly high in the League of Legends lore; he's roughly on par with Ryze who doesn't use runes.

The ranked system in the hero template conversion options also confirms this, with Brand's hero template ranking just after Ryze, making him one of the top heroes in the "Transcendent" tier.

According to Yagami Yoruichi's assessment, in the ninja world, she would be roughly at the peak of the Kage level.

There was no chance of winning against Yagami Yoruichi, who possessed Kage-level strength.

However, this instance restricts the use of only the 'fire attribute', and all other attributes are unavailable, which greatly limits Yoruichi Yagami's ability to unleash her full potential.

Under these rules, Yoruichi Yagami still has a high chance of winning, but the risk still exists.

It's better to improve your proficiency with the Fire Release ninjutsu you already know before starting the dungeon.

You could even farm another batch of gold coins to activate several 'fire attribute' hero templates.

But upon closer reflection, it seems unnecessary.

Among the fire-attribute heroes, the strongest according to the setting is the demigod Ornn, but this level of hero template cannot be exchanged before Yoruichi Yagami enters the Six Paths level.

Below the demigod level, Brand is considered the strongest fire-type hero.

The rest, such as Annie and Charmander, are much weaker than Fire Man.

There isn't any particularly powerful skill that could cause a qualitative change in Yoruichi Yagami's strength.

Mastering Fire Release ninjutsu is enough.

The weakness of Fire Release ninjutsu is the lack of defensive measures, but it is extremely strong in offense.

It features not only single-point explosive ninjutsu with extremely high burst power, but also large-scale clearing ninjutsu, as well as a variety of highly flexible special attack ninjutsu.

In terms of offense, it is already quite comprehensive. If we don't consider the issue of elemental advantage, using only fire-style attacks is enough to deal with almost any situation.

"I only use a few types of Fire Release ninjutsu... Well, to be on the safe side, I'll level up a dozen or so Fire Release techniques to perfect before I can start the Fire Man dungeon."

A thought popped into Yagami Yoruichi's mind.

Anyway, I can quit anytime. If I really can't win, I can just run away and think of another way.

Yoruichi Yagami refused to believe that a fire-type man with only peak Kage-level strength could defeat her instantly and catch her off guard.

Yagami Yoruichi glanced at the attribute panel.

The original plan was to first raise Zyra and Aatrox's skill proficiency to "Perfect".

These skills are not far from being at the "perfect" level, and it would only take a few months at most to master them all.

However, Yagami Yoruichi decided to first improve her proficiency in Fire Release ninjutsu.

……

In the blink of an eye, several months have passed.

Despite not having gone out to fight for more than half a year, you can still earn gold coins by killing enemies.

But with the help of the Hextech synergy bonus and the remaining 20,000+ gold coins, the chances of winning were greatly increased.

Yoruichi Yagami managed to save up enough gold coins to exchange for the hero template 'Dark Child - Annie'.

The reason for switching to this hero template is to prepare for the Brand dungeon in the World Rune Quest.

Among fire-attribute ninjutsu and skills, those with control effects are already rare, while those with defensive effects are even rarer.

However, Annie happens to have control abilities and a fire-type defensive skill called 'Lava Shield', which makes Yoruichi Yagami safer in dungeons.

[Firelubber: Passive skill that enhances fire-based skills, inflicting a 'stun' effect on hit. This effect is based on the target's magic resistance.]

[Shattering Flame: Throws a fireball with a tracking effect to attack enemies.]

[Incineration: Projects a wave of fire, dealing area-of-effect damage to a cone-shaped area in front.]

[Lava Shield: Grants a shield to yourself or an ally. While the shield is active, enemies who approach it will suffer burning damage.]

[Tibbers' Wrath: Summon Tibbers to fight for you. Tibbers' strength and duration are based on the chakra consumed during summoning.]

Yoruichi Yagami did not master all of these skills.

The characteristics of [Burning] are similar to many fire-type ninjutsu, so there is no need to specifically increase its proficiency.

At least the priority is not particularly high.

The tracking effect of [Shattering Flame] is quite useful; enemies can only choose to block it or take the hit head-on, and cannot dodge it.

But it only looks good.

Yagami Yoruichi tried it once and found that the skill's 'flight speed' was too slow, giving the enemy plenty of time to react.

【Tibbers' Wrath】This summoning skill is quite strong, but when dealing with enemies like Brand, it's actually more advantageous to be without teammates.

After all, Brand's ultimate skill, Flame Storm, has a bouncing characteristic.

If there are no teammates, you can only endure it for a while.

However, if there are teammates involved, and [Flame Storm] bounces back and forth between the two, the damage will increase many times over.

Therefore, Yoruichi Yagami did not specifically increase the proficiency of [Tibbers' Wrath], but only maxed out the proficiency of [Lava Shield].

This skill behaves differently from its in-game counterpart, adding a layer of 'armor' to the target that resembles lava.

This layer of lava will not impede movement or burn the target.

Its heat and high temperature are completely restrained by special magical power, so that it will only affect the outside and will never cause any harm to the protected target.

Even if the lava is breached, this protective layer will not fail.

In terms of defensive effectiveness alone, Yagami Yoruichi tried it out and created a lava shield using about 100,000 chakra points. It was difficult for even a Kage-level powerhouse to penetrate it.

Even with Hatake Sakumo's strongest secret sword technique, he would have to make several consecutive cuts in the same spot within a second to barely create a gap.

If you move a little slower, the fluidity of the lava will allow the damaged parts of the lava shield to heal quickly.

Although it is not as powerful as 'absolute defense' as Susanoo.

But for Yoruichi Yagami now, it's more than enough.

"Preparations are almost complete."

Yagami Yoruichi looked at the skill panel, which displayed a long list of "Perfect" level ninjutsu and skills, and then switched back to the mission interface.

After staring at the [World Rune - Enlightenment] quest for a while, I chose to start the quest.

The next moment, Yagami Yoruichi felt her consciousness waver for a moment.

When I came to my senses, I found myself in a completely unfamiliar space.

This is a huge arena, but there are no stands around it, only towering walls that seem to reach the clouds and have no end.

Hundreds of meters away from Yagami Yoruichi, a bald man covered in charred soot and flames gathered a nearly transparent fireball in his hands and hurled it forcefully at Yagami Yoruichi.

As he threw the fireball, a series of difficult-to-pronounce syllables rang out from the mouth of Bland, the Fire Man.

Although she had never encountered this language before, Yagami Yoruichi immediately understood its meaning: "Welcome to experience the fires of hell!"

The fireball came hurtling towards them at a decent speed, covering hundreds of meters in less than two seconds.