Accumulation

Indeed, Uchiha Yue was extremely cautious in his actions; he even used his Purple Eye to check on Hozuki Mangetsu's fate before leaving.

However, Uchiha Yue still underestimated the Hozuki Clan's secret techniques and overestimated his own Purple Eye. Purple Eye aren't capable of seeing through everything; for example, Uchiha Tsukito couldn't see through the Hozuki Clan's Purple Eye techniques used by Hozuki Mangetsu Uchiha Yue. Therefore, in the end, only Uchiha Yue firmly believed that Hozuki Mangetsu had died at his hands. In reality, however, Hozuki Mangetsu escaped using the Hozuki Clan's secret techniques and vowed to become Uchiha Yue's nightmare.

Of course, Hozuki Mangetsu will also need to put in some effort if he wants to have the strength to fight Uchiha Yue.

At least in the short term, it is virtually impossible for Hozuki Mangetsu to possess the strength to threaten Uchiha Yue.

Immediately afterwards...

By the time Hozuki Mangetsu slowly escaped from Turtlefish Village, Uchiha Yue had already infiltrated the Turtlefish Village once again.

Within Turtlefish Village, a number of wandering ninjas still remained hidden. To ensure that the information was not leaked, Uchiha Yue had no choice but to kill those wandering ninjas hiding in Turtlefish Village, just as he had killed the civilians in Turtlefish Village before. Then, Uchiha Yue's figure could be seen hiding in the night, moving through Turtlefish Village like a ghost, slowly approaching the hiding place of those wandering ninjas.

However, to Uchiha Yue's slight surprise, when he used his Purple Eye to perceive the surrounding information, he discovered that the wandering ninjas hidden within Turtlefish Village had become alert. However, Uchiha Yue quickly understood why the wandering ninjas were so vigilant. It was because his previous battle with Hozuki Mangetsu Uchiha Yue been so intense that the wandering ninjas had noticed the anomaly within Turtlefish Village, hence their current preparation for battle.

Unfortunately, even if those wandering ninjas were on guard, what could they do?

The wandering ninjas hiding in Turtlefish Village will never be a match for Uchiha Yue!

In particular, Uchiha Yue, who just defeated Kirigakure Mangetsu, Hozuki Mangetsu!

"Whoosh..."

With Basic Shatter Step, Uchiha Yue no longer needed to worry about anything in the darkness-shrouded Turtlefish Village.

If he can kill those wandering ninjas in front of him, Uchiha Yue's mission will be complete.

So, before completing the mission in Turtlefish Village, Uchiha Yue is going to indulge himself a bit!

In the blink of an eye, Uchiha Yue appeared among the group of wandering ninjas. His gaze was filled with cold indifference, and when he looked at the wandering ninjas, it was as if he were looking at dead people, with no emotion showing in his eyes. Then, Uchiha Yue held the Fubuki Tachi and used the Falling Moon Style Swordsmanship on the wandering ninja in front of him.

It must be said that Hozuki Mangetsu's swordsmanship was highly skilled, even to the point of being able to subtly suppress Uchiha Yue.

However, after fighting Hozuki Mangetsu, Uchiha Yue's skill in the Falling Moon Style Swordsmanship also improved.

Now, when Uchiha Yue uses the Rakugetsu- Falling Moon Style Swordsmanship, he finds that he is becoming more adept at it.

Therefore, the wandering ninja in front of Uchiha Yue could only watch helplessly as the Fubuki Tachi sliced through his throat, his eyes filled with terror!

"Puff..."

Blood splattered everywhere. Uchiha Yue felt the warmth of the blood falling on his face, his eyes filled with fanaticism.

Just now, when Uchiha Yue fought Hozuki Mangetsu, the pressure from the Hozuki Clan's secret technique made Uchiha Yue feel extremely suppressed during the battle. Now, the rogue ninjas in front of Uchiha Yue provided him with an opportunity to vent his frustration. Therefore, the more he felt the warm blood on his face, the more excited he became. Immediately, after killing one of the rogue ninjas, Uchiha Yue used his Basic Shatter Step and his Fubuki Tachi Uchiha Yue, to reap the lives of the rogue ninjas before him time and time again.

How could those wandering ninjas before Uchiha Yue compare to the ninjas of the Bloody Mist?

Soon, Uchiha Yue dealt with the wandering ninjas in front of him, leaving their corpses to fall into pools of blood.

However, as he watched all the wandering ninjas being killed, Uchiha Yue felt a sense of unfinished business.

At this moment, Uchiha Yue desperately wanted more enemies so he could vent his anger. However, as Anbu, Uchiha Yue knew very well that he should return to complete his mission, not indulge himself in the Land of Land of Water. Therefore, Uchiha Yue could only suppress his burning desire, take a deep breath, calm himself down, and prepare to reunite with Orochimaru and the rest of the Anbu.

But...

Uchiha Yue never expected that Orochimaru would appear in front of him just as he was about to hand over the mission.

"Lord Orochimaru!"

Upon suddenly seeing Orochimaru appear before him, Uchiha Yue was extremely surprised, clearly not expecting Orochimaru to be here.

However, Orochimaru didn't seem to care about Uchiha Yue's surprise. He simply looked at the wandering ninjas lying in pools of blood, a slight smile playing on his lips. Then, when Orochimaru's gaze shifted to Uchiha Yue, he slowly said to Uchiha Yue, "Yue, you should be able to sense that I didn't send Anbu to track you. So, my appearance before you is simply because I had some business to attend to in Turtlefish Village. However, Yue, I'm very satisfied with your performance. After all, not everyone can remain calm and deal with those Kirigakure guys."

Orochimaru had already walked up to Uchiha Yue, then gently patted him on the shoulder and continued, "Furthermore, Tsuki, you probably already sensed it when you dealt with those Kirigakure ninja, right? That's right, right now, if you want to improve your strength, you can only take it one step at a time, there's absolutely no possibility of breaking through your bottleneck. You must accumulate your own strength to grow further. In this regard, no one can help you. All I can do is find an opportunity for you to break through, understand?"

"Yes, I know."

Upon hearing Orochimaru's words, Uchiha Yue nodded in agreement.

After that, Orochimaru didn't say anything more, only instructing Uchiha Yue to continue his efforts, and then took the stone tablet he had found.

However, when Orochimaru disappeared before Uchiha Yue, he failed to notice that Uchiha Yue was standing there silently, his fists clenched tightly.

Undoubtedly, Uchiha Yue, who was standing there silently, was pondering Orochimaru's words.

However, Uchiha Yue quickly understood the meaning behind Orochimaru's words, and a slight smile appeared on his cold face.

At the same time, a confident glint flashed in Uchiha Yue's eyes, and then he murmured in a voice only he could hear:

"Three years..."

"Three years of accumulation is enough!"