Takizawa Dan's Second Battle!

Takizawa Dan was busy complaining in his heart when he suddenly saw a black fragment fall from Jirobo's body!

Realizing this was a gift from the system, Takizawa Dan quickly bent down, intending to pick it up.

The moment his fingers touched the black fragment, a stream of light surged directly into his mind!

Whoosh!

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the ability: Cursed Seal Power]

[Cursed Seal Power is a creation of Orochimaru that can rapidly increase the host's strength! Conventional Cursed Seals are divided into Stage One and Stage Two; Stage One grants the host three times their normal strength, while Stage Two grants ten times their normal strength!]

[PS: The Cursed Seal is an evil object, but the system has determined that its method of strengthening the body is of great help to the host. Therefore, it has been automatically evolved and upgraded into an ability that is more effective and poses no harm to the host.]

[New Cursed Seal Power ability: Allows the host's physical strength to reach twenty times its normal state for a short period!]

[Duration: Twenty minutes]

[Cooldown: Sixty minutes]

[Note: Cursed Seal Power can be stacked and used in conjunction with other abilities!]

When Takizawa Dan first saw these system prompts, he was completely stunned.

What was going on? Had he accidentally stumbled into obtaining the power of the Cursed Seal?

He had originally intended to refuse it, as the Cursed Seal was a very evil thing; obtaining it would be tantamount to becoming Orochimaru's slave, which was something Takizawa Dan could not accept.

But after seeing the subsequent description, Takizawa Dan immediately changed his mind.

The system's ability was so monstrous that it had completely erased the Cursed Seal's domineering side effects and even upgraded it!

He could now release this Cursed Seal at will, and its power was twice that of a conventional Stage Two Cursed Seal!

This discovery alone was enough to shock Takizawa Dan, but what surprised him even more was the final sentence.

This Cursed Seal Power could actually be stacked with other abilities!

What did this mean?

The unique muscle-exertion technique he had just acquired from Tsunade could become even more powerful under the enhancement of the Cursed Seal!

And if Takizawa Dan's calculations were correct, this should be a multiplicative effect!

After activating the Cursed Seal, his strength would increase twenty-fold, and when combined with the technique he learned from Tsunade that could increase his physical strength to four times its original state...

He alone would be able to achieve eighty times his normal power during the twenty minutes the Cursed Seal was active!

Moreover, this was only because he had just learned Tsunade's method; such a skill required constant combat and life-and-death struggles to improve, which clearly couldn't be replaced by mere natural talent.

Once he mastered the technique to one hundred percent, wouldn't that mean he possessed a hundred times his strength?

A hundred times the strength... Takizawa Dan felt his blood boil and became extremely excited just imagining it!

At that point, he feared that even a Kage-level powerhouse wouldn't dare to take one of his blows head-on!

As a trump card to catch people off guard, it was truly perfect.

"Hahahaha!"

Takizawa Dan burst into hearty laughter, causing Sakon and Ukon, Tayuya, and Kidomaru to look on in utter astonishment.

"Hey, Boss, has this guy been stimulated too much? Has he gone crazy?"

Tayuya looked at Sakon and Ukon, feeling somewhat uncertain.

"This..."

It was clearly the first time Sakon and Ukon had encountered such a situation, so he rested his chin on his hand, speechless for a moment.

"Hmph, who cares! As long as we bring him back to Lord Orochimaru, we don't need to worry about anything else!"

Kidomaru snorted coldly, stepped forward, and suddenly opened his mouth to spit out a web, intending to bind Takizawa Dan completely.

The reality was indeed as they thought; Takizawa Dan had his back against a tree and was surrounded by them, leaving him with nowhere to retreat!

However...

The web Kidomaru had shot out was caught firmly in Takizawa Dan's hand!

"What... you can actually catch my web?!" Kidomaru was shocked, but before he could make another move, Takizawa Dan suddenly pulled!

Whoosh!

The immense force instantly yanked Kidomaru, along with the silk still trailing from his mouth, and sent him flying toward Takizawa Dan!

Then, amidst Kidomaru's terrified and bewildered gaze, Takizawa Dan threw a punch!

Boom!

With a dull thud, a heavy fist landed squarely on Kidomaru's stomach!

"Ugh..."

Kidomaru's body twitched twice, his eyes rolled back, and he collapsed to the ground on the spot, his life or death unknown!

Ironically, the spot where he fell was exactly the same as Jirobo's earlier, making his previous insults about Jirobo being a loser seem incredibly ridiculous.

If he were truly so powerful, how could he have been knocked down by Takizawa Dan in the exact same spot?

"You..."

Tayuya and Sakon and Ukon recoiled almost simultaneously, their eyes flickering with uncertainty as they stared at Takizawa Dan.

If Takizawa Dan's previous defeat of Jirobo could be barely attributed to luck, or perhaps Jirobo's own carelessness, then the fact that he had now defeated Kidomaru was proof enough that Takizawa Dan's strength was truly formidable enough to achieve such a feat.

"Who exactly are you? Why have you been hiding your strength all this time?"

Tayuya began to interrogate him.

She suddenly recalled the rumors she had heard, claiming that Takizawa Dan was nothing more than a weakling incapable of even trussing a chicken, only to suddenly display superhuman power during the Chunin Exams.

Could it be that he had been biding his time all these years?

Takizawa Dan did not answer, merely lifting his head with a cold expression.

The moment they saw Takizawa Dan's face, the minds of Tayuya and Sakon and Ukon went blank, exploding with shock!

For at this moment, Takizawa Dan's entire body had turned a bronze hue, a pitch-black tattoo marked his face, and his eyes had transformed into a blood-red color!

This was the manifestation of the Cursed Seal being activated!

Yet, that bronze color gave off an impression of immense sturdiness and vitality, brimming with power; the tattoo looked wickedly charming and possessed a strange allure; and as for Takizawa Dan's eyes, they were beyond description—like those of an peerless demon lord, making anyone who caught a glimpse feel an endless urge to submit!

Facing Takizawa Dan at this moment, Sakon and Ukon and Tayuya were suddenly overcome by a deep sense of powerlessness.

In their eyes, Takizawa Dan was now an absolutely invincible ultimate opponent, a chasm they had no way of crossing! It was a feeling they had only ever experienced before in the presence of their master, Lord Orochimaru.

Thinking back to how they had actually intended to attack such a Takizawa Dan, Sakon and Ukon and Tayuya suddenly felt that they were truly laughable.

If this wasn't a mayfly trying to topple a giant tree, then what was it?!