Planetary Devastation

"Declare war?" Yoshino Ichiro was visibly taken aback.

Then his mouth twitched, and he looked straight at Ye Chen and laughed.

Yes, this newly emerged Hidden Jun Village did have plenty of wonders.

But that was all it had.

The strongest ninja he had encountered in the entire Hidden Jun Village had only been a Genin.

To put it bluntly, in the dog-eat-dog shinobi world,

Genin had no right to reject his terms.

Much less do the exact opposite.

A newly emerged Hidden Jun Village actually had the nerve to declare war on the long-established Kusagakure.

Had they gone mad?

"That's right. War." Ye Chen's voice was utterly calm.

His voice was steady and forceful, reaching every player's ears.

At that moment, the dozen or so players in Hidden Jun Village, including Dai Xiaomei,

all clenched their fists.

The chat in Dai Xiaomei's livestream positively exploded.

"That was so badass!"

"Seconded!"

"Too bad there were only eighteen closed beta slots. I'm definitely getting one next time."

"..."

Sure enough, more and more people were getting fired up.

After all, who could have imagined that a simple game storyline could stir up such powerful emotions?

"Hah, you don't know your limits!" A sneer crossed Yoshino Ichiro's face.

Then an even deeper cruelty replaced it.

The corners of his mouth rose into a vicious smile as he extended both hands into the air.

He completed a sequence of hand seals at incredible speed.

"Grass Release: Leaf Blade Whirlwind!"

Yoshino Ichiro shouted.

As his words fell, rustling instantly filled the surrounding air.

Countless blades of grass gathered overhead.

They gleamed with the chilling light of death.

Suspended high in the air, they threatened every player present with death.

Ye Chen included.

Ye Chen showed no sign of panic. If anything, he was excited.

After all this time, I finally have a chance to show off. How could I let it go to waste?

System, as long as I'm inside Hidden Jun Village, I have unlimited natural energy, right?

Without saying a word, Ye Chen reached out to the system with a thought to confirm it again.

[Of course. As long as the host remains inside Hidden Jun Village, you can draw upon unlimited natural energy at any time.]

After receiving the system's confirmation,

a bold idea arose in Ye Chen's mind.

He had not accumulated much chakra yet, barely reaching Chunin level.

But with the unlimited natural energy granted by the system,

he was utterly invincible as long as he stayed inside the village.

Even if the Six Paths barged into the village, he would have to limp back out.

What was more, natural energy had another ridiculously powerful function.

It could copy ninjutsu and reproduce it.

Although the result was not authentic, enhanced by natural energy, neither its power nor its appearance would fall short of the original ninjutsu.

"You dare let your mind wander while fighting me?"

"Die!" A crazed look crossed Yoshino Ichiro's face as he waved his hand.

The swirling mass of grass blades suspended in the air instantly burst apart.

Countless streaks of cold light sliced through the air and shot straight at Ye Chen.

Ye Chen moved his hands slightly.

The next moment, he rose high into the air.

Levitation Technique: Wind Riding.

At that moment, Yoshino Ichiro's expression finally changed.

He had already witnessed countless miraculous ninjutsu in Hidden Jun Village.

And now, he had been thoroughly stunned once again.

But immediately afterward, greed appeared on Yoshino Ichiro's face.

As long as he destroyed Hidden Jun Village, all these miraculous ninjutsu would be his.

With these techniques, not only would Kusagakure's strength improve by leaps and bounds,

but as the greatest contributor, he would receive no small reward either.

"Planetary Devastation!"

Ye Chen rapidly formed hand seals in midair.

He gave a low shout.

In an instant, even the surrounding air seemed to rage.

Countless enormous fissures, each several meters long and wide, split open across the ground.

Hard rocks shattered on the surface.

Countless rock fragments slowly flew into the air as though drawn by some force.

Those fragments actually gathered into a sphere of rock and earth more than ten meters across.

Whoosh...

Energy capable of a world-destroying explosion brewed within that sphere.

At that moment, Yoshino Ichiro's expression finally changed.

For the first time, he felt the threat of death.

Meanwhile, the players, including Dai Xiaomei,

gazed up into the air with delight-or rather, burning envy.

Indeed, Ye Chen had spent quite some time considering his options.

In the end, he had chosen to reproduce Planetary Devastation with natural energy to deal with the invading ninja from Kusagakure.

After all, in the original story, the Planetary Devastation created by Pain was an unquestionable S-rank ninjutsu in both power and destructive force.

Reproduced through natural energy and enhanced by the system,

his Planetary Devastation could only be stronger, never weaker.

More importantly, Ye Chen himself liked this ninjutsu.

When it came to showing off, Planetary Devastation definitely ranked among the top five ninjutsu.

"You..." Cold sweat soaked Yoshino Ichiro's back.

He caught the scent of death, his eyes widening.

He wanted to retreat, but his feet would not budge.

The enormous yellow mass of rock suspended in the air seemed to have locked onto him.

Even the space around him had been sealed off.

"Burst!"

Ye Chen parted his lips slightly and slowly uttered a single word.

The instant his voice fell,

the enormous sphere of earth in the sky burst apart.

Surging energy poured out.

Countless rock fragments blasted toward Yoshino Ichiro like blades.

Boom...

A tremendous explosion rang out.

An enormous cloud of dust thrown up by the blast engulfed everything within hundreds of meters.

All the invading Grass Ninja, including Yoshino Ichiro,

had no time to dodge and were completely caught within the blast zone.

With no other choice, they could only grit their teeth and defend themselves.

"Grass Release: Grass Wall Technique!"

"Grass Release: Leaf Blade!"

"..."

The dozen or so invading Grass Ninja formed hand seals at lightning speed and unleashed their ninjutsu.

None dared hold anything back, each unleashing the techniques they relied on to survive.

But did it help?

Almost in an instant,

they were swallowed by the enormous blast and dust cloud unleashed by Planetary Devastation.

Even the ninjutsu they had cast failed to make the slightest ripple.

What did it mean to stand in the path of an unstoppable force?

This was exactly that.

Despair crossed the faces of Yoshino Ichiro and the Grass Ninja behind him.

Before they could even scream,

they were engulfed by the blast and dust that followed.

Dai Xiaomei and the other players stared wide-eyed, unable to see what was happening inside the blast zone.

When the dust slowly cleared,

the place where the Grass Ninja had stood had become a crater more than ten meters deep.

As for those Grass Ninja, not even ashes remained.

They had been annihilated into thin air.

Such power was truly terrifying-terrifying beyond belief!