Even with a single drop of blood, I will still be invincible!

Ten minutes ago, in the Cherry Blossom Kingdom, at the Azure Pool.

“Go. According to the secret meeting’s intelligence, that guy in the pool has a fragment of the source of the Azure Water within him.”

Matsumoto Meiya nodded to Tsukuyomi, gently waving his folding fan, and a ghostly phantom instantly attached itself to the latter's body.

"Don't worry, with the shikigami protecting you, that beast can't hurt you."

"Thank you teacher."

With an excited expression, Tsukuyomi plunged headfirst into the Azure Pool.

He never expected that Bai Ye's appearance would bring him such great benefits.

In order to obtain the fragments of Orochi's power source ahead of time, the Yin Ninja Secret Society decided to provide him with a sufficient number of Soul Stones to use his talent!

The boss in the Azure Pool is just the beginning.

Further on, there are dozens more high-level bosses waiting for him to kill!

Having drunk the underwater breathing potion, Tsukuyomi dived with all his might, the icy pool water unable to cool his burning heart.

So what if my experience points decrease? Who else can keep killing epic bosses to level up like I do?

Even Bai Ye doesn't have that ability, does he?

Tsukuyomi has already foreseen her future, where she will climb to the top of the rankings and push Byakuya off the leaderboard.

Just a few minutes later, Tsukuyomi burst out of the Azure Pool, holding a bright blue pearl in her hand, and excitedly shouted towards Matsumoto Meiya:

"Teacher, I've got the Azure Pearl!"

This thing is just like the poisonous pearl that Su Mubai obtained back then. Collecting twelve of them will allow you to synthesize the [Source of Azure Water].

At this point, Tsukuyomi's level had increased from level 9 before she went underwater to level 22!

This is because, as a player from Japan, he can only gain 24% of the experience points.

Otherwise, the experience provided by the level 100 epic BOSS in the Azure Pool would definitely have allowed him to reach the level 29 experience cap in one go!

However, Tsukuyomi is already quite satisfied, because this is just the beginning.

Furthermore, for every epic-level boss killed, the Yin Ninja Guild would provide him with enough high-level life stones to replenish his lifespan.

He can instantly kill any BOSS whose HP is no higher than 3.1536 billion!

Of course, his talent effect can only be applied once to the same target.

With Matsumoto Meiya leading the way in finding the BOSS, Tsukuyomi could imagine how fast he would level up!

"Well done."

With a flick of his folding fan, Matsumoto Meiya's [Azure Pearl] flew into Tsukuyomi's hand.

After confirming that it was indeed a fragment of the power source of Yamata no Orochi, Matsumoto Meiya nodded in satisfaction.

"Let's go to the next place."

Matsumoto Meiya was confident in stopping Orochi from regaining its strength because they had two major advantages.

First, after years of exploration, the Yin Ninja Secret Society has located the locations of more than twenty BOSSes that have devoured fragments.

Bai Ye, on the other hand, needs to search far and wide, which gives him an advantage in terms of intelligence.

Secondly, they don't need to find all the fragments; obtaining just one fragment from each source of power is enough to prevent Orochi from returning to its peak.

After all, all 12 fragments are indispensable in order to fuse the source of power.

This is an advantage in terms of difficulty.

With such a huge advantage, Matsumoto Meiya had no idea how he could possibly lose!

"Tsukuyomi, once this matter is over, I will personally request a reward for you."

In a great mood, Matsumoto Meiya immediately made a big promise to Tsukuyomi.

A glint of light flashed in the latter's eyes, and he quickly said, "It is my honor to contribute to the Yinren Secret Society."

"You have a good character, but what is rightfully yours will be fought for."

Matsumoto Meiya nodded in satisfaction and was about to summon his mount to take Tsukuyomi to the next location when his expression suddenly changed.

"Hey, teacher, what's wrong with this Azure Pearl...?"

Before Tsukuyomi could finish speaking, the person went dumbfounded.

hum~

Suddenly, the Azure Pearl burst forth with a water-blue light, then broke free from Matsumoto Meiya's grasp and soared into the sky.

The speed was so fast that even Matsumoto Meiya, an 8th-tier being, couldn't react in time.

Almost instantly, the Azure Pearl disappeared from their sight.

"Teacher, what's going on?"

Tsukuyomi asked, looking completely bewildered, while Matsumoto Meiya, standing to the side, retorted with a livid expression, "You're asking me?! Who am I supposed to ask?!"

"Drip drip drip drip!"

The communicator rang urgently, and Matsumoto Meiya quickly answered it, his expression changing drastically.

A moment later, he hung up the call and said, his face pale, "Return to the capital."

"what?"

Tsukuyomi was stunned and asked, puzzled, "Aren't we going to kill the remaining bosses?"

"What's the point of killing anymore? Orochi has already recovered!"

……

Meanwhile, at the Immortal Mountain.

Rumble…

The entire mountain is still collapsing, and the enormous body of the Yamata no Orochi has completely altered the surrounding terrain.

Its head soared into the clouds, and its dark green vertical pupils resembled sixteen green stars, appearing and disappearing in the mist.

"Hiss~" x8

Eight long forked tongues stirred up the wind and clouds, and the ever-increasing power within its body caused the Yamata no Orochi to hiss continuously.

It had forgotten how many years it had been since it had felt this power.

This feeling is absolutely wonderful!

shhhhhh!

Before long, a series of whooshing sounds rang out, and dozens of pearls of different colors shot over, each being swallowed by the head of the Yamata no Orochi.

"It's back, it's all back!"

"My power feels amazing!"

"Hahahaha, I'm going to set the capital of Sakura City on fire!"

"Hmph, I'm going to flood the capital!"

……

Amidst the excited chatter of the assembled leaders, a question that seemed out of place suddenly arose.

"Huh? There's a highly poisonous pearl here too?"

The bewildered head of the poisonous creature stared blankly at the eleven poisonous orbs shooting towards it, and reflexively opened its mouth.

It didn't come to its senses until it had swallowed the prey.

hum~

As all the precious orbs entered his body, the Yamata no Orochi's body was immediately enveloped in a dazzling light, with eight colors intermingling and changing the color of the entire sky.

The commotion was so great that it sparked heated discussions in surrounding cities.

"What?! Look what's that?"

"Could it be the emergence of a treasure? This light is too dazzling."

"Want to go have a look?"

"Come on, if we run into Bai Ye outside, we'll be in big trouble!"

"That's true. Sigh, why hasn't Bai Ye shown up yet? If he doesn't go out and grind monsters soon, I'll be starving."

……

Just as these players were discussing, a series of server-wide announcements rang out, causing everyone to gasp in surprise.

This time, the sky has truly fallen!