With Hoshiyomi leading the way, this quad was ecstatic, and they all charged towards their opponents with excited looks on their faces.
Meanwhile, the Sunagakure shinobi, already terrified by Hoshiyomi's fearsome fire tornado and stunning assassination techniques, were now pale with fear. They were no longer able to put up any real fight.
After Hoshiyomi took down the third Jonin, he stopped attacking. For someone with Master-Level Swordsmanship like him, killing a Chunin earned him less than 0.01 experience points.
Even if he killed all the Chunin from the five great villages, it might not even level him up. He simply had no interest in dealing with those Chunin.
After all, he, Gekko Hoshiyomi, wasn't some bloodthirsty demon.
After casually slicing down two Sunagakure shinobi who tried to escape, the battle was essentially over. The Sunagakure defense team at Rain Mine Town was completely wiped out.
On the Konoha side, there were no casualties, only a few minor injuries— a resounding victory.
After cleaning up the Sunagakure shinobi, Hoshiyomi sent someone to the iron mine to release the citizens of the Land of Rain who had been imprisoned to work there. He then summoned a small wolf pup.
This little wolf was the youngest of the four children that Lobo had had on his territory. Because its fur was a mix of blue-gray and white, Hoshiyomi, with a malicious sense of humor, named it Garurumon.
Garurumon's speed talent was the best among all of Lobo's children. Although it was small, it could run even faster than Lobo.
After ruffling its head, Hoshiyomi entrusted it with delivering a message—informing Orochimaru to send reinforcements to secure Rain Mine Town. Watching Garurumon dash away in a blur until it vanished from sight, Hoshiyomi then did exactly what he had promised earlier: sat down for lunch in the town.
After eating, Hoshiyomi temporarily occupied the former town mayor's house, seeking out a quiet spot where no one would disturb him, and entered the System.
Although Hoshiyomi could still see what was happening in the outside world when he entered the system, he would still choose to enter the system in a secluded place. This was probably a common problem for all transmigrators with a system.
Upon entering the system, he saw that his experience had indeed surpassed 250 points.
Current Swordsmanship Level: Master-Level Swordsmanship: 259/500.
(Current skill draws available: 1)
He glanced at the system logs and saw that each of the three Jonin had granted him 5 experience points.
He switched the interface to the skill draw interface. Before drawing the skill, Hoshiyomi saw a prompt.
As the host's swordsmanship level increases, the attributes of the growth-type skill, Dance of the Startled Swan, have been enhanced:
Current maximum charge for Dance of the Startled Swan: 4, charge recovery time: 7 hours, afterimage duration: 2 hours.
Hoshiyomi felt a surge of joy upon reading this. The enhancement of "Dance of the Startled Swan" was incredibly important to him. Each upgrade could practically be considered an extra life.
Currently, the defensive and offensive capabilities of the "Dance of the Startled Swan" might not match that of Flying Thunder God or Kamui, but as it continued to evolve, its power would certainly grow stronger.
After calming himself down, he looked at the screen that showed "Skill draws available: 1," and he chose to draw a skill without any hesitation.
Once again, crude text flickered and shuffled.
After a brief moment, the system screen finally settled on a name.
The moment he saw the name, a flash of nostalgia passed through Hoshiyomi's eyes. Just reading the name of the skill reminded him of the days back in middle school, secretly playing DNF behind his parents' backs and grinding for loot.
He thought back to the days of the "Jarhead" character with the blue shackles and red wings, and the countless hours spent grinding for the Butcher Blade... damn, how innocent those days were!
Congratulations to the host for obtaining the skill: Soul Eater's Demon Seal Slash!
Skill Description: A skill usable by the Berserker class at level 35 in DNF. After use, the host will forcibly pull nearby enemies towards them and deliver a powerful slash.
This felt right, this felt right.
Seeing this skill description, Hoshiyomi was sure that this was his favorite skill to use when clearing dungeons as a "red dog"—no, a "great red god."
Wuhu~ Takeoff!
Of course, compared to the name of the skill, Hoshiyomi was more interested in its effects. After all, Soul Eater's Demon Seal Slash had a forced attraction process.
What was this? It was the low-tier version of Banshō Ten'in
In an instant, Hoshiyomi thought of the potential uses for this skill. With Shunpo combined with Soul Eater's Demon Seal Slash to pull enemies in, and then following up with skills like Nine-Headed Dragon Slash, Heavenly Flying Dragon Slash, and Swallow Return... just imagine who could withstand that?
Thinking about this, Hoshiyomi couldn't help but feel a little excited. After all, Soul Eater's Demon Seal Slash—although he had used it thousands of times in the game—was something he had never tried in real life.
With that thought, he didn't hesitate any longer. After briefing his Konoha subordinates, he headed alone to the mine in Rain Mine Town.
Since Hoshiyomi had just ordered the release of the citizens of the Land of Rain, the townspeople of Rain Mine Town were now reunited with their families. The usually bustling mine area had grown quiet.
Once he confirmed that the area was clear of people, Hoshiyomi surveyed his surroundings and finally set his eyes on a pile of freshly mined iron ore.
The pieces of iron ore here were large, and picking up one that seemed to weigh around ten to twenty pounds, he wondered how much ore he could pull with Soul Eater's Demon Seal Slash.
Thinking of this, Hoshiyomi drew his Mikazuki Munechika. He aimed his left hand at the pile of iron ore and, with a thought, activated the Soul Eater's Demon Seal Slash.
The moment the skill was activated, Hoshiyomi could clearly see a red vortex shoot out from the palm of his left hand. The vortex was about seven or eight meters long.
As the skill took effect, large, heavy chunks of iron ore began to fly uncontrollably toward his left hand. Hoshiyomi realized that this skill had another advantage.
The skill allowed him to target specific items. For instance, by setting the target as the iron ore, Soul Eater's Demon Seal Slash would only pull the iron ore in, not picking up any nearby sand or plants.
This seemed to be some form of spatial ability, almost identical to Banshō Ten'in.
With Hoshiyomi eagerly watching, the large quantities of iron ore rushed toward his hand in a manner that could have sent Newton jumping out of his grave in disbelief.
In just three to five seconds, the left hand was piled high with iron ore, filling the red vortex to the brim. The weight of it was likely over one or two tons.
This massive pulling force, aside from some large summoning beasts, seemed impossible for any other person or object to escape.
After about five seconds, Hoshiyomi began to feel his left hand growing sore. He knew the red vortex was close to its limit, so he decisively drew his sword. The moment the pulling force in his hand disappeared, Hoshiyomi gripped his sword with both hands and swung it twice almost at the same time.
A huge blood-red X-shaped sword light flashed, and a large quantity of iron ore was severed, falling to the ground with a loud clattering noise.