The card was the same one he had 'seen' before.
Along with the card, a system pop-up appeared: [Moon Pit]
[Recommended Level: 200]
[Description: This is the dark side of the Green Moon. There is only one monster here, and that is the monster named 'Goblin'.]
[Hidden Quest: God Slayer]
[Quest Content: Kill the Goblin God]
[Quest Reward: 5 Million Experience Points, 200,000 Exchange Coupons, Random Gold ~ Red Quality Equipment/Item * 1]
The fewer the words, the bigger the matter.
The simple and clear text description made Naruto's expression grow increasingly solemn.
Level 200!
This meant that the Goblin God was at least a terrifying existence around Level 200, comparable to the Demon God King of the Underworld.
If judged solely by level, Naruto's current level against a Level 200 Goblin God would be suicide.
However, Naruto's true strength had already surpassed the level limit.
"5 million experience points, how many levels will that be? And 200,000 exchange coupons, plus high-quality equipment. Tsk tsk, Goblin God, I'm afraid you'll have to die."
Naruto's lips curved into a smile, his gaze shifting from the pop-up to the giant card floating in the center of the huge pit.
With a flash of green light from the card, the Goblin from the image appeared before Naruto.
Ugly, evil, cunning, with rough green skin covered in bumps and boils, a hunched back, and tiny, dark golden horizontal pupils that revealed a primal greed for destruction and reproduction.
There was no majesty, no divinity, only an extremely pure and powerful aura, and a nauseatingly vast sense of presence.
"Is this the Goblin God?"
Naruto instantly activated his Eye of Discernment, Transparent World, and Kagura Mind's Eye.
In an instant.
The Goblin God's form in Naruto's eyes changed.
A world-shattering transformation!
It had no fixed form; it was more like a colossal aggregate forcibly composed of countless struggling, roaring Goblin phantoms.
Its green skin was like a rotting swamp, with new arms, heads, and twisted limbs constantly emerging from and retracting into its massive body.
Its very existence represented the brutality, greed, lewdness, and cruelty of all Goblins in the world.
This was the Goblin God — not a god in the traditional sense, but a pure, terrifying numerical aggregate formed by the condensed power of the entire Goblin race's 'racial card'!
"No wonder a mere Goblin could reach a level comparable to the Demon God King."
Naruto's usually calm and indifferent face showed a solemn expression for the first time.
He had inferred that the Demon God King's level was also around 200 because the Green Moon, the Underworld dungeon, had a recommended level cap.
"Roar—"
The Goblin God opened its mouth and roared, its yellow teeth bared. With just a simple forward step.
"Boom!!!!"
The gray 'moon surface' beneath its feet instantly exploded into a massive pit over a hundred meters in diameter!
Like a direct impact from a meteorite, a terrifying shockwave spread outwards in a perfect sphere, pulverizing the hard, dark gray rock into dust.
Naruto, standing not far away, bore the brunt of it. A pure physical impact, an air cannon condensed into a tangible force, slammed hard into his Sage Mode Cloak!
"Crack!"
The sturdy Sage Mode Cloak actually made a cracking sound!
Naruto was like a target hit head-on by an invisible battering ram. He transformed into a golden streak of light, shooting backward, instantly smashing through the 'cliff' at the end of the meteorite crater. He was deeply embedded within it, continuously drilling through the hard rock, enveloped in a cloud of dust.
Fast! Purely, extremely fast!
The Goblin God's figure appeared like a phantom above the dust cloud the moment Naruto crashed into the 'mountain'.
It didn't even use any energy, just simply threw a punch towards the direction where Naruto had fallen.
That punch had no technique, it was just pure power!
Space seemed to be dented by this punch!
Where the fist passed, it left a distorted, transparent trajectory that took a long time to smooth out—
The entire mountain cliff ruin below, shattered by Naruto's impact, was slammed into the ground by the invisible pressure of this punch, as if by a giant unseen hand. It instantly collapsed several hundred meters, forming a clear, enormous fist print!
Naruto narrowly dodged out from the edge of the fist's pressure, the spot where he had been was now an abyss. His pupils contracted; this monster's strength and speed were simply outrageous!
Every strike carried the absolute numerical force accumulated by the entire race, utterly unreasonable!
A numerical monster!
The Goblin God before him was not the weak and cunning common Goblins of the Goblin Slayer World, but a true 'God'. The more the Goblin race multiplied, the stronger this 'God' became.
Given time, if Goblins spread across the continent, the Goblin God might even surpass the Demon God King, becoming the most powerful existence in the Goblin Slayer World, capable of threatening the legendary hero, and even defeating him.
"Sage Art: Great Ball Rasengan!"
With a 'whoosh', a brilliant blue light illuminated the desolate, dark lunar crater. A massive Sage Art energy sphere, accompanied by a piercing whistle, slammed towards the Goblin God.
The Goblin God didn't dodge or evade, it simply extended its gaunt, ugly green palm, fingers splayed—and grabbed!
"Boom!!!"
The Great Ball Rasengan, powerful enough to easily obliterate a mountain, was actually held firmly in its single hand!
The violently spinning energy couldn't tear its palm; instead, it was forcibly suppressed and squeezed by the endless raw power contained within that palm.
Finally, with a loud bang of unbearable strain, it was crushed into scattered Chakra turbulence that flew in all directions.
The explosion's flames and impact didn't even make it take half a step back.
"Interesting—"
"It seems even the power of a Super Kage-level might not be enough to defeat you, let alone an ordinary Kage-level."
Seeing this, Naruto was not surprised but delighted.
The delight of a hunter finding worthy prey.
Naruto's strength had been growing rapidly recently, and he was eager for a fight, but he struggled to find an opponent. Not even the legendary Sannin were enough for a warm-up.
Now, he had finally met a strong opponent, and a pure numerical monster at that. How could Naruto not be excited?
He wanted to fight and enjoy it!
"It seems I need to get serious too. This is my first time unleashing my 'full power', Goblin God, I hope you can take a beating."
Naruto clapped his hands together fiercely, an astonishing light bursting from his eyes!
"markings: Activate!"
"Eight Gates Formation: Seventh Gate of Shock: Open!"
"Lightning Release Chakra Mode: Activate!"
"Rumble—!!!!"
A terrifying energy, far exceeding anything before, mixed with raging lightning, blue steam, and golden Sage Art Chakra, surged skyward!
Naruto's hair stood on end from the powerful energy field, his hair tips dyed with the scorching white of lightning and the azure of blue steam. His skin turned crimson, with violent lightning snakes dancing across its surface.
Blue steam mixed with dazzling, scorching white arcs of electricity enveloped his entire being, emanating a pressure that made the entire Green Moon begin to tremble violently.
Takemikazuchi Mode!!