18566 / 5698 / 1577 / 859 / 15879 / 2899…
Streams of experience points rapidly flashed before Arin's eyes.
A single meteor—
Had wiped out every Amegakure ninja in the area.
And just like that—
His experience surpassed one million.
[Name: Hyuga Arin]
[Class: Hunter]
[Sub-Class: Doctor]
[Level: Lv.43 (0 / 45,500)]
[Chakra / Nen: 3968 / 11110 + 10000 + 1000 + 500 + 500 + 500]
[Essence: 13,654]
[Experience: 1,051,142]
"…That almost drained me dry."
Arin floated in midair, smiling faintly at Hanzo—
Who had just broken free from the rubble.
One Chibaku Meteor—
Even with Nagato's chakra—
Had nearly emptied him.
Luckily—
So many ninja died at once—
His chakra rapidly recovered.
Even exceeding what he had before.
At this point—
He could still cast it two more times.
Hanzo stared at Arin in disbelief.
That one strike—
Had annihilated his entire force.
The key was—
They had been confined within a limited area.
And the meteor—
Covered everything.
The entire forest—
Was gone.
Only fragments of the meteor remained.
Logically—
Even he shouldn't have survived.
Yet—
He crawled out—
Almost unscathed.
Rumble…
From the debris—
The salamander emerged as well.
Shaking its head—
Returning to Hanzo's side.
Its massive body—
Made Hanzo seem insignificant.
Hanzo looked up at Arin.
What he couldn't understand most was—
Why Arin himself was completely unaffected.
The meteor's range—
Included him.
Yet after it fell—
He hadn't even moved.
Of course—
Arin had simply turned himself into an element for an instant.
Avoiding the attack entirely.
Elementalization.
At the deepest part beneath the meteor—
Inside a semi-spherical pocket—
Nagato and the others stared at each other.
Everything outside had turned to solid earth.
They couldn't see anything.
"…Are we… safe?" Konan asked hesitantly.
It felt like they had been buried alive.
"…Probably?" Yahiko said uncertainly.
At least—
They were still alive.
Though whether they'd suffocate—
Was another question.
…
Arin wasn't in a hurry to finish Hanzo.
With the Rinnegan—
He had reached Kage-level.
Perhaps even approaching beyond that.
And there were still many interesting abilities—
He hadn't explored yet.
Hanzo silently drew his sickle—
And leapt onto his salamander.
"You're not giving up?" Arin asked with a faint smile.
Hanzo looked up—
And laughed freely.
"It seems the entire shinobi world has underestimated you."
"This level of power…"
"Reminds me of those two who once ended an era."
Asura of the Shinobi World—Uchiha Madara.
God of Shinobi—Senju Hashirama.
Of course—
It wasn't really that Arin had reached their level.
Without the Rinnegan—
He couldn't achieve this.
"Hyuga Arin…"
"What is your dream?"
Hanzo suddenly asked.
Arin chuckled.
"Since when are we close enough to share dreams?"
"…But sure."
He slowly raised his hand—
Pointing at Hanzo.
"Destroy the entire shinobi world."
"…Hahahaha!"
Hanzo burst into laughter.
"What an incredible dream."
He crouched slightly—
Eyes locked onto Arin.
"To die at the hands of someone like you…"
"I, Hanzo, have no regrets."
BOOM!
The salamander leapt upward—
Spitting out purple poison.
Hanzo jumped as well—
His body merging into the toxic mist.
The poison formed—
A dragon.
Poison Release: Poison Dragon Technique!
"HYUGA ARIN!!!"
Hanzo's roar echoed through the sky.
Arin's eyes glowed.
"Shinra…"
"…Tensei."
The true power of the Rinnegan—
BOOM!!!!
An overwhelming repulsive force descended.
The poison dragon struggled upward—
But no matter how hard it pushed—
It couldn't break through.
Like a monkey trapped beneath a mountain—
It was crushed down.
BOOM!!!
The meteor debris—
Was flattened into a massive plate.
Revealing—
The only untouched area:
The Safe Zone.
[Experience +102,547]
With their view no longer blocked—
The three finally saw the massive crater.
Gulp.
Yahiko swallowed.
"…Nagato…"
"That was your Shinra Tensei, right?"
Nagato swallowed as well—
Then nodded.
He had never imagined—
His ability could be this powerful.
For the first time—
He truly realized—
What kind of power his eyes held.
Arin slowly descended.
He glanced upward—
No system message yet.
"…Still one alive."
He looked down—
Through the compressed layers of earth—
Spotting a surviving figure deep underground.
He raised his hand.
"Universal Pull."
A powerful force dragged the figure out.
A white figure struggled violently in his grasp—
Turning into liquid—
Trying to crawl up his arm.
"…White Zetsu."
"So I've been noticed."
Black-blue flames ignited across Arin's body.
The white substance—
Was burned to ash.
Along with the Zetsu itself.
[Experience +5,648]
Text appeared in the sky:
[Victory: Player — Hyuga Arin]
The surroundings dissolved.
The ruined city returned.
"…Finally over."
Yahiko let out a long breath.
Looking at Arin—
The pressure he felt was immense.
"Can a person really reach that level…?"
He stared at Nagato—
Whose Rinnegan had returned.
Nagato scratched his cheek awkwardly.
"…I can't do that at all."
Even if he kept growing—
That level of power felt unreachable.
"Have some confidence," Yahiko said, patting his shoulder.
"You'll get there someday."
"Alright, time to head back," Arin said.
He glanced at the massive pile of loot—
Over a hundred drops.
Still needed sorting.
This time—
Amegakure had been completely cleared.
His gaze swept into the distance—
But found nothing.
…
Deep underground—
Black Zetsu remained hidden.
"…That was close."
"Hanzo is dead."
"The White Zetsu didn't make it out either."
"What exactly happened inside that sphere…?"
He couldn't grasp Arin's true strength.
What Arin showed outside—
Was only average.
But inside that blue sphere—
No matter how many entered—
Only Arin and his allies survived.
"…Is there anyone left in this world who can kill him?"
Black Zetsu sank into deep thought.
This existence—
Was becoming a serious obstacle.
A thought—
Originally voiced by Uchiha Madara.
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