"It dodged?"
He raised an eyebrow.
"Interesting."
The Three-Tails' single eye stared fixedly at him, its pupil filled with anger, resentment, and a hint of... fear.
Yang Jiu smiled.
He stepped down into the giant crater, walking step by step toward the Three-Tails.
Ten meters against forty-nine meters; it should have been the tiny against the massive.
But at this moment, the prone giant beast felt that it was the tiny one.
"Isobu."
Yang Jiu spoke indifferently, his golden eyes looking directly at the gargantuan creature lying in the giant crater.
"Can you still move?"
The Three-Tails did not answer.
It wasn't that it didn't want to answer, but it simply had no strength left to do so.
All of its Chakra had been used to withstand the aftershocks of the previous strike; now, even moving a single claw was a struggle.
Yang Jiu looked at its state and nodded.
"Alright, then let's not waste any more words."
He paused, his voice spreading through the entire giant crater like thunder:
"Become the Guardian Divine Beast of my Wolf Clan for one hundred years."
"After one hundred years, I will return your true freedom."
Last night, after leaving Mei Terumī's courtyard, the System had issued a mission.
It was also a continuous mission: to collect Tailed Beasts to serve as the Guardian Divine Beasts of the Wolf Clan.
Furthermore, the rewards were very generous.
The Three-Tails' single eye suddenly widened.
One hundred years?
Freedom?
It had lived for over a thousand years and had heard countless promises from humans—those people said they would treat it well, call it a partner, and protect it from harm.
And in the end?
It was either sealed or controlled.
It lowered its single eye and remained silent for a long time.
Yang Jiu didn't rush it, simply watching it quietly.
After a long while.
The Three-Tails let out a low whimper, like a sigh or an acceptance of fate.
It slowly nodded its massive head.
It had already been sealed twice anyway.
One more time wouldn't hurt.
Besides...
One hundred years was but a blink of an eye in its long life.
If it could be exchanged for true freedom afterward—
It was worth it.
Yang Jiu saw it nod, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
"A wise choice."
As soon as he spoke, two cold electronic notification sounds exploded in his mind!
[Ding—Subjugation of Three-Tails Isobu complete!]
[Obtained mission rewards: 50,000 EXP, 50,000 Points, Lake of Life (can be combined with a large life spring eye to become a Large Lake of Life), three-tails isobu statue, Lucky Draw Chance ×1]
Yang Jiu's eyes instantly lit up with an amazing brightness.
Fifty thousand EXP! Fifty thousand Points!
This reward was even more generous than he had imagined.
Just these 50,000 EXP would cause his level progress bar to surge significantly; once he completed the remaining few missions, reaching Level 5 was just around the corner.
And the Lake of Life—
One could tell from the name that this thing was related to the life spring eye, but the scale was definitely on a different level.
A spring eye is just a well, but a lake is a lake.
It could combine with a large life spring eye to become a true Large Lake of Life.
Support tens of thousands of animals?
It would likely be enough for all the beasts in the entire forest.
However, the large life spring eye wasn't in his hands yet; he had to complete the "Assault on the Holy Land" mission first.
Yang Jiu licked his lips and continued reading.
three-tails isobu statue—
He clicked on the introduction, and his pupils suddenly contracted.
[three-tails isobu statue: Once placed, it allows all members of the Wolf Clan to automatically gain Water Attribute Chakra talent and significantly enhances the power of Water Attribute Ninjutsu.]
Yang Jiu was stunned.
Automatically gain the Water Attribute?
Not through cultivation, but born with it?
What did this mean?
It meant that from now on, every newborn wolf cub, from the moment it opened its eyes, would come with its own Water Attribute Chakra!
"The effect of this statue is too massive!"
He couldn't help but exclaim in pleasant surprise.
You should know that not every creature is born with elemental Chakra; even a Genius like Kakashi only mastered Lightning Release through later cultivation.
But this statue directly turned all members of the Wolf Clan into "Innate Water Attribute Sacred Bodies"!
Yang Jiu's eyes grew brighter and brighter.
"If I gather all nine Tailed Beasts—"
He murmured.
"Wouldn't the Wolf Clan's Chakra talent just take off?"
Fire, Water, Wind, Lightning, Earth, Yin, Yang...
Nine Tailed Beasts, nine attributes, nine statues.
If all were gathered, the Wolf Clan would be a natural all-attribute race!
Stronger than the Senju Clan?
More terrifying than the Uzumaki Clan?
Yang Jiu clicked his tongue.
"It's hard to even imagine."
His gaze toward the Three-Tails became increasingly gentle.
That look was like he was staring at a rare treasure.
The Three-Tails felt its skin crawl from his gaze and quickly lowered its head, burying it in its claws.
What's wrong with this wolf?
He was beating it to death just now, and now he's looking at it with those kind of eyes?
Disgusting!
Yang Jiu didn't care.
"There's still one lucky draw chance..."
He licked his lips, his eyes burning with anticipation.
Last time he drew, he got the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, which immediately made him take off.
What about this time?
With a thought.
[Lucky Draw Chance ×1—Use!]
Buzz—!
A massive, colorful, illusory wheel appeared before his eyes, with countless bands of light spinning wildly, passing through blurred patterns like a revolving lantern.
Yang Jiu stared fixedly at the wheel, the spinning lights reflected in his pupils.
One second.
Two seconds.
[Ding—Congratulations on drawing—Conquerors Haki!]
[Fuse immediately?]
Yang Jiu looked at the prompt on the panel, the corners of his mouth turning up wildly.
Conquerors Haki?
The Kingly Aptitude that only one in a million people possesses in the one piece world?
To think he actually drew this.
The System is really milking the one piece world for all it's worth.
But he liked it.
"Fuse! Fuse it now!"
He chose to confirm without hesitation.
As his thought settled.
Buzz—!!!
The next second.
The world changed color.
An invisible power erupted from within Yang Jiu's body!
It wasn't lightning, nor Chakra, nor any energy that could be perceived—it was pure, primal pressure of a king from the depths of the Soul!
Boom!!!
Centered on Yang Jiu, the air within a ten-kilometer radius instantly solidified!
In the sky, the dark clouds that had originally dispersed seemed to be forcibly gathered by an invisible giant hand, surging wildly from all directions!
The clouds churned, collided, and stacked, covering the entire sky in the blink of an eye and completely blocking out the midday sun!
The earth began to tremble.
At first, it was just a slight vibration, like a warning before an earthquake, but after only three seconds, the trembling turned into violent shaking!
At the bottom of the dried-up lake, the giant rocks shattered by the lightning pillars began to crack on their own! The fissures spread like spiderwebs in all directions, extending several kilometers away!
The air itself was wailing.
Countless tiny black cracks flashed and disappeared in the Void Realm—it was the space itself unable to withstand this pressure, beginning to suffer brief tears!
And all of this was simply because Yang Jiu stood there.
He had not yet opened his eyes.
He hadn't even moved.
He just stood there, letting the Conquerors Haki within him pour out.
—
The Three-Tails Isobu was lying there, covering its head with its claws and playing dead.
The next second.
Boom!!!
The Conquerors Haki struck its forty-nine-meter-long body head-on!
The Three-Tails' pupils instantly dilated to their limit!
In that instant, it saw a hallucination—
No, it wasn't a hallucination.
It was an instinct branded into the deepest part of its Bloodline.
It saw the scene of the Six Paths Sage creating the nine Tailed Beasts, saw that supreme existence, and saw all the Tailed Beasts prostrating and trembling before him.
And now.
That aura had appeared again!
More overbearing than the Six Paths Sage! More primal! More unquestionable!
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