Multiverse Skill System

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Yi Shuihan was extremely eager to know what choice the awakened spirit beasts would make. Instantly, a mental storm swept over all the spirit beasts.

"puff"

Nagato, in his true form, coughed up a mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with horror. He had suffered a backlash, and all his summoned beasts had broken free from his control.

The summoned beasts that had attacked Yi Shuihan instantly regained their senses. While they were being controlled, they were actually aware of what they were doing, but they were simply powerless to resist. Now that they had regained their freedom, they naturally wouldn't be polite to Nagato, the culprit, and they all turned around and attacked.

"Shenra Tianzheng"

The Heavenly Dao intervened again, repelling all the summoned beasts. Nagato was extremely frustrated at this moment. He felt as if Yi Shuihan was his nemesis, making him feel as uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a fly.

Yi Shuihan watched the battle between the summoned beasts and the Six Paths of Pain with a calm and composed demeanor. The original tree had long been broken due to the appearance of the summoned beasts, and the surrounding trees had also suffered varying degrees of damage.

suddenly

"Earth-shattering Star."

A black chakra ball was thrown directly next to Yi Shuihan. To Yi Shuihan's astonishment, everything around him hurtled towards him at incredible speed.

In the blink of an eye, a huge meteorite, tens of meters tall, appeared in the air and continued to grow.

Konan and Nagato had somehow gotten far away, leaving only Pain behind.

"We finally managed to seal him away by surprise. He's doomed this time."

As a ninjutsu used to destroy a village, Chibaku Tensei is an extremely powerful forbidden technique. Even tailed beasts can only be sealed away by this move. Therefore, Nagato did not believe that Yi Shuihan could survive under these circumstances.

Inside the meteorite, which was invisible to Changmen, Yi Shuihan was much more at ease than he had imagined. The area within a 3-meter radius of Yi Shuihan was hollow, and nothing around him affected him at all.

The black sphere, formed from black chakra, was held obediently in his palm.

"Should I go out and show off a bit more, or just leave like this?"

With his chin resting on his hand, Yi Shuihan pondered carefully.

"Well, I'll play with him again next time. Let's skip it this time."

After muttering to himself, Yi Shuihan's figure disappeared. As he disappeared, the suction force erupted again, and the stones completely filled the gap.

Outside, the enormous meteorite suddenly shrank.

"Hmm?" Nagato looked at the meteorite with a puzzled expression. He had never seen anything like this before and had no idea what had happened.

"Nagato, let's go quickly! The people from Konoha have arrived."

Chapter 395, Is there a conspiracy?

"What the hell is going on here?"

"There must be a powerful figure fighting here. Is such a large meteorite being used for earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a technique used to escape from a magical source)?"

"These are the footprints of summoning beasts. There must have been dozens of powerful summoning beasts here."

"It's at least a battle at the Kage level or higher."

Konoha ninjas kept coming to investigate and analyze the situation, and even the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, came to take a look.

While all of this was happening, Yi Shuihan and Tsunade were having a baby-making project, completely oblivious to the outside world.

A month later,

"The Chunin Exams? No wonder I've been running into a lot of people from other villages lately."

Yi Shuihan learned from Hinata that the joint Chunin Exams would be held in Konoha, and became interested.

A peculiar idea formed in Yi Shuihan's mind: the Ninja Collapse Plan. That's right, not the Konoha Collapse Plan, but the Ninja Collapse Plan.

During the Chunin Exams, martial arts practitioners should take this opportunity to make their presence felt once again.

Orochimaru only destroyed Konoha, but I'll go bigger and destroy all the ninjas.

While it may sound like a collapse, Yi Shuihan doesn't intend to attack the ninja village or anything like that. He simply plans to have martial arts practitioners issue fair challenges to the ninjas during the exams.

Of course, it couldn't be a one-on-one fight. In a one-on-one situation, martial arts practitioners are indeed no match for ninjas of the same level, at least not before reaching the Transformation Realm.

The number of martial arts practitioners far exceeds that of ninjas. As far as Yi Shuihan knows, the total number of ninjas in the five great nations is only tens of thousands, while the number of martial arts practitioners who have reached the Ming Jin level is in the hundreds of thousands. Overall, the number of martial arts practitioners is ten times that of ninjas, and this gap will continue to widen in the future if nothing unexpected happens.

With such a large gap, we should make use of it! If one-on-one doesn't work, then one-on-two; if one-on-two doesn't work, then one-on-three.

Yi Shuihan thought about this problem carefully and finally realized that unless all ninjas were brain-dead, they would never agree if they were not allowed to.

Unless war breaks out, it's not easy for Yi Shuihan to win against a smaller force under fair circumstances.

"Perhaps it can be done like this..."

Just as Yi Shuihan was making his move in secret, the day of the Chunin Exams finally arrived.

Logically speaking, since Yi Shuihan is neither an examiner nor even a ninja, it would be impossible for him to enter the examination hall to observe the specific circumstances of the exam. However, that applies to ordinary situations and not to Yi Shuihan.

Yes, he is now entering the examination room as the examiner's mentor.

The examiner in charge of the first round was Itachi Uchiha, and the first exam was not a written test.

Early in the morning, the candidates were taken to the examination hall.

"I wonder what the first exam will be about?"

"I'm so nervous, I hope it's not a written test."

"A written test? That's unlikely; this place is clearly not suitable for a written test."

"makes sense."

As the examinees curiously surveyed their surroundings, in a secluded corner, Itachi Uchiha looked at his master with a troubled expression.

"Master, do we really have to do this?"

"What do you say?"

"But, this..."

Uchiha Itachi had no choice but to hesitate. Originally, as the person in charge of the first exam, his idea was to test the candidates' investigative abilities through a written exam. However, Yi Shuihan approached him and proposed a different plan that put him in a difficult position.

Itachi Uchiha was reluctant, but he couldn't disobey Yi Shuihan's request, so he eventually agreed.

"Hello everyone, I am the examiner for the first round, Uchiha Itachi."

Uchiha Itachi walked to the center of the many examinees and said calmly.

"Is he from the Uchiha clan? He's already a Jonin at such a young age, he's really impressive."

"My brother is actually an examiner?"

"Uchiha Itachi, isn't he that guy's student?"

Perhaps because Itachi Uchiha didn't seem cold at all, but rather had a somewhat friendly demeanor, the examinees below appeared relaxed and were discussing among themselves.

"Please be quiet for a moment, I'm about to announce the exam questions."

Itachi Uchiha spoke softly, but his words rang clearly in the ears of every examinee.

This move instantly silenced all the examinees, who pricked up their ears, waiting for Itachi Uchiha to continue.

What exactly are the exam questions? These candidates are extremely curious. Everyone has different areas of expertise, so they all hope that the exam questions will be related to their strengths.

Having finally caught his breath, Itachi Uchiha's eyes involuntarily glanced in Yi Shuihan's direction. Finally, under the threatening gaze of Yi Shuihan, he made up his mind.

"The first test is to bring back hot spring water. You will be divided into groups of three, and each group will receive three empty bottles. Then you will go to the Myriad Worlds Hot Spring Resort to fill the bottles with hot spring water. You have three days to fill the bottles. Each person can pass the test if they bring back a bottle of hot spring water. Stealing is strictly prohibited. Anyone found stealing will be disqualified from the test."

"That's all? Just bringing back some hot spring water!"

As soon as Itachi Uchiha finished speaking, many of the examinees thought the same thing, while only a few seemed to be deep in thought.

The Konoha 12, especially those who had the privilege of unlimited access to hot springs, all smiled, as if the first test was already a piece of cake.

"The difficulty of this assessment should be how to obtain a spot, since the hot spring resort has a limited number of spots each day, and only by obtaining a spot can one enter the hot spring."

Some people pointed out the difficulties of the assessment under normal circumstances, which was agreed upon by many candidates.

As soon as Itachi Uchiha announced the start of the exam, the examinees rushed to the Myriad Worlds Hot Spring at top speed. At this point, it was clear that those who arrived first had an advantage.

Is it really that simple?

"Let us in, we want to soak in the hot springs."

"There are no more spots available for today? You should leave!"

"How could that be? Then can we reserve a spot for tomorrow?"

"I'm sorry, there are no more spots available for tomorrow either. Not only for tomorrow, but for the next three days as well."

Matt Day's words left the arriving candidates dumbfounded, staring at him in disbelief.

"How could there be no spots at all? And it just so happens to be during these few days of the exam. If that's the case, then no one will pass the first round."

"Are we going to break in and seize the hot springs?"

Just as many test takers were contemplating whether to force their way through, a test taker suddenly shouted...

"Why were they able to get in? Weren't there no spots available?"

When everyone looked over, they realized that Hinata had entered the hot spring area, and then they also noticed Sasuke, Naruto and the others preparing to enter one after another, while Might Guy did not stop them.

"Could there be something fishy going on? They're all Konoha ninjas."

Chapter 396, Hot Spring Water Cannot Be Taken Out

"There's no shady deal. The few of us can go in to soak in the hot springs without needing any special quotas. It's just that it's special, but they can't go in."

Naruto shouted loudly, pointing at several minor Konoha ninjas, completely unaware that the Konoha ninjas he was pointing at had black lines on their faces.

"You still say it's not a conspiracy? I think it's because your Konoha didn't want people from other villages to qualify, so you specially set up a test. Otherwise, how could there be no spots available these days?"

One of the Sand Ninja said this, which resonated with many of the test takers.

"This……"

Naruto thought there was some truth to that, and he didn't know how to refute it. Yes, he knew that the spots were refreshed every day, and there wouldn't be a situation where there were no spots available the next day.

In fact, many candidates from Konoha who knew the specific rules of the hot spring resort were very confused, but they didn't show it. Some even suspected that the higher-ups might have some ulterior motives.

"Speechless now, aren't you? Hmph, Konoha really underestimates people, resorting to such underhanded tactics."

"Damn it, what's the point of taking this exam? I'm going back."

"I will definitely report this to the village when I get back. It's a shame we're allies with Konoha. I think we're better off without an ally like this!"

The examinees were filled with righteous indignation, and the scene became extremely chaotic. Konoha's ninjas were ostracized by ninjas from other villages.

At this point, even the ninjas belonging to Konoha were somewhat dissatisfied with the test questions arranged by their superiors.

"Your test question should be about collecting hot spring water, right?"

Matt Day suddenly asked.

"Yes, Uncle Dai, is there something wrong?"

"We prohibit taking the hot spring water out of here. Even when you're soaking in the hot spring, you can't take any of the hot spring water with you. So whether you have a spot or not, whether you soak in the hot spring or not, it doesn't matter."

Matt Dai was actually one of the people in the know about this matter! Yi Shuihan had informed him about it a few days ago, otherwise he wouldn't have said that there would be no spots available for several days. It was Yi Shuihan's order.

"Huh!? How could this be?"

Naruto shouted the loudest, while the others stared at Might Guy in disbelief, never expecting such a thing to happen.

However, as a result, people from other villages stopped targeting Konoha's examinees.

Everyone began to rethink things. After all, it was impossible for there to be a test that was truly impossible to complete. If that were the case, what would be the point of Konoha holding this Chunin Exam?

"Is the purpose of the assessment to test everyone's adaptability?"

One of the genin who came to Kumogakure had his eyes light up and walked up to Might Guy.

"Is this hot spring water available for purchase?"

Yes! How come I didn't think of that? I could buy it!

Many test takers' eyes lit up when they heard this.

"Hot spring water is not for sale."

Matt Day shook his head, and the candidates were immediately disappointed.

"Listen to me, everyone. The only way to get the hot spring is for us to work together and force our way through. As long as someone can hold him off, we can send someone to fetch the hot spring and then distribute it."

"That's right, no matter how strong he is, he can't defeat all of us in a short time."

"Yes, this is the only way now."