Chapter 382: Kumogakure's Defeat
The next day
After having breakfast in the morning, Ryosuke took down the seven talent entries from the idle slot and replaced them with a new batch of seven gold talent entries.
"Almost all the gold talent entries are upgraded. Soon, I can focus entirely on those god-level talent entries."
Very few gold talent entries remained. Most had already been upgraded to god level. Only a handful hadn't been cycled in yet.
And the three god-level talent entries he had put in the idle slot earlier were now steadily accumulating experience points.
However, upgrading god-level talent entries was slow.
If he wants to push them to super god level by just idling, it will take more than half a year.
He has to be patient!
At this stage, Ryosuke rarely used biological pheromones to convert into useful gold talent or even god-level talent entries.
One thing he had to admit—both the Naruto world and its parallel counterparts could no longer provide him with any new, useful talent entries.
At present, he was relying on what he already had.
Using the system's synthesis function, he created new talent entries for his use.
The days of easily obtaining high-quality talent entries through conversion...
Seemed to be long gone!
This was not good news for Ryosuke, but there was nothing he could do about it.
He could only take things one step at a time.
If necessary, he would have to rely solely on the synthesis function—continuously merging and upgrading talent entries to gain new enhancements.
To be honest, Ryosuke's current arsenal of talent entries was already extremely luxurious.
Not to mention the ten super god-level talent entries, even the sheer number of god-level talent entries was astonishing.
But as his strength increased, gold and even god-level talent entries were becoming less and less useful to him.
Except for a few special talent entries, most at these two levels were of little use to Ryosuke.
The attributes like Ninjutsu power bonuses, Chakra bonuses, and similar enhancements, had basically no effect on him anymore.
Even talent entries such as the Power of Karma Seal were not of much use.
For someone like Ryosuke, who had already reached the high god level, it was meaningless.
The [Power of Karma seal] talent entry is at god level so it's s upper limit is god level.
Or perhaps, infinitely close to high god level, but it could never truly reach that height.
And now, Ryosuke had already attained invincible high god-level strength.
The [Power of Karma seal] talent entry was naturally useless to him in its current state.
Fortunately, talent entries could be upgraded.
By upgrading the [Power of Karma seal] talent entry to the super god level, it would still be effective and even better than before.
On the Battlefield
The situation was constantly changing.
As a bystander, Ryosuke could see everything unfolding with clarity.
For example, Jiraiya had launched a surprise attack two days ago.
Jiraiya himself, along with Mikoto, Sakumo, and Hiruzen—four Kage-level powerhouses—struck together, attacking Kumogakure's forces from the rear.
In a single decisive strike, they wiped out more than 800 Kumogakure ninjas and captured an entire squad.
With this battle, they firmly secured Konoha's victory on the Kumogakure battlefield.
Rumor had it that the Fourth Raikage went into a furious rage in his camp that day, smashing a great deal of equipment.
In the days that followed, the two sides didn't engage in battles like before.
Sakumo and the others who had infiltrated the enemy's side returned to Konoha and resumed their positions in the rear.
Speaking of which, Sakumo had recently begun consolidating some power within the village.
For instance, the Anbu was now under his control.
Except for a handful of ninjas who had yet to declare their allegiance, most of Konoha's forces had already aligned with Sakumo.
Especially after his incredible display of power in this war, where he single-handedly stopped the Fourth Raikage, Eight-Tails Jinchūriki Killer Bee, and dozens of Kumogakure Jōnins.
That battle cemented his status as Konoha's strongest ninja and dealt a major blow to the village's old leadership, led by Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen.
In contrast, Sarutobi Hiruzen's performance was... disappointing to say the least.
He had a reputation for being the strongest Hokage, but reality did not match the legend.
Many ninjas who were in the Kumogakure battlefield were left disillusioned.
And rumors began to spread—
That Sarutobi Hiruzen was old, and his strength had deteriorated significantly.
He was no longer capable of defeating even two or three Elite Jōnins.
The whispers quickly spread throughout the ninja world.
This was a major blow to Sarutobi Hiruzen's prestige.
Of course, Sarutobi Hiruzen was furious but Ryosuke didn't care.
What truly interested him, aside from the battle situation at Kumogakure, eas the massive amount of experience points he had accumulated over the past few days.
Besides that, the seven gold talent entries he had put in the idle slot last time had all leveled up today.
After swapping them out, Ryosuke added four new gold talent entries and three new god-level talent entries.
So, on his ten idle slots, there were now six god-level talent entries and four gold talent entries.
And these four gold talent entries were the final four gold talent entries.
Once they leveled up, Ryosuke would achieve a minimum god-level ranking across all his talent entries.
But there was no actual reward for this milestone.
It was just something he wanted to accomplish for himself.
"Experience points have reached 5.87 million—almost there."
Ryosuke remained seated on the usual rock.
Lately, he had been stationed at the Kumogakure battlefield, simply observing the scenery most of the time.
From here, he could watch the frontline battles unfold.
He could also see the vast mountains and endless sea of clouds in the distance.
At that moment
Ryosuke opened his character panel, accessed the talent entry converter, and prepared to spend a significant amount of experience points to get the perfect attributes on a few super god-level talent entries.
As for the god-level talent entries?
They could wait.
Eventually, they would level up.
Who knew if the perfected ones would maintain their perfected status after upgrading?
If he gets a perfect attribute now, and it turns into an ordinary grade after upgrading, that would be too bad.
Ryosuke wasn't worried about the experience points.
It's just that the thought of his EXP being wasted for nothing felt terrible.
[Advanced Divine Body] and [Transcendence]—the two super god-level talent entries, had already gained perfect attributes.
So, there was no need to focus on them again.
But the remaining eight talent entries all need good numerical bonuses.
Now, Ryosuke had accumulated nearly six million experience points.
No matter what, gaining at least three talent entries with perfect attributes should be possible today, right?
"Let's go from top to bottom."
Ryosuke didn't hesitate—since he was going to do this anyway, the order didn't matter.
So, he simply followed the sequence on the equipment list.
The first talent entry going to be worked on today was [Advanced Divine Power].
The attribute bonus for this talent entry was 30,000%, dtill at its initial value.
Too low!
"System god, please bless me!"
Ryosuke rubbed his hands together and pressed the [Convert] button with his thoughts.
Flash!
A light shimmered.
The attribute changed to [Advanced Divine Power +40,000%]!
It was an increase but not enough.
Continue!
Ryosuke pressed the [Convert] button again.
[Advanced Divine Power +50,000%]
[Advanced Divine Power +20,000%]
[Advanced Divine Power +70,000%]
[…]
With each transformation, the attribute values fluctuated.
After 100 tries, Ryosuke finally stopped, satisfied with the result.
[Advanced Divine Power +100,000%]
Perfect attribute achieved!!
Time for the next one!
Ryosuke took down [Advanced Divine Power] and replaced it with [Invincible Divine Body].
This talent entry enhanced physical fitness.
Even though [Power of Karma Seal] was currently useless, it was only temporarily useless.
It would still come in handy in the future.
Besides, physical fitness wasn't only meant to work with Karma Seal.
This attribute itself was extremely important.
When combined with Ryosuke's Indestructible Divine Body, it became even more formidable.
And since he also had the Berserker Divine Body, with its 1000x bonus stacking, just his physical endurance alone would likely reach the pinnacle of invincible high god-tier.
[Comvert]!!
Ryosuke rubbed his hands, praying for the system god's blessing.
After all, when it came to things within the system, only the system god had control over them.
So, it made sense to pray to it.
Hadn't it just proven effective?
100 tries had resulted in a perfect attribute.
Previously, it used to take around 150 tries to succeed.
One-third of the experience points had been saved.
If this luck held, he might just be able to get four super god-level talent entries with perfect attributes today.
After 124 tries, Ryosuke stopped.
[Physical Fitness +100,000%]
124 conversions had consumed 1.24 million experience points.
But in the end, this talent entry had been perfected.
So, Ryosuke now had four super god-level talent entries with perfect attributes.
"I still have over three million experience points left—this is going better than expected. Maybe I really can get four perfect attributes today."
Ryosuke glanced at his remaining experience points.
Since the first two talent entries had gone smoother than expected, the total experience cost was lower than he had anticipated.
If this pace continues, it won't be impossible to get four perfect attributes today.
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