Chapter 1498 Hell Valley

Improving the amplification effect on ninjas through environmental adjustments is actually a very delicate task. It is not simply that the more extreme the value, the better.

Therefore, with Bai's cooperation, Shinji made adjustments thousands of times before he finally found the best combat environment for Bai.

After thousands of challenges, the ice lake has changed a lot.

There were cold winds blowing over the lake, but the lake was not completely frozen. There were only icebergs of varying sizes floating on the surface, and the originally endless ice fields around it had turned into undulating glaciers.

The ice lake is not completely frozen because there is an abyss deep underground at the bottom of the lake, which is reserved for the installation of "reinforcement nails" later. Because of its existence, the warm current in the ground veins surges up, making the ice lake alive and not becoming a dull mass of ice.

The concentration of natural energy has also been fine-tuned.

Too strong natural energy will interfere with the stability of the environment, so Shinji made appropriate optimizations, increasing the areas with high concentrations of natural energy and reducing the concentration of natural energy.

After completing the debugging, Shinji said to Bai: "This will become one of the nine key nodes to protect the ninja world, and you are the guard I chose to guard here!"

Bai was shocked: "Sir, can I?"

Although he had guessed something after the tedious debugging just now, he was still a little uneasy when he heard that Shinji entrusted him with an important task.

Because there are many people in Akatsuki and the research institute who are stronger than him, he couldn't believe that Shinji would give him such an important task.

Shinji said in a deep voice: "I believe you can do it!"

Bai was stunned for a moment, then his eyes became firm: "Please rest assured, I will defend this place to the death!"

Shinji stepped forward and patted Bai's shoulder: "Please!"

Letting Bai, who was not at the 'Six Paths level', guard the key node was not a sudden idea on Shinji's part. He actually had similar plans a long time ago.

Among the combat forces he now controls, the only ones he can trust are the three 'Bloodline Network', namely Hikari, Karin, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, and the six 'Six Paths', namely Shion, Sasuke, Naruto, Toneri, Neji, and Kimimaro.

As for Aida and Dimon, they mastered divine arts and possessed the combat power of the "Six Paths Level", but precisely because of their divine arts, Shinji could not completely trust them.

Therefore, if all the trustworthy combat forces were evenly distributed among the nine key nodes, he would have no soldiers available.

If we only need to fight against the Overlord of Terror, this arrangement is not impossible.

But because of the variable Orochimaru, Shinji had to consider more, so to be on the safe side, he needed some backup forces to deal with possible emergencies.

In this way, he could not distribute the combat power evenly, and the nine key nodes must be guarded by high-level combat forces, so he could only let Bai, whose strength was not enough for the "Six Paths Level", guard one key node.

After dealing with the ice lake, Shinji came to another key node.

Coincidentally, Shinji had been to this key node before. It was the Hell Valley where the Uchiha clan once exiled the Bleeding Pond clan.

This place is filled with magma and blood pools, and is a veritable Jedi.

After discovering that this was a key node, Shinji had the idea of transforming this place and letting Yakumo guard it.

Yakumo's strength is the same as Haku's, above the Kage level but below the 'Six Paths level'.

Therefore, as long as the environment is suitable enough, it is possible to achieve a leap in combat power and enter the "Six Paths Level" in one fell swoop.

But unlike Shiro, Yakumo is more picky about his environment.

The general environment has a very limited amplifying effect on her. Only a special environment like Hell Valley can have an amplifying effect on her.

Just like before, Shinji opened the space gate and summoned Yakumo.

After arriving at Hell Valley through the space gate, Yakumo looked around and said, "Sir, could this be the Hell Valley where the Blood Pond Clan was exiled?" Shinji was a little surprised: "Hey, how did you recognize it?"

Yakumo explained, "My 'Red Dragon Eyes' and Chinano's 'Blood Dragon Eyes' both have the ability to manipulate blood, so I learned about the history of the Blood Pond Clan and found out about Hell Valley."

Shinji said: "Yes, this is the Hell Valley where the Blood Pond Clan was once exiled. At the same time, it is also one of the nine key nodes."

"It's actually here." Yakumo thought of something and asked, "Sir, do you want me to come here for a mission?"

After directly telling him about Bai guarding a key node, Shinji said, "I hope you will guard this key node."

"What!?"

Yakumo's face was full of surprise.

Not only her, but even Ido who was staying in her spiritual world flew out and asked, "Let us guard the key nodes? Isn't that what the 'Six Paths' level combat power should do?"

Shinji smiled and said, "Yes, everyone thought I would let the Six Paths-level fighters guard the key nodes."

Yakumo said: "Are you trying to confuse the enemy? But you asked us to guard the key points. I'm worried that we are not up to the task!"

"Hey, follow me!"

As he spoke, Shinji opened the space door and brought Yakumo and Ido to the ice lake just now.

"It's so cold!"

Ido shuddered.

Yakumo was speechless: "You are a spirit, you obviously can't feel the cold!"

"Really?" Idu scratched his head and said, "Strange, but why do I feel so cold here?"

Yakumo shrank back, "But it is indeed very cold here! Sir, where is this place?"

Shinji said: "This is the key node that Bai Zhen is guarding!"

Swish.
As soon as Shinji finished speaking, Bai landed in front of several people.

Yakumo was a little confused: "Bai, were you nearby just now? Why didn't I sense anything?"

Bai Xiao said: "The extreme cold has weakened your perception ability, and this place is full of rich natural energy, so your perception ability will be seriously disturbed in this place!"

Yakumo suddenly realized: "No wonder!"

Shinji said, "Yakumo, aren't you worried that you won't be able to do the job? Well, why don't you compete with Bai here and see how it works!"

"Here? Okay!"

Yakumo nodded.

Although she knew that she would suffer some losses in a fight with Bai in such a freezing cold environment, she was not afraid, because in her opinion, with her strength reaching this level, environmental factors such as weather and terrain would have little impact on the battle situation.

Yidu was also eager to try: "Is it a normal contest, or can we go all out?"

Shinji looked at Shiro.

Bai smiled and said, "Go all out, I also want to see how much my strength can be improved on the ice lake!"

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