Chapter 319
After consuming all the low-level cards he could, Haruto Saito had nearly upgraded all mainstream Water and Wind Release jutsu to thirty-two times their original power. As for Fire, Earth, and Lightning Release, he hadn't yet collected enough cards to max out even one of them.
Most of the Mist ninja he had taken down didn't drop these elemental cards. The majority of them were low-level, either Chunin or Genin, who typically mastered only one element. True geniuses who were proficient in multiple elements were rare. Usually, only after advancing to Jonin did a ninja begin mastering a second or third element.
As the saying goes, "The land shapes the people."
In the Land of Water, ninja predominantly started with Water or Wind Release!
B-rank jutsu cards were incredibly scarce—he had collected only a little over a hundred! Even that was quite a lot.
Haruto didn't believe he had killed a hundred Jonin. Instead, it seemed that some Jonin had dropped multiple B-rank jutsu cards, and even some Elite Chunin had managed to drop a few.
A-rank jutsu cards? He had found six.
Well, that was within expectations.
It was painfully little, but Haruto had been prepared for this outcome.
Despite the large-scale explosions, killing Elite Jonin was still difficult. The problem wasn't just the blast radius—it was that the sheer power still wasn't enough!
Areas containing B-rank explosive talismans had detonation power equivalent to A-rank fire-style jutsu. However, regions without B-rank explosive talismans relied on C-rank talismans combined with standard explosive tags. Their blast power barely reached B-rank level, making it almost impossible to kill an Elite Jonin!