Chapter 53: Pre-Battle Training

After staying in this dark space for a while, Uchiha Feiyu ultimately did not sacrifice the Black Qi in his hand.

After all, the more Black Qi stored, the better the things that could be exchanged, and since Uchiha Feiyu was preparing to use the highly consumptive precise sacrifice, it was naturally better to store as much Black Qi as possible.

Currently, he had more than enough to protect himself on the battlefield, and even if he exchanged for something good, it would be difficult to convert it into Power Level in a short time—no matter what the inheritance was, it generally required a period of training.

Not to mention anything else, just take the moves of the Evil-Warding Sword Technique; a ninja of Hatake Sakumo's level had not fully grasped them after researching for several months, and they had not yet been integrated into the White Fang Sword Technique. This was only the simplest of moves; more profound inheritances would likely take even more effort to train.

"The Leaf's battlefield has a rotation system... By the time this battle ends, I will have been on the battlefield for about half a year. I can apply to go back for a half-year leave, and I'll perform the sacrifice then."

"It just so happens that I can take out more Sand Ninja in this battle and gather more Black Qi!"

After making his decision, Uchiha Feiyu no longer paid attention to his Book of Demonic Inheritance and instead began his own special training on the basics.

Generally speaking, once one's strength reaches Uchiha Feiyu's level, it is extremely difficult to make progress in a short period.

Either one goes to train in certain higher-level ninjutsu, such as Sage Art, Lightning Release Chakra Mode, Flying Thunder God Technique, or other super-powerful ninjutsu.

Or one simply develops their own Bloodline Release Technique, such as raising the level of the Sharingan, or fusing different chakra to create Bloodline Release Techniques similar to Wood Release or Magnet Release.

As for re-polishing the basics in the hope of sublimating more powerful strength from them, it was not impossible, but the time required would have to be extended to at least ten years to truly see the efficiency.

However, possessing a large number of Soul, he could train through the Possession skill; Uchiha Feiyu's training efficiency, not to mention increasing a hundredfold, was at least fifty or sixty times higher.

A month or so of time was equivalent to five or six years of bitter polishing of the basics for him, which was enough to see huge changes.

Seemingly having learned no new ninjutsu, his chakra circulation speed was a notch faster, his Nature Transformation and Shape Transformation were fifty percent stronger, and the number of Seal required was halved; it could be said that he had grown in every aspect, completing all the accumulation of an Elite Jonin.

Paired with the formidable White Fang Sword Technique and that sleazy stealth combat style, even without using Soul-Binding Command, he was a proper grass-cutting master and an expert approaching Quasi-Kage.

Another point: for the past month or so, Hatake Sakumo no longer needed to help Uchiha Feiyu fight and began to wholeheartedly study and absorb the Evil-Warding Sword Technique from another world.

Although this Evil-Warding Sword Technique could only be considered a third or fourth-rate martial art without the Inner Energy chants, this sword technique itself was a martial art that required extremely high speed. When the speed exceeded a certain limit, the originally third or fourth-rate Evil-Warding Sword Technique would leap into becoming a first-rate sword technique.

Moreover, this was the first time Hatake Sakumo had learned a sword technique that required complex moves to exert its power, and he was extremely interested in it, feeling greatly inspired.

The sword techniques of the Ninja World, when it came down to it, had no fixed moves; they were mostly various combinations of a dozen or so basic slashing methods.

Even Hatake Sakumo's own White Fang Sword Technique had no new ideas in terms of moves; at most, it was just faster, fiercer, and more accurate, shielding all redundant movements and practicing a few single moves to the limit. The vast majority of its power still came from the enhancement of chakra ninjutsu.

Hatake Sakumo had originally thought that his White Fang Sword Technique had reached a certain limit, but until he saw the Evil-Warding Sword Technique, he did not realize that there could be so many changes in sword moves. After more than a month of study and absorption, this White Fang of the Leaf finally completely absorbed the Evil-Warding Sword Technique into the White Fang Sword Technique.

The current White Fang Sword Technique, amidst its original coldness and swiftness, now revealed a hint of eeriness and viciousness. While its one-hit-kill function remained undiminished, even in a protracted fight, it could completely suppress high-speed ninjas of the same level.

Furthermore, Uchiha Feiyu also discovered that Hatake Sakumo's newly revised White Fang Sword Technique was extremely compatible with his own sleazy stealth high-speed fighting style. The already evil-spirited sword technique, after being hidden, revealed a sense of unpredictability and ghostly aura, making it even more threatening than when in Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

Of course, the two modes each had their own advantages and disadvantages; the stealth mode focused more on the "strange," while the Lightning Release Chakra Mode focused more on the "orthodox." During battle, one still had to flexibly apply them based on the specific situation.

With the progress of Uchiha Feiyu's own strength, when Hatake Sakumo possessed Uchiha Feiyu again, he could fully exert his own strength, and because the White Fang Sword Technique had reached a higher level, the strength displayed was even a notch better.

The improvement in strength also gave Uchiha Feiyu sufficient confidence. Now, he was not as cautious as he was at the beginning regarding the upcoming great battle; instead, he felt a sense of eagerness.

Although the Ninja World War was dangerous, it was also a good opportunity for harvesting. In normal times, how could one easily harvest ninjas like cutting grass?

In normal peaceful times, if a four-man ninja squad from a Great Ninja Village was wiped out, it would be no small matter, but in wartime, even if Uchiha Feiyu killed 400 ninjas on the battlefield, he would not receive any blame.

At the Leaf camp, Orochimaru looked at Uchiha Feiyu as he walked into the command room, a flash of subtle surprise in his eyes.

(This brat... has become much stronger again! It has only been a month, and his momentum, breathing, and posture are all completely different from a month ago, as if he had gone through years of hard training.)

Although the battlefield could hone a ninja's strength, it only increased combat experience and the accumulation of potential from daily training in actual combat. This was the first time Orochimaru had seen someone like Uchiha Feiyu, whose very foundation—which required accumulation—could improve so quickly.

"It seems you have gained a lot this month, Feiyu-kun."

"Sharpening the spear at the last minute is better than nothing. The battle is about to start, so of course I had to do some emergency special training."

Although he was very curious about Uchiha Feiyu's speed of improvement, Orochimaru was also very clear that top-tier ninjas all had their own secrets. Even he, Orochimaru, had no shortage of secrets himself, so naturally, he would not casually pry into the reason for Uchiha Feiyu's surge in strength.

At least before the end of the Third Ninja World War, Orochimaru had not completely turned into a mad scientist; he only had that tendency.

(End of chapter)