Chapter 267: A Technique Even the Strongest Can't Block
"Ninja School Teacher: I Get Stronger Just by Teaching" Volume Chapter 184: The Ninja Technique That Even the Strongest Can't Defend Against. "If this is all you've got, then you might as well pack up and go back to school." After destroying all the traps, Teacher Chen stopped the Wood Leaf Dragon God and said disappointedly.
"The world of ninjas is crueler than you can imagine. If your skills aren't up to par, you should practice more before coming out."
"Maybe our trap-making skills really aren't that great, but it's too early to dismiss us just like that!" Might Guy clenched his fists and said.
"Total Concentration: Rock Breathing!"
Might Guy stared at Teacher Chen, inhaling a large amount of oxygen to enhance his physical strength, while his chakra combined with the flowing air to strengthen his body, further increasing Might Guy's overall power.
"Wood Leaf Whirlwind!"
Might Guy infused power into his legs, charged at Teacher Chen at full speed, and kicked out his signature Whirlwind Leg.
Whooosh! Whooosh!
The powerful force-driven wind slightly lifted Teacher Chen's hair, causing a look of interest to appear on his face.
Bang!
Teacher Chen steadily caught Might Guy's Whirlwind Leg with his hand, then casually threw Might Guy away, commenting, "The speed of that kick was decent, but the power was lacking."
The thrown Might Guy quickly adjusted his body balance to land steadily.
"But still much better than those two bystanders over there. Have you been watching too many strange things? Your companion is attacking with all his might, and you just stand there unmoved?" Teacher Chen said with a smile to Shiranui Genma and Ebisu, who were still shocked by the Wood Leaf Dragon God's power.
Shiranui Genma and Ebisu snapped back to reality, feeling very embarrassed, and immediately threw ninja tools at Teacher Chen, but he easily dodged them.
"Not enough power? Then how about this strike?" Hearing Teacher Chen's words, Might Guy laughed loudly and charged again, preparing to unleash an even more powerful Whirlwind Leg.
"Wood Leaf Strong Power Whirlwind!"
Might Guy sprinted at top speed, unleashing his full power into a powerful kick. Under the astonishing force, the green grass beside him was bent low, as if a sudden gust of wind had struck.
Teacher Chen remained unmoved, quickly gathering chakra in his arms to steadily catch the blow, not even retreating a single millimeter.
"Still not enough power." Teacher Chen threw Might Guy again, but this time with greater force, causing Might Guy to carve a ten-meter-long trench before stopping.
Meanwhile, Shiranui Genma and Ebisu followed after Might Guy charged in, but since their speed was far inferior, they only got close to Teacher Chen after Might Guy was thrown away.
Shiranui Genma punched at Teacher Chen's head, while Ebisu reached for the bell hanging from Teacher Chen's waist.
Ebisu's thinking was clear: the training goal wasn't to defeat Teacher Chen; grabbing the bell was the most important thing.
Bang! Bang!
Teacher Chen used a direct Whirlwind Leg to kick both Shiranui Genma and Ebisu away. Shiranui Genma crashed into a large tree, while Ebisu slammed into the ground.
"Damn, he's so fast." Shiranui Genma felt a painful ache in his abdomen, his expression turning grim. He hadn't even seen how Teacher Chen attacked before he was instantly sent flying backward.
Ebisu wasn't feeling good either. Just a moment ago, he thought he was about to succeed, but in the blink of an eye, he was kicked away.
"You lack power and your movements are sluggish. Not a single taijutsu move is decent. And you still think you can snatch the bell from me?" Teacher Chen withdrew his foot and taunted.
At this moment, Shiranui Genma felt his face burning. At the ninja academy, he was at least ranked among the top in his grade, yet he was being dismissed as completely worthless.
Unwilling to accept this, Shiranui Genma pulled out a kunai and charged at Teacher Chen again. Just as he was about to close in, he burst chakra in his legs and used the Body Flicker Technique to attack Teacher Chen.
Shiranui Genma's speed was decent, but Teacher Chen was even faster.
Just as Shiranui Genma thought he was about to hit Teacher Chen, Teacher Chen instantly vanished before his eyes and appeared behind him, kicking him in the rear, sending him flying again.
"Eight Gates: Gate of Opening, Open!"
Might Guy opened the first of the Eight Gates, releasing chakra in his body, enhancing his physical abilities, and rushed at top speed toward Shiranui Genma, catching him in midair.
"Thanks, Guy. I was a bit impulsive." The rescued Shiranui Genma calmed down a little and thanked Might Guy.
Their opponent was known as the strongest taijutsu user in Konoha. For him, a freshly graduated genin, to charge alone was undoubtedly throwing his life away.
"Haha, it's nothing. It's hard to be happy when you're being dismissed." Might Guy laughed, showing understanding.
Ebisu watched Teacher Chen cautiously and quickly regrouped with Might Guy.
Teacher Chen didn't stop them. Among the three, only Might Guy could pique his interest a little; the other two were too average in strength.
"This time, let Genma and me attack first. Guy, you're fast—see if you can snatch the bell." Ebisu thought for a moment and said.
Teacher Chen's attack speed was too fast; even if he and Shiranui Genma attacked together, they would be instantly knocked away.
"Let's give it a try." Might Guy nodded in agreement.
He was only good at fighting, but not very knowledgeable about tactics.
"Good." Genma Shiranui also agreed.
"Clone Technique!"
Genma Shiranui and Ebisu used the Clone Technique together, each creating four clones.
Immediately after, five Genma Shiranuis and five Ebisus ran forward in an interweaving pattern, charging at Teacher Chen, trying to confuse his vision with the clones.
But for an experienced and seasoned jonin like Teacher Chen, such intangible clones could not fool him. Although Genma Shiranui and Ebisu were both trying their best to switch positions with their clones, Teacher Chen still spotted their real bodies at a glance.
After his two teammates made their moves, Might Guy also approached Teacher Chen from a different direction, ready to burst with power at a critical moment to snatch the bells.
"Your intentions are too obvious." Teacher Chen's figure flickered. He precisely located Genma Shiranui's real body, then punched him hard into the ground. Then, with a rapid kick, he sent Ebisu crashing into a tree.
Before Teacher Chen struck, Might Guy had already gathered a large amount of chakra in his legs. Then, using Shave, he erupted with extreme speed and reached for the bell at Teacher Chen's waist.
"You can still go faster? You've caught me by surprise." Teacher Chen grabbed Might Guy's outstretched arm and looked at him with a hint of admiration.
Hiruzen Sarutobi wasn't exaggerating either; for someone Might Guy's age to possess such physical ability, he could indeed be considered a genius of taijutsu.
"Too bad your two teammates are far too weak compared to you. If they could have caused me a bit more trouble, you might have succeeded." Teacher Chen said, knocking Might Guy flying with a rapid elbow strike.
In his heart, he had already considered becoming their instructor, but he still wanted to see more of the trio's performance.
"If only I had Obito's strength, maybe I could help Guy." Genma Shiranui thought unwillingly.
At this point, he had to admit that because the gap in strength was too great, he couldn't even assist properly—he only held Might Guy back.
"The basic ninjutsu learned at school are completely useless against a ninja of this level. What should I do next?" Ebisu's mind raced, thinking of training methods to overcome this.
"What if I could be a little stronger?" Might Guy quickly got up, his face still full of fighting spirit, with no sign of discouragement.
He hadn't trained such immense power just to wait for his teammates to save him, but to have the strength to protect them. Today, he would protect Genma Shiranui and Ebisu's identities as ninjas no matter what!
"Then it depends on how much stronger that 'little' is." Might Guy's words surprised Teacher Chen, but he still spoke calmly.
"Eight Gates: Gate of Rest, open!"
Might Guy opened the second gate of the Eight Gates, further releasing one of his body's limits. The chakra within his body increased, and his physical abilities were further enhanced.
With the second gate of the Eight Gates open, combined with the Total Concentration Breathing of Rock Breathing, Might Guy's physical abilities had now reached the current limit of what he could achieve.
"Use all your strength. Let me see where your limit is." Teacher Chen said with interest, hands behind his back.
"As you wish!"
Might Guy first stepped back to create some distance from Teacher Chen, then suddenly sprinted at extreme speed, growing faster and faster until reaching his peak just before closing in on Teacher Chen.
"Noon Panther!"
With a furious roar, Might Guy poured all his strength into his legs, unleashing the chakra amplified by the Eight Gates together, pushing the multiple burst techniques of Shave to the limit his body could endure. The next moment, Might Guy lunged at Teacher Chen like a hunting panther, his kicking leg acting as the panther's razor-sharp fangs.
Whooosh! Whooosh!
This strike surpassed any attack Might Guy had ever made before. Under the impact of such overwhelming power, it was as if a sudden gale had arisen, stirring up dust on the ground and rustling the leaves loudly, causing Teacher Chen to squint involuntarily.
"Guy actually has such a terrifying technique!" Genma Shiranui's face showed surprise as he saw Might Guy land such a fearsome kick.
He could swear that Might Guy had never used this technique during the practical exams at the ninja academy.
"So Guy hadn't even used his full power in the practical exams." Genma Shiranui felt as if he had wasted four years of study. Without using his full strength, Might Guy easily trounced everyone and took first place, and even Obito had lost to a Might Guy who wasn't going all out.
But after thinking about it, he felt it made sense that Might Guy hadn't used his full power. With such immense force, if he had used it in the practical exams, one kick might have outright killed someone.
"He's not from a ninja clan, doesn't have a powerful father, yet he possesses such strength." Looking at the supremely confident smile on Might Guy's face, Ebisu was momentarily stunned.
Earlier, he had thought that Might Guy's father would be a powerful taijutsu ninja, but after asking around, he found out that wasn't the case. In fact, for a long time, he had been a famous eternal genin, and only recently had he been promoted to chunin.
Ebisu couldn't understand for a moment why Might Guy, who had nothing, could possess such immense power.
Sensing the power contained in Might Guy's kick, Teacher Chen's expression was no longer as composed as before.
"Training this kind of leg strength at this age... incredible." He sighed inwardly, then his expression turned serious. He gathered a large amount of chakra in his leg and kicked out a lightning-fast whirlwind kick.
Boom!!
Under the force of their combined power, the ground exploded. Dust flew everywhere, and the shockwave from the collision pushed Shiranui Genma and Ebisu, who had just gotten up, back a few steps.
“This time the power and speed were pretty good, but not enough. You still need to practice.” Though surprised inside, Teacher Chen didn’t say it out loud, instead increasing his own strength slightly.
Boom!
Might Guy flew backward five meters, while Teacher Chen’s body retreated almost imperceptibly.
At that moment, Teacher Chen looked at Might Guy with great appreciation. He had already decided to become his instructor; it would be a shame not to teach such a promising taijutsu talent.
Although the three—Might Guy, Shiranui Genma, and Ebisu—hadn’t snatched the bells, Teacher Chen didn’t mind. He was the one who set the rules, so if he said they passed, they passed.
“Right, maybe that technique will work.” Ebisu recalled the cover of the book Teacher Chen had been reading while sitting on the ground, and decided to take a gamble.
Even though that ninjutsu had given him a lot of undeserved bad reputation, as long as he could become Teacher Chen’s disciple, it would be worth it.
“Seduction Jutsu!”
Ebisu rapidly formed hand seals, splitting into five clones of big sisters dressed lightly.
“Teacher Chen, look over here!” Ebisu shouted.
Teacher Chen had been formulating Might Guy’s training plan in his mind. Hearing Ebisu’s call, he instinctively looked over, and was instantly captivated, causing red liquid to flow from his nose.
Swoosh!
Shiranui Genma immediately spat out the senbon he had been holding between his lips, knocking the bell from Teacher Chen’s belt.
Might Guy, who was not far from Teacher Chen and in the Full Concentration Breathing, Eight Gates, Second Gate state, seized the opportunity to leap forward and catch the falling bell.
“It actually worked.” Ebisu looked at Might Guy, who had caught the bell, in disbelief.
He didn’t know what to say. Just now, Might Guy’s incredibly powerful taijutsu kick had failed, but the ninjutsu that had once ruined his own reputation had actually succeeded.
“Could this technique actually be really strong?” A flicker of doubt arose in Ebisu’s heart. This technique had brought him so many misunderstandings that he had never wanted to use it.
“Nice one, Ebisu! We really needed you. No wonder you’re the famous pervy ninja of our fourth year.” Seeing Might Guy seize the chance to grab the bell, Shiranui Genma laughed and praised Ebisu.
“You’re the pervy ninja! I’ve told you, this technique doesn’t have much to do with me—it was developed by those two ninjutsu prodigies.” Ebisu explained with a black line on his forehead.
“Alright, alright, I know. It wasn’t developed by you. You just happen to like reading swimsuit magazines.” Shiranui Genma walked over, hooked his arm around Ebisu’s neck, and smirked.
Ebisu: …
That was exactly why he didn’t want to use this technique. When he explained, people didn’t listen, and the more he clarified, the darker it got.
“Guy, I didn’t expect you to be holding back so much during the practical exam. If your opponents knew, they’d be terrified.” Shiranui Genma then walked over to Might Guy and praised his strength.
“We also owe it to your speed in this training. Even if Ebisu’s technique could draw attention, it would have been hard to snatch the bell without you.”
“Haha, after all, I’m a taijutsu beast.” Might Guy accepted Shiranui Genma’s praise and gave himself a thumbs up.
“Genma, your projectiles were also crucial. It wouldn’t have been easy to take it directly from his body.” Might Guy also acknowledged Shiranui Genma’s contribution.
Teacher Chen’s strength was too great. Might Guy believed that they had only succeeded in snatching the bell because the entire team executed a perfect coordination at the last moment.
“Kids these days really can’t be underestimated.” Teacher Chen took out a tissue and wiped the remaining nosebleed, sighing. Those lightly dressed big sisters just now had left a deep impression on him.
Of course, the fact that Might Guy and the others managed to grab the bell was because he had held back. In a real fight, such a trick would definitely not work on him.
“Ebisu, Shiranui Genma, Might Guy, right? You three are quite interesting. The training is passed. From now on, you’re my students.” Teacher Chen announced that they had passed the training.
“Finally over.” Shiranui Genma breathed a sigh of relief. He felt like he had either been sent flying or was on his way to being sent flying the whole time.
“Good, one step closer to success.” Ebisu nodded inwardly. Becoming Teacher Chen’s disciple was far more promising than being under an ordinary instructor’s student.
“Teacher Chen, is that tornado-like taijutsu you used earlier a technique you created yourself?” Might Guy asked curiously.
“That’s right. That’s my self-created high-level taijutsu, the Leaf Dragon God.” Teacher Chen nodded and answered with a proud look.
“So? Want to learn it? I can teach you, but you’re not ready yet. You need to become stronger.” Teacher Chen continued.
Compared to others his age, Might Guy was already extremely outstanding, but in Teacher Chen’s eyes, Might Guy still fell a bit short if he wanted to learn the Leaf Dragon God.
Hearing Teacher Chen’s words, Might Guy felt he had one more reason to train hard.
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