Chapter 281: Konoha's Divine Dragon vs. Day Tiger

The Ninja Academy Teacher, I Get Stronger Just by Teaching, Main Story Chapter 199: Konoha's Divine Dragon vs. Daytime Tiger. Teacher Chen patted the dust off his body and stood up. He had trained in taijutsu for half his life, so his body was much tougher than an ordinary ninja's; this level of injury wouldn't affect his upcoming fight.

After that last exchange, Mu Yue's impression in Teacher Chen's mind had completely changed.

Mu Yue's taijutsu was even stronger than his ninjutsu, and he even mastered taijutsu techniques that Teacher Chen couldn't understand.

"What a pity. If he had been born ten or twenty years earlier, my taijutsu would be even stronger," Teacher Chen thought to himself.

If there had been a taijutsu user like Mu Yue a dozen years ago, he would have challenged Mu Yue every day, and his taijutsu would definitely be stronger than it was now.

But not anymore. His body was at its final peak; too frequent fighting would only make him enter the decline phase sooner.

"Still, it's not bad to meet such an opponent at my peak." A smile appeared on Teacher Chen's face.

When he said taijutsu wasn't the strongest, he was just going along with the crowd, but deep down he had his own pride. He said taijutsu couldn't beat the Third Hokage mainly because the Third had Enma; if it were bare-handed, he might not lose.

"Konoha's Divine Dragon!"

Without hesitation, Teacher Chen used his self-created advanced taijutsu. Facing such a powerful opponent, he naturally had to fight with all his might.

Teacher Chen gathered a large amount of chakra in his lower body, then released all that chakra at once, kicking a spinning leg whirlwind at extremely high speed.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!

In an instant, a dragon-shaped tornado over thirty meters tall appeared. Its powerful cutting force instantly sliced all the trees around Teacher Chen into logs. Not just the trees—everything near the tornado was shredded, sending wood chips and yellow sand flying everywhere.

"That's insane. So Teacher Chen wasn't going all out in the last match." Watching the towering Konoha's Divine Dragon, Shiranui Genma instinctively scooted his butt backward. He felt there was a risk of being caught in the backlash even watching from here.

"How will Mu Yue-sensei handle this move?" Might Guy stared at the cyan tornado in the arena, very curious what taijutsu Mu Yue would use to counter Teacher Chen's Konoha's Divine Dragon.

"An attack like this… how will Mu Yue-sensei deal with it?" After the previous exchange, Ebisu could no longer be sure that Mu Yue was weaker than Teacher Chen.

"Is this taijutsu or ninjutsu? It looks so cool." Obito couldn't help sighing as he watched the massively destructive cyan dragon.

Obito even wanted to ask Mu Yue if he knew this technique, because he wanted to learn it.

"This taijutsu…" Mu Yue looked thoughtful. As an expert-level user of Konoha's Divine Dragon and having watched the anime, he knew its weakness.

Since it was essentially a tornado, the eye of the tornado was its weak point. If he could find the right moment to enter the eye, he could break Konoha's Divine Dragon.

Mu Yue thought it over and decided to go head-to-head with Konoha's Divine Dragon using taijutsu. This wasn't a real battle against an enemy, so there was no need to maximize results with minimal effort.

"Eight Gates, Gate of Life, Open!"

Mu Yue directly opened the third gate of the Eight Gates, greatly enhancing his already powerful body.

He planned to use the Daytime Tiger he had obtained earlier to counter Teacher Chen's Konoha's Divine Dragon.

However, given his current body strength, even with the crimson markings, he couldn't meet the conditions to unleash the Daytime Tiger. Even to reduce the Daytime Tiger's power, he would need to open three gates of the Eight Gates.

Mu Yue gathered a large amount of chakra in his fist and punched the air with extremely rapid straight punches. Under his incredibly fast punches, the air was continuously compressed.

"Daytime Tiger!"

After Mu Yue threw the final punch, the compressed air burst out violently. A massive, transparent tiger appeared and charged toward Konoha's Divine Dragon like an air cannon.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!

The moment the tiger-shaped air cannon appeared, it generated an enormous shockwave. Trees close by were directly knocked over, and even trees farther away rustled violently from the shockwave.

Caught off guard, Ebisu was blown backward by the powerful shockwave. Might Guy immediately entered the Rock Breathing state to stabilize himself and then rapidly grabbed Ebisu.

Shiranui Genma wasn't much better off than Ebisu, but he reacted a bit faster and managed to hug a nearby tree in time, so he wasn't blown away like Ebisu.

Obito entered the full-concentration state of Flame Breathing to withstand the powerful impact.

"What kind of terrifying technique is this? Even from this far away, the residual force is this strong!" Shiranui Genma complained.

When Konoha's Divine Dragon came out, he could at least instinctively scoot back a bit. But when the Daytime Tiger was unleashed, it was like the technique was worried they wouldn't leave and was blowing them away.

"So strong!" Might Guy stared in shock at Mu Yue, who had just fired the tiger-shaped air cannon. He felt that Mu Yue's current power could kill him with one punch, and just the residual force of the technique had that kind of power.

"It's not as cool as the dragon, but this one seems stronger." Obito thought to himself as he looked at the giant air-cannon tiger. When Konoha's Divine Dragon first appeared, it didn't cause this kind of commotion.

The four of them watched the arena with extreme focus, staring at the dragon and tiger about to collide, eager to see the outcome of this battle.

"Such pure and powerful strength!" After Mu Yue used the Daytime Tiger, Teacher Chen, who was inside the tornado, immediately sensed an incredibly powerful force heading toward him.

Obito and the other spectators could feel the terror of the Daytime Tiger, let alone Teacher Chen, who was facing it directly. He sensed a power he had never seen before.

Stimulated by this power, Chen Teacher was extremely excited; such taijutsu combat was unprecedented for him as well.

Finally, under everyone's watch, the tiger-shaped air cannon Mu Yue unleashed and the cyan dragon Chen Teacher kicked clashed together.

Roar!!!

The cyan dragon and the huge white tiger bit and tore at each other—the giant white tiger ripped into the dragon's body with its sharp fangs, while the cyan dragon retaliated by whipping its body against the giant tiger, sending powerful cutting winds to attack it.

Boom!!!

The collision of tiger and dragon caused a massive explosion on the surrounding ground; the earth could not withstand the terrifying force and directly blasted apart, sending dust flying.

Shockwaves surged in all directions, flattening trees, blowing objects away, and leaving the surroundings in complete disarray.

Amid the tiger's roar and dragon's howl, both the giant tiger and the giant dragon became riddled with gaps, and finally dispersed together. Chen Teacher, looking disheveled, emerged from within.

Mu Yue canceled his Eight Gates and Rock Breathing Mark state, walked forward, and said with a smile:

"Senior, you truly are Konoha's strongest taijutsu ninja. Even with all the measures I used, I could only barely offset your Leaf Dragon God."

Mu Yue did not intend to continue fighting. Just now, his state was not limited to using the Daytime Tiger—with those two abilities stacked, any taijutsu he used had enormous power. Coupled with the Transparent World, it was a dimensionality reduction strike against Chen Teacher.

He said stop at the right point, and that was what he meant; he had not come here to defeat Chen Teacher.

Chen Teacher was slightly stunned, finally understanding what the art of wording meant. Clearly Mu Yue looked more relaxed, yet in Mu Yue's mouth it became him barely offsetting Chen Teacher's Leaf Dragon God.

Chen Teacher laughed and said, "You really know how to talk. But forget about being the strongest in taijutsu—your taijutsu is not weaker than mine."

He did not know how Mu Yue had used such powerful taijutsu to directly block his Leaf Dragon God head-on, but what he could be sure of was that his own taijutsu was inferior to Mu Yue's.

If that had been a real battle just now, Mu Yue could have instantly charged forward and launched an attack while his Leaf Divine Dragon was being broken, and he would have had difficulty defending.

"I only used a clever trick. My true taijutsu level is still far from yours, senior." Mu Yue replied with a gentle smile.

This was entirely using overwhelming force to overcome skill—crushing Chen Teacher with the absolute power of the Breathing Method and Eight Gates.

"Truly, the younger generation is awe-inspiring. It's hard to imagine what level your strength will reach when you are my age." Chen Teacher ignored Mu Yue's modesty and said with a tone of emotion; he believed that no matter what means were used, they counted as Mu Yue's own strength.

"By the time you teach Might Guy to reach my age, he should be about the same." Mu Yue said with a smile.

Just now he had only used the Rock Breathing Mark plus three gates of the Eight Gates. By the time Might Guy turns eighteen, he might even reach seven gates of the Eight Gates plus the Rock Breathing Mark, and might also have mastered Armament Haki.

"For Guy, that is indeed possible." Chen Teacher showed a thoughtful expression.

Might Guy was only nine years old and already possessed his current taijutsu strength. If he trained for another nine or ten years, coupled with his diligence and having taijutsu teachers like him and Mu Yue, his future would truly be immeasurable.

"Are you not going to fight anymore?" Obito ran over and asked in confusion; they hadn't decided a victor yet.

Slap!

Mu Yue swung his hand like a knife, and a transparent air force precisely struck Obito's forehead. He said, "This is called masters sparring—stop at the right point. It doesn't always require deciding victory or defeat."

Chen Teacher squinted slightly and realized this was a remarkable taijutsu technique, and one Mu Yue had not used during their fight.

"Alright, Mu Yue-sensei, can you use that move that conjures the giant dragon?" Obito touched the spot he had just been hit and looked at Mu Yue expectantly.

"Leaf Dragon God? That's Chen Senior's self-creation. How could I possibly know it?" Mu Yue shook his head.

Originally, he had planned to pretend he learned the Leaf Dragon God during the battle, but now he felt it would discourage Chen Teacher a bit. Besides, Might Guy could learn it from Chen Teacher, and he himself had no need to use the Leaf Dragon God, so he let it go.

"Want to learn? Then I'll give the scroll to your teacher and let him teach you." Chen Teacher said, patting his clothes.

Although the Leaf Dragon God was something he had spent great effort creating, he had no intention of taking this taijutsu to the grave. Since he happened to take a liking to Mu Yue, giving it away didn't matter.

"I was wrong—you're not a slacker uncle, you're the most energetic uncle." Obito grinned and gave Chen Teacher a thumbs-up.

So sleepy, going to sleep. If there are mistakes, you can leave a comment in the chapter; I'll fix them when I wake up.