Chapter 482

Leaf Village, southern border forest.

Kakashi and Shisui stood facing each other, staring straight into Shisui's blood-red three-tomoe Sharingan.

"What intensity level was that just now?" Kakashi asked.

He had broken Shisui's genjutsu on him almost instantly a moment ago.

"Level one intensity. It seems your training method is indeed effective," Shisui replied.

They had quantified the training into six levels based on the amount of chakra injected into the bent spoon: injecting one-fifth of chakra was level one, two-fifths was level two.

The special case was level six intensity, which involved injecting while refining chakra to pursue maximum genjutsu intensity.

Under normal circumstances, level one was actually Shisui's limit in combat, because he couldn't waste too much chakra strengthening the bent spoon.

Otherwise, he'd have bonuses but no chakra left for ninjutsu—that would be quite awkward.

Before the genjutsu training, during the civil war, Shisui had used genjutsu to control Kakashi and win in one move.

After a month and a half of genjutsu training, Kakashi could now instantly break free of Shisui's genjutsu—a remarkably effective training outcome.

"I'm in your debt, Shisui," Kakashi thanked him sincerely.

Shisui had really done him a huge favor. Kakashi hadn't expected the training to progress so smoothly, with clear improvement in just over a month.

The Transparent World was his core ability at present; improving it meant raising his upper strength limit.

"No problem. I've trained my genjutsu as well," Shisui replied with a faint smile.

Although during civil war they would go all out to defeat each other, hiding their information as much as possible the month before the match,

they were ultimately comrades who had fought through life and death together, and both were disciples of Muzuki; wherever they could help, they would give their utmost.

Next, Shisui had Sozōya try it too, and the result was that Sozōya's genjutsu had no effect on Kakashi at all.

"It seems the stronger the Transparent World, the harder it is to fall into genjutsu, and the faster one can dispel it," Kakashi nodded thoughtfully.

The more he practiced the secret ninjutsu techniques Muzuki had taught him, the more he felt Muzuki was unfathomable.

Now Kakashi even thought Muzuki's talent in ninjutsu surpassed that of the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama.

Just one derivative ability of the Breathing Method already surpassed many renowned secret techniques in the ninja world.

After the daily genjutsu training, Kakashi continued his practice of sword techniques and the Lightning Release chakra nature transformation.

Currently, he still focused his training on Lightning Release swordsmanship, striving to master the One-Kill-Strike as soon as possible.

As their strength grew and progress became harder, Kakashi and the others discussed changing the civil war interval to once every six months—twice a year.

He still had over four months to refine his Lightning Release swordsmanship.

Seeing that Kakashi had successfully tested a training method effective for the Transparent World, Muzuki also prepared to conduct similar training on himself, using a shadow clone to cast genjutsu to train his main body.

However, Muzuki didn't hold out much hope, because his Transparent World was much stronger than Kakashi's, and compared to his other abilities, his genjutsu level was quite average.

After training for half a day, Might Guy rested for twenty minutes but didn't immediately continue; instead, he clenched his fists and activated the Eight Gates.

"Eight Gates: Fourth Gate, Gate of Pain, open!"

By now, Might Guy was very proficient with the Eight Gates; opening the fourth gate instantaneously was easy for him.

"Earth Breathing Chakra Mode!"

After opening the fourth gate of the Eight Gates, Might Guy didn't pause; he immediately concentrated his breathing to the extreme and entered Earth Breathing Chakra Mode.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The chakra constantly burning inside his body boosted Might Guy's power once again, and his formidable aura drew the attention of the other disciples.

"What's he about to do? Training shouldn't need such a big display, right?" Obito wondered what Might Guy was up to.

Maintaining the Breathing Method during training could enhance the training effect, but the Eight Gates shouldn't work that way—it would only have negative effects.

"Has his body strength met the threshold?" Kakashi stopped swinging his sword and looked toward Might Guy.

Might Guy had long been able to open the fifth gate of the Eight Gates without strain, but his body couldn't simultaneously withstand the pressure from the fifth gate and Earth Breathing Chakra Mode; he usually only stacked the fourth gate with Earth Breathing Chakra Mode.

"I think it's about time." Might Guy clenched his fist, carefully sensing the power surging within his body.

"Gate of Closing, Open!"

Might Guy roared, and the fifth gate of the Eight Gates was opened. The chakra within his body surged again, and his overall presence grew even stronger.

Might Guy clenched his fist, pouring a massive amount of chakra into it, and threw a simple, unadorned punch toward the large tree ahead.

Bang!!

Before Might Guy's fist even touched the tree, the punching force he generated crushed the tree, snapping it and sending it flying.

Might Guy sensed his body again and found that, as he had expected, after a long period of training, his body was now strong enough to simultaneously maintain the Fifth Gate of the Eight Gates and the Rock Breathing Chakra Mode.

Kakashi silently turned his head and continued his training with full focus.

In truth, Might Guy's current achievement wasn't exactly a breakthrough; he had already mastered both the Fifth Gate of the Eight Gates and the Rock Breathing Chakra Mode for some time.

But this time, his body had grown stronger, finally allowing him to use both together without injury.

"As long as I can master the Thoughtless Slash, everything will be fine." Kakashi swung his blade with unwavering determination, one slash after another.

"When will we be able to mutually ban one ability from each other during internal fights?" Watching Might Guy, who could now stack the Fifth Gate with the Rock Breathing Chakra Mode, Obito felt immense pressure.

He would rather agree to not use the Sharingan in exchange for Might Guy not being able to use the Eight Gates or the Rock Breathing Chakra Mode.

Disciple Might Guy's strength increased, his reputation rose, and he advanced further on the path of ultimate taijutsu. He obtained progress rewards — Medium Body Enhancement, Taijutsu Draw Scroll·S (Proficient), and Taijutsu Mastery Scroll.

As Muyue had expected, Might Guy, at 29.9% progress, didn't need any help from him; training on his own for a while was enough to reach 30% progress.

The specific rewards were similar to before, very characteristic of Might Guy — mostly related to taijutsu or the body. This was a feature of Life Mission rewards, given based on the disciple's training content.

As for the Taijutsu Mastery Scroll, Muyue had no taijutsu he needed to improve right now. The S-rank Taijutsu Draw Scroll, however, piqued his interest. He had obtained one of these draw scrolls before, and the taijutsu he drew was Golden Skyline.

Since he was teaching his disciples in the Southern Border Forest, Muyue didn't draw the reward immediately.

After all, it would look somewhat odd to suddenly walk away in the middle of teaching ninjutsu, wash his hands, and then just stare blankly into space.

"Teacher Muyue, I want to undergo practical combat training!" Might Guy approached Muyue on his own initiative.

The last battle with Teacher Chen taught Might Guy that experienced veterans like Teacher Chen were not easy to deal with. If he rushed off right after his breakthrough, the result would most likely be unfavorable.

"What kind of training do you want? Enduring pressure under a strong attack, or a bout where both sides are evenly matched?" Muyue asked.

"I want to feel pressure!" Might Guy chose the hardest option without a second thought.

Because he felt that if he could withstand pressure against the even stronger Muyue, then when he fought Teacher Chen again, it would be like his usual weighted training — taking off the weights and going all-out in the final, decisive battle.

"Alright." Muyue thought for a moment and decided to use his main body to help Might Guy train.

He rarely used his main body to fight his disciples, because his Shadow Clones were strong enough.

But since Might Guy wanted to feel pressure, Muyue thought using pure taijutsu might be more effective. In that case, he couldn't use Shadow Clones, because Shadow Clones had poor defense and were unsuitable for close-quarters combat.

To avoid disturbing the other disciples' training, Muyue specifically took Might Guy aside.

Might Guy knew very well how strong Muyue was, so from the very beginning, he went all out — activating both the Fifth Gate of the Eight Gates and the Rock Breathing Chakra Mode.

To put pressure on Might Guy, Muyue also directly opened the Eight Gates, entered the Rock Breathing Chakra Mode, and then activated the Transparent World.

That day, Might Guy, who had been winning for a year in internal disciple battles, experienced the terror of a taijutsu ninja and deeply understood why Obito and the others were unwilling to engage in close-quarters taijutsu clashes with him during fights.

Power was suppressed. When both threw punches, Muyue remained motionless, while Might Guy was knocked back eight meters.

Speed was suppressed. Every time Might Guy thought he had hit Muyue, he found that it was only an afterimage upon contact.

Techniques were seen through. Muyue seemed to have precognition, seeing through all of Might Guy's attacks.

At that moment, Might Guy felt as if he had returned to the very beginning.

Back then, he had just entered the Ninja Academy. Hearing that Kakashi was a genius, he went to challenge Kakashi — and was one-shotted by him.

Although the fight was frustrating, Might Guy felt no sadness in his heart. All he thought about was how to land a hit on Muyue, how to block more of his techniques.

Despite failing to inflict a single effective hit on Muyue all afternoon, Might Guy still felt he had gained a lot — more than if he had just trained on his own.

"I'll challenge Teacher Chen again in a week. This time, I will definitely win!" Might Guy set his goal.

After leaving the Southern Border Forest, Muyue went as usual to Tsunade's house to cook dinner, then returned to his own home in the main city area.

Glancing at the draw scroll in his backpack, Muyue turned on the faucet, washed his hands, and then clicked to draw.

Technique Extraction Scroll·s has been used, reward obtained — True Qi Fist (Mastery Level)

When the extraction was completed, a vast amount of cultivation memories related to True Qi Fist surged into Mu Yue's mind, as if Mu Yue had been cultivating True Qi Fist for over a decade.

This chapter was really laborious for me. When writing, my brain felt like paste. The underworld schedule really doesn't work; I should try to keep a normal schedule. Hope everyone can maintain a healthy schedule.

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