Chapter 610: Might Guy's Life Mission Summation

Konoha, southern border forest.

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

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

He had broken out of Shisui's genjutsu almost instantly moments ago.

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

They had divided the training into six levels based on the amount of chakra poured into bending a spoon—one-fifth of the chakra was level one, two-fifths was level two.

Level six was special: it required simultaneously refining and injecting chakra to push genjutsu intensity to the limit.

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

Otherwise, he'd end up with boosted illusions but no chakra left for ninjutsu—how awkward would that be.

"I appreciate it, Shisui." Kakashi thanked Shisui sincerely.

Even though during the clan wars they would go all out to defeat each other, and for that reason they tried to hide their own information in the month before the war.

Next, Shisui let Suoluoya try as well, and Suoluoya's genjutsu had no effect on Kakashi at all.

Now Kakashi even felt that Muyue's talent in ninjutsu had surpassed that of the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama.

Just a derived ability of the Breathing Method had effects beyond many famous secret techniques in the ninja world.

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

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

But after all, they were comrades who had lived and died together, and also Muyue's disciples; wherever they could help, they would do their best.

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

Transparent World was his most core ability at the moment; improving it meant raising his upper strength limit.

Before the genjutsu training, during the clan war, Shisui could control Kakashi with a single genjutsu and win in one move.

Since they were getting stronger and making progress was becoming harder, Kakashi and the others discussed changing the clan war to once every six months—that is, twice a year.

Seeing that Kakashi had successfully tested a training method effective for the Transparent World, Muyue prepared to undergo similar training himself, using Shadow Clones to cast genjutsu on his main body.

The more he trained in the secret techniques Muyue taught him, the more unfathomable Muyue seemed.

For now, he was still focusing on Lightning Release sword techniques, striving to master the "Thoughtless Slash" as soon as possible.

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

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

He still had more than four months to refine his Lightning Release sword techniques.

This time Shisui had really done him a huge favor; Kakashi never expected the training to progress so smoothly, with noticeable improvement in just over a month.

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

"No problem. I also got to train my genjutsu," Shisui replied with a faint smile.

Might Guy was now very familiar with the Eight Gates, and opening the Fourth Gate in an instant was easy for him.

"Iwa Breathing Chakra Mode!"

After opening the Fourth Gate of the Eight Gates, Might Guy didn't stop; he immediately focused his breathing to the limit and entered the Iwa Breathing Chakra Mode.

Whoosh, whoosh!!

The chakra burning continuously inside his body greatly increased Might Guy's power, and the intense aura caught the attention of the other disciples.

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

Maintaining the Breathing Method during training could enhance the training effect, but the Eight Gates should be impossible—only negative effects.

"Did his body reach the required level?" Kakashi stopped swinging his sword and looked in Might Guy's direction.

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

"It should be about right." Might Guy clenched his fist, carefully sensing the power surging within his body.

"Du Gate, open!"

Might Guy roared as he opened the Fifth Gate of the Eight Gates, causing his chakra reserves to surge once more and his entire aura to strengthen again.

Might Guy clenched his fist, pouring a massive amount of chakra into it, and threw a simple, unadorned punch at the large tree in front of him.

Bang!!

Before Might Guy's fist even touched the tree, the force of his punch compressed the tree, snapping it and sending it flying.

Might Guy sensed his body again and confirmed what he had thought: after long periods of training, his body's strength was now sufficient to simultaneously use the Fifth Gate of the Eight Gates and the Rock Breathing Chakra Mode.

Kakashi silently turned away and continued his serious training.

In truth, this wasn't really a breakthrough for Might Guy; he had already mastered both the Fifth Gate and the Rock Breathing Chakra Mode for some time.

However, this time his body had become stronger, allowing him to finally use them together without sustaining injuries.

"If only I can master the Mushin Strike, everything will get better." Kakashi swung his sword with unwavering determination, strike after strike.

"When will we be allowed to mutually forbid each other from using one ability in sparring?" Obito watched Might Guy, who could now simultaneously stack the Fifth Gate and Rock Breathing Chakra Mode, and felt immense pressure.

He would rather trade the use of his Sharingan to have Might Guy barred from using the Eight Gates or Rock Breathing Chakra Mode.

【Disciple Might Guy: strength increased, prestige rose, making progress on the path to the strongest taijutsu. Reward for progress: moderate physique enhancement, S-rank Taijutsu Draw Scroll, Taijutsu Mastery Scroll.】

As Mu Yue expected, Might Guy at 29.9% progress didn't need any help from him; after training on his own for a while, he reached thirty percent progress.

The specific rewards were similar to before, very characteristic of Might Guy—basically all related to taijutsu or the body. This was the feature of life mission rewards: they were based on the disciple's training content.

Mu Yue had no taijutsu he needed to improve with the Taijutsu Mastery Scroll for now, but the S-rank Taijutsu Draw Scroll piqued his interest. He had obtained such a scroll once before, and the taijutsu he drew was the Golden Skyline.

Since he was instructing his disciples in the Southern Forest, Mu Yue did not immediately draw the reward.

After all, abruptly leaving while teaching ninjutsu, going to wash hands and then just zoning out, would look somewhat odd.

"Teacher Mu Yue, I want to undergo combat training!" Might Guy approached Mu Yue voluntarily.

The last battle with Teacher Chen taught Might Guy that experienced veterans like Teacher Chen were not easy to deal with. If he rushed over right after a breakthrough, it would most likely not end well.

"What kind of training do you want? Enduring pressure under powerful attacks, or a close-matched exchange?" Mu Yue asked.

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

Because he thought if he could withstand pressure in front of the even stronger Mu Yue, then going to fight Teacher Chen again would be like his usual weighted training—removing the weights for the final critical battle and going all out.

"Alright." Mu Yue thought for a moment and decided to use his real body to help Might Guy train.

He rarely used his real body to fight his disciples because his shadow clones were strong enough.

But since Might Guy wanted to feel pressure, Mu Yue felt that pure taijutsu might work better, and for that, shadow clones couldn't be used because their defense was too low, unsuited for close combat.

To avoid disturbing the other disciples' training, Mu Yue specifically took Might Guy to one side.

Might Guy was well aware of how strong Mu Yue was, so he immediately went all out from the start, activating both the Fifth Gate of the Eight Gates and the Rock Breathing Chakra Mode.

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

On this day, Might Guy, who had been winning in disciple sparring for a year, felt the terror of a taijutsu-based shinobi and deeply understood why Obito and the others were unwilling to engage him in close-quarters taijutsu combat.

Suppressed in strength: when both threw a punch, Mu Yue remained still while Might Guy was knocked back eight meters.

Suppressed in speed: every time Might Guy thought he had landed a hit on Mu Yue, upon contact he found it was only an afterimage.

Techniques were seen through: Mu Yue seemed to have precognition, seeing through all of his attacks.

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

Back then he had just entered the Ninja Academy and, hearing that Kakashi was a genius, went to challenge him, only to be instantly defeated by Kakashi in one move.

Although the fight was frustrating, there was not a trace of sadness in Might Guy's heart; he only thought about how to land a hit on Mu Yue and how to block more techniques.

Throughout the entire afternoon, Might Guy failed to inflict a single effective injury on Mu Yue, yet he still felt he had gained a great deal—even better than training alone for an afternoon.

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

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

Glancing at the extraction scroll in his backpack, Mu Yue turned on the faucet to wash his hands, then clicked to extract.

【Body Technique Extraction Scroll has been used, reward obtained – True Qi Fist】

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

ps: Only one chapter today, can't stay up anymore. My mental state is a bit off—I'll make it up tomorrow if I can.

I struggled even to write this chapter; my head felt like mush. The nocturnal schedule really isn't working—I should try to maintain a normal routine as much as possible. I hope everyone can maintain a healthy schedule.