Chapter 635

"Mugetsu, how does learning ninjutsu feel? Is it very troublesome?" Minato Namikaze asked curiously.

"I think it's fine, but I might need to keep troubling you, Minato, for a while longer," Mugetsu replied after thinking for a moment.

"No problem. When it's my turn to learn, you'll have to help me out," Minato said with a smile.

Then Minato and Mugetsu talked a bit more about the specifics of implementing the ninja academy reforms.

The ninja academy reform was the first major decision they made after taking office, and also a crucial decision that could affect Konoha's future. Minato deeply hoped this reform would be a great success.

After the conversation, Mugetsu returned to the Hokage's office, canceled the shadow clone working there, made a new one, and then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave Konoha.

After mastering Sage Mode, Mugetsu had always wanted to test how much it amplified his various abilities.

For example, what level of defensive power Armament Haki coated with Senjutsu Chakra could achieve, or how much the power of ordinary ninjutsu could increase by stacking the Breathing Technique Chakra Mode on top of Sage Mode.

And also whether special techniques like Limitless would change due to Senjutsu Chakra.

Sage Mode was like a magnifying glass — without any changes needed, just switching the chakra used for a technique to Senjutsu Chakra could boost its power, simple and crude.

But Mount Myoboku was, after all, the toads' territory, and Mugetsu's moves were quite powerful. To avoid causing unnecessary trouble, he didn't test them there.

Mugetsu traveled for a while and arrived in the mountain range in the southern part of the Land of Fire.

The economy in southern Land of Fire was relatively poor, with many remote mountains, so Mugetsu specifically came here to test abilities with a bigger commotion.

After landing, Mugetsu stood still, absorbing natural energy to form Senjutsu Chakra and enter Sage Mode.

Once in Sage Mode, Mugetsu immediately concentrated and focused the Flame Breathing, entering the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode.

However, when using the Breathing Technique, Mugetsu focused most of his attention on it, filtering out the portion of natural energy drawn in by the Breathing Technique, not letting it enter his body to join the Breathing Technique's circulation.

Although a Breathing Technique involving natural energy would be stronger than a normal one, it certainly wouldn't match stacking Sage Mode on top of the Breathing Technique Chakra Mode.

"As expected, I've been enhanced across the board." Mugetsu clenched his fists, feeling the surging power continuously emerging from within his body.

Since the Breathing Technique Chakra Mode burned Senjutsu Chakra while under Sage Mode, the amplification effect was further increased.

"Sage Art: Flame Dragon Wild Dance!"

Without wasting time, Mugetsu clapped his hands, transforming a massive amount of Senjutsu Chakra all at once into flames and spitting them out.

The moment the sea of high-temperature flames appeared, it emitted a suffocating heat, generating rolling waves of scorching air, as if even the air itself was boiling under the terrible temperature.

Boom!!

The orange-red flames crashed down like giant waves, with a huge amount of fire surging in all directions. Everywhere the flames touched, the temperature skyrocketed beyond imagination, filling the air with a pungent mix of burnt and scorching smells.

The tall trees, under this terrifying heat, first rapidly lost water and cracked, then ignited the instant they touched the flames. A towering pillar of fire flashed by, leaving only a bit of black ash on the ground.

The fire spread extremely quickly, turning the vast dense forest into a sea of flames in no time. The green of life was stripped away by the merciless fire, replaced by endless crimson and ash. Even the forest ground became charred under the roasting heat, cracking open as if the earth itself was wailing.

In the blink of an eye, the forest vanished, leaving only a vast sea of fire radiating terrifying heat.

"Water Release: Great Waterfall Wave!"

Mugetsu quickly switched to Water Breathing and entered the Water Breathing Chakra Mode, expending a large amount of chakra to spew forth a tremendous volume of water, finally extinguishing the sea of fire.

"Wood Release: Birth of Dense Trees!"

Then Mugetsu used a Wood Release technique to create a forest, restoring the barren land back into a lush, dense forest.

"Quite a big drain," Mugetsu thought, letting out a light breath.

The moment he had finished using Flame Dragon Wild Dance, he automatically dropped out of Sage Mode because his Senjutsu Chakra was completely exhausted.

Thinking it over, Mugetsu realized it made sense — Flame Dragon Wild Dance was already an ultimate-level Fire Release that consumed a lot of chakra, and on top of that, the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode was burning through Senjutsu Chakra fiercely.

"But if that's the case, then for abilities like Blue Flame and Unfettered One Slash, I'd only have enough chakra for one use, and I might not even be able to use them at full power." Mugetsu wore a thoughtful expression.

Both the upper limit of Senjutsu Chakra that could be gathered at once and the endurance of Sage Mode were problematic.

However, the former and the latter were slightly easier to solve, because Mugetsu didn't have a resident like the Nine-Tails inside him. He could directly have the two sages perform the Twofold Sage Art on him, which would be like having two ultra-high-endurance power banks, allowing him to fight without worry.

But this method wasn't without its drawbacks.

First of all, it relied on external help. The two sages had their own positions. If one day Mugetsu ended up fighting the combined forces of the four great ninja villages or five great ninja villages, the two sages might not necessarily help him.

Secondly, when using the Twofold Sage Art, the two sages weren't in an invincible or super-armor state — they could be attacked. If they got hit, they would be injured, causing the Twofold Sage Art to be interrupted.

So Mu Yue still wanted to make up for the shortcomings rather than rely on the Two-Life Technique.

"Although the consumption is great, the power has indeed improved by leaps and bounds." Mu Yue recalled the scene where the forest instantly turned into black ash and thought.

Since the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode burns Senjutsu Chakra, the amplification is stronger than the ordinary Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, so the Wild Dance of the Fire Dragon just now was not actually an ordinary senjutsu.

If Mu Yue did not use the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode and normally used Senjutsu Chakra to execute the Wild Dance of the Fire Dragon, that would be the normal senjutsu procedure and intensity.

Mu Yue felt that if he used this move to burn a ninja force, everyone within range would die, and only the nimble ninja would have a slight chance of slipping away.

Even a strong ninja like the Third Mizukage, who excelled in Water Release, would have no chance of blocking a Fire Release of this level; the only chance of survival would be to run.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

Next, Mu Yue created two shadow clones, had the shadow clones go aside to absorb natural energy, while the main body also began to absorb natural energy and condense Senjutsu Chakra to enter Sage Mode.

"Sage Art: Busoshoku!"

Mu Yue transformed a large amount of Senjutsu Chakra into Yin-attribute Senjutsu Chakra, and the pitch-black Busoshoku quickly covered his right fist.

Boom!!

Mu Yue burst out chakra and swung his Sage Art: Busoshoku fist, instantly cracking the ground into several huge fissures dozens of meters long.

"Both defense and attack power have changed a lot, but I don't know if it can block the Truth-Seeking Balls." Mu Yue showed a thoughtful expression.

Truth-Seeking Balls have the power to ignore ninjutsu.

Relying on Busoshoku and Limitless, Mu Yue could bathe in ordinary ninja's ninjutsu without getting a single millimeter of injury.

But when facing Truth-Seeking Balls, the performance of Limitless and Busoshoku might not be much better than ordinary defensive ninjutsu; this is a crushing difference in level.

But Sage Art: Busoshoku might be different; Truth-Seeking Balls cannot neutralize senjutsu.

Mu Yue took out the Six Paths Staff from the system space.

After injecting chakra, the Six Paths Staff has properties similar to Truth-Seeking Balls, so it should be fine for testing.

Mu Yue, on one hand, condensed a large amount of Senjutsu Chakra on his left arm to create Busoshoku, and on the other hand, he picked up the Six Paths Staff with his right hand, injected chakra, and struck it toward his left hand.

There was no other way; after injecting chakra, even a shadow clone couldn't hold it, so he had to hit himself.

Bang!

After the pitch-black Six Paths Staff hit his arm covered by Sage Art: Busoshoku, Mu Yue instantly felt a sharp pain from his left arm.

However, what comforted Mu Yue was that the Sage Art: Busoshoku did not dissipate directly from the hit by the Six Paths Staff; its effect was still exerted, but it seemed still insufficient to block the level of Truth-Seeking Balls head-on; maybe it was because there wasn't enough chakra.

After using Medical Ninjutsu to heal himself, Mu Yue activated the Limitless technique with Senjutsu Chakra, then threw a Flying Thunder God (technique), and after the Flying Thunder God kunai landed, he threw the Six Paths Staff toward the direction of the Flying Thunder God kunai.

Swoosh!

Mu Yue used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport next to the Flying Thunder God kunai.

In the end, the Six Paths Staff stopped one centimeter in front of Mu Yue, unable to advance any further.

"As expected of Six Paths-level methods; even the Limitless driven by senjutsu still has the problem of possibly being unable to block." Mu Yue grabbed the Six Paths Staff and put it back into the system space.

If he hadn't strengthened the output of Limitless just now, the Six Paths Staff might have broken through the Limitless like before.

The good news is that Limitless can also benefit from the Sage Mode's boost and get strengthened.

The bad news is that Sage Art: Limitless seems unable to suppress Six Paths-level methods like Truth-Seeking Balls in terms of mechanics, and there is a possibility of being broken.

But overall, it is still good news; as long as there is enough Senjutsu Chakra, tanking Truth-Seeking Balls to the face is not a dream.

Mu Yue then tried the output capability of Limitless, which was also much stronger, but still not very convenient; with that Senjutsu Chakra, he could completely use other abilities for output.

Next, Mu Yue tested his stronger abilities one by one.

When testing the Unthinking Slash, as Mu Yue expected, even after exhausting his Senjutsu Chakra, he couldn't reach the limit of what he could perform.

Perfect-grade Lightning Nature Transformation, Perfect-grade Thunder Breathing, Perfect-grade Unthinking Slash—stacking these three perfect grades together gave a truly high upper limit.

Even if the upper limit wasn't reached, the power was still considerable; it was currently Mu Yue's strongest ability in terms of output and destructive power.

After condensing it, Mu Yue didn't dare to slash directly; even after dispersing some of its power, the damage to the environment was still extremely exaggerated.

P. S.:

Second update. Today there are two updates totaling 3k, which is 1k less than promised, so tomorrow will be between 8k and 9k.

Mainly because a small matter came up. Xiaoju didn't go out, but relatives came over. A close niece of mine came to my house to play, and entertaining her took some time.