Chapter 91: Flame Breathing

"Mu Yue-sensei, I think I can take more pressure. Please give me extra training!" Asuma said with a serious face, pleading with Mu Yue.

The first practical test was going to start in two days, and Asuma felt he could struggle a bit more.

This time it wasn't just a secret battle with Mu Yue present; Kurenai Yuhi would also see it. Even if he had to lose, he had to lose with some dignity.

"Why the sudden request for extra training? Is it for the practical test?" Mu Yue asked with a smile.

The thoughts of a brat like Asuma were far too easy to guess.

"Yeah, you guessed it, sensei." Asuma showed an embarrassed smile.

"Just temporary extra training won't improve your strength." Mu Yue rejected Asuma's idea.

For theoretical exams, cramming at the last minute could be somewhat useful; if the exam happened to cover topics you reviewed, you'd get a few extra points.

For practical combat, practicing more for just the last two days would have no effect, because training for two days wouldn't bring any significant improvement to the body.

Unless you have an extremely strong learning ability, learning one jutsu per day—then over two days you'd learn two more jutsus. That would be useful, but Asuma clearly didn't have that kind of learning ability.

Mu Yue didn't expect it; unexpectedly, it was another breathing technique.

For the rest of the time, his sealing technique was basically being thrashed in various ways by Mu Yue's shadow clone.

Until the training session ended, Obito still couldn't complete a burst of eight stacked layers, but he could relatively stably stack twice, which was still a decent improvement.

"If the leg is acting up, that's tough." Obito tried again following Mu Yue's guidance, but he still failed.

When Mu Yue was fighting me just now, counting the shadow clones, Mu Yue had used a total of four jutsu, including Fire Style and Water Style. The jutsu configuration was also good, with both attack and defense.

I used the Appraisal Technique to check Obito's proficiency; it was already over seventy-something familiarity.

"If you ask me, the old man is just getting blurry-eyed. A ninja like Mu Yue-sensei is still a chunin? If you ask me, he should be promoted to jonin."

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, didn't know everything about me. As long as Mu Yue didn't show anything too outrageous, then from the Third's perspective, this was just Mu Yue's own talent.

"Right now, you really aren't qualified to be promoted to jonin." Mu Yue denied it.

It was easy for Mu Yue to say it, and it felt easy to conceive the action in his mind, but when it actually came time to practice, Obito felt that what he had just conceived was all an illusion. It was too hard.

Sunday morning, Mu Yue was leading Obito in the practice of the Shunshin technique.

Based on his performance just now, he was at most a chunin who knew a few more jutsu. It was only because his sealing technique was too strong that they thought that way.

When Mu Yue checked the memory of the Flame Breathing that had suddenly appeared in his mind, he was instantly amazed by the Fire Version of the Flame Breathing. Although it was also a breathing technique, its effects were completely different from the Rock Breathing. It could be called a secret technique!

Even if the Third Hokage wasn't watching himself, he would be seen by the monitoring Anbu, who would then report it to the Third.

The higher his identity, the stronger the strength he displayed; the more room Mu Yue had to farm rewards.

"I really can't be more serious." Asuma replied.

"Fight with my shadow clone. In the remaining time, as long as you still have the strength to stand, keep fighting with my shadow clone. That way, even in just two days, you can improve your strength to a certain extent."

Just listening to Mu Yue talk about the sealing technique training made him feel how brutal it would be, but for the sake of Kurenai Yuhi, he had no choice but to tough it out and nod in agreement.

With Asuma's talent, he was generally capable in teaching, and his ability as a ninja was not bad either. A young man like that was relatively worth saving.

Actually, Mu Yue had already laid some groundwork before, and it was the kind with a witness—that time when Kushina said that Mu Yue had a talent for teaching Asuma.

【Disciple Uchiha Obito, under your guidance, trained seriously and his strength increased somewhat. Obtained reward: Flame Breathing (Proficiency Level)】

As the Nine-Tails jinchuriki, Kushina naturally had Anbu watching over her.

The reason he suddenly displayed a bit of strength was not to help with the sealing technique training, but to show the Third Hokage.

If he could be pulled out from Root, then in the future he could further show his strength without worrying about the Root's problems.

He didn't lack a way, but the process would be quite brutal.

"Just practice more. Shisui and the others didn't learn it in a few days either." Mu Yue said.

It could only be said that if you want to show off in front of others, you have to suffer behind their backs.

But if this summer special training went well, and he was promoted to jonin, Mu Yue felt that his suggestion would be seriously considered.

Even a shadow clone whose power was deliberately suppressed by Mu Yue was not something Obito could defeat now.

Because before Mu Yue was transferred to Hachidai's side, as long as he suddenly showed abnormal strength, his subsequent progress was not because of the talent that Root failed to discover being discovered and nurtured by Hachidai.

When the Sealing Jutsu was exhausted and resting against a small tree, he complained:

"What should we do then?" Asuma asked, placing his hopes on the all-powerful Teacher Mu Yue.

With only two days left, the only method Mu Yue could think of was a massive amount of combat, in other words, a massive amount of getting beaten up.

If I had honestly remained a special chunin teacher, would I have had this summer special training opportunity? I'm afraid I would have been called by Danzo to Root to work as a laborer during the holidays.

Mu Yue is not showing off in Kakashi's perspective; when I cannot be seen in Root but Hachidai can see, I display my value.

Mu Yue wants to develop safely, but he will not always be a chunin teacher, because that identity actually limits his growth ceiling.

Mu Yue's thoughts were very simple, this was foreshadowing.

Let alone stacking eight times, I can't even stabilize stacking twice.

"Shunpo is actually very simple; just stack the technique you used before eight times and use it." Mu Yue explained while demonstrating.

For example, if I wanted to carry out reforms to the Ninja Academy's curriculum and add some public classes that several classes attend together, as just a special teacher, no one would listen to my suggestions.

Because later, part of it was split off and taught to Obito, so when actually starting to teach, the progress was slower.

"Hiruzen Sarutobi, is he watching?" Mu Yue's expression unchanged, thought to himself.

"To increase strength in just two days, the only way is combat." Mu Yue thought for a moment and said.

Practical tests, combat as exam content, Zou Lanrou's kind of massive combat, is equivalent to drilling exam papers for a theoretical exam, much more reliable than two extra days of training.

At this time, both Might Guy and Shisui had not yet fully mastered the basics, so only Obito followed along to learn.

"Do you really want to increase your strength?" Mu Yue asked.

It was precisely considering that point that Mu Yue showed the talentless appearance of Zou Lanrou; otherwise, with his caution, he would have pretended to master it in ten days.