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Chapter 188: Armed Striking Fist
Chapter 188: Armed Striking Fist
It was the beginning of January, the coldest time of the year. Yet, the chilly morning breeze could not dampen the enthusiasm of the ninjas as they trained with fervor.
The students' eyes followed Mu Yue's arm movements, watching intently as he prepared to throw a punch, their breaths held in anticipation, fearful that any sound might affect his performance.
Mu Yue did not utilize any other abilities; he merely converted a large amount of chakra into Armed Dominating Combat, hardening his fist and wrapping the dominating aura around it.
He aimed at the riverbank not far away and, with his fist enveloped in the Armed Dominating Combat, resembling an iron fist, he swung it forcefully forward.
Whoosh!!
As Mu Yue swung his fist, a gale suddenly picked up, and Kakashi could feel the gust whistling past his ears. The leaves rustled violently in the wind, sounding like a prelude to an impending downpour.
BOOM!!
In the next instant, a deafening roar filled the air, as if the very atmosphere had been detonated.
The shockwave from Mu Yue's punch instantly snapped the large trees in front of him, and even the people standing behind, like Itachi, were affected by the powerful impact, struggling to maintain their balance and having to use chakra to adhere to the ground.
"What monstrous punching power!"
Kakashi shielded himself from the flying debris and leaves with his hand, squinting as he watched the shockwave tear through everything in its path. Astonishment was evident on his face.
Kakashi had witnessed more than Obito and the others, but he had never seen a scene like this before.
Might Guy, on the other hand, felt his excitement mounting as he witnessed the terrifying destructive power Mu Yue displayed with just a single punch, without even employing the Eight Inner Gates or breathing techniques.
If Mu Yue were to use those techniques in conjunction with this one, a single punch might just be enough to pierce through the entire Southern Border Forest.
"This technique is equally excellent for both offense and defense. If you can master it, it will be far more valuable than learning a few more Fire Release jutsu," thought Itachi.
Undoubtedly, the importance of Armed Dominating Combat could now be compared to breathing techniques.
"Mu Yue, I pray for your blessings, just as you did with the Fire-style Breathing Technique and the Armed Dominating Combat," Obito silently prayed, hoping to master the Armed Dominating Combat smoothly.
After obliterating the trees in its path, the powerful impact crashed into the river, creating a loud bang. The river water erupted, sending a shower of water and aquatic creatures flying into the air.
Even the training Nohara Rin paused momentarily, curious, and glanced in Mu Yue's direction.
Mu Yue was fairly satisfied with his control. Such an attack would be very conspicuous outside, but in the vast Southern Border Forest, which accounted for thirty percent of Konoha's territory, it was merely a minor disturbance.
"Apart from choosing to strengthen your bodies, you can also use Armed Dominating Combat to harden your weapons."
Mu Yue removed the Armed Dominating Combat from his fist and took out a kunai, infusing the sharp blade with the hardened Armed Dominating Combat and wrapping the powerful aura around it.
Mu Yue casually selected a nearby stone and threw the kunai at it.
The kunai whistled through the air and, in an instant, upon touching the stone, caused it to explode into fragments.
"What a versatile secret technique!" Kakashi couldn't help but exclaim. He had thought that the powerful offense and defense were already impressive, but he never expected that it could also be used to enhance weapons.
Kakashi felt that this secret technique suited his fast, precise, and fierce blade techniques perfectly. The already sharp White Fang Ninjato, when enhanced with Armed Dominating Combat, made Kakashi feel that anything less than cutting through something tough would be a waste.
Might Guy, however, didn't feel as strongly about it. He wasn't very adept with shuriken or kunai, rarely using them in combat, preferring to rely on hand-to-hand combat instead.
Itachi's eyes lit up, though, as he realized that the short blade Mu Yue had given him would now be even more useful.
"Once you've reached a high level in this secret technique, there are actually many things you can enhance, even jutsu," Mu Yue continued.
As he spoke, Mu Yue extended his hand and concentrated a large amount of chakra, performing a Lightning Release chakra nature transformation. Soon, a shimmering purple lightning bolt appeared in his hand.
Mu Yue asked Kakashi to summon an Earth Style Wall, which he then struck with the purple lightning.
After destroying the Earth Style Wall, Mu Yue asked Kakashi to use an Earth Style jutsu to summon an earthen wall.
This time, Mu Yue didn't use ordinary purple lightning; he used Armed Dominating Combat-enhanced Armed Lightning Release.
BOOM!!
The wide and sturdy earthen wall instantly crumbled under the assault of the terrifying black-purple lightning, leaving behind only charred rubble.
Although both purple lightning bolts demonstrated formidable power, the four disciples could clearly sense that the one enhanced with Armed Dominating Combat was significantly more powerful.
"This secret technique is too strong! It can even enhance jutsu. If we learn this, won't our overall strength undergo a qualitative change?" Obito exclaimed, feeling that the intensity of the dominating aura secret technique Mu Yue had just taught them was over the top.
While the breathing techniques were strong, the Fire-style Breathing Technique could only enhance Fire Release jutsu, and the Rock-style Breathing Technique excelled mainly in enhancing physical abilities.
Armed Dominating Combat, however, was different. It could withstand jutsu with its defensive capabilities, pack a punch comparable to a jutsu, and also enhance weapons and jutsu.
"Learning this will indeed boost your strength significantly, but it's not as exaggerated as you think," Mu Yue said, shaking his head.
"First of all, Armed Dominating Combat cannot enhance all jutsu. For example, it's challenging to enhance the Fire Release: Fireball Technique. Additionally, using Armed Dominating Combat to enhance jutsu consumes a considerable amount of chakra. Frequent use of Armed Dominating Combat to strengthen jutsu in battle will deplete your chakra quickly."
Obito had oversimplified matters; while Armed Dominating Combat was indeed powerful, it was also chakra-intensive. Without a large chakra reserve, one couldn't sustain its usage.
"Ah, what about Fire Release? Does that work?" Tobirama scratched his head, suddenly feeling that his Armament Chakra Nature wasn't as overbearing as he thought.
"It's not that Fire Release doesn't work, it's just that most Fire Release techniques won't be effective," Mu Yue corrected.
"Next, besides Danzo, the three of you will learn Yin Release nature transformation," Mu Yue began to outline their upcoming training regimen.
Most ninjas were born with one chakra nature, but that didn't mean they were limited to that specific nature. It just meant that learning nature transformations outside of one's innate nature would be more challenging, and the upper limit of their proficiency would be lower.
Of course, there were exceptions. Some might have more than one nature, while others might have none. For example, Rock Lee didn't have any chakra nature, while Mu Yue discovered that Might Guy had two innate natures - lightning and fire.
Despite having two innate natures, Might Guy's situation was similar to Rock Lee's, as he found learning ninjutsu extremely challenging. He opted to spend his time honing his physical prowess instead.
The Yin and Yang natures couldn't be identified through chakra paper tests, so Mu Yue began teaching them directly. However, to maximize the rewards from the Teaching System for the day, Mu Yue decided to teach Danzo Armament Chakra Nature with his main body, while his shadow clone would instruct Kakashi and the others on Yin Release nature transformation.
"The essence of Yin Release lies in creating form from nothingness through spiritual power. Thus, the core of using Yin Release is spiritual strength," Mu Yue explained.
In the Naruto world, whenever one encountered bizarre and incomprehensible ninjutsu, it was often associated with Yin Release, as its specialty was creating something from nothing.
As Mu Yue continued explaining, Might Guy started to get confused. He recognized each word that Mu Yue spoke, but when they were put together, he couldn't make sense of their meaning.
"Ah, this is so difficult!" Tobirama exclaimed, tugging at his hair. He found that compared to Fire Release nature transformation, Yin Release was much more elusive and tricky to grasp.
"So that's how it is. Compared to the five basic natures, it is indeed quite unique," Kakashi said, his eyes widening in realization as he began to understand Yin Release.
At this moment, the trio's innate differences in ninjutsu aptitude became apparent. Although all three possessed S-rank potential, Tobirama and Might Guy's capacity for learning ninjutsu paled in comparison to Kakashi.
Even though it was a shadow clone of Mu Yue teaching them, his proficiency in Yin Release and teaching ability were genuine, albeit without the skill-boosting effects.
On the other hand, Mu Yue's main body also began the formal instruction of Armament Chakra Nature.
"Armament Chakra Nature is a Yin Release ninjutsu. Yin Release ninjutsu creates form from the invisible through chakra and imagination. When cultivating Armament Chakra Nature, you can imagine that your body is enveloped in an invisible armor, and then use chakra to manifest that armor," Mu Yue explained to Danzo.
"Invisible armor..." Danzo fell into deep thought.
Armament Chakra Nature was more challenging than he had anticipated. Initially, he thought that his experience in learning Genjutsu, which was also a Yin Release technique, would make it easier. However, as he began learning, he realized that the difference between the two was significant.
"Don't try to apply your knowledge of learning Genjutsu to Armament Chakra Nature. Each Yin Release secret technique is vastly different," Mu Yue advised, seeing through Danzo's thoughts.
The Yin and Yang natures were classified as special chakra natures for a reason. The difference between Fireball and Hellfire was merely the quantity of flames; one could easily identify them both as Fire Release techniques.
However, if one were to demonstrate Shadow Imitation and Mind Body Switch to someone unfamiliar with chakra nature transformations, no matter how hard they tried, they wouldn't be able to guess that these two techniques, one controlling shadows and the other invading the mind, belonged to the same nature transformation.
The effects of different Yin and Yang Release secret techniques could vary drastically.
[You have taught your disciple Armament Chakra Nature, and due to your disciple's immense gratitude, you receive a critical strike reward: Ninjutsu: Earth Release - Heavy Rock Technique (Proficient)]
He had unlocked a ninjutsu that wasn't particularly relevant to Danzo, but Mu Yue was used to it by now. The rewards from the Teaching System weren't always directly related to the disciple, though the probability of receiving a reward connected to the disciple was higher. He had once received a Water Nature Transformation reward from teaching Might Guy.
Moreover, it was still a decent reward. Heavy Rock was a top-tier Earth Release ninjutsu that could not only petrify enemies but also increase their weight to slow them down, or enhance the user's weight to boost their attacks.
As for techniques like Super Heavy Rock, it was essentially using all one's might to perform the Heavy Rock technique. It couldn't be considered a separate ninjutsu, similar to how Super Divine Peach Mystic Technique worked.
If Mu Yue were to gather all his chakra and strike with an Armament-infused punch, he could call it Super Armament Fist.
There were also techniques like Shadow Clone and Multiple Shadow Clone. While Multiple Shadow Clone was a forbidden technique, one would naturally master it by becoming proficient in the Shadow Clone technique. However, most people wouldn't expend that much chakra on shadow clones.
(End of Chapter)
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