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Chapter 190: Might Guy Opens the Door
Chapter 190: Might Guy Opens the Door
"What do you think of my speed?" Mu Yue asked Kakashi.
"Fast," Kakashi immediately nodded in response.
Mu Yue was undoubtedly the fastest ninja he had ever seen. When she truly unleashed her speed, Kakashi couldn't even keep track of her movements.
"If you can master the technique I'm about to teach you, you can become as fast as I am," Mu Yue said with a smile.
Kakashi had a natural talent for lightning-style chakra, and among the breathing techniques he had learned so far, the Lightning Breath was the most suitable for him.
As for Kakashi's reaction speed, that could be improved with dedicated training.
The Fourth Raikage was able to match the speed of the Flying Thunder God technique by using his lightning-style chakra mode to activate his nerves. The Lightning Breath was no less impressive and could achieve the same effect.
Even if Kakashi struggled with the micro-control, the Lightning Breath could still enhance his lightning jutsu, and with further cultivation, he would eventually achieve a state of flow where everything would become effortless.
"The technique I'm about to teach you is considered a forbidden jutsu, and it will be very challenging to learn. You should prepare yourself mentally," Mu Yue warned, his expression turning serious.
He wanted Kakashi to understand the power of what he was about to teach him and to be grateful for this opportunity.
"A forbidden jutsu!" Kakashi exclaimed, his eyes widening in surprise. He had only become Mu Yue's disciple less than half a month ago, and after learning a secret technique yesterday, he was already being offered another forbidden jutsu today.
"Could it be that Teacher Mu Yue knew my father?"
Mu Yue's generosity led Kakashi to wonder if she had been close to his late father, which was why she was helping him so much.
He had never seen anyone teach advanced ninja techniques, secret techniques, and forbidden jutsus as casually as C-rank jutsus, not even in the multiple teams he had been a part of.
"This forbidden jutsu is called the Lightning Breath. Its core principle is to enhance yourself through highly concentrated breathing.
Once you master the full concentration breathing of the Lightning Breath, you will be able to instantly enhance the speed of your lightning-style chakra nature transformation, and you will also be able to use lightning-style chakra nature transformation to activate your cells and increase your explosive power." Mu Yue explained.
"Enhance nature transformation and activate cells?" Kakashi's eyes widened in surprise under his mask. He had heard of cell activation before, but enhancing nature transformation was something he had never heard of.
However, as Kakashi listened to Mu Yue's explanation, he suddenly recalled the time when Might Guy and Obito had suddenly unleashed tremendous power during their battle.
"Do Obito and Guy already know this technique?" Kakashi asked, deep in thought.
"They have also learned breathing techniques, but theirs are different from yours. They practice two other types of breathing techniques," Mu Yue replied honestly, not hiding the truth from Kakashi.
"Obito is learning the Flame Breath, which enhances his fire jutsu and physical abilities, while Might Guy is learning the Stone Breath, which doesn't enhance any nature transformation but greatly improves physical prowess."
Kakashi was stunned. He had no idea that there were multiple types of such powerful forbidden jutsus, and Mu Yue had mastered them all.
This confirmed his suspicions. He had always felt that the rate at which their strength had increased was too drastic, and every time they met, their abilities had noticeably improved.
It made sense now that they were being taught by a powerful ninja like Mu Yue. Based on his own experience over the past ten days, Mu Yue was indeed an excellent teacher.
"If you can master the Lightning Breath quickly, I might consider teaching you other breathing techniques as well," Mu Yue said with a smile.
Different breathing techniques did not conflict with each other, and the reason she didn't teach her students more was that it required an enormous amount of effort and focus, which wasn't worth it at the moment.
"But enough of that for now. Let me show you the true power of the Lightning Breath," Mu Yue said as she switched her breathing technique to the Lightning Breath and entered a state of full concentration. She then grabbed Kakashi and dashed through the forest at incredible speed.
When Mu Yue finally stopped, Kakashi could barely stand on his own.
Kakashi leaned against a tree, shaking his head to clear the dizziness. In those few short minutes, he felt like he had toured the entire Southern Forest.
"Of course, aside from speed, all breathing techniques, when cultivated to a certain level, can enter their corresponding chakra modes. The Lightning Breath's chakra mode allows you to use any lightning jutsu without hand seals, enhancing the power of your lightning and keeping your cells activated throughout."
After Kakashi had somewhat recovered, Mu Yue briefly explained the true power of breathing techniques. Only when one mastered the Lightning Pattern would the breathing technique truly become a forbidden jutsu.
Mu Yue then entered the state of the Lightning Breath's pattern, and as her breathing became extremely concentrated, her chakra erupted, enveloping her entire body in dazzling blue lightning as if she were wearing armor made of lightning.
"Lightning Release: Pseudo Darkness!"
Without forming any hand seals, Mu Yue simply opened her mouth and unleashed a powerful blast of lightning that instantly destroyed a large area of trees.
She then gripped the air, and a massive amount of blue lightning formed a lightning spear in her hand. With a swift motion, she threw the spear, creating a huge explosion and leaving a deep crater in the ground.
In the state of the Lightning Breath's pattern, Mu Yue resembled a thunder god. Every movement generated lightning that was as powerful as lightning jutsu.
This was the true might of the breathing technique's pattern—the ultimate nature transformation. One didn't need hand seals at all and could simply use jutsu as they pleased.
It was incredibly powerful, but the chakra consumption was equally intense. After demonstrating the technique's potential, Mu Yue quickly exited the pattern state.
"No wonder it's a forbidden jutsu," Kakashi said, his perspective as a ninja who specialized in lightning jutsu completely changed.
The image of Mu Yue casually clapping her hands and unleashing powerful lightning was truly shocking. Even with his complete hand seals, Kakashi couldn't produce lightning jutsu with such destructive force.
And what terrified him even more was the realization that Mu Yue also possessed other breathing techniques. With the Flame Breath's chakra mode, a simple breath could create a sea of flames, and one could only imagine the physical prowess that came with the Stone Breath's chakra mode.
"We'll start with the most basic breathing technique. You need to change your normal breathing pattern and focus on concentrated breathing," Mu Yue began her formal lesson.
Although Kakashi's strength was considerably stronger than that of his peers, including Genma and Raido, when he started learning the Breathing Technique, his performance was not much better than theirs, and they were on relatively equal footing.
[You have taught your disciple the Lightning Breath. Your disciple is extremely grateful and rewards you with a Critical Hit. You gain the reward: Lightning-attribute Chakra Nature Transformation (Proficient level)]
Kakashi's reward was quite satisfying to Mu Yue. Although it was only at the Proficient level, in her opinion, a Chakra Nature Transformation at the Proficient level was far better than a ninjutsu at the Mastery level.
Of course, exceptions to this were powerful skills like the Color of Armed Haki and the Breathing Techniques.
An entire afternoon passed, and just like Genma and Raido before him, Kakashi had not made any progress in his proficiency.
After spending an entire afternoon with no improvement, Kakashi, who had always been swift in learning new things, felt a sense of frustration. However, with Mu Yue's reminder, he understood that the Lightning Breath was vastly different from the ninjutsu he had learned before, and its difficulty was indeed formidable. Thus, this feeling of frustration quickly dissipated.
As the training session was about to end, Mu Yue received some good news. Might Guy had finally managed to open the first gate of the Eight Inner Gates!
After successfully opening the first gate, Might Guy's improvement reward was also settled.
[Your disciple, Might Guy, has diligently trained under your guidance and has shown significant growth. You receive the reward: Eight Inner Gates (Proficient)]
The improvement reward was excellent. This time, instead of receiving rewards related to the third or sixth gates, she directly obtained mastery over the complete Eight Inner Gates.
Although Mu Yue rarely used the Eight Inner Gates in combat, as she continuously reinforced her body with the Stone Breath, she believed that one day, she would be able to open up to the sixth or even seventh gate without suffering any harm.
Even if she didn't use it for fighting, it would still be incredibly useful for teaching Might Guy.
Mu Yue had thought that Obito would be the first to trigger an improvement reward, but Might Guy had overtaken him and was now in the lead.
"Obito's darkest era is about to begin. Before he unlocks his Sharingan, he won't be able to beat anyone except for Yahiko," Mu Yue thought to herself.
Facing Might Guy, who could simultaneously use the Eight Inner Gates and the Stone Breath, Obito had no chance of winning. And Obito's old rival, Kakashi, currently possessed strength that surpassed Obito's, while Genma was even stronger than Kakashi. Among Mu Yue's disciples, Genma was the youngest but also the most powerful.
"Get more familiar with the feeling of having the Eight Inner Gates open. The first three gates are the safe zone for the Eight Inner Gates, so you can speed up the progress a little," Mu Yue instructed Might Guy.
Now that Might Guy could open the Eight Inner Gates, it was time for him to complete his training task.
After all, Kakashi had now become Mu Yue's disciple as well. As long as Kakashi was willing to put in the effort and learn seriously, his strength would improve quickly, and even without mastering the Breathing Technique, his overall strength would still increase to some extent.
Mu Yue calculated the time and realized that Might Guy's training task had lasted for over five months, making it the longest-running task so far. She believed that the reward after completing this task would be quite good.
Moreover, after Might Guy's trust level reached four, he didn't receive a life task. Mu Yue speculated that training tasks and life tasks might not be able to coexist, or perhaps life tasks couldn't be triggered while a training task was in progress.
Might Guy's life task was relatively easy to guess. Mu Yue surmised that it was most likely related to becoming the strongest taijutsu user in the ninja world.
About five days later, Obito's improvement reward was also settled.
[Your disciple, Uchiha Obito, has diligently trained under your guidance and has shown significant growth. You receive the reward: Fire-attribute Chakra Nature Transformation (Proficient)]
Mu Yue felt a bit disappointed. If it had been the Wind-attribute Chakra Nature Transformation, he would have had all five basic attributes at the Proficient level or higher.
In the end, this Proficient-level Fire-attribute Chakra Nature Transformation translated to 750 Proficiency points, bringing Mu Yue's Fire-attribute Chakra Nature Transformation proficiency to the Mastery level with 8,350 Proficiency points.
Within these five days, Might Guy quickly familiarized himself with the feeling of having the Eight Inner Gates open.
Mu Yue tested the strength of both Might Guy and Obito and then compared them. Might Guy, who could simultaneously use the Stone Breath and the Eight Inner Gates, had a slight edge in power.
Without hesitation, Mu Yue arranged for the two to engage in combat training that very noon.
"Appropriate combat will help you better master the abilities you've learned. Today, Akai, you'll fight against Kakashi, and then Obito will fight Genma. After you're done, take a short rest and then switch opponents," Mu Yue instructed.
With the training task nearing its completion, Mu Yue wanted to give her disciples some extra motivation.
She thought that Kakashi probably didn't know that Genma was stronger than him, and Obito's memory of their strengths was still stuck at the time when he was stronger than Might Guy.
As for Yahiko, there was currently a significant gap in strength, so it wouldn't be very meaningful for him to join in. However, just watching the battles would be motivating enough for him.
"Why isn't it me fighting Kakashi?" Obito sighed. Fighting Genma was truly uninteresting, as he didn't even give Obito a chance.
Moreover, Obito felt that his strength had improved recently, and he wondered if he now had a chance of defeating Kakashi.
"My dear friend, be careful this time! Today, my youth is burning more fiercely than ever!" Might Guy laughed heartily and gave Kakashi a thumbs-up.
(End of Chapter)
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