svetikya Chapter 71 Review
Chapter 71 Review
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Adjusting his slightly disordered breathing, Taiyi was filled with excitement. This kind of battle, where he could fully utilize his strength, was so exhilarating.
"Jiraiya-sensei, now I'm going to get serious!" Taichi, feeling his chakra had recovered to about 70-80%, challenged Jiraiya loudly.
"Oh, kid, since you're so confident, then I'll have to get serious." Jiraiya said to Taichi with a chuckle, not holding back.
Taiichi stylishly planted the short sword into the ground, his hands quickly forming hand seals, unleashing Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Technique.
Taiichi quickly unleashed 36 fireballs, arranged in a three-by-three formation, which attacked Jiraiya from different directions.
Jiraiya smiled slightly as he watched Taichi prepare to unleash his ninjutsu, waiting for him to do so. When he saw the fireball hurtling towards him, he couldn't help but show surprise.
These fireballs were not only numerous, but more importantly, each one was under Taiyi's control, constantly changing its trajectory. That alone was remarkable.
It's important to understand that ordinary ninjas only control the direction of the ninjutsu attack when it's being released, unlike Taiichi who maintains constant control over the ninjutsu.
Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall - A wide and thick earthen wall rose from the ground, firmly protecting Jiraiya behind it.
Upon seeing this, Taiyi immediately formed hand seals and used Shadow Clone Technique. Two "bang" sounds were heard as a clone appeared on the left and a clone on the right.
Without saying a word, the two clones rushed toward the two sides of the earthen wall as soon as they appeared.
Upon seeing Jiraiya behind the earthen wall, the clones simultaneously formed hand seals, unleashing Wind Release: Great Breakthrough and Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.
Two ninjutsu, one wind and one fire, converged behind the earthen wall. The fire borrowed the wind's momentum, and the wind borrowed the fire's power. A raging inferno instantly destroyed the entire earthen wall, along with Jiraiya behind it.
Taiichi kept a close eye on his surroundings. He knew, of course, that it was impossible to defeat Jiraiya so easily. Rather, this attack was meant to make Jiraiya even more aware of Taiichi's current strength and abilities.
Suddenly, Taiyi felt a slight tremor in the ground beneath his feet. Without thinking, he immediately jumped away.
In that instant, a pair of large hands burst forth from the ground and grabbed Taiyi's ankles.
Seeing this, Taiyi, who was in the air, did not hesitate and swung his sword to strike.
With a "bang," Jiraiya, who was buried in the ground, was also cleaved apart by a single slash. It turned out that this was just a shadow clone.
As the clone dissipated, after Taiichi stood up, another Jiraiya emerged from the ground, unleashing Fire Release: Great Flame Bullet, a huge fireball flying towards Taiichi's face.
The distance was too close, and there was no time to use ninjutsu. Taiyi could only concentrate all his wind-style chakra on the blade and then slash at the fireball with all his might.
Unlike before, this time the wind on the blade was not sharp, but rather a rapidly rotating airflow.
As the blade flashed, the fireball was split in two, and the two halves were flung to the sides by the surrounding air currents.
Taiichi was stunned when he slashed with his sword. The slash was a subconscious action, and he didn't expect it to actually cut through the ninjutsu. The only slight shortcoming was that he hadn't mastered it well enough the first time he used it, which resulted in a patch of Taiichi's hair being singed by the fire.
Jiraiya was also surprised when he saw Taiichi cleave the giant fireball with his sword. He had never heard of anyone in the ninja world who could cleave ninjutsu with a sword. Just as he was about to try to stop it, he saw the fireball being cleaved and sent flying.
"Good technique. Shall we try this one next?" Jiraiya became interested and immediately formed hand seals, unleashing Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.
An even larger firestorm transformed into a fire dragon and charged towards Taiichi. Taiichi knew this was Jiraiya's deliberate sparring, so he no longer worried about his safety and focused on guiding the wind-style chakra to flow more orderly and efficiently along the blade.
Compared to the previous rotation, this time the wind starts from the blade and spreads rapidly in all directions. Although this consumes more chakra, the flowing wind is more conducive to slashing and deflecting the scattered flames.
As expected, with this modification, the Fire Dragon Flame Bullet was split in two. The high-temperature flames rushed past Taiyi from both sides, but could not harm Taiyi due to the flowing wind.
The only downside is that you need to keep swinging the knife; if you stop, you'll be hit by a burst of flames.
Jiraiya was quite surprised to see Taiichi only slightly disheveled amidst the flames; he hadn't expected Taiichi to actually master this technique. Thinking this, he decided to stop holding back and charged forward for the first time.
Faced with Jiraiya's relentless pressure, Taiichi suddenly felt the pressure increase dramatically. Each move was quite strenuous for Taiichi, even when he was unarmed. Not to mention using ninjutsu, he could only barely parry Jiraiya's attacks.
As the saying goes, a prolonged defense will inevitably lead to defeat. After Taiichi was hit by a punch for the first time, he became Jiraiya's punching bag until he lay motionless on the ground, letting Jiraiya's fists come down on his head.
Looking at the fist hovering in front of his forehead, Taichi couldn't help but smile wryly: "Jiraiya-sensei, you did this on purpose, didn't you!" Touching the bruise on his face and his aching right eye, he confirmed again, "You definitely did it on purpose."
"Haha, what are you saying!" Jiraiya laughed awkwardly at Taiichi's shameless behavior, while reaching out to pull Taiichi up from the ground.
The two sat on the open ground to the side, looking at the river in the distance, slowly recovering their strength.
"Taiichi, are you aware of the problems you have in your battles?" Jiraiya spoke first.
Taiyi shook his head helplessly. He still lacked practical experience. In the past, the enemies he had faced were either too weak or he had won through trickery. He had never truly encountered someone who could fight him head-on.
Seeing Taiichi shake his head, Jiraiya thought for a moment and understood the gist of it. He continued, "Your swordsmanship, taijutsu, and ninjutsu are all outstanding individually. Your achievements in any one area are comparable to those of a Jonin. However, your abilities do not complement each other perfectly. You cannot use ninjutsu while performing swordsmanship, and in order to release ninjutsu, you will directly stick your sword into the ground to form hand seals. This is a huge waste."
Taiyi listened and nodded from time to time. He also had this feeling, which made his fighting style always seem less coherent.
"Also, you don't know enough ninjutsu. You don't have to be proficient in all the ninjutsu you learn, but you must know a lot of them so that you can deal with all kinds of different situations."
"Of course, most ninjas have these problems, but since you've reached this level of strength, you need to find a way to solve them. The longer you delay, the more disadvantageous it will be for you," Jiraiya concluded.
"Then, Jiraiya-sensei, do you have any good suggestions?" Taichi asked humbly.
"Ordinary ninjas would choose to specialize in one area, becoming either a ninjutsu-type ninja or a taijutsu-type ninja," Jiraiya explained. "But you are different; you have the talent to develop in all aspects."
"So, one option is to learn one-handed hand seals, and it would be even better if you could create a hand seal-free ninjutsu. The other option is to exchange your merits for ninjutsu from the village."
Seeing Taichi still listening attentively, Jiraiya continued, "I can teach you some theory about one-handed hand seals, but you'll have to try them out yourself. Everyone's is different. Don't even think about hand seal-less ninjutsu; I don't know it myself."
"As for why you were asked to exchange ninjutsu with the village, it's a village rule. You can't teach the ninjutsu you learned from the village to others without permission, unless you created it yourself or captured it from someone else." Jiraiya explained the reason why he wasn't taught ninjutsu.
"Yes, I understand, Jiraiya-sensei." He naturally understood this.
As he spoke, Jiraiya explained the theoretical basis of one-handed hand seals to Taichi, who then continuously memorized and pondered them.
"That's all for today. I've eaten, I've beaten up the guy, so I'm off. I still have to hand in my mission." Jiraiya said, not waiting for Taiichi's reply, and strode away into the distance.
"Ah, Jiraiya-sensei, you were doing this on purpose after all." Taichi complained to Jiraiya's back, only to be met with a distant wave from Jiraiya.
Watching Jiraiya's departing figure, Taichi lay back down on the ground, gazing at the azure sky, savoring the battle that had just taken place.
Especially the feeling of slashing ninjutsu with a sword. If I can perfect this move, I believe I will definitely be able to give my enemies an unexpected "surprise" in the future.
Without hesitation, Taiichi stood up, picked up his short sword again, and began to infuse it with wind-style chakra. As the chakra was continuously poured in, the air around the sword slowly began to flow. And with Taiichi's control, the pattern of the airflow subtly changed.
[Your chakra control training has improved your understanding of it.]
Your Chakra Control skill +100
Your skill's wind attribute nature change +100
You have mastered a new sword technique; your advanced sword technique has been increased by 200.
Sure enough, as he practiced, the panel kept giving him prompts, and more insights kept emerging. Taiyi gradually mastered the correct way to use this sword technique.
Finally, Taiichi unleashed all his chakra, channeling it into the short sword in his hand, wanting to test the power of this technique.
The more chakra poured in, the stronger the wind became around the blade, and the howling of the gale gradually rose, with the invisible wind even turning a faint blue.
Finally, "click".