Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu

"It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!" Whenever the system transmitted something into Xuan Ye's brain, it was always unbearably painful. Although he had experienced it before, there was still no avoiding this pain.

Xuan Ye could only endure it, because there was no other option. Even if he refused to endure it, the pain would still be there, so he might as well bear with it and give himself a chance to adjust.

It did not take long for the pain in his head to gradually weaken, weaken, weaken, and finally disappear.

The process was exactly the same as last time: intense pain at first, then the pain gradually faded until it vanished completely.

The difference from last time was the content being transmitted. This time, the Ninjutsu transmitted into his mind was the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu. It was an A-rank Ninjutsu with tremendous practical use, completely unlike the last one.

Based on the new knowledge in his mind, Xuan Ye gradually came to understand how to use the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu. He clearly understood the hand seals, the method of use, and the final results it could produce.

With the system's help, Xuan Ye felt that the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu was not particularly difficult. As long as one knew how to use the Ninjutsu, how to form the hand seals, and how to circulate Chakra, the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu would not be too difficult.

Of course, that was only how Xuan Ye felt now. Since the system had already transmitted all the methods of using the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, its hand seals, and its Chakra circulation into his mind, even the most difficult Ninjutsu would become easy to use after being transmitted by the system.

If someone had truly handed Xuan Ye a Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu Ninjutsu Scroll and told him to learn it on his own, he would probably have been completely lost.

After all, Xuan Ye had already looked through the Ninjutsu Scrolls at home, and those had been the simplest, most basic Ninjutsu and Taijutsu: the Basic Three Body Jutsu, Konoha Whirlwind, and Konoha Gale.

Even those most basic Ninjutsu and Taijutsu had been incomprehensible to Xuan Ye. There was no need to mention the A-rank Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, which was surely countless times more complicated than those basic techniques.

Xuan Ye sorted through the extra knowledge in his mind, reviewing the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu's usage method, hand seals, and Chakra circulation.

After all, that knowledge had been transmitted into his mind by the system and could not truly be considered his own. There were many training experiences related to the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu in his mind, and if he did not go over them himself, he might not even realize they were there. He had to organize them.

Otherwise, he might fail when using the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu later. The only reason for failure would be unfamiliarity with how to use the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu.

Xuan Ye silently reviewed everything in his mind for a while. Once he was done, he began forming hand seals according to the methods for the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu that the system had transmitted into his mind.

Before beginning his training in the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, he closed his eyes. Closing his eyes could lessen distracting thoughts, as the Chinese saying went: out of sight, out of mind. If he could not see anything, his heart would not become so restless, and the stray thoughts in his mind would naturally lessen.

With his eyes tightly shut, Xuan Ye began forming hand seals according to his memories of the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu's usage method. The Chakra within his body also began circulating according to the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu's Chakra circulation method in his mind.

The hand seals were complete, and the Chakra in his body finished circulating at the same time.

"Poof."

A cloud of smoke suddenly appeared. Once it dispersed, someone somewhat similar to Xuan Ye appeared beside him. However, this "Xuan Ye" was not standing on the ground. Looking utterly drained, he lay limply on the ground without moving.

Ding dong, Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu proficiency +1 (1/10000)

The system prompt appeared promptly after he created a Shadow Clone, but Xuan Ye did not know whether his Shadow Clone had actually succeeded. Although he had successfully created one, this Shadow Clone...

As he thought, Xuan Ye looked again at the Shadow Clone that had just appeared. It was still lying limply on the ground without any spirit, and its face was also slightly different from his own.

Looking at that Shadow Clone, Xuan Ye felt a little embarrassed. He had not expected to create such a Shadow Clone. It was not identical to him, and it did not have the slightest bit of energy.

"But it should count as a success, right? No matter what, I've already created a Shadow Clone."

Even if that Shadow Clone looked slightly different from him, even if it did not have a trace of energy and was clearly useless at a glance, he had at least created it.

"This should count as success, right? Mm-hmm, it definitely succeeded. It definitely succeeded."

Xuan Ye comforted himself inwardly, telling himself not to care what the Shadow Clone looked like.

On his first attempt at using the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, he had managed to create a Shadow Clone. With talent like his, he had to be a genius seen only once in a hundred years—no, once in a thousand years.

Xuan Ye quickly forgot the pathetic appearance of that Shadow Clone. He even forgot that the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu's usage method had been transmitted into his mind by the system, and began indulging in fantasies.

"Alright, I'll dispel that Shadow Clone first."

The limp Shadow Clone quickly disappeared, and the Chakra that had been divided off to create it returned to his body.

However, that did not mean no Chakra had been consumed. Since it was Xuan Ye's first time using the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu and his proficiency was extremely low, much of his Chakra had been wasted and dispersed when he created the Shadow Clone.

Originally, Xuan Ye had nine-tenths of his Chakra remaining. Now, only eight-tenths of his total Chakra remained.

That missing tenth had been consumed earlier during Water Walking and Tree Climbing training.

If he became highly proficient in the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, Chakra would not be wasted like this. However, maintaining a created Shadow Clone would still consume Chakra, just an extremely small amount. If the clone used Ninjutsu, it would still consume the Chakra required for that Ninjutsu.

"Alright, one more time."

After retracting the somewhat failed Shadow Clone, Xuan Ye once again formed the hand seals required for the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, and his Chakra began circulating once more.

"Poof."

Another figure emerged from the smoke. This time, however, the Shadow Clone was much better than the one Xuan Ye had created before. Its face was gradually becoming more similar to Xuan Ye's, and it was not lying directly on the ground, though it looked somewhat malnourished.

Typing slowly is a serious flaw.