Teacher Chen brushed the dust off his body and rose to his feet. Having trained in taijutsu for half his life, his body was far tougher than that of an ordinary ninja. Injuries of this level would not affect the battle to come.
After the previous exchange, Mu Yue's impression of Teacher Chen had completely changed.
Mu Yue's taijutsu was even stronger than his ninjutsu, and he had even mastered taijutsu techniques Teacher Chen could not comprehend.
What a pity. If he'd been born ten or twenty years earlier, my taijutsu would have become even stronger, Teacher Chen thought.
If there had been a taijutsu ninja like Mu Yue more than ten years ago, he would definitely have challenged Mu Yue every day. His taijutsu would surely have been stronger than it was now.
But it was too late for that now. His body was already at its final peak. Fighting too frequently would only make him enter his decline sooner.
Still, it isn't bad to encounter an opponent like this at the peak of my strength. A smile appeared on Teacher Chen's face.
His talk of being the strongest in taijutsu had only been others egging him on, but he had his own pride as well. He said he could not defeat the Third Hokage in taijutsu mainly because the Third Hokage had Enma. If they fought barehanded, he might not lose.
"Konoha Dragon God!"
Without hesitation, Teacher Chen unleashed the advanced taijutsu he had created himself. Against such a powerful opponent, he naturally had to fight with everything he had.
Teacher Chen gathered a massive amount of Chakra in his lower body, then released it all in a single burst, launching Whirlwind Kicks at an incomparably high speed.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!
Almost instantly, a dragon-shaped tornado more than