"9,997... 9,999... 10,000!"
As another dull punch struck the wooden post, Chiba slowly frowned and let out a sigh.
It seemed that ordinary taijutsu training, even while wearing the highest-grade Weighted Training Gear, had no effect at all.
He did not feel trained in the slightest.
After sighing, Chiba lightly clenched his hand, a bitter smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.
Although he had only thrown ten thousand basic straight punches just now, he could still clearly feel that this training had merely served as a warm-up for his body. It had no training effect whatsoever.
In other words, the training he had impulsively started because he had woken up too early this morning had once again proven that his current physical abilities could no longer be improved through taijutsu training alone.
Taijutsu training was pointless, and particularly time-consuming.
At the same time, it made Chiba realize an even bigger problem.
His physical abilities had likely reached a bottleneck. Training alone—or rather, training at this level—could no longer improve them.
That meant his physical abilities might remain at their current level forever. And his most fundamental source of strength, Eight Gates Mode, was based on the Eight Gates, while the extent to which the Gates could be opened was based on physical ability.
If his current physical abilities could not bear a higher degree of Opening Gate, then his strength might be permanently limited because Eight Gates Mode could not open higher Gates.
Although his strength would surely hit a bottleneck during the Nine-Tails' Rampage, no matter whether fate changed or not, he would eventually have to face that final enemy.
After all, Obito had already become his pawn. In the end, he might have to face the second-biggest boss of the ninja world, Madara Uchiha, or even