No matter what... this was only the first step.
If he could not even complete this step, then there would be no possibility of continuing.
No matter what, he had to accomplish what needed to be done now.
As for what came next, he would deal with it later.
If he failed at this step, then there would be nothing left.
Amid the splashing water, Chiba slowly rose to his feet, his face slightly pale. As the mist thickened, his resolve gradually hardened.
He had no way back now.
He could only do this.
And in truth, his situation was not as bad as he had imagined. After all, he had yet to fully adapt to the awakening of Hashirama's Power within his body.
Or rather, the awakening of Hashirama's Power within him seemed not to have stopped yet.
At this moment, Chiba could clearly feel that his depleted Chakra was recovering at a rate far beyond normal. In just that short time, his Chakra, which had been reduced to less than a tenth of its usual amount, had already recovered to around a tenth.
That speed was nearly inconceivable.
Although he had been forced to deactivate Gate of View Mode when his reserves dropped to one and a half tenths, leaving him with some stamina, it still should not have allowed him to recover Chakra this quickly.
That was right. His current Chakra recovery rate was already exceptionally fast.
Generally speaking, there were two conditions for a ninja to recover Chakra. First, they needed an energy supplement—food or medicine would do. Second, they needed time. Chakra was the perfect fusion of mental energy and physical energy. Mental energy and physical energy could be compared to the essence of a person's consciousness and spirit, and the concentrated essence of cellular