Storm Release

Yichen's mastery of both water and lightning attributes far exceeded the minimum requirements for cultivating bloodline limits. Ōnoki had been closely monitoring Yichen's cultivation progress, was actually prepared for this day.

Upon hearing Ikura mention this matter, Ōnoki immediately appointed Ikura as commander of Yichen, instructing Yichen to return to the village before proceeding with the final step.

A month and a half later, Ikura arrived at the South Front Camp. Yichen returned to Iwagakure and began his second physical evolution under Ōnoki's personal protection.

This time, the Body changes lasted longer than the first time, but the discomfort was far less than the first time. After about two months, Yichen finally completed the final step.

With this, the development of the Storm Release Bloodline Limit was completed.

At the same time, Yichen also became a ninja who possessed two different bloodline limits. At this time, Mist ninja Terumi Fifth Mizukage of Mei Terumi, probably had not yet completed the development of her Dual Bloodline Limit. In that case, Yichen should be the only ninja in the Ninja World with Dual Bloodline Limit.

After developing Storm Release, Yichen didn't plan to spend too much time on Storm Release Ninjutsu to improve his combat power; Porcelain Release was enough. Porcelain Release combined with Sealing Jutsu was the tactical direction that Yichen was mainly developing.

However, Storm Release also has its advantages. Yichen plans to develop Madara Uchiha's Ninjutsu from the original work, Storm Release: Light Fang. This move is very similar to the Water Release: Water Cutting he developed, so it shouldn't take too long.

However, these are all long-term plans, and Yichen is currently preoccupied with many other matters.

The six disciples in the Team Three and Team Four still need Yichen's careful instruction. Because of the cultivation and development of the Storm Release technique, Yichen spends far less time on these six disciples than on the first two batches.

Another issue is the war. Three and a half months have passed since the Mist ninja officially launched the Fourth Shinobi War. During this time, the various countries in the Ninja World have mainly maintained a standoff, and no major conflicts have broken out. However, as time goes by, the war preparations of various countries are basically complete, and no one knows where this delicate balance will be broken next.

Ikura did a good job replacing Yichen as commander of the Southern Front, and there was no need for Yichen to come back. Therefore, Ōnoki could not find a suitable position for Yichen for the time being, and could only reluctantly leave Yichen idle.

Yichen, who was not affected by the war for the time being, went to the South Front Camp and brought back his six disciples.

After two months apart, the changes in the six disciples were quite noticeable. Clearly, Ikura had taken special care of them during these two months, and all six had participated in many war-related missions. Yichen was very satisfied with their mental state, and it was time to fully support them in forging their own paths.

Although there are six people, Uchiyama Takuhiro cannot actually be counted among them. He has the best talent and has gone the furthest. Now, Uchiyama Takuhiro's strength is far beyond what the other five can match. Yichen estimates that Uchiyama Takuhiro's strength is not weak even among Chunin.

Previously, Yichen hadn't given Uchiyama Takuhiro guidance, but now, after a series of missions, Yichen finally had a reason to give Uchiyama Takuhiro help.

After consulting with Ōnoki, Yichen finally began to teach Uchiyama Takuhiro his first gravity-related Ninjutsu: Light-Weight Rock Technique.

Uchiyama Takuhiro's talent is quite unique, focusing on gravity. This kind of talent would be useless in other ninja villages, even Konoha, but it's different in Iwagakure. Iwagakure has many Ninjutsu related to gravity, such as the Light-Weight Rock Technique, the Added-Weight Rock Technique, and their upgraded versions. In addition, there are the S-rank Ninjutsu: Almighty Push and Banshō Ten'in.

However, these Ninjutsu are at least A-rank, and there are only two A-rank Gravity Ninjutsu. Previously, Uchiyama Takuhiro had made no contribution to the village, and even though he was Yichen's disciple, he could not be exceptionally taught the Light-Weight Rock Technique.

However, although Yichen had not formally taught Uchiyama Takuhiro A-rank Ninjutsu before, he had not neglected to train Uchiyama Takuhiro 'Yichen sensitivity to gravity. For example, Yichen rarely interrupted the daily flight adaptation training.

Therefore, this A-rank Ninjutsu training was not too difficult for Uchiyama Takuhiro. He mastered his first A-rank Ninjutsu in about half a month.

Although the Light-Weight Rock Technique is not a combat-type Ninjutsu, Uchiyama Takuhiro was still very excited. Although he had good talent and had learned many Ninjutsu under Yichen's guidance, the highest level he had learned was only two B-rank Ninjutsu, and his proficiency in them was not high.

The Light-Weight Rock Technique, however, is A-rank Ninjutsu that consumes little Chakra, and Uchiyama Takuhiro believes it's the Ninjutsu that best suits him. Once he learned this Ninjutsu, he would hover in the air all day and refuse to come down. Even when he was on the ground, he used the technique of floating.

Yichen naturally wouldn't stop him; it was a good thing for a ninja. If Yichen had been this dedicated to the Light-Weight Rock Technique, he might have already mastered the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique over the years.

As always, Yichen didn't need to worry too much about Uchiyama Takuhiro's training; he didn't care at all how Yichen used the Light-Weight Rock Technique to change tactics.

After Yichen taught the cultivation method of Light and Light-Weight Rock Technique to Uchiyama Takuhiro, he only needed to send one Earth Style Clone to guard it each day, and then he didn't have to worry about it anymore.

The first person Yichen instructed was Kawazoe Yura. The little girl's Sealing Jutsu were most compatible with Yichen's, and her progress was the fastest among the six. The only regret was that ninjas who were proficient in Sealing Jutsu were often not good at combat.

However, it doesn't matter. This isn't a big problem for Kawazoe Yura. Although his own combat strength is terrible, his Paper Style Jutsu work surprisingly well when combined with Kanako's.

Despite lacking talent and Chakra reserves, Kawazoe Yura is already able to perform several B-rank Sealing Jutsu. As for C-rank Sealing Jutsu, Kawazoe Yura has learned almost all of them that she could access.

Yichen felt that if he disregarded the advantage of his past life memories, his progress in Sealing Jutsu would probably be far slower than that of Kawazoe Yura.

During this training camp, Yichen plans to teach Kawazoe Yura an A-rank Sealing Jutsu, the Five Elements Sealing Jutsu. Since Yichen himself developed the Five Elements Sealing Jutsu, he received permission to teach it to his disciple after reporting to the village.

For high-IQ students like Kawazoe Yura, Yichen didn't actually need to spend too much time on theoretical learning. Yichen simply explained his thought process in developing this A-rank Sealing Jutsu and the various problems they encountered during the research, and then let the girl figure it out on her own.

Kanako was in Team Six along with Uchiyama Takuhiro and Kawazoe Yura, was a real headache for Yichen. The reason was simple: Yichen had no idea how to guide her. All of Kanako's training was done according to the manual that Konan had written back then.

Kanako has already mastered everything in the manual over the past year, and her next step should be to research how to develop Paper Style Jutsu into Kekkei Genkai. For the original Yichen, this is easy; he can simply take Kanako to the Land of Rivers to learn from Konan. Whether Kanako can successfully develop her Bloodline Limit under Konan's guidance is not Yichen's concern; Yichen needs to fulfill his duty as a teacher.

However, Yichen is no longer sure if Konan will continue to guide his disciples. Since Jiraiya's death, Yichen 'Yichen connection with the three members of Akatsuki Organization has been severed, and he doesn't know their current attitude towards Akatsuki Organization. Furthermore, with the war already underway, Ōnoki dares not let Yichen risk going to the Land of Rivers.

Ōnoki remained wary of the Akatsuki Organization. As the status of Iwagakure and the Land of Earth gradually rose in the Ninja World, the ideological conflict between the Akatsuki Organization and Iwa ninja also intensified. The Akatsuki Organization's ideology was unfriendly to any Ruler of the Ninja World.

Under Ōnoki's leadership, Iwagakure is now steadily progressing towards becoming the new overlord of the Ninja World. And this goal no longer seems so unattainable.

At this point, Ōnoki looked at Akatsuki Organization's ideology again and found it increasingly unacceptable. If it weren't for Konoha standing in their way at this stage, Ōnoki would have considered taking drastic measures against Akatsuki Organization.

Therefore, Ōnoki opposed Yichen's plan to go to the Land of Rivers to meet the leader of Akatsuki Organization.

Having no other choice, Yichen wrote a letter to each of the three Yahiko and the others, just to give it a try. In the letter to Konan, Yichen wrote about Kanako's recent training progress and asked her how to train next.

Kanako's future achievements depend on Konan's response.

Even without Konan's reply, Kanako's strength is still quite good. Although Kanako's Paper Style Jutsu isn't a bloodline limit, but rather a secret technique, considering its unique Paper Style Jutsu methods, Kanako's combat power is actually not low.

Paper Style Jutsu has a huge advantage: it can be prepared in advance. If Paper Style Jutsu paper to attack, then it is naturally just Paper Style Jutsu. But if it uses Exploding Tag to attack, then it is a bloodline limit no less than Explosion Release.

If Kanako prepares a large number of Exploding Tag beforehand, her combat power ceiling will be extremely high. Keep in mind that even Kage Level are not immune to the damage from Exploding Tag. Well, exceptions like the Fourth Raikage.

Even the Second Hokage, a powerful figure, developed Forbidden Technique called Mutual Distraction Explosion Tag, which is classified as S-rank Ninjutsu.

At the Elite Jonin level, among the Seven Ninja Swords of the Mist ninja, there is one called Exploding Blade Shibuki, which uses Exploding Tag as its primary attack method.

This demonstrates the immense power of the Exploding Tag.

Kanako used Exploding Tag combat during a recent mission. She resolved several dangerous missions thanks to Kanako.

So although Kanako isn't currently very strong, she still has a lot of potential.

Next up is Suda Himezuki from Team Three. This lively girl has a much Kanako and Kawazoe Yura. Therefore, her main fighting style is Taijutsu, although this is partly due to her relatively poor Ninjutsu talent.

However, in the past year or so, the little girl has made progress in learning Ninjutsu, and she can now use C-rank Fire Style Jutsu Ninjutsu. The little girl has only learned one C-rank Fire Style Jutsu, which is the Great Fireball Jutsu that Yichen taught her.

I've been having eye problems lately and seeing a doctor, so I was delayed for two days. Sorry.