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However, although Suda Himezuki learned the Great Fireball Jutsu, its Hand Seals speed and power were only average, and it did not greatly enhance her combat power.

Fortunately, her Ninja Cat, Fenghuo, has made great progress during this period. After more than a year of training, all of Fenghuo's indicators have improved. The little Ninja Cat's Chakra has also increased rapidly, and it is no less than that of the worst Genin. Jonin cat's talent in speed, its combat power has become a great help to Suda Himezuki.

However, Feng Fenghuo's Chakra reserves are not enough to perform C-rank Wind Release. Moreover, even if his Chakra reserves reached the requirements for C-rank Wind Release, it wouldn't mean that Fenghuo could perform Wind Release. It is extremely difficult for Ninja Beast to learn Ninjutsu. For example, Fenghuo's mother, Dango, is currently a Ninja Cat who specializes in Taijutsu training. Dango doesn't know any Ninjutsu at all.

Starting today, Yichen will teach Fenghuo Chakra Control. Before, there wasn't much Yichen could do against Dango, but now Yichen knows Senjutsu. After entering Sage Mode, Yichen can communicate well with Ninja Beast. In Sage Mode, Yichen is also more likely to attract the affection of Ninja Beast.

Taking advantage of this, Yichen devised Chakra Control training plan for Fenghuo and guided Fenghuo in related training every day.

As for Suda Himezuki, her master, Yichen's training direction is still Taijutsu. The little girl has a good physique, but her personality is carefree and not suitable for Ninjutsu. Yichen only has one requirement for her Ninjutsu, which is to be able to skillfully Great Fireball Jutsu and to be able to combine it with Fenghuo to create an explosion in the future.

However, Yichen was not good at Taijutsu, so when instructing Suda Himezuki, Yichen mostly used a sparring method, letting the little girl figure it out on her own.

Suda Himezuki's ally, Yoshimura Kazumasa, was relatively easy for Yichen to guide. Yoshimura Kazumasa's specialty was Hand Seals, and with Yichen's guidance over the years, he had improved his Hand Seals speed.

Yoshimura Kazumasa's current hand Hand Seals speed has reached 4.5-5.0 seals per second. More importantly, through special training, he has developed several Hand Seals that are only suitable for him. Among them is the One-handed Hand Seals that Yichen spent a lot of effort to master.

Although Yoshimura Kazumasa's One-handed Hand Seals speed is still very slow and basically unusable in actual combat, the momentum is very good. Yoshimura Kazumasa's path is the same one that Yichen has walked, and it is a very mature path, so his progress is the most obvious.

However, due to insufficient Chakra, Yoshimura Kazumasa's stamina in Ninjutsu combat is not very high. But his explosive power is already quite good. With the advantage of quick Hand Seals, Yoshimura Kazumasa can often quickly defeat his opponents when fighting against ninjas of the same level.

However, Yoshimura Kazumasa currently only knows C-rank Ninjutsu, and his insufficient Chakra reserves prevent him from using B-rank Ninjutsu.

Speaking of Hand Seals, after becoming Kage Level, Yichen's Hand Seals speed has reached 6.0-6.5 seals per second. In terms of Hand Seals speed alone, probably no one in the entire Ninja World can surpass him.

However, Yichen did not make good use of his advantage in Hand Seals speed because his training focus was not on improving combat power. He had been working hard to improve his Life level.

As for One-handed Hand Seals, Yichen hasn't spent any time practicing them in recent years. Currently, Yichen can only perform 3.5 seals per second with one hand. Even so, Yichen can only perform a portion of the seals and cannot replace all the regular seals.

Since there was no time to develop Hand Seals, Yichen placed his hopes on Yoshimura Kazumasa. He would learn from him once Yichen developed more One-handed Hand Seals and unique hand seals.

Finally, there's Katsuya. Katsuya's Genjutsu Talent is truly remarkable, but unfortunately, the village can offer him too little help. Although he has learned all the village's C-rank Genjutsu and several B-rank Genjutsu, his combat strength is still insufficient.

The reason is simple: few of the Genjutsu he knows are applicable in actual combat. His fighting style is too simplistic, making him easily countered by his opponents.

Therefore, Katsuya is the Yichen of Yichen's six disciples, even weaker than Kawazoe Yura, who is skilled in Sealing Jutsu.

However, like Kawazoe Yura, Katsuya plays a significant role in fighting alongside his comrades. Katsuya's current specialty is Genjutsu that Sensory Interference.

In group battles, Katsuya subtly alter the enemy's perception of the outside world. Don't underestimate this; imagine a Kunai flying from directly in front of you, but you perceive it as coming from your side, and you naturally swing your sword to block its path.

The block missed its target. Is there still time to remedy the situation?

Because this tactic worked, Katsuya put a lot of effort into it. From large-scale changes at the beginning to smaller, more detailed adjustments later on, Katsuya kept refining it to suit the combat style.

Team Three and Team Four have been under Yichen's command for over a year, and as is customary, they will soon be taking the Chunin Assessment.

Of the six, Yichen was most worried about Katsuya Kawazoe Yura was skilled in Sealing Jutsu and did not need to advance like a normal ninja. But Katsuya was different; the village did not have a special advancement path for Genjutsu ninja.

Therefore, Yichen will need to spend more time on Katsuya, and the focus of Katsuya's training will be to give him a certain ability to fight independently.

Genjutsu that confuse the Five Senses are very useful, but they are too intricate and require the Katsuya exert all their strength, which leaves him with no free hands to launch additional attacks. What Yichen needs to do is help him find a way to launch attacks while maintaining the Genjutsu.

Yichen had no experience in this area. He had encountered a similar problem in his early years, and at that time Yichen used a method of hiding some kind of Sleeve Arrow on his body.

Later, Yichen's strength increased rapidly, and the help of Genjutsu became less and less, so this move became useless.

To put it bluntly, Yichen didn't think of a solution to the problem back then.

Maintaining Genjutsu is very difficult, and there should be many solutions in Konoha, because both the Uchiha Clan and Kurenai Yūhi are capable of killing people while casting Genjutsu.

Unfortunately, Iwagakure does not currently possess the means to do so.

Yichen had to spend a lot of time discussing and researching with Katsuya.

In fact, Iwagakure has been conducting research in this area for many years, especially after trading several Genjutsu with Konoha, but the results have not been ideal. The main reason is that the time was too short.

Yichen had inquired about the progress of Iwagakure's Genjutsu research.

However, the village's research into Genjutsu was far less extensive than that into Lightning Release. Lightning Release had a solid foundation, with numerous A-rank Ninjutsu as references. In addition, there was a special talent, Qi, who was extremely dedicated to Lightning Release, so research into Lightning Release progressed rapidly.

Furthermore, Lightning Release is, after all, an elemental Ninjutsu, making it much easier to research than Genjutsu. The village also provides far more support for Lightning Release research than for Genjutsu. Ōnoki and his group probably felt that spending too much time on Genjutsu wouldn't yield any significant results and therefore wasn't worthwhile.

In any case, before the war breaks out in full force, Ōnoki will not allow Yichen to leave the village, so he can calm down and plan the future for his six disciples.

However, Yichen underestimated Ōnoki. In times of war, how could Ōnoki let Yichen be idle? Yichen had only been training with his disciples for a little over ten days when he received a notification from Ōnoki: Ōnoki wanted him to preside over this Chunin Selection Exams.

This Chunin Selection is completely different from the Joint Chunin Exams two years ago; this Chunin Selection Exams is held separately by Iwagakure (the Iwagakure).

Similar to the Chunin Ninja Exams Ikura first presided over four years ago, this time it is also to select a group of outstanding Genin in preparation for war, and to promote them ahead of schedule.

Just like that year, the threshold for this Chunin Selection Exams will be relatively low, and the format is also very simple, just a simple combat competition.

This selection process doesn't require high standards from the Chief Examiner; they don't need to rack their brains to think about the exam content. However, it does require a certain level of discernment from the Chief Examiner, because most of those selected this time are candidates for squad leaders in the upcoming Fourth Shinobi War, so there's no room for carelessness.

Ōnoki was at ease leaving this matter to Yichen. Although Yichen was lazy, he had a discerning eye. With Yichen overseeing the selection, finding excellent ninjas would not be a problem.

Yichen's presiding over the Chunin Ninja Exams was not good news for his disciples. Suda Himezuki and the others felt even greater pressure. They knew that Yichen would not go easy on them; in fact, he would likely make things more difficult for them.

This made the group, who already lacked confidence in their abilities, even more nervous.

Apart from Uchiyama Takuhiro, the other five all accelerated their training pace.

Ninjas are experts at gathering intelligence, Chunin Selection Exams spread quickly. Of course, everyone understood that this was a response the village was taking in preparation for the upcoming war.

Upon receiving the news, the Genin who believed they had a chance of advancing began preparing for the Chunin Ninja Exams. Because many people had witnessed the selection process four years ago, everyone was relatively clear about the procedures for this Chunin Ninja Exams and was making targeted preparations.

However, this time there won't be as many onlookers as there were four years ago. During wartime, people who have the leisure to pay attention to things that aren't directly related to their own interests are a minority.

Yichen simply found a relatively large Training Ground in the village and set up a small spectator stand; that was it for the training ground.

More than a month later, the Genin, having undergone intensive training, arrived at the examination site.

One advantage of this selection process, designed for war, is that participants can take the Chunin Ninja Exams individually. Therefore, some genin who are unable to pass the normal Chunin Selection Exams due to the influence of other members in their teams Genin it very seriously.

The list in Yichen's hand showed that more than half of the ninjas came to the assessment alone or in pairs. Only a small number of teams of three came together.

Of course, Yichen's six disciples, Han's three disciples, and Tomoko's three disciples all participated as a team of three.

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