That night, Shironeko sparred with Purple Lightning. The main focus was Shironeko practicing her evasive maneuvers. Her style was the closest to Purple Lightning's, and the two had sparred the most times.
Likewise, Shironeko received the most guidance, so she improved quickly. Dango improved quickly as a result as well.
Little Stone, on the other hand, was also a taijutsu-type ninja like Purple Lightning and Shironeko, but he specialized in strength. Even the swordsmanship he studied was meant for charging into battle, relying on strength to overpower technique.
So, like Yichen, Little Stone had to figure out and comprehend things for himself most of the time. At the moment, he was practicing something in front of a wooden post.
Meanwhile, Yichen held a Wooden Spear and practiced against a wooden dummy.
Facing the dummy, Yichen thrust more than a dozen times in succession. However, while the first seven or eight strikes hit accurately, the later ones all veered a certain distance away from the target.
"Phew..." Yichen let out a long breath. This was the method he had found most effective for testing his swordsmanship.
Like the Uchiha Clan's shuriken throwing in the original story, having a clear way to test oneself was an excellent reference for understanding one's training progress.
By Yichen's own estimate, to meet the standard Purple Lightning had described, he would need to become strong enough to thrust more than thirty times in rapid succession within an extremely short time, with every strike hitting the target.
Just how poor was Yichen's foundation in swordsmanship? At the beginning, he had virtually no accuracy at all. Out of five consecutive thrusts, not a single one would hit.
As for why he could only thrust five times in a row, it was because his method of exerting force was