Team 7's Intensive Training

Yichen previously only had 1000 contribution points in his account.

This outpost raid mission wiped out seven patrol squads, achieving a high success rate and qualifying as an A-rank mission for the Team 7. As the squad leader, Yichen essentially completed an A-rank mission solo, earning 3000 Contribution Points.

By wiping out an extra Anbu Squad, Yichen completed another A-rank mission, earning him an additional 3000 Contribution Points.

Then, some supplies that the Team 7 didn't need were obtained from the more than 30 people, and the Contribution Office was calculated as 500 Contribution Points. The corpses handed over were calculated as 800 Contribution Points because one of them was Jonin Anbu. Yichen can get half of these Contribution Points, which is about 600 points.

In addition to this inexplicable S-rank mission, Yichen gained 12,000 Contribution Points.

Yichen's Contribution Points reached around 20,000. In addition, because he had the right to exchange for B-rank Ninjutsu once, Yichen could now exchange for a B-rank Ninjutsu.

However, Yichen hasn't even mastered B-rank Sword Technique yet, so he doesn't have time to learn B-rank Ninjutsu in the short term. In addition, he also seized a C-rank area-of-effect Water Release from the Konoha ninja, which he also needs time to learn.

Since there won't be a gap in the short term, Yichen will refrain from making a choice for now and save his Contribution Points and the opportunity to exchange for B-rank Ninjutsu.

Yichen was all alone, and his life consisted of nothing but cultivation. So during his seven-day break, Yichen spent the rest of his time in the Anbu, except for two and a half days in the Barrier Team.

Seven days later, the Team 7's vacation ended, Yichen began to arrange a month-long special training for everyone, which aimed to improve the individual strength of the Team 7 and to improve teamwork.

Yichen mainly practices the basics of swordsmanship, and in his spare time practices Water Style: Water Wave, then improves his proficiency in Body Flicker Technique and Water Style: Water Pressure Line Jutsu, while continuing to upgrade Water Style: Water Line Jutsu —his goal is to be able to cast multiple Water Style: Water Line Jutsu at once.

Since Chun mainly practices Earth Style Ninjutsu, Yichen has enough experience to provide guidance.

Fu mainly practices the Body Flicker Technique that Yichen just taught him.

On Qingtian, Yichen cannot provide guidance and must practice on his own. All Yichen can do is act as a trainer, increasing the other party's experience in dealing with Ninjutsu Ninja.

In addition, Yichen will also provide targeted assistance to his three subordinates in improving their resistance to Genjutsu.

In addition to individual skills training, the 7th Platoon also conducted a series of teamwork drills, including how to march, how to defend, and how to adopt different attack strategies for different targets.

Yichen had a clear understanding of his three subordinates' abilities after the mission at the outpost, while his three subordinates lacked an accurate assessment of Yichen's strength.

Therefore, Yichen had to carefully demonstrate his various attack methods in front of his three subordinates and give a detailed explanation of the specific data of each Ninjutsu.

A month later, at Training Ground simulating the wilderness for the Anbu, the 7th Squad was conducting a combat exercise: Yichen was fighting three of his subordinates alone.

The Training Ground is located on the outskirts of the village, within the village's Sensory Barrier. However, there is a wall separating this location from the village's residential area. Most ordinary villagers assume that the other side of the wall is outside the village.

There are other similar areas around the village, such as plantations for special medicinal herbs, a small area for Ninja Beast to live in, and Prison, all located on the outskirts of the village.

The Training Ground where Team 7 is currently located is quite large, with various terrains. The village even has people specifically responsible for transplanting trees to this area. Its strategic importance is similar to Konoha's Forest of Death, except that Konoha has a much greater advantage, with a complete ecosystem, while Iwagakure does not have such favorable conditions.

Yichen is currently in a corner of this area. His assumed mission objective is to hunt down and kill three missing-nin disguised as his subordinates within three hours. As agreed beforehand, Yichen cannot use Sensory Ninjutsu, but other methods are not restricted.

Yichen was already used to Sensory Ninjutsu, so he found it difficult to adjust after leaving Sensory Ninjutsu. His initial search speed was not very fast.

However, Yichen had enough patience. Every time Yichen searched an area, he would set up some sensory seals. Yichen was alone, and without using Sensory Ninjutsu, his biggest fear was that his three subordinates would not come out and instead play hide-and-seek with him.

Moreover, there is a major problem: among the three, Fu is faster than him. If Fu runs away recklessly, he will be helpless.

Therefore, when setting up the sensory seal, Yichen also set up some traps targeting agile ninjas.

Actually, the combination of Fu, Qingtian, and Chun is already very good, as they have Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and swordsmanship. There aren't many Sword Technique Ninja in Iwagakure. If it weren't for the fact that this is the Anbu, and if Yichen hadn't received special treatment from Xiao, it would have been impossible for two consecutive squads to have ninjas skilled in swordsmanship.

The combined strength of two Taijutsu Ninja and one Ninjutsu Ninja is enough for the three of them to hold their own against Special Jonin. In addition, one of the two Taijutsu Ninja is Sword Technique Ninja, so if they coordinate well, they can escape unscathed when facing a Special Jonin.

But this is not what Yichen is most worried about. Yichen's strength has improved a lot, and his Chakra has reached the level of a Jonin in terms of quality.

In addition, Yichen's Chakra level also increased dramatically. Before Yichen's willpower underwent a transformation, his Chakra level was around 2.4B. After that, Yichen's physical attributes entered a period of rapid improvement in all aspects, and his Chakra level basically doubled every month.

Now, six months have passed, Yichen's Chakra level has reached a terrifying 160B.

160B Chakra is equivalent to 1.6A in quantity. In terms of Chakra quantity alone, Yichen has barely squeezed into the Jonin.

Yichen had a feeling that the period of rapid improvement in strength after the transformation of his willpower was not long; he estimated that it would be about another month or two.

In short, Yichen, Chakra quantity and quality both reach the level of a normal Jonin, is not worried about facing an enemy head-on.

But the most troublesome person in this kind of pursuit mission is actually Qingtian, the most inconspicuous guy. His ability to set traps is unparalleled, as Yichen had already experienced during the previous training camp.

How can we draw an analogy? In the original work, Orochimaru once witnessed young Itachi Uchiha practicing. Itachi set up many Kunai traps to attack him, and in the end, he perfectly completed the evasion training by relying on his Sharingan and superb Kunai throwing skills, which amazed even Orochimaru, who was a Kage Level Orochimaru.

While the strongest trap set up by Qingtian didn't reach that level, when combined with Exploding Tag, it could definitely rival that effect.

Yichen didn't want to experience that kind of despair.

Qingtian and his two companions entered the training area half an hour earlier than Yichen, so Yichen was certain that the other side must have set up a sufficiently terrifying trap.

Out of fear of Qingtian's ability to set traps, Yichen searched very slowly, and it took a full hour to find even the slightest clue.

Looking at the pile of rocks in front of him, Yichen's intuition told him that something was wrong. Although he looked normal on the outside, his promotion Jonin Yichen had also given him a spiritual sense that ordinary people did not possess.

Not daring to enter the area rashly, Yichen found a relatively high spot nearby and then cast an Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall on the spot. Under Yichen's deliberate control, this Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall was relatively narrow, but much higher than the usual one.

It would be inappropriate to use it against an enemy, but it's not bad for Yichen to use it as a stepping stone now.

Yichen stood atop the Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall, looking down at the pile of rubble. Although he still hadn't found the problem, Yichen wasn't going to wait any longer.

Yichen formed six hand seals, and then unleashed a Water Style: Water Wave that rushed towards the area.

The Water Style: Water Wave isn't very powerful; even if it hits an enemy, it won't kill them, but it's enough to trigger a trap.

Therefore, after the Water Style: Water Wave, all sorts of hidden weapons flew around in this area.

"There was definitely a problem."

However, the Water Style: Water Wave weren't powerful enough to trigger traps that were too deep.

Helpless, Yichen could only unleash two more Water Style: Water Wave, triggering some more traps, and then create an Earth Style Clone, controlling it to enter the area.

This is the best way to probe an area when you don't have a wide-range, high-power Ninjutsu.

Yichen was prepared to sacrifice three Earth Style Clones to probe the location of his three subordinates. Once he knew their approximate positions, Yichen could use his Water Style: Water Pressure Line Jutsu to strike them.

With Yichen's current Chakra reserves, Chakra consumed by Ninjutsu like Earth Style Clone and Water Style: Water Wave is negligible to him.

However, to Yichen's surprise, his Earth Style Clone searched the entire area of rocks but still couldn't find anything unusual.

Yichen chuckled to himself. He had been careless; he hadn't expected to fall for Qingtian's trick. The other party had clearly taken advantage of his caution and set up this fake ambush area.

Standing Earth Style: Earth Flow Defense, Yichen began to survey the entire Training Ground from his elevated position. His gaze first swept over the half of the area he had already searched, then he turned his attention to other suitable ambush sites.

Yichen stood on the Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall, slowly assessing which areas in the other half of the area were suitable for an ambush. After more than ten minutes, Yichen selected more than twenty suitable areas for an ambush.

Then Yichen created more than twenty Earth Style Clone, which simultaneously rushed towards more than twenty different areas.

Before long, Yichen's twenty-odd Earth Style Clone's probing yielded results. Two Earth Style Clone were hit by hidden weapons and disbanded, while the others disbanded on their own after the probing proved fruitless.

Yichen understood that Qingtian and the other two must be hiding in those last two places.

Yichen first chose the closest one, went up there, created an Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall, and then stood on the Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall to cast five Water Style: Water Wave in succession, and then cast two Earth Style Clones to probe. However, he was unlucky, as this was still a fake ambush point.

After these delays, an hour and a half has passed, and there is still half the time left.

Yichen arrived at the last area, a small grove of trees. Standing on the Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall, Yichen frowned slightly. The grove of trees could effectively reduce the power of the Water Style: Water Wave and protect most of the traps.

However, Yichen didn't have many options. He could only use Water Style: Water Wave to cover the area first, and then use five clones to probe from five different directions.

However, after the five clones probed the enemy, the opponent still did not reveal themselves.

Helpless, Yichen had no choice but to create five more clones and probe along the same route that the previous five clones had taken.

Having probably used up a lot of traps before, the five clones fared much better this time, destroying many of them. Most importantly, one of the clones managed to find Chun, who was hiding in the woods, before it was destroyed.

Without hesitation, Yichen, standing high in the sky, launched a series of Water Style: Water Pressure Line Jutsu towards the area.