When it came to battles between ninjas, relying on one's strength to toy with an enemy was the greatest disrespect one could show toward one's own life.
When Yuzhen had just been slammed onto the floor, he had been at his weakest. From that point on, he would only grow stronger...
If an enemy failed to finish him off immediately, there was a very good chance they would never be able to kill him.
Jiongu Lu had been right. If Yuzhen was at an extreme disadvantage, his Spore Technique for absorbing chakra really was nothing more than a petty trick unfit for the battlefield. But once the curve of Yuzhen's physical strength suddenly shot upward, the Spore Technique became quite deadly as well.
After seizing enough chakra, Yuzhen's combat power would only continue to grow.
Before, Yuzhen could only try to secretly steal a bit of chakra during battle when his enemy wasn't paying attention. But now, he had begun robbing them openly.
After piercing its heart and plundering all its chakra, the Jiongu tentacles around this Fire Style: Flame Bullet mask immediately shriveled like kelp left out in the sun for half a month. They rapidly "shrank," losing their resilience, strength, and lethality until they were barely stronger than strands of hair.
Without giving his opponent any time to react, the chakra within Yuzhen's body—boiling violently until it was nearly in an ionic state—erupted once more.
Boom!
The entire wall broke away at the points connecting it to the rest of the building as the chakra beneath his feet exploded. Like a massive chunk of construction debris, it was torn from Tenshukaku and fell straight from the sky, crashing into the castle town below.
The dull impact echoed through the city. Large numbers of civilians, along with some of