Cultivating Star Chakra

Just as Minamoto Takuya was about to take the meteorite, his steps faltered.

He then raised a hand and rubbed his forehead, as though easing a headache.

It was not because he had any illness. Rather, the Shadow Clone responsible for experimenting with the Chimera Technique's fusion with a second body had dispersed, causing a flood of experimental memories to rush into his mind.

He had specifically instructed the Shadow Clone not to experiment for too long. Otherwise, the overload of memories might have been too much for him to bear at once.

Thus, Shadow Clones generally dispelled themselves after experimenting for a while.

After briefly sorting through the memories, Minamoto Takuya formed another hand seal and created a Shadow Clone. Without hesitation, it headed into the Laboratory.

Watching the Shadow Clone leave, Minamoto Takuya knew he had created more than just one. His other two Shadow Clones were practicing ninjutsu.

Practicing ninjutsu was far better than conducting experiments. Most of it was repetitive work, with few memorable details, so even when the clones dispersed, it would not affect him too much—unless he had hundreds of Shadow Clones at once like Naruto Uzumaki...

Once the Shadow Clone disappeared from sight, Minamoto Takuya sighed. He still did not have the right to relax in the slightest. There was ninjutsu to practice, knowledge to learn, and far too many things to experiment on and research.

Compared to before obtaining the Chimera Technique, he was far more exhausted now. What a... blissful trouble.

Having a clear goal to pursue and concrete things to do meant that even if he was tired, he would always be happy as long as there were results!

His main body was not idle either. He took the meteorite from the cultivation chamber, pondered for a moment, then sat cross-legged and placed it atop his hands, beginning to absorb the meteorite's vitality and form Star Chakra.

If anyone from Hoshigakure saw this method of cultivation, they would probably be dumbfounded.

They did not dare cultivate with the star like this. Even Natsuhi, that exceptionally gifted Jonin, would likely be infected to death by the meteorite's vitality before she could finish cultivating.

Minamoto Takuya, however, chose to endure it head-on with his Uzumaki Bloodline.

Naturally, this method of cultivation was extremely fast.

Several days later.

Minamoto Takuya sensed the chakra within his body. He had not yet finished cultivating it, but he had already achieved some results.

At that moment, a Rasengan formed in his hand once more. However, this Rasengan seemed different from an ordinary one, with a faint purple hue swirling within it.

Without hesitation, he pressed the Rasengan against an earthen wall.

In an instant, brilliant light erupted where the Rasengan met the wall, white light mixed with purple.

When everything settled, a massive crater had appeared in the earthen wall.

Minamoto Takuya examined the crater and nodded. Its power had increased by roughly twenty to thirty percent. That was with his cultivation still incomplete. If he completely finished activating his chakra, its power would probably increase by around fifty percent.

Though this increase could not compare to Tailed Beast Chakra, it was already powerful enough.

The experiment was not over yet. Intense chakra fluctuations gathered in Minamoto Takuya's palm once again, as though he had formed another Rasengan.

But before long, the piercing sound and shuriken-like appearance made it clear to anyone that this was not a Rasengan, but...

Wind Style - Rasengan!

Wind Style - Rasengan was not as smooth and round as the Rasengan, nor was it as huge as the Rasenshuriken. It was only slightly larger than an ordinary shuriken.

This was the result of the Shadow Clone's recent ninjutsu training! It had successfully mastered Wind Style - Rasengan!

Wind Style - Rasengan was not far from the Rasenshuriken. He only needed to increase the chakra output and continue stabilizing the chakra.

But stabilizing a massive amount of chakra was not so easy. If he carelessly increased the amount of chakra without reinforcing its stability, he would end up with a half-finished product like Naruto Uzumaki's, requiring him to release the Rasenshuriken at point-blank range.

The result would be injuring the enemy for ten thousand while damaging himself for eight thousand. If Minamoto Takuya wanted to use the Rasenshuriken without Sage Mode, he could only further improve its stability. He needed to train it to perfection, until he could throw the Rasenshuriken and use it without reservation.

Minamoto Takuya dispelled the Wind Style - Rasengan. Although its backlash was nowhere near as severe as the Rasenshuriken's and could be recovered from, it still had some.

So it was generally better to let a Shadow Clone use it.

As for why a Shadow Clone could not use Wind Release: Rasenshuriken?

Naturally, his Shadow Clones did not possess that much chakra. Even Wind Style - Rasengan consumed a considerable amount, let alone Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.

Even Minamoto Takuya, at his current level, could probably only use Wind Release: Rasenshuriken two or three times at full strength. That was already thanks to his Uzumaki Bloodline.

If Minamoto Takuya wanted his Shadow Clones to use Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, he would probably have to learn from Naruto Uzumaki and use his main body's chakra to form a Rasenshuriken for a Shadow Clone...

When Naruto Uzumaki used the Rasenshuriken against Kakuzu, he was already extremely exhausted after using it three times. Of course, his condition had not been very good at the time.

Naruto in Sage Mode could use Sage Art: Rasenshuriken twice, though that was a matter of Sage Mode's duration.

Combining that with Naruto's exhaustion after using Big Ball Rasengan, one could infer that at his peak outside Sage Mode, he probably could not form it more than ten times.

Naturally, that did not include uses fueled by Nine-Tails Chakra, but Naruto Uzumaki's own chakra reserves were already beyond comparison with ordinary people.

It was clear that even with a specific training method, probably very few people would learn this technique.

Chakra reserves alone would eliminate the vast majority of potential users.

"I still need to keep increasing my chakra reserves," Minamoto Takuya muttered.

Now that he had the Uzumaki Bloodline, it would probably be difficult to increase his chakra reserves through other bloodlines. Even if he could increase them somewhat, the total would not rise by much.

Therefore, he could only use another method—body training.

He had tried practicing Taijutsu before, but gave up because his physical talent was lacking. Now that he had the Uzumaki Bloodline, he could begin using Might Guy's training methods. Of course, he could not start with such intense amounts.

And body training could not be handed over to Shadow Clones. Shadow Clones would only pass on fatigue and learning experience, making him feel sensory exhaustion. But body training required the physical body to be repeatedly tempered. Learning experience was useless for that!

Therefore, there was almost no shortcut to body training.

At that thought, Minamoto Takuya rubbed his temples again, feeling a headache coming on.

There was even more to do!