Chakra Training

Another month slipped by in silence.

The training grounds of the Uchiha Compound remained a fervent scene of cultivation.

Now, wherever one looked, quite a few Uchiha ninja could steadily coat their fists, feet, or weapons with a faint black layer of Armament Haki.

Though they were still far from reaching any profound level, this rate of progress had already left Kikyo and the others responsible for teaching them somewhat numb after their initial shock.

Possessing the will of a strong person was a necessary condition for entering the path of Haki.

The rest was simply a matter of persistent practice.

If these Uchiha clansmen wanted to rely solely on Armament Haki to withstand enemy attacks, they still had a long road ahead of them.

Meanwhile, the situation in the Chakra training area established in Kuja City was rather complicated.

A few months ago, just as Yoru had been preparing to teach the Kuja Tribe warriors the Golden Binding Technique, he suddenly remembered something.

Right, it seemed that people in this world did not have Chakra.

How were they supposed to learn genjutsu without Chakra?

But he had also been afraid that they would stop teaching Haki once they discovered the truth.

So Yoru had fooled the Kuja Tribe into believing that Chakra was easy to cultivate, saying that children on their side could do it at the age of three or four.

As he spoke, he even had seven-year-old Sasuke demonstrate the Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique for everyone.

Never mind whether it could kill an enemy.

With such a massive, blazing fireball, just tell him whether it looked cool or not.

Only then were the Kuja Tribe's doubts dispelled, and they began training Chakra from scratch alongside the Uchiha clansmen.

What surprised Yoru was that, although it was slow, the Kuja Tribe members really could cultivate Chakra.

He had thought ninja could cultivate Chakra because the Hokage World had been altered by the God Tree, giving its people a bloodline capable of cultivating Chakra.

Now it seemed that was not the case. People from the Pirate World could cultivate Chakra too.

As for the origins behind it all, Yoru could not be bothered to investigate.

Even if someone told him now that Devil Fruits were actually fruits grown on the God Tree, he would not be interested.

The gap in level was far too great. He could not be bothered to think about such messy matters.

Thus, contrary to Uchiha Yoru's initial expectation that cultivation would be completely impossible,

the Kuja Tribe warriors had truly managed to extract Chakra with their exceptionally powerful physiques, far beyond those of ordinary people!

After their abundant physical energy initially fused with spiritual energy, the vast majority of the warriors participating in training

reached Chakra levels close to those of genin in the Hokage World within just a few months!

However, problems followed.

After reaching the genin level, their progress abruptly slowed, as if they had encountered an invisible barrier.

To continue increasing their Chakra, they seemed to require more precise energy control and deeper insight.

This was entirely different from the straightforward Haki training method the Kuja Tribe warriors were accustomed to.

Forget comparing them to Uchiha elites like Shisui and Fugaku.

Most Kuja Tribe warriors had worse Chakra control than even seven-year-old Sasuke.

At first, the Kuja Tribe warriors had been thrilled to successfully extract a new kind of power.

But as time passed, they found progress becoming increasingly difficult.

Although both the Uchiha and the Kuja Tribe had entered the other side's power system, the increase in combat strength was clearly incomparable.

The Uchiha who learned Haki could be said to have seen their combat power soar in a straight line.

As for the Kuja Tribe warriors who learned Chakra, the improvement to their strength...

Well, it could not be said that there was none at all.

It could only be said that the effect was not very obvious.

Moreover, the method the Uchiha had mentioned for controlling Sea Kings had yet to be taught, and anxiety began to grow.

The spark that ignited the conflict came from Shisui's advanced lesson on "how to cast genjutsu on large creatures."

"So, against creatures like Sea Kings, whose bodies are enormous and whose mental structures differ greatly from humans, ordinary genjutsu is difficult to make effective.

"It requires an extremely large amount of Chakra for support, as well as Uchiha Eye Power... uh..."

Shisui had been speaking eloquently. When he reached the crucial point, he habitually mentioned Eye Power, but immediately realized something was wrong and hurriedly changed his words:

"And it also requires extremely high control over spiritual power. By rough estimate, one must possess at least Jonin Level Chakra for the genjutsu cast to possibly have enough effect on a Sea King."

He had intended to explain the difficulty of controlling Sea Kings, but he had inadvertently revealed a crucial piece of information.

Jonin Level Chakra!

The moment his words fell, the Kuja Warriors below, who had still been trying hard to understand, instantly erupted!

"Jonin Level Chakra?!"

"With the tiny amount of Chakra we have now, we cannot even match that Uchiha brat's—Sasuke's—fireball. Jonin Level? How long would that take?!"

"Did he just say 'Eye Power'? That is power only their Sharingan possess, right?! How could we possibly have it!"

"Could it be that controlling Sea Kings requires not only immense Chakra, but also their Eye Techniques?"

"We trained so hard for months, only to find that what we learned is completely useless?!"

"They never intended to sincerely teach us from the beginning! They were just deceiving us into teaching them Haki!"

Voices of doubt and angry discussion surged like a tide.

Several hot-tempered Kuja Warriors abruptly stood up, raising the crossbows transformed from snakes and aiming them at Shisui.

"Uchiha Shisui! You must explain this clearly! Do we need your clan's eyes to control Sea Kings?!"

An Imperial Guard demanded harshly, her face flushed red with the anger of being deceived.

They felt that their months of effort had been a joke.

Shisui inwardly cried that things were bad. Knowing he had misspoken, he hurriedly waved his hands and tried to explain:

"Everyone, calm down. What I mean is that this method has a high threshold. It is not the only path, nor can it be achieved overnight..."

But at that moment, the months of accumulated effort, coupled with the enormous gap and sense of betrayal they felt now, had completely ignited the Kuja Warriors' emotions.

"A high threshold? This is simply impossible to achieve!"

"Using conditions we can never meet as a promise—if that is not deception, what is?!"

"Find their clan head! Go ask Uchiha Yoru for an explanation!"

The crowd was furious, and the training ground instantly descended into chaos.

Quite a few Kuja Warriors immediately turned around and surged menacingly toward the Uchiha Compound.

Shisui tried to stop them, but the agitated crowd pushed him aside.

Though all of them together might not even be able to defeat Shisui.

Under the condition that he did not use ninjutsu or Eye Techniques, however, Shisui's physical strength truly did not compare to that of these women.

Was he supposed to use the Armament Haki he had just learned to stop them?

After all, the Uchiha side was somewhat in the wrong, and the two sides were not currently enemies.

Shisui really could not bring himself to act. He could only watch helplessly as they headed toward the Uchiha Compound.

"Sigh, forget it. Leave it to the clan head. Yoru will definitely have a way!"

Shisui scratched his head helplessly, admitting that he was completely powerless in the current situation.