Yang Release Chakra

"Got him!"

"Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall!"

Xing Ran and Yamaki Atsushi worked in perfect coordination. The moment Xing Ran caught Junpei, an earthen wall rose before the three of them, cutting off the sea of flames. Only a small wave of fire surged over the rocky wall, brushing their faces with a faint heat before quickly subsiding.

"We did it!" Only now did Yamaki Atsushi finally let out a long breath. This was a classic case of the weak defeating the strong. In all his years as a ninja, he had never achieved such a glorious result.

"No, only half of it. Run!" Xing Ran remained highly alert. This group of rogue ninjas was not easy to deal with. After that series of moves, they had at most taken care of three people. Two others had not appeared—one was hiding in the shadows of the leaves, while the other was behind a tree trunk. The stone wall formed by the Earth Flow Wall blocked everyone else's view, but it could not block Xing Ran's sight.

He immediately used his X-ray Vision to check on the remaining enemies, and his face quickly turned grim. Not only did he see the two surviving rogue ninjas, he also saw the scar-mouthed ninja. At the instant the Explosive Tags detonated, the man had used the Body Flicker Technique. Judging from the arcs of electricity flashing over his body from time to time, he was definitely a Cloud Ninja. The Cloud Ninja's Lightning Body Tempering Secret Technique could strengthen the body while granting unparalleled speed in an instant.

The scar-mouthed ninja was rapidly wrapping bandages around himself. His entire wrist had still been blown off, but at least he had kept his life.

The scar-mouthed ninja's expression was as black as the bottom of a pot. This time, the losses were devastating. Not only had two of his Chunin underlings been blown into bloody mush, but he had also lost a hand. Ninjas needed both hands to form seals. Missing one hand, even the Fourth Hokage from the original story after being revived through Impure World Reincarnation had only performed so-so in battle, let alone an ordinary Jonin like him.

Xing Ran did not know how strong the other two rogue ninjas who had escaped the blast were, but the scar-mouthed ninja, who was clearly a Jonin, still had the strength to fight. Moreover, many crippled ninjas would lose their minds and try to take everyone down with them. Xing Ran did not want to keep taking risks, and Junpei's condition did not allow them to continue fighting either. So, carrying Junpei on his back and dragging Yamaki Atsushi along, he retreated in another direction.

"Boss, how are you? Should we chase them?"

After Xing Ran and the other two fled, one of the scar-mouthed ninja's remaining subordinates asked.

The scar-mouthed ninja wore a savage expression, his teeth clenched in fury. But after thinking for a while, even his usually emotionless voice changed drastically.

"Retreat. Go back to the village." His tone was filled with anger and unwillingness, yet it ultimately carried helpless desolation.

He was crippled. The chances of him continuing as a ninja were slim. It was time to consider how he would live from now on.

On the other side, after traveling several miles, Xing Ran and the other two raced toward Konoha. However, they soon came to a helpless stop again.

Junpei was injured. A fragment of kunai had, by sheer bad luck, struck Junpei in the back during the blast and pierced his lung.

The reason Xing Ran had suggested retreating rather than continuing to fight the weakened enemies was that Junpei needed immediate treatment. Otherwise, before the battle even ended, Junpei would die.

The dense forest, the towering trees, and their heavy hearts seemed to affect the surrounding environment. The place was utterly silent, like a land of death.

"Damn it, Junpei's done for. Put him out of his misery." Yamaki Atsushi, who had remained calm even while facing a Jonin at a numerical disadvantage, now panicked completely. At some point, tears and snot had smeared across his face, and even his voice trembled.

A lung pierced by a sharp weapon was an extraordinarily painful injury. If the weapon was not removed immediately, the injured person would die in immense agony from difficulty breathing. But if it was pulled out, the bloody foam spilling from the wound would clog the windpipe, causing the injured person to die painfully from suffocation as well.

Junpei had been Yamaki Atsushi's old brother for many years. Rather than let him die so miserably, it would be better to free him sooner.

"Wait. Let me try." Xing Ran grabbed Yamaki Atsushi, who was about to end Junpei's suffering.

In truth, Xing Ran had also felt terrible watching Junpei suffer more and more on his back. He could still vividly remember Junpei urging him to quit gambling. He was a good man. He should not die like this.

Xing Ran's mind was now wholly focused on saving Junpei. More specifically, he thought of the Medical Ninjutsu knowledge he had read and memorized as though he were reading magazines.

Xing Ran did not have Yang Release Chakra. He had previously read the Medical Ninjutsu scrolls purely to pass the time. In this situation, there was no time to consider whether he was treating Sima Yi or a dead horse. Recalling the information, he guided his Chakra through his meridians according to the method of the Healing Technique, ultimately gathering it in his hands.

Xing Ran only felt his Chakra circulate through his body once before a vibrant mass of Chakra gathered in his hands. When he opened his eyes, a hazy fluorescent glow had already dyed his hands.

This... it actually worked!

Seeing the green Chakra suddenly emerge from Xing Ran's hands, Yamaki Atsushi was instantly overjoyed. He thought Xing Ran truly was a good kid. The trauma of their last total defeat must have driven him to work hard and study Medical Ninjutsu.

The Healing Technique was merely the most basic Medical Ninjutsu and was not difficult to learn. But without Yang Release Chakra, no matter how simple it was, it could not be performed. Once someone could perform it, that meant the caster definitely possessed the Yang Release Chakra nature.

But Xing Ran had been in this world for so long, and no one knew his Chakra nature better than he did. How had he suddenly gained the Yang Release Chakra nature?

After giving it a little thought, Xing Ran quickly figured out the reason. This might be one of the benefits brought by Superman's awakening. He already had a Steel Body, and his body's natural healing speed had clearly become much stronger. In this world, that manifested as Yang Release Chakra far surpassing that of ordinary people, like Hashirama Senju's recovery ability and the Uzumaki Clan's recovery ability.

He simply had not considered it before and had fallen into habitual thinking. Once he got past that mental block, everything seemed to make sense.

Xing Ran looked at his hands, his heart brimming with excitement. With Yang Release Chakra, there were far too many things he could do in the future. In the original story, advanced Yang Release Chakra could allow Naruto to directly heal Kakashi's vanished eye. With a bug-level physique like a Kryptonian Steel Body, there was no reason for him not to develop in that direction.

Then he thought of Orochimaru's various miraculous human-body secret techniques, especially the Reincarnation Secret Technique, which required a great deal of medical ability and knowledge as a foundation. Xing Ran became even more certain of his future path.

He would become a top-tier Medical Ninja who surpassed Tsunade, gain more knowledge concerning the mind and soul through research on the human body, and make up for Superman's weakness against magic.

To be continued.

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