Yang Release Chakra

"Caught him!"

"Earth Style: Earth-Style Wall"

Xing Ran and Yamaki Atsushi worked together seamlessly. Just as Xing Ran caught Junpei, an earth wall rose before the three of them, cutting off the fire wave. Only a small portion of the wave managed to reach behind the rock face. Xing Ran and the others only felt a slight brush of heat against their faces before it quickly subsided.

"We did it!" Yamaki Atsushi finally breathed a sigh of relief. This was a classic underdog victory, and he hadn't experienced such a glorious moment in all his years as a ninja.

"No, it's only half a victory. Run." Xing Ran was highly alert. This group of rogue ninja was not easy to deal with. After this series of actions, they had at most dealt with three of them. Two were still unaccounted for: one hiding in the shadows of the leaves, and another behind a tree trunk. The rock face formed by the Earth-Style Wall blocked everyone's line of sight, but not Xing Ran's.

He immediately used his clairvoyance to check the remaining enemies. Xing Ran's expression quickly turned extremely grim. He not only saw the two remaining rogue ninja but also the scarred-mouth ninja. This guy had used the Body Flicker Technique the moment the Explosive Tags detonated. The arcs of electricity occasionally flashing around him indicated that this guy was definitely a Cloud Ninja, possessing the Cloud Ninja's lightning-tempered body secret technique, which strengthened the body and granted unparalleled speed.

The scarred-mouth ninja was rapidly bandaging himself. His entire wrist had been blown off, but at least his life was saved.

The scarred-mouth ninja's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. The losses this time were immense. Not only were his two Chunin subordinates blown into meat paste, but he also lost an arm. Ninja need both hands to form hand seals. With one hand missing, even the Fourth Hokage resurrected by the Impure World Reincarnation in the original story wouldn't have performed that well, let alone him, an ordinary Jonin.

Xing Ran didn't know the strength of the other two rogue ninja who weren't affected, but the scarred-mouth ninja, who was clearly a Jonin, still had a fight left in him. Furthermore, many ninja would consider a suicidal counter-attack after being crippled. Xing Ran didn't want to take any more risks, especially since Junpei's condition didn't allow them to continue fighting. So, he carried Junpei and pulled Yamaki Atsushi, retreating in another direction.

"Boss, how are you? Should we pursue?"

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

The scarred-mouth ninja's face contorted with rage, his teeth gritted. But after some thought, his previously emotionless tone changed drastically.

"Retreat, back to the village." His voice was filled with anger and unwillingness, but ultimately, it held a sense of helpless dejection.

He was crippled, and his chances of continuing as a ninja were slim. It was time to think about his future.

Meanwhile, Xing Ran and the other two ran several miles before stopping again, much to their dismay.

Junpei was injured. A kunai fragment had, by sheer bad luck, flown through the explosion's shockwave and struck Junpei's back, piercing his lung.

Xing Ran's earlier suggestion to retreat rather than confront the weakened enemies head-on was because Junpei needed immediate medical attention. Otherwise, Junpei would die before the battle even ended.

The dense forest, the towering trees, the heavy mood seemed to affect the surrounding environment. It was silent, like a dead land.

"Damn it, Junpei's done for. Put him out of his misery." Yamaki Atsushi, who had remained calm when facing the Jonin and being outnumbered, was now flustered. Tears and snot streaked his face, and his voice trembled as he spoke.

A wound from a sharp object piercing the lung was extremely painful. If the object wasn't removed immediately, the victim would die from suffocation due to difficulty breathing in immense pain. If the object was removed, the frothy blood from the wound would block the trachea, also causing the victim to die in agony from suffocation.

Junpei was Yamaki Atsushi's old brother of many years. Rather than let him die so miserably, it was better to grant him a quick release.

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

In fact, Xing Ran felt terrible watching Junpei writhe in increasing pain on his back. He vividly remembered Junpei trying to persuade him to quit gambling. He was a good person and shouldn't die like this.

Xing Ran's mind was now filled with saving Junpei, and more specifically, with the medical ninjutsu knowledge he had skimmed and memorized like magazines.

Xing Ran didn't have Yang Release Chakra. He had only read the medical ninjutsu scrolls to pass the time. Now, in this situation, there was no time to consider whether to be a desperate doctor or not. He recalled the information, circulating his Chakra through his meridians according to the Healing Technique, and finally gathering it in his hands.

Xing Ran felt his Chakra circulate within his body before a ball of vibrant Chakra gathered in his hands. He opened his eyes and saw his hands glowing with a faint luminescence.

This... it actually worked!

Seeing the green Chakra suddenly appear in Xing Ran's hands, Yamaki Atsushi was overjoyed. He thought Xing Ran was truly a good lad and must have been spurred by the previous team wipe to diligently study medical ninjutsu.

The Healing Technique was just the most basic medical ninjutsu, not difficult to learn. However, without Yang Release Chakra, it was impossible to perform, no matter how simple. Once it could be performed, it indicated that the user must possess the Yang Release Chakra nature.

But Xing Ran had been transmigrated for so long, and he knew his Chakra nature very clearly. How could he suddenly have Yang Release Chakra?

Xing Ran only thought for a moment before quickly realizing the reason. This might be a benefit of his Superman awakening. He already had the Steel Body, and his body's healing speed had significantly improved. In this world, this manifested as an exceptionally strong Yang Release Chakra nature, similar to the recovery abilities of Hashirama Senju and the Uzumaki Clan.

He hadn't considered this before, stuck in his old way of thinking. Once he made the connection, everything seemed to fall into place.

Xing Ran looked at his hands, his heart filled with excitement. With Yang Release Chakra, there were so many things he could do in the future. He thought about how in the original story, advanced Yang Release Chakra could allow Naruto to directly heal Kakashi's lost eye. With his Kryptonian Steel Body, a cheat-like physique, there was no reason he shouldn't develop in this direction.

Thinking further about Orochimaru's various miraculous human secret techniques, especially the reincarnation jutsu, which required a vast amount of medical ability and knowledge as a foundation, Xing Ran became even more convinced of his future development path.

To become the foremost medical ninja, surpassing Tsunade, and through studying the human body, gain more knowledge about the spirit and soul, thereby compensating for Superman's weakness of low magic resistance.

To be continued

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