However, he drew strength from the sole of his foot planted on the stone slab, then adhered chakra to the bottom of his feet and stood sideways on the stone mountain.
Boom!
The stone slab crashed down. When it struck the stone forest, the entire area trembled.
Jiraiya looked somewhat worried about Mirai. After all, the noise had been enormous.
However, his concern proved unnecessary. Mirai had neither been moved nor affected in the slightest.
"This still isn't good enough balance..."
Jiraiya gave a bitter smile as he flickered down from the stone mountain. He picked up another stone slab, returned to his original position, and settled himself again.
That was how it went. Mirai and Jiraiya continued practicing the second stage of Sage training amid constant failures.
Time passed quietly like this...
Before they knew it, half a month of grueling training had gone by.
At the peak of the stone forest on Mount Myoboku, Mirai, Jiraiya, and Fukasaku sat side by side. The latter had almost merged with nature itself, so he remained perfectly still atop the stone slab.
Fukasaku could clearly sense the flow of natural energy around the two of them.
After Mirai began absorbing natural energy, Jiraiya's training became much more difficult. Mirai was like a Black Hole, drawing all the natural energy around him over.
Natural energy was said to be nearly inexhaustible, but because of this, Jiraiya had to absorb it from farther away.
Eventually, he reached his limit. Jiraiya lost his balance once more and fell from the stone forest.
Boom!
The falling stone slab caused a tremendous tremor in the stone forest. Jiraiya stood across from the stone mountain, sighing as he watched the billowing dust.
He raised his eyes toward Mirai, who was still training. In just a few days,