A Year of Cultivation

"Because the host has perfectly fused Wood Release with the Asura Bloodline, it is even more refined than the two bloodline states of Hashirama Senju. Therefore, you can elementalize your body just like the Hozuki Clan. After wood-transformation, your body gains the defensive properties of Wood Release, can absorb chakra to replenish itself, can merge with plants, can move freely through the soil, and possesses many other auxiliary abilities—please explore them yourself, host!"

Nawaki's eyes lit up as he finished listening. Isn't this just an enhanced version of the White Zetsu spore technique? Not only could it be used for reconnaissance, but if combined with Wood Release clones, Deep Forest Emergence, Wood Golem Technique, and other Wood Release ninjutsu, who could possibly hurt him? And the most heaven-defying part was the ability to absorb chakra! Using his main body to absorb chakra to replenish himself—how could this not be heaven-defying? Coupled with the fact that his chakra reserves already far exceeded those of ordinary people, it could be said that he had patched up the greatest flaw of Wood Release! The tragedy of being exhausted to death like Hashirama would certainly never happen to him. The only thing that could barely be considered a drawback was that when in tree-man form, he could not use ninjutsu of other natures besides Wood Release; he could only use non-elemental ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu.

Unfortunately, he had only just obtained the power of chakra. His current chakra level was roughly that of an ordinary genin, making him unable to practice high-consumption Wood Release ninjutsu. Thus, he began accumulating chakra while practicing the basic Three Basic Techniques, taijutsu, and the Kunai Throwing Technique.

Do not underestimate these basics; they are mandatory courses for all ninjas. Not only do they each have their own marvelous uses, but they also train a ninja's various attributes, serving as the equivalent of foundation-building techniques in cultivation or wuxia novels.

Practicing the Three Basic Techniques can train a ninja's hand-seal speed, and they consume very little chakra while offering unique utility.

The Substitution Technique can be used to dodge attacks; if used well, it is difficult to get injured. The Transformation Technique can be used to confuse others and execute schemes. The Clone Technique serves as the foundation for various advanced clone techniques. If these three ninjutsu are used proficiently and in coordination, they can derive infinite tactics. It can be said that their potential is endless, and they play a significant role in training a ninja's combat intelligence and tactical thinking. They are the foundation of all ninjutsu and remain applicable in battles at and below the Kage level.

As for taijutsu, it trains speed, strength, and physique; its importance needs no further explanation.

The throwing technique is the most energy-efficient method for long-range attacks. Although it cannot be used to deal with experts, it is very effective against fodder. More importantly, the throwing technique is the foundation of the Flying Thunder God!

Therefore, with insufficient chakra, Nawaki did not aim too high by trying to learn advanced ninjutsu or even forbidden techniques. Instead, he focused entirely on starting from the basics. A tall building rises from the ground; without a thick and solid foundation, how could one reach the pinnacle of the ninja world?

His performance was observed by those with keen eyes, and they were all very satisfied.

Just like that, time flowed away like water, and in the blink of an eye, it was the 22nd year of Konoha. Nawaki was already two years old.

Through a year of diligent training, his chakra reserves were already five times that of an ordinary genin, and he had completed tree-climbing and water-walking training, gaining precise control over his own chakra.

The Three Basic Techniques had also been trained to the limit, and he could now execute them instantly and coordinate them with one another.

His throwing technique had also reached a high level. Like Itachi, using a kunai to strike other flying ninja tools to change their trajectory and hit the target was already a trivial matter.

He was currently attempting to control multiple kunai simultaneously during flight, making them collide twice or thrice to keep them constantly changing trajectories in the air, while maintaining them within a certain space to fly at high speed around a specific object.

If he could succeed and learn the Flying Thunder God, no one would be able to predict his movements based on the flight path of his kunai. He could appear at positions the enemy never expected. Even if they dodged the first attack, they would not be able to dodge the second, third, or even countless continuous attacks that appeared from other directions due to sudden changes in trajectory. Because when an enemy was surrounded by several or even dozens of constantly shifting Flying Thunder God kunai, they would be unable to make effective evasions. With nowhere to run, they would be sealed within a "sword formation" composed of kunai.

This throwing technique was inspired by xianxia and created by Nawaki based on sword formations. He named it the Infinite Technique, meaning that within the formation composed of kunai, there is no space between attacks, and the attacks from all sides are never-ending, as if the enemy had entered an infinite hell from which they could never escape.

This move was specifically designed to deal with Kage-level enemies who were also skilled in speed or space, such as the Kumogakure AB duo who could tangle with the Fourth, or Obito, who could not maintain his body's intangibility for long periods.

To deal with ordinary ninjas, one only needed to rely on speed like Minato to crush them and achieve a one-hit kill.

However, this Infinite Technique currently existed only in theory. Completing the kunai sword formation alone pushed the requirements for eyesight, wrist strength, and release speed to the limit. Coordinating it with the Flying Thunder God required massive chakra reserves, superhuman reaction speed, and a resilient physique. If the above qualities reached their peak and the Infinite Technique was practiced to the limit, one could achieve omnipresence—meaning multiple casters could appear in different spaces within the formation at the same time to launch simultaneous attacks. This was not a clone technique, but a true space-time ninjutsu! Every existence was a physical entity, possessing the full strength of the caster!

But these were all just Nawaki's projections; he could not achieve them at present. Perhaps it would be much easier after possessing the insight of the Sharingan and the full-field vision of the Byakugan.

The physical energy of the Asura Bloodline was indeed powerful and very suitable for practicing taijutsu. No matter how crazily he trained, he would be as good as new after a night's sleep. Relying on this characteristic, Nawaki trained crazily every day, squeezing his physical potential. 1,000 push-ups, 1,000 sit-ups, 10,000-meter full-speed runs, 100,000-meter long-distance runs. Through these training sessions, his strength, physique, and speed had seen a leap in growth! He finally understood why Guy and Lee loved training so much; the feeling of watching one's own physical attributes grow stronger bit by bit every day was simply too good, and it was easy to get addicted! He couldn't stop at all! Unknowingly, Nawaki's paranoid soul began to awaken.

He had even "created" a set of taijutsu for himself. It was not a ninja-taijutsu like the Eight Inner Gates that relied on chakra to win, nor was it the Raikage's Lightning Release Chakra Mode, but a set of taijutsu specifically for fighting with flesh and blood. Nawaki called it the Konoha Six Powers, or "Six Powers" for short! That's right, he very shamelessly claimed the Six Powers from the Navy as his own and even gave them a new surname!

The Six Powers were one of the few skills that Nawaki clearly knew the training methods for and could redeem through the Wish Power System. Just like the Rasengan in Naruto, the training principles of the Six Powers were explained very clearly in One Piece; as long as one's physical condition was sufficient, one could practice and execute them.