Adding Points Feels Amazing
Nothing happened that night. After a good rest, Taiichi went to his private training ground by the river early the next morning.
Winter nights are long. When Taiichi arrived at the riverbank, it was still dark. The shimmering river reflected the setting moon, and the rushing water made the surroundings seem unusually quiet.
After his routine Taijutsu and sword training, Taiichi sat cross-legged on a large blue stone by the river and began to slowly take stock of what he had gained from this mission.
Name: Taichi Matsushita Occupation: Genin Lv9 (584/1600)
Talent: Diligence Makes Up for Mediocrity, Academic Overachiever, Potent. Age: 8 years old. Physique: 22 (1/3).
Strength: 22
Agility: 21
Spirit: 25
Chakra: 19500 (19500)
Attribute Points: 18
Skill Points: 19
Fire Nature Transformation Lv9 (662/1600)
Wind Release Nature Transformation level 8 (524/1400)
Water Nature Transformation Lv8 (286/1400)
Earth Style Nature Transformation Lv4 (103/600)
Lightning Nature Transformation level 3 (308/400)
Yang Release Nature Transformation Lv7 (654/1200)
Yin Release Nature Transformation Lv5 (104/800)
Chakra Shape Transformation Lv8 (629/1400)
Chakra Control Lv9 (316/1600)
Skills: Advanced Taijutsu Lv3 (1031/4000), Advanced Meditation Lv2 (1554/3000), Advanced Swordsmanship Lv3 (1225/4000) Derivative Skills: Blade Momentum (Guardian) Power +5% A sword strike executed for protection, with greater power. The Blade Momentum incorporates the intent of protection, giving the enemy a sense of indestructibility. Chakra Enhanced Strength Lv6 (420/1000)
Comment: Only Konoha's Genin can truly create miracles; you shouldn't be promoted to Chunin!
A long-awaited, sarcastic comment: Is the panel complaining that Taiichi's promotion is Taiichi slow? But this isn't wartime; promotion can only be done through the ninja village's assessment. He's just a skilled cook without ingredients.
Putting that aside, the main gains from this mission were twofold: firstly, my job level increased by 1 level, and I gained 1 Attribute Points and 1 Skill Points each.
Secondly, this was the biggest gain from the mission. During the mission, in order to avoid burning his feet with the molten glass on the ground, Taiichi had a sudden inspiration to wrap his feet in flames.
It was just a sudden idea that popped into my head. In the emergency, I used it without thinking, and to my surprise, it succeeded on the spot.
Not only did it prevent burns to the feet, but more importantly, the panel provided immediate feedback.
[Inspiration Burst, Chakra Control +200]
[Inspiration bursts forth, Fire Nature Transformation +200]
[Inspiration bursts forth, Fire Transformation Technique Lv0 (1/100)]
That's right, the Ninjutsu that Taiichi had been longing to develop— the Fire Transformation Technique— has finally been completed as a skill.
Although Taiichi had tried to envelop his body in flames before, the feedback from the skill's formation showed that the difference was enormous.
Previously, Taiichi only managed to keep the flames he emitted from harming himself by relying on his superb Chakra Control and understanding of Fire Nature Transformation.
But now, in a flash of inspiration, he has officially achieved the initial stage of transforming into flames—being unafraid of high temperatures.
That's why this skill is displayed on the panel, signifying that Taiichi has finally gotten on the right track in developing this Ninjutsu.
Taiichi was initially happy, believing that once the skill was formed, with his talent for One-Time Proof, Permanent Skill, and the Diligence Makes Up for Mediocrity shortcomings through hard work, it would not be a matter of time before he fully mastered this Ninjutsu.
But after several days of continuous attempts, and now, calmly reflecting on the insights gained from the formation of skills, Taiichi sadly realized that it really was just a matter of time. Only, this time wasn't a week, a month, or even a year; it was probably at least 10 years.
This is under the premise that Taiichi has various talents and can constantly adjust the direction of his efforts, so you can imagine how difficult it is to develop this skill.
The dragon-slaying hero ultimately became the dragon himself.
Originally, Taiichi insisted on focusing on self-cultivation, but under the pressure of the approaching Third Shinobi World War, Taiichi finally unleashed his ultimate move—adding points!
As Skill Points are consumed, the panel immediately provides a notification:
[Consuming 1 Skill Points, your skill Fire Transformation Technique is upgraded to Lv1 (1/100), and related insights are increased.]
[Fire Nature Transformation +1000]
[Your Fire Nature Transformation skill has been upgraded to Lv10 (62/2000)]
A torrent of memories erupted in his mind, far surpassing any previous memory infusion, making Taiichi feel as if he had been in a world filled with flames for decades.
In this world, Taiichi started as a tiny orange flame, about the size of a little pinky finger, and slowly absorbed energy, devouring other flames until he finally transformed into a blue-white fire giant.
Throughout the process, Taiichi transformed into flames, constantly experiencing the various changes of these flames—sometimes intense, sometimes warm, sometimes violent, sometimes scorching.
After the memories were fully integrated into Taiichi's body, even his eyes momentarily changed, as if he had experienced many vicissitudes of life.
Only then did Taiichi truly realize the extreme difficulty of this Ninjutsu and its terrifying potential.
To master this Ninjutsu, you first need to have an extremely high level of Fire Nature Transformation. According to Taiichi's own estimation, you need to reach at least level 10.
This is already the highest level of Jonin. Even Hiruzen Sarutobi, at present, may not have reached Lv10 in his Fire Nature Transformation. It doesn't mean that just because he has Kage Level strength, his Nature Transformation has reached Kage Level- level. It only means that Hiruzen Sarutobi's overall ability has reached Kage Level combat power.
Another basic requirement is that Chakra Control must also reach Lv10, which Taiichi currently lacks, at only Lv9.
These two conditions are merely the foundation for successfully mastering it.
Its true difficulty lies in its understanding of the essence of fire, and on this basis, it elevates the advanced form of Fire Style Release— Scorch Style.
This is precisely what Taiichi gained from transforming into flames for decades in his memories. The flames of Scorch Style not only have a higher temperature, but their main function is to transform matter into a Chakra form that is similar to flames through combustion.
The rest is achieved through superb Chakra Control, using this Chakra form as a medium to transform back and forth between the physical body and the flames of Scorch Style.
Of course, without the experience of transforming into flames, this transformation process would have taken Taiichi several years to figure out. This is precisely the power of Skill Points; as long as there is a basic skill, adding points can instantly complete the entry-level skill.
Following the memories in his mind, Taiichi slowly began to Hand Seals, experiencing the various changes in the Chakra within his body, from ordinary Chakra to fire-style Chakra, and then from fire-style Chakra to the more advanced Scorch Style Chakra.
Maintaining this Chakra conversion process, he controlled the Scorch Style Chakra to reach his index finger, and a golden flame instantly emerged from between his fingers.
Feeling the temperature of the flame, although it was only a small one, its temperature was terrifyingly high. With Taiichi flick of his finger, Scorch Style the flame flying to the ground not far away. Instantly, the area around the flame was ignited by the high temperature, and the ground that came into direct contact with the flame quickly melted.
Throughout the entire process, the Scorch Style remained remarkably stable. They did not intensify as the surrounding flames spread; instead, they gradually shrank as the combustibles in direct contact with the flames were exhausted.
This is a very interesting phenomenon, but now is not the time to explore it.
Having gained experience from his first attempt at converting Scorch Style Chakra, Taiichi immediately condensed a ball of Scorch Style flame between his fingers. The next step was the actual test of the Fire Transformation Technique. Because his Chakra Control was not yet up to par, Taiichi did not dare to be too reckless. The first test only covered the area of one index finger.
As the flames of the Scorch Style slowly descended and enveloped his entire fingertip, Taiichi did not feel any burning pain. He carefully controlled the transformation process between his body and the flames, and everything went much more smoothly than Taiichi had imagined.
Initially, this transformation required self-regulation, but later it seemed to become a bodily instinct. The flames seemed to have their own will, freely switching between the body and the Scorch Style according to Taiichi's will.
As Taiichi desired, the range of this flame transformation gradually expanded, first to the palm, then the upper arm, and finally the entire arm transformed into a flame shape.
But that was the end of it. No matter how Taiichi tried to control it, the range of the flames did not expand. Taiichi felt a sense of being unable to control it. Taiichi realized that this was one of the flaws in his Chakra Control.
After canceling the flame transformation on his hands, Taiichi tried transforming other parts of his body. His limbs and torso could be transformed smoothly, but when he tried to transform his brain, a fear of death immediately rose in his heart, scaring Taiichi into stopping the experiment immediately.
Thinking carefully about the memories in his mind, Taiichi also knew that this was still a problem of Chakra Control. The substandard Chakra Control made the Scorch Style flames lack a trace of spirituality.
At a certain moment during the brain's transformation, human consciousness loses all protection, and this missing spark of spirituality becomes the vessel for human consciousness at that moment.
Without it, at that crucial moment, the loss of protection would slowly dissipate, and if Taiichi used the Fire Transformation Technique a few more times, he would not be far from becoming a vegetable.
Even so, Taiichi was quite satisfied. He could gradually improve his Chakra Control, and if all else failed, he could simply add points directly. Now that the Fire Transformation Technique was successful, what Taiichi wanted to know most was whether his original plan could be realized.
At that moment, Taiichi took out a Kunai and slashed it across his arm, leaving a cut more than ten centimeters long, from which blood gushed out.
But as soon as Taiichi had a thought, the wound turned into golden flames. As the flames appeared and disappeared, the gruesome wound also vanished. A smile bloomed on Taiichi's face. This initial plan had been successful.
Without further hesitation, Taiichi pierced through the palm of the kunai. Seeing the Kunai stuck in his palm, Taiichi activated his transformation, turning his entire hand into flames, and the Kunai fell to the ground. In just a moment, nearly half of the once intact Kunai had melted away.
As the flames transformed back into flesh, his hands returned to their original state. Then he experimented Taiichi his limbs, torso, and even his internal organs, and the results were very satisfactory to Taiichi.
In the future, at least in the near future, unless Taiyi is attacked in the head or killed in Taiichi blow, all sneak attacks will be basically useless against him.
However, this Ninjutsu is not without its flaws. Its biggest drawback is that Chakra. Simply releasing Scorch Style is fine and can be used in ordinary battles, but once it involves Flame Transformation, the consumption increases exponentially.
In just a few tests, Taiichi's nearly 20,000 Chakra was almost depleted, showing that at this point, it could only be used as a trump card to save his life.
At this point, Taiichi could only put aside his thoughts. There were still many aspects of this Ninjutsu that needed to be tested, but unfortunately, Taiichi's Chakra was already depleted, and today's experiment had to end here.
Taiichi stood up and turned to look at the Scorch Style flame that had been on the ground, which had now weakened to just a tiny spark.
It seems that the way this Scorch Style flame exists is quite unique; otherwise, with Taiichi's Chakra, the flame should have been extinguished long ago.
With a wave of his hand, he extinguished the last trace of his Taiichi and left the Training Ground. This Scorch Style was now Taiichi's trump card for survival, and he couldn't let anyone else discover it.
Back home, Taiichi, who had no extra Chakra, didn't plan to go out. He had already mastered the Fire Transformation Technique, which was originally his mid-term goal, thanks to the extra chakra he had allocated.
As for the Sealing Jutsu, which is the immediate goal, it is still half a step away from success, so Taiichi naturally needs to work even harder. After all, the more trump cards the better, and the stronger the ability to protect oneself, the better.
After a quick breakfast and some personal hygiene, Taiichi went straight to his study to study Sealing Jutsu.
As time went by, when Taiichi felt that his Chakra had almost recovered, he began to experiment with Scorch Style techniques.
Scorch Style is a prerequisite for the Fire Transformation Technique. It is an advanced form that arises after comprehending a certain essence of the fire attribute. Therefore, it is still a type of Fire Style, not Kekkei Genkai. It is just that it is more distinctive than ordinary Fire Style.
Taiichi's current task is to explore the unique characteristics of Scorch Style. The extra points are simply to teach Taiichi how to release it. However, the effects it produces are something Taiichi must discover for himself.
Taiichi conjured Scorch Style flame in his hand and tried to control its temperature. After all, they were indoors, and the temperature of the Scorch Style was so high that it could easily set the house on fire if they weren't careful.
However, things didn't go as planned. When Taiichi lowered the flame temperature to below 2000 degrees, the originally golden Scorch Style flames suddenly turned into bright yellow flames without any transition.
The instant the flames changed color, Taiichi sensed that this was no longer Scorch Style. This feeling was indescribable, as if the Scorch Style flames he had released were connected to him.
After numerous attempts, Taiichi finally confirmed that Scorch Style has a minimum temperature of 2000 degrees Celsius. Below this temperature, it will degenerate into ordinary flames.
The connection between Taiichi and Scorch Style does indeed exist; he can vaguely sense the location of his Scorch Style technique. Although he doesn't yet understand the purpose of this connection, it doesn't stop Taiichi from being happy about it.
Since the minimum temperature of the Scorch Style flames can only be maintained at 2000 degrees Celsius, Taiichi had to reduce the size of the flames for the safety of the house. Fortunately, when the flames were only the size of a finger, even at such a high temperature, their range of influence was very limited.
This experiment also made Taiichi consider buying a new house. His current house was too small, and there wasn't even a decent training area. Any slightly loud noise required him to go outside, which was not only inconvenient but also lacked privacy.
Especially when cultivating a life-saving trump card, the training ground should be as secluded as possible. After all, Konoha not only has the Hokage who is used to spying with his Telescope Technique, but also Root, which has spies everywhere. More importantly, the leader of Root has always disliked Taiichi.
Returning to the experiment, through this specific test of Scorch Style, Taiichi ultimately discovered four characteristics of Scorch Style:
1. The initial temperature of the Scorch Style technique is as high as 3000 degrees Celsius, and the temperature can drop to as low as 2000 degrees Celsius. Taiichi's current ability can raise the temperature to a maximum of 4000 degrees Celsius.
2. There is indeed a spiritual connection between the Scorch Style technique and Taiichi, but this connection is not yet strong enough. It is believed that this connection will continue to strengthen as the skill level and Chakra Control improve.
3. With sufficient fuel, the flames of Scorch Style can continue to burn in the form of Scorch Style and will not degenerate into ordinary flames over time.
4. Scorch Style Flame is a type of "active" flame. In the absence of fuel, it will autonomously absorb free energy from the air to continue burning. However, its activity is currently very low and cannot support the flame's existence indefinitely.
Each of these characteristics has unlimited potential for development, but Taiichi's current basic abilities are too poor, so he cannot fully develop and utilize the power of these characteristics.
This made Taiichi sigh repeatedly, realizing he was still too weak; he had such great abilities, yet he couldn't unleash them. He wondered what Minato and Hizashi's expressions would be if they heard his lament! One could imagine a helpless Byakugan from them.