The Oldest Veteran in the Ninja World: From the Sage of Six Paths to Boruto
Chapter 8

Bro, This Immortal Technique is Powerful!

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Manji had died, but before he perished, he took a bite of the Chakra Fruit.

Although it was only one bite, the energy was immense!

After his rebirth, Manji felt that his body had indeed been nourished by the Chakra Fruit; his chakra had become vast, and his physical body was several times stronger than before!

Current physical configuration: Sage Body + Otsutsuki Body.

Note: Manji's Sage Body is not the one from the original work, but one cultivated from Mount Myōboku and naturally formed through accumulation.

The characteristic of Manji's Sage Body is that he can maintain Sage Mode indefinitely—or rather, it is more accurate to say that Sage Mode is his natural state.

It is just like how the toads of Mount Myōboku use senjutsu without needing to enter Sage Mode.

He can use senjutsu at will, and his chakra is refined directly into senjutsu chakra, requiring no hand seals.

Now, Manji took another bite of the Chakra Fruit.

His body improved once again!

However, it was a pity that he did not break through to the Six Paths level.

Because it was only one bite; if he had eaten the whole thing, he could truly have broken through to the Six Paths.

"Eh!?"

A lightbulb appeared over the head of the White Ape King.

"I also feel that your body is truly extraordinary now. Could you perhaps try to learn the senjutsu of my Monkey Demon Clan?!"

The White Ape King looked delighted.

Manji's eyes flashed. Eh! It does feel like I really could.

In the past, he had wanted to learn more senjutsu, but his body wouldn't allow it. Sage Mode relies on balance, and learning too much would lead to instability, likely causing errors.

Now that his body was extraordinary, could he learn it?

"Sigh, it is shameful to say, but in my Monkey Demon Clan, apart from me, no one has learned our clan's senjutsu. If I die, the senjutsu of the Monkey Demon Clan will be lost forever..."

The White Ape King sighed, looking frustrated that his kin could not live up to his expectations.

Hearing this, Manji raised an eyebrow. So that's why the Monkey Demon in the original work had no senjutsu.

Logically, why would the Monkey Demon, the strongest summoning beast of the Third Hokage and the one called the strongest summoning beast by Orochimaru, not have senjutsu?

It turned out the senjutsu had been lost long after the White Ape King!

"Fine, so that the senjutsu of your Monkey Demon Clan doesn't go extinct, I'll give it a try!"

Manji spoke with righteous indignation.

He struck a pose as if to say: "If I don't go to hell, who will!?"

The White Ape King immediately brought Manji to a stone tablet.

Manji looked at the senjutsu on the tablet, lost in thought, then nodded at the White Ape King: "Demonstrate it for me first."

"Brother, this senjutsu is ruthless. If you practice it wrong, you might explode and die."

The White Ape King warned.

Manji waved his hand: "I'm not afraid!"

Anyway, he had rebirth; he truly wasn't afraid of things that carried a risk of death.

He had nothing to lose, so he might as well go for it.

At worst, he would die, return to the spawn point, and start all over again!

Seeing this, the White Ape King sat cross-legged on the ground to prepare for Sage Mode.

About three hours later, the White Ape King's aura surged!

A special sage pattern appeared on his face!

"Sage Mode! Complete!"

The White Ape King clenched his fists and said: "Manji, my Sage Mode primarily boosts the physical body. Once activated, the body receives a massive enhancement!"

With that, the White Ape King threw a fierce punch at Manji's tombstone in front of him!

"Bang! Boom!"

A sonic boom rang out!

With that one punch, a gust of wind similar to the Daytime Tiger swept forward!

"Boom!"

In the distance, Manji's tombstone was instantly shattered into pieces!

Not even a trace was left!

It was leveled completely!

A large crater from the shockwave was left in its place!

"Impressive! This punch nearly sent my old grave smoking!" Manji couldn't help but exclaim.

He had finally grasped it: the Sage Mode of the Monkey Demon Clan could be seen as an alternative to the Eight Inner Gates, yet it lacked the negative side effects of the latter.

"Alright, next, I'll learn it!"

Manji followed the example and immediately began practicing the Monkey Demon Clan's senjutsu.

Manji thought back to the path he took when learning the Mount Myōboku senjutsu, then began integrating the Monkey Demon senjutsu.

Before long, Manji felt he had gained an initial understanding.

In just half an hour, Manji already felt proficient.

"Ah!?"

The White Ape King was shocked!

"You, you, you... your learning speed is even faster than my activation of Sage Mode!?"

The White Ape King looked at Manji with an expression as if he had seen a ghost.

He had originally intended to say that he shouldn't be discouraged by failure on his first try and that he should practice more, wanting to encourage Manji.

As it turned out, Manji's learning speed was faster than his own speed of entering Sage Mode!

The White Ape King felt like crying but had no tears.

Manji remained silent, also surprised by his own talent.

Could it be that because he had a precedent, his body naturally adapted to it?

Could it be that he possessed an innate constitution for practicing senjutsu?

Time flew by; Manji spent this entire week in the Ape Demon Cave.

Furthermore, Manji made a bold change: he fused the Monkey Demon senjutsu and the Mount Myōboku senjutsu together!

Manji had originally held a "let's try it" mentality, never expecting that he would actually succeed.

Successfully fusing the two greatly enhanced his strength.

Manji took a deep breath. He didn't form any hand seals, nor did he strike a complex starting pose; he simply raised his hand casually.

His fist was aimed at a giant ancient tree in the distant forest that required over a dozen people to encircle.

"Sage Art: Multiple Frog Kumite!"

The moment the soft shout fell, his fist had already blasted out.

There was no earth-shattering precursor, only the humming sound produced by the high-speed compression of chakra. A solid, amber-like air bullet erupted from his palm!

It shot toward the ancient tree, accompanied by a shriek that tore through the air!

"Bang--!"

The instant the air bullet collided with the trunk, there was no dragging impact process; the ancient tree's trunk was pulverized directly at the point of contact!

"Good, the power is immense, but why is it called Frog Kumite?" The White Ape King asked, slightly puzzled.

Manji smiled faintly.

Suddenly, the core area where the air bullet had exploded surged with the senjutsu power of Mount Myōboku!

It transformed into an invisible shockwave, centered on the destroyed ancient tree, and swept across a radius of a hundred meters.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Continuous explosions shook the forest outside the Ape Demon Cave. The destruction of what was originally just a single giant tree evolved in the blink of an eye into a large-scale energy catastrophe.

Dozens of giant trees, equally towering into the clouds, were crushed as if by an invisible giant hand. Trunks snapped, branches flew, and the thick wood was as fragile as paper in the face of the fused dual-senjutsu power.

In just a few short breaths, the once lush forest area was forcibly blasted into an empty circular zone. The ground was covered in broken trunks and scattered wood chips, and the mountain-mist-like energy ripples in the air lingered for a long time.

"My god! I understand now! You actually fused the senjutsu of Mount Myōboku and the Monkey Demon Clan!?"

The White Ape King stood dumbfounded on the spot, the expression of admiration from just a moment ago still lingering on his face, now replaced by extreme shock.

He stared at the devastated forest, then looked at Manji's seemingly casually lowered fist. His throat bobbed, and his voice trembled: "This... this power has already surpassed the pure Monkey Demon senjutsu!"

"Correct."

Manji retracted his fist, feeling the still-surging and unobstructed chakra within his body, and a confident smile curled his lips.

The fusion of the two senjutsu was more perfect than he had anticipated; the energy control of the Mount Myōboku senjutsu granted his attacks precise, wide-range diffusion.

Meanwhile, the physical enhancement from the Monkey Demon senjutsu raised his explosive power to a new level. The two complemented each other, creating the destructive effect of this punch.

Manji turned his head to look at the White Ape King and explained with a smile: "Although I kept the name from Mount Myōboku, the inside has already fused the power of the Monkey Demon senjutsu. You could consider it a brand-new senjutsu."

As soon as he finished speaking, the energy ripples in the distance that hadn't fully dissipated triggered another round of slight rumbling.

A few small branches that had luckily escaped destruction drifted down slowly, making the flattened forest area look even more shocking.

The White Ape King gazed at Manji's back, his heart filled with endless emotion—such talent was truly terrifying!

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