Three Gates Opened in an Instant! (Third Update)

First gate of the Formation of the Eight Inner Gates, Space Gate!

Upon activation, the restrictions on the brain are lifted to achieve the goal of exerting 100% of the body's physical capabilities, overloading the body's energy consumption to increase speed and strength.

Once opened, one can further utilize the accompanying Ninjutsu, Front Lotus!

Gong Yi followed the training method of the Formation of the Eight Inner Gates and attempted to open the first gate.

With almost no resistance, he succeeded.

There was no flow of chakra color around his body; after succeeding, Gong Yi simply felt that his entire body was different.

He seemed able to mobilize every part of his body, every joint; every part of his physique could become his weapon.

Gong Yi understood that this was the state brought about by the removal of the brain's restrictions.

Gong Yi wanted to test this state, so he stood up, first ran a lap around the forest, and then kicked a giant tree in front of him with all his might.

Calculating the running time and the extent of the damage to the giant tree, Gong Yi frowned.

"The effect doesn't seem as good as I imagined!"

Suddenly, Gong Yi thought of something.

The Formation of the Eight Inner Gates cannot be considered a Taijutsu that adds power on top of an existing foundation.

It is a high-level Taijutsu that opens as many gates as possible based on factors such as physical strength and endurance.

In other words, the benefit of opening the Space Gate was merely lifting the brain's restrictions; other improvements, such as strength and speed, were not significant.

His own body had already reached the level of someone who had opened the Space Gate.

Gong Yi frowned, recalling the plot of Naruto.

In his memory, Rock Lee was able to normally open four gates during the Chunin Exams, and finally, in a desperate gamble, opened the fifth gate.

He even almost defeated Gaara.

Clearly, Gaara at that time possessed the level of a Jonin.

Because Rock Lee could not master Ninjutsu, his strength was only at the Chunin level.

However, Rock Lee's physical fitness at that stage should have already reached the Jonin level; otherwise, he could not have supported himself to beat Gaara so miserably.

After all, even the two-tomoe Sharingan of Sasuke Uchiha could not keep up with his speed.

"My current physical fitness is definitely stronger than Rock Lee's at that time, so my limit is definitely not four gates."

Having figured these things out, the doubts in Gong Yi's heart vanished.

It was not that the effect of the Formation of the Eight Inner Gates was too weak, but that his own accumulation was too terrifying.

In fact, after the Space Gate was opened, it brought him a certain improvement, but compared to his original speed and strength, it was not that obvious.

It was like Might Guy in the later stages of Naruto; because his accumulation was sufficient, he often would not open many gates during battle, but would jump directly to a later gate.

The reason is that the improvement provided by the first few gates was not very large, while the sequelae were numerous, so it was better to open a stronger gate directly and suffer less backlash.

Except for opening all eight gates to perform the Formation of the Eight Inner Gates!

Gong Yi attempted to open the second gate, the Gate of Healing!

Gate of Healing: Removes the restriction of physical fatigue, overloading the body to squeeze out energy to restore stamina, offsetting the fatigue caused by the energy consumption of the Space Gate.

Two hours later, as a cracking sound came from somewhere in his body, Gong Yi opened his eyes.

He threw a punch into thin air, feeling nothing.

Just like the introduction, the effect of the Gate of Healing only served as an auxiliary to the opening of the Space Gate.

Gong Yi savored this feeling: the brain restriction lifted, the physical fatigue restriction lifted; although the improvement effect was not obvious, he could fully mobilize all the joints of his body, and the speed of chakra extraction became faster.

The duration was about ten minutes.

He had only just mastered it; if he were sufficiently proficient, this time should be able to increase.

"According to the introduction, the third gate is the final safe zone, and the fourth gate will cause damage to the body. If this is true, then in normal situations without encountering huge danger, maintaining the opening of the first three gates can achieve better combat results. From this point of view, the so-called Formation of the Eight Inner Gates, the first three gates, are in the combat auxiliary stage. The middle three gates are in a relatively normal combat state. And the last two gates..."

"The ultimate Taijutsu for a desperate fight!"

Gong Yi was thoughtful; he felt that his reasoning was not wrong.

Ding!

The familiar system sound suddenly rang out.

"Research Topic: Analyze the Formation of the Eight Inner Gates. Current progress: 1/100. Reward: 50 Scholar Points!"

"Research Topic: Master the Formation of the Eight Inner Gates. Current progress: Space Gate, Gate of Healing. Reward: 50 Scholar Points!"

Gong Yi grinned; there were corresponding topics for Ninjutsu research, but he hadn't expected there to be topics for Taijutsu research as well, and two appeared at once.

Especially this reward!

It was actually five times more than researching a C-rank Ninjutsu!

It must be said, Gong Yi was tempted!

Action is better than thought; Gong Yi accelerated his training of the Formation of the Eight Inner Gates once again.

The Third Gate, Gate of Life!

Open!

His body began to flush red, and a green aura of energy swirled around him.

This was not the color of Wood Release, but the radiance of leaking bodily energy.

As the final safe zone of the Eight Inner Gates, Gong Yi finally felt a distinct surge of strength at this moment.

Feeling the state of his body, Gong Yi nodded.

"As expected, with my accumulation, opening the first three gates is effortless!"

"However, the training for the Eight Inner Gates ends here for today. My bodily energy has suffered significant depletion; although it hasn't caused physical damage, the loss of energy will affect chakra extraction. The control of both must be maintained within a reasonable range."

Gong Yi deactivated the Eight Gates state and cast a Healing Technique on himself, instantly restoring his condition to full!

The Healing Technique was the very foundation of Gong Yi's confidence in practicing the Eight Inner Gates!

He did not fear physical injury, especially during the training process.

The effects of the Healing Technique allowed him to safely navigate the training period, and even after combat, he would not fall into the state that Rock Lee often did.

Of course, Gong Yi still felt a bit hesitant about fully opening all eight gates to form the Formation of the Eight Inner Gates.

According to the descriptions, after the Formation of the Eight Inner Gates, the user's body would collapse, leading to immediate death.

It was highly likely that the Healing Technique would be unable to provide rapid enough treatment.

However, by that time, he should have upgraded it into an advanced Scholar Skill and acquired Creation Regeneration, which should allow him to survive.

Moreover, he did not rely solely on this advanced taijutsu set to conquer the world; he certainly did not want to end up like Might Guy in the future, crippled and disabled.

As for the words he had spoken to that old man, the Third Hokage:

"If Konoha does not fail me, then why shouldn't I become the final barrier of Konoha!"