Sparring

"Go ahead and try, but you're only allowed to use combat techniques and your secret arts; other Ninjutsu are prohibited."

"Understood, Master. Now, I'm going!"

"Projection, begin."

"What a convenient Ninjutsu," Sakumo thought to himself as he took out a kunai.

Shiro's starting move was still to throw Kanshou out, and then follow up with his body.

"Ping!"

Sakumo knocked Kanshou away with a single blow, and at the same time, blocked Moye in Shiro's hand, preventing it from being knocked away. Clearly, Sakumo already knew Shiro's fighting style and intentionally controlled his strength.

However, after the previous battle test, Shiro has made improvements to it. In this respect, Shiro, who has the combat experience of many Heroic Spirit, undoubtedly has a great advantage.

With each battle, Shiro's skills would greatly improve, until he approached the Heroic Spirit!

Therefore, Shiro remained calm and threw Moye backwards in a backhand motion, while simultaneously catching Kanshou as it spun back and slashing it down.

However, experience prevails, and despite Shiro's relentless attacks, Sakumo remained calm and methodical in his exchanges with Shiro.

The two figures flashed and clashed repeatedly on the training field!

Sakumo's main purpose was to test Shiro's strength, so he didn't really use his full strength, not even 30% of it.

That's why Shiro was able to fight him on equal terms.

After a series of battles, Sakumo had roughly figured out Shiro's strengths and weaknesses. At the same time, he also discovered that the two swords in Shiro's hands had a mutual attraction.

Shiro was able to use this combo only because of it. He had already learned most of Shiro's moves. Now, Sakumo wanted to know Shiro's reaction after losing these two swords.

Therefore, with lightning speed, Sakumo made a sudden advance and knocked away Shiro's Kanshou and Bakuya in succession, thus breaking Shiro's combo.

"So, what will you do, Shiro?" Sakumo thought to himself as he slowed his attack on Shiro.

Although his weapon was knocked away by Sakumo, Shiro remained completely calm. He had already prepared for this situation many times and had a variety of ways to deal with it.

"Projection, begin."

A flash of white light appeared, and a Magic Spear appeared in Shiro's hand. With a practiced twist, Shiro forced back Magic Spear somewhat surprised Sakumo.

"Does he have any other weapons? I just don't know how well he's mastered them." Although Shiro's attack style has changed, his general habits haven't changed. Therefore, he still thinks with ease in the face of Shiro's attack.

The reason why Shiro stopped Projection Kanshou and Bakuya was because he knew that when his combo was interrupted, it meant that his attack method had been seen through.

The same offensive tactics are ineffective, at least not for Shiro at the moment.

Therefore, he chose to Projection Noble Phantasm of a lower level and switched battle modes, which was also a battle method that Shiro had previously envisioned.

Once you have enough Chakra, you can constantly switch between Noble Phantasm and use different fighting styles to overwhelm your opponent.

However, Shiro has now abandoned this fighting style. Each weapon has a different way of being used, and naturally, the basic skills required are also different. Therefore, the result of being a jack-of-all-trades is that you are not a master of any one thing.

This is only good for playing in low-level games.

Therefore, Shiro has now decided to specialize in dual-wielding combat, but he will also learn a little about other techniques, though he doesn't need to be an expert; just enough to make use of his Heroic Spirit's combat experience.

However, those were all part of Shiro's plan; right now, he's messing things up terribly. At least, that's how it is for Sakumo.

However, because low-level Noble Phantasm consume less resources and Shiro hasn't unleashed his true name, Shiro can now Projection different Noble Phantasm continuously.

By constantly using various weapons such as knives, guns, swords, and halberds, and because each weapon has a different fighting style, Sakumo was actually suppressed.

Unfortunately, Shiro's Chakra reserves were insufficient. After Projection five or six Noble Phantasm in succession, Shiro's Chakra was exhausted, and he began to clash with Sakumo in Taijutsu.

Unfortunately, in this respect, Shiro has almost no advantage. Although he usually trains with Dai, Shiro really looks down on the Taijutsu of the Jonin world.

In Shiro's opinion, in terms of technique, the Taijutsu of the Shinobi World is just so-so. It almost entirely relies on physical strength to fight head-on, without any skill involved, and is completely inferior to martial arts.

If you said there was no choice, that would be one thing, but Shiro did have a choice. Among the Heroic Spirit, not to mention others, just Li Shuwen's Baji Quan alone was enough for Shiro to study for a lifetime.

After all, many of his Baji Quan have been elevated to the level of Noble Phantasm, demonstrating their formidable power.

Furthermore, there has been a saying since ancient times, "Tai Chi brings peace to the world through literature, while Bajiquan brings stability to the Baji through martial arts." Its history is long and its power is unparalleled!

However, there's one thing: Li Shuwen's divine spear is only B-rank, so Shiro can't Projection it. (I added this myself; none of his three Noble Phantasm have ranks, and I couldn't find a spear to use, so I made that up.)

Therefore, Shiro doesn't know Baji Quan, but he doesn't want to learn Dai's Steel Fist either. So, sometimes having too many choices can be a problem.

Sure enough, Shiro was quickly defeated by Sakumo. By this time, Shiro had learned almost everything about Shiro. He guessed that Sakumo's proficiency in using various weapons was related to Shiro's secret techniques.

However, Sakumo did not intend to delve into it. That was clearly the core of Shiro's secret technique, and even though he was Shiro's master, it was not appropriate for him to ask such a question.

However, some necessary reminders are still necessary. "You may know many weapons, but you're only good at using a few. You need to choose one to specialize in so that you have enough energy to cope with the situation."

"Yes, I know. I chose the two swords that I used against you at the beginning. The others are just for support, I just wanted to learn about them."

"Hmm, it's good that you have a plan. What about Taijutsu?" Sakumo suddenly felt as if his role was just to guide Shiro. He had a feeling that Shiro probably had his own plans in this regard as well.

"I have a goal for this too, and I'm currently working on improving my physique."

"As expected. Hmm, I understand your situation roughly. Let's call it a day. I'll start by drawing up a training plan for you."

"Yes, Master."

"Okay, I'm heading back now. Amami."

Afterwards, the two went home separately. Once home, Shiro didn't start training, since his Chakra hadn't recovered yet. He was currently busy searching for low-level Noble Phantasm of martial arts masters in the system's database.

He didn't give up Baji Quan; Shiro just wanted to find a martial art that was easy to learn from the basics.

However, most of the Noble Phantasm of martial arts masters are sublimations of the true essence of martial arts, and very few have physical Noble Phantasm. Not to mention that Shiro had specific requirements, so in the end Shiro still did not find them.

The system's database does contain the manual for Baji Quan, but unfortunately, Shiro can't understand it, and the system itself is just a "defective product" that can only search.