The Imminent Mythic Battlefield

"I only discovered this not long ago, but the general civilization is still similar to when we were kids. It might just be a world feature..."

Daily Life Li Ke explained. He genuinely didn't know what was different. Even this information was something he'd looked up on the spot, and he hadn't examined it closely due to his sudden arrival.

Most importantly, the world he came from had no issues with famine, nor did it have the multitude of kingdoms found on Earth; there was only a single national government.

Therefore, he didn't really feel anything about these matters, as he didn't need to worry about them.

It was unlike Hua Shan Li Ke, who still needed to check how well the tenant farmers on Hua Shan were doing.

Meanwhile, Apocalypse Li Ke's hands trembled with excitement. If these things truly had the effects Daily Life Li Ke described, then the revival of his world's civilization would no longer be an empty dream!

But unfortunately, he had nothing to offer the other Li Kes. He could only see if his own talent would be useful to the others.

Yet, he didn't even know what his own talent was!

As he was agonizing over this, the Black Mist Space began to dissipate once more. Everyone felt a sense of fragmentation and understood that it was time to part ways again.

After exchanging greetings, they each returned to their own worlds. Naruto Li Ke quickly opened his eyes, realizing only a few minutes had passed since he fell asleep. He helplessly closed his eyes and continued to sleep.

It was a joke. He would most likely be a transport grunt on the front lines again tomorrow, so if he didn't seize this safe time to sleep, he'd probably be done for by tomorrow.

Only...

"What are the powers of the other Li Kes?"

Li Ke was actually quite curious. So far, the most useful talent for all the Li Kes was Daily Life Li Ke's.

Daily Life Li Ke's talent currently seemed to be an exceptionally strong body, enhancing physical abilities. As for himself, he could infinitely excavate all the Bloodline Limits within his body, whether it was an ability related to energy affinity or bloodline excavation.

French Li Ke had a talent for magic, the Type-Moon one had some strange Heroic Spirit summoning, and Smiling Proud Li Ke had a hard drive that had become sentient.

"Currently, Apocalypse Li Ke, Warhammer Li Ke, and Diablo Li Ke's talents haven't manifested yet. Is it because their talents are useless in my world, or have their talents already appeared, and we just can't discover them?"

Li Ke was somewhat curious about this. With the arrival of two more Li Kes, he felt his potential had increased once again, but he hadn't gained any peculiar powers.

Apocalypse Li Ke also hadn't displayed any miraculous powers, so he was truly at a loss.

"After all, there are cases where talents are completely useless in other worlds."

Li Ke couldn't help but recall the experience of Smiling Proud Li Ke, for whom the magic talent and Heroic Spirit summoning talent were completely useless. The only area he had improved was through Daily Life Li Ke's physical enhancement talent, saving him at least ten years of cultivation.

He was also one of the people who felt the most profound impact from Daily Life Li Ke's physical enhancement. His current chakra levels could rival a young Senju Tobirama, all thanks to Daily Life Li Ke's physical enhancement ability.

"Then what about the talents of the others?"

The more Li Ke thought about it, the more he felt that the Black Mist Space still had a lot of potential for exploration. But unfortunately, they currently lacked the ability to do so, so they could only let it go.

Li Ke, lost in thought, gradually drifted into sleep. His body underwent a subtle change as countless energies naturally flowed into him. The violent energy began to nourish his physical body, quickly restoring it to its normal state after a day of constantly overdrawing his chakra.

Senju Tobirama, who was contemplating new techniques suitable for Li Ke, suddenly expanded his senses in astonishment and quickly reached a conclusion.

"Sage Mode... No, this isn't Sage Mode. The natural energy his body absorbs is actually turning into chakra... What in the world is going on? What is the limit of his talent..."

Senju Tobirama no longer knew how to look at Li Ke or what attitude to adopt. Li Ke had merely overdrawn his body's chakra, and his body began to automatically absorb surrounding power to help him recover. The reason it appeared like Sage Mode was simply because his body had absorbed too much natural energy in a short period, which it couldn't fully digest.

He also sensed that in this peculiar state, Li Ke's body and eyes were rapidly evolving towards a level he couldn't comprehend.

However, compared to the power required for evolution, Li Ke's body was too small. If he were an adult, relying on his own chakra reserves combined with the power gained from absorbing surrounding natural energy, his eyes and body would likely undergo a rapid transformation.

Ultimately, age and body were limiting this young man!

"Can such a talent truly exist? Even my elder brother wouldn't have such talent."

Senju Tobirama was once again shocked. In just this short time, Li Ke's body had already recovered to its optimal state! The abnormality in Li Ke's body also disappeared, returning him to normal.

However, when Senju Tobirama carefully sensed it, he could still feel Li Ke's body continuously absorbing surrounding natural energy and slowly strengthening him.

So, Senju Tobirama pondered for a moment and, while Li Ke was asleep, performed several hand seals.

Genjutsu: Dream Training Technique!

Thus, Li Ke, who shouldn't have been dreaming, saw Senju Tobirama appear before him, utterly bewildered.

"Huh? I'm not..."

Li Ke asked in confusion, as he remembered he was supposed to be sleeping.

"Yes, you are dreaming. I'm here to train you."

Senju Tobirama in the genjutsu smiled. The next moment, his left eye displayed the Byakugan, and his right eye manifested the Mangekyo.

"After all, your power is meant to defeat my elder brother's ideals!"

He clasped his hands together, and the next moment, countless trees came to life, constantly attacking Li Ke. Furthermore, just as Li Ke threw a Flying Thunder God Kunai to counter, streams of water shot towards him.

Li Ke swiftly threw the kunai in his hand, leaping rapidly through the gaps between the water arrows. Simultaneously, he opened his Byakugan.

"Wood Release, huh!"

Li Ke's figure instantly appeared in mid-air.

He had thought of this move the first time he saw his Byakugan!

And now, let the wicked Senju Tobirama have a good taste of it!

The next moment, Li Ke saw countless figures of Senju Tobirama! In their hands, they held Rasengans of various colors! And beside him, the jutsu he wanted to use on Senju Tobirama appeared!

That jutsu that used his Byakugan to condense a Flying Thunder God Mark in the air around the opponent!

Li Ke: "!"

No way?! You too!

Indeed! When he discovered that his Dojutsu could manifest the nature and shape transformations of ninjutsu in the air without the need for hand seals, this was exactly what he had thought of!

To manifest a Flying Thunder God Mark right next to an enemy within his line of sight! If he could master this, he could plant a mark the instant he saw his opponent, allowing for teleportation without needing a Flying Thunder God Kunai!

But he hadn't expected Senju Tobirama to have thought of it as well, and this shameless old Senju ghost had even stolen Minato Namikaze's Rasengan!

So, in the moment he was stunned, shadows rapidly coiled around Li Ke's body. While carving Flying Thunder God Marks and various sealing arrays onto him, the old man also used the Nara Clan's Shadow Binding Jutsu to tie Li Ke up tight.

Thus, Li Ke spent another fulfilling night.

"Ugh, I feel like I'm going to die of a mental breakdown."

Waking up in the morning, Li Ke clutched his head. He had spent the entire previous night in a sparring match against Senju Tobirama. Although Senju Tobirama hadn't been quite as maniacal toward the end, he still showed no mercy in his strikes.

However, Li Ke's practical combat experience had skyrocketed. While he still couldn't be mentioned in the same breath as Senju Tobirama, he could at least hold his own in a spar.

Even if he was pinned to the ground and rubbed into the dirt by this evil old Senju ghost within five minutes, his understanding and application of his own abilities within the genjutsu were increasing rapidly.

Yet, when he stood up abruptly, the absolute vision provided by the Byakugan made Li Ke unable to help but clutch his head again.

Once he became familiar with Senju Tobirama's tactics, it wasn't impossible for him to fight back, but the problem was that Senju Tobirama could quickly adapt to the Byakugan's 360-degree field of vision, whereas he could not. He had to use the Mangekyo Sharingan to overlay it, using the Byakugan only as a scouting skill; otherwise, his brain couldn't keep up with the information processing.

"It's just that this dizzying sensation from the Byakugan is still such a headache..."

"That is because your brain has not fully developed; you are, in fact, under twelve years old. As long as you can successfully grow to sixteen, the pressure the Byakugan exerts on your brain will not be so significant."

Senju Tobirama offered a timely word of encouragement. He highly approved of Li Ke's performance within the genjutsu, as not everyone could endure the pain of being killed over and over again while continuing to fight him.

Li Ke possessed the fierce temperament of a ninja from the Warring States period.

What Li Ke didn't expect, however, was that when he walked out of his tent to find Minato Namikaze and Shikaku Nara at the command post, he discovered he had no missions for the day.

"After all, we have to give others a chance to shine, and the Mist Shinobi can no longer reverse their decline. If there is anything you need to do now, it's just to stay at the main camp and be ready to receive or transport people."

At this, Shikaku Nara smiled at Li Ke.

"However, the war is basically confirmed to be over. When yesterday's battle report was sent back, the Daimyo restored supplies to Konoha, and subsequent reinforcements have already arrived."

He paused, then handed Li Ke's merit report to him.

"So, unless the Mist Shinobi deploy the Three-Tails Jinchuriki onto the battlefield, this war is over. So, until there are new missions, just get some rest. Take your squad out for a patrol... Qingtan, you're going to be very busy when the war ends."

Shikaku Nara's words carried a double meaning, and Li Ke didn't object. He glanced at his battle merits and knew that Minato Namikaze and Shikaku Nara had already secured quite a lot for him.

At the very least, the merits he had originally earmarked for exchanging for the Flying Thunder God Jutsu were still sitting safely in his record, unspent.

"Understood."

Li Ke nodded, took the mission scroll Shikaku Nara handed him, and after one look, knew that even for a patrol mission, he had been given the easiest one.

A patrol from two to four o'clock didn't interfere with meals or his afternoon nap, and unless the Mist Shinobi were insane, they wouldn't go looking for trouble with a Flying Thunder God user in a place without water.

So, holding the scroll, Li Ke spoke in his mind.

"Well then, Lord Tobirama, shall we go summon the First Hokage again?"

But this time, Senju Tobirama hesitated.

"Hmph, you really are bold. Are you not afraid of your body having issues again?"

"Well, it's mainly because I want to learn Sage Mode or something. After all, compared to theoretical teaching, I prefer hands-on practice."

Li Ke truly didn't want to go through such torture; if he summoned Hashirama Senju into his own body and let the man use it once, he would understand the feeling and be able to learn it much better.

Why not use a better learning method if it's available?

Senju Tobirama thought about it. His own knowledge of Sage Mode came only from his older brother, so he considered that it would indeed be good for his brother to take a look at Li Ke's physical condition.

"Then as you wish. Here is my chakra."

Li Ke smiled and accepted the chakra, then hummed a tune as he returned to his tent amidst the busy figures of other ninjas.

Kurenai and Asuma were both away. Li Ke activated his sensory abilities and found that the two were setting up defenses—another mission with little danger but plenty of merits.

So he set his mind at ease and prepared to summon Hashirama Senju.

However, just at that moment, a chakra signature that felt very similar to that of the Uchiha Clan abruptly appeared within his sensory range.

Li Ke didn't pay it much mind, assuming it was just some Uchiha ninja awakening their eyes, and prepared to activate his ability.

It was a battlefield, after all; Uchiha leveling up on the spot was perfectly normal.

But Senju Tobirama immediately seized control of his body, continuously activating the Flying Thunder God Jutsu to rush toward that direction.

In his bewilderment, Li Ke heard Senju Tobirama's roar, laced with shock.

"Damn you, Madara Uchiha! How could he still be alive!"