Growing Stronger

Finally, near dawn, Naruto successfully mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique.

"Y-Yes. I did it! I did it!"

He stood in the middle of the training ground, closed his eyes, and carefully sensed the changes in space.

Using chakra, he drew a complex symbol in the air, one that represented the spatial passage of the Flying Thunder God Technique.

He activated the symbol with chakra, causing the spatial passage to take effect and alter the surrounding space.

In an instant, Naruto felt something wondrous. He felt the changes in space, its flow, and its leaps.

He felt himself merging with space, felt his connection to it.

He experienced an unprecedented sense of freedom and power, and it thrilled him beyond measure.

Naruto opened his eyes and found himself standing on the other side of the training ground.

He had successfully used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport, moving from the center of the training ground to the other side.

Looking at where he stood, he knew that he had successfully mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique and had completely grasped this powerful space-time ninjutsu.

Naruto stood on the other side of the training ground, recalling that instant teleportation.

He felt the changes in space, its flow, and its leaps.

He felt himself merging with space, felt his connection to it.

He experienced an unprecedented sense of freedom and power.

Naruto knew that his training in the Flying Thunder God Technique was not over. He still needed to keep practicing and improving.

What he was cultivating was not the traditional Flying Thunder God Technique. With Naruto's top-tier talent for space-time ninjutsu, coupled with standing on the shoulders of giants...

The ordinary Flying Thunder God Technique could no longer satisfy Naruto.

The ordinary Flying Thunder God Technique used formulas to achieve instant teleportation. The caster would first leave a Flying Thunder God formula on a target, allowing the caster or objects indirectly connected to the caster's chakra to teleport instantly. Once marked, the formula could not be erased.

When full of energy, the caster could repeatedly transfer massive targets. This technique could be used offensively, to shorten the range of long-distance ninjutsu, disrupt enemies, launch surprise attacks, and move targets. It could also be used to evade danger or escape in critical moments. It required no hand seals to activate.

But Naruto could now sense changes in space and directly leave Flying Thunder God formulas in the air, achieving invisible instant teleportation. This consumed more chakra, but the effect was equally apparent: it was extremely difficult to sense the existence of the formulas.

After all, ordinary Flying Thunder God left behind a special mark, while Naruto's improved Flying Thunder God Technique could not be detected, making it far harder to guard against.

Of course, since Naruto could improve the Flying Thunder God Technique, he had also learned the original version.

Not only had the speed at which he left Flying Thunder God formulas increased drastically, his movement speed had become even faster as well.

And when paired with his custom ninja tool, Flying Thunder God: Unlimited Blade Works, he could appear in dozens of different places at the same time.

He had truly realized that saying: Flash, you can't catch me!

However, he wanted to make his Flying Thunder God Technique more perfect, more powerful, and more stable.

He wanted his spatial perception to become sharper, his control over space more precise, and his chakra more powerful.

He wanted to make the Flying Thunder God Technique his trump card, a powerful weapon in battle.

Thus, in the days that followed, Naruto continuously trained in the Flying Thunder God Technique.

He constantly tried to create more complex and stable spatial passages, constantly attempting to teleport through them.

His Flying Thunder God Technique became more powerful, more perfect, and more stable.

His spatial perception grew sharper, his control over space more precise, and his chakra more powerful.

In the end, Naruto's Flying Thunder God Technique finally reached mastery.

Even with Naruto's supreme talent and the training boost provided by multiple Shadow Clones, it still took him several full days to complete his training in the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Moreover, the reason the Flying Thunder God Technique was classified as an S-rank ninjutsu was because of how difficult it was to learn, not because of its chakra consumption.

No matter how much chakra it consumed, Naruto could easily afford it.

To sum it up, Naruto's Flying Thunder God Technique had now completely surpassed that of Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze.

Naruto knew everything they knew, but they did not know everything Naruto knew.

Naruto could also leave Flying Thunder God formulas on Flying Thunder God: Unlimited Blade Works and continuously use the Flying Thunder God Technique.

He could also directly consume more chakra to leave special Flying Thunder God formulas in the nearby space. The more chakra he consumed, the farther the distance would be.

In other words, as long as Naruto had enough chakra, he could easily kill enemies within his field of vision!

However, as the distance increased, the chakra consumption rose at an explosively exponential rate!

At the farthest range, even Kurama's chakra was somewhat unable to bear the burden.

At present, the farthest distance Naruto could kill someone using his own chakra was five hundred meters.

If he used Kurama's chakra, he could increase it to three thousand meters.

That distance might not sound very far, but this was a godlike technique that truly allowed instant teleportation and rapid killing!

The moment you spotted an enemy, the enemy would already be at your side. There was simply no way to defend against it!

And as Naruto's chakra continued to grow and his body became stronger, the amount of chakra his body could withstand would also continue to increase. This distance still had room to grow!

However, most of the time, Naruto would still treat this move as a hidden trump card. If he used it against every random nobody he encountered, it would be beneath him.

Only true powerhouses were worthy of making Naruto use this move!

With the Flying Thunder God Technique, Naruto now had the means to make his way through the ninja world.

If he could not win, he would just run. After all, no one would expect someone to know the Fourth Hokage's Flying Thunder God Technique!

Over the following days, Naruto continuously consolidated his ninjutsu and extracted chakra.

About three months passed.

In the end, Naruto's own chakra had reached the level of an elite jonin. He was only a tiny step away from breaking through to Kage-level chakra reserves.

Naruto's Sharingan had also unknowingly advanced to two tomoe.

Normally, the Sharingan required intense emotional stimulation to evolve. But the power of Naruto's bloodline was simply too great. As his body continued to grow, the power he could endure also increased. One day during training, Naruto suddenly felt the tomoe in his Sharingan spinning faster and faster, and the single tomoe in both eyes directly became double tomoe!

Naruto's physical strength was also continuously increasing. Based on physical strength alone, Naruto was confident he could fight Might Guy, without the Eight Gates, to a draw.

Naruto was only six years old. His body had not even reached its peak yet, but he already possessed such strength. That was no small feat.

And that did not even include the other powers within Naruto.

After gaining the Flying Thunder God Technique, Naruto began confidently leaving formulas everywhere.

However, Naruto's formulas were specially made by him and differed from the original Flying Thunder God formulas. So even if Minato Namikaze and Tobirama Senju were resurrected, they would not be able to directly use Naruto's formulas.

After successfully leaving Flying Thunder God formulas throughout every corner of Konoha Village, Naruto's sights were no longer limited to Konoha alone.

With Flying Thunder God formulas in place, Naruto could return to Konoha whenever he wanted. He only needed to use the Flying Thunder God Technique a few more times.

Under the cover of night, Naruto avoided the patrolling ninja, quietly slipped out of the village, and headed into the deep mountains far from Konoha Village.

It was not for anything else. He simply wanted to test the Kurama chakra he had been longing for.

At first, he communicated with Kurama and asked it to assess the maximum amount of chakra his body could withstand based on his current physical strength.

After making a precise estimate, Kurama gave Naruto the maximum amount of chakra.

Naruto's chakra reserves instantly leaped from elite jonin level to the level of a normal Kage. This was only because Naruto's body had not finished developing yet.

Although Naruto's bloodline power was extremely strong, it could not affect his normal growth and development.

According to Kurama's estimate, Naruto would grow far faster than an ordinary child. At around twelve or thirteen, his body would be fully developed. At that point, he would be able to train at greater intensity and withstand stronger power.

In other words, only after reaching twelve or thirteen could Naruto fully engage in grueling, high-intensity training. For now, he could only hold himself back.

After hearing Kurama's assessment, Naruto understood that even Kaguya Otsutsuki could not have effortlessly crushed the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, at the age of six.

Everything had its underlying laws, unless the system decided to step in! He still needed to devote himself to training for quite some time.

But that was fine. There was still a long time before the plot began, so he was in no hurry for quick success.

And so, Naruto secretly trained for three months. Why three months?

Because the Ninja Academy only held classes for three months before winter break began!

Even the Ninja Academy had time off!

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