Not yet! At the very least, not now!
Tianyi fiercely gathered chakra, and the power of Magnet Release lifted his body out of the lake.
He then crashed heavily onto the shore, dropping to his knees with both hands braced against the ground as he gasped for breath.
Cold sweat poured from his forehead like rain, dripping onto the ground. His body convulsed uncontrollably, his muscles spasmed, his fingers trembled—his entire body shook.
That kind of pain was not something he could suppress through willpower.
In just a few seconds, more than half the clothes on his body had been corroded away. Shreds of fabric clung to his skin, mixed with the corroded flesh and blood, making it impossible to tell cloth from meat.
Other than a small scrap of fabric around his groin that barely preserved his last shred of privacy, nearly every other part of him was exposed.
His skin was covered in red, swollen blisters and charred wounds. In some places, pink muscle tissue could even be seen beneath.
Lying facedown on the ground and gasping for air, he felt like a fish thrown onto shore.
Then Tianyi began treating himself. He formed hand seals, and the green glow of the Mystical Palm Technique lit up, covering those corroded wounds.
His cells began to regenerate and his tissues began to repair. The blisters slowly subsided, the charred skin started peeling away, revealing tender new skin beneath.
The pain gradually eased, but the terror that had seeped into his bones lingered for a long time.
"Little Tianyi, it's best to let natural energy heal those wounds," Katsuyu's calm, gentle voice came from afar.
"Otherwise, all that pain you just endured will have been for nothing."
Tianyi's movements stopped. He lowered his head and looked at his healing wounds,