Kirigakure's Surprise Attack on Konoha

For the next two months, Long Ye remained underground, receiving ninjutsu instruction from Madara Uchiha.

He finally experienced what it meant to be a ninjutsu genius.

After his body modification, it was as though his blocked chakra pathways had been cleared. He could perform ninjutsu without hindrance, and he learned it almost as soon as he saw it.

But clearly, even though Madara Uchiha had placed a seal on him, he still remained wary of him.

Madara taught him almost none of Wood Release's truly powerful techniques—neither the Wood Dragon Jutsu, which could capture Tailed Beasts alive, nor the Wood Human Jutsu, which rivaled Susanoo, nor the utterly overpowered Deep Forest Emergence.

Over the two months, he taught him only two Wood Release techniques from beginning to end: the Wood Clone Technique and the Hotei Technique.

Wood Release: Wood Clone Technique, as its name implied, was a ninjutsu similar to the Shadow Clone, except it was far more effective and much harder to see through.

Madara Uchiha had clearly taught him this technique so that he could preserve his life.

As for the second technique, the Hotei Technique, it was the one that secretly delighted Long Ye the most.

This was a true offensive ninjutsu. By channeling chakra into the ground, he could create countless wooden hands and control them as he pleased.

This technique was highly mobile, and since the hands emerged from underground, opponents could not predict where they would appear next.

According to Madara Uchiha's introduction, if cultivated to a profound level, it could even subdue Tailed Beasts and catch Susanoo's chakra sword barehanded.

Of course, Long Ye was nowhere near that level yet.

After two months of training, he could only form four wooden hands. He was still a hundred thousand miles away from "countless."

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