"Lin Guang, I admit you're a formidable opponent. Unfortunately, we're not on the same side. Next time, we'll meet on the battlefield."
As Obito Uchiha slowly vanished, Lin Guang did not pursue him. Instead, he snapped his fingers, and a wooden door appeared behind him.
Then Lin Guang turned and stepped through the wooden door.
Looking at Konan, whose wounds had healed but who was still unconscious, Lin Guang sighed.
Time went back to when Obito Uchiha stabbed Konan.
Lin Guang had been completely immersed in a state of enlightenment. Even Konan's six hundred billion Explosive Tags earlier had failed to disturb him.
Within his consciousness, Lin Guang had performed Sun Breathing's First Form and Second Form tens of thousands of times.
Yet he still could not find any common ground between them: one bright, one dark; one ice, one fire.
They were two utterly opposing techniques, and no matter what method Lin Guang tried, he could not fuse them.
He had even tried practicing tai chi, but that had not helped at all.
"Ah! Looks like casually practicing some tai chi can't possibly trigger any resonance with heaven and earth, or gain the system's recognition."
At that moment, the system responded.
[What do you need me for, host?]
Lin Guang had not expected the system to actually pop up when he had only mentioned it in passing.
"I wasn't calling you. Go back."
[Okay, goodbye!]
The system disappeared so promptly that Lin Guang was left speechless. Just as he decided to give up, a golden light suddenly shone upon him.
Traces of warmth spread through his body, and even within his consciousness, Lin Guang could feel them firsthand.
In that instant, Lin Guang seemed to gain an understanding.
"Yin... shadows... ice... rain... yang... light... fire...