Wood Release Technique and Self-Created Soul Skills

On that page was a drawing of a strange vine that was emerald green from root to tip. Its branches and leaves were arranged in a star-shaped pattern, and a faint green glow seemed to flow along the edges of every leaf.

Beside the drawing was a line of small golden text:

[Split Soul Vine, an extremely rare Plant-Type Spirit Beast. It grows in the Misty Ridge Low Valley area southeast of the outer region of the Star Dou Great Forest, and often coexists with places where Spirit Springs converge. Its body possesses extremely vigorous vitality. Its greatest trait is the ability to split its own vines and create false clones, disrupting an enemy's judgment while possessing a certain degree of mental resistance. If successfully hunted and its Spirit Ring absorbed, one might obtain a powerful life-recovery ability, as well as a clone-type Soul Skill.]

Tang Chuan's gaze remained fixed on those words for a long time.

"A clone?" Tang Chuan murmured, his eyes gradually lighting up.

The next moment, he leaned forward and lightly tapped the description with his finger, raising his brows slightly. "The Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body from Battle Through the Heavens? The Wood Clone from Naruto?"

He subconsciously clenched his palm, and the aura of the Blue Silver Grass within his body stirred quietly.

"Wood Release!!!" Tang Chuan murmured, his pupils narrowing as a flash of inspiration struck him and a thought suddenly surfaced in his mind.

"The Wood Release Technique from Naruto... Wood Clone, Wood Dragon, Wood Spiked Wall, Birth of Tree World... These techniques, which combine control and defense, perfectly match the cultivation path of Blue Silver Grass when viewed from the perspective of the Douluo Continent, don't they?"

His breathing quickened, and Tang Chuan's eyes shone brightly. The more he thought about it, the more excited he became.

"I've been thinking about how Blue Silver Grass could evolve into a Martial Soul with both offense and defense. If I can draw inspiration from Wood Release, then aside from control, healing, and offense, I could even use vines to create defenses, clones, and substitutes..."

"Wouldn't that be an entirely new direction for Blue Silver Grass?"

The more he thought about it, the brighter his eyes became. His entire being seemed to have been ignited.

"How did I not think of this before?" Tang Chuan murmured. An unprecedented excitement appeared between his brows. "For some of the ninjutsu in Wood Release, I don't even need to hunt Spirit Beasts with similar abilities to obtain their Spirit Rings. I can completely rely on my control over Blue Silver Grass to create Self-Created Soul Skills."

"Just like Tang San's Self-Created Soul Skill, Blue Silver Pierce Array, from the original story!"

Closing his eyes, Tang Chuan's thoughts raced as he recalled the Wood Release techniques from the Naruto world one by one and began organizing them:

Blue Silver: Violent Spear Technique!

This was a powerful Wood Release technique with both offense and defense. Not only could it be used defensively, but its offensive power was also astonishing. Multiple wooden vines and branches extended from the body and instantly grew into trees that swallowed the enemy. It could also create a giant tree from the arm in an instant to block an enemy's attack.

Blue Silver: Great Forest Technique!

Multiple wooden vines and branches extended from the arm to capture the enemy.

Blue Silver: House Pillars Technique!

It could instantly create multiple complex wooden houses.

Blue Silver: Silent Killing Bind Technique!

The vines extended and bound the enemy's body. Anyone caught by them was completely unable to move. On the Douluo Continent, this move was called Mother's Entanglement!

Blue Silver: Wood Spiked Wall!

A defensive ninjutsu. A row of wooden pillars curved up from the ground, forming an arched wall to protect the user.

Blue Silver: Wood Clone!

It created a clone completely identical to the user, mainly for reconnaissance. Its combat ability was inferior to the original, and when the clone was dispelled, it could instantly transform into wooden branches that entangled or attacked the enemy.

Blue Silver: Multiple Clone Technique!

It split off a large number of Wood Clones completely identical to the user. Ordinary people could not distinguish them.

Blue Silver: Wood Substitute!

At the instant the user was attacked, it replaced them with a wooden substitute.

Blue Silver: Wood Transformation!

Wood Release was used to wrap branches around the user and alter their appearance, allowing them to transform into the form of an enemy. The appearance was extraordinarily lifelike, and ordinary people could not see through it. It was mainly used for espionage and reconnaissance.

Blue Silver: Birth of Tree World!

Multiple trees rapidly grew from the ground. As though tearing themselves free by their roots, they created an entire forest in an instant. Everything within the forest, both offense and defense, was controlled by the user. It was also an all-purpose technique for capturing enemies.

Blue Silver - Thorn Kill Technique!

It created vine-like wooden restraints to bind the enemy, then formed multiple wooden pillars around them to prevent escape.

Blue Silver: Advent of Flowering Trees World!

It caused the trees sleeping beneath the earth to rapidly grow and expand, while allowing the user to control them freely. The great tree trunks rising from underground could cleave mountains, pierce through rock, and cover the entire ground. Several flowers would also bloom on the trees, producing poisonous pollen once they opened. Once inhaled, even a Kage-level Ninja would become paralyzed and faint.

Blue Silver: Wood Golem Technique!

Soul Power was transmitted into the trees, causing them to grow rapidly and giving rise to a gigantic wooden figure. Its size and combat power were comparable to a complete Susanoo. The Wood Dragon wrapped around its body was powerful in both offense and defense. It excelled particularly at physical attacks, while its defenses were also extremely sturdy.

Sage Art: Wood Release!

The more Tang Chuan thought about it, the more excited he became. The smile on his face was almost impossible to suppress.

Although he knew that the later Wood Release techniques required tremendous Soul Power to perform, that did not stop him from using them as theoretical references.

He silently sorted them into categories, dividing these ninjutsu into three directions:

One: Tactical Disruption.

For example, Wood Clone, Wood Substitute, and Advent of Flowering Trees World were suitable for confusing and trapping enemies when there was a large disparity between the numbers of both sides.

Two: Control and Restriction.

Techniques such as Silent Killing Bind, Birth of Tree World, and Thorn Kill Technique suited the inherent attributes of Blue Silver Grass. Once Blue Silver Grass awakened into the Blue Silver Emperor, these techniques would become even stronger when activated.

Three: Explosive Offense.

For example, Wood Dragon Technique, Wood Golem Technique, and True Thousand-Hand Pillars. They could be combined with certain Soul Ring abilities to form even more powerful versions.

"From these, I can completely devise an entirely new cultivation path for Blue Silver Grass... Using Blue Silver Grass's vitality as the foundation and Wood Release as inspiration, I can create Self-Created Soul Skills."

Leaning against the tree trunk, Tang Chuan held the Record of Living Beings in his hands. A faint smile hung at the corners of his lips as he thought about the points of compatibility between Wood Release and Blue Silver Grass while constructing his future Self-Created Soul Skills in his mind.

Before he knew it, sleepiness overcame him. His eyelids grew heavier and heavier, and eventually he leaned against the tree trunk and fell into a deep sleep.

The Night Wind brushed through the forest, and the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest were quiet and peaceful.

The campfire gradually died out, leaving behind only a few wisps of curling blue smoke.

No one knew how much time had passed. At dawn, the first ray of sunlight pierced through the treetops and fell across Tang Chuan's face. He frowned slightly, his eyelashes trembling as he slowly opened his eyes.

"Mm..."

He instinctively stretched, but suddenly felt something soft covering him. Looking down, he saw a finely crafted, exquisitely tailored light-golden robe.

"What is this?"

After staring blankly for a moment, Tang Chuan abruptly turned his head toward the large tree where Qian Renxue had lain down to rest the previous night.

There was no one there.

Only a patch of fallen leaves remained, stirred into slight disarray by the wind.

Tang Chuan frowned slightly and murmured, "She left secretly?"

After saying that, he swept his gaze around, but could not even find any footprints.

Clearly, she had left long ago.

Tang Chuan lowered his head to glance at the outer robe he was wearing, then looked up at the rising sunlight on the horizon. He smiled faintly and did not think too much about it.

He lightly patted the fallen leaves from his shoulders, stood up, and stretched before muttering, "It's time to obtain my Second Spirit Ring. Once I advance to Soul Grandmaster, I'll return to the Academy and try to begin creating Self-Created Soul Skills based on the Wood Release Technique."

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