Hinata was holding a water-filled balloon in her hand, while Jiraiya and Naruto sat in front of her, staring in disbelief.
The water sphere, infused with Chakra, began to spin before exploding, scattering water onto the ground. "Naruto... Naruto-kun, that's it..."
Naruto: "Yeah, yeah! I can't understand it at all."
Jiraiya: " Hinata-chan, is this Ninjutsu so easy to learn???"
Hongshi wiped the grease from his mouth with his clothes. "What's so difficult about that? It's just a whoosh to make the water swirl, and a pew to make the balloon pop."
Jiraiya: "(°ー°) Do you know what you're saying?"
Naruto suddenly realized, "Oh! I know! It was 'whoosh'!"
Jiraiya: "???"
Naruto caught the water balloon in his hand and infused it with Chakra.
"Crack!" It exploded.
Naruto: "As expected, it's just a whoosh, then a pew, and that's it."
Jiraiya: "Well, you guys keep practicing, I'm going to think about something."
Hongshi shooed Naruto aside. "Go away, you learn from Lord Jiraiya, I'm going to teach Hinata."
Jiraiya strongly suspected he had used the wrong method when learning the Rasengan, but he didn't show it on his face. "Exploding a water sphere is just the simplest first step. The next step uses a rubber ball, which is a hundred times harder than a rubber ball!"
Naruto: "I know, I'll definitely be faster than Hinata..."
"Smack!"
" Hongshi-kun, I did it again!"
Hinata is amazing!
Hongshi looked at Jiraiya and Naruto, who were standing there in the distance, and said, " Hinata, your control and understanding of Chakra circulation is very strong. With the help of my Senjutsu training these past few days, reaching this stage was easy. But what comes next won't be so easy."
Hinata nodded. "Even Hongshi-kun thinks this training is difficult, can I do it?"
Hongshi: "It's okay, you can do it. Let me demonstrate for you first."
Hongshi took three steps back, stood still, and slowly began to explain, " Hinata, your Chakra is of the Lightning and Fire styles, and you've learned Gentle Fist. What I'm going to teach you isn't Lord Jiraiya's Rasengan, but a Ninjutsu I created based on it, called... emm, let's just call it ' Unrivaled '!"
"( Lord God •́⍛•̀)╭☞ Watch out, or I'll kill you!"
Jiraiya and Naruto rarely saw Hongshi serious, so they quietly approached him.
" The Unrivaled mode mainly involves using the Byakugan to stimulate one's own pressure points with Lightning Release Chakra, achieving maximum enhancement with minimal cost. This is similar to the Eight Gates Released Formation, and it's safer."
" Unrivaled Gentle Fist!"
In fact, the Unrivaled Hongshi was a Ninjutsu created specifically for Hinata after studying the Third Raikage's Lightning Release technique. This is because Hinata does not currently possess the same physical strength and Chakra reserves as the Third Raikage, and can only rely on skillful techniques.
"For example, if I'm going to use the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, I can stimulate the pressure points on my arm with Chakra beforehand, maximizing the power the moment I strike. With your Byakugan, it should be very easy for you to do that."
"Okay... okay, I'll try it, Byakugan!"
Hinata her Byakugan, observing the flow of her own Chakra, while simultaneously generating Lightning Release Chakra within her body.
Hongshi stood still. "Alright, try attacking me by stimulating my pressure points with Chakra."
" Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm!"
"Boom!"
Hinata struck out with her palm, simultaneously stimulating pressure points on her arm with Chakra. Just before the palm strike was launched, the Chakra in her Gentle Fist Hinata erupted, creating a palm strike twice as powerful as the original one that struck Hongshi.
However, Hongshi's clothes only moved slightly; he wasn't harmed.
Naruto: "So strong!"
Jiraiya: "To think of such a method, Hongshi must be quite knowledgeable about Gentle Fist."
Hongshi touched his bald head. "Yes, that's it. Stage three is complete. Now, let's move on to stage four."
Naruto: "What?! There's a fourth stage?! Pervy Sage, I want to learn this technique!"
Jiraiya: "No, you don't want to!"
Hongshi opened his right hand, and a Rasengan the size of a head appeared in his palm, its powerful rotation attracting the surrounding vegetation. "This is Rasengan."
Jiraiya: "(°ー°), when did you learn that?"
Hongshi: "Just now."
Hinata watched very intently.
Naruto simply lay down. "Ugh, another boring day. ╮(•́ω•̀)╭ What's the point of training? I should just get some sleep."
Hongshi slowly walked to the edge of the forest, facing a tree so large it would take ten people to encircle it, and pointed at the Rasengan: "An ordinary Rasengan is Chakra ball without Chakra attributes, its stability maintained by its powerful rotation. Spicy Sage Root!"
"Boom!"
The giant tree in front of Hongshi was blasted in half by the Rasengan: "When it explodes, it maintains a stable rotation and bursts open at the same time, causing massive damage. But what I'm going to teach you is another one. It's called! Unrivaled: Scorch Release Spinning Ball!"
Lord God: "(╭☞•́⍛•̀)╭☞ Enemy General, why aren't you washing your hair?!"
Jiraiya couldn't believe that the Hongshi could further enhance the Rasengan: "Oh! You have a good idea! But what's the principle behind it?"
Naruto: "Oh, whatever pills are fine, I can just sleep here! Training is something only talented people do."
Hongshi conjured another Rasengan, but didn't release it immediately. "First, conjure a Rasengan, but remember to conserve eight-tenths of your power to prepare for the next strengthening step."
Hinata doesn't yet have the ability to create the Rasengan, but she's still diligently learning. "Mmm!"
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"
Flames began to burn beneath the Rasengan, gradually being added to Rasengan, turning the Rasengan red and radiating a scorching temperature. "Ignoring Chakra control, nature transformation is too early for you, so I'll directly add Fire Style to the Rasengan in the same proportion. After stabilizing it, at the moment of impact, I'll also use Lightning Release Chakra to stimulate pressure points, causing the Chakra to explode instantly and enhance its power."
" Fire Rasengan!"
"Boom!"
Another loud explosion rang out. Jiraiya and Hinata had activated her Byakugan, noticed that before the explosion, Hongshi's arm twitched, a flash of lightning appeared, and the Fire Rasengan almost doubled in size at the same time before exploding. The spiral of flames engulfed everything in front of it and burned it. After the flames dissipated, only the acrid smell of burnt ground remained.
Hinata: "Wow, that's amazing!"
However, Jiraiya noticed a problem. " Hongshi-kun, I have a question."
Hongshi patted the burning leaves off his body. "It's so hot! Lord Jiraiya, what do you say?"
Jiraiya slowly asked, "Although this technique is powerful and can be released quickly, Hinata's Gentle Fist is a close-range attack. Using the Fire Rasengan like this would be redundant."
Hongshi nodded. "That's right, it's time to enter the fifth stage!"
Jiraiya: "What?! There's a fifth stage???"
Naruto: "╮(•́ω•̀)╭ Oh well, any stage is fine. If all ninjas paid attention to rest like me, there would be no wars in the world. Training is something you can do however you want."
Hinata walked over to Naruto and nudged him, " Naruto-kun... you... you shouldn't be like this. Hongshi-kun is helping us get stronger."
Hongshi: "The fifth stage was specifically designed for Hinata, no, it should be said that it was designed for the Hyuga Clan. Gentle Fist: Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists!"
Jiraiya: "(°ー°), You even know this technique!"
Hinata: "This... isn't this a high-level Taijutsu of the Hyuga Clan?"
Two purple lion heads covered the Hongshi arms. "What are lions? Behold my Gentle Step Twin Dragon Fists!"
The lion's head erupted once more, purple Chakra spreading across its entire arm and transforming into the shape of a dragon's head. The surrounding vegetation was repelled by the powerful Chakra.
Jiraiya: "That's terrifying Gentle Fist Chakra. If I were hit, my meridians would probably be destroyed."
Hongshi: "Next, we need to integrate the previous four stages together, starting with Unrivaled!"
"Roar!" After the acupoints were stimulated, the two dragons grew again, reaching a total length of three meters. A complete dragon form coiled around Hongshi's arms and let out a deep roar. Cracks began to appear on the ground where Hongshi stood.
Jiraiya raised his arm, shielding Hinata and Naruto, ready to unleash a defensive Ninjutsu: "Such immense Chakra, no wonder the Second wanted to leave him in Konoha."
Hongshi himself was getting more and more excited. "Next up is Fire Rasengan."
With its arms outstretched like dragon heads, one on the left and one on the right, two red Rasengan the size of its head appeared, radiating immense suction and heat, like a divine dragon playing with fire-breathing pearls.
Jiraiya: "This technique is probably at least S-rank!"
Hinata was shocked, but she still used her Byakugan to record the entire process of the technique's release. "I must learn this technique! That way I can help Naruto-kun!"
Hongshi dispelled the technique, all the Chakra dissipating into the air. "I haven't fully perfected this technique yet. Hinata, you just need to learn it!"
Naruto: "Oh, don't help me, I'm already useless."